Link Dump November 4th
No write-ups this issue. But, here's my favorite links of the week.
News
In a frank internal meeting, The New York Times wrestled with its political role | Semafor
Zuckerberg: The AI Slop Will Continue Until Morale Improves | 404 Media
Exclusive: Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta's Llama | Reuters
Kamala Harris Is Not Our Savior. But a Donald Trump Win Would Be Catastrophic. | Teen Vogue
States Are Restricting Protests and Criminalizing Dissent | Teen Vogue
How women's phones became a tool for abortion surveillance
Blog Posts & Essays
Bluesky and enshittification by Cory Doctorow
Against Narrative by Rayne Fisher-Quann
No Compromises: Inside the Minds of Today's Radicals by Lolo
Music
In The Garden, By The Weeds (Bandcamp) by Josaleigh Pollett
Chromakopia (Apple Music) by Tyler, The Creator
Videos
How does gravity warp the flow of time?
Kurt Vonnegut, Shapes of Stories.
The most terrifying thought: Roko's Basilik
Wiki Entries
Embrace, extend, and extinguish
Miscellaneous
2024 Election Poll Closing Times
Why LLMs are bad for search by Emily M. Bender on BlueSky
No Context Screenshots
