# longform
A eulogy for the wild, free, messy, organic, human internet.
# politics
New laws in the UK and U.S. are giving bad actors the power to blackmail critics and silence dissent under the guise of protecting kids.
# space
Scientists may have just figured out how to create a radiation shield for deep space.
# oddities
Before we worry about artificial intelligence, we should really tackle natural stupidity.
# longform
Americans are becoming less social and more isolated. And our technology keeps encouraging this trend.
# oddities
Futurists and economists predicted that by now, we'd grind less, innovate more, and have time to enjoy more of our lives. So, what happened?
# tech
Readers feel scammed. Authors are furious. But AI book slop continues to proliferate like a plague.
# space
A new aerospace startup is working on a desperately needed innovation in orbit.
# tech
A new Stanford study says AI startups' products work exactly backwards according to their customers. How did that happen?
# tech
Chat bots keep telling right wing zealots what people really think of them, and they are not taking it well.
# science
A new study tries to compare our memories with a common data structure.
# tech
The disturbing lessons from chat bots trained exclusively on right wing sources and social media platforms.
# tech
Generative AI is being sold with utopian fantasies. Making its adoption more ethical, reasonable, and less harmful requires cold, unflinching logic.
# tech
Chatbots are suddenly threatening to turn on the humans in charge of them. The most likely reason why is also pretty unsettling...
# oddities
Coverage of the fires and ICE protests in Los Angeles this year has been vicious and wildly hyperbolic. It's just a matter of time until your city is next.
