Pluralistic: LLMs are real, AI is fake (12 Sep 2026)
Today’s links LLMs are real, AI is fake: No, it didn’t “go rogue.” Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Why 9/11 Means We Must Support My Politics;…
Beyond the heatwave: what it really takes for climate warnings to cut through in the UK
As trust in institutions wavers, experts say local, collective action is more effective in driving changeWildfires, excess deaths, hosepipe bans, school closures: this summer many British people have experienced the…
Selected publications by NSIDC researchers
Selected publications by NSIDC researchers
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Governor Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans
Governor Newsom signed a package of 12 bills yesterday aimed at “protecting children” online. One of them was AB 1709, which EFF has opposed this legislative session and serves as…
Negativland, Culture Jamming, and the Art of Making Something New
In 1980, Negativland released its first self-titled album with handmade covers and distributed it through a few record stores in the California Bay Area. “We thought we might sell 100…
Running costs of vaccine damage scheme more than double amount paid to victims
The cost of administration and medical checks has now topped £83m, according to new figures.
Meme-ing Our Way Through the Era of Ultra-Violence
The first hours of September 11, 2001 brought the kind of crisp Manhattan morning that signals fall has finally arrived after a scorching summer. It was a bright blue morning…
Cold TAKE: Amazon’s New Encryption Method Still Doesn’t Deliver Real Privacy
Amazon recently debuted a new feature for its Ring cameras that the company is calling Throw Away the Key Encryption (TAKE). The idea is to cut back on the amount…
Among the Rescuers at Ground Zero, Where Lives Were Ground to Dust
A remembrance of a New Yorker of the day from hell.
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9/11 Began 25 Years of Nonstop War and Abuses of Power
Twenty-five years ago, I flew into Nice, France, for a business meeting—and arrived early in the afternoon of September 11. Later, as I walked into the convention center, I looked…