Sherry Turkle: An AI is "really not afraid of death, it’s not afraid of illness, it's not afraid of pain, it doesn't love its children, and it doesn't care if you kill yourself or make dinner." - Wired
In Limoges, the city hall burned. At the actual protests, demonstrators "complained about inflation sent soaring over 3% by the war in the Middle East. Others slammed perceived police brutality in student protests that have gripped France over the past four weeks." - Le Monde English
Hunh: "Distributor Bleecker Street was informed Friday afternoon a 'permanent suspension' was coming regarding any ads it tried to buy, and the company was unable to do so shortly after." - The Hollywood Reporter
The report shows that NCF, with about eight hundred students, had both the largest administrative personnel and the highest operating expenses of any public college in Florida. - n+1
Since April 2025, two months after Trump’s takeover, Rick Canny has been a senior adviser to the Center, which has now amended his consulting contract to appoint him artistic director “in a designated executive consulting capacity.” Memos indicate that Canny wants authority to make a lot of changes. - The Washington Post (MSN)
“The Market Street Arts & Theater District will initially focus on the 900 block of Market Street between Fifth and Sixth streets, with plans to activate one to two vacant or underused spaces; add lighting, banners and public art as part of beautification efforts; fund pop-up performances and other arts programming.” - San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
Former Trump attorney Alina Habba told the president that another one of his top advisers — former Kennedy Center leader Ric Grenell — failed to deposit a multimillion-dollar donation that her billionaire husband made to the center a year ago. - Axios
“The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia is being considered as a potential new member of the Smithsonian museum network, with members of a new congressional commission sworn in on Tuesday set to study the matter.” It would be the only Smithsonian museum outside metro DC or New York. - ARTnews
“Each fall, about 1,000 history enthusiasts gather in Battle, a town in southern England, to recreate the Battle of Hastings (the main event depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry) … on the very landscape where the conflict unfolded on Oct. 14, 1066. This year … the crowds have been more teeming than usual.” - The New York Times
What matters most is how they made the case. They didn’t ask Seattle to support the arts because culture enriches a city. They asked the city to treat arts and culture as public safety infrastructure. - Return on Art (LinkedIn)
Russell Parks, the board member who led the effort to deny funding to two Greenville-based LGBTQ+ performing arts groups, and board chair Flavia Harton (who didn't vote on the issue) are both leaving the Commission before their terms expire. Neither gave any reason other than time constraints. - The Post and Courier (Charleston) (Yahoo!)
The Marché des Enfants Rouges, a covered food market in the Marais neighborhood which dates back to 1615, was “totally destroyed” in a blaze which broke out at about 3 am Monday. - The Guardian
Cage: "I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let him use AI on Spider Noir. I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again." - Variety
For one thing, it never connected to the internet. And: "It was a one-function device that superbly executed its function. It made people unconditionally happy." - Wired
