Dubious Quality

From Wally, and it's dense but interesting: Scalable watermarking for identifying large language model outputs. It was an amazing book: Susanna Clarke Wrote a Hit Novel Set in a Magical Realm. Then She Disappeared (may hit NYT paywall). Some were better off not having existed, too: 15 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies You Didn't Know Had Cartoons. An excellent read: The Dilemma at the Center of McDonald’s E. Coli Outbreak. I didn't have this on my burglary bingo card: Fraudsters steal 22 tonnes of high-value cheddar. Blurgh: Why On Earth Are People Putting Olive Oil in Their Coffee?

C. Lee makes an appearance this week in spite of the move. First, a fascinating discussion about car seats (a podcast, but there's a transcript): How Much Do We Really Care About Children? This is depressing and not surprising at all: This app set out to fight pesticides. After VCs stepped in, now it helps to sell them. C. Lee said "silence is complicity," which is correct: Leader of LA Times editorial board resigns after failure to endorse candidate. It's turning into a complex grift, in many ways: The New Artificial Intelligentsia. This is not good: US power system becomes more fossil-dependent than China's. A terrific read: VOX POPULI: Elite minority is bad for any economy as seen in 2008 crisis.