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I literally reported this Wednesday.
SCOOP: New Social Security chief was being investigated for leaking data to DOGE when Musk team tapped him. Sr officials placed him on paid leave while probing whether he may have violated privacy & tax laws, WaPo's Lisa Rein reports.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
New Social Security chief was being investigated when Musk team tapped him
Data analyst Leland Dudek was suspected of sharing unauthorized access to information with the U.S. DOGE Service. Now he’s the acting Social Security commissioner.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I literally reported this Wednesday.
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It's not "controversial," guys, it's a Nazi salute. You can call it out as such. Stop dancing around the truth.
Steve Bannon whipped up the CPAC crowd by talking about the possibility of Trump staying in office for a third term—and concluded his speech by giving a provocative gesture that resembled the controversial salute Elon Musk gave at a post-inauguration rally last month.
Steve Bannon Mimics Elon Musk’s VERY Controversial Salute
The president himself has suggested the idea of staying in office many times since moving back into the White House.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
It's not "controversial," guys, it's a Nazi salute. You can call it out as such. Stop dancing around the truth.
It will be down to 0% if we stop assessing the risks
JUST IN: NASA says there's now a 3.1% chance an asteroid will hit Earth in 2032, up from 2.6% yesterday.
This is the highest risk assessment an asteroid has ever received, surpassing 2.7% in 2004
This is the highest risk assessment an asteroid has ever received, surpassing 2.7% in 2004
February 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It will be down to 0% if we stop assessing the risks
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I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
DOGE says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that
DOGE Says It’s Saved $55 Billion, Itemized Data Show Far Less
The federal cost-cutting effort dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency says it has saved $55 billion in federal spending so far, but its website only accounts for $16.6 billion of that.
www.bloomberg.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I understand why these stories exist but it’s important to be clear that he’s not “saving” 16 billion, he’s choosing, personally, without oversight, to wipe out 16 billion dollars of government services to veterans and the disabled and food safety etc etc
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Meanwhile: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Meanwhile: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵
February 16, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵
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“Citizenship by birth is an unequivocal Constitutional right. It is one of the precious principles that makes the Inited States the great nation that it is. The President cannot change, limit, or qualify this Constitutional right via an executive order.”
- Judge John Coughenour today.
- Judge John Coughenour today.
February 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
“Citizenship by birth is an unequivocal Constitutional right. It is one of the precious principles that makes the Inited States the great nation that it is. The President cannot change, limit, or qualify this Constitutional right via an executive order.”
- Judge John Coughenour today.
- Judge John Coughenour today.
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
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With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will *not* engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights".
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
February 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
With Google removing their Responsible AI Principles, they no longer state that they will *not* engage in "Technologies whose purpose contravenes widely accepted principles of international law and human rights".
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
Concerns about surveillance and injury are also erased.
ai.google/responsibili...
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What tech company will be the first to stand up and say that gutting the NSF is bad actually?
The economic argument seems pretty clear
Less NSF --> fewer PhD students --> fewer researchers --> smaller AI tech pipeline --> slower progress --> less competitive globally
The economic argument seems pretty clear
Less NSF --> fewer PhD students --> fewer researchers --> smaller AI tech pipeline --> slower progress --> less competitive globally
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What tech company will be the first to stand up and say that gutting the NSF is bad actually?
The economic argument seems pretty clear
Less NSF --> fewer PhD students --> fewer researchers --> smaller AI tech pipeline --> slower progress --> less competitive globally
The economic argument seems pretty clear
Less NSF --> fewer PhD students --> fewer researchers --> smaller AI tech pipeline --> slower progress --> less competitive globally
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Tech media is leaps and bounds ahead of the traditional newspapers covering Trump. I highly recommend subscribing to
@404media.co
@techdirt.com.web.brid.gy (follow @mmasnick.bsky.social)
@wired.com
They are putting in the work and not dancing around what's really happening.
@404media.co
@techdirt.com.web.brid.gy (follow @mmasnick.bsky.social)
@wired.com
They are putting in the work and not dancing around what's really happening.
February 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Tech media is leaps and bounds ahead of the traditional newspapers covering Trump. I highly recommend subscribing to
@404media.co
@techdirt.com.web.brid.gy (follow @mmasnick.bsky.social)
@wired.com
They are putting in the work and not dancing around what's really happening.
@404media.co
@techdirt.com.web.brid.gy (follow @mmasnick.bsky.social)
@wired.com
They are putting in the work and not dancing around what's really happening.
Resist imperialism, not only in tech, but in every aspect of society.
The United States has declared economic war on some of its closest allies and Silicon Valley is itching to use the power of the state to defend its interests at all costs.
It’s time for an alliance not just to combat US belligerence, but to build a different vision for tech.
It’s time for an alliance not just to combat US belligerence, but to build a different vision for tech.
We need an international alliance against the US and its tech industry
The United States must face consequences for economic warfare
www.disconnect.blog
February 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Resist imperialism, not only in tech, but in every aspect of society.
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Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
February 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.
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one of the defining features of the techbro dipshits now running the USA is their absolute refusal to consider that anyone, ever, has thought about problems before them
time after time they come in, propose a solution that was rejected years ago because it's stupid, and call themselves geniuses
time after time they come in, propose a solution that was rejected years ago because it's stupid, and call themselves geniuses
Ah, yes, I’m sure no prior administration thought to ask how all the payments are made.
February 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
one of the defining features of the techbro dipshits now running the USA is their absolute refusal to consider that anyone, ever, has thought about problems before them
time after time they come in, propose a solution that was rejected years ago because it's stupid, and call themselves geniuses
time after time they come in, propose a solution that was rejected years ago because it's stupid, and call themselves geniuses
Who will be accountable for the black box’s decisions?
February 4, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Who will be accountable for the black box’s decisions?
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Lots of people helped AI get to this point without realizing that shit like this was always the goal.
“Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer who has been tapped to lead a technology team at G.S.A., told some staff members that he hoped to put all federal contracts into a centralized system so they could be analyzed by artificial intelligence”
Our deep dive into Musk's takeover: Even some officials who like what Musk is doing feel helpless to hold him accountable. His allies are diving in to agencies, gaining access to systems, planning layoffs, and proposing a sweeping AI initiative to review contracts. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
February 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Lots of people helped AI get to this point without realizing that shit like this was always the goal.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
KUMUSTA!!!
So uhm I broke the app last month atter unfollowing ALL feeds! I’ve finally deleted most social media accounts. I’ve been occassionally doomscrolling on Mastodon and Substack. Ya girl is still not okay
So uhm I broke the app last month atter unfollowing ALL feeds! I’ve finally deleted most social media accounts. I’ve been occassionally doomscrolling on Mastodon and Substack. Ya girl is still not okay
February 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
KUMUSTA!!!
So uhm I broke the app last month atter unfollowing ALL feeds! I’ve finally deleted most social media accounts. I’ve been occassionally doomscrolling on Mastodon and Substack. Ya girl is still not okay
So uhm I broke the app last month atter unfollowing ALL feeds! I’ve finally deleted most social media accounts. I’ve been occassionally doomscrolling on Mastodon and Substack. Ya girl is still not okay
pot, meet kettle
Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple in Joe Rogan interview: ‘They haven’t invented anything great in a while’
Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple in Joe Rogan interview: ‘They haven’t invented anything great in a while’
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg joined the Joe Rogan Experience podcast today for a wide-ranging interview on content moderation, the Trump administration, and Apple’s apparent lack of innovation.
more…
9to5mac.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
pot, meet kettle
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Justice Kagan's question on "covertness" was also a jab at the fact that all social media algorithms are black boxes controlled by platforms, similar to TikTok—including the rising star Bluesky, which she mentions as well.
TikTok SCOTUS Live Blog: The Court Hears Arguments Over Potential Ban
We’re tuning in live as the justices consider what could be one of the most consequential First Amendment rulings of the past several decades.
www.wired.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Justice Kagan's question on "covertness" was also a jab at the fact that all social media algorithms are black boxes controlled by platforms, similar to TikTok—including the rising star Bluesky, which she mentions as well.
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Alice and I take debunk AI's efficiency claims and argue that the technology is a weapon the new administration will use in the longstanding effort to hollow out government.
NEW from @kevindeliban.bsky.social & I: AI cannot make government more "efficient" (looking at you DOGE). Social services are already suffering from lack of people & resources, and using AI for benefit distribution is disastrous: biased, opaque, and inaccurate
www.techpolicy.press/ai-cant-solv...
www.techpolicy.press/ai-cant-solv...
AI Can’t Solve Government Waste – and May Hurt Vulnerable Americans | TechPolicy.Press
If you believe public institutions should actually serve the public, this is an unacceptable bait-and-switch, write Kevin De Liban and Alice Marwick.
www.techpolicy.press
December 10, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Alice and I take debunk AI's efficiency claims and argue that the technology is a weapon the new administration will use in the longstanding effort to hollow out government.
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“The Tyranny of Algorithms” – my post discussing the problems of algorithms in heath insurance, social media, and predictions for credit, insurance, sentencing, education, and employment. teachprivacy.com/the-tyranny-... #privacy #AI
The Tyranny of Algorithms
We live today increasingly under the tyranny of algorithms. They rule over us. They shape what we say and how we interact with each other. They shape
teachprivacy.com
December 8, 2024 at 6:50 PM
“The Tyranny of Algorithms” – my post discussing the problems of algorithms in heath insurance, social media, and predictions for credit, insurance, sentencing, education, and employment. teachprivacy.com/the-tyranny-... #privacy #AI
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The South Korean National Assembly has voted to block President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration with a majority vote, with 190 lawmakers in the 300-seat assembly in favor. By law, Yoon must comply.
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Live updates: South Korea president declares martial law to overcome opposition party
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol blamed the opposition party for “unprecedented” impeachment attempts of various government officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:14 PM
The South Korean National Assembly has voted to block President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration with a majority vote, with 190 lawmakers in the 300-seat assembly in favor. By law, Yoon must comply.
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