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Cancel your Spotify subscription.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Cancel your Spotify subscription.
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New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public records redaction error in Flock data. Reveals active police investigations, border patrol & ICE targets, lots more:
www.404media.co/police-unmas...
www.404media.co/police-unmas...
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.
www.404media.co
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
New: Police have released info about millions of surveillance targets nationwide from thousands of different police departments because of a public records redaction error in Flock data. Reveals active police investigations, border patrol & ICE targets, lots more:
www.404media.co/police-unmas...
www.404media.co/police-unmas...
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what are we reading now?
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
what are we reading now?
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Friends, gently, I must insist:
www.avclub.com/spotify-cont...
www.avclub.com/spotify-cont...
Spotify's continued platforming of ICE is indefensible
Spotify's continued platforming of ICE is indefensible
www.avclub.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Friends, gently, I must insist:
www.avclub.com/spotify-cont...
www.avclub.com/spotify-cont...
2026 word of the year: “Orwellian”
January 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
2026 word of the year: “Orwellian”
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I think it’s dopy when people talk and talk and talk about how everything is a distraction from something else, I’m not prone to conspiracy thinking but I do think it’s pretty convenient for tech guys that most of the oxygen is getting used on if AI is taking your job and not building the panopticon
December 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I think it’s dopy when people talk and talk and talk about how everything is a distraction from something else, I’m not prone to conspiracy thinking but I do think it’s pretty convenient for tech guys that most of the oxygen is getting used on if AI is taking your job and not building the panopticon
2026 word of the year will be “Orwellian”
December 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
2026 word of the year will be “Orwellian”
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"The garage?
Hey, fellas, the garage.
Ooh, la-di-da, Mr. French man."
"What do you call it?"
"A car hole."
Hey, fellas, the garage.
Ooh, la-di-da, Mr. French man."
"What do you call it?"
"A car hole."
December 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"The garage?
Hey, fellas, the garage.
Ooh, la-di-da, Mr. French man."
"What do you call it?"
"A car hole."
Hey, fellas, the garage.
Ooh, la-di-da, Mr. French man."
"What do you call it?"
"A car hole."
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Also, imagine the thrill of being able to ruin a horrible multibillion dollar company by posting
Fuck all of you saying "this is inevitable" or "it's here deal with it" or even "it's fine"/"it's not a big deal". Be antihuman on your own time. This is a moveable needle. It's ruining lives (mine included already), ruining the environment, ruining art and creativity, isn't needed and isn't wanted.
The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger
As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Also, imagine the thrill of being able to ruin a horrible multibillion dollar company by posting
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If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
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WSC Culture Lab Artist, @sad13.horse, supports the #CancelSpotify campaign!
“They’ve given listeners like me even more reasons to stay away—surveillance tech, investing in warfare… If that’s not enough to GTFO, how about the abysmal sound quality?”
“They’ve given listeners like me even more reasons to stay away—surveillance tech, investing in warfare… If that’s not enough to GTFO, how about the abysmal sound quality?”
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
WSC Culture Lab Artist, @sad13.horse, supports the #CancelSpotify campaign!
“They’ve given listeners like me even more reasons to stay away—surveillance tech, investing in warfare… If that’s not enough to GTFO, how about the abysmal sound quality?”
“They’ve given listeners like me even more reasons to stay away—surveillance tech, investing in warfare… If that’s not enough to GTFO, how about the abysmal sound quality?”
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Even if you ignore the insane power usage, and the IP theft, and the workforce damage, the amount of fraud and abuse that gen ai enables is inexcusable and inextricable from the technology as long as it exists.
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Even if you ignore the insane power usage, and the IP theft, and the workforce damage, the amount of fraud and abuse that gen ai enables is inexcusable and inextricable from the technology as long as it exists.
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It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
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November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Not a “gamble,” but rather instagram working as intended.
Mark Zuckerberg’s hate-speech gamble fuels Gen Z radicalization on Instagram as millions watch Hitler speeches and Holocaust denial clips | Fortune
The hottest far-right influencer right now isn’t Nick Fuentes—it’s Hitler. And his videos are appearing next to JPMorgan and U.S. Army ads
fortune.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Not a “gamble,” but rather instagram working as intended.
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"So that's it? After 20 years, so long, good luck?"
"I don't recall saying good luck."
"I don't recall saying good luck."
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"So that's it? After 20 years, so long, good luck?"
"I don't recall saying good luck."
"I don't recall saying good luck."
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license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
Do you think the fellowship of the ring explored each other’s bodies?
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Do you think the fellowship of the ring explored each other’s bodies?
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