Dooferlad
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
'AI’s big problem is that “everyone can imagine how useful the technology will be, but no one has figured out yet how to make money.”'
No. People imagine what they want it to do, not what it can do. Giving it away has set an unrealistic price point.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
No. People imagine what they want it to do, not what it can do. Giving it away has set an unrealistic price point.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Bursting AI bubble may be EU’s “secret weapon” in clash with Trump, expert says
Spotify and Accenture caught in crossfire as Trump attacks EU tech regulations.
arstechnica.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
'AI’s big problem is that “everyone can imagine how useful the technology will be, but no one has figured out yet how to make money.”'
No. People imagine what they want it to do, not what it can do. Giving it away has set an unrealistic price point.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
No. People imagine what they want it to do, not what it can do. Giving it away has set an unrealistic price point.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
2012: $2 billion
2025: $493.8 billion
Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $240.9 billion
Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $226.9 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25
It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
My take on LLM guardrail bypassing through whatever method: it don't think. Stop expecting intelligence.
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
My take on LLM guardrail bypassing through whatever method: it don't think. Stop expecting intelligence.
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Does anyone else think this behind-the-scenes shot from Blade Runner looks like Rutger Hauer is hosting an episode of Dystopian Pointless
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Does anyone else think this behind-the-scenes shot from Blade Runner looks like Rutger Hauer is hosting an episode of Dystopian Pointless
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I can't stop watching this.
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I can't stop watching this.
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I can't get over this. In response to a kid committing suicide after talking to ChatGPT, OpenAI's response is literally "he prompted it wrong."
There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
Sure sure you might say that my client's knife "caused" the victim to stop being able to pump blood to their brain, but Hume's 𝘌𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 really makes it clear that we should all have some reasonable doubt about the concept of "causation"
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I can't get over this. In response to a kid committing suicide after talking to ChatGPT, OpenAI's response is literally "he prompted it wrong."
There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
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authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM
authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now
Front page of the BBC News app
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Translation: LLMs are junk. We have bet big. Please pay us.
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Translation: LLMs are junk. We have bet big. Please pay us.
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
The AI boom has been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Front page of the BBC News app
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Translation: LLMs are junk. We have bet big. Please pay us.
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Translation: LLMs are junk. We have bet big. Please pay us.
@wilwheaton.net just became Lego! www.lego.com/en-us/aboutu...
LEGO® Icons Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D™ - About Us - LEGO.com
LEGO® Icons Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D™
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November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
@wilwheaton.net just became Lego! www.lego.com/en-us/aboutu...
Cheese pre-season has begun!
New wisdom and insights from the joint recipients of the Nobel Prize For Yesterday podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/w...
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Cheese pre-season has begun!
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In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌
They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law.
Other governments should do the same!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law.
Other governments should do the same!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌
They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law.
Other governments should do the same!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law.
Other governments should do the same!
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Me: "everything is better with jazz hands"
Daughter: "even farts?" Blows raspberry. Does jazz hands.
So proud!
Daughter: "even farts?" Blows raspberry. Does jazz hands.
So proud!
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Me: "everything is better with jazz hands"
Daughter: "even farts?" Blows raspberry. Does jazz hands.
So proud!
Daughter: "even farts?" Blows raspberry. Does jazz hands.
So proud!
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Hello. I am tentatively de-hiatusing myself back onto social media. In time to tell you that The Bugle's 18th Birthday Live Stream show is on Sunday, 7pm UK time. Featuring me, Nish Kumar, Alice Fraser & blast-from-the-Bugle-past John Oliver. www.thebuglepodcast.com/live Available in all universes.
Live — THE BUGLE
www.thebuglepodcast.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Hello. I am tentatively de-hiatusing myself back onto social media. In time to tell you that The Bugle's 18th Birthday Live Stream show is on Sunday, 7pm UK time. Featuring me, Nish Kumar, Alice Fraser & blast-from-the-Bugle-past John Oliver. www.thebuglepodcast.com/live Available in all universes.
One of the kids has started eating crisps with chopsticks to avoid getting greasy fingers. I am so proud!
October 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
One of the kids has started eating crisps with chopsticks to avoid getting greasy fingers. I am so proud!
Oh Google, why are you advertising Tinder to me in our app store under the category Tips and Tricks? Is this supposed to be a writing prompt for prostitution jokes?
October 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Oh Google, why are you advertising Tinder to me in our app store under the category Tips and Tricks? Is this supposed to be a writing prompt for prostitution jokes?
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Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that Amazon...
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
-Provides cloud services that help fuel ICE's deportation machine
-Donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund
-Scrapped plans to display tariff costs after pressure from Trump
-Shelled out $40M for a documentary about Melania Trump
Why Patreon? Why? What is this nonsense on the home screen? I want to see the people I support!
October 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Why Patreon? Why? What is this nonsense on the home screen? I want to see the people I support!
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Holy shit. Trust me you want to watch this.
September 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Holy shit. Trust me you want to watch this.
A creature that is cute, right yup to the moment it glides from tree to tree, at which point it looks like something from a horror movie. Finding out about this was definitely worth the price of admission!
My patrons who donate $5+ per month get a monthly post about a strange life form.
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Weird life form of the month: like a squirrel with more skin | Rosemary Mosco
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September 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
A creature that is cute, right yup to the moment it glides from tree to tree, at which point it looks like something from a horror movie. Finding out about this was definitely worth the price of admission!
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Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!
August 23, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Thomas Deininger uses plastic waste to create sculptures,or should I say,works of Genius!!!!!!
My podcasts seem to be changing together. A Good Day to DIY has music + special interest info-dumping. Extremely Accurate Bird Songs is the same, but replace Trek with Birds.
August 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
My podcasts seem to be changing together. A Good Day to DIY has music + special interest info-dumping. Extremely Accurate Bird Songs is the same, but replace Trek with Birds.
Dear viewing several, a friend has the strangest podcast and I love it. Trek and DIY music. It is why I am watching more Trek than and listening to more punk than I have in ages!
podcastaddict.com/podcast/a-go...
podcastaddict.com/podcast/a-go...
August 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Dear viewing several, a friend has the strangest podcast and I love it. Trek and DIY music. It is why I am watching more Trek than and listening to more punk than I have in ages!
podcastaddict.com/podcast/a-go...
podcastaddict.com/podcast/a-go...