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Continuing its Gaza City invasion, Israel destroys at least 17 residential buildings, as well as a mosque built in the late 13th century. / Al Jazeera, Wikipedia
New figures show Trump has now deployed roughly 35,000 federal troops on American soil—and yes, it’s illegal. Or at least used to be. / The Intercept
“If you make a joke, they won’t get it. If you use sarcasm, they won’t detect it.” The defining experience of fascism is getting yelled at by dumbasses. / How Things Work
Why ABC canceled Kimmel: The FCC chairman threatened to revoke the licenses of stations—whose parent company needs FCC approval for a planned merger. / The Verge
“This is both a really troubling attack on press freedom and an open admission that your regime is fragile enough to feel threatened by Jimmy fucking Kimmel.” / Bluesky
Why alt-weeklies are missed more than ever right now: “The Village Voice was investigating Donald Trump in 1979, and not kissing his ass.” / Coyote
Conservatives’ war on Wikipedia has been heating up since the killing of Charlie Kirk, whose page has become ground zero for outrage. / Slate
Once fringe entertainment, prediction markets have surged in popularity lately—but without the legal oversight needed for a large-scale gambling operation. / Citation Needed
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Dispatches from people whose jobs were killed by AI: “Children's book illustrator isn't a job anymore.” / Blood in the Machine
Fans of KPoP Demon Hunters are dismayed to learn one of the movie’s songs was written with the help of ChatGPT. / Kotaku
See also: Inside the uproar over the novel Sympathy Tower Tokyo, where author Rie Qudan used ChatGPT to spoof bad AI prose. / Bloomberg [$]
Librarians are reporting that because of AI hallucinations, patrons are asking them to find nonexistent books. / 404 Media
“Emma tells all her cuddly toys she loves them, but they don’t reply.” An unsettling week with an AI toy. / The Guardian
See also: Casio’s fuzzy robot, which recognizes “individual people through their voices and responds to touch through sensors hidden beneath its fur” is coming to the US. / The Verge
The band Bionic and the Wires attaches sensors to plants, whose bioelectrical signals are used to power robotic arms that play percussion—and honestly they’re pretty good. / A Journal of Musical Things, YouTube
“Surprise!, they all yell, which is so awkward because this isn’t a surprise party.” Amber Sparks, “Your Life in Parties.” / Short Story, Long
The CAPTCHA at the end of the universe. / Neal.fun
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