Vincent O'Connor
@vdoc.bsky.social
Computer consultant, science/history/theology geek, writer, poet, Co-Managing Editor poetry journal RockPaperPoem, sometime actor/director, Christian, AF vet. Equal rights for all humans.
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“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
― Malcolm X, The greatest of all time
*Stares at the NYT*
― Malcolm X, The greatest of all time
*Stares at the NYT*
May 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
― Malcolm X, The greatest of all time
*Stares at the NYT*
― Malcolm X, The greatest of all time
*Stares at the NYT*
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ILLEGAL INSIDER TRADING 101:
1) Trump tipped off insiders yesterday at 3:19 pm that he would announce a 50% tariff on the EU before the next day's opening.
2) Insiders buy triple-leveraged reverse ETFs at 3:20 pm.
3) Trump announces tariffs before market opening & insiders get rich.
1) Trump tipped off insiders yesterday at 3:19 pm that he would announce a 50% tariff on the EU before the next day's opening.
2) Insiders buy triple-leveraged reverse ETFs at 3:20 pm.
3) Trump announces tariffs before market opening & insiders get rich.
May 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
ILLEGAL INSIDER TRADING 101:
1) Trump tipped off insiders yesterday at 3:19 pm that he would announce a 50% tariff on the EU before the next day's opening.
2) Insiders buy triple-leveraged reverse ETFs at 3:20 pm.
3) Trump announces tariffs before market opening & insiders get rich.
1) Trump tipped off insiders yesterday at 3:19 pm that he would announce a 50% tariff on the EU before the next day's opening.
2) Insiders buy triple-leveraged reverse ETFs at 3:20 pm.
3) Trump announces tariffs before market opening & insiders get rich.
Since the entire current administration sucks, this isn't surprising.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGN...
Allowing customers to cancel is a burden & may kill you - THIS FTC SUCKS
YouTube video by Louis Rossmann
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Since the entire current administration sucks, this isn't surprising.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGN...
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an overwhelming percentage of cuts at the NSF are to STEM education. experts see it as part of a broader attack on DEI, as well as on education as a whole.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
Funding Cuts Are a ‘Gut Punch’ for STEM Education Researchers
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
an overwhelming percentage of cuts at the NSF are to STEM education. experts see it as part of a broader attack on DEI, as well as on education as a whole.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/s...
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what could go wrong
you should definitely use the hallucinatory slop machine that can call the authorities on you
you should definitely use the hallucinatory slop machine that can call the authorities on you
welcome to the future, now your error-prone software can call the cops
(this is an Anthropic employee talking about Claude Opus 4)
(this is an Anthropic employee talking about Claude Opus 4)
May 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
what could go wrong
you should definitely use the hallucinatory slop machine that can call the authorities on you
you should definitely use the hallucinatory slop machine that can call the authorities on you
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i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
May 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
i think it should be a bigger story that the president held a meeting with a foreign head of state where he ranted about the most gutter white supremacist propaganda you can find on the internet
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“If they can be charged, we’ll charge them. But if they can’t be charged, we will name them...and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are ashamed. That’s the way things work.”
That is, with good reason, not the way DOJ has worked, actually!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
That is, with good reason, not the way DOJ has worked, actually!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
If Justice Dept. Can’t Prosecute Trump’s Foes, It Will ‘Shame’ Them, Official Says
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“If they can be charged, we’ll charge them. But if they can’t be charged, we will name them...and in a culture that respects shame, they should be people that are ashamed. That’s the way things work.”
That is, with good reason, not the way DOJ has worked, actually!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
That is, with good reason, not the way DOJ has worked, actually!!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/u...
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Today’s bonus issue of “One First” takes a closer look at Judge Ho’s galling concurring opinion on remand in the A.A.R.P. Alien Enemies Act case—which accused #SCOTUS of showing “disrespect” to the district judge and President Trump by … protecting due process:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-152-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-152-...
Bonus 152: Judge Ho, Due Process, and "Disrespect"
Some thoughts on Judge Ho's rather galling claim that the Supreme Court "disrespect[ed]" the district court and the President in Friday's ruling in the "A.A.R.P. II" Alien Enemies Act case.
www.stevevladeck.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Today’s bonus issue of “One First” takes a closer look at Judge Ho’s galling concurring opinion on remand in the A.A.R.P. Alien Enemies Act case—which accused #SCOTUS of showing “disrespect” to the district judge and President Trump by … protecting due process:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-152-...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-152-...
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The persistent myth that Steve Jobs just had genius ideas emerge out of his genius brain without incrementally building on prior work or observing humans or learning from huge mistakes continues to make people stupid.
May 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The persistent myth that Steve Jobs just had genius ideas emerge out of his genius brain without incrementally building on prior work or observing humans or learning from huge mistakes continues to make people stupid.
Gee, who could have seen this coming? /snark
May 21, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Gee, who could have seen this coming? /snark
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After a Microsoft Build talk was disrupted by protesters, Microsoft’s head of security for AI, Neta Haiby, "accidentally switched to Microsoft Teams while sharing her screen, revealing confidential internal messages about Walmart’s upcoming use of Microsoft’s Entra and AI gateway services."
Whoops.
Whoops.
Microsoft’s AI security chief accidentally reveals Walmart’s AI plans after protest
Protesters interrupted Microsoft’s AI security chief at Build
www.theverge.com
May 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
After a Microsoft Build talk was disrupted by protesters, Microsoft’s head of security for AI, Neta Haiby, "accidentally switched to Microsoft Teams while sharing her screen, revealing confidential internal messages about Walmart’s upcoming use of Microsoft’s Entra and AI gateway services."
Whoops.
Whoops.
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I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
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Get the #1 counter to #Project2025 and that is "Project 2026, It is the Constitution Stupid!" - It is the BLUEprint for getting back every seat and steering not just the U.S. but the global relationships to a better place and away from this #idiocracy #project2026 #free www.amazon.com/dp/B0D53QK6S4
Project 2026 It’s the Constitution Stupid!: How Democrats Stop Project 2025 and Save America-Again
Amazon.com: Project 2026 It’s the Constitution Stupid!: How Democrats Stop Project 2025 and Save America-Again (Audible Audio Edition): J.D. Wise Awake, Independently Published, Virtual Voice: Books
www.amazon.com
May 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Get the #1 counter to #Project2025 and that is "Project 2026, It is the Constitution Stupid!" - It is the BLUEprint for getting back every seat and steering not just the U.S. but the global relationships to a better place and away from this #idiocracy #project2026 #free www.amazon.com/dp/B0D53QK6S4
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They want disease tear through the population because they think it’d be an easy way to remove “weak genes.”
May 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
They want disease tear through the population because they think it’d be an easy way to remove “weak genes.”
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“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”
BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...
FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness
www.statnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“you should have a choice” means “we get to choose for you”
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The sooner mainstream pundits, Dems, and journos accept that none of the reasons given by this administration for harming people are genuine and all the accusations they make against their opponents are confessions, the better
May 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The sooner mainstream pundits, Dems, and journos accept that none of the reasons given by this administration for harming people are genuine and all the accusations they make against their opponents are confessions, the better
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“The reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker said on a stream recounting the details of the incident.
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
Hasan Piker detained at the border and questioned for hours over politics
"They straight up tried to get something out of me that I think they could use to basically detain me permanently"
www.usermag.co
May 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“The reason they’re doing [this] is to try to create an environment of fear, to try to get people like myself... to shut the fuck up,” Piker said on a stream recounting the details of the incident.
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
www.usermag.co/p/hasan-pike...
Police and federal agencies have a new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that tracks people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/12/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/12/1...
How a new type of AI is helping police skirt facial recognition bans
Adoption of the tech has civil liberties advocates alarmed, especially as the government vows to expand surveillance of protesters and students.
www.technologyreview.com
May 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Police and federal agencies have a new way to skirt the growing patchwork of laws that curb how they use facial recognition: an AI model that tracks people using attributes like body size, gender, hair color and style, clothing, and accessories.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/12/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/12/1...
Fuck RFK Jr! Also, fuck religious objections to vaccinations. Failure to vaccinate affects others as well, not just the objectors.
Yes, I am a Christian. And yes, I swear when I feel it's appropriate, and believe me, it's appropriate.
Yes, I am a Christian. And yes, I swear when I feel it's appropriate, and believe me, it's appropriate.
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Fuck RFK Jr! Also, fuck religious objections to vaccinations. Failure to vaccinate affects others as well, not just the objectors.
Yes, I am a Christian. And yes, I swear when I feel it's appropriate, and believe me, it's appropriate.
Yes, I am a Christian. And yes, I swear when I feel it's appropriate, and believe me, it's appropriate.
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The thing is: He didn’t just phrase this awkwardly - this guy’s view of the world is entirely shaped by eugenic ideas that he pairs with wild conspiracy theories.
And then you have Oz talking about the “patriotic duty” to be healthy… Eugenics and aggressive nationalism - down that path lies evil.
And then you have Oz talking about the “patriotic duty” to be healthy… Eugenics and aggressive nationalism - down that path lies evil.
RFK Jr talking about the need for doctors to know how to treat measles for those who are unvaccinated.
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
“Only very sick kids should die from measles.”
No. They shouldn’t. That was the point of the vaccine. We eradicated the virus so children didn’t die.
Sick & disabled kids are not expendable!
May 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The thing is: He didn’t just phrase this awkwardly - this guy’s view of the world is entirely shaped by eugenic ideas that he pairs with wild conspiracy theories.
And then you have Oz talking about the “patriotic duty” to be healthy… Eugenics and aggressive nationalism - down that path lies evil.
And then you have Oz talking about the “patriotic duty” to be healthy… Eugenics and aggressive nationalism - down that path lies evil.
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We saw you from across the bar. Can we have your blood?
The absolute fucking cackle I let out at this headline
May 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We saw you from across the bar. Can we have your blood?
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Meta's PR absolutely lost its shit at us a few months ago when we wrote about how a student added facial recognition to its Rayban smart glasses, the underlying implication being that it would not do that itself. Well Well Well. WELL WELL WELL
www.404media.co/well-well-we...
www.404media.co/well-well-we...
Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After All
Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.
www.404media.co
May 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Meta's PR absolutely lost its shit at us a few months ago when we wrote about how a student added facial recognition to its Rayban smart glasses, the underlying implication being that it would not do that itself. Well Well Well. WELL WELL WELL
www.404media.co/well-well-we...
www.404media.co/well-well-we...