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Just spreading the word about our great MA in Contemporary Literature and Culture at Loughborough University. As it happens, I met with our wonderful students this morning to talk about the current state of the literary market and the diversity deficit in publishing on an amazing module called 'The Market, Literary Prizes and Canon Formation'.

Jury deliberations begin in New Mexico's lawsuit against Meta over children's safety risks, after both sides delivered closing arguments (Morgan Lee/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/meta-trial-child-sexual-exploitation-5ad9…

New Mexico trial nears end over children's safety risks on Meta
Closing arguments are underway in a landmark trial where New Mexico prosecutors are accusing social media conglomerate Meta of misleading people about the safety of its platforms for children. Meta denies violating state consumer protection laws. Nationwide, social media companies are contending with lawsuits that allege the platforms harm children. Closing arguments in the New Mexico case were being delivered Monday after six weeks of testimony from scores of witnesses that included teachers, …

Thinking about my goat again

Private funding of public art prompts questions about intent | Culture | sfexaminer.com
https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/private-funding-of-public-art-prompts-questions-about-intent/article_89b…

Billionaire preference prevails in SF public art
The 45-foot-tall elephant in the room.

Private funding of public art prompts questions about intent | Culture | sfexaminer.com
https://www.sfexaminer.com/culture/private-funding-of-public-art-prompts-questions-about-intent/article_89b…

Billionaire preference prevails in SF public art
The 45-foot-tall elephant in the room.

American dream: "The sad thing is it’s tough but it’s not a surprise. We’ve been furloughed over 90 days. That’s ridiculous. Right now, I’m missing two and a half checks. Some people have taken out unemployment assistance. Some people have relied on predatory loans to get by. You have to pay off your car, you have to pay your mortgage. I had to apply for food stamps a couple weeks ago. It’s embarrassing as a federal employee for ten years. And I don’t even have children."

A TSA Agent Tells Us What’s Happening at La Guardia Airport
A fatal crash and government shutdown has made La Guardia a mess. We spoke to a TSA officer about what it’s like to work in the airport right now.

from my link log —
A century of “shrill”: how bias in technology has hurt women's voices.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/a-century-of-shrill-how-bias-in-technology-has-hurt-womens-voices…

A Century of “Shrill”: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Women’s Voices
Tina Tallon writes about how gendered technological bias and failures in the design of audio technology have affected how women’s voices are perceived in society.

"The best war oratory is not actually about war. It is about peace. People hear it and think not merely of the lives that might be lost, but of a way of life that might be: they fear for culture, for democracy, for decency. You weep at good oratory because you fear not just a lost war but a lost world. Yet when you watch the White House videos, you weep for a lost world anyway. "
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The rhetoric of war has changed. Not for the better
https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/04/23/the-rhetoric-of-war-has-changed-not-for-the-better?giftId=ZTk0ZjgzMDEtMDk0YS00MGUxLWI3ZWUtMTU4NWE5MTFhNDEy&utm_campaign=gifted_article

Okay, so I've been talking about the ways that Big AI directly harms kids. But what can we *do* about it? Here are some things you can do, at work and and your kid's school, to take action today, complete with scripts to follow: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/23/taking-action…

Taking action against AI harms
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Just spreading the word about our great MA in Contemporary Literature and Culture at Loughborough University. As it happens, I met with our wonderful students this morning to talk about the current state of the literary market and the diversity deficit in publishing on an amazing module called 'The Market, Literary Prizes and Canon Formation'.