Rumspringa Cosmonaut
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Mostly here for space/science, but also to keep up to date on the technofascist destruction of modern society.
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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
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No AI, this is a real photo taken by Percy’s engineering cameras of astronomical twilight on #Mars! You can see Deimos in the sky too.
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No AI, this is a real photo taken by Percy’s engineering cameras of astronomical twilight on #Mars! You can see Deimos in the sky too.
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
I worked pretty hard to plan, execute, and analyze this image, and it came out beautifully! A bit noisy, but it was very dark out after all.
#astro #planetary
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New Power User episode out with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about Massive Blue, the company helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to gather intel
The Secret AI Network Spying on Activists
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
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May 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New Power User episode out with @jasonkoebler.bsky.social about Massive Blue, the company helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to gather intel
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A DOGE staffer involved in dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds as much as $365,000 worth of shares of companies that the CFPB can regulate. Ethics experts say his actions are a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
A DOGE Aide Involved in Dismantling Consumer Bureau Owns Stock in Companies That Could Benefit From the Cuts
Gavin Kliger helped oversee mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while holding stock in companies that experts say likely stand to benefit from dismantling that agency — a…
www.propublica.org
May 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
A DOGE staffer involved in dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau holds as much as $365,000 worth of shares of companies that the CFPB can regulate. Ethics experts say his actions are a potential violation of federal ethics laws.
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Facebook tracked when adolescent girls deleted selfies so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment. 😳
Facebook Allegedly Detected When Teen Girls Deleted Selfies So It Could Serve Them Beauty Ads
A recent tell-all by a Facebook insider reveals the insidious nature of Facebook's advertising empire, and the dangerous consequences.
futurism.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Facebook tracked when adolescent girls deleted selfies so it can serve a beauty ad to them at that moment. 😳
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All this "fraud" and yet still not a single fraud charge filed.
April 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
All this "fraud" and yet still not a single fraud charge filed.
Like a rapist promising to be gentle as long as their victim doesn't fight back.
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Like a rapist promising to be gentle as long as their victim doesn't fight back.
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Men walked on the Moon - but women made the guidance computers that got them there and back. At the landing sites and command module crash sites the computers are evidence of a unique women's lunar heritage. 🧪🏺
The Apollo core rope memory and women's heritage on the Moon
Between 1969 and 1972 there were six Apollo human spaceflight missions to the Moon, each leaving a complex site behind. A common joke now is...
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April 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Men walked on the Moon - but women made the guidance computers that got them there and back. At the landing sites and command module crash sites the computers are evidence of a unique women's lunar heritage. 🧪🏺
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NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s main contract for its websites was not approved for renewal, so I’m told we should expect some of them to start to go down.
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research’s main contract for its websites was not approved for renewal, so I’m told we should expect some of them to start to go down.
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
“Lutnick's position on every contract is ‘no’ and agency reps have roughly a minute and a half to convince him otherwise.”
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They just fired the head of the NSA. I’m not sure what that means exactly, but in the Trump era I’d bet it’s not good.
National Security Agency and Cyber Command chief Gen. Timothy Haugh ousted
The director of the NSA, the powerful wiretapping and cyber espionage service, was fired Thursday, according to U.S. officials.
wapo.st
April 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
They just fired the head of the NSA. I’m not sure what that means exactly, but in the Trump era I’d bet it’s not good.
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This week word leaked that #HHS was hiring David Geier, a long-time vaccines critic who was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license to do a new study on vaccines & autism. Sen. Cassidy met RFK Jr. for breakfast today. Geier's hiring didn't come up. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/r...
Cassidy says RFK Jr. briefed him on HHS job cuts, but reported study on vaccines, autism didn’t come up
Sen. Bill Cassidy says that health secretary RFK Jr. briefed him on his plans for HHS job cuts but that a reported study on any link between vaccines and autism didn’t come up.
www.statnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This week word leaked that #HHS was hiring David Geier, a long-time vaccines critic who was disciplined for practicing medicine without a license to do a new study on vaccines & autism. Sen. Cassidy met RFK Jr. for breakfast today. Geier's hiring didn't come up. www.statnews.com/2025/03/27/r...
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David Geier has apparently been commissioned by HHS secretary RFK, Jr. to study potential links between vaccination and autism.
He and his father have 2 papers in 2017/2016 claiming to show Hep-B vaccination greatly increases risk of autism/obesity.
However, their studies have FATAL FLAW...
He and his father have 2 papers in 2017/2016 claiming to show Hep-B vaccination greatly increases risk of autism/obesity.
However, their studies have FATAL FLAW...
March 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
David Geier has apparently been commissioned by HHS secretary RFK, Jr. to study potential links between vaccination and autism.
He and his father have 2 papers in 2017/2016 claiming to show Hep-B vaccination greatly increases risk of autism/obesity.
However, their studies have FATAL FLAW...
He and his father have 2 papers in 2017/2016 claiming to show Hep-B vaccination greatly increases risk of autism/obesity.
However, their studies have FATAL FLAW...
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So the guy leading RFK Jr.'s vaccine-autism study?
A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.
A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.
March 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So the guy leading RFK Jr.'s vaccine-autism study?
A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.
A total quack who was previously charged for practicing medicine without a license for using chemical castration drugs on autistic children.
Michael looked better as a brunette
March 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Michael looked better as a brunette
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Some artists suggested that we pin a summary of Glaze, Nightshade & other projects here. Instead, I will point them to Melissa Heikkilä's article on our lab and projects. It is the definitive story of who we are, how we got here, and why we do what we do.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...
The AI lab waging a guerrilla war over exploitative AI
The tools Glaze and Nightshade are giving artists hope that they can fight back against AI that hoovers internet data to train. Are they enough?
www.technologyreview.com
November 13, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Some artists suggested that we pin a summary of Glaze, Nightshade & other projects here. Instead, I will point them to Melissa Heikkilä's article on our lab and projects. It is the definitive story of who we are, how we got here, and why we do what we do.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...
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We've been busy in 2025 working on research deadlines and funding proposals. But I did a lengthy interview with Freakonomics radio, just released as audio and text transcript. It covers Bracelets of Silence, Fawkes, Glaze & Nightshade, thoughts on present & future.
freakonomics.com/podcast/how-...
freakonomics.com/podcast/how-...
How to Poison the A.I. Machine - Freakonomics
How to Poison the A.I. Machine - Freakonomics
freakonomics.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
We've been busy in 2025 working on research deadlines and funding proposals. But I did a lengthy interview with Freakonomics radio, just released as audio and text transcript. It covers Bracelets of Silence, Fawkes, Glaze & Nightshade, thoughts on present & future.
freakonomics.com/podcast/how-...
freakonomics.com/podcast/how-...
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New: "Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance’s Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price"
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Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance’s Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price
The buyer, a Trump appointee during his first term, denies any political motive—calling the $1.9 million deal purely market-driven.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
New: "Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance’s Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price"
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Pete Hegseth promised to stop hitting the bottle when he got in office.
...which is why he now only drinks from the box.
...which is why he now only drinks from the box.
March 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Pete Hegseth promised to stop hitting the bottle when he got in office.
...which is why he now only drinks from the box.
...which is why he now only drinks from the box.
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Circling back on this…
March 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Circling back on this…
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Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
wrd.cm
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.
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Not for nothing: Imagine you were one of our foreign intel partners, already concerned about US stability and trustworthiness of, say, Tulsi Gabbard. Read this and tell me what you would be thinking in terms of sharing secret intel with the US going forward….
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Not for nothing: Imagine you were one of our foreign intel partners, already concerned about US stability and trustworthiness of, say, Tulsi Gabbard. Read this and tell me what you would be thinking in terms of sharing secret intel with the US going forward….
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Corporate sponsored Easter eggs could add unexpected excitement to the next White House Easter Egg Hunt!
March 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Corporate sponsored Easter eggs could add unexpected excitement to the next White House Easter Egg Hunt!
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It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43
Jessica Aber, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA), was found dead Saturday morning, the Alexandria Police Department said. She was 43 years old. The cause and circumstance...
www.nbcwashington.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It never got a lot of attention, but Aber put a WHOLE LOT of child predators w/ties to law enforcement in prison.
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/f...
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anyway, this is Curtis Yarvin talking expressly about the motivation underlying the Trump Pentagon's shift to drone-centric warfare: they want a cryptographically verifiable thousand-year reich which excludes the possibility of popular revolt or democracy forever.
March 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
anyway, this is Curtis Yarvin talking expressly about the motivation underlying the Trump Pentagon's shift to drone-centric warfare: they want a cryptographically verifiable thousand-year reich which excludes the possibility of popular revolt or democracy forever.