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Tech companies want us isolated and constantly staring at screens because it drives profit

But don't get it twisted, there's no such thing as a safe one, either

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For the past several years, lawmakers and bureaucrats around the country have been trying to solve a problem. They wanted…

The Bible has been removed from all elementary and junior high school libraries throughout the Davis School District after someone challenged its contents.

“Black children are not seen as innocent,” explains author Ebony Elizabeth Thomas.

How a liberal counter-mobilization is demanding an end to reactionary hysteria.

Josh Hawley exposes the inherent tensions in MAGA.

The worst of the industry is expensive and runs from useless to counterproductive.

Plus: A bipartisan victory.

In a country that treats disabled people like expensive burdens and that teaches people to hate and fear disabilities, activists argue that true bodily autonomy is not possible.

Today marks 15 days since Florida's legislature banned most adult trans care. People continue to be unable to obtain their medications. People are suffering and turning to alternate means.

Elon Musk's Neuralink received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its first-in-human clinical trial, a critical milestone for the brain-implant startup as it faces U.S. probes over its handling of animal experiments.

A furry fandom con in Florida just announced it would ban minors based on the governor’s ridiculous laws

Nah Fam That's Speech, Come On Now

In the last month, two different hospitals both managed to almost kill D by medication errors. At least, I'm insisting they were errors, though such as they were is, I gather, not what is usually considered a "medication error". She was not administered too much, she was not administered someone else's meds, she wasn't administered something other that what was prescribed.

Stephen Wolfram explores the broader picture of what's going on inside ChatGPT and why it produces meaningful text. Discusses models, training neural nets, embeddings, tokens, transformers, language syntax.

If you're a corporate marketing officer concerned over what's happening with Target, let me make something abundantly clear: you will never appease anti-LGBTQ extremists.

Plus: What it means for Ukraine to finally receive F-16 fighter jets.