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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
Who’s Afraid of The Handmaid’s Tale? by Margaret Atwood
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.
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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
The Far Right Is Funding Evangelical Super Bowl Sunday Ads
Upcoming Christian Super Bowl ads are framed as diverse and inclusive. But the money behind them comes from a rabidly antiabortion and antigay organization.
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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
One More Sign That Special Counsel Jack Smith Is Dead Serious by Dennis Aftergut
No stone unturned, no empty folder unsubpoenaed.
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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
A "weaponization of government" trope explainer by Don Moynihan
Another linguistic ruse by the people who actually want to weaponize government
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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
The groomers are at it again by PZ Myers
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…
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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
The truth behind the ‘He Gets Us’ ads for Jesus airing during the Super Bowl by AJ Willingham
"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.
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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
The Hypocrisy of the Internet Journalist by an author
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…
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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web by Ted Chiang
The noted speculative-fiction writer Ted Chiang on OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT, which, he says, does little more than paraphrase what’s already on the Internet.
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· 22 Shevat 5783 (Monday 13 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
High Level Corruption. In Plain Sight. by Charlie Sykes
Plus: DeSantis goes darker
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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 1 minute to read
Who paid for pro-Jesus ‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl commercials? by Sarah Posner
The touchy-feely ‘He Gets Us’ Super Bowl ads hide a dark truth The advertisements seem to recast Jesus for a new era, but their real purpose is rehabilitating pro-Trump evangelicals.

Narrator: Not fucking happening.

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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
Gym and Peloton selfies dominate social media, but fitness may be less accessible than ever by Amil Niazi
Expensive memberships, pricey equipment out of reach for many
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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
GOP election tactics no surprise to Wisconsin's Black voters by Harm Venhuizen
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Recent revelations about Republican election strategies targeting minority communities in Wisconsin's biggest city came as no surprise to many Black voters .
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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
The Empty Words of the Religious Right by Liza Batkin
The legal group Alliance Defending Freedom has perfected a tactic for twisting the First Amendment: casting discriminators as visionaries persecuted by despotic laws.
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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
Santos was charged with theft in 2017 case tied to Amish dog breeders
The New York congressman had the charge dismissed and his record expunged after claiming his checkbook was stolen.
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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
AI-powered Bing Chat spills its secrets via prompt injection attack by Benj Edwards
By asking "Sydney" to ignore previous instructions, it reveals its original directives.
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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter by Paul Ford
Remember what happened with the Tower of Babel? Same type of deal.
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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 1 minute to read
Wyoming Limiting Child Marriage Sparks Republican Outrage by Ben Weingarten
The state GOP is urging its members to kill a bill banning anyone from marrying a child under 16, calling it an attack on liberty that could hurt teen parents.

One hell of a chaser.

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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 1 minute to read
Sen. Josh Hawley wants to create a legal age for social media by Allan SmithAllan Smith
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is pushing a legislative package aimed at protecting children online — including setting the minimum age to be on social media at 16.

Shot,

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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says.
The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business.
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· 21 Shevat 5783 (Sunday 12 February 2023) · 0 minutes to read
Florida school district pulls children's book on Roberto Clemente by Russell Contreras
A school district in Florida has removed a children's book on Latino baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente to see if it complies with a new state law limiting discussions about race, Axios has confirmed.
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