More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

KOSA. The SCREEN Act. The CHATBOT Act. The Youth AI Privacy Act. Four different bills, with the same flawed approach: more surveillance, more data collection, and less privacy online. Tell the Senate to reject all four. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...

Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint

Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification

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Some creators fear the EU AI Act’s regulatory chaos will upend their lucrative businesses. Others are owning it by incorporating AI transparency into their creative process. www.wired.com/story/algori...

AI Influencers Are Heading Into Uncharted Territory

Some creators fear the EU AI Act’s regulatory chaos will upend their lucrative businesses. Others are owning it by incorporating AI transparency into their creative process.

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I had to code and pronounce a time of death on a respiratory therapist colleague. There's a memorial plaque for her outside the emergency department to this day. I wrote and re-wrote my will. I will never forgive these ghouls trying to rewrite history and deny our experience.

Gabriel Bosslet@gbosslet.bsky.social · 3d ago

RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>

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It's Textile Tuesday, and you know what that means: a piece by artist Faig Ahmed called "The Dragons of Karabakh" that's woven to look like an antique Central Asian carpet is melting off the wall into a puddle. More about the artist here: faigahmed.com

I have a strong suspicion that my cat just likes the sound of her meow bouncing off my bedroom walls.

This was a really good interview

Strict Scrutiny Podcast@strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW: law of democracy - & autocracy - scholar Kim Lane Scheppele joins the pod again to explain how SCOTUS functions like a captured court. And talks about how we get out of an autocratic cycle of doom- with lessons from Hungary & elsewhere. @kimlanelaw.bsky.social crooked.com/podcast/our-...

100 GAMES FOR $10!!! Even aside from the worthy cause, that is a STEAL! Go get it! Tell your friends! Or gift them a bundle!

United Videogame Workers-CWA@videogameworkers.bsky.social · 6d ago

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

I love how i spent 3 hrs with my writers group at a cafe today and i... changed two social banners and wrote 4 paragraphs.

I’ve seen a lot of my colleagues’ interactions with Claude working on research problems & it would be easier for me to accept it as a serious scientific tool if it didn’t end every single response with the LLM equivalent of “you want fries with that?” — constantly trying to goad you into asking more

the asexual urge for garlic bread.

Hanging out with writers, sharing drama. Not my circus, not my monkey, but I love being in the stands watching.

Scenes from this weekend's camping trip

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You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS

The posters saying "wait till you hear how many books the librarians shred" are being disingenuous. The destruction of books is not by itself what's causing outrage. It's in combination with many other factors, chief among them AI companies' history of unethical and even blatantly illegal actions.

You may recall the case where Lynne Freeman sued Tracy Wolff for writing a YA set in Alaska where the male lead was hot and broody, just like in Freeman's book. This litigation went on for three years before a judge finally read both books and said there was zero infringement.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2mo ago

So do you all remember Lynne Freeman who sued Tracy Wolff because Freeman wrote a YA paranormal set in Alaska where the hero was hot and the heroine only learned about her paranormal heritage as a teenager, and so did Tracy?

The problem with summer is it's so hot i don't want to eat until like, 9pm, which is after my brain is willing to do anything real about my hunger and alas, last night's apple for dinner cannot be repeated because that was my last one

I love emails that tell me I made it to the final round for an anthology. Fingers crossed my story gets in 🤞🏼

The look on all these ppl's faces as the L backs into a stop. I was due for a commute delay, i suppose. #chicago

Hanging out at Grayslake Author Fest today!

There were 11 people working at the CDC lab that responds to outbreaks of the parasite cyclospora. Now there are 3 thanks to DOGE

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.

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Absolutely howling at the Vatican doing a "I'm sorry did I fucking stutter" to the US ambassador to the Vatican to make it unambiguously clear that he's both 1) wrong and 2) not in Rome's good graces for casually blaspheming about the Pope while being wrong

Nikolaj Bill@nikolajbill.bsky.social · 3w ago

I don’t know why, but this is just so funny to me. US ambassador to the Vatican: The Pope was speaking as head of the Vatican not as head of the Church The Vatican: No, the pope normally speaks as a head of the Church

Company: why do you want to return your dresses? Me: because when i first touched it, i was reminded of a tablecloth. This cannot be fabric for clothes.

No massive fast food chain is really "great" but Taco Bell catching strays for what is MAHA and the current administration's fault is kiiiinda a problem! People gotta pick their targets when directing their ire and right now fingers should be pointed at the people who ruined the protections we had.

Walking around with a mask cuz the fires, but it's also so hot and humid my face is so sweaty 😭😭

Nonbinary books by a nonbinary author for Nonbinary Day! All my books are queer SFF (fantasy, romance, horror) but these 3 have nonbinary trans main characters. Book descriptions in alt! 💛🤍💜🖤 Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io Amazon/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden... Patreon: www.patreon.com/ardenpowell

This case could become one of the most significant legal challenges yet involving allegations of election interference by a private individual.

Wisconsin officials refer complaints, say Elon Musk violated law

The Wisconsin Elections Commission voted 5-1 to refer the complaints to the Brown County District Attorney

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Working on how to merchandise bookmarks i designed for the Grayslake author fest next weekend. We've got Chicago in ace purple, a queer bookshelf, and a pan reader.