dangillmor

dangillmor, 15 hours ago to random

Big-time sports is part of the gambling industry now. This will end predictably, with scandals that make people assume everyone in the -- whatever -- game is corrupt.

https://defector.com/sports-is-betting-it-all-on-gambling?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

dangillmor, 16 hours ago (edited 15 hours ago) to random

Does anyone know of a way to buy an EV that doesn't relentlessly spy on the driver/passengers and send the data to whoever the carmaker feels like selling it to?

Related: Does anyone know of a service in the Bay Area that will disable all the surveillance that was, without my knowledge or permission, built into a 2008 Prius?

dangillmor, 16 hours ago to random

Such BS behavior by Gannett -- https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2024/gannett-fired-sarah-leach-editor-speaking-press/

dangillmor, 20 hours ago to random

Not the Onion (though if it was on that site we'd all have a good laugh at the fine satire).

Sadly, but predictably, it's in the New York Times.

"Stormy Daniels as We Had Never Seen Her

During her time on the stand in former President Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial, the adult entertainer dressed for history — and a jury."

h/t @jeffjarvis

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

An example of how a journalism org can provide vital context: The NY Times goes deep on the epic hypocrisy of prominent Republicans, who've been parroting antisemitic tropes for years but are suddenly -- and cynically -- pretending otherwise.

"Prominent Republicans have seized on campus protests to assail what they say is antisemitism on the left. But for years they have mainstreamed anti-Jewish rhetoric."

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/us/antisemitism-republicans-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qk0.aui5.omPpoidj1BLE&smid=url-share

Free link.

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

Stack Overflow joins Twitter and Reddit in demonstrating control-freak contempt for the people who made the platform what it is.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

The company will probably get away with it, because people seem unable to fight back in effective ways, at least in numbers that make a difference.

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

It isn't just Big Journalism that doesn't make saving democracy -- without which a free press can't exist -- a core part of the mission.

Journalism education doesn't, either.

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

Climate scientists are angry, helpless, and overwhelmed as they watch humanity accelerate toward the climate cliff that will likely destroy much of our civilization. But they have no choice other than continuing to fight, as long as they can.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair

dangillmor, 1 day ago to random

If journalists cared about protecting democracy, they would be campaigning -- yes, in their news pages -- for free and fair elections.

Apparently that's too "partisan" for people whose fetish for balance has led them to help democracy's enemies.

So please read and pass around this piece from @marcelias, someone who cares passionately and is doing his best.

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/when-trump-attacks-our-elections-we-will-have-no-excuse/

dangillmor, 2 days ago to random

If media organizations were trying to discredit themselves, they couldn't have done better than patronizing a company that fed them "AI"-generated bullshit to put in their publications.

https://futurism.com/advon-ai-content

dangillmor, 2 days ago to random

It is heartening that the editor of the New York Times is being widely condemned for his indifference to saving democracy. Dan Froomkin's piece today has a sampling of the loathing Joe Kahn unleashed. https://presswatchers.org/2024/05/new-york-times-editor-joe-kahn-says-defending-democracy-is-a-partisan-act-and-he-wont-do-it/

dangillmor, 2 days ago to random

How Boeing mismanaged the Starliner: https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/the-surprise-is-not-that-boeing-lost-commercial-crew-but-that-it-finished-at-all/

dangillmor, 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

Boeing's incompetence strikes again, with yet another delay in launching a crewed spaceship. (Boeing co-owns ULA, which makes the rocket.)

The other co-owner is Lockheed Martin.

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/boeing-scrubs-starliner-crewed-launch-rcna150843

Note: Getting a lot of pushback, and the comments are reasonable.

dangillmor, 2 days ago to random

Blog post: NY Times editor: Democracy is good, but we won't actively defend it

https://dangillmor.com/2024/05/07/ny-times-editor-democracy-is-good-but-we-wont-actively-defend-it/

dangillmor, 3 days ago to random

Latest reminder that the Trump stolen-classified-documents case judge is effectively a member of the defense team:

"Judge Pushes Back Critical Filing Deadline in Trump Documents Case

"Judge Aileen M. Cannon did not immediately set a new date, but the delay increases the chance that the trial will not happen before the November election."

This is in-your-face corruption.

dangillmor, 5 days ago to random

You're found guilty based on "AI" software that can't be tested for accuracy.

How can this be?

Because law enforcement stacks the deck, and judges allow it, while legislatures ignore the injustices.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/ai-tool-used-thousands-criminal-cases-facing-legal-challenges-rcna149607