Steve Lunceford
@dslunceford.bsky.social
Father of two; home theater & gadget geek. BBQ snob. Started GovTwit back in the day.
Of interest from today’s @gzeromedia.com newsletter:
January 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Of interest from today’s @gzeromedia.com newsletter:
My (just back to college post-break) just pinged me this as well. Unreal, <15 hours down?
TikTok is back up. This is all such performative nonsense by the kleptocrats and hypocrites who run DC. And we look like idiots to the CCP. Bluff called and we are flaccid.
a cartoon of a dragon with the words say that to my face you limp noodle
ALT: a cartoon of a dragon with the words say that to my face you limp noodle
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
My (just back to college post-break) just pinged me this as well. Unreal, <15 hours down?
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US officials have struck binding deals for 85% of the CHIPS Act funding; sources: Gina Raimondo said her successor, Howard Lutnick, is committed to the program (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)
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January 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
US officials have struck binding deals for 85% of the CHIPS Act funding; sources: Gina Raimondo said her successor, Howard Lutnick, is committed to the program (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)
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11:38pm EDT and TikTok dead for me. Can’t scroll any new/saved content
January 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
11:38pm EDT and TikTok dead for me. Can’t scroll any new/saved content
a cartoon of a lion laying down next to a cub
ALT: a cartoon of a lion laying down next to a cub
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2025 at 3:56 AM
January 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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New Apple Store app (v6.3) includes new terms:
"Subject to your Apple Store app settings, data associated with your Apple Account may be aggregated and used to improve these models."
If enabled, Apple will train their models with your data.
#NewAppleStoreApp
"Subject to your Apple Store app settings, data associated with your Apple Account may be aggregated and used to improve these models."
If enabled, Apple will train their models with your data.
#NewAppleStoreApp
January 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New Apple Store app (v6.3) includes new terms:
"Subject to your Apple Store app settings, data associated with your Apple Account may be aggregated and used to improve these models."
If enabled, Apple will train their models with your data.
#NewAppleStoreApp
"Subject to your Apple Store app settings, data associated with your Apple Account may be aggregated and used to improve these models."
If enabled, Apple will train their models with your data.
#NewAppleStoreApp
@skylight.social the “end” of tiktok is so wild right now.
Weird algo serving up new accounts, memories of memes past, drafts from favs, goodbye messages, TikTok shop spam, #Commanders chest thumping (#HTTC) and more.
Weird algo serving up new accounts, memories of memes past, drafts from favs, goodbye messages, TikTok shop spam, #Commanders chest thumping (#HTTC) and more.
January 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
@skylight.social the “end” of tiktok is so wild right now.
Weird algo serving up new accounts, memories of memes past, drafts from favs, goodbye messages, TikTok shop spam, #Commanders chest thumping (#HTTC) and more.
Weird algo serving up new accounts, memories of memes past, drafts from favs, goodbye messages, TikTok shop spam, #Commanders chest thumping (#HTTC) and more.
Gonzalez has so much pressure on him here!
January 13, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Gonzalez has so much pressure on him here!
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Underrated moment of the Zuck on Joe Rogan podcast was when Joe was asking him why he uses a rifle more than now to hunt, and Zuck says the “conversation rate” is higher
January 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Underrated moment of the Zuck on Joe Rogan podcast was when Joe was asking him why he uses a rifle more than now to hunt, and Zuck says the “conversation rate” is higher
Ten cool science stories we almost missed - @arstechnica.com
December 31, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Ten cool science stories we almost missed - @arstechnica.com
Vacation breakfast of champions whilst charging the car 😂
December 31, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Vacation breakfast of champions whilst charging the car 😂
Good read today from @pahlkadot.bsky.social: www.eatingpolicy.com/p/um-congres...
Um, Congress, you might want to take a look at this
What might DOGE have brewing?
www.eatingpolicy.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Good read today from @pahlkadot.bsky.social: www.eatingpolicy.com/p/um-congres...
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Lil Wayne received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program. Here's how he spent it: www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...
December 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Lil Wayne received an $8.9 million grant from a little-known pandemic-relief program. Here's how he spent it: www.businessinsider.com/lil-wayne-ch...
The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump - WIRED
December 16, 2024 at 12:33 PM
The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump - WIRED
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How Sony turned itself around by innovating its games business beyond consoles and making acquisitions to expand its IP and focus on original content (John Towfighi/CNN)
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December 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM
How Sony turned itself around by innovating its games business beyond consoles and making acquisitions to expand its IP and focus on original content (John Towfighi/CNN)
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This is big
Microsoft finally delivers AirDrop-style file sharing between iPhones and PCs – here's how it works www.techradar.com/phones/micro...
Microsoft finally delivers AirDrop-style file sharing between iPhones and PCs – here's how it works www.techradar.com/phones/micro...
Microsoft finally delivers AirDrop-style file sharing between iPhones and PCs – here's how it works
AirDrop for all your devices
www.techradar.com
December 12, 2024 at 3:28 PM
This is big
Microsoft finally delivers AirDrop-style file sharing between iPhones and PCs – here's how it works www.techradar.com/phones/micro...
Microsoft finally delivers AirDrop-style file sharing between iPhones and PCs – here's how it works www.techradar.com/phones/micro...
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📱@pewresearch.org found American teens are mostly on YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, & Instagram — some are online almost all the time: www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
Pew told me they’ll ask if adults & teens are using Bluesky in 2025.
Steep decline in teen Twitter & Facebook use seem notable.
Pew told me they’ll ask if adults & teens are using Bluesky in 2025.
Steep decline in teen Twitter & Facebook use seem notable.
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
📱@pewresearch.org found American teens are mostly on YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, & Instagram — some are online almost all the time: www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
Pew told me they’ll ask if adults & teens are using Bluesky in 2025.
Steep decline in teen Twitter & Facebook use seem notable.
Pew told me they’ll ask if adults & teens are using Bluesky in 2025.
Steep decline in teen Twitter & Facebook use seem notable.
Reading this today @fedscoop.bsky.social and remembered we interviewed David Sacks back in the pre-MSFT Yammer days. I tried to find the audio but while there is a page at BlogTalkRadio, there is no file. @adrielhampton.com did you ever create back-ups?
fedscoop.com/trump-david-...
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Trump picks venture capitalist David Sacks as 'AI & Crypto Czar'
Sacks is a venture capitalist, the former CEO of enterprise social network firm Yammer, a podcaster and member of the so-called "PayPal Mafia."
fedscoop.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Reading this today @fedscoop.bsky.social and remembered we interviewed David Sacks back in the pre-MSFT Yammer days. I tried to find the audio but while there is a page at BlogTalkRadio, there is no file. @adrielhampton.com did you ever create back-ups?
fedscoop.com/trump-david-...
fedscoop.com/trump-david-...
If TikTok goes, where will I find an algo to serve me vids of shelter dogs reactions to being kissed?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYPy3M6K/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYPy3M6K/
#dog @fetcherdog
TikTok video by Nowhere Man
www.tiktok.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:30 PM
If TikTok goes, where will I find an algo to serve me vids of shelter dogs reactions to being kissed?
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYPy3M6K/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYPy3M6K/
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Very good piece highlighting contradictions in Muskawamy's approach:
We need to cut costs, defund the IRS, but also update tech (expensive and badly needed).
Better data can allow us to identify fraud and waste (maybe not tho), but what about using it to help people?
We need to cut costs, defund the IRS, but also update tech (expensive and badly needed).
Better data can allow us to identify fraud and waste (maybe not tho), but what about using it to help people?
Ramaswamy wants to update old govt technology to reap cost savings with DOGE.
The IRS has been begging lawmakers to fund updates to its 1960s-era tech. Republicans have tried to defund IRS money & Musk mused this week if IRS funding should be "deleted"
www.nextgov.com/modernizatio...
The IRS has been begging lawmakers to fund updates to its 1960s-era tech. Republicans have tried to defund IRS money & Musk mused this week if IRS funding should be "deleted"
www.nextgov.com/modernizatio...
Ramaswamy cites legacy tech and fraud as early DOGE priorities
Department of Government Efficiency Co-Chair Vivek Ramaswamy called IT modernization “low-hanging fruit,” but reaping cost savings will take up-front investment — and time.
www.nextgov.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Very good piece highlighting contradictions in Muskawamy's approach:
We need to cut costs, defund the IRS, but also update tech (expensive and badly needed).
Better data can allow us to identify fraud and waste (maybe not tho), but what about using it to help people?
We need to cut costs, defund the IRS, but also update tech (expensive and badly needed).
Better data can allow us to identify fraud and waste (maybe not tho), but what about using it to help people?
The State Dept is looking to at ways to better ID Deepfakes using custom-built #AI
fedscoop.com/how-the-glob...
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How the Global Engagement Center hopes to fight deepfakes abroad
Public records show the agency wanted to build a “meme detector” and use other AI to detect deepfakes.
fedscoop.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:13 PM
The State Dept is looking to at ways to better ID Deepfakes using custom-built #AI
fedscoop.com/how-the-glob...
fedscoop.com/how-the-glob...
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Intel is flailing. Showering the chipmaker with billions of taxpayer dollars doesn't make sense (via @opinion.bsky.social)
$8 Billion for Intel Won’t Fix America’s Chip Problem
Laying the groundwork for a competitive industry requires more than writing big checks.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Intel is flailing. Showering the chipmaker with billions of taxpayer dollars doesn't make sense (via @opinion.bsky.social)
