Richard Ram
@richardram.bsky.social
Media, music, technology, films etc. Often found endlessly dog walking, work in digital. Also https://twitter.com/richardram
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Tell you what
Tell you what
It's 1 trillion dollars now
*let's all sing
Tell you what
It's 1 trillion dollars now
*let's all sing
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Tell you what
Tell you what
It's 1 trillion dollars now
*let's all sing
Tell you what
It's 1 trillion dollars now
*let's all sing
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Scorched.
Spreading a little joy from Joyce Carol Oates.😈
This Acclaimed Author's Roast Of 'Uncultured' Elon Musk Is An Absolute 'Beauty'
Joyce Carol Oates used the billionaire's platform to expose what he "never posts" about.
www.huffpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Scorched.
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Posing with my veggies like men pose with fish
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Posing with my veggies like men pose with fish
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
Defn. worth a read.
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show."
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show."
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Defn. worth a read.
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show."
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
"Meta internally projected late last year that it would earn about 10% of its overall annual revenue – or $16 billion – from running advertising for scams and banned goods, internal company documents show."
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
"Some observers believe something similar is happening now. Since ChatGPT’s launch in 2022, American stocks have appreciated by 71% in value. By the end of the second quarter of 2025, the S&P 500 was worth more than 175% of GDP."
How much wealth would be destroyed by an AI stockmarket crash?
Our visual guide to how a bust that rivals the dotcom era could wipe out 8% of Americans’ household wealth
www.economist.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Some observers believe something similar is happening now. Since ChatGPT’s launch in 2022, American stocks have appreciated by 71% in value. By the end of the second quarter of 2025, the S&P 500 was worth more than 175% of GDP."
More Microsoft screw ups.
Receive email decide to switch subscription to classic.
Why do I have to go to an Australian site, requiring an Australian billing address?
Also, the subscribe process shows the subscribe button greyed out with the word loading. Waited and waited, then this...
Receive email decide to switch subscription to classic.
Why do I have to go to an Australian site, requiring an Australian billing address?
Also, the subscribe process shows the subscribe button greyed out with the word loading. Waited and waited, then this...
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
More Microsoft screw ups.
Receive email decide to switch subscription to classic.
Why do I have to go to an Australian site, requiring an Australian billing address?
Also, the subscribe process shows the subscribe button greyed out with the word loading. Waited and waited, then this...
Receive email decide to switch subscription to classic.
Why do I have to go to an Australian site, requiring an Australian billing address?
Also, the subscribe process shows the subscribe button greyed out with the word loading. Waited and waited, then this...
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The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
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lol
Kash Patel’s girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, warns that additional sleeper cells are preparing to launch attacks across the United States.
How many 26-year-old, aspiring country singers do you know of who are featured media guests on sleeper cell attacks?
#HoneyPot
How many 26-year-old, aspiring country singers do you know of who are featured media guests on sleeper cell attacks?
#HoneyPot
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
lol
The future of war. Fantastic.
What Palantir Sees.
The tech company’s C.T.O. on surveillance, A.I. and the future of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
What Palantir Sees.
The tech company’s C.T.O. on surveillance, A.I. and the future of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
Opinion | What Palantir Sees
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The future of war. Fantastic.
What Palantir Sees.
The tech company’s C.T.O. on surveillance, A.I. and the future of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
What Palantir Sees.
The tech company’s C.T.O. on surveillance, A.I. and the future of war.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/o...
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25 Cents (25c) - The Witch [Christchurch, New Zealand ; Garage Rock / Punk] (1982) Killer all-female Sonics cover off the highly collectible Flying Nuns label.
https://redd.it/q4jhbp
https://youtu.be/TtkQpPSRzTc
https://redd.it/q4jhbp
https://youtu.be/TtkQpPSRzTc
25 Cents (25c) - The Witch [Christchurch, New Zealand ; Garage Rock / Punk] (1982) Killer all-female Sonics cover off the highly collectible Flying Nuns label.
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
25 Cents (25c) - The Witch [Christchurch, New Zealand ; Garage Rock / Punk] (1982) Killer all-female Sonics cover off the highly collectible Flying Nuns label.
https://redd.it/q4jhbp
https://youtu.be/TtkQpPSRzTc
https://redd.it/q4jhbp
https://youtu.be/TtkQpPSRzTc
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It's actually worse than it sounds. Gloo is predator software, developed with Cambridge Analytica. It helps evangelical churches target vulnerable people for recruitment by harvesting private data. AI coming into the mix is alarming, if inevitable.
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It's actually worse than it sounds. Gloo is predator software, developed with Cambridge Analytica. It helps evangelical churches target vulnerable people for recruitment by harvesting private data. AI coming into the mix is alarming, if inevitable.
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There’s a reason you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night.
Why we used to sleep in two segments – and how the modern shift changed our sense of time
There’s a reason you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night.
tcnv.link
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
There’s a reason you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night.
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They have invented a new kind of porn
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
They have invented a new kind of porn
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Once Were Gardeners is a must-watch for anyone wanting to grow
Once Were Gardeners is a must-watch for anyone wanting to grow
WARNING: This show will make you wish you had a garden if you don’t already....
thespinoff.co.nz
October 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Once Were Gardeners is a must-watch for anyone wanting to grow
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We should be looking at Uruguay for more solutions - the frightening thing is the government here is taking us backwards in almost every environmental policy.
October 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
We should be looking at Uruguay for more solutions - the frightening thing is the government here is taking us backwards in almost every environmental policy.
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We’re generating too much content for Adam Curtis to sort through
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We’re generating too much content for Adam Curtis to sort through
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Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
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The Guardian is reporting that the latest strike in the Pacific was off the coast of Colombia. I’ve been to these remote regions where roads are scarce and travel & commerce is done with ocean-going canoes. Trump is turning it into a free fire zone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The Guardian is reporting that the latest strike in the Pacific was off the coast of Colombia. I’ve been to these remote regions where roads are scarce and travel & commerce is done with ocean-going canoes. Trump is turning it into a free fire zone. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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There’s approximately 0% chance Collins was unaware of the optics here.
Really getting the sense that National are intentionally ramping up the importation of the combative “Own the libs and damn the policy” constant culture wars style of politics from the US. #nzpol
Really getting the sense that National are intentionally ramping up the importation of the combative “Own the libs and damn the policy” constant culture wars style of politics from the US. #nzpol
October 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There’s approximately 0% chance Collins was unaware of the optics here.
Really getting the sense that National are intentionally ramping up the importation of the combative “Own the libs and damn the policy” constant culture wars style of politics from the US. #nzpol
Really getting the sense that National are intentionally ramping up the importation of the combative “Own the libs and damn the policy” constant culture wars style of politics from the US. #nzpol
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You’re never too old to make worse friends than Slater
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
You’re never too old to make worse friends than Slater
“We do not produce evidence,” Mark Lowenthal, the former assistant director for analysis for the Central Intelligence Agency, explained. “We have intelligence. It is not the same thing as evidence. It’s a different milieu..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say
Exclusive: sources say the agency is providing real-time intelligence collected by satellites and signal intercepts
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“We do not produce evidence,” Mark Lowenthal, the former assistant director for analysis for the Central Intelligence Agency, explained. “We have intelligence. It is not the same thing as evidence. It’s a different milieu..."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is my kind of nerdy petty. Basically, the data doesn't support claims reading has improved. The data is too weak to say much at all.
#nzpol
#nzpol
October 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is my kind of nerdy petty. Basically, the data doesn't support claims reading has improved. The data is too weak to say much at all.
#nzpol
#nzpol