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it is a noteworthy shift that Bush et al felt the need to lay like two years of groundwork to justify invading Iraq on WMD grounds and Trump is just saying "Venezuela's oil is our rightful property" and sending in the Navy
December 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
it is a noteworthy shift that Bush et al felt the need to lay like two years of groundwork to justify invading Iraq on WMD grounds and Trump is just saying "Venezuela's oil is our rightful property" and sending in the Navy
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i honestly feel like this logic is just an extension of what I'd call the Default Billionaire Mindset, which is that anyone anywhere owning anything at all is an act of theft
Trump declares he is enacted a blockade on Venezuela until they "return the oil, land, and assets they've stolen from the United States."
This gaslighting is even worse than Bush demanding that Saddam Hussein "disarm his WMDs or the United States will invade," knowing full well Hussein had no WMDs.
This gaslighting is even worse than Bush demanding that Saddam Hussein "disarm his WMDs or the United States will invade," knowing full well Hussein had no WMDs.
December 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
i honestly feel like this logic is just an extension of what I'd call the Default Billionaire Mindset, which is that anyone anywhere owning anything at all is an act of theft
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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This is so opposed to Firefox's fundamental value proposition that I can't agree it's a lack of understanding. It seems more like deliberate, wilful sabotage.
Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
December 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is so opposed to Firefox's fundamental value proposition that I can't agree it's a lack of understanding. It seems more like deliberate, wilful sabotage.
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Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
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This policy change is not driven by negligence or pseudoscience. They understand what they're doing. It's one of the many attacks on your quality of life to increase leverage and power.
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This policy change is not driven by negligence or pseudoscience. They understand what they're doing. It's one of the many attacks on your quality of life to increase leverage and power.
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A large meta-analysis from 2022 with a sample size of 64k children strongly suggested that children vaccinated for Hepatitis B were 22% less likely to die from any cause.
Aside from 90k+ prevented deaths, it has prevented untold numbers of chronic illness, liver disease, and lowered cancer risk.
Aside from 90k+ prevented deaths, it has prevented untold numbers of chronic illness, liver disease, and lowered cancer risk.
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A large meta-analysis from 2022 with a sample size of 64k children strongly suggested that children vaccinated for Hepatitis B were 22% less likely to die from any cause.
Aside from 90k+ prevented deaths, it has prevented untold numbers of chronic illness, liver disease, and lowered cancer risk.
Aside from 90k+ prevented deaths, it has prevented untold numbers of chronic illness, liver disease, and lowered cancer risk.
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i know recently there's been a push to point out that when Fukuyama talked about "the end of history" he didn't mean it the way people have generally interpreted it. i think this is a sign that we should just go back to calling him a dummy.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
i know recently there's been a push to point out that when Fukuyama talked about "the end of history" he didn't mean it the way people have generally interpreted it. i think this is a sign that we should just go back to calling him a dummy.
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If you need some catharsis today, I talked to Bruce Straley about generative AI in gaming:
"I don’t know who wants it, I don’t know who’s asking for it, I don’t know who’s pushing for it, but I don’t think it’s the way as a human species we need to be evolving.” www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
"I don’t know who wants it, I don’t know who’s asking for it, I don’t know who’s pushing for it, but I don’t think it’s the way as a human species we need to be evolving.” www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
‘I don’t think prompting is art.’ The Last of Us director tees off on generative AI
Bruce Straley doesn't think gen AI has a place in game development
www.polygon.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you need some catharsis today, I talked to Bruce Straley about generative AI in gaming:
"I don’t know who wants it, I don’t know who’s asking for it, I don’t know who’s pushing for it, but I don’t think it’s the way as a human species we need to be evolving.” www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
"I don’t know who wants it, I don’t know who’s asking for it, I don’t know who’s pushing for it, but I don’t think it’s the way as a human species we need to be evolving.” www.polygon.com/bruce-strale...
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"[Workers at major companies] are asking, why do I have to use something that doesn't work? Well it's because capitalism demands eternal growth. Milton Friedman's ghost haunts every trader, Ronald Reagan pops out of the toilet every so often, this is what we do here."
Love the mental imagery.
Love the mental imagery.
Spoke with Times Radio about the AI bubble, and how I think it might be bigger and uglier than the dotcom bubble (though the after-effects will be...different)
youtu.be/C35bMFVDrlo
youtu.be/C35bMFVDrlo
AI bubble: ’This is so much worse than the dot-com bubble’ | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by Times Radio Tech
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"[Workers at major companies] are asking, why do I have to use something that doesn't work? Well it's because capitalism demands eternal growth. Milton Friedman's ghost haunts every trader, Ronald Reagan pops out of the toilet every so often, this is what we do here."
Love the mental imagery.
Love the mental imagery.
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I know that everyone is like “oh the whole point of this is to destroy CBS, they actually want to run it into the ground” and I’m sure plenty of folks will be happy if they do
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I know that everyone is like “oh the whole point of this is to destroy CBS, they actually want to run it into the ground” and I’m sure plenty of folks will be happy if they do
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
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AI is similar to crypto or NFTs in that it is a solution searching desperately for a problem. NFTs kinda fizzled out except for the people who live in that bubble.
Crypto abandoned the search for a problem and simply leaned into the gambling that it actually was, almost from the start.
Crypto abandoned the search for a problem and simply leaned into the gambling that it actually was, almost from the start.
December 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
AI is similar to crypto or NFTs in that it is a solution searching desperately for a problem. NFTs kinda fizzled out except for the people who live in that bubble.
Crypto abandoned the search for a problem and simply leaned into the gambling that it actually was, almost from the start.
Crypto abandoned the search for a problem and simply leaned into the gambling that it actually was, almost from the start.
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the thing is that this guy keeps being like, "god no you idiots, we don't use AI for THAT" and then keeps narrowing down what they actually use GenAI for to the point where it's not even clear to me what productivity gains it's supposed to be providing.
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
the thing is that this guy keeps being like, "god no you idiots, we don't use AI for THAT" and then keeps narrowing down what they actually use GenAI for to the point where it's not even clear to me what productivity gains it's supposed to be providing.
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Wait so Disney buys stock from OpenAI and OpenAI pays Disney in stock to license its characters? Amazing
Sources: Disney's Sora deal is entirely in OpenAI stock rather than a cash licensing fee; Disney has the option to buy additional stock beyond the $1B stake (Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Wait so Disney buys stock from OpenAI and OpenAI pays Disney in stock to license its characters? Amazing
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I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
December 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I know this because they tried to recruit me and I strongly considered it but they’re also a “do an unpaid writing test where you have to also make it playable” company so that’s not something I vibe with
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Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Everyone is more or less okay with it” dude you make people emigrate to work there because you don’t do remote work, they risk having to change countries if they disagree with it
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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the “you should love ai” line is best outlined by a recent joe rogan episode. he LOVES ai music and always tells guests this. a guest pushed back on him saying “i’ve heard ai podcasts are amazing too” and joe rogan immediately pushes back. losers love it until it comes for them
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
the “you should love ai” line is best outlined by a recent joe rogan episode. he LOVES ai music and always tells guests this. a guest pushed back on him saying “i’ve heard ai podcasts are amazing too” and joe rogan immediately pushes back. losers love it until it comes for them
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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there's just something so bleak about the fact that the seemingly apolitical murder of two elderly people by their profoundly ill son becomes a political football before the bodies are even cold
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
there's just something so bleak about the fact that the seemingly apolitical murder of two elderly people by their profoundly ill son becomes a political football before the bodies are even cold
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The Aqueduct (2025)
December 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Aqueduct (2025)
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You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen.
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a U.S. citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
www.404media.co
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
You're walking home from the gym when you're stopped by FBI officers in an unmarked car. They handcuff you, even though you tell them you're a US citizen.
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
Then, they scan your face.
23-year-old Jesus Gutiérrez recounts his experience to @revealnews.org and 404 Media:
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I am 100% pro Larian doing whatever pervert shit it wants and I can’t wait for another game where you can like, fuck a squid or whatever, but it really does further drive home the two-tier system of enforcement on storefronts. Bg3 contains basically everything small games get banned for
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I am 100% pro Larian doing whatever pervert shit it wants and I can’t wait for another game where you can like, fuck a squid or whatever, but it really does further drive home the two-tier system of enforcement on storefronts. Bg3 contains basically everything small games get banned for
Nailed the coloration here
December 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Nailed the coloration here