Friday, August 02, 2024

The World Is Changing Fast For Artists. Here Are Some Ideas To Keep Up

Kyiv and Brussels Weaponize Oil, Use Other Tools in Bid to Force Hungary and Slovakia into Supporting Project Ukraine 

The efforts are backfiring and will likely harm Ukraine and the EU more than intended targets. 


Photos of your children are being used to train AI without your permission, and there’s nothing you can do about it The Hill


Regulations Targeting Large Language Models Warrant Strict Scrutiny Under the First AmendmentLawfare



Uber, Lyft and Others Win California Ruling to Treat Drivers as Contractors WSJ

 

Apple reaches its first contract agreement with a US retail union TechCrunch

 

Why we might never know the truth about ultra-processed foods BBC


Ohio Supreme Court says boneless chicken wings can have bones Columbus Dispatch


The Memeing And Remixing Of Presidential Candidate Harris

Millennials and Gen Z are taking over now. "The KHive has ditched the bee and gone coconuts now that Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 election and endorsed Kamala Harris. What’s more, Harris’s laugh is getting remixed into songs by just about every pop diva.” - Vulture

The World Is Changing Fast For Artists. Here Are Some Ideas To Keep Up


The very fun of being a creative is solving problems people don't even know to exist. Eventually, if you are creative and curious enough, one finding leads to another, and one way or the other, you learn more than just SEO, social media, and the thousand other things that felt overwhelming beforehand. - Creative 

What Truths Break Through: How Do You Know?


It is unclear how ordinary citizens can reliably evaluate the ideas circulating within the public sphere. Figuring out the truth about complex political issues is highly challenging. If people are selling untruths—simplistic, unfounded, or inaccurate ideas—how would ordinary citizens know? - Conspicuous Cognition

“At My High School, The Library Is For Everything But Books”

"According to school records, only about 50 books were checked out by students during the 2023 fall semester. In response, the administration has decided to take a different approach, rebranding the library as a student union — a communal space for students to interact and complete school work." - The Nation

Ordinary Tweet Leads To Discovery Of 16th-Century Portrait Of Henry VIII


In the background of a tweet from the regional government in the English county of Warwickshire, an art historian recognized what turned out to be a portrait of the king painted for famous tapestry-maker Ralph Sheldon in the 1590s. - BBC