”Going into schools, I meet thousands of children a year and every day I become more certain that, if justice for all is to be our organising principle, AI is not for children and not for young people. … It risks halting learning before it can take flight. Studies show, over and over, that when we engage in AI-assisted learning we give up sooner. … We undergo not just cognitive offloading, but cognitive surrender: we forget what was possible.”
—K. Rundell
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/aug/08/i-hate-what-ai-is-doing-to-the-minds-and-happiness-of-the-young-katherine-rundell-on-the-view-from-the-classroom
#ai #learning

Israeli settler attacks rise as West Bank residents lose land
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/9/09-08-reported-nour-odeh-bethlehem?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Middle East News @middle-east-news-AlJazeera

Mamdani 's hackers: New York City's Public Interest Technology initiative encodes a vision of technology as an enabler for ordinary people.

... and 3,000 super-skilled techies applied for 35 jobs, though the paycheck is not what it would be in Big Tech and there's no stock options, because most people want their work to be meaningful. Getting people to click on ads is not meaningful.

https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/08/find-yourself-a-city/#to-hack-in

h/t @pluralistic

U.S. immigration authorities are proposing a change that will effectively mean any foreigner that loses their job goes out of status IMMEDIATELY (they want to eliminate the 60 day ‘grace period’)

Folks should keep an eye on this one, it’s going to be a major one

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eoDetails?rrid=1495412

#Immigration

RE: https://ohai.social/@dcoderlt/117058023861112124

In 30 years, you will either be a billionnaire or a climate activist that the billionaires have labelled a domestic terrorist. They seem hellbent on annihilating their own consumers. It's like a deranged cult. Fuck all of this datacentre shit sky high.

Democrats gain momentum in pivotal US Senate and governor’s races in Texas
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/democrats-gain-momentum-in-pivotal-us-senate-and-governors-races-in-texas?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Global News @global-news-AlJazeera

US appeals court halts White House ballroom construction
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/7/us-appeals-court-halts-white-house-ballroom-construction?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into US & Canada News @us-canada-news-AlJazeera

“No problem is too small to fix”: New Yorkers are calling on Mayor Zohran Mamdani for help and getting surprisingly fast results “No problem is too small to fix”: New Yorkers are calling on Mayor Zohran Mamdani for help and getting surprisingly fast results https://share.google/fOXSFT2FuG2pK3CuN

Mr Mamdani is giving the Republicans a rectal probe every day as he cleans up and fixes new York's problems. No wonder they are coming out in hatred of him!

Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez is an active-duty military service member stationed at Fort Bliss. His wife is currently being detained at the private detention centers on his own base. This is how out of control ICE is.

https://apnews.com/article/military-families-immigration-trump-detained-deported-3337173bff1f06153738c217da52e846

Travel restrictions – from Israel and Europe – trap students in Gaza
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/8/6/travel-restrictions-from-israel-and-europe-trap-students-in-gaza?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Features @features-AlJazeera

RE: https://flipboard.com/@thenewsdesk/news-i8koidj5z/-/a-GjwTjEgZRo60mgzGMvH-Ng%3Aa%3A43591897-%2F0

A woman on a New Jersey shore boardwalk on the 4th of July allegedly slapped a teenage girl across the face who was wearing sweatpants with pro- #Trump and the #ICE slogans.

The woman, from #Canada, was arrested on child endangerment and assault charges and deported on Aug 4.

Why does every baby say this?

Trump administration refunds $100bn in tariffs struck down by Supreme Court
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/8/6/trump-administration-refunds-100bn-in-tariffs-struck-down-by-supreme-court?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into US & Canada News @us-canada-news-AlJazeera

God's work

https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night

"Using the infinite amount of cash at its disposal, Customs and Border Patrol has come up with one of the most morally repugnant options for a government contract imaginable: hunting down people who’ve been deported and demanding they pay civil immigration fines."

Trump team plots to keep terrorizing people after they’re deported - Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/8/5/800079734/world/trump-team-plots-terrorizing-people-after-deported/

Happy birthday (i.e. the day it landed on Mars), Curiosity 🥳

It's amazing, what people can do, isn't it?

#Curiosity #Mars #NASA #space

@ProPublica The money quote:

"The newsrooms’ findings about Talarico are different because they analyzed the period after the lawmaker purchased a home and found that he continued to vote using his parents’ address. Talarico’s house is in the same county as his parents’ home, which is about 6 miles away. It is in the state House district he represents but in different jurisdictions for some local elections."

"Corporations, not immigrants, are responsible for vast majority of healthcare fraud, OIG report shows.

Trump officials are focused on immigrants, but the Department of Health and Human Services report on fraud doesn’t even mention them."

https://theintercept.com/2026/07/31/immigrants-healthcare-medicare-fraud-scam/

and so begins the #aislop #bailouts con.

i was opposed and campaigned against the bank bailouts in 2008, am even more rabidly opposed to this grift.

don't just let the bubble pop. let them burn.

❝ A Fed official is asking whether AI is becoming ‘too big to fail’ https://thenextweb.com/news/a-fed-official-is-asking-whether-ai-is-becoming-too-big-to-fail

N8628 Landed in Burbank, California, United States. Apx. flt. time 2 h 28 min.