John SchragMy #inktober sketch for days 3 and 4. It took me two days to finish this one, and panel 3 incorporates some earlier work because I'm lazy.
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Just a modern man of leisure, on the internet, wishing I was in the future
Dell Cameron 🐈⬛NEW: Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup conducted years of tests at #UCDavis, a public university. A WIRED investigation reveals how #Neuralink and the university keep the grisly images of its botched — and sometimes unlawful — surgeries hidden. (TW: graphic descriptions)
https://www.wired.com/story/neuralink-uc-davis-monkey-photos-videos-secret/
Corey S PowellShocking story about mRNA pioneer/Nobel winner Katalin Karikó, whose early advisor at Temple tried to have her deported & derailed her career because she dared to look for a better-paying job.
Later, UPenn demoted her, then forced her out, because her research wasn't bringing in enough funding. #NobelPrize #science [HT Paul Novosad]
Kid Mania
Zach WeinersmithOffhand thought - I wonder if part of why sci fi and fantasy are so huge now is that a lot of the genres that would've scratched the same escapist itch are now hard to do inoffensively. Like a lot of 19th century adventure literature is oriented around white adventurers visiting strange cultures, romancing hot locals, stealing stuff, and getting away. Setting it among aliens or elves or whatever allows the same story, theoretically minus the dehumanizing.
Richard Littler
Odin HalvorsonLast week, there was a huge kerfuffile over the DoJ's practice of posting its exhibits from the trial to a website each night. This is a totally normal thing to do – a practice that dates back to the Microsoft antitrust trial. But Google pitched a tantrum over this and said that the docs the DoJ were posting would be turned into "clickbait." Which is another way of saying, "the public would find these documents very interesting, and they would be damning to us and our case"
https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/03/not-feeling-lucky/#fundamental-laws-of-economics
#Google #Tech #Technology #Privacy #Advertising #Search #AntiTrust #Strike #Organize #Phones #Internet
emptywheelElon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections
https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/10/04/elon-musks-machine-for-fascism-a-tale-of-three-elections/
Elon Musk's Machine for Fascism: A Tale of Three Elections - emptywheel
In 2016, far right trolls used Twitter's to hijack rational discussions about the election, contributing to Trump's win. In 2020, moderation and post-January 6 efforts thwarted a repeat performance, but only barely. Since then, Elon Musk attempted to restore the haven for far right trolls that Trump rode to the Presidency in 2016 and used to sow a coup in 2020.
#TuckFrumpTrump Rages Outside Court That Not Having Jury in Fraud Trial is ‘Beginning of Communism’: ‘You See What’s Happening!’ https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-rages-outside-court-that-not-having-jury-in-fraud-trial-is-beginning-of-communism-you-see-whats-happening/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Transportation
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/transporter-2
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/transporter-2
