Bullshit generators such as ChatGPT increasingly show racial stereotypes in judging people's employ-ability.

They don't actually understand anything, including the concept of "employ-ability" or "bigotry", so employers should not use them for that purpose.

Singer Olivia Rodrigo became a champion of freedom by distributing condoms and emergency contraception pills at her concerts. But now she has ceased that practice, citing a vague concern about "children" that attend.

I can't tell whether "children" in her statement refers to the people we normally call "children" — pre-teens — or to everyone under 18. But either way, I can't see even a lick of sense in that decision to stop. Whatever a person's age, if person is going to be sexually penetrated, it is good for that person to have a condom available. Whatever a female's age, if she may get pregnant, it is useful for her to have emergency contraception available.

Unless she presents clearly some other reason, I have to think that she has yielded to an incoherent right-wing moral panic.

Advances in brain-machine interfaces are dangerous.

Musk has spoken in favor of fascism more than once. He could make Neuralink implants trigger pleasure in the brain whenever the patient hears words that endorse fascism. If the Neuralink itself is not capable of relaying the sound that the patient is hearing, the apparatus to run it could simply have an internet-connected microphone.

The only way to make them safe is if users have full control over the software that operates them and talks directly with them. They also need to be able to study the circuit diagram and verify that the device was built honestly.

George Monbiot: *It's as if Keir Starmer is seeking out all the positive reasons to vote Labour — and deleting them.*

Unofficial groups of Republicans are trying to rig elections by pressuring local election officials in some states to remove voters from he voting lists.

In Michigan, Nevada, and Georgia they have had successes.