If you're following Columbia, turn on WKCR right now-- it seems like the cops are cordoning off even public streets and there are no legal observers allowed in, but NYPD counterterrorism units are massing. Listening to the police state prepare to pounce in real time, ghastly.

You can already do this… it doesn’t need to be commercialized.

Thinking about how I used to go to that exact JCPenny when I was MUCH younger.

Confirmed - Tesla Elon Musk has let our entire charging org go. What this means for the charging network, NACS, and all the exciting work we were doing across the industry, I don't yet know. What a wild ride it has been.

There's a lot of talk about China's disinfo/propaganda efforts, but turns out... they're pretty bad at it?

This story from David Gilbert

wired.com/story/china-ba…

Classic

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What Frum omits to mention here is that the USC valedictorian, a young Muslim woman in a hijab, had her speech cancelled because, USC said, of threats from *pro-Israel* activists.

But hey, let’s not mention that, & of course no one cares about the safety of Muslims students. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Here's PT2 of this week's Better Offline - the disgraceful story of how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads, led a coup so he could run Search, and how Google's ads team poisoned the most important site on the internet.
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This is going to go poorly. Just going to call it now.

New: after 404 Media's investigation, Apple has removed multiple nonconsensual AI nudify apps from the Apple App Store. This signals a shift at Apple: back in 2022, Apple (and Google) did not remove. Now there is a change in approach 404media.co/apple-removes-…

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The professor has been charged with battery against the officer.

You read that right.

🚨new news about Musk/OpenAI from me and Sabrina Willmer🚨
Elon Musk has stepped up his court fight with OpenAI by demanding documents from ex board member Helen Toner, who was a key player in the short-lived ousting of Sam Altman last year. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…… via
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Just had explosive interaction w/ Columbia University’s heightened security coming onto campus. They followed me to my office & then lied, saying I didn’t scan my ID for entry (I did) & I pushed an officer (I didn’t). An ugly scene followed. They did this to me, a tenured, full professor.

EXCLUSIVE: The ACLU is suing the NSA, DoD and ODNI for records about how they're using AI in their surveillance programs.
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I know a lot is going on right now, but today is the 10th anniversary of the Flint water crisis, and none of the residents have been paid from the $656 million settlement. theemancipator.org/2024/04/25/env…