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The pope on AI (Firesphere's musings)
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The Holy Sea published the Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo's first Encyclical letter. And to my surprise, he speaks of how the world, humanity, should deal with AI, in great detail, and with great care. And clearly not a simple "AI bad, God good" piece. I've picked a few parts…

Fresh Bubbles

First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

Culture

  1. Magnifica Humanitas (Peter's Path)
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    102: The use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and…

Film & TV

  1. Stephen Colbert’s Best Post-Cancellation Stunt Yet (Doc Pop's Weblog)
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    In the annals of post-talk-show-cancellation stunts, Stephen Colbert hosting an hour-long episode of a Michigan public access show might be my new favorite.…

Life

  1. New post (Uncertainty)
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    May 26th. I had a tradition to walk around my city and eating a cheeseburger or two on this day. In 2019 my beloved pitty was already on the death door from…

  2. The Return of the Cyclist (Happily Imperfect)
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    I’ve had a bike —now known as my bang about bike— for 15 years. I first used it to complete a Glasgow to Edinburgh ride, Pedal for Scotland, which was a big…

  3. Why it’s totally ok that I quit my bikepacking trip (Jan-Lukas Else)
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    As I wrote, I had planned a bikepacking trip covering a total of 224 km. Well, things didn’t quite go as planned.

Politics

  1. Akku Yadav: The Serial Rapist Who Was Killed by His Victims in an Indian Courtroom (UtterlyInteresting)
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    For 13 years, Akku Yadav terrorised a Nagpur slum with rape, murder and extortion while police looked the other way. In 2004, 200 women took justice into their…

Tech

  1. Why I Turned Off Comment Sections on My YouTube Videos (Leilukin's Hub)
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    On 20 May 2026, I made the final decision to turn off comments on all my videos on YouTube. This was a decision I had been ruminating for a while, but the last…

  2. Stop advertising in your commits! (AksDev)
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    Co-authored-by: ur mom I don't get why people just gleefully add these ads for companies to their open-source projects that do not pay them a penny (but…

Still Bubbling

Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

  1. How to deal with negative people and criticism (Darius Foroux)
    8
  2. Cool Link: Is AI Profitable Yet? (Matt Fantinel)
    18
  3. beware of EU-washing (ava's blog)
    14
  4. Flight of the Bumblebee (David's Short Fiction)
    6
  5. re: Your phone is making you bored (Forking Mad+)
    12

Tiny Bubbles

Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.