We Just Witnessed the Biggest Supreme Court Power Grab Since 1803 ( www.thenation.com )
“Up to the Twentieth Century, reality was everything humans could touch, smell, see, and hear. Since the initial publication of the chart of the electromagnetic spectrum, humans have learned that what they can touch, smell, see, and hear is less than one-millionth of reality.” -Bucky Fuller
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Family whose roof was damaged by space debris files claims against NASA ( arstechnica.com )
Alejandro Otero, owner of the Naples, Florida, home struck by the debris, was not home when part of a battery pack from the International Space Station crashed through his home on March 8. His son Daniel, 19, was home but escaped injury. NASA has confirmed the 1.6-pound object, made of the metal alloy Inconel, was part of a...
Waxing gibbous from my balcony ( beehaw.org )
Alt text: An image of our moon against a black starless sky. It is in the waxing gibbous phase, and you are able to see about fifty-five percent of the celestial body....
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI ( arstechnica.com )
The Christian right is coming for divorce next ( www.vox.com )
'LLM-free' is the new '100% organic' - Creators Are Fighting AI Anxiety With an ‘LLM-Free’ Movement ( www.theatlantic.com )
As soon as Apple announced its plans to inject generative AI into the iPhone, it was as good as official: The technology is now all but unavoidable. Large language models will soon lurk on most of the world’s smartphones, generating images and text in messaging and email apps. AI has already colonized web search, appearing in...
Court Allows K-Pop Group to Subpoena YouTuber's Identity from Google ( www.404media.co )
NewJeans filed an ex parte application in late March in the Northern District of California, where Google is headquartered, for an “order authorizing limited discovery” of the user’s data from the company “for use in a criminal matter in Korea,” the order granting the application states. The group alleges that the...
The Shark Whisperer - Donald Nelson spent his life undoing the damage that Jaws did to the perception of sharks ( nautil.us )
Pretty neat article, wanted to share....
Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war ( apnews.com )
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding, nearly 8-month-old Mideast war....
New Louisiana law will criminalize approaching police under certain circumstances ( apnews.com )
Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry ( futurism.com )
Thanks, I hate it.
Why do people hear their names being called in the woods? ( www.livescience.com )
Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps ( www.404media.co )
Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...
Moon (from my balcony) ( beehaw.org )
Shot with a Kodak PIXPRO AZ401 with a 24mm wide angle lens, 40x optical with 1/125 shutter speed, 80 ISO and -2.0 exposure value. Getting back into photography and I'm pretty stoked about this shot....
