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The Midas Project and Tech Oversight Project release The OpenAI Files, a 50 page analysis of OpenAI's governance, leadership, and organizational culture (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/openai/688783/the

The ‘OpenAI Files’ will help you understand how Sam Altman’s company works
Two tech industry watchdog organizations released a research report called the OpenAI Files that covers OpenAI’s corporate structure, its restructuring to a for-profit organization, CEO Sam Altman’s portfolio of investment companies, and more.

Mailbag: Will new culture bring more discipline? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-will-new-culture-bring-more-discipline

I learned¹ about the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature² that has more than 10000 books scanned and available online. Just great.
It is hosted by the University of Florida. So let's hope that it stays available, i.e. that the Republicans don't find the old children's books from 1750 to woke.³
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¹via

Open Culture (Official) (@openculture@toot.community)
Attached: 1 image Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online https://www.openculture.com/2025/06/enter-an-archive-of-10000-historical-childrens-books.html

new book about medicine history, "droplets" theory etc
"Science writer Carl Zimmer’s latest book is a brilliant history of medicine that takes us from Louis Pasteur’s germ theory of the 19th century to present day. Along the way, it offers an anthropological study of medical culture — a culture capable of ignoring science when it wants to. ...
"If COVID-19 spread in droplets, then it was worthwhile to keep people two metres apart, to put up plexiglas barriers around checkout stands, and make supermarket aisles one-way. Sanitizing countertops could break the chain of infection.
"But if COVID-19 was airborne, all those measures were pointless."
Bit of an exaggeration in that part of the article. The 2m distance does put you outside the densest clouds of exhaled breath, and sanitising countertops helps against other diseases. But yeah. A lot of effort wrongly expended due to the prevailing myth.
#CovidIsAirborne #books #history

Foreign students will be required to unlock their social media profiles
to allow US diplomats to review their online activity
before receiving educational and exchange visas, the state department has announced.
Those who fail to do so will be suspected of hiding that activity from US officials.
The new guidance, unveiled by the state department on Wednesday, directs US diplomats to conduct an online presence review to look for
“any indications of hostility towa…

This seems like a cry for help from a few remaining honest individuals at #openai:
https://www.openaifiles.org/
This is why I do not use their LLMs, regardless how powerful their models might be. W…

The OpenAI Files
The OpenAI Files is the most comprehensive collection to date of documented concerns with governance practices, leadership integrity, and organizational culture at OpenAI.

Mailbag: Will new culture bring more discipline? https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/mailbag-will-new-culture-bring-more-discipline

To dig slightly deeper here, I think that there's a feedback loop between "fall in love/wait for your perfect match (and by the way girls the only career you should aspire to is the literally unattainable 'princess'" Disney stuff and this "my characters are complex I'm so sophisticated; they suffer but it's not intolerable and their lives are good enough despite the imperfections" crap that gets praised as so evocative of the human condition. In fact, I think it merely evokes the condition of its authors & fans who were poisoned by the Disney in their youth and who have remained bad as relationships ever since, though this is not exactly their fault. In any case, their white middle-aged wisdom-shaped-but-quite bitter and intricately-constructed-so-it's-hard-to-see-the-really-untrue-character-facets work ends up keeping their audience within the "romance is luck" cult by way of reassuring them that a middling romance with lots of doubt and complications is "just life" even though the author doesn't actually have any broader perspective on what life is than anyone else.
This has turned into a bit of a rant, but I think I'll just add that reading Mama by Nikkya Hargrove just before Dream State helped immensely to see how the distant & awkward parent-child relationships of the latter are not a product of human nature but instead of white western culture & capitalism.
(The defeatism about climate change is a whole nother dimension of wrong about Dream State, by that's a separate rant.)

Beyond Universality: Cultural Diversity in Music and Its Implications for Sound Design and Sonification
Rub\'en Garc\'ia-Benito
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14877

Beyond Universality: Cultural Diversity in Music and Its Implications for Sound Design and Sonification
The Audio Mostly (AM) conference has long been a platform for exploring the intersection of sound, technology, and culture. Despite growing interest in sonic cultures, discussions on the role of cultural diversity in sound design and sonification remain limited. This paper investigates the implicit biases and gaps within the discourse on music and sound aesthetics, challenging the notion of music as a 'universal language'. Through a historical and cross-cultural analysis of musicology and ethno…

Great stuff in this article but I do not know if unplugging from the broligarch's platforms is the solution to end their delusional grandeur.
It is the same with the climate crisis. This cannot hinge on the individual to solve but the whole system has to change. Individual action is good but that is not enough.
(For all its shortfalls the EU is regulating parts of the tech industry, but there has to be more.)

What You’ve Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us
Why Elon Musk and other tech billionaires have a different perspective

What a great write-up of the bananas ideology currently running ( and ruining ) the world
The Psychology Behind Tech Billionaires
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/billionaires-psychology-tech-pol…

What You’ve Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us
Why Elon Musk and other tech billionaires have a different perspective

The Economist measured corporate culture across 900 companies in 19 industries. Where does your company rank?
https://econ.trib.al/NbnR8Ub
(Archive https://archive.ph…

"Land of the Free" lmaoooooooooooooooooo
#usa #trump #ice

'Local community schemes have the potential to share expensive and rarely used items and change the way household goods are consumed' - @christinecole_ https://www.overcomecompulsivehoarding.co.uk/having-more-owning-less-how-to-fight-thr…

Major US brands like Bud Light have shifted advertising strategies away from DEI themes, sources say due to fears of a Trump administration backlash (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/88949dbf-7be3-47ed-a6e2-48064bd3fa26

How the culture war is remaking advertising
Brands are diluting or scrapping campaigns with social purpose as the movement against DEI intensifies

Feeling Machines: Ethics, Culture, and the Rise of Emotional AI
Vivek Chavan, Arsen Cenaj, Shuyuan Shen, Ariane Bar, Srishti Binwani, Tommaso Del Becaro, Marius Funk, Lynn Greschner, Roberto Hung, Stina Klein, Romina Kleiner, Stefanie Krause, Sylwia Olbrych, Vishvapalsinhji Parmar, Jaleh Sarafraz, Daria Soroko, Daksitha Withanage Don, Chang Zhou, Hoang Thuy Duong Vu, Parastoo Semnani, Daniel Weinhardt, Elisabeth Andre, J\"org Kr\"uger, Xavier Fresquet

Feeling Machines: Ethics, Culture, and the Rise of Emotional AI
This paper explores the growing presence of emotionally responsive artificial intelligence through a critical and interdisciplinary lens. Bringing together the voices of early-career researchers from multiple fields, it explores how AI systems that simulate or interpret human emotions are reshaping our interactions in areas such as education, healthcare, mental health, caregiving, and digital life. The analysis is structured around four central themes: the ethical implications of emotional AI, …

How the N.B.A. and the M.L.B. Shattered America’s Sports Culture https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/opinion/sports-nba-mlb-leagues-streaming-fan.html

My favorite historical mystery is “what really happened in the 6th century???”
We have few clues. We know there were at least 2 big eruptions in the 530s, most likely in Iceland, Kamchatka, or Alaska: nowhere with a surviving writing culture. Then a wave of Plague. Then probably other shit no one bothered writing down. It shattered the recording of history for many decades. We will never have a comprehensive history of the “Dark Ages” because no one wrote the pieces.

There is little about Scott Jennings,
or the words that come out of his mouth,
that corresponds to reality.
A decade into Trump’s capture of the Republican Party, Jennings is the premier crossover enabler.
He is perhaps CNN’s most recognizable face alongside its primetime anchors,
and he is feted on jokey, tough-talk shows like Bill Maher. 
But Jennings is a representation of our own malady,
a projection of a country whose political culture is now…

Scott Jennings in the Hyperreal and the Myth of the Escape Hatch
Jennings is like a simulation of a Trump enabler.

from my link log —
Situated software.
https://web.archive.org/web/20050120085129/http://www.shirky.com/writings/situated_software.html
saved 2025-04-11

Check out my new post for #HealOurCulture: “Belafonte and the Undertow - Understanding the Past to Heal the Future”
https://healourculture.org/2025/06/09/belafonte-and-the-und…

We in Game Workers Unite Ireland stand in solidarity with Animation Workers of Ireland, and the international trade union coalition happening to organise against the threat of AI in the animation industry, and we support their call to acton.
Join them Thursday 12 June at 14:00 at the Pâquier in Annecy!!
#Animation

For my next modern culture and media studies work, I'd like to use "THE SIMPLE NEW SOCIO-ECONOMICGEOPOLITICALBIO-HISTORICAL APPROACH" (TSR 1987)
(The eighties were a very weird time, y'all.)
(I found this in WCA #26, ZODIAC ATTACK)

@… https://greilmarcus.substack.com

Greil Marcus / Letter in the Ether | Substack
Everyday culture and found objects. Click to read Greil Marcus / Letter in the Ether, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

Cowboys cheerleaders jump for joy in iconic uniforms for Netflix return https://www.sportingnews.com/us/culture/entertainment/news/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-jum…

"GenAI art has already reached polyester status, and this is just the beginning. Despite all the techno-utopian promises, our brains see it as ersatz."
(Original title: GenAI is Our Polyester)
https://culture.ghost.io/genai-is-our-polyester/

GenAI is Our Polyester
The best way to understand generative AI art and aesthetics is to consider how previous "synthetics" lost value in the long-run For the first half of the 20th century, white-collar workers wore business shirts made from cotton or linen that wrinkled in the wash. Ironing them into a presentable shape

Okay, I wrote a little bit about Sly, and about Janet and Prince, and the very first thing I ever blogged about, and how Sly maybe invented some not-small part of the world we live in. And also about the scariest live show I've ever been to. https://www.anildash.com/2025/06/09/sly-st

Sly Stone and the Scariest Show Ever
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

June 10: 1898:
Spain Declares War Against the United States.
The war lasted for 10 weeks.
After the war Spain and the USA signed the Treaty of Paris
under which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines,
& Guam to the US
for $20 million
and Cuba became a protectorate of the USA.

Dr Pop Culture USA (@drpopcultureusa.bsky.social)
June 10: 1898: Spain Declares War Against the United States. The war lasted for 10 weeks. After the war Spain and the USA signed the Treaty of Paris under which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines, & Guam to the US for $20 million & Cuba became a protectorate of the USA.

Cowboys cheerleader’s risky ‘Thunderstruck’ dance in strapless, short dress https://www.sportingnews.com/us/culture/fashion/news/dallas-cowboys-cheerleader-risky-thunderstruck-perfor…

“When people say I changed the culture of Boeing, that was the intent, so that it’s run like a business rather than a great engineering firm.”
– Harry Stonecipher, former Boeing CEO

@… @… If you can’t fix the problem with culture, fixing it with a system seems like the next best method.

Bradley Chubb: Dolphins 'were lying' about culture change last year https://www.nfl.com/news/bradley-chubb-dolphins-were-lying-about-culture-change-last-year

I am reading “Use of Weapons” (rereading all the culture books) and I just can’t be bothered with this insane time switching setup.
With not having time to really read a sizable chunk at a time it’s just too all over the place.
I think I also didn’t finish it first time round tbh.

‘Wicked: For Good’ Trailer: Ariana Grande Walks Down the Aisle & Dorothy Touches Down in Oz https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/

‘Wicked: For Good’ Trailer: Ariana Grande Walks Down the Aisle & Dorothy Touches Down in Oz
The 'Wicked: For Good" trailer sees Ariana Grande in a wedding gown, Dorothy landing in Oz and more.

"This is how Lotus was born: as a company featuring unprecedented benefits for their employees, fostering a culture of radical diversity and inclusion, cleverly mixing dashes of 1960s counterculture with the latest 1980s technology.
Two major names stand out in the creation of this culture: first, Janet Axelrod, who passed away in 2021, and who brought her experience at Digital Equipment Corporation in the areas of diversity and inclusion. Second, Freada Kapor Klein."

Cycling in Ribble Valley
#Cycle routes
The Ribble Valley has miles of scenic country roads of which many are ideal for riding your bicycle. To the right are some downloadable maps and leaflets detailing these routes.​​​​
You can download several other routes across not only the Ribble Valley but Lancashire as a whole by visiting Lancashire County Council's dedicated

"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail."
-Riz Ahmed
#acting #coaching

uspolitics, trump
I keep seeing smart people writing stuff like
> [the US] kept peace through strength balanced with restraint, and wielded influence through culture, values, and diplomacy
I understand that #Trump is terrible and some people feel tempted to idealize what they had before him, but we should be more discerning, or otherwise it becomes impossible to understand how this happened in the first place.
Let's start with some questions:
- peace where? and for who? was it true peace, or "Pax Romana"?
- are we going to take seriously that statement on "restraint"? after all the lies, internal witch hunting, sanctions, coups, wars, invasions, genocides, and last but not least, 2 unnecessary nuclear strikes on Japan?
Now, on "culture, values, and diplomacy". Sure. Why not. Not everything was going to be bad, right?
But the thing is, abusive husbands aren't bad all the time either. From time to time they know how to be sweet and seem to care: one present here, flowers the next day, a little bit of gaslighting, and fake apologies after that "accidental" slap.
Given enough time (if the wife is still alive), at some point the victim decides to leave, and then all hell breaks loose. Trump is the manifestation of that moment. He does not represent a change in #USA's nature, but a hidden side that was "always" there, just waiting to play its role.
Others believe this is because #US citizens have been intentionally dumbed down by a combination of propaganda and a disfunctional education system, and I'm sure it's partly true... But let's see what many of their most brilliant and educated citizens are choosing to do with their lives today: https://sfstandard.com/2025/03/12/stanford-students-want-in-on-the-military-tech-gold-rush/
So, all I'm asking is: please drop the act. It was always a clusterfuck.

David Hogg: Too many Democratic leaders 'asleep at the wheel'
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5346407-hogg-challenges-dnc-culture/

«This is the original sin of software dev: it’s a pop culture where we’re trained to accept gossip as evidence. That’s fine if you’re debating largely meaningless details like “JavaScript, threat or menace?” but it’s very risky when the system in question is a psychological hazard built out of a Jenga tower of biases and Forer effects.»
https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/trusting-your-own-judgement-on-ai/

Situated Bayes -- Feminist and Pluriversal Perspectives on Bayesian Knowledge
Juni Schindler, Goda Klumbyt\.e, Matthew Fuller
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09472

Situated Bayes -- Feminist and Pluriversal Perspectives on Bayesian Knowledge
This is the introduction and lead article to the Situated Bayes special issue of Computational Culture. The article introduces Bayes' Theorem and aspects of its contemporary uses, for instance in machine learning. A mathematical discussion is developed alongside a consideration of Bayes Theorem in relation to critical theories of knowledge, specifically the discussion of situated knowledge in feminist theories of science, pluriversal knowledge in decolonial theory, and critical approaches to ma…

Was just reading about Matilda Emmerich having her artwork declined by the Hawkesbury Agricultural Show because of its content. Am I the only one concerned about the censorship of artists in Australia these days?
https://www.…

Teen artist striving for ‘hope’ during global wars banned from show
A teenager submitted a painting of a young angel in combat fatigues and flags from global conflict zones, but organisers have refused to hang it.

Nous avons deux critiques théâtrales dans le Sillon de pièce qui sont nominées aux Molières 2025.
- the loop - comédie de Robin Goupil au théâtre des béliers -https://sillon-fictionnel.club/post/the-loop/
- Numéro Deux

🛡️ DAY 2 at GÉANT #SecurityDays | “Cybersecurity isn’t just about tech—it’s about the people behind it.”
From AI’s growing role in security to crisis management, human factors, and compliance, Day 2 was packed with deep insights.
Highlights: AI challenges, crisis response through collaboration, and building a strong security culture with people at the center.
💡 What’s been y…

What the Raiders' Coaching Staff Wants to See in Minicamp https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/tom-mcmahon-pete-carroll-las-vegas-john-spytek-mark-davis

Check out my new post for #HealOurCulture: “Healing the Broken Narrative”
https://healourculture.org/2025/06/03/healing-the-broken-narrative/
Also on Subst…

Semi-anonymous Internet friend relationships must be so weird to people who aren't used to the culture.
Example 1: guy I've known on IRC for probably ten years and I consider a fairly good friend, I have his personal phone number, we talk quite often.
But I only know roughly what city he's in and his first name. He's in my phone as [first name] [irc handle].
Example 2: Catgirl I've known for a couple of years, she's been to my house, I've been to…

An interview with Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki on balancing chaos and accessibility, redesigning core mechanics, and more, ahead of its June 5 launch (Christopher Cruz/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-ga

The Making of ‘Mario Kart World’: ‘We Have to Think About the Chaos’
Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki talks the interconnected world, 150cc speed, and the driving cow

DCMS announces new members of public records advisory body https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/dcms-announces-new-members-of-public-records-advisory-body/

DCMS announces new members of public records advisory body - The National Archives
Seven new members have been appointed to the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, the independent body which advises the government on access to public records. The appointments were made by Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The council advises her on historical public records when they are being transferred […]

Week 1 - #EroticMusings Setting — Is sexuality suppressed or celebrated in your setting? Is the setting erotic in its own right?
Writing in German, but still wanted to participate here. In Erytan, where at least the first five novels take place, sexuality is not only celebrated. Ethical BDSM is governing every aspect of culture, including the aspect that the official title of the q…

A great open-source community is about more than just code — it's about people, too. A strong company culture fosters engagement and growth. Join Jessie de Groot and Marion Nehring at this year's Berlin Buzzwords to explore how values such as kindness, collaboration and developer experience influence companies and communities. Gain practical insights into fostering inclusion, engagement, and long-term impact.
Learn more:

From Culture to Open Source: Build Value-driven Communities
A great open-source community isn’t just about code—it’s about people. For us – Weaviators – we believe a strong company culture of kindness and collaboration is essential for building an inclusive and engaged open-source ecosystem. Join us to learn what you can do to ensure your culture extends beyond your organization and how your values translate into external impact. Based on real-life examples and tactics,, we will explore: - The connection between company culture and open-source…

Bradley Chubb says Dolphins 'were lying, honestly' about culture change last season

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bradley-chu…

"If any of the work, that any of us do, contributes to the stretching of culture, the stretching of boundaries of empathy that’s expected of an audience… that’s the holy grail."
-Riz Ahmed
#acting #coaching

Millions of public euros subsidize bullfighting through regional televisions https://www.animanaturalis.org/n/46882?utm_source=Mastodon
Madrid raises its voice against bullfighting and for a cruelty-free culture

Millions of public euros subsidize bullfighting through regional televisions
We reveal the hidden cost of public funding for bullfighting broadcasts on Spain’s regional television channels, which has increased in recent years, especially in those Autonomous Communities governed by the Partido Popular and VOX.

The New European rebrands as The New World, expands its coverage, and moves to a magazine format; the title made £2.6M in 2024 revenue and had 35K subscribers (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a9b5d243-d905-42c4-b62c-1f640175005a…

‘Remainer’ paper New European rebrands to push beyond Brexit roots
Title formed after 2016 UK vote is relaunching as The New World to reflect coverage of global politics and culture

Will we ever decode the writing system used by the Inca?
Gift article, no paywall.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archiv

Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

#CFP: Blood and Bile: Perspectives from the humanities, art and gaming culture on Blasphemous
https://ift.tt/xYOAIuh
CFP Blood and Bile: Perspectives from the humanities, art and gaming culture on Blasphemous

#CFP: Blood and Bile: Perspectives from the humanities, art and gaming culture on Blasphemous
CFP Blood and Bile: Perspectives from the humanities, art and gaming culture on Blasphemous

Me? An Anarcho-syndicalist? Yes!
#Anarchism #Syndicalism #AnarchoSyndicalism

My new post for #HealOurCulture: “Trust and Democracy”
https://healourculture.org/2025/05/15/trust-and-democracy/
Also on Substack:

A couple of folks said I should replace the pop-over email signup form on my blog with a much more subtle inline signup form at the top of the page. So! If you'd like to reward the more user-friendly design with your patronage and support (it's free, I only ask for your attention), you can sign up to get my new posts in your inbox just by sharing your email address. I won't spam you or sell your email, and don't post too often.

Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

2025 Stack Overflow Developer Survey is live, taking maybe 15–18 minutes. Questions by group:
• Learning & career (23 questions)
• Tech & culture (20 questions)
• Community (21 questions)
• ‘AI’ (20 questions)
• Close (3 questions)

Virtualizing RAN: Science, Strategy, and Architecture of Software-Defined Mobile Networks
Ryan Barker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09878 https://

Virtualizing RAN: Science, Strategy, and Architecture of Software-Defined Mobile Networks
Virtualising the Radio Access Network (RAN) is widely touted as the corner-stone of affordable 5G and a prerequisite for AI-native 6G. Yet current discourse often isolates spectrum policy, cloud engineering and organisational readiness into silos. This paper delivers an integrated analysis that spans science, technology, business strategy and culture. I first review spectrum-auction economics and show-via a comparative study of T-Mobile US and Verizon-that mid-band contiguity leveraged through …

I've really been moved by Edward White's death and the tributes to him being written. His books have meant a lot to me as a gay man. I wrote a blog post with more links, many also shared on @…

Meet the Heroes of ‘Ageing With Ease’ | The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2025/06/06/Meet-Heroes-Aging-With-Ease/

MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0
"Developers, coders, nerds, even regular users — we have power. We can demand that the platforms we use give us access to control our experiences using code."
https://anildash.com/2025/05/20/mcp-web20-20/

It may not come as a surprise that the fracking billionaire who helped launch The Daily Wire has also denied that the climate emergency is real. 
https://www.desmog.com/2024/09/09/inside-the-anti-climate-culture-war-led…

Something To Talk About
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

Something To Talk About | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Something To Talk About Host: Sarrah Le Marquand Category: Society & Culture Sub-Category: Commentary & Conversations, Entertainment News First Episode: 2021 When Australia’s celebrities are…

Learn why one camp director quit posting daily photos of campers. Pretty interesting take on things. #SummerCamp #CampLife

Camp Director Georgia Del Favero: Why I Don't Post Daily Photos from Our Overnight Camp - Free-Range Kids
Are daily photos from overnight camp a big issue? Probably not the biggest. But they are part of a culture where parents have increasingly come to expect the ability to watch their kids at all times, even from afar —  or at least have been trained to expect this by organizations eager to provide surveillance-as-a-service. 

The 79th edition of De Programmatica Ipsum is out!
This month, we explore trust and its importance in human society and culture; in the Library section, we review “Geekonomics” by David Rice; and in our Vidéothèque section, we watch a video on the Veritasium channel where Derek Muller hacks Linus Sebastian’s phone.
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/issue-79-trust/

We're recruiting on our MSc Sociology and Data Analytics for next September at the University of Limerick @…

This MSc offers in depth knowledge of sociological analysis, research… | Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Limerick
This MSc offers in depth knowledge of sociological analysis, research methods and social science analytics - including high level training in data, data science, and data mining, and a range of sequenced topics that include crime, law, and deviance, culture and media, health and well-being, political analysis and social movements, and stratification and social inequality. The combination of high level training in research methods and robust exposure to core topics in Sociology and the Social …

Jets' Gardner 'bought in,' hopeful about new deal https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45501462/amid-deal-talks-sauce-gardner-hopes-part-changing-jets-culture

Data-driven multi-agent modelling of calcium interactions in cell culture: PINN vs Regularized Least-squares
Aurora Poggi, Giuseppe Alessio D'Inverno, Hjalmar Brismar, Ozan \"Oktem, Matthieu Barreau, Kateryna Morozovska
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20327

Data-driven multi-agent modelling of calcium interactions in cell culture: PINN vs Regularized Least-squares
Data-driven discovery of dynamics in biological systems allows for better observation and characterization of processes, such as calcium signaling in cell culture. Recent advancements in techniques allow the exploration of previously unattainable insights of dynamical systems, such as the Sparse Identification of Non-Linear Dynamics (SINDy), overcoming the limitations of more classic methodologies. The latter requires some prior knowledge of an effective library of candidate terms, which is not…

A really good analysis of how the far-right in Argentina and globally is reshaping memory culture & politics for their gains.
(Audio in Spanish, but has English/Spanish & German subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxsWrKEA-T8

Now starting: the #SecurityNarratives workshop, a very interesting expression of the #DigitalHumanities and a collaboration between the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and Department of Information Security and Communication Technology at

Enduring Disparities in the Workplace: A Pilot Study in the AI Community
Yunusa Simipa Abdulsalam, Siobhan Mackenzie Hall, Ana Quintero-Ossa, William Agnew, Carla Muntean, Sarah Tan, Ashley Heady, Savannah Thais, Jessica Schrouff
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04305

Enduring Disparities in the Workplace: A Pilot Study in the AI Community
In efforts toward achieving responsible artificial intelligence (AI), fostering a culture of workplace transparency, diversity, and inclusion can breed innovation, trust, and employee contentment. In AI and Machine Learning (ML), such environments correlate with higher standards of responsible development. Without transparency, disparities, microaggressions and misconduct will remain unaddressed, undermining the very structural inequities responsible AI aims to mitigate. While prior work invest…

Documents: since mid-December 2024, YouTube told moderators to prioritize "freedom of expression" over potential harm, exempting political and culture videos (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/technology/youtube-video…

YouTube Loosens Video Content Moderation Rules
The world’s largest video platform has told content moderators to favor “freedom of expression” over the risk of harm in deciding what to take down.

'Given that the average electric drill is in use for just 15 minutes each year, and is kept in storage for the rest of the time, it’s clear that many household items don’t really need to be owned at all' - @alexjgnana https://www.overcomecompulsivehoarding.co.

Documents: since mid-December 2024, YouTube told moderators to prioritize "freedom of expression" over potential harm, exempting political and culture videos (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/technology/youtube-video…

YouTube Loosens Video Content Moderation Rules
The world’s largest video platform has told content moderators to favor “freedom of expression” over the risk of harm in deciding what to take down.

The Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders just landed a new sponsorship https://www.sportingnews.com/us/culture/entertainment/news/dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-just-landed-new-sponsorship/201ba73d94aec116d7…

Will we ever decode the writing system used by the Inca?
Gift article, no paywall.
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archiv

Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

Good listen: #AngryPlanet [PODCAST] America’s Favorite Gunfighters and the Birth of the Old West (subscriber episode)
https://open.substack.com/pub/angrypla

America’s Favorite Gunfighters and the Birth of the Old West
America loves the Western.

Extended Call for Papers: C.S. Lewis and Popular Culture
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Volume Editor: George Tsakiridis, PhD Abstract and CV Due: June 10, 2025 Initial Final Paper Due:…
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Extended Call for Papers: C.S. Lewis and Popular Culture
Volume Editor: George Tsakiridis, PhD Abstract and CV Due: June 10, 2025 Initial Final Paper Due: September 15, 2025 C.S. Lewis has captured the imagination of twentieth-century readers by presenti…

Brian Schottenheimer, Stephen Jones on Cowboys legends visit, culture change https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/brian-schottenheimer-stephen-jones-on-cowboys-legends-visit-culture-change

Benchmarking Adelaide
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Benchmarking Adelaide | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Benchmarking Adelaide Host: Sam Dighton Category: Society & Culture Sub-Category: Entrepreneurship, Local News & Stories, Mathematics & Data Science First Episode: 2024 We sit down with…

Brian Schottenheimer, Stephen Jones on Cowboys legends visit, culture change https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/brian-schottenheimer-stephen-jones-on-cowboys-legends-visit-culture-change

KaVontae Turpin on why ‘everybody is buying into’ new Cowboys’ culture, offensive role in 2025 https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/kavontae-turpin-on-why-everybody-is-buying-into-new-cowboys-culture-offensive-r…

#GiftLink NYT Editorial Board | A Comprehensive Accounting of Trump’s Culture of Corruption - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/opinion/trump-corruption.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE8.cFXX.Bo06-Mx9oWfB&smid=url-share

One of the constant recurring topics on social media are stories of someone saying they don’t wash their legs, or they don’t use a washcloth, or they don’t take showers for a week. I wrote about why those stories always blow up. https://www.anildash.com/2025/05/29/who-is-clean/…

Who washes their hands?
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

KaVontae Turpin on why ‘everybody is buying into’ new Cowboys’ culture, offensive role in 2025 https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/kavontae-turpin-on-why-everybody-is-buying-into-new-cowboys-culture-offensive-r…

Teach Us Consent
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Teach Us Consent | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Teach Us Consent Host: Anthony Stefanos Category: Society & Culture Sub-Category: Relationships & Sexuality First Episode: 2025 Get confident with consent, sex and relationships – one honest…

Call for papers: An Awkward Marriage: Considering the serial killer’s social standing in a changing British culture
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Shut up and play yer banjo!
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/05/dear-james-banjo-work-life-balance/…

Dear James: I Miss Playing the Banjo
But I also have to make a living. Is there a way to balance both?

College Board Keeps Apologizing for Screwing Up Digital SAT and AP Tests (Ars Technica, 24 May 2025)
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/05/college-board-keeps-apologizing-for-screwing-up-digital-sat-and-ap-tests/

College Board keeps apologizing for screwing up digital SAT and AP tests
AP Psych is the latest casualty of digital snafus.

Schotty Ball: How Brian Schottenheimer is approaching his big shot https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/schotty-ball-how-brian-schottenheimer-is-approaching-his-big-shot

Schotty Ball: How Brian Schottenheimer is approaching his big shot https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/schotty-ball-how-brian-schottenheimer-is-approaching-his-big-shot

First look at the hottest new Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders via Netflix https://www.sportingnews.com/us/culture/entertainment/news/first-look-sn…

Cowboys Headline News: Micah Parsons reports to minicamp, Pickens shines, culture shifts https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/11/cowboys-news-schottenheimer-balance…

Brian Schottenheimer takes Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys QBs to dance class https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/brian-schottenheimer-takes-dak-prescott-dallas-cowboys-qbs-dance-class

Juanyeh Thomas sends strong message about HC Brian Schottenheimer https://insidethestar.com/juanyeh-thomas-sends-strong-message-about-hc-brian-schottenheimer

Cowboys Legend Sends Strong Message on Brian Schottenheimer https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/cowboys-legend-sends-strong-message-on-brian-schottenheimer/?adt_ei=[email]