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The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life by Nitasha Tiku

The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder.

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There Is No Right Person to Hate by David French

An assassination attempt against Brett Kavanaugh reveals the price of American vitriol

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· 11 Sivan 5782 (Friday 10 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

The Case Against Donald J. Trump by Charlie Sykes

It was a criminal conspiracy

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· 8 Sivan 5782 (Tuesday 7 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

The Surreal Case of a C.I.A. Hacker’s Revenge by Patrick Radden Keefe

A hot-headed coder is accused of exposing the agency’s hacking arsenal. Did he betray his country because he was pissed off at his colleagues? Patrick Radden Keefe reports on the investigation.

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Liberty Upsets Patterns—and Conservatism by Aaron Ross Powell

Conservatism and libertarianism are incompatible because they aim at fundamentally divergent political ends.

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· 7 Sivan 5782 (Monday 6 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

Perhaps this is out of self-interest because fascists who begin with attacking the LGBTQ community historically wind up at “kill the Jews”, but the time to stand with marginalized groups against fascism is *before* they managed to speed-run Niemöller’s poem. https://t.co/Kp4544CAFU
— Actually malicious, no actual malice (@apark2453) June 6, 2022

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The Mainstream Media Lost the Depp-Heard Trial by Choire Sicha

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After Uvalde, How Do Teachers Keep on Teaching?

The limitations of preparedness.

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The GOP’s ‘Glenn Youngkin Model’ Stalls Out on the Pennsylvania Turnpike

David McCormick loses to Dr. Oz as the donor class’s post-Trump pivot fails.

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· 6 Sivan 5782 (Sunday 5 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

Against Gun Idolatry by David French

As American gun culture moves from defense to defiance, it puts our democracy at risk.

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· 5 Sivan 5782 (Saturday 4 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

You’re on the side of mass shootings- and that’s the losing side.

Not that u will- but I’d reevaluate. https://t.co/M3ymE23Hut
— Dennis Herring (@dcherring) June 4, 2022

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· 3 Sivan 5782 (Thursday 2 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

Retire These Gun Myths

Too often the case against common-sense gun reforms rests on outdated claims and mistaken arguments.

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· 3 Sivan 5782 (Thursday 2 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

Again: Right-wing ideology divides the country into two populations: Real Americans (rural/exurban white Christian conservatives) whose citizenship is unquestioned, and everyone else whose citizenship is contingent and conditional. https://t.co/t9Xy7p0UkF
— Dr. James G. Gilmore (@jamesggilmore) June 1, 2022

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· 3 Sivan 5782 (Thursday 2 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

Absolute trash. What does the GOP do to support families? No healthcare. Forced birth. No mental health programs. Cuts to any kind of social services programs. No...all they have is "we love families" and pull yourself up by your bootstraps bullshit. https://t.co/hd1tbTXxoX
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 1, 2022

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· 3 Sivan 5782 (Thursday 2 June 2022) · 0 minutes to read

OK...so Mitch...how much can we spend on mental health programs to help?

'Oh...nothing...that's socialism.'

This is bullshit to change the topic. We aren't changing the topic @LeaderMcConnell anymore. It's the guns. https://t.co/Tim3VhCL3H
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) June 1, 2022

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Anatomy of a fake by Don Moynihan

What a viral fake news story about "race-based grading" tells us about our media ecosystem

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8 Shocking HTML tips you probably don't know about by 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐢 💞

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What the AR-15 Does to a Child's Body by Charlie Sykes

Plus: Durham face-plants