Randy G
@randygdata.bsky.social
💙Classically trained musician with day job in business and technology - passionate about preserving humanity and the arts from the ravages of AI. And from those tech bro oligarchs. Loves Tolkien. And women's basketball! Go UCONN Huskies and NY Liberty!💙
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Randy G
@randygdata.bsky.social
· Jul 4
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he's 'politically homeless' in July 4 post bashing Democrats
"We should encourage people to make tons of money and then also find ways to widely distribute wealth and share the compounding magic of capitalism," he wrote.
www.cnbc.com
"Poor" Sam Altman. He says he's "politically homeless". Sam, feel free to open your Hawaii estate, or your mega-mansion in San Francisco, or better yet, both, to the true homeless who don't have a roof over their head this 4th of July. And school them on the "compounding magic of capitalism".
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Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
December 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Thank you to all the performers who are canceling their events at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
I worked in credit risk at Merrill Lynch during the run up to the 2008 financial crisis. Its echoes pound my head reading @edzitron.com's amazing newsletter. I used to leave meetings with traders thinking "either these guys are way smarter than me...or we are screwed!" We know how that turned out.
My final newsletter of 2025: We're in The Enshittifinancial Crisis, the fourth stage of enshittification, where companies turn on their shareholders. Unprofitable, unsustainable AI threatens future of venture capital, private equity and the markets themselves.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-enshitti...
The Enshittifinancial Crisis
Soundtrack: Lynyrd Skynyrd — Free Bird
This piece is over 19,000 words, and took me a great deal of writing and research. If you liked it, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, ...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I worked in credit risk at Merrill Lynch during the run up to the 2008 financial crisis. Its echoes pound my head reading @edzitron.com's amazing newsletter. I used to leave meetings with traders thinking "either these guys are way smarter than me...or we are screwed!" We know how that turned out.
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Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
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one of the only good crypto stories, which i look forward to every year
North Korea stole a record $2B in crypto this year
: ByBit attack doing some seriously heavy lifting
www.theregister.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
one of the only good crypto stories, which i look forward to every year
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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On my 2025 list of the least surprising uses of Gen AI.
Extremists are using AI voice cloning to supercharge propaganda. Experts say it’s helping them grow
Researchers warn generative tools are helping militant groups from neo-Nazis to the Islamic State spread ideology
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
On my 2025 list of the least surprising uses of Gen AI.
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He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
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Netflix made a bold promise that streaming would be cheaper and better than what existed before. It broke that promise to cash in on its audience.
If it captures Warner Discovery, it would not just remake a major studio, but continue degrading culture by further commercializing it.
If it captures Warner Discovery, it would not just remake a major studio, but continue degrading culture by further commercializing it.
Netflix can’t be allowed to buy Warner Discovery
It would be the next step in the degradation of culture to serve commercial ends
disconnect.blog
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Netflix made a bold promise that streaming would be cheaper and better than what existed before. It broke that promise to cash in on its audience.
If it captures Warner Discovery, it would not just remake a major studio, but continue degrading culture by further commercializing it.
If it captures Warner Discovery, it would not just remake a major studio, but continue degrading culture by further commercializing it.
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If you're going to make a truly awful AI-generated ad, at least it's fitting to call it "the most terrible time of the year"
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you're going to make a truly awful AI-generated ad, at least it's fitting to call it "the most terrible time of the year"
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the world is not in your screens and apps… it’s out there
December 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
the world is not in your screens and apps… it’s out there
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Over on x, David sacks is melting down about The New York Times reporting on his many conflicts of interest
December 2, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Over on x, David sacks is melting down about The New York Times reporting on his many conflicts of interest
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lawmakers need to rein in this continual expansion of dynamic pricing, it got ridiculous long ago and is becoming obscene
Yeah, the "dynamic pricing" in big box stores is the same. Depending on who is looking at the tag, time of day, etc. the price for items can literally change from the shelf to the register. 😤 Freaking DISNEY is even going to start using it! deadline.com/2025/11/disn...
Disney Will Bring Dynamic Pricing Similar To Airline Model To Domestic Theme Parks, Says CFO
Disney will bring dynamic pricing similar to the model used by airlines to its domestic theme parks as the company looks to boost incremental revenue.
deadline.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
lawmakers need to rein in this continual expansion of dynamic pricing, it got ridiculous long ago and is becoming obscene
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This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
Washington is treating the industry as if it’s too big to fail, even as the market sends lukewarm signals.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This week Open AI walked back a call for the govt to backstop financing for its trillion dollar investments in data centers. This was only the tip of the iceberg; a slow bailout for AI firms is already underway. Read more from @ambakak.bsky.social and I in @wsj.com: www.wsj.com/opinion/you-...
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What a blast putting big tech on trial with these guys and the 150+ wonderful humans who packed into the Starr Barr last night to talk extractive AI, surveillance, labor—and to smash the machinery hurtful to commonality.
Huge thanks to everyone who made the 2nd NYC Luddite tribunal such a success.
Huge thanks to everyone who made the 2nd NYC Luddite tribunal such a success.
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
What a blast putting big tech on trial with these guys and the 150+ wonderful humans who packed into the Starr Barr last night to talk extractive AI, surveillance, labor—and to smash the machinery hurtful to commonality.
Huge thanks to everyone who made the 2nd NYC Luddite tribunal such a success.
Huge thanks to everyone who made the 2nd NYC Luddite tribunal such a success.
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Pass this around, let's get this going viral!!!
Not altered or AI.
Not altered or AI.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Pass this around, let's get this going viral!!!
Not altered or AI.
Not altered or AI.
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Bahahahahaha The New York Times just printed an opinion piece declaring "AI is intelligent, so long as we redefine what intelligence means to include it. And soon AI will be conscious, because we'll just redefine consciousness too!"
Nothing means anything! Yay!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Nothing means anything! Yay!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is on Its Way to Something Even More Remarkable Than Intelligence
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Bahahahahaha The New York Times just printed an opinion piece declaring "AI is intelligent, so long as we redefine what intelligence means to include it. And soon AI will be conscious, because we'll just redefine consciousness too!"
Nothing means anything! Yay!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
Nothing means anything! Yay!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A busy first day as your Mayor-elect: early morning interviews, transition announcements and meetings. More to say on all of it tomorrow.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
But a highlight was lunch with my Congresswoman @aoc.bsky.social at Laliguras Bistro in Jackson Heights.
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Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Your regular reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
It is among the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.
It corrupts our political system every day.
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When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
When idiot Ron Schneider was born in 1963, the infant mortality rate was 29/1,000. It is now close to 5/1,000. So, no, children were NOT healthier when he was a kid. And he was, clearly, dropped on his head.
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The least surprising news of the day.
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The least surprising news of the day.
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So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
President Reagan's Radio Address on Free and Fair Trade on April 25, 1987
YouTube video by Reagan Library
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
So they didn’t like the ad. Let’s just post Reagan’s 5 min speech against tariffs as it appears on YouTube.
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
Over and over. On all platforms (some of y’all are still on X).
*1981 Sherrilyn horrified by 2025 Sherrilyn saying “let’s post Reagan’s speech.”
youtu.be/5t5QK03KXPc
*There’s a lot of really cool AI integration including security based which has facial recognition, license plate recognition, they can detect unusual behavior. Some people don’t necessarily want all of it,” Pozil said. “It can be a little bit invasive.”
You think??
nypost.com/2025/10/20/r...
You think??
nypost.com/2025/10/20/r...
Ultra-wealthy tech bros are seeking out a new amenity for their multimillion-dollar homes
This moneyed set seeks residences that go far beyond automated lights or remote-controlled thermostats.
nypost.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
*There’s a lot of really cool AI integration including security based which has facial recognition, license plate recognition, they can detect unusual behavior. Some people don’t necessarily want all of it,” Pozil said. “It can be a little bit invasive.”
You think??
nypost.com/2025/10/20/r...
You think??
nypost.com/2025/10/20/r...
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New market manipulation scheme just dropped
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New market manipulation scheme just dropped