What’s eating you
ICE and CBP agents are using facial recognition to “verify” people’s immigration status, in what is certainly a severe violation of the Constitution. / 404 Media, Ars Technica
“What happens to the White House’s trash is secret,” and that also seems to be the case with the debris from the demolished East Wing. / The Atlantic [$]
On Trump’s White House makeover and the tackiness of evil: “The more absurd—the uglier—such displays are, the more they reaffirm the omnipresence and power of the state.” / Hyperallergic
As MAHA politicizes healthy eating, some shoppers want Whole Foods to take a stand one way or the other, but that Whole Foods no longer exists. / The New York Times [$]
See also: After a long history of supporting progressive causes, Starbucks appears to be moving to the center—sometimes by appeasing the right. / Bloomberg [$]
Unrelated: Ben Cohen says Unilever refused to produce a Ben & Jerry’s flavor that showed “solidarity with Palestine,” so he’s going to create it on his own. / BBC
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On the late-stage capitalism satire of Radu Jude’s new AI Dracula movie and its purposefully awful AI effects. / The New Republic
See also: AI-generated video based on Friends clips is “accidentally a Lynchian fever dream.” / Bluesky
Grokipedia may be laughable AI slop, but it’s chilling to consider how it might be used, as a corpus of information at odds with reality. / The Dissident
See also: After being ousted as the CEO of Intel, Patrick Gelsinger hopes to build AI rooted in Christian principles and “hasten the coming of Christ’s return.” / The Guardian
In a field rife with low pay and employee burnout, workers at small museums report higher job satisfaction in comparison to those at larger institutions. / ARTnews
Another symptom of the rising loneliness epidemic, fewer Americans are participating in communal meals. / Jacobin
Analyzing air trapped in Earth’s oldest ice, researchers reconstruct what our planet’s atmosphere may have been like six million years ago. / Gizmodo
A trip to the fifth annual Pittsburgh Parallel Parking Championship. “I took a deep breath, cranked the wheel, dropped it into gear, and then everything went black.” / Car and Driver
Nostalgia and reinvention collide in photos of America’s vintage motels. / Wallpaper
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