@1br0wn Good, and terrifying, profile of #JusticeThomas by Corey Robin. Shows how the collapse in social trust is a feature, not a bug, of what America’s so-called “conservatives” want #farright#rightwing
In 1923, a cartoonist imagined that in 2023, an electric machine would generate ideas and draw them as cartoons automatically. With your Idea Dynamo linked up to your Cartoon Dynamo and an adequate supply of ink, this machine would create "hilarious" (?) cartoons like 'How to Torture Your Wife'. 🙄
> Zuckerberg declared in a March update that Meta's "single largest investment is advancing AI and building it into every one of our products." Meta's chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, told CNBC in April that he, along with Mark Zuckerberg and the company's chief product officer, Chris Cox, were now spending most of their time on AI.
@rysiek@TechDesk@intelwire #Facebook + #AI = #dystopia and #psyops at a new level. Perhaps the #metaverse adventure was just a smoke screen or distraction from what they have been working on all along. There has never been a more urgent time for Facebookers to poison their data and orchestrate escape.
Honestly, I feel powerless against all this hate and violence. And right wing extremists keep saying we need more and more guns, and that trans people, women who have abortions, and black lives are the real existential threats to this great white nation.
Wow, it's been a while! In less than an hour at 5pm ET / 2pm PT, I'll be chatting with gamedevs Abhi of Venba, Marina Ayano Kittaka of Sephonie, Natalie Tin Yin Gan & @remysiu of 1000xResist!
We'll have a profound talk on how our respective games and characters explore cultural memory, hope, and trauma.
You can watch the panel here, as part of Fellow Traveller's #LudoNarraCon !
Hey #SciFi fans. The first 100 people to buy Kotov Syndrome on Smashwords in May can get the book for just $1.14. Why yes, I will make 69 cents per copy sold. Why do you ask?
In #Israel, TV's dystopian 'Handmaids' is protest fixture
by Isaac Scharf and Tia Goldenberg, March 17, 2023
"Their jarring appearance is meant to drive home the notion that Israel, which portrays itself as the Middle East’s lone democracy, could morph into a chilling #dystopia where women are stripped of their rights.
"Atwood’s 1985 novel about a futuristic #patriarchal society where the robed handmaids are forced to bear children for leaders, has reemerged in recent years as a cultural touchstone thanks to the popular TV series. Its themes of female subjugation and male domination have resonated with women today who see threats in limits on abortion rights, or in Israel’s case, in the rise of its #conservative, #religious government.
"The government, Israel's most right-wing ever, is overwhelmingly male. Only nine out of 64 members of #Netanyahu’s coalition are women. Ultra-Orthodox parties, which are key components of the coalition, deny inclusion to women members entirely.
"Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said men and women should not be permitted to serve together in military combat units, while his governing partners have voiced support for discrimination against #LGBTQ people and #Palestinian citizens of Israel."