The real danger to civilisation isn't runaway AI it's runaway capitalism (2017) ~misc politics Article 888 words, published Dec 18 2017 87 votes
A tech worker is selling a children's book he made using AI, then the death threats started ~tech social media Article 329 words 15 votes
The fascinating history behind a set of miniature murder scenes ~humanities.history Article 1228 words, published Nov 29 2022 4 votes
TikTok-famous doctors are getting into NFTs and it's a mess. MetaDocs’ NFTs were designed to "revolutionize medicine." But its social media–famous doctors can’t prescribe for or diagnose NFT holders. ~health medicine Article 1561 words 4 votes
Beyond Britney Spears: Abuse, exploitation, and death inside America's guardianship industry ~life Article 6601 words 10 votes
The co-founder of Snopes wrote dozens of plagiarized articles for the fact-checking site ~news journalism Article 3514 words 11 votes
For decades, poppers have been the go-to sex drug for gay men. But where do they come from? ~lgbt Article 4272 words 16 votes
The prison and detention camps built for Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China have enough room to detain over one million people ~humanities religion Article 3166 words 18 votes
He thought he was helping North Koreans escape. Now he might end up in jail. ~news north korea usa spain Article 1799 words 12 votes
We found Joe Biden’s secret Venmo. Here’s why that’s a privacy nightmare for everyone. ~tech privacy security Article 1630 words 17 votes
Employees at law enforcement agencies across the US ran thousands of Clearview AI facial recognition searches — often without the knowledge of the public or even their own departments ~tech privacy Article 5855 words 9 votes
Why the Buzzfeed News style guide will no longer hyphenate "antisemitism" ~humanities.languages Article 691 words 6 votes
A twenty-year-old man was fatally shot while filming a YouTube "prank" robbery ~tech social media Article 193 words 16 votes
Andrew Yang is running for Mayor of New York City ~news usa.ny.nyc politics Article 1606 words 26 votes
Amazon will remove the Parler site from AWS ~tech social media amazon.web services Article 739 words 35 votes
Observers have long warned of rising forced labor in Xinjiang, China. Satellite images show factories built just steps away from cell blocks. ~humanities religion Article 4191 words 19 votes
Authorities in Boise, Idaho are investigating after the only Anne Frank memorial in the US was defaced with swastika stickers ~news usa.id.boise crime.hate Article 666 words 12 votes
COVID infections are low to nonexistent in several countries, where life looks practically normal. Some people even occasionally forget there’s a pandemic going on. ~health Article 2674 words 10 votes
Why are there so many lesbian period dramas, and so few set in the present day? ~lgbt Article 1775 words 7 votes
Mel Gibson's "Fatman" is a great argument for cancel culture ~movies reviews Article 1186 words 8 votes
America’s safety net for people with disabilities was never secure. In the pandemic, it’s failing them. ~life Article 2865 words 12 votes
"We're in hard times right now": Meet the nursing students turning to OnlyFans to get by ~life nsfw work Article 3110 words 26 votes
Six women speak about their fears of bringing a child into a world that feels like it’s teetering on the edge of collapse - and why they’re choosing to do it anyway ~life.women Article 3289 words 14 votes
Facebook moderators, working as contractors at Accenture, are being forced to return to the office despite the risk of COVID-19 ~tech facebook Article 981 words 8 votes
The "Proud Boys" hashtag on Twitter has been taken over by photos of gay men celebrating their lives and their love ~lgbt Article 258 words 31 votes
After vanishing from the internet for seven years, Allie Brosh of Hyperbole and a Half is back with a new book ~comics Article 2495 words 29 votes
Parents who work in childcare are trapped in an unsustainable system ~life parenting Article 3109 words 8 votes
"I barely have anything left to give": For parents of kids with autism, the unique challenges presented by the isolation of the coronavirus pandemic have sometimes been overwhelming ~life parenting Article 2560 words 7 votes
The FinCen Files: Thousands of secret suspicious activity reports offer a picture of corruption and complicity - and how the government lets it flourish ~finance Article 3948 words 11 votes
6,600-word internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist details how the social network knew leaders of countries around the world were using the site to manipulate voters — and failed to act ~tech facebook social media Article 3563 words 21 votes
Louisiana’s weak environmental laws are keeping residents in the dark about health risks in the wake of Hurricane Laura's path through dozens of major petrochemical plants and oil refineries ~enviro pollution Article 2097 words 8 votes
A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration rule that would allow healthcare providers to discriminate against transgender individuals, one day before the rule was set to take effect ~lgbt transgender Article 720 words 19 votes
Facebook fired an employee who collected evidence of right-wing pages getting preferential treatment ~tech facebook social media Article 2644 words 14 votes
We asked coronavirus experts about their summer plans — and if it's safe to fly, rent an Airbnb, swim in a pool, or dine outside. Their responses varied greatly ~health Article 4709 words 5 votes
Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk: "Most parents have no idea how bad this is going to be" ~health Article 2333 words 40 votes
Historically associated with gay male culture, the glory hole is a remarkably durable form of sexual expression that both straights and gays use to this day ~lgbt Article 3465 words 7 votes
Five sex workers talk about doing their jobs during COVID-19 ~life work.remote Article 5565 words 7 votes
"The Black Lives Matter Foundation" raised millions. It's not affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement ~finance Article 2668 words 21 votes
A Black CNN reporter and his crew were arrested live on air at the Minneapolis protests ~news journalism usa.mn.minneapolis Article 590 words 22 votes
Criminal investigations of police officers have delays that are formally built in through union contracts and police protection laws ~misc Article 1218 words 6 votes
An entire city (Noida, India) has been told to download a controversial contact tracing app — Or face jail: "Not installing the app will be considered a violation of lockdown orders," police say ~health Article 9 votes
Childcare workers at SpaceX are afraid of the coronavirus spreading as Elon Musk forces them to stay open ~space Article 1891 words 9 votes