The Clampdown
@mostlytrue.bsky.social
Uniquely unremarkable misanthropic humanist, begrudgingly believing in a better world
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The Clampdown
@mostlytrue.bsky.social
· Jan 2
“Net Worthlessness”
Could we make this a thing?
It’d be a metric for assessing billionaires, eg. a ratio of their wealth vs their positive contribution to society?
Could we make this a thing?
It’d be a metric for assessing billionaires, eg. a ratio of their wealth vs their positive contribution to society?
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1. End Citizens United
2. Tax the rich
3. Prosecute wage theft
4. Pass Medicare for All
5. Vote out bought, corrupt politicians
2. Tax the rich
3. Prosecute wage theft
4. Pass Medicare for All
5. Vote out bought, corrupt politicians
December 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
1. End Citizens United
2. Tax the rich
3. Prosecute wage theft
4. Pass Medicare for All
5. Vote out bought, corrupt politicians
2. Tax the rich
3. Prosecute wage theft
4. Pass Medicare for All
5. Vote out bought, corrupt politicians
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Good point! If corporations are people, how could PART of a corporation (eg CEO) also be a person? That’s like saying my big toe is a person. #flawlesslogic
December 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Good point! If corporations are people, how could PART of a corporation (eg CEO) also be a person? That’s like saying my big toe is a person. #flawlesslogic
The MO of businesses, at least purportedly, used to be “we must compete on prices to win customers” — but with the help of big tech and monopolization it has devolved into “we must milk customers for every cent they can bear”. Of course there’s inflation and stagnation! #econsky
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The MO of businesses, at least purportedly, used to be “we must compete on prices to win customers” — but with the help of big tech and monopolization it has devolved into “we must milk customers for every cent they can bear”. Of course there’s inflation and stagnation! #econsky
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Using a search engine, we found 67 unsecured admin panels for Flock Safety cameras. The majority of them use AI to zoom in and follow people.
I had both live and 31 days of archived footage from retail parking lots, forest trails, playgrounds, etc. @404media.co
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
I had both live and 31 days of archived footage from retail parking lots, forest trails, playgrounds, etc. @404media.co
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Using a search engine, we found 67 unsecured admin panels for Flock Safety cameras. The majority of them use AI to zoom in and follow people.
I had both live and 31 days of archived footage from retail parking lots, forest trails, playgrounds, etc. @404media.co
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
I had both live and 31 days of archived footage from retail parking lots, forest trails, playgrounds, etc. @404media.co
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
FLOCK is inhuman and dangerous! Holy shit!
This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
FLOCK is inhuman and dangerous! Holy shit!
The only thing that wasn’t redacted at all is the 100-pages of “Massage For Dummies” — the cover disturbingly dog-eared.
www.justice.gov
December 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The only thing that wasn’t redacted at all is the 100-pages of “Massage For Dummies” — the cover disturbingly dog-eared.
Yet another ‘fake accompli’ from the Trump admin.
Trump name added to Kennedy Center building; Trump announces more drug cuts
Trump told NBC News in a phone interview yesterday that he is leaving the possibility of a war with Venezuela on the table.
www.nbcnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Yet another ‘fake accompli’ from the Trump admin.
Too many pencils, or too many yachts? ✏️ 🛥️
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Too many pencils, or too many yachts? ✏️ 🛥️
What are profits for?
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
What are profits for?
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All international conferences who respect their attendees must cancel all US events. Stick to the free world.
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
All international conferences who respect their attendees must cancel all US events. Stick to the free world.
Trump’s international policy, domestic policy and personal policy: protect the aggressor, punish the victim.
December 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Trump’s international policy, domestic policy and personal policy: protect the aggressor, punish the victim.
Monroe Doctrine 🤝 Moron Doctrine
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Monroe Doctrine 🤝 Moron Doctrine
In the end it’s predictable and poetic that American exceptionalism would be what causes the USA’s downfall.
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
In the end it’s predictable and poetic that American exceptionalism would be what causes the USA’s downfall.
By new decree (sponsored by ShakeshackTM), Trump must now be addressed as PEACEMONGER SUPREME. All hail the mighty Peacemonger!
December 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
By new decree (sponsored by ShakeshackTM), Trump must now be addressed as PEACEMONGER SUPREME. All hail the mighty Peacemonger!
Average tech CEO:
“Sure, my immense wealth could be used to drastically reduce suffering on Earth, but wouldn’t it be of much greater utility to spend it shooting my load into space so that the Galactic AI can use it to inseminate herself to produce a Master Race of Starchildren?” 🤷
“Sure, my immense wealth could be used to drastically reduce suffering on Earth, but wouldn’t it be of much greater utility to spend it shooting my load into space so that the Galactic AI can use it to inseminate herself to produce a Master Race of Starchildren?” 🤷
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Average tech CEO:
“Sure, my immense wealth could be used to drastically reduce suffering on Earth, but wouldn’t it be of much greater utility to spend it shooting my load into space so that the Galactic AI can use it to inseminate herself to produce a Master Race of Starchildren?” 🤷
“Sure, my immense wealth could be used to drastically reduce suffering on Earth, but wouldn’t it be of much greater utility to spend it shooting my load into space so that the Galactic AI can use it to inseminate herself to produce a Master Race of Starchildren?” 🤷
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group - The Kansas City Star
apple.news/AXklhhh_NSEm...
apple.news/AXklhhh_NSEm...
Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group — The Kansas City Star
The attorney general did not provide any evidence to support her claims, which the campaign called false.
apple.news
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Missouri attorney general involves ICE in push to halt anti-gerrymandering group - The Kansas City Star
apple.news/AXklhhh_NSEm...
apple.news/AXklhhh_NSEm...
BREAKING: Terrorists have been located off the shores of Venezuela.
They are escalating their terrorist threats after brazenly blowing up civilian boats for several months.
They are escalating their terrorist threats after brazenly blowing up civilian boats for several months.
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
BREAKING: Terrorists have been located off the shores of Venezuela.
They are escalating their terrorist threats after brazenly blowing up civilian boats for several months.
They are escalating their terrorist threats after brazenly blowing up civilian boats for several months.
Remember folks, Venezuela did 9/11 just as much as Iraq did. Why wouldn’t they get invaded?
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Remember folks, Venezuela did 9/11 just as much as Iraq did. Why wouldn’t they get invaded?
AI is malware.
Your AI assistants in Windows 11 could be giving hackers your files
Microsoft warns that new AI agents, which access your Documents and Desktop, introduce novel security risks like Xpia.
www.windowscentral.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
AI is malware.
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Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
Paradox of automation
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The paradox of automation says that the more efficient the automated system, the more crucial the human contribution of the operators. Humans are less involved, but their involvement becomes more critical. Lisanne Bainbridge, a cognitive psychologist, identified these issues notably in her widely cited paper "Ironies of Automation."[49] If an automated system has an error, it will multiply that error until it is fixed or shut down. This is where human operators come in.[50] A fatal example of this was Air France Flight 447, where a failure of automation put the pilots into a manual situation they were not prepared for.[51]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byjjq67p7iau6qufzjmizpbn/bafkreie4ootzzyowpylsxjg7gxsp63iujxh4qceuuxxhwm63yrm2qffa4e@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI