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An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants
moryan.com · 19 people
To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a professional writer for decades, even though the number of ways to make
“You should be ashamed of where you work. Not just Grammarly or Superhuman or whatever comically dumb name you come up with next. Almost everyone running tech firms, most people in positions of responsibility, pretty much every C-suite type — congrats, you’re all making the world a worse place. People used to be excited about tech, now they dread what data you're going to steal next, they dread what violation of privacy or the environment will turn up next.”
— @thomasfuchs · Mar 11
From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched
404media.co · 18 people
To better understand what exactly we’re looking at in this dystopian surveillance hellscape, 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox joined Reddit's r/technology for an Ask Me Anything session.
We recently answered a ton of questions about ICE, Palantir, Flock, the surveillance industry, and more. This is our breakdown of the state of surveillance in 2026:
— @josephcox · Mar 11
Parliament: this House urgently needs more plumbers
thenerve.news · 8 people
Britain’s ailing construction industry should be embracing high-profile figures like builder-turned-MP Hannah Spencer. And why is the built environment media largely ignoring this positive news, asks architecture writer Phineas Harper
As Phineas Harper points out:
'Whether or not Hannah Spencer can change parliament's relationship with construction, she has already changed what it means to imagine a construction worker’s place in British public life, and that’s a start. The buildings we get are, in the end, a reflection of the respect we are willing to extend to the people who build them'!
Spencer's move into Parliament is politically meaningful on a number of levels!
— @ChrisMayLA6 · Mar 10
The ‘Fourth Successor’: Iran’s plan for a long war with the US and Israel
aljazeera.com · 10 people
Tehran built a doctrine to absorb shock, survive decapitation strikes and turn time into a weapon.
Iran’s plan for a long war with the US & Israel:
"Tehran built a doctrine to absorb shock, survive decapitation strikes & turn time into a weapon".
"In any war with the US or Israel, Iran may lose senior commanders, key facilities, communications networks & even centralised control, but must still be able to keep fighting."
— @DrALJONES · Mar 10
Harvey Weinstein: The Rikers Interview
hollywoodreporter.com · 4 people Worth reading
In his first major sit-down from behind bars, the disgraced mogul fumes about life at Rikers ("I’m dying here"), his wrecked legacy and his delusions about the future ("I will be proven innocent. That I promise you").
Harvey Weinstein has a publicist. Still.
Harvey Weinstein: The Rikers Interview
— @jeffjarvis · Mar 11
In the Twenty-first Century, Space is the New Railroad for Billionaire Ambitions
techpolicy.press · 13 people
Billionaires are playing a game of orbital Monopoly, writes Janet Vertesi.
Billionaires aren't getting into the Space Race because they grew up on Star Trek. This is a game of Monopoly, and they are playing to own the pipes.
A new form of consolidation through lateral integration, across apparently separate industrial sectors that maintain control over essential communications infrastructures.
Own the pipes, and you control the world.
— @cyberlyra · Mar 10
Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Netanyahu Could Turn to Nuclear Bombs If Iran War Escalates
democracynow.org · 8 people
As President Trump gives conflicting statements about the length and objectives of the war he launched with Israel against Iran, fears are growing that the conflict could continue to expand throughout the region and beyond. Lawrence Wilkerson, retired U.S. Army colonel and former chief of staff t...
Interview: "Trump & Hegseth & Rubio have completely misjudged the nature of this war".
And "the lies that the American mainstream media..are telling the American people.. are putting us in jeopardy in a real substantive sense"...
"because the American people have no way of judging just how foolhardy, how stupid, how unwise, how violative of international dictum & rule this war is."
~Ret Col Lawrence Wilkerson
— @DrALJONES · Mar 11
Schrödinger's War
readtpa.com · 13 people
They can’t agree on whether it’s a war, a mission, regime change, or self-defense. They don’t need to. They just need Congress to stay out.
"They’re not confused. The administration and its allies are running multiple arguments at the same time, and the arguments don’t need to be consistent with each other. They just need to do the same job: keeping Congress out of the decision-making process and letting Trump do whatever the hell he wants."
~ Parker Molloy
— @wdlindsy · Mar 10
AI should help us produce better code - Agentic Engineering Patterns
simonwillison.net · 4 people Worth reading
AI should help us produce better code - Agentic Engineering Patterns
AI should help us produce better code
— @simon · Mar 10
The US World Cup is facing two crises: a financial mess – and ICE | Nellie Pou
theguardian.com · 11 people
Fewer than 100 days out, host cities haven’t received promised funding, and fears about ICE’s presence are widespread
The US World Cup is facing two crises: a financial mess – and ICE - people would be mad to go... #boycottworldcup
— @glynmoody · Mar 10
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