Last week the world was introduced to Shrimp Jesus, a series of AI-generated images in which Jesus is melded with a crustacean, and which have repeatedly gone viral on Facebook. The images are emblematic of a specific type of AI image being used by spammers and scammers. (Koebler, 404 Media)
Read MoreGovernment restrictions on religion are at a global high. Social hostility toward religion, however, has ticked downward. (Casper, Christianity Today)
Read MoreIn a recent cover story for New York magazine, Chu makes the case for child gender transition using the most unpopular rationale possible: in essence, that minors should be allowed to have mastectomies and other gender surgeries if they want them, simply because they want them. (Lewis, The Atlantic)
Read MoreThe U.S. has fallen out of the top 20 happiest countries for the first time since a global ranking began in 2012, due in large part to a drop in happiness among younger adults. Americans fell to 23rd place in happiness, down from 15th a year ago, according to data collected in the Gallup World Poll for the World Happiness Report 2024. (Ansberry, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreThe number of yearly abortions in the United States rose by 10 percent between 2020 and 2023, while medication abortions became more common than ever, according to a report published Tuesday by a research and advocacy group that favors abortion rights. (Rosenzweig-Ziff, The Washington Post)
Read MoreThe abusers were part of an emerging international network of online groups that have targeted thousands of children with a sadistic form of social media terror that authorities and technology companies have struggled to control. (Boburg, Verma, & Dehghanpoor, The Washington Post)
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