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Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
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New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New from 404 Media: you can't refuse to be scanned by ICE's new facial recognition app, according to internal DHS document I obtained. Photos captured by the app are stored for 15 years, including U.S. citizens. We've seen officers scanning faces w/ phones on streets
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
www.404media.co/you-cant-ref...
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The administration alleges UCLA violated civil rights related to antisemitism and affirmative action.
Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says
The administration alleges UCLA violated civil rights related to antisemitism and affirmative action.
www.wusa9.com
August 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The administration alleges UCLA violated civil rights related to antisemitism and affirmative action.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Breaking News: Brown University was said to have reached a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding. nyti.ms/459nQzY
July 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Breaking News: Brown University was said to have reached a deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding. nyti.ms/459nQzY
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READ THE TEXT of Brown University's agreement with the Trump administration www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
July 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
READ THE TEXT of Brown University's agreement with the Trump administration www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...
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Real quote from this fellow: “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.”
A senior State Department official who was fired as a White House speechwriter during the first Trump administration for attending a gathering of white supremacists has been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
Fired Speechwriter From First Trump Term Appointed to Lead the Institute of Peace
In 2018, the White House fired Darren Beattie for attending a gathering of white supremacists. Mr. Beattie will head the institute while keeping his senior State Department position.
nyti.ms
July 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Real quote from this fellow: “Competent white men must be in charge if you want things to work.”
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"We can't ban AI" they keep saying — "China will surpass us" they keep saying... I mean they surely surpass us in taking education seriously: www.theverge.com/news/682737/...
China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams
New age problems require new age solutions.
www.theverge.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
"We can't ban AI" they keep saying — "China will surpass us" they keep saying... I mean they surely surpass us in taking education seriously: www.theverge.com/news/682737/...
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"The Columbia University Board of Trustees’ concessions to the Trump administration are a disaster . . . . Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat."
National AAUP Statement on Columbia
www.aaup.org/news/columbi...
National AAUP Statement on Columbia
www.aaup.org/news/columbi...
Columbia University Settlement an Unprecedented Disaster
Never in the history of our nation has a university so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat. All who care about higher education must stand up and fight back against this unprecedented continuin...
www.aaup.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"The Columbia University Board of Trustees’ concessions to the Trump administration are a disaster . . . . Never in the history of our nation has an educational institution so thoroughly bent to the will of an autocrat."
National AAUP Statement on Columbia
www.aaup.org/news/columbi...
National AAUP Statement on Columbia
www.aaup.org/news/columbi...
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just when you think things can’t get worse, they find a way
The first privately developed U.S. nuclear enrichment facility is going to be built in Paducah, Kentucky at the site of a former nuclear fuel plant.
The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.
That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
The US government is now allowing a private citizen to enrich uranium, aka nuclear bombs.
That private citizen is "destroy humanity" Peter Thiel.
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
www.wkms.org
July 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
just when you think things can’t get worse, they find a way
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Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration bodes ill for American higher education, Franklin Foer argues. The university protected its funding and sacrificed its freedom.
Columbia Protected Its Funding and Sacrificed Its Freedom
The university’s agreement with the Trump administration bodes ill for American higher education.
bit.ly
July 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Columbia University’s agreement with the Trump administration bodes ill for American higher education, Franklin Foer argues. The university protected its funding and sacrificed its freedom.
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China’s growing army of open-source developers tops peers in India, US, EU https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3319280/china-tops-india-us-and-eu-growing-pool-open-source-developers-experts-say #AI #China #OpenSource
July 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
China’s growing army of open-source developers tops peers in India, US, EU https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3319280/china-tops-india-us-and-eu-growing-pool-open-source-developers-experts-say #AI #China #OpenSource
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NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.
July 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
NEW: Tomorrow’s front page of Scottish newspaper, The National.
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
OpenAI, the firm that helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of college. First up: 460,000 students at Cal State.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
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Codex is a neatly built product - here are my notes on shipping my first change with it, a small bug fix to my blog with a test to show that it works https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/3/openai-codex-pr/
PR #537: Fix Markdown in og descriptions
Since OpenAI Codex is now available to us ChatGPT Plus subscribers I decided to try it out against my blog. It's a very nice implementation of the GitHub-connected coding
simonwillison.net
June 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Codex is a neatly built product - here are my notes on shipping my first change with it, a small bug fix to my blog with a test to show that it works https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/3/openai-codex-pr/
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Some notes on Shisa v2 405B, a new open weights LLM release from Japan that's an example of Sovereign AI - the ability for nations to build models that reflect their own language and culture
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/3/shisa-v2/
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/3/shisa-v2/
Shisa V2 405B: Japan’s Highest Performing LLM
Leonard Lin and Adam Lensenmayer have been working on [Shisa](https://shisa.ai/) for a while. They describe their latest release as "Japan's Highest Performing LLM". > Shisa V2 405B is the highest-performing …
simonwillison.net
June 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Some notes on Shisa v2 405B, a new open weights LLM release from Japan that's an example of Sovereign AI - the ability for nations to build models that reflect their own language and culture
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/3/shisa-v2/
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/3/shisa-v2/
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The Belfast News Letter, among the longest-running English dailies, digitizes and puts all its editions online, including the earliest surviving one from 1738 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
June 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The Belfast News Letter, among the longest-running English dailies, digitizes and puts all its editions online, including the earliest surviving one from 1738 (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
“Alguns professors passarien per analfabets, en un país normal” www.elpuntavui.cat/cultura/arti...
"Alguns professors passarien per analfabets, en un país normal"
"Em fan vergonya els docents universitaris, catalanoparlants de tota la vida, que parlen un ‘catanyol' estranyíssim" "Tenim un Estat que no ens estima, i els partits independentistes continuen barall...
www.elpuntavui.cat
May 31, 2025 at 6:02 AM
“Alguns professors passarien per analfabets, en un país normal” www.elpuntavui.cat/cultura/arti...
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“Barcelona’s woes mirror the pain lashing other European cities: Residential real estate has increasingly been turned into financial assets by investors. A surge in global tourism and workers crossing borders has landlords favoring short-term rentals over protected long-term tenants.”
Barcelona Becomes Ground Zero for Europe’s Housing Dilemma
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“Barcelona’s woes mirror the pain lashing other European cities: Residential real estate has increasingly been turned into financial assets by investors. A surge in global tourism and workers crossing borders has landlords favoring short-term rentals over protected long-term tenants.”
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Hear the First Recording of the Human Voice (1860)
Hear the First Recording of the Human Voice (1860)
When inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville sang a nursery rhyme into his phonoautogram in 1860, he had no plans to ever play back this recording. A precursor to the wax cylinder, the phonoautogra...
www.openculture.com
May 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hear the First Recording of the Human Voice (1860)
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This keeps coming up, so if you were wondering, we rigorously tested whether being polite to AI matters & it seems to have no effect on answer quality in aggregate.
It increases the quality of particular answers while lowering the quality of others, and it is not possible to know which in advance.
It increases the quality of particular answers while lowering the quality of others, and it is not possible to know which in advance.
April 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This keeps coming up, so if you were wondering, we rigorously tested whether being polite to AI matters & it seems to have no effect on answer quality in aggregate.
It increases the quality of particular answers while lowering the quality of others, and it is not possible to know which in advance.
It increases the quality of particular answers while lowering the quality of others, and it is not possible to know which in advance.
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I keep seeing people comparing this to Watergate, but this is much worse
President Trump has personally ordered the Justice Department to open an investigation of Democrats' primary ways for raising donations.
It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
It is the third time he has personally ordered an open-ended criminal investigation, each against a perceived political foe.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I keep seeing people comparing this to Watergate, but this is much worse