59 felony counts is almost, but not quite, half the felony counts that Trump was facing just a few short years ago. What a world we live in.
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Aaron Massey
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Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst at FPF, PhD in CS from NC State
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)The wait is (almost) over! Ghost in the Machine is coming to audiences on March 27th! Screenings and rentals are available via Kinema, and the film will stream free on PBS and YouTube this fall. Details at: https://notaidoc.com
I'm consistently amazed that research and journalism on this subject never ask about the public's perception of the accuracy of these techniques. The actual accuracy is irrelevant if they are widely believed to be revealing truth.
Fake news doesn't actually have to be fake, it only has to be perceived as fake. Imagine a politician claiming their rival was identified by some AI as actually being behind a notorious, pseudonymous Internet troll. The claim could be total bullshit thrown just so that it has to be refuted. If the tools are merely perceived to be accurate, then refutation is much harder.
This may be irrelevant to some extent as the techniques become more accurate. (The results could be more easily replicated by others.) Still, it's pretty important while we're transitioning to that future. It's also important as long as these techniques remain imperfect and applied to huge numbers. A tiny error rate matters against a huge population, but public perception regularly fails to understand or account for this.
This is worth reading even if you're tired of all the other Epstein coverage. Actually, it’s worth reading specifically for that reason in particular.
https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/epstein-files-patriarchy
This is the actual future of the overwhelming majority of AI companies.
An Update on Heroku
Today, Heroku is transitioning to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security, reliability, and support. Heroku remains an actively supported, production-ready platform, with an emphasis on maintaining quality and operational excellence rather than introducing new features. We know changes like this can raise questions, and we want to be clear about what this means for customers. There is no change for customers using Heroku today. Customers who pay via credit card in the Heroku dashboard—both existing and new—can continue to use Heroku with no changes to pricing, billing, service, or day-to-day usage. Core platform functionality, including applications, pipelines, teams, …
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2026. In case you're looking for something you may not have seen before, this is worth your time:
Chris Wysopal
Hitting the nail on the head with this piece. The incentives in higher education are seriously broken.
https://www.joshbarro.com/p/elite-colleges-should-try-harder
Andy GreenbergThe new anonymous phone carrier startup Phreeli, launching today, will let you sign up for cellular service with almost no personally identifiable information—not even your name. All it asks for is a ZIP code, the minimum info legally required for tax purposes. https://www.wired.com/story/new-anonymous-phone-carrier-sign-up-with-nothing-but-a-zip-code/
Augie RayThis is from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Just thought I'd post it here for no particular or current reason.
