Things that I think are worth your time.
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AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
The soul of public education is at stake. When the largest public university system licenses an AI chatbot from a corporation that blacklists journalists, exploits data workers in the Global South, amasses geopolitical and energy power at an unprecedented scale,…
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Reactions to an Assassination
A few articles about Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the response to it that I think are worth reading. That Kirk, who became famous for participating in viral political debates, was gunned down on a university campus is a tragedy, period.…
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How Lofi Girl Became a Chill Beats Empire
Tens of thousands of people, at any given time, are idly listening to the ambient, muted beats that accompany the Lofi Girl livestream: in solo studying sessions, taking tests in a classroom, and using the tunes as a stand-in for…
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Fourth Amendment?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly…
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You Should Try Markdown
This week’s thing I like is Markdown. It is a syntax for adding formatting to plain text files in a way that is both still readable as plain text and that can be processed into rich document formats like HTML.…
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