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4 year old me: why must we do this

Fantastic old woman in the leopard print coat: "Why yes, my tooth IS real silver! Nobody ever asks me that. Do you like cats?"

1. The court holds Google responsible for statements made by its AI, considering them Google's statements (search engines have limited liability for results in their engine as they're the words of other sites/companies/people), meaning when their AI lies/hallucinates they're liable for the defamation/harm resulting from those statements.

2. Google's defense that customers are generally aware of the lack of reliability and are responsible for fact checking was dismissed. As the court pointed out, that would "significantly diminish" AI Search's stated purpose and it can't be distinguished from Google's business practices/statements as a search tool.

3. Studies have found about 91% of Google's everyday AI responses are accurate, leaving millions of searches per HOUR with potential liability for falsehoods. 56% of correct responses weren't supported by the sources the AI listed. Both of which mean Google is now liable for a LOT more AI "errors."

4. Google was held liable for 80% of court costs in this case and this precedent is expected to reverberate around the world. This is a massive shift from the 3rd-party search provider role Google has previously played and it comes right as they've tied ALL searches to their AI search.

Levi's said yes, actually. Assless chaps and a biker vest. Happy Pride.

On Wednesday, June 10, the Dáil passed the Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026, which included a scheme to disregard historic convictions for same-sex activity. Welcomed by campaigners, the bill provides redress to gay men who were convicted under laws that criminalised homosexuality, which were repealed over 30 years ago. In 1993, homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland following a landmark case brought by former Senator David Norris to the European Court of Human Rights. Prior to this change, at least 941 men were convicted of so-called “homosexual acts” under the law, though the true figure may exceed 2,000, according to the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL).

i worked for the group that plans my local pride festival last year. there is literally no way we would have ever, could have ever, done anything to keep cishet people "out" of pride. nor did we have the remotest interest. it would've caused so much extra effort, made everyone mad at us, not worked at all, and also gone against all sense and reason in terms of queer activism and trying to encourage support for the community in our city.

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.