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A network of organizations and far-right lawmakers are on a crusade to promote bills rooted in baseless distortions of science and medicine.

The overturning of Roe V. Wade and the rise in anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and laws have made the current state of queer rights unstable. Unfortunately, news coming out of a family law case in Oklahoma has only made it worse.

Engineers Gave Elon’s Tweets Special Treatment Because Elon Freaked Out That A Joe Biden Tweet Got More Engagement by Mike Masnick

What’s the opposite of shadowbanning? Maxboosting? I dunno, but whatever it is, that’s what Twitter’s frustrated and exhausted engineers gave Elon Musk after he whined (for not the first time) that people might like someone more than they like Elon. By now you know the basics: last week it was reported that Elon was getting […]

We Are Too Busy Laughing At Needy Loser Elon Musk To Write A Proper Headline Right Now by Evan Hurst

This is the saddest, most pathetic thing that any person has ever done.

Twitter users can like different versions of an edited tweet, making it seem like it has more likes than it actually does. Experts say the bug could be used to spread false information.

The administration of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) opposed a bill to shield menstrual data from subpoena amid post-Roe fears of abortion prosecutions.

After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm

Not everything that makes police dangerous comes from culture. Some comes from the law—and the way cops train to operate within it.

Some thoughts on why journalists pretend Mastodon is impenetrable.

Twitter’s showing an excess of tweets and replies from Elon Musk on some users’ For You feeds. This comes just days after Musk complained about not getting enough views on the platform.

Reddit users are pushing the limits of popular AI chatbot ChatGPT – and finding ways around its safeguards.

Automation is not the enemy by karlgroves@gmail.com

Before you read this, I want you to spend a few moments looking around where you are right now. Ponder, for a moment, the furniture you’re sitting on, the room…

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To those who seek to stop young people from reading <em>The Handmaid’s Tale</em>: Good luck with that. It’ll only make them want to read it more.

Upcoming Christian Super Bowl ads are framed as diverse and inclusive. But the money behind them comes from a rabidly antiabortion and antigay organization.

No stone unturned, no empty folder unsubpoenaed.

Another linguistic ruse by the people who actually want to weaponize government

Never trust a politician who wears a big-ass cowboy hat indoors. That means I’m not a fan of the Wyoming Republican party. More sensible Wyoming politicians are proposing a bill that disallow…

"He Gets Us," a Christian outreach campaign, has spent millions in advertising and on Sunday will debut two new commercials during the Super Bowl. The campaign's murky motivations have some Christians feeling confused and betrayed.

It’s been hard to make a living as a journalist in the 21st century, but it’s gotten easier over the last few years, as we’ve settled on the world’s newest and most lucrative business model: invasive…