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Elon Says Copyright/AI Lawsuits Don’t Matter Because ‘Digital God’ Will Arrive Before They’re Decided by Mike Masnick

So, we already wrote about the biggest headline grabbing moment from Elon Musk’s Dealbook interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin yesterday, but there was another crazy, Techdirt-relevant one involving copyright and AI. As we’ve explained over and over again, copyright is the wrong tool to use to regulate AI, and using it will lead to bad […]

Elon, After Personally Driving Away Advertisers, Tells Them To Go Fuck Themselves (Repeatedly), And Says "Earth" Will "Judge" Them For Killing ExTwitter by Mike Masnick

I’m not sure Elon quite understands the concept of “damage control.” Advertisers are bailing, and the rate increases every time he says something stupid or endorses this or that conspiracy theory. It’s costing the company tons of money, but he still can’t admit that he’s the problem. So, instead, he’s blaming everyone else. And sometimes […]

Danielle Aloni's letter describing her captors' kindness is only the latest in a debate over morality in the war.

But are they ready for the Mango version?

Why this threatens the institution of American marriage

Now the Washington Post has joined a campaign to shame women for having the bare minimum "no Trump voters" standard

Plus: The Bulwark debates Nikki.

How the war between Israel and Hamas resuscitated an ignoble tradition.

Plus: In Ukraine, Peace Now Means War Later

Akiva and Chava Hart and their six children became Jewish on Nov. 5, but have been documenting their Orthodox journey online for a year.

Sammy Davis Jr.'s often-mocked conversion to Judaism reflected his view that Blacks and Jews had similar experiences of oppression.

“I can’t continue to work with those who don’t see me in the same light, as someone deserving of love and respect,” writes the executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance.

Elon’s Censorial Lawsuit Against Media Matters Inspiring Many More People To Find ExTwitter Ads On Awful Content by Mike Masnick

We’ve already discussed the extremely censorial nature of ExTwitter’s lawsuit against Media Matters for accurately describing ads from major brands that appeared next to explicitly neoNazi content. The lawsuit outright admits that Media Matters did, in fact, see those ads next to that content. Its main complaint is that Elon is mad that he thinks […]

Pluralistic: The real AI fight (27 Nov 2023) by Cory Doctorow

https://i0.wp.com/craphound.com/images/27Nov2023.jpg?w=840&ssl=1 Today's links The real AI fight: Effective Accelerationists and Effective Altruists are both in vigorous agreement about something genuinely stupid. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, ...

And the politicians who ran with it.