Siobhan Aalders
@siobhana.bsky.social
Mum, sailor, art lover, and PR Pro at @Fiverr. Brit in NYC.
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A Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western AI tools with Russian propaganda: AI chatbots — including OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o, xAI’s Grok, Mistral’s le Chat, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, & Perplexity’s answer engine have been affected. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western AI tools with Russian propaganda: AI chatbots — including OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o, xAI’s Grok, Mistral’s le Chat, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Gemini, & Perplexity’s answer engine have been affected. www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/a-well-fun...
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Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killiam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are a fundamental human need.
Want to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier? Then Cultivate Your Social Connections
Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killiam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are...
wrd.cm
March 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Chronic loneliness can increase cortisol and inflammation and weaken your immune system, says social scientist Kasley Killiam. She argues it’s time to accept that good quality social connections are a fundamental human need.
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The collapse of Chegg offers a preview of what is going to happen to a lot of companies when AI is finished pulping the web www.platformer.news/chegg-google...
March 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The collapse of Chegg offers a preview of what is going to happen to a lot of companies when AI is finished pulping the web www.platformer.news/chegg-google...
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Eggs have done better than crypto under Trump. Just saying. on.ft.com/4b1ylrM
February 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Eggs have done better than crypto under Trump. Just saying. on.ft.com/4b1ylrM
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Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
wrd.cm
February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
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"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
Here at DOGE, We’ve Streamlined Every Aspect of America’s Collapse
"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to the federal payment system la...
buff.ly
February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I promise, America will soon be the Cybertruck of countries—uglier than you could have imagined, built for rich chuds, borderline inoperable, and on fire."
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SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:
The Recruitment Effort That Helped Build Elon Musk’s DOGE Army
At least three individuals associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year, WIRED has learned.
wrd.cm
February 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
SCOOP: We've learned at least three individuals closely associated with Palantir or its cofounder Peter Thiel were involved in an online recruiting effort for DOGE late last year. Step inside the recruitment effort that helped build Elon's DOGE army:
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Donald Trump’s cuts to renewables risk a full blown US energy crisis, as the nation's creaking energy system struggles to meet surging demand from AI tech and reshoring industries on.ft.com/4hEXElm @financialtimes.com
Donald Trump’s cuts to renewables risk US energy crisis, warn executives
[FREE TO READ] Country will struggle to meet growing demand from power-hungry AI with fossil fuels alone
on.ft.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Donald Trump’s cuts to renewables risk a full blown US energy crisis, as the nation's creaking energy system struggles to meet surging demand from AI tech and reshoring industries on.ft.com/4hEXElm @financialtimes.com
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Grubhub security breach compromises customer and driver data
Grubhub security breach compromises customer and driver data
It’s time to change your Grubhub password
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Grubhub security breach compromises customer and driver data
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Books written by humans are getting their own certification
Books written by humans are getting their own certification
Making it easier to avoid AI-generated slop.
buff.ly
January 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Books written by humans are getting their own certification
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Microsoft is making DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub today. Microsoft has moved surprisingly quickly to bring R1 to its Azure customers, and it's planning to bring a smaller distilled version to Copilot+ PCs too. Details below 👇 www.theverge.com/news/602162/...
Microsoft makes DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub
Microsoft moves quick to make R1 available broadly.
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Microsoft is making DeepSeek’s R1 model available on Azure AI and GitHub today. Microsoft has moved surprisingly quickly to bring R1 to its Azure customers, and it's planning to bring a smaller distilled version to Copilot+ PCs too. Details below 👇 www.theverge.com/news/602162/...
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This is such great news. For so long Amazon has had a chokehold on ebooks. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books
Bookshop, a site that lets independent, bricks-and-mortar bookshops sell their books online, is launching an app that will allow the sales of e-books, too.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is such great news. For so long Amazon has had a chokehold on ebooks. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
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"Why Trump Freed Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts"
@charlesbethea.bsky.social for @newyorker.com
@charlesbethea.bsky.social for @newyorker.com
Why Trump Freed Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts
Ulbricht, who was convicted of running an anonymous online drug marketplace, became a hero to crypto-holders everywhere. What does his pardon signal for the future of the technology?
www.newyorker.com
January 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
"Why Trump Freed Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road’s Dread Pirate Roberts"
@charlesbethea.bsky.social for @newyorker.com
@charlesbethea.bsky.social for @newyorker.com
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Google Maps will soon rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’
Google Maps will soon rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’
Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali mountain in Google Maps once a federal mapping database reflects changes ordered by the Trump Administration, the company announced Monday. Google is complying with an executive order issued last…
tcrn.ch
January 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Google Maps will soon rename Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’
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DeepSeek's most powerful capability is confirming in everyone's minds what they already believed about AI
January 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
DeepSeek's most powerful capability is confirming in everyone's minds what they already believed about AI
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Our cover this week
January 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Our cover this week
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A really unfortunate corollary of big tech spending 20 years hyping up the quality of their systems in order to drum up investment is that when they make basic mistakes that are just mistakes a public that has swallowed and accepted your hype can't possibly believe it www.cnbc.com/2025/01/23/g...
Google restores Joe Biden to ‘U.S. presidents’ search results, blames ‘data error’ for omission
Users on Wednesday night noticed Google search results omitted President Joe Biden from the list of U.S. presidents.
www.cnbc.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A really unfortunate corollary of big tech spending 20 years hyping up the quality of their systems in order to drum up investment is that when they make basic mistakes that are just mistakes a public that has swallowed and accepted your hype can't possibly believe it www.cnbc.com/2025/01/23/g...
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NEW: If a bill that would ban almost all abortions moves to the South Carolina Senate, not a single Republican debating or voting on the restrictions will be a woman.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
Women Made Electoral Gains in Statehouses Across the Country in 2024. The Southeast Is a Different Story.
All but one state that held legislative elections last fall in the Southeast saw losses of Republican women. In South Carolina, that means the Senate Republican caucus, which will make decisions that…
propub.li
January 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: If a bill that would ban almost all abortions moves to the South Carolina Senate, not a single Republican debating or voting on the restrictions will be a woman.
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
By @jenniferberryhawes.bsky.social
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David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
variety.com
January 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Here’s some restaurants in Los Angeles who are offering free meals to evacuees who have been displaced by the fires: www.timeout.com/los-angeles/...
These L.A. restaurants are offering free meals to any fire evacuees (UPDATED)
Please abide by the honor system, folks.
www.timeout.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Here’s some restaurants in Los Angeles who are offering free meals to evacuees who have been displaced by the fires: www.timeout.com/los-angeles/...
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This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds
This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds
The price of never charging your phone again is... a lot.
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds
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If anyone deserves to go to Heaven, it’s Jimmy Carter.
If anyone deserves to burn in Hell, it’s Donald Trump.
If anyone deserves to burn in Hell, it’s Donald Trump.
December 29, 2024 at 10:21 PM
If anyone deserves to go to Heaven, it’s Jimmy Carter.
If anyone deserves to burn in Hell, it’s Donald Trump.
If anyone deserves to burn in Hell, it’s Donald Trump.