For the 1,000th time: "AI" does not have agency and cannot think and cannot act.
Chatbots cannot "evade safeguards" or "destroy things" or "ignore instructions".
They do literally only one thing and one thing only: string tokens together based on statistics of proximity of tokens in a data corpus.
If you attribute any deeper meaning to this, it's a sign of psychosis and you should absolutely never use chatbots, possibly you should even touch grass.
"I grant you one wish," the magic fish said.
"To eat my mother's pancakes again, just like when I was a child."
"Are you sure?"
"You think it frivolous?"
"No. But to grant it I must send you back to the child you were, with no adult memories."
"Would my life change?"
"You ask that every time."
Before the Civil Rights Act, my great-uncle from Roxbury took on Pullman in 1954 — and won
mastodon, once more i have need of your collective mind, so pls boost if you are willing
this quarter i’m teaching (2 different) English classes on the themes of FISHING & HUMOR
as ever, i am interested in whatever materials you think would be illuminating/charming/intriguing on those topics. we don’t have the scope for full books, but excerpts, chapters, articles, videos, artworks, songs, poems… we are open to nearly anything of topical interest
i so appreciate your input, fedi-folk 💚
The dark history of a constitutional amendment that now keeps us from becoming Arkansas
https://www.universalhub.com/2026/dark-history-constitutional-amendment-now-keeps-us-becoming-arkansas
On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled Massachusetts does not have to pay for special-education classes for students at private schools, in part because of an amendment to the state constitution that prohibits state aid to any private schools. Sounds like a sort of classic Blue Massachusetts amendment that keeps public funds going to public schools, unlike in states like Arkansas or Louisiana, where public money now goes to pay for religious schools. Read more.
In Burlington, residents protest ICE headquarters, a landlord, a parking lot and a cafe
www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/19/burlington-massachusetts-ice-protests-profiting-businesses
Burlington, Massachusetts residents are sharply divided over immigration enforcement — with some now calling out local companies they say profit from ICE’s operations.
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