@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-27 18:20:42
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-27 18:20:42
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-27 12:35:44
'Slush fund for crooks': GOP lawmaker faces criticism over 'anti-weaponization' fund, Epstein files and Trump at town hall (Annie Grayer/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/26/politics/mike-flood-town-hall-anti-weaponization-fund
http://www.memeorandum.com/260527/p34#a260527p34
@audiodump@podcasts.social2026-04-27 04:28:13
„Google is addressing a major criticism of the previous icon set by making everything more distinct in terms of color and shape.“
@… is nicht überzeugt. Das Wichtigste bei einem Icon ist die unbedingte Wiedererkennbarkeit (klare Formen, klare Kontraste) und hier gibt es nur ein paar amorphe Blobs?
„Nicht, dass ich die alten Icons besonders gelungen fand, …
@jtk@infosec.exchange2026-05-26 22:04:53
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@jtk/115619435589341395
I made a final update to the draft. Read the criticism section for more, but this should tell you all you really need to know:
"The author(s) have decided to forgo further work on this document. …
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-06-27 05:43:55
OH! I forgot the whole "out of band" thing. Let me get into that.
When you put all this together you have a business owned by a church (or, in the Dutch case, an FFI) to interface with capitalism and then a community that's collectively controlled via the legal entity of a "church." (Again, I like the word "coven," but I'm trying to use the legal definition here.)
This gives you a community that exists partially outside of the dominant system. If this seems like a new idea, it is absolutely not. There are very insular religious communities all over. Many are really oppressive cults (go watch Wild Wild Country), others are insular religious communities (for which there is a lot of legitimate criticism, but I'm only talking about decipherability here) such as Haredim or Mennonites. In some ways Tribes match this also, with various tribal governments organizing things for members.
In all of these cases, there exists an element that is outside of the dominant system. This becomes somewhat "invisible." How well do you understand the inner workings of an Amish community? How much do you think a CEO cares or thinks about them?
There are many hidden worlds that only become revealed when they become a problem (such as when a cult leader tries to take over a county by spraying e. coli on a bunch of salad bars.) This can be good if you're trying to build a new society without attracting the attention, but insular communities can also permit abusive dynamics that could otherwise be identified by the larger society. So keep the risks in mind, and be active about preventing them. Hierarchy is dangerous, but hierarchy in hidden groups can be especially dangerous.
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-07-26 13:54:36
Will Rashan Gary Trade Come Back to Haunt the Cowboys? https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/will-rashan-gary-trade-come-back-haunt-cowboys
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-07-21 10:52:35
National Criticism of Raiders' Tom Brady Is Completely Fair https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-national-criticism-tom-brady-completely-fair
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-06-26 16:40:40
CfP- Speculative Fiction and Criticism in Precarious Times
https://ift.tt/NBHwiUA
updated: Wednesday, June 17, 2026 - 8:49amfull name / name of organization: Lancaster…
via Input 4 RELCFP ht…
@kurtsh@mastodon.social2026-06-25 03:53:42
Hey #Xbox fan. Ray runs the best Xbox channel on YouTube. It's well-reasoned & has good criticism as well as acclaim.
▶️ Did they mean to do this? - Xbox Ready
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6UW5lKCSb…
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-06-21 23:49:16
Content warning:
#ScribesAndMakers June 20: How difficult is it for you to receive criticism of your creative work?
I usually love receiving feedback on my work. Of course it can hurt if it was a work that I was emotionally invested in and people don't like it. But most often, the criticism is there for a reason and I can decide I either don't care, I don't agree, or I see their point …
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-05-15 17:24:22
NFL pushes back on criticism of streaming games https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48778847/nfl-pushes-back-criticism-streaming-games
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-23 16:20:53
Stark, which has a deal to supply "kamikaze" drones to the German military, raised €500M from Founders Fund, Sequoia, others; it faced criticism over Thiel ties (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/b4ad236f-de4b-4ca3-a028-9575d0e61895
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-07-24 13:43:39
So the country with a gigantic prison-industrial forced-labour workforce will now charge other countries an import tariff due to their supposed forced labour practices?
Trump accused of using forced labor as ‘convenient’ justification for tariffs | Trump tariffs | The Guardian
https://www.t…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-05-13 13:00:04
dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
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This network has 35 nodes and 81 edges.
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https://
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-07-21 10:48:18
National Criticism of Raiders' Tom Brady Is Completely Fair https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-national-criticism-tom-brady-completely-fair
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-05-24 15:42:26
Content warning: Minor spoilers for "A Psalm for the Wild-Built"
Just finished "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers. Overall it's good but I also have some Thoughts.
First, it was very pleasant to finally read some non-trite utopian solarpunk after having read stuff like Octavia Butler recently. Both hope and despair can be poisonous on their own IMO, so getting some balance in is nice. It's definitely a very valuable thing to be able to lay out an actually desirable and in many ways imaginable future given our grim present. Chambers is no LeGuin though. I'll probably be reading more of her work and maybe she fleshes out these ideas elsewhere, but at least in this book there is no focus on either how the transition to a better society could happen nor on how the better society holds up in the face of adverse events and inclinations. Compare LeGuin's "The Dispossessed" or N. K. Jemisin's short story "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" and it feels like there's something important missing from Chambers' portrait of a future society. Of course, maybe the point is to make a cozy book, in which case fine, there's certainly a place for such things, and I can look for deeper inspiration elsewhere.
The second big thought I had was that Chambers' worldview seems not well-informed by certain indigenous perspectives, and this creates some contradictions. For example, (minor spoilers) when Dex enters the wilderness there's a whole bit about understanding humankind's place in nature and how human settlements are what we're used to but they're only a brief interruption of the vast untouched wilderness. Along the same lines, much of the world is intentionally left untouched by humans as a way to keep it pristine and natural. Later however, a character makes the point that humans *are* animals. The indigenous perspective that I appreciate would agree with that, and would further question the value in distinguishing between human influence on ecosystems and influences that others have. More sharply, one might observe that there's a bigger difference between how different kinds of humans relate to and influence their environments than between how less-disruptive humans and various animals do the same: the strip-mine-operator vs. migrant tribesperson impact difference is probably much greater than the migrant tribesperson vs. beaver gap, for example. Rather than talking about limiting human disruption, then, as if all human-environment interactions are disruptive and must be minimized, we could/should be talking about how to create human societies that have beneficial relationships with their environments and acknowledging that we actually have many positive examples of that, both historical and contemporary. Chambers' utopia is a "humans dominate nature but restrain themselves so that their disruptions are minimal and thus nature can thrive" vision, but what I'd even more like to see would be a "humans study old ways and make new ones so that they can interact positively with ecosystems again" vision, including some of "here are the places that sometimes breaks down but also the patterns and institutions that ensure repair of those breakdowns and thus long-term sustainability."
Final big thought: Chambers' utopia is too homogenous for my tastes. Of course it's hard enough and valuable work dreaming up and sharing any utopia and Chambers' transcends triteness in a number of ways, so this criticism is a bit rude. But the single shared religion, lack of mention of conflicts around shared decisions, especially historical society-defining ones, and nagging questions like "what about the people indigenous to the now-uninhabited lands?" and "what about the indigenous peoples who weren't part of the factory-building societies?" leave me wishing for more nuance in this direction.
All in all: a good book, and I'm criticizing out of a place of appreciation, not scorn. I've got there sequel out from the library as well and will probably detour to a few other books but get to it pretty soon.
Sadly I don't remember who, but I got this one because of a recommendation on here, so thanks if you're someone who recommended it!
#AmReading #ReadingNow #Bookstodon
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-24 14:18:05
Donald Trump’s move to impose a fresh round of #tariffs on more than 80 countries has drawn criticism from both Democratic politicians and his own allies.
Jamieson Greer, the US trade representative, announced that the Trump administration “is imposing tariffs on more than 80 countries for their failure to impose and effectively enforce a prohibition on the importation of goods produced with forced l…
@roelgrif@mstdn.social2026-05-21 19:04:11
In a visit to the construction site of the White House ballroom today, President Trump dismissed criticism of his war with Iran. Trump stated, "Everyone tells me it's unpopular, but I think it's very popular."
Yes, all the Donald Trumps like it so it must be very popular ...
😂
@thomastraynor@social.linux.pizza2026-05-23 15:26:37
Why should we provide any information to a country that is increasingly hostile?
https://flip.it/GZWGN7
@servelan@newsie.social2026-05-09 01:15:49
The title: 'mothers are America's strength - women can lead boldly at work while restoring the honor of motherhood.' Sounds kinda nazi to me.
WaPo loses subscriptions and receives criticism after publishing Melania-bylined column - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/wapo-loses-subscriptions-and-receives-criticism-after-publishing-melania-bylined-column/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-07-25 13:52:21
Will Rashan Gary Trade Come Back to Haunt the Cowboys? https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/will-rashan-gary-trade-come-back-haunt-cowboys
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-06-12 00:00:04
dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
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This network has 35 nodes and 81 edges.
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@aral@mastodon.ar.al2026-07-16 08:12:29
‘Last year, the online magazine 972 revealed the existence of a specialised military intelligence unit known as the “legitimisation cell”. Its mandate is narrative management. “Whenever criticism of Israel in the media intensified on a particular issue,” the report said, the cell combed through intercepted calls and fragments of intelligence from Gaza to identify material that could be deployed to defend Israel on the international stage.
“If the global media is talking about Israel ki…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-07-26 21:15:31
After Trump's order, West Point curbed faculty speech. One professor said no. (Hannah Natanson/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/07/26/west-point-professors-lawsuit-tests-militarys-tolerance-internal-criticism/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzg1MDM4NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzg2NDIwNzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODUwMzg0MDAsImp0aSI6IjQzMWRjMTA5LTU0NzAtNDM0Zi1hODNmLTI1ZGRmOTg4ODViYyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9uYXRpb24vMjAyNi8wNy8yNi93ZXN0LXBvaW50LXByb2Zlc3NvcnMtbGF3c3VpdC10ZXN0cy1taWxpdGFyeXMtdG9sZXJhbmNlLWludGVybmFsLWNyaXRpY2lzbS8ifQ.o9DdaBZVOCWfQYaGV8J_iUoWp2ioecuRS9lmt9si5iI&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/260726/p45#a260726p45
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-05-08 14:40:57
Manuela Hoelterhoff, who won a 1983 Pulitzer for arts criticism at the WSJ and later wrote a book about the backstage world of opera, died on Wednesday at 77 (Tim Page/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/arts/music/manuela-hoelterhoff-dead.html
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-30 04:55:47
Google's keyword ad practices face renewed criticism after the Delhi High Court ruled against Google in a trademark dispute involving Indian company Hindware (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/foun
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-19 02:37:30
Video footage of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tackling a man at the airport in Las Vegas drew public outrage and criticism from elected officials.
One video posted on social media showed a man yelling and crying on the ground in Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport on Monday
when a man and a masked woman, both in plainclothes, tried to control, handcuff and detain him.
When the pair realized they were being filmed, they walked away, leaving the ma…
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-06-01 13:22:33
Cybersecurity developments don't stop on the weekend, so check out today's Metacurity for the most important infosec news you might have missed since Friday, including
--DOGE-aligned White House web projects funnel citizen data to analytics firm,
--Microsoft's threat to security researcher draws criticism,
--Commerce IG says NIST has mismanaged NVD,
--Obama White House Instagram was hacked,
--Teen researcher flagged flaws in India's school exam bo…
@wraithe@mastodon.social2026-07-03 16:15:54
This is from an archivist over at the Internet archives:
🤯
“I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure.
Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.”
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-07-13 12:44:33
Cowboys Guards Confirmed as Best Duo by NFL Peers, But Not Without Criticism https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-guards-confirmed-best-duo-nfl-peers-not-without-criticism
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-05-07 21:00:05
dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
A network of criticisms among Dutch literary authors in 1976. The directed edge (i,j) denotes that an author i passed judgment on author j's work in an interview or review.
This network has 35 nodes and 81 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://
@mlawton@mstdn.social2026-06-14 21:50:56
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-18 02:35:55
Trump's Deal With Iran Opens New Rifts in G.O.P. (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/us/politics/trump-iran-deal-republicans-criticism.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260617/p143#a260617p143
@denmanrooke@mastodon.ie2026-04-30 21:45:24
Helen McEntee and this govt are spineless cowards. They claim to be 'very critical' of Israel, but refuse to DO ANYTHING. This statement is scandalous to suggest that Technion is simply 'an educational institution' when they are the R&D wing of the IDF.
https://www.rte.ie/ne…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-18 02:11:36
Trump’s agreement with Iran opened new fissures in his party on Wednesday,
with Republicans on Capitol Hill and beyond questioning whether his administration had secured adequate concessions from Iranian leaders after months of a costly and unpopular war.
After the Trump administration released the text of the arrangement on Wednesday, some Senate Republicans reacted with fierce criticism, skepticism and alarm.
Prominent members of the G.O.P.’s old guard from outside Congre…
@joxean@mastodon.social2026-05-11 15:17:11
But no sanctions applied against Ben-Gvir, Smotrich, Netanyahu or Katz, to put some clear examples of actual responsibles. And this only covers what the state of Israel is doing specifically in the West Bank, it doesn't cover human rights violations in Gaza or Lebanon.
"EU approves sanctions on Israeli settlers after Hungarian backing"
@bici@mastodon.social2026-07-13 01:44:26
"Opinions about the South Carolina politician are highly subjective and polarized, with both strong criticism and support throughout his political career."
No shit sherlock!
#Graham
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-05-11 17:02:23
Vet Raiders WR Defends Fernando Mendoza Amid Criticism https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/fernando-mendoza-phillip-dorsett-criticism/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-07-12 13:37:17
Cowboys Guards Confirmed as Best Duo by NFL Peers, But Not Without Criticism https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/cowboys-guards-confirmed-best-duo-nfl-peers-not-without-criticism
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-07-17 11:50:03
I find the discourse about this bizarre. England ended up as one of the top 4 teams.
I call that astounding success
World Cup 2026: Thomas Tuchel did not deliver for England, but his time is not up - Alan Shearer - BBC Sport
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-06-16 15:30:52
A Czech government draft law ends license fees for public media in favor of state funding, shrinking outlets' budgets; the bill needs parliamentary approval (Radio Prague International)
https://english.radio.cz/funding-shake-sparks-political-…
@compfu@mograph.social2026-06-07 21:41:03
I saw the final episodes of "The Boroughs" and none of the earlier ones. It really vindicates all the criticism of modern Netflix productions: you can just start watching at any point because the plot is explained constantly. The series is ticking all the boxes of what viewers liked previously: a bit of an 80s vibe but set in modern times so you can do sci-fi elements as well, deus-ex-machina ET-style healing powers, the 100th iteration of spider monsters ... big yawn.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-05-02 16:00:04
dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
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@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-14 20:35:54
Anthropic faces ridicule and criticism for an ad titled "There's hope in hard questions" that unsettled viewers with weird graveyard imagery and doomer-ist tone (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/14/anthropics-newest-ad-is-cre…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-15 21:05:11
On Monday, Trump remembered
Lindsey Graham as someone who called him too much, as a poor golfer and, in the manner of a person remembering a pet labrador, as someone who “loved being outside”.
There was praise, sure, but it was tempered with criticism, as if the president’s famously fragile ego meant he needed to assert dominance over Graham, even after the latter’s death.
@scott@carfree.city2026-05-31 01:26:35
This wasn’t a headline I expected to read, but it kinda makes sense. Connie Chan has been milquetoast in her criticism of Israel compared to Saikat. She supports the Block the Bombs Act, but conspicuously left open the option of supporting so-called “defensive” aid like Iron Dome. Makes sense AIPAC would want the general election to be her and Wiener, not Saikat and Wiener.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-07-26 21:05:31
Netanyahu says Mamdani 'celebrated' Oct. 7, 'fomenting hate' with Israel criticism (Brady Knox/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/4663747/netanyahu-mamdani-oct-7-fomenting-hate-israel/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260726/p44#a260726p44
@steve@s.yelvington.com2026-04-29 19:27:35
Fed chief tells Trump to go suck eggs
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/jerome-powell-says-he-will-continue-to-serve-as-a-fed-governor-even-after-chairmanship-ends-.html
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-19 21:01:26
US supreme court justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson
issued a rare public rebuke of the nation’s highest court,
declaring that it “can and should be better”
in the wake of a string of controversial moves by its conservative supermajority.
Weeks after writing a solo dissent as the supreme court effectively gutteda key section of the Voting Rights Act,
Jackson – its newest member and fiercest liberal voice – delivered a stark warning over the risk of the court bei…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-07-01 23:00:04
dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
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@servelan@newsie.social2026-06-21 06:53:06
“Not only did he want to purchase Greenland, he actually said he wanted to see if we could sell Puerto Rico,” Miles Taylor, a former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security, later said. “Could we swap Puerto Rico for Greenland? Because, in his words, Puerto Rico was dirty and the people were poor.”
Trump’s Reported Wild Puerto Rico and Greenland Swap Idea Draws Fresh Criticism
https://thesource.com/2026/06/18/trumps-reported-wild-puerto-rico-and-greenland-swap-idea-draws-fresh-criticism/
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-06-23 11:51:10
Steele-man argument: How the Cowboys $86.8M player is finally worth it https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/06/23/steele-man-argument-dallas-cowboys-86-8m-terence-steele/90649997007/…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-05-15 01:59:25
Deion: Shedeur endured 'hell' in draft, rookie yea... https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/48774097/deion-shedeur-endured-hell-draft-rookie-year-browns
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-06-03 02:15:41
Source: CBS News fired Scott Pelley hours after he met Tuesday with Bari Weiss, Nick Bilton, Tom Cibrowski, and CBS HR over his criticism of new leadership (Brian Stelter/CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/media/scott-pelley-60-minutes-cbs-…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-20 20:17:29
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said legislative action would be underway after Trump's Department of Justice this week announced the $1.776 billion slush fund, which was created by part of a settlement of Trump's $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.
"Bad news. We’re gonna kill try to kill it," Fitzpatrick said.
@gwire@mastodon.social2026-06-01 08:49:44
The thing about denying a UK visa for Hasan Piker is that, unless a clear explanation is given otherwise, it gives a strong impression that criticism of the Israeli government is prohibited.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-07-01 16:00:04
dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
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This network has 35 nodes and 81 edges.
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https://
@Richard@worklifepsych.social2026-04-28 08:07:26
✏️ My latest blog post is all about the various ways we might *think* we're reflecting, when we're not. 🧠 Including: self-criticism, rumination, and prediction.
https://www.worklifepsych.com/thats-not-reflection/
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-14 22:19:57
According to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
a peace deal between the US and Iran has been reached,
with both sides declaring
“the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon”,
The agreement was struck despite an Israeli strike on Lebanon on Sunday that drew criticism from both Iran and US President Donald Trump.
The precise terms of the deal were not immediately known.
Sharif said the pact call…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-06-13 14:39:30
Jerry Jones takes heat after Cowboys defense gets dragged into World Cup talk https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/jerry-jones-cowboys-defense-world-cup-criticism/1ccf0c97b5385d3e9a7a8287…
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-05-16 16:30:35
Supply Chain Criticism
https://ift.tt/182UFWT
updated: Friday, May 15, 2026 - 11:50amfull name / name of organization: University of…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://ift.tt/…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-06-13 17:57:44
Maxx Crosby Hit With Harsh Criticism Ahead of 2026 Season https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/maxx-crosby-contract-worst/
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-04-30 08:00:04
dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
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@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-10 23:21:08
Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism (Corbin Bolies/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/meta-suspends-ai-image-instagram-fea…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-05-14 10:40:48
The NYT defends Nicholas Kristof's op-ed "The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians", calling it "deeply reported", after Israeli government criticism (Alyssa Ray/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/jo
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-28 16:25:42
After loud criticism of Starmer, Trump tells King Charles that 'Americans have had no closer friends than the British' (Alex Gangitano/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/28/king-charles-washington-visit/trump-king-charles-white-house-visit-starmer-criticism-00895337
http://www.memeorandum.com/260428/p59#a260428p59
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-07-05 00:15:20
By the way, #SGDQ starts tomorrow!
Sumner Games Done Quick is the summer half of the biannual charity speedrunning marathon, raising money for Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders). If you enjoy videogames, it's always got at least a couple of really amazing runs to watch, and the way that the community has remained trans-inclusive in the face of gamer bro criticism is a beautiful thing to see.
Looking through the schedule (https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule/) there are some cool things like Okami, Lena's Inception, Timespinner, En Garde!, Dread Delusion, Pseudoregalia, Evoland, Backyard Baseball '97, Rose and Camellia, and more than is practical to list here...
Super Metroid low% Ice should be cool (hah).
Beyond enjoying watching the runs, I often find some new indie game I want to play in the marathon. Plus the community atmosphere of the longer RPG runs is super cozy, even from afar.
I'll probably be watching a bunch of stuff via VODs instead of live; once things are uploaded you can access videos right from the schedule is that's more your jam.
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-06-30 08:00:04
dutch_criticism: Dutch literacy criticism (1976)
A network of criticisms among Dutch literary authors in 1976. The directed edge (i,j) denotes that an author i passed judgment on author j's work in an interview or review.
This network has 35 nodes and 81 edges.
Tags: Social, Offline, Unweighted
https://
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-11 20:26:08
Trump has nominated Jay Clayton,
former head of the top US markets watchdog,
to be the country’s leading intelligence official.
The US president faced widespread criticism of his prior decision to install a controversial ally, Bill Pulte, as acting director of National Intelligence while searching for a permanent candidate.
Clayton, former chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, is US attorney for the southern district of New York.
Like Pulte, Clayto…
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-05-30 12:52:38
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Uniform Policy Catches Unfair Criticism Online https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-uniform-policy-unfair-criticism-online
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-08 11:11:00
Trump administration tries to shore up its footing with immigration hardliners (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/08/trump-immigration-mass-deportations-criticism-00910678
http://www.memeorandum.com/260508/p7#a260508p7
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-05-30 16:34:21
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders Uniform Policy Catches Unfair Criticism Online https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-uniform-policy-unfair-criticism-online
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-07-12 06:06:15
BBC Director General Matt Brittin says he will review BBC's foreign content acquisition strategy amid criticism over outbidding rivals for shows like Scooby-Doo (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/07/bbc-review-acquisitions-outbi…
@gwire@mastodon.social2026-05-29 13:11:21
I've seen criticism of the BBC that when reporting a man was charged with murder, they did not mention that he's the founder of the movement to put flags everywhere in England.
However, given that this would likely be interpreted as "...and is a racist", it might be prejudicial to the trial?
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-19 17:59:24
Federal agents around the country were told in recent days that the F.B.I. would no longer investigate confrontations with immigration agents
— cases that sometimes yield evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security agents implicated in violent encounters, according to people briefed on the decision.
If enacted, such a change would sharply limit law enforcement scrutiny of immigration agents,
as the Trump administration draws mounting criticism o…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-05-08 11:01:17
49ers RB Kaelon Black on draft backlash: 'It makes me want to go harder' to prove coach right https://www.nfl.com/news/49ers-rb-kaelon-black-on-draft-backlash-it-makes-me-want-to-go-harder-to-prove-coach-right…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-06-29 15:32:25
Tom Brady Sets Raiders Expectations for 2026 Season After 2025 Failures https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/tom-brady-raiders-criticism-2025-struggles/
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-04 06:41:02
A profile of Anthropic as it prepares to go public and broaden access to Mythos, amid criticism that commercial pressures have eroded its AI safety standards (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/48…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-05-11 17:30:30
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy faces criticism for filming a reality show for The Great American Road Trip, sponsored by companies regulated by the DOT (Yash Roy/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-11…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-17 19:12:43
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) offered harsh criticism for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday
over reported changes at the Pentagon,
including a shift in U.S. military posture around the globe
and the exits of multiple senior military officers in recent months.
“The careless decision to reduce our force posture in Europe,
along with moves by Pete Hegseth and his political henchmen to force out some of our finest general officers
is amateur hour at best …
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-07-13 18:01:08
Cinema, Philosophy, and Ethical Criticism (NeMLA 2027 - Entirely Virtual)
https://ift.tt/FmocK0Y
updated: Saturday, July 11, 2026 - 12:22pmfull name / name of organization: Mohammadreza…
via Input 4 RELCFP
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-02 17:25:59
Democrats erupt over abortion pill block: 'We won't stop fighting' (Steff Danielle Thomas/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5860595-democrats-criticism-appeals-court-ruling-abortion-pill-mifepristone-block/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260502/p29#a260502p29
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-07-13 10:30:45
Christopher Nolan says there's a "disdain" for AI, the idea that it "replaces" human creativity is "nonsense", and he expects it to be useful in "imaging tools" (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-07-19 16:00:05
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-31 01:15:50
As robotaxi companies attempt to scale in the US, they face increasing scrutiny and mounting criticism from drivers, law enforcement, and local governments (Sean McLain/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/robotax
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-07-11 00:05:56
Meta says it will discontinue a feature that allowed users to generate images in Meta AI using public Instagram accounts, following days of criticism (Corbin Bolies/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/meta-suspends-ai-image-instagram-fea…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-05-14 12:29:47
Accusations that ICE is a giant ATM machine for private prison contractors have been a common critique of the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
But a key congresswoman in the fight against the agency has taken the criticism a step further.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (NJ-10) says the push for profits within the mass deportation-industrial complex has put it at odds with the Trump administration’s goal of deporting millions of immigrants as quickly as possible.
For McIve…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-05-29 11:35:42
Allegations that China is behind US data center protests draw criticism from allies of the AI industry, who say the industry and politicians are in denial (Evan Halper/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-05-08 06:50:26
Manuscripts and Textual Criticism
https://ift.tt/aztQnwV
updated: Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 1:34pmfull name / name of organization: Pacific Ancient and Modern…
via Input 4 RELCFP https://
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-07-14 18:54:44
Jerry Jones' FIFA World Cup plan puts him on wrong side of NFL debate https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/jerry-jones-cowboys-artificial-turf-grass-debate/ba0d7a9b2b4e37b53372f3f2…
@raiders@darktundra.xyz2026-05-07 16:52:34
Raiders Wide Receivers Have Chance To Prove Doubters Wrong https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-wide-receivers-have-chance-prove-doubters-wrong
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-06-01 00:20:36
Sky ends its UAE joint venture with IMI amid criticism of Sky News Arabia's Sudan war coverage; IMI will take full ownership, and Sky will license the brand (Sherry Su/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-29 19:05:54
Jerome Powell says he will continue to serve as a Fed governor, calls Trump criticism 'unprecedented' (Jeff Cox/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/jerome-powell-says-he-will-continue-to-serve-as-a-fed-governor-even-after-chairmanship-ends-.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260429/p101#a260429p101
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-04-28 17:40:44
Hegseth and Kid Rock went 'for a ride' with Army helicopter pilots weeks after previous Apache incident sparked criticism (Rashard Rose/CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/politics/hegseth-kid-rock-army-apache-helicopter-ride
http://www.memeorandum.com/260428/p70#a260428p70
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-06-29 20:20:35
Justice Gorsuch cited FCC chairman's threats against ABC as evidence of agency overreach in a SCOTUS ruling expanding presidential control over federal agencies (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pol
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-30 23:15:33
The Trump administration has announced a sweeping
rollback of gun regulations,
prompting criticism from gun control advocates who called the moves misguided and dangerous
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/us/politics/trump-gun-control…
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de2026-07-07 19:00:06
faculty_hiring_us: Faculty hiring networks in the US (2022)
Networks of faculty hiring for all PhD-granting US universities over the decade 2011–2020. Each node is a PhD-granting institution, and a directed edge (i,j) indicates that a person received their PhD from node i and was tenure-track faculty at node j during time of collection (2011-2020). This dataset is divided into separate networks for all 107 fields, as well as aggregate networks for 8 domains, and an overall network for …
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-07-03 17:54:15
Jerry Jones' biggest defensive decision is already facing questions https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nfl/dallas-cowboys/news/jerry-jones-faces-heat-over-osa-odighizuwa-trade/ce1a4f45673ba4657e2f2e4f
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-07-02 15:22:36
2025 Stat Challenges Narrative Surrounding Cowboys' Dak Prescott https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/2025-stat-challenges-narrative-surrounding-dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz2026-07-02 15:19:25
2025 Stat Challenges Narrative Surrounding Cowboys' Dak Prescott https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/2025-stat-challenges-narrative-surrounding-dallas-cowboys-dak-prescott