Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way? ( www.vox.com )
Steve Scalise’s 24 hours of humiliation ( www.vox.com )
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We are rapidly approaching the dystopian time Star Trek envisioned but it’s worse - Lemmit ( www.vox.com )
Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do ( www.vox.com )
Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do::The generation that grew up with the internet isn’t invulnerable to becoming the victim of online hackers and scammers.
A new Supreme Court case could trigger a second Great Depression ( www.vox.com )
America’s Trumpiest court handed down a shockingly dangerous decision. The Supreme Court is likely, but not certain, to fix it....
Gen Z falls for online scams more than their boomer grandparents do ( www.vox.com )
"Climate-friendly" beef could land in a meat aisle near you. Don’t fall for it. | Tyson Foods and the federal government refuse to show their math for a new sustainability label. ( www.vox.com )
How states humiliate single parents who need government assistance ( www.vox.com )
To receive government assistance in the US is to submit yourself to a whole host of requirements, some reasonable, some harsh. Each state, and each program within it, has their own requirements, which might be a test of income, of assets, or even of behavior. Some are reasonable — a millionaire probably doesn’t need food...
The Supreme Court’s new term will be dominated by dangerous and incoherent lawsuits ( www.vox.com )
No matter how bad the Supreme Court gets, it can always get worse....
Capitalism is turning us into addicts | How Big Business shapes our habits and desires. ( www.vox.com )
Three reasons Biden is struggling with Black and Latino voters ( www.vox.com )
A recent spate of polling paints a bad picture of declining support for the president from voters of color. But just how worrisome is it?
The indictment of Hunter Biden isn’t really about gun charges ( www.vox.com )
Prosecutors are moving aggressively because the plea deal fell apart. But why did it fall apart?
There’s been a shift in how we think about climate change: A climate psychologist explains how we’ve moved beyond hope, anger, and complacency toward something more promising. ( www.vox.com )
My takeaways are that more news exposure is good (see the availability heuristic and mere-exposure effect) for putting climate change concern on the agenda, while information campaigns aren't very useful unless they're paired with avenues for action. Policy changes (incentives and disincentives, regulations, price changes,...
The "abolish the police" movement, explained by 7 scholars and activists ( www.vox.com )
The constitutional case that Donald Trump is already banned from being president ( www.vox.com )
DeSantis is still standing by Florida’s revisionist Black history ( www.vox.com )
America’s worst gerrymander may soon finally die ( www.vox.com )
The state of Wisconsin does not choose its state legislature in free and fair elections, and it has not done so for a very long time. A new lawsuit, filed just one day after Democrats effectively gained a majority on the state Supreme Court, seeks to change that....