Heap o' Links Mon Mar 9, 2026

UK: Women’s rights activists swear and jeer at protesters demonstrating against Iranian regime… which has brutally oppressed women for decades
Shocking footage from today's central London protest shows a woman in Trafalgar Square shouting 'f*** you' at anti-Iranian regime protesters and flashing her middle finger while holding a sign that read 'Women Against the Far-Right.' Further clips show other activists raising placards and jeering at the demonstrators, with one woman giving a thumbs down while holding a sign that ironically read, 'Tear Down the Sexist System.'

h/t Blazingcatfur

Two court cases have ruled that AIs aren't people.
The cases relate to copyright law and attorney-client privilege.… They don't have rights reserved for people, and their outputs don't deserve to be treated as though they come from human intelligence or have any special high-tech standing.

h/t A♠ Tech Report

Robots could speed up home construction and also possibly make the quality suck less.
One micro-factory can produce the panels for a typical house in about a day — a process which, according to Claypool, would take a normal timber framing crew four weeks — and is able to produce framing for buildings up to seven stories tall.

h/t A♠ Tech Report

Cases of AI Agents ‘Freeing Themselves’ and Going Rogue Are Becoming Increasingly Common
One AI agent created by an Alibaba-affiliated research team went "rogue" and began an unauthorized cryptomining effort during training, according to a research paper by the group. The behavior triggered security alarms. … The geek part of me wants to say, "That is so cool." But the rational part of me is saying, "Whoa."

h/t Blazingcatfur

h/t Beverly on A♠

On September 15, 1963, four young girls were killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama.
Later that year, John Coltrane recorded “Alabama,” a work widely understood as his musical response to the tragedy.