NEWS: Massachusetts this week passed legislation that will make phone calls from prison and jails free. In fact, it'd also wipe charges for other forms of communication between incarcerated folks & their loved ones. Big win for a growing movement: boltsmag.org/massachusetts-…

Everyone please remember that the WGA does not leak during negotiations. So if you’re reading something in the press or trades you are reading something explicitly leaked by the companies to accomplish some goal. It’s either intimidation or spin.

The Fault in Our Stars has been removed from the YA section in the suburbs of Indianapolis and is now considered a "book for adults." This is ludicrous. It is about teenagers and I wrote it for teenagers. Teenagers are not harmed by reading TFIOS. This is such an embarrassment

A group called PINE leapt at the opportunity to assist in clean-up efforts after historic floods hit Vermont. The problem is that PINE is a front for the neo-Nazi group NSC-131 — and they’re using the floods as an opportunity to drum up local support vice.com/en/article/88x…

Dear Adobe You mentioned your AI images uses the Adobe stock library only and guarantees the artist gets a royalty. Then can you explain why my name is in your library and there are a bunch of AI generated images with my name without my consent or prior knowledge? Please RT

I never want to see alarmist headlines about shoplifting ever ever again

As a teenager I opted to sleep outdoors after I was raped in a homeless shelter. The housed public doesn’t understand how bad conditions are because the word “shelter” conjures lovely images—not the reality of sleeping on a concrete floor next to someone screaming from nightmares

This isn’t true at all. Some of us have many

New York City does not exist without immigrants. New York City is nothing without immigrants.

We are in an existential fight with people who are terrified of anything outside of their small world, who will use the levers of power to make our world as small as theirs.

First time I've checked this hellsite in over a week, 1st thing I see is a US Senator calling the navy "woke" & "communist" bc it allows poets in its ranks??

I've learned a ton from Tech Won't Save Us and it's such a pleasure to join Paris Marx to discuss the evolving tensions in US-China relations around science and technology, what Cold-War binarisms miss, and why debates on S&T are really about labor and capital. Links and show notes:

FYLPRO EVP & Tayo co-founder Mark Calaguas the durian don dada is programming committee member for Metaverse Safety Week 2023 by XRSI. Mark has been planning #MSW2023 roundtable on governance for AI/emerging tech 1pm EST, Dec 14. FYLPRO 2022 delegate Michi: Adorable Tiny Demon 🔥🇵🇭🇺🇸🍜📖🦄 is also a speaker