Hypervisible
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Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
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Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
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A brief thread of writing published and talks given in the past year(+):
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A brief thread of writing published and talks given in the past year(+):
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that doesn't mean Waymo's current operations are sustainable or profitable in their current form, stuff like this is why they are burning billions per year, but a lot of these problems can largely be solved with better hardware... Jaguar iPace was very much not designed for taxi duty!
December 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
that doesn't mean Waymo's current operations are sustainable or profitable in their current form, stuff like this is why they are burning billions per year, but a lot of these problems can largely be solved with better hardware... Jaguar iPace was very much not designed for taxi duty!
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I have thought about it for all of 5 seconds so I don't have an opinion on this besides thinking that "gig work to close the door on a waymo" is hilarious
“Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in Los Angeles $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.”
When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I have thought about it for all of 5 seconds so I don't have an opinion on this besides thinking that "gig work to close the door on a waymo" is hilarious
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I guess it’s possible Randi wasn’t paid off by ai companies to push slop on our kids and is just a boomer who likes ai slop.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I guess it’s possible Randi wasn’t paid off by ai companies to push slop on our kids and is just a boomer who likes ai slop.
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Robot door closing as a service, LA area.
Waymo can only automate some human driver tasks, needing many & various ppl to mitigate the residual robot defects.
Without them, nearly every Waymo robot would get stuck before needing a charge.
Human dependent robots.
OP: tiktok.cesarroadsideassistance
Waymo can only automate some human driver tasks, needing many & various ppl to mitigate the residual robot defects.
Without them, nearly every Waymo robot would get stuck before needing a charge.
Human dependent robots.
OP: tiktok.cesarroadsideassistance
December 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in Los Angeles $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.”
When robot taxis get stuck, a secret army of humans comes to the rescue
Waymo robotaxis get stranded when a passenger leaves the door open. Tow truck operators can get paid $22 to close a door and set them free again.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Because riders and passersby can be unreliable, Waymo pays workers in Los Angeles $20 or more for rescuing a robotaxi by closing a door, summoning help through an app called Honk that is like an Uber for towing companies.”
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The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
December 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
The thesis of the book is that early COVID lockdowns weren't worth it and mid-COVID mitigation measures like masks, contact tracing and business closures don't work.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
This is laughably false and the authors have endorsed the people now running Trump's HHS.
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AI really is a signal of our fear of our own pleasure and mortality
The second we had awakenings about the depth and breadth of our desires and genders and bodies. And physicalities
They wanted to create something to replace it and just say yes all the time
The second we had awakenings about the depth and breadth of our desires and genders and bodies. And physicalities
They wanted to create something to replace it and just say yes all the time
December 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
AI really is a signal of our fear of our own pleasure and mortality
The second we had awakenings about the depth and breadth of our desires and genders and bodies. And physicalities
They wanted to create something to replace it and just say yes all the time
The second we had awakenings about the depth and breadth of our desires and genders and bodies. And physicalities
They wanted to create something to replace it and just say yes all the time
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This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This was exactly Adolf Eichmann's job.
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“Ho ho ho! We’re poisoning the planet and hollowing our collective future. All for cheap culture war points and fossil fuel profits. Ho ho ho!!”
December 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“Ho ho ho! We’re poisoning the planet and hollowing our collective future. All for cheap culture war points and fossil fuel profits. Ho ho ho!!”
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“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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It’s welfare for billionaires while treating our national resources like a fire sale. Once they’re gone, we will never recover what’s been lost.
December 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It’s welfare for billionaires while treating our national resources like a fire sale. Once they’re gone, we will never recover what’s been lost.
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It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
This ep is amazing for illustrating how much has changed in regard to antisocial technology but also how much is exactly the same.
Version History: Google Glass
Podcast Episode · The Vergecast · 12/21/2025 · 1h 24m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This ep is amazing for illustrating how much has changed in regard to antisocial technology but also how much is exactly the same.
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Add advertisement disguised as journalism to the ways in which news media is being dismantled. The author of this article is Director of a VC fund that invests "in frontier technologies transforming the mental and brain illness epidemic into a flourishing future."
www.newsweek.com/ai-psychosis...
www.newsweek.com/ai-psychosis...
I thought I could fly: How AI triggered my psychotic breakdown
After seeing an AI image of me on a flying horse, I started to believe I could fly. The voices told me to fly off my balcony, made me feel confident that I could survive.
www.newsweek.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Add advertisement disguised as journalism to the ways in which news media is being dismantled. The author of this article is Director of a VC fund that invests "in frontier technologies transforming the mental and brain illness epidemic into a flourishing future."
www.newsweek.com/ai-psychosis...
www.newsweek.com/ai-psychosis...
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partiful is founded by palantir alumni, rodeo is founded by dating app alumni, i wish these guys encountered more friction from people for their past actions whenever they started new projects trying to claw deeper into our lives
“Rodeo is one of many tech companies tackling what's been called a friendship recession.”
2 former Hinge execs are building an app to make it easier to plan hangouts with your friends
Sam Levy and Tim MacGougan left their C-suite posts at Hinge to build a new app for making plans with friends called Rodeo.
www.businessinsider.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
partiful is founded by palantir alumni, rodeo is founded by dating app alumni, i wish these guys encountered more friction from people for their past actions whenever they started new projects trying to claw deeper into our lives
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The AI bubble* and the fascist Trump regime are deeply intertwined, fueling each other.
If the bubble pops, it'll make the regime easier to deal with.
If the regime falls, the bubble likely goes with it.
*Bubble doesn't mean nothing of value. It means severely overinflated value and exuberance.
If the bubble pops, it'll make the regime easier to deal with.
If the regime falls, the bubble likely goes with it.
*Bubble doesn't mean nothing of value. It means severely overinflated value and exuberance.
Chasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I.
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The AI bubble* and the fascist Trump regime are deeply intertwined, fueling each other.
If the bubble pops, it'll make the regime easier to deal with.
If the regime falls, the bubble likely goes with it.
*Bubble doesn't mean nothing of value. It means severely overinflated value and exuberance.
If the bubble pops, it'll make the regime easier to deal with.
If the regime falls, the bubble likely goes with it.
*Bubble doesn't mean nothing of value. It means severely overinflated value and exuberance.
“Rodeo is one of many tech companies tackling what's been called a friendship recession.”
2 former Hinge execs are building an app to make it easier to plan hangouts with your friends
Sam Levy and Tim MacGougan left their C-suite posts at Hinge to build a new app for making plans with friends called Rodeo.
www.businessinsider.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Rodeo is one of many tech companies tackling what's been called a friendship recession.”
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Pleased to partner with Philip Morris on our “healthy smoking in schools” initiative
We know students, like the rest of the world, are using AI. Teachers need to be equipped to deal w/all the issues AI creates. Our approach starts with maximizing safety & privacy and empowering educators to make educational decisions, so AI tools can benefit not harm www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Pleased to partner with Philip Morris on our “healthy smoking in schools” initiative
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“Carissa Véliz…says most of the time consumers have no real way to check if AI or tech companies are handling their data in the ways they claim to.
‘These companies are very promiscuous with data. They have shown to not be very respectful of privacy.’”
@carissaveliz.bsky.social
‘These companies are very promiscuous with data. They have shown to not be very respectful of privacy.’”
@carissaveliz.bsky.social
The Age of the All-Access AI Agent Is Here
Big AI companies courted controversy by scraping wide swaths of the public internet. With the rise of AI agents, the next data grab is far more private.
www.wired.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
“Carissa Véliz…says most of the time consumers have no real way to check if AI or tech companies are handling their data in the ways they claim to.
‘These companies are very promiscuous with data. They have shown to not be very respectful of privacy.’”
@carissaveliz.bsky.social
‘These companies are very promiscuous with data. They have shown to not be very respectful of privacy.’”
@carissaveliz.bsky.social
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We wrote this because we needed to build a foundation for a broader analysis we’re conducting. Notably, while men have occasionally faced consequences for abusing their positions, girlbosses seem to be the most egregious and protected perpetrators.
bsky.app/profile/lizj...
bsky.app/profile/lizj...
New from @fractalecho.bsky.social and me. Our piece focuses on one person and organization, but it's about a seedy grift that permeates disability inclusion, in which those who aspire to “be the only” emulate those whose power they worship. buttondown.com/TYFYFL/archi...
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
We wrote this because we needed to build a foundation for a broader analysis we’re conducting. Notably, while men have occasionally faced consequences for abusing their positions, girlbosses seem to be the most egregious and protected perpetrators.
bsky.app/profile/lizj...
bsky.app/profile/lizj...
“It’s [Citizen Lab] one of the few institutions that investigate cyberthreats exclusively in the public interest, and in doing so, it has exposed some of the most egregious digital abuses of the past two decades.”
Meet the man hunting the spies in your smartphone
Ronald Deibert and his research group, the Citizen Lab, have rigorously worked to unveil alarming digital threats for the past two decades. Now, he warns, this kind of work is under threat.
www.technologyreview.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“It’s [Citizen Lab] one of the few institutions that investigate cyberthreats exclusively in the public interest, and in doing so, it has exposed some of the most egregious digital abuses of the past two decades.”
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Oh.
I hope this starts a real discussion about the specificity of American hate and how it will apply to tech
I hope this starts a real discussion about the specificity of American hate and how it will apply to tech
“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
apnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Oh.
I hope this starts a real discussion about the specificity of American hate and how it will apply to tech
I hope this starts a real discussion about the specificity of American hate and how it will apply to tech
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We've engineered a society where people can just print money with the dumbest ideas in the universe, pretend they are transforming existence, and then buy access to the corridors of power.
December 24, 2025 at 2:14 AM
We've engineered a society where people can just print money with the dumbest ideas in the universe, pretend they are transforming existence, and then buy access to the corridors of power.