Words about things.
My fitness tracker is a secret weapon against my chronic illness | The Verge: Interesting look at how tech can be applied in unexpected but beneficial ways.
Emerging legislation would shield polluters from liability for climate change - Ars Technica: The GOP really hates your kids.
Does Generative AI “Work”? That’s a Misleading Question. | The New Republic: Interesting comparison between fossil fuels and imitative AI.
How To Read Sixteen Books at Once (At All Times) - Reactor: I cannot tell if this is genius or insanity.
Earth’s first major extinction was worse than we thought | Science | AAAS: Science will make you more extinct than you thought you were.
Ohio GOP Wants Every Pregnancy Reported to the State: The GOP really hates pregnant women.
Women are being abandoned by their partners on hiking trails. What’s behind ‘alpine divorce’? | Relationships | The Guardian: Not sure what is more infuriating: the men leaving behind people to suffer or the people making up a cutesy name for it.
Former NBPA Head Tamika Tremaglio Discusses The WNBA Labor Battle And The Art Of Bargaining | Defector: Fascinating for the ways in which the union has to fight to get the basics of the contract enforced.
ChatGPT did not cure a dog’s cancer | The Verge: It is more than a little sad that this has to be said out loud, but apparently it does.
Democrat Reveals Epstein File That Blows Huge Hole in Trump’s Story | The New Republic: I really didn’t think there was evidence against Trump in the files, assuming it would have leaked years ago. But, man, they really do act as if its hiding something terrible about him, don’t they.
Marc Andreessen is a philosophical zombie | The Verge: Brilliant diagnosis of the Tech Bro mindset.
Scientists Once Dropped Gophers on a Volcano. Now They’re Heroes.: Still don’t want them in my yard, though.
I was struggling to understand my autistic son - until we watched an episode of Doctor Who | Doctor Who | The Guardian: Lovely little story.
Have the best possible week, everyone.