Pluralistic: The real AI fight (27 Nov 2023)

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The real AI fight: Effective Accelerationists and Effective Altruists are both in vigorous agreement about something genuinely stupid.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Pluralistic: Podcasting "How To Think About Scraping" (25 Sept 2023)

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Podcasting "How To Think About Scraping": How to preserve the benefits of web-scraping while targeting the real harms.
Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
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Massive Predpol leak confirms that it drives racist policing: As with McKinsey consultants, buying Predpol is a way to buy outside validation for the indefensible.
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HRDAG analyzes the best covid-19 studies: Ninja statisticians FTW.
Chelsea Manning's supporters pay off her $256,000 fine in a day: She had our back so we have hers.
The Onion is there for us: Doing for pandemic what they did for 9/11.
The CIA's information security is really terrible: Root password was "123ABCdef".
Euroleaks: exposing the secret workings of the Eurogroup: Where they decided to strangle Greece.
Things to do with kids during lockdowns: A crowdsourced list.
Covered Dish: A site for stories of mutual aid during a crisis.
How to pull your business out of China: A guide for the anxious.
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