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It wasn't until 2021 that the US included domestic extremism in its counterterrorism scope; Trump's pardons of insurrectionists calls into question who counts as a terrorist now. / ProPublica
How to access the full data.gov archive, which as of now contains 311,000 datasets harvested in 2024 and 2025. / Library Innovation Lab
"The public can not wait on the government to come tell them not to discriminate." A Dept. of Labor staffer describes life on the inside right now. / How Things Work
Photos from the US government buildings where Trump's anti-DEI policies are already plainly visible. / Bluesky
"The age of corporate social media has been a roaring success." You can't post your way out of fascism. / 404 Media
See also: When a seemingly innocuous photo of you reveals personal information, what exactly is being detected? / Internal exile
"Silicon Valley believes they are big enough now to create the future, rather than scale up to meet it." The Super Bowl was filled with delusional ads for AI. / Garbage Day
A portal containing personal data on hundreds of environmental advocates has been shuttered—the company counts major chemical and pesticide manufacturers among its clients. / The Guardian
Coke's next big thing is milk, and it's at least in part driven by people taking GLP-1 drugs, who are advised to consume more protein. / Bloomberg [+]
"Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation condemned the viral Russian pop song 'Sigma Boy' as a tool of 'information warfare.'" / The Moscow Times
Hank Azaria on AI and the future of voice acting: It's more than sound, it takes inspiration and improvisation. / The New York Times [+]
A trip to JICO, where some of the best turntable styluses anywhere are still produced by hand. / Hearing Things
Testing ChatGPT's "deep research" with the famously misunderstood Section 230: "the facts aren't wrong, but the omissions sure change what story they tell." / The Verge
Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon find greater use of generative AI can "result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved." / 404 Media
Why is everyone sick right now? Unlike most flu seasons, this year there have been two spikes: one from late December to early January, and now. / Gizmodo
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