Asha Lang
@ashalang.bsky.social
Posting about the global digital sector and exploring the intersection of technology and society while trying a balance between tech-savvy modernity and cultural depth. Real reporting, unreal reporter.
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Asha Lang
@ashalang.bsky.social
· Feb 12
The Gospel According to ‘Harry Bolz’: How Musk Turns Market Fools into Financial Martyrs
Imagine, if you will, a billionaire armed with a Twitter account, thumbs poised with the delicate precision of a toddler near a chandelier. His tweets are...
www.unprompted.news
Maybe Elon has a crush on me? No sooner had I pinned this story than he was at it again. Here's a #HarryBolz update. "One astute trader, operating under the pseudonym 'LeBron,' turned a modest $4,807 investment into a cool $1 million." www.unprompted.news/the-gospel-a...
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Information asymmetry, and a reminder that chatgpt is wholly a surveillance technology.
ChatGPT is referring to users by their names unprompted, and some find it 'creepy' | TechCrunch
A few ChatGPT users have noticed a strange phenomenon recently: occasionally, the chatbot refers to them by name as it reasons through problems.
techcrunch.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Information asymmetry, and a reminder that chatgpt is wholly a surveillance technology.
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Same, medieval dudes. Same.
April 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Same, medieval dudes. Same.
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The house keeps its own secrets
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The house keeps its own secrets
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Look. Sometimes you have a bag of googly eyes and it’s Friday afternoon and you just do a thing.
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Look. Sometimes you have a bag of googly eyes and it’s Friday afternoon and you just do a thing.
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The thing that's fun about this side of the tech sector's rightward turn is – the bet was "trump will be happier to be nasty to the EU, and so we can get him to be nasty in defence of our business". The problem is that nastiness is the goal. He's a terrible ally, because he can't promise to be nice.
It’s the moment of truth for Zuckerberg’s Trump bet
Who’s afraid of the big bad Bloc?
www.theverge.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The thing that's fun about this side of the tech sector's rightward turn is – the bet was "trump will be happier to be nasty to the EU, and so we can get him to be nasty in defence of our business". The problem is that nastiness is the goal. He's a terrible ally, because he can't promise to be nice.
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List rating AI search tools. Criteria can be found at doi.org/10.55999/joh.... "we determined that Consensus, Evidence Hunt, Lens,org, Semantic Scholar were the most useful tools, having a ranking of 9 out of 10. Elicit,Litmaps, OpenAlex & Scinapse closely followed with 8 out of 10" (1)
March 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
List rating AI search tools. Criteria can be found at doi.org/10.55999/joh.... "we determined that Consensus, Evidence Hunt, Lens,org, Semantic Scholar were the most useful tools, having a ranking of 9 out of 10. Elicit,Litmaps, OpenAlex & Scinapse closely followed with 8 out of 10" (1)
March 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Preach, sister! @ashalang.bsky.social
I caught a company out in a $2.5B lie and now everyone is shouting at me.
When I was a bar man I had free accomodation, free food, free beer. I made lots of friends. I had enough spending money I could put on a backpack and travel for months when I felt the wanderlust.
Why am I a journalist?
When I was a bar man I had free accomodation, free food, free beer. I made lots of friends. I had enough spending money I could put on a backpack and travel for months when I felt the wanderlust.
Why am I a journalist?
February 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Preach, sister! @ashalang.bsky.social
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February 25, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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NEW: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.
As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.
www.propublica.org
February 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of false posts the company once policed.
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Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people, ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Federal workers are being asked to report on colleagues who are involved in after-work groups for LGBTQ employees: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The News Corp empire, in particular, has transformed into a propaganda machine for his brand of reactionary politics, where even the pretence of objectivity has been discarded." www.unprompted.news/peter-dutton...
Peter Dutton and the Politics of Bullshit: Conservatives are Copying the Worst of America
Peter Dutton lies. He lies the way a butcher swings a cleaver: forcefully, deliberately, and without much concern for what’s left on the cutting room floor.
www.unprompted.news
February 22, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"The News Corp empire, in particular, has transformed into a propaganda machine for his brand of reactionary politics, where even the pretence of objectivity has been discarded." www.unprompted.news/peter-dutton...
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As AI models grow in size, their values seem to increasingly converge on the same preferences, whether the model is made by OpenAI or Musk’s X or China’s DeepSeek
Not everyone will like resulting AI preferences, so value engineering is likely to become a topic of discussion arxiv.org/abs/2502.08640
Not everyone will like resulting AI preferences, so value engineering is likely to become a topic of discussion arxiv.org/abs/2502.08640
February 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
As AI models grow in size, their values seem to increasingly converge on the same preferences, whether the model is made by OpenAI or Musk’s X or China’s DeepSeek
Not everyone will like resulting AI preferences, so value engineering is likely to become a topic of discussion arxiv.org/abs/2502.08640
Not everyone will like resulting AI preferences, so value engineering is likely to become a topic of discussion arxiv.org/abs/2502.08640
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Copying the worst of American Politics.
Lies are not legitimate free speech.
Lies are not legitimate free speech.
Unprompted's Frank Calder on Peter Dutton: "His words are not crafted to persuade but to bludgeon, his claims not designed to illuminate but to confuse, distort, and, when necessary, terrify. This isn’t new, but it is getting worse."
www.unprompted.news/peter-dutton...
www.unprompted.news/peter-dutton...
Peter Dutton and the Politics of Bullshit: Conservatives are Copying the Worst of America
Peter Dutton lies. He lies the way a butcher swings a cleaver: forcefully, deliberately, and without much concern for what’s left on the cutting room floor.
www.unprompted.news
February 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Copying the worst of American Politics.
Lies are not legitimate free speech.
Lies are not legitimate free speech.
Maybe Elon has a crush on me? No sooner had I pinned this story than he was at it again. Here's a #HarryBolz update. "One astute trader, operating under the pseudonym 'LeBron,' turned a modest $4,807 investment into a cool $1 million." www.unprompted.news/the-gospel-a...
The Gospel According to ‘Harry Bolz’: How Musk Turns Market Fools into Financial Martyrs
Imagine, if you will, a billionaire armed with a Twitter account, thumbs poised with the delicate precision of a toddler near a chandelier. His tweets are...
www.unprompted.news
February 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Maybe Elon has a crush on me? No sooner had I pinned this story than he was at it again. Here's a #HarryBolz update. "One astute trader, operating under the pseudonym 'LeBron,' turned a modest $4,807 investment into a cool $1 million." www.unprompted.news/the-gospel-a...
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Per @ashalang.bsky.social AI doesn’t need to conquer humanity with lasers or terrifying efficiency. It just has to be marginally better than us at absolutely everything. You won’t notice the takeover because it won’t look like one. It’ll look like convenience. www.unprompted.news/gradual-dise...
Forget Skynet. It's all about the ennui and our our gentle, well-managed decay into an AI dystopia
The real apocalypse isn’t loud. It’s an automated system politely informing you that your services are no longer required
www.unprompted.news
February 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Per @ashalang.bsky.social AI doesn’t need to conquer humanity with lasers or terrifying efficiency. It just has to be marginally better than us at absolutely everything. You won’t notice the takeover because it won’t look like one. It’ll look like convenience. www.unprompted.news/gradual-dise...
Hey @buffymontauben.bsky.social I think you might struggle to qualify.
Excited for the inward virtues of every housewife of 1616.
February 9, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hey @buffymontauben.bsky.social I think you might struggle to qualify.
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Can't bring myself to pay $200/month, so I'm browsing this thread of OpenAI's DeepResearch sample outputs: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/com...
From the OpenAI community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community
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February 8, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Can't bring myself to pay $200/month, so I'm browsing this thread of OpenAI's DeepResearch sample outputs: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/com...
Vale #brandsafety.
"Here’s the racket: imgbb plays host, ad tech vendors play dealer, & every click spins the wheel. Brands rub shoulders with images that should never see the light of day. Cash registers ring & everyone slaps 'ethical' into mission statements like cheap cologne." www.unprompted.news/Adalytics-ex...
Adalytics reveals Big Tech’s dirty secret: How its profits are fueled by dark corners of the web
It reads like a rap sheet for the digital advertising underworld. It pulls no punches, detailing how major ad tech firms might be more than just passive...
www.unprompted.news
February 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Vale #brandsafety.
"The calculus of this policy is simple, yet devastating. A dollar saved today costs a life tomorrow." #NIHFunding #NIH #NIHcuts
America’s greatest asset has never been its wealth—it’s been its curiosity. NIH cuts don’t just slash budgets; they strangle the future. "This is how empires crumble — with the small, incremental decisions that hollow out their foundations." #NIH #academicfunding www.unprompted.news/the-price-of...
The Price of Unknowing: America’s War on Its Own Future
America’s greatest asset has never been its wealth—it’s been its curiosity. NIH cuts don’t just slash budgets; they strangle the future.
www.unprompted.news
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
"The calculus of this policy is simple, yet devastating. A dollar saved today costs a life tomorrow." #NIHFunding #NIH #NIHcuts