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What’s a “public internet?” By Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net
An MIT student developed a system that uses AI-generated polymer masks to restore damaged paintings in hours rather than months. arstechnica.com
Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice. theonion.com
Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket…. This is the time to let the wave of apathy and indifference roll over you as you think about getting a really nice renovation to your house in Kalorama.
If you're normal, people will vote for you actually
Ryan Broderick at Garbage Day:
Social media does not turn a bad candidate into a viable one. It’s just amplification. And the same platforms that can amplify the ugliness and hatred and resentment of someone like Trump can amplify the joy and earnestness and seemingly genuine conviction of a candidate like Mamdani. It cannot, however, make voters forget that a candidate like Cuomo killed their grandparents during COVID or that current New York Mayor Eric Adams is a genuine maniac. There’s no magic trick. Mamdani ran a regular ass campaign where he spoke clearly about what he cared about and was normal about it and it worked. Revolutionary! And I understand why this would all be very threatening to Democrats, seeing as how most of them do not seem to care about anything.
What is spotted dick? Tasting History With Max Miller youtu.be
Trailer for “London Calling,” starring Josh Duhamel, about a down on his luck hitman who has to babysit the teen-age son of his new crime boss. Looks good. youtu.be
The first meeting of RFKJr.‘s CDC vaccination panel was “packed with anti-vaccine talking points and arguments” and they’re questioning all childhood vaccines. Children will die unnecessarily if this committee has its way. arstechnica.com/health/20…
U.S. Army veteran Sae Joon Park took two bullets in the spine defending America. Now he’s being deported. Meanwhile, ICE has arrested only 6% of known immigrant murderers. Also, ICE arrested a pregnant Tennessee woman who had a stillbirth while in detention. nextdraft.com/archives/…
Mitchellaneous Vol. XC: Twelve things I saw on the Internet
Admiral Corporation, 1948. That’s about $6,634.17 today.
