First of all, I'm sorry.

The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota.

Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.

The who, what, when, and how of the Arpanet is usually told in heroic terms—Licklider's vision, the fervor of his disciples, the dedication of computer scientists and engineers, the work of graduate students, and so forth. Told by one of the key actors in this salient part of US and Internet history, this article addresses why the Arpanet was built.

Experts explain a typical red flag — which can fly under the radar for weeks.

This week, the new queer dystopian short, Peppermint Pixie Dream Girl premieres at the Marilyn Monroe Theater in West Hollywood! To prepare for the film's premiere, we had the pleasure of sitting down with writer, director, producer, and editor Kylie Mungenast to discuss not only the short but the world at large and what it means to be a transgender artist in this current political climate.Rua: "Welcome Kylie, I want to first of all say congratulations on your film, it is so nice to have you he

S-tier rankings of local LLMs on Apple Silicon. Pick your Mac's memory, see what fits, vote with your Google account.

Avoiding US goods and services – from tech to whisky to air travel – has forced many to find a new way of living

In a research paper published in The Lancet HIV this week, experts found that generic lenacapavir could cost $35-$46 per person-year.

A few years ago the cherry blossoms given to the U.S. from Japan in 1912 had to be removed to rebuild the flood wall on the Tidal Basin in Washington D.C. The oldest trees left remained within East Potomac Park, until this week.

Yosemite National Park: Federal officials and documents reviewed by The New York Times indicate that the Trump administration has proposed giving a small parcel of land in the California park to a private developer.

Census of rotation keys and other ways of asserting strong control over identity on the Atmosphere

In June, the FBI quietly lowered some of the standards it uses when it conducts background checks on would-be federal agents and other personnel.

Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm

One of America's most prestigious newspapers has defended publishing an AI-written op-ed. Will Oremus on what it means for the future of human prose:

Read to the end for a very good dog video

So far, many of the projects in the ATProtocol ecosystem have focused on bringing parity—making projects that replicate our existing tools and platforms, but with the affordances of the protocol instead. That's cool and we need to do that, but I think we can go much farther, and take this opportunity to challenge some of the biggest assumptions of what the modern internet is for, who builds it, and how we interact with it.

This talk is in conversation with several of the talks from last year, and in I'll argue that we'll never get away from skeuomorphism until we've fundamentally changed the definition of what "the social internet" means in the first place.

Personal websites as an atproto onboarding strategy

The one where we don't release an API :)

A lot of people are getting tired of their phone—they’re sick of the algorithms and overwhelmed by what can feel like a loss of control.

Milo Yiannopoulos has been apprehended by ICE in Louisiana ... TMZ has learned.

“Do we need to look at the ceiling before going to the bathroom? Can we actually trust the water is safe to drink?” asks one GSA worker.

After 250 job applications in four months, I'm giving up.

Reservoirs have rebounded from critical levels, but an emergency order absolves the city of requirements to resume releasing water for the Nueces River Delta.

No more beeping, booping, or buzzing. One writer on why she’s opting out.

Michael Tomasky makes the case that they are.

Alpharetta, Georgia, cops share data with thousands of Flock users, ranging from federal agencies to a fish and wildlife commission. The reasons why show how vast—and invasive—the network has become.

We spent 10 years pushing people to work out loud. Spirit's data sale is teaching everyone a good reason to stop.

Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient injuries.

Seeing current campus protests unfold is a reminder that solidarity between protesting students and their teachers in medieval Europe was the origin of the modern-day university, write historians David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele.