John Paris
@johnparis.bsky.social
In the continuing trivialization of news... what on earth would Will McAvoy make of this?
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The casino-fication of news
New partnerships between the prediction market Kalshi and cable TV networks will transform every news event into a betting opportunity.
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December 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In the continuing trivialization of news... what on earth would Will McAvoy make of this?
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A great experiment will begin tomorrow as Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under the age of 16 goes into effect. Is it the welcome arrival of much-needed protection for young people, or the beginning of dangerous and unnecessary censorship?
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Australian social media ban: when does it start, how will it work and what apps are being banned for under-16s?
Will the ban be delayed or postponed, and how will age verification work? Here’s everything you need to know
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A great experiment will begin tomorrow as Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under the age of 16 goes into effect. Is it the welcome arrival of much-needed protection for young people, or the beginning of dangerous and unnecessary censorship?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...
A group of technologists has released The Resonant Computing Manifesto, a set of principles designed to re-center Silicon Valley around values they claim to have been lost in the scramble to hyperscale. Worth a read.
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The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A group of technologists has released The Resonant Computing Manifesto, a set of principles designed to re-center Silicon Valley around values they claim to have been lost in the scramble to hyperscale. Worth a read.
resonantcomputing.org
resonantcomputing.org
A Consumer Reports or Wirecutter for AI tools is an excellent idea. How about it CR and NYT?
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Artificial intelligence is the pumpkin spice of the digital world - Editor and Publisher
AI is everywhere right now — pitched as the magic ingredient that can do everything from writing your stories to analyzing massive databases, all while you sip your coffee. But E&P columnist Rob Torno...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
A Consumer Reports or Wirecutter for AI tools is an excellent idea. How about it CR and NYT?
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/arti...
www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/arti...
Kudos to the BBC for investing the effort and resources to pursue the origins of these crimes, without letting the tech platforms off the hook. What reporter Tir Dhondy saw and heard in these "Hustle Kingdoms" is horrifying.
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BBC tracks down sextortion scammer targeting teenage boys
The BBC challenges the scammers targeting teenagers like Evan Boettler, who took his own life just 90 minutes after being contacted.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Kudos to the BBC for investing the effort and resources to pursue the origins of these crimes, without letting the tech platforms off the hook. What reporter Tir Dhondy saw and heard in these "Hustle Kingdoms" is horrifying.
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Essential reading to understand the state of Silicon Valley politics today.
www.wired.com/story/silico...
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I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Essential reading to understand the state of Silicon Valley politics today.
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www.wired.com/story/silico...
What's wrong with this picture?
July 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What's wrong with this picture?
Reposted by John Paris
“Woody Guthrie’s ‘This Land Is Your Land’ is a radical anthem. As radical as they get. When you hear it with the often censored verses intact….” – Tom Morello
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This Land Is Your Land
YouTube video by The Rubber Thongs - Topic
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July 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Woody Guthrie’s ‘This Land Is Your Land’ is a radical anthem. As radical as they get. When you hear it with the often censored verses intact….” – Tom Morello
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Many state laws don’t apply to explicit AI-generated deepfakes, and fewer still address the fact that perpetrators of deepfake abuse are increasingly minors.
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Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up – The Markup
Schools and lawmakers are grappling with how to address a new form of peer-on-peer image-based sexual abuse that disproportionately targets girls.
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July 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Many state laws don’t apply to explicit AI-generated deepfakes, and fewer still address the fact that perpetrators of deepfake abuse are increasingly minors.
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A number of changes in the specs and tagline indicate Trump Mobile may have switched suppliers for the T1.
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www.theverge.com/gadgets/6930...
The Trump Phone no longer promises it’s made in America
American ‘design,’ built… where?
www.theverge.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A number of changes in the specs and tagline indicate Trump Mobile may have switched suppliers for the T1.
www.theverge.com/gadgets/6930...
www.theverge.com/gadgets/6930...
"In practice, this means things like critical updates to Meta's algorithms, new safety features and changes to how content is allowed to be shared across the company's platforms will be mostly approved by a system powered by artificial intelligence..."
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Meta plans to replace humans with AI to assess privacy and societal risks
Current and former Meta employees fear the new automation push comes at the cost of allowing AI to make tricky determinations about how Meta's apps could lead to real world harm.
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May 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"In practice, this means things like critical updates to Meta's algorithms, new safety features and changes to how content is allowed to be shared across the company's platforms will be mostly approved by a system powered by artificial intelligence..."
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Can't think of what could possibly go wrong with a "fully aware" device...
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Sam Altman Tells Staff Plan to Ship 100 Million Devices That See Everything in Users' Lives
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is teaming up with a famous Apple designer to make wearables that can see your whole life.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Can't think of what could possibly go wrong with a "fully aware" device...
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Reposted by John Paris
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," where as the top 1% have more money than at any time in history, according to a new analysis. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
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May 18, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," where as the top 1% have more money than at any time in history, according to a new analysis. www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of...
What's their secret? Billions of dollars in government support, allowing them to control the supply chain "down to the very minerals inside the car batteries." Free Link.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
Why China’s Xiaomi Can Make an Electric Car and Apple Can’t (Gift Article)
Xiaomi, which produces smartphones and consumer electronics, delivered 135,000 E.V.s last year after tapping China’s robust manufacturing supply chain.
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March 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What's their secret? Billions of dollars in government support, allowing them to control the supply chain "down to the very minerals inside the car batteries." Free Link.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/b...
“At a high level, [the system] operates much like an editorial team.” I'm far from a Luddite when it comes to the usefulness of AI, but this is some real BS.
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Inside a network of AI-generated newsletters targeting “small town America”
Good Daily, which operates in 47 states and 355 towns and cities across the U.S., is run by one person.
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January 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“At a high level, [the system] operates much like an editorial team.” I'm far from a Luddite when it comes to the usefulness of AI, but this is some real BS.
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www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/insi...
A provocative but quite brilliant perspective on the evolution of social media.
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Antisocial media
Social media is out. Antisocial media is in. I expect to see a new app in the coming days that will harness the unlikely power of unlikes to create advertising's next great data set.
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January 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A provocative but quite brilliant perspective on the evolution of social media.
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Everyone needs to be educated on the threats posed by AI deepfakes, especially caretakers of our young people. And unlike some other countries, US laws don't seem to be keeping up with the these threats.
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Explicit deepfake scandal shuts down Pennsylvania school
Parents test if school leaders can be prosecuted over failure to report AI nudes.
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November 20, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Everyone needs to be educated on the threats posed by AI deepfakes, especially caretakers of our young people. And unlike some other countries, US laws don't seem to be keeping up with the these threats.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
A long read, but exhaustive research revealing how the AI sausage is made.
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Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry
Our investigation into AdVon Commerce, the AI contractor at the heart of scandals at USA Today and Sports Illustrated.
futurism.com
May 9, 2024 at 12:13 AM
A long read, but exhaustive research revealing how the AI sausage is made.
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