I don’t care how much you admire Noam Chomsky. For centuries, men in high positions have behaved unspeakably to women and children, and I don’t give a shit how great a thinker they were. Indeed if anyone had the capacity to understand the monstrous consequences of a power imbalance and what consent is, it’s people like Chomsky.

the Guardian

Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal

The philosopher and the sex trafficker were in contact long after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, documents reveal

Apparently, you can’t tempt ‘ANTIFA' to attack you and carve ‘Trump Whore’ on you. You have to hire someone privately. These people, FFS

Lawmaker's former staffer staged violent political attack, police say

A former congressional staffer was accused of faking a political attack that included hiring someone to slice her body.

Okay, what is with all these women with perfectly manicured nails and their pottery videos on Instagram?

For anyone who ever thought cats were just lazy, sleep-all-day moochers… Send from Don’s sister in BC #caturday

To say that any given search on the internet, using almost any browser, has turned into a challenge of sorting out the crap, I have noticed that if I put a date in my search - pre-2020, I get a lot less AI generated garbage. #Search

Really interesting thread on AI and autism. Heightened pattern recognition in many autistic people means that they often recognise what neurotypical people cannot: the artificiality of AI writing

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Peter (@peter_sc@chaos.social)

This whole idea that "AI" is a helpful tool for autistic people, because it lets you write more "professionally" or whatever, is incredibly toxic a...