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Israel’s genocide is entering a brutal new phase, as it continues to bomb hospitals and assassinate journalists with impunity.

The post Israel begins razing Gaza City as Albanese stands by first appeared on Solidarity Online.

Israel is accelerating its genocide and annexation not just in Gaza, but also in the Palestinian West Bank.

The post Israel’s ethnic cleansing in West Bank rules out Palestinian state first appeared on Solidarity Online.

The U.S. military carried out an attack on a “drug vessel” in the Caribbean. It could mark the first shots of a new war.

The post Trump Boasts of Strike on “Drug-Carrying Boat” From Venezuela appeared first on The Intercept.

When I received the email, I was holding a piece of toast. Dry, no butter. I remember this vividly because it was the last thing in my life with a clearly defined purpose.

“You got tenure!” my partner said, beaming.

“Oh! That’s… great,” I replied. “I think?”

And so it began.

In the weeks since, I’ve found myself unable to commit—grammatically, affectively, institutionally. Where once I might have said, “I teach,” I now say, “There are moments in which I find myself adjacent to pedagogy.” Friends have grown concerned. My dog, unfed.

I went to text my partner: “Be home soon.” Instead, I wrote, “Circling back into the infrastructural imaginary of shared dwelling—if, indeed, dwelling can be shared.” They replied with a thumbs up, which I interpret as either affirmation or resignation. Or both. Or neither.

Soon, everyday phrases became impossible. “I’m hungry” became “There emerges, within this organismal enclosure, a not-unfamiliar sense of lack—interpretable, perhaps, as nutritional, though not necessarily limited to metabolic vectors.”

I have begun chewing paper.

Big Tech seeks every advantage to convince users that computing is revolutionized by the latest fad. When the tipping point of Large Language Models (LLMs) was reached a few years ago, generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems quickly became that latest snake oil for sale on the carnival podium.

There's so much to criticize about generative AI, but I focus now merely on the pseudo-scientific rhetoric adopted to describe the LLM-backed user-interactive systems in common use today. “Ugh, what a convoluted phrase”, you may ask, “why not call them ‘chat bots’ like everyone else?” Because “chat bot” exemplifies the very anthropomorphic hyperbole of concern.

The Economist’s latest piece on tipping points is a wake-up call for policymakers and CFOs Scott Kelly The article in The Economist – “Earth’s climate…

Dear Families,

When you enter the classroom, you will notice Sharpies hanging at eye level above every cubby. PLEASE use them to label your child’s belongings AND your child. Unfortunately, if we must give more than a couple of reminders, there will be logical consequences. We will:

What makes Modern Monetary Theory different? Jim Byrne It is the methodological approach that makes Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) different. It is this approach that…

Modern Monetary Theory and taxation Gregory John Olsen (ERA FB Discussion Group) The Federal Treasurer’s Economic Reform Round Table has missed the most important fact…

NYC, Seattle, and more paid millions for Axon Fusus software after speaking to an Atlanta officer — who sat on Fusus’s board.

The post “Duped”: How One Atlanta Cop Secretly Shilled for Police Tech appeared first on The Intercept.

Thirty years ago, nanotech was about to change everything. Let’s not get tricked again by Silicon Valley’s magical thinking

- by Philip Ball

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