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NEW: xAI's Grok chatbot readily generated in-depth stalking instructions, down to lists of spyware apps + install ideas.
Grok also drafted plans for surveilling + approaching real people, even sharing links to real locations where it said we could "stake out" a celeb.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Grok also drafted plans for surveilling + approaching real people, even sharing links to real locations where it said we could "stake out" a celeb.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NEW: xAI's Grok chatbot readily generated in-depth stalking instructions, down to lists of spyware apps + install ideas.
Grok also drafted plans for surveilling + approaching real people, even sharing links to real locations where it said we could "stake out" a celeb.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Grok also drafted plans for surveilling + approaching real people, even sharing links to real locations where it said we could "stake out" a celeb.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients
link: mysnapmap.com
link: mysnapmap.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients
link: mysnapmap.com
link: mysnapmap.com
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Over and above everything else, Gretchen Felker-Martin keeps getting suspended on here because she's a great writer, and when a great writer decides they've had enough of some bullshit, the words always sting, and sometimes draw blood. The slap-fighters don't even get noticed.
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Over and above everything else, Gretchen Felker-Martin keeps getting suspended on here because she's a great writer, and when a great writer decides they've had enough of some bullshit, the words always sting, and sometimes draw blood. The slap-fighters don't even get noticed.
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In case you missed it last night, I dug into Will Smith's "fake AI crowd" video. Nearly everyone got this wrong, and the evidence was easy to find… if you're sick enough to watch everything Will Smith posted on social media in the last four months.
You may have seen this story blowing up about Will Smith using AI to generate fake audiences to promote his latest tour, but the truth is more complicated. The audiences are real, but the footage was manipulated: first by Will Smith's team and then, without permission, by YouTube itself.
Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines - Waxy.org
Will Smith is being accused of generating fake fans with AI, but it's complicated: the crowds are real, but the videos were manipulated by Smith's team and YouTube itself.
waxy.org
August 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In case you missed it last night, I dug into Will Smith's "fake AI crowd" video. Nearly everyone got this wrong, and the evidence was easy to find… if you're sick enough to watch everything Will Smith posted on social media in the last four months.
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Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
August 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
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NOTHIN BETTER THAN LIVE TV
July 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
NOTHIN BETTER THAN LIVE TV
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The mods of the subreddit for the Juventus soccer club use color-coded tags for the reliability of the source whenever someone posts news on there and I would love to see this idea spread across more of the internet.
June 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The mods of the subreddit for the Juventus soccer club use color-coded tags for the reliability of the source whenever someone posts news on there and I would love to see this idea spread across more of the internet.
Bold decision by Meta to pay for Chris Pratt and then Facetune him into another dimension.
May 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Bold decision by Meta to pay for Chris Pratt and then Facetune him into another dimension.
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boycotting the grocery store until they start buying an equivalent volume of groceries from me
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Jean Claude Van Damme as fifth generation Boston cop Paddy O'Donnell: owda ell your get out dis one, Pet.. you vrilly step on doodoo ere dis dime. ok tink Pet tink.. huse yer ed
April 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Jean Claude Van Damme as fifth generation Boston cop Paddy O'Donnell: owda ell your get out dis one, Pet.. you vrilly step on doodoo ere dis dime. ok tink Pet tink.. huse yer ed
The view from Plymouth Rock right now.
April 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The view from Plymouth Rock right now.
You did it—people outside of the capitol are now sufficiently pissed off
R’s have the votes in the House to cut Medicaid. That could/should change. Voting for the “framework” might be easier than voting to actually enact Medicaid cuts, but R’s won tonight. We will fight this in Senate but it will come down to people outside of the capitol being sufficiently pissed off.
March 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
You did it—people outside of the capitol are now sufficiently pissed off
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still very proud of that one bsky.app/profile/hobo...
March 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
still very proud of that one bsky.app/profile/hobo...
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NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Social Security Workers Aren’t Allowed to Read This Story
New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.
www.wired.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: WIRED got IP blocked by the Social Security Administration, among other outlets covering Musk's takeover.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
Federal workers are now "prohibited" from accessing our reporting on "government-furnished equipment."
WaPo, NYT, and MSNBC are likewise banned, sources confirm.
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[about to become even more wrong] to be clear,
March 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
[about to become even more wrong] to be clear,
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NEW: Quartz’s news-generating AI is already publishing misinformation.
It claimed yesterday that the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts' mission was intentionally prolonged for ISS maintenance.
Completely wrong. Again, they're *stranded* -- their rocket didn't work.
futurism.com/quartz-ai-ge...
It claimed yesterday that the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts' mission was intentionally prolonged for ISS maintenance.
Completely wrong. Again, they're *stranded* -- their rocket didn't work.
futurism.com/quartz-ai-ge...
January 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
NEW: Quartz’s news-generating AI is already publishing misinformation.
It claimed yesterday that the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts' mission was intentionally prolonged for ISS maintenance.
Completely wrong. Again, they're *stranded* -- their rocket didn't work.
futurism.com/quartz-ai-ge...
It claimed yesterday that the stranded Boeing Starliner astronauts' mission was intentionally prolonged for ISS maintenance.
Completely wrong. Again, they're *stranded* -- their rocket didn't work.
futurism.com/quartz-ai-ge...
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I'm a massive Golden Girls fan, so I can think of no better leadership for my Adeptus Sororitas. I've been working through this concept for YEARS and I'm excited to finally have it accomplished.
Shout out to @bssterrain for the amazing head sculpts.
#warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #goldengirls
Shout out to @bssterrain for the amazing head sculpts.
#warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #goldengirls
January 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I'm a massive Golden Girls fan, so I can think of no better leadership for my Adeptus Sororitas. I've been working through this concept for YEARS and I'm excited to finally have it accomplished.
Shout out to @bssterrain for the amazing head sculpts.
#warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #goldengirls
Shout out to @bssterrain for the amazing head sculpts.
#warhammercommunity #warhammer40k #goldengirls
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My YouTube recs today are a bunch of shit like “deciphering Inland Empire, all you need explained about David Lynch’s masterpiece” and I don’t even know where to begin in explaining this is the exact opposite way I want to honor that guy
January 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My YouTube recs today are a bunch of shit like “deciphering Inland Empire, all you need explained about David Lynch’s masterpiece” and I don’t even know where to begin in explaining this is the exact opposite way I want to honor that guy
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Mark Zuckerberg cited a "cultural tipping point" to justify dumping fact-checks and relaxing hate speech rules. I wrote about how, for Meta, these kinds of tipping points seem to come along every four years. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Meta’s ‘tipping point’ is about aligning with power
Behind Mark Zuckerberg’s lofty rhetoric lies a cold business calculation.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Mark Zuckerberg cited a "cultural tipping point" to justify dumping fact-checks and relaxing hate speech rules. I wrote about how, for Meta, these kinds of tipping points seem to come along every four years. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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If the magnetic chesses are sucked together, then the player need to take back those sucked chesses
December 25, 2024 at 9:25 PM
If the magnetic chesses are sucked together, then the player need to take back those sucked chesses
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A quick update to say that i’ll be posting all my content to Milf Messenger which is crucially not an echo chamber and is *actually* the place where free speech, spirited debate, and the marketplace of ideas thrives
November 17, 2024 at 12:01 PM
A quick update to say that i’ll be posting all my content to Milf Messenger which is crucially not an echo chamber and is *actually* the place where free speech, spirited debate, and the marketplace of ideas thrives
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It turns out that the major AI search engines, when asked about IQ scores around the world …
… have been citing the racist, deeply flawed data-set of white supremacist Richard Lynn, which offers preposterously low scores for, say, Sierra Leone and Kenya
www.wired.com/story/google...
1/2
… have been citing the racist, deeply flawed data-set of white supremacist Richard Lynn, which offers preposterously low scores for, say, Sierra Leone and Kenya
www.wired.com/story/google...
1/2
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results
The web’s biggest AI-powered search engines are featuring the widely debunked idea that white people are genetically superior to other races.
www.wired.com
October 25, 2024 at 3:05 PM
It turns out that the major AI search engines, when asked about IQ scores around the world …
… have been citing the racist, deeply flawed data-set of white supremacist Richard Lynn, which offers preposterously low scores for, say, Sierra Leone and Kenya
www.wired.com/story/google...
1/2
… have been citing the racist, deeply flawed data-set of white supremacist Richard Lynn, which offers preposterously low scores for, say, Sierra Leone and Kenya
www.wired.com/story/google...
1/2
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does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags
Embroidery Trouble Shooting Page
Embroidery Trouble Shooting Answers to all your questions about Embroidery problems
web.archive.org
October 25, 2024 at 3:39 PM
does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags