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Jeffrey Vagle
Профиль VivelyLaw professor | Privacy, AI*, Technology and Society | Veteran | There is music yet to play | https://tractatus.org
Matthew writes some really insightful stuff on AI* and related technologies; please consider supporting his work.
Matthew SheffieldHi guys, I'm sorry to have to ask for this again but I really could use your support. My father died recently and now I have fallen behind on rent. If you could please chip in a few dollars, it would really help me keep going. I need to raise $10,000 asap to pay expenses. Thank you so much ❤️
"This is a case with tremendous evidence." -- Jeanine Pirro , US Attorney for the District of Columbia, Jul. 2, 2026 www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
The Justice Department is admitting that a $14 million renovation on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, was flawed, and is dropping the criminal case against a former Olympian that accused him of damaging the pool, according to a new court filing. https://cnn.it/3RJJnwj
CBS continues to lead in the production of shows that allow us to see the world through eyes of a suburban 60 year old white dude from southern Indiana.
Next door in Silicon ValleyHere's the teaser trailer for CBS's upcoming tv series "Cupertino" As you watch it, keep in mind the actual demographics of the City of Cupertino: -Asian 70.8% -White 20.4% -Hispanic 4.4% -Black 0.5% www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jWy...
Wait. Are you telling me the LAPD has racist cops within its ranks?
Los Angeles TimesLAPD officer who recorded colleagues' racist comments to be charged with felony eavesdropping
I have a theory that it’s actually his hair making all the decisions.
David DayenYou're not going to believe this but Gavin Newsom is taking the side of capital over workers. In this case it's tricky because he's backing the very MAGA allies his cosplaying X account claims he's fighting. www.wsj.com/business/med...
This guy is so broken and fixated on grudges and spite that he's unable to get out of his own way on political messaging.
Aaron RuparTrump: "We heard in Minnesota there was a cyberattack and they blame it on Iran. I don't think so. I blame it on Minnesota because they're grossly incompetent. Iran's got bigger problems than worrying about Minnesota."
I wonder if this material is as capable of starting a Bluesky conflagration as pizza topping preferences.
YouGovYouGov's latest scoop: vanilla is Britain's favourite ice cream flavour Vanilla: 18% Mint choc chip: 14% Chocolate: 13% Strawberry: 5% Salted caramel: 5% Rum and raisin: 5% Pistachio: 4% Coffee: 3% Raspberry ripple: 3% yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
epistemology (noun): the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
Joseph CoxNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net is one the best articulators of the real AI* problems facing us. It's not that there aren't useful bits of tech under the big AI* umbrella, it's that investors and CEOs are trying to force every AI* technology into every corner to get their profits wherever they can.
The Weekly Show with Jon StewartAI companies focus on reducing labor cost mean that its applications are always going to be in service of taking away labor’s power. @doctorow.pluralistic.net
I have a 1L law student version of item 1 below.
John Scalzi1. Newer writers, just don't fucking use "AI" for anything, ever 2. How odd that being an established writer with a firm "no 'AI'" stance and ample pre-"AI" IP will become a definite competitive advantage over "new, hot, and possibly copyright compromised" deadline.com/2026/07/ai-q...
I highly recommend watching the scenes from Silicon Valley that take place in a data center. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM3V...
MicahI mean this is fundamentally one of the big reasons why data centers have no local constituency: they don’t actually create a lot of jobs they’ll employ some folks during construction but the actual day to day operation of a data center really doesn’t need many people, especially given its size
catnip.
Lane Stellmaker@greatdismal.bsky.social's Neuromancer was a hugely formative book for me as a youth. I'm cautiously optimistic about Apple's adaptation, but wanted to investigate more how Gibson's point about narrative constitution of identity dovetails with philosophy. www.hipcrimevocab.net/cases-two-bo...
Has Hassett ever been inside a data center? He should do so then put together an employee per square foot analysis to compare with other businesses. Data centers are largely automated, operating with very few actual employees, none of them executives.
Aaron RuparHassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."