Mike McCarver
@mikewmccarver.bsky.social
AdTechie| Ex-Microsoft/Samsung/VideoAmp/TTD | Current Agency Executive | All tweets are solely my opinion.
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Our hearts are heavy for the grieving family of Jaime Alanis, who died from injuries sustained during a chaotic raid on Thursday.
We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.
We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.
July 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Our hearts are heavy for the grieving family of Jaime Alanis, who died from injuries sustained during a chaotic raid on Thursday.
We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.
We will do everything we can to support them. We continue to work with the hundreds of farm worker families navigating the aftermath of this violent raid.
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ICE is searching a massive insurance and medical bill database to find deportation targets
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-is-searc...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-is-searc...
ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.
www.404media.co
July 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
ICE is searching a massive insurance and medical bill database to find deportation targets
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-is-searc...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-is-searc...
And we wonder why legacy media is declining
YouTube Pirates Are Cashing In on Hollywood’s Summer Blockbusters
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
And we wonder why legacy media is declining
Anyone else going full energy vampire mode today?
June 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Anyone else going full energy vampire mode today?
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Really fascinating read. "The massive right-wing network you've never heard of," a network of dozens of sites controlled by a handful of guys who collectively get billions of views on rightwing propaganda headlines per day
www.chaoticera.news/p/the-massiv...
www.chaoticera.news/p/the-massiv...
May 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Really fascinating read. "The massive right-wing network you've never heard of," a network of dozens of sites controlled by a handful of guys who collectively get billions of views on rightwing propaganda headlines per day
www.chaoticera.news/p/the-massiv...
www.chaoticera.news/p/the-massiv...
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USvGoogle 1: Two big “tells” at end of CEO Sundar Pichai’s direct this morning: Judge Mehta asked - if Google can keep paying for defaults, how could anyone, even MSFT, compete given its capital edge for this purpose? Then Google’s lawyer asked if best product always wins. 1/12
April 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
USvGoogle 1: Two big “tells” at end of CEO Sundar Pichai’s direct this morning: Judge Mehta asked - if Google can keep paying for defaults, how could anyone, even MSFT, compete given its capital edge for this purpose? Then Google’s lawyer asked if best product always wins. 1/12
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So uhhhh the Republicans are setting up a group who will decide who is living or considered dead? Is that what you call a death panel?
What a grim paragraph www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/u...
April 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So uhhhh the Republicans are setting up a group who will decide who is living or considered dead? Is that what you call a death panel?
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Offer. Any press in DC planning to cover FTC v Meta (4/14-7/3!!!), I’m happy to be paid with free ☕️ per 30 minutes to walk through the complaint, why it matters so much, Meta’s likely defense. With US v Google running concurrently a lot to track. Just DM me. Thx.
April 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Offer. Any press in DC planning to cover FTC v Meta (4/14-7/3!!!), I’m happy to be paid with free ☕️ per 30 minutes to walk through the complaint, why it matters so much, Meta’s likely defense. With US v Google running concurrently a lot to track. Just DM me. Thx.
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Goldberg said the level of detail in the targeting package that he received via Signal was down to the *names of individuals* to be killed.
That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF.
I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.
That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF.
I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.
March 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Goldberg said the level of detail in the targeting package that he received via Signal was down to the *names of individuals* to be killed.
That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF.
I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.
That’s the good stuff that includes all kinds of sources and methods and never should have been outside a SCIF.
I’d be in prison if I fucked up that bad.
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I just published story on secretive NYPD unit led by Eric Adams buddies
Things they've done:
Purposely crashed into motorcyclist, killing him
Punched unarmed driver in head then kicked him
Shoved a man into a car window after he protested stop
WE HAVE VIDEOS
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
Things they've done:
Purposely crashed into motorcyclist, killing him
Punched unarmed driver in head then kicked him
Shoved a man into a car window after he protested stop
WE HAVE VIDEOS
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
How Eric Adams Has Backed a Secretive NYPD Unit Ridden With Abuses
After NYPD officials warned about a unit’s aggressive policing, the mayor boosted the team led by his allies. “The unit effectively reported directly to City Hall,” a former police official said.
www.propublica.org
March 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I just published story on secretive NYPD unit led by Eric Adams buddies
Things they've done:
Purposely crashed into motorcyclist, killing him
Punched unarmed driver in head then kicked him
Shoved a man into a car window after he protested stop
WE HAVE VIDEOS
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
Things they've done:
Purposely crashed into motorcyclist, killing him
Punched unarmed driver in head then kicked him
Shoved a man into a car window after he protested stop
WE HAVE VIDEOS
www.propublica.org/article/eric...
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As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
The Ed. Department's Office for Civil Rights sent letters to 60 additional institutions "warning them of potential enforcement actions" for "violations relating to antisemitic harassment and discrimination" including Harvard, Brown, Stanford, Princeton, UNC, and several UC's
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As a Jewish faculty member at one of these institutions, I am saying right now, in the clearest tones possible: not in my name. This violent exploitation of Jews as an alibi for achieving Fascist ends is itself textbook antisemitism.
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Happy now Zuck? META Board Member embraces Trump buddies that are accused of rape and human trafficking in the UK ↘️
“Welcome to the States, boys.”
Dana White, President and CEO of UFC and a board member of META, warmly greets Andrew and Tristan Tate.
Dana White, President and CEO of UFC and a board member of META, warmly greets Andrew and Tristan Tate.
March 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Happy now Zuck? META Board Member embraces Trump buddies that are accused of rape and human trafficking in the UK ↘️
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The thing about clandestine operations is that they probably look like waste fraud & abuse if all you have is a spreadsheet and an order to sell off the country for parts.
NEW: A now-deleted list containing hundreds of US government properties that the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to sell includes most of a sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia that also houses a secretive CIA facility, WIRED has learned.
A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale
Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.
www.wired.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The thing about clandestine operations is that they probably look like waste fraud & abuse if all you have is a spreadsheet and an order to sell off the country for parts.
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Fellow Americans: If you haven’t lately, use your login dot gov account to download your social security statement and review how much of your hard earned retirement money they’re going to steal. It helps to put a real dollar sign on it.
March 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fellow Americans: If you haven’t lately, use your login dot gov account to download your social security statement and review how much of your hard earned retirement money they’re going to steal. It helps to put a real dollar sign on it.
And that’s the problem of Crony capitalism where everything’s for sale: you might think you bought the politician out, but then you realize there’s a higher bidder with more money than you who snagged him at the last minute after you’ve spent 10 years on him. World’s Smallest Violin and all….
Murdochs continue to display their unhappiness with Trump via editorials in WSJ (going on two weeks straight of daily takedowns)
www.wsj.com/opinion/unit...
And NY Post: "Why Team Trump should beware its job-slashing triumphalism"
nypost.com/2025/02/24/o...
www.wsj.com/opinion/unit...
And NY Post: "Why Team Trump should beware its job-slashing triumphalism"
nypost.com/2025/02/24/o...
Opinion | A Sad Day for the U.S. at the U.N.
The land of the free votes with Russia on a Ukraine war resolution.
www.wsj.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
And that’s the problem of Crony capitalism where everything’s for sale: you might think you bought the politician out, but then you realize there’s a higher bidder with more money than you who snagged him at the last minute after you’ve spent 10 years on him. World’s Smallest Violin and all….
Hello from the SaMos.
February 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hello from the SaMos.
That’s a lot of sensitive categories. I’m not sure this problem is unique to DV360 though. I don’t know of any DSP which actively monitors the custom segments uploaded to the platform.
Google Ad-Tech Users Can Target National Security ‘Decision Makers’ and People With Chronic Diseases
Google enables marketers to target people with serious illnesses and crushing debt—against its policies—as well as the makers of classified defense technology, a WIRED investigation has found.
www.wired.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
That’s a lot of sensitive categories. I’m not sure this problem is unique to DV360 though. I don’t know of any DSP which actively monitors the custom segments uploaded to the platform.
Wife: Murder documentary or one about a conartist?
Me: Too dreary
Her: You’re watching Dino-bird evolution. That’s dreary
Me: The attainment of knowledge is inspiring
Her: Its inspiring they caught the con artist
Me: Hmm getting data from 100M years ago or that bitch is lying? Yeah not the same
Me: Too dreary
Her: You’re watching Dino-bird evolution. That’s dreary
Me: The attainment of knowledge is inspiring
Her: Its inspiring they caught the con artist
Me: Hmm getting data from 100M years ago or that bitch is lying? Yeah not the same
February 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Wife: Murder documentary or one about a conartist?
Me: Too dreary
Her: You’re watching Dino-bird evolution. That’s dreary
Me: The attainment of knowledge is inspiring
Her: Its inspiring they caught the con artist
Me: Hmm getting data from 100M years ago or that bitch is lying? Yeah not the same
Me: Too dreary
Her: You’re watching Dino-bird evolution. That’s dreary
Me: The attainment of knowledge is inspiring
Her: Its inspiring they caught the con artist
Me: Hmm getting data from 100M years ago or that bitch is lying? Yeah not the same
For all that is sacred, will a journalist please research just how chronically understaffed Tesla operations are and how terrible customer service in autos and solar is as a preview for how poorly the federal gov will be run after he under-estimates how much staff are necessary?
#ICYMI: ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 Musk-affiliated staffers who are helping the world’s richest man dismantle or downsize federal agencies one by one.
The Staffers Helping Elon Musk Dismantle and Downsize the U.S. Government, One Agency at a Time
Musk and his lieutenants are reshaping the government and its mission with the blessing of President Trump. ProPublica has confirmed the names and roles of more than 30 staffers affiliated with the…
propub.li
February 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
For all that is sacred, will a journalist please research just how chronically understaffed Tesla operations are and how terrible customer service in autos and solar is as a preview for how poorly the federal gov will be run after he under-estimates how much staff are necessary?
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We at @checkmyads.org filed a complaint with Trustworthy Accountability Group ("TAG") regarding their certified vendors transacting and monitoring ads on CSAM. We also included our broader questions and recommendations regarding TAG’s standards and practices.
checkmyads.org/check-my-ads...
checkmyads.org/check-my-ads...
Check My Ads Institute Files Complaint with TAG, Calling for Enforcement and Answers
Yesterday, Check My Ads Institute (CMAI) filed a complaint with the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) regarding multiple TAG-certified vendors for non-compliance with TAG’s brand safety standards...
checkmyads.org
February 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
We at @checkmyads.org filed a complaint with Trustworthy Accountability Group ("TAG") regarding their certified vendors transacting and monitoring ads on CSAM. We also included our broader questions and recommendations regarding TAG’s standards and practices.
checkmyads.org/check-my-ads...
checkmyads.org/check-my-ads...
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NEW: Google, Amazon and Microsoft's ad systems funneled money to a site that hosts images of child sex abuse www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How big tech's ad systems helped fund child abuse online
Some of the biggest tech companies in the world served ads on a website featuring images of child abuse, helping to fund its operations.
www.bbc.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
NEW: Google, Amazon and Microsoft's ad systems funneled money to a site that hosts images of child sex abuse www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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"You wouldn't let us be racist monopolists so we're overthrowing the country."
January 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"You wouldn't let us be racist monopolists so we're overthrowing the country."