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iwriteok.bsky.social
it's absolutely critical to understand in this moment that people aren't largely reacting to who Charlie Kirk was as a person, but who they knew him as because of what tiny pieces of him got clipped out and stuck in their newsfeeds.
clairewillett.bsky.social Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · Sep 13
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
September 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
rudimentry.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=ZyWe...

If you haven't seen it yet, you should.
THE NVIDIA AI GPU BLACK MARKET ｜ Investigating Smuggling, Corruption, & Governments GamersNexus
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September 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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edzitron.com
I'm also not sure why outlets aren't publishing the "five myths about genAI for enterprise," which run contrary to any assertion of any "learning gap" with users. You can read the report! It says all of this!
Five Myths About GenAI in the Enterprise 1. AI Will Replace Most Jobs in the Next Few Years → Research found limited layoffs from GenAI, and only in industries that are already affected significantly by AI. There is no consensus among executives as to hiring levels over the next 3-5 years. 2. Generative AI is Transforming Business → Adoption is high, but transformation is rare. Only 5% of enterprises have AI tools integrated in workflows at scale and 7 of 9 sectors show no real structural change. 3. Enterprises are slow in adopting new tech → Enterprises are extremely eager to adopt AI and 90% have seriously explored buying an AI solution. pg. 8 4. The biggest thing holding back AI is model quality, legal, data, risk → What's really holding it back is that most AI tools don't learn and don’t integrate well into workflows. 5. The best enterprises are building their own tools → Internal builds fail twice as often
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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gamersnexus.bsky.social
THE NVIDIA AI GPU BLACK MARKET: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3x...
THE NVIDIA AI GPU BLACK MARKET | Investigating Smuggling, Corruption, & Governments
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
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August 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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edzitron.com
I got interviewed by KNPR, the local Vegas NPR affiliate, and they put the interview in their Desert Companion magazine. I'll post the web version when it's out
I’LL NEVER FORGIVE THEM’ Vegas-based tech observer Ed Zitron on the empty hype of AI, clueless tech lords, and what he thinks of Las Vegas By Lissa Townsend Rodgers have heard about artificial intelligence and how it’s In 2025, even those who can barely operate a cell phone going to shape the future. But while many are excited about the promise, tech journalist and podcaster Ed Zitron is suspicious of the hype. “All of these companies are claiming that large language models, OpenAI, ChatGPT, and the like, is the next big thing,” he says. “The problem is, the actual efficacy, the actual abilities of these programs, have been the same for about two years now. These companies keep growing, their stock valuations keep going up. But it’s not coming from any AI sales.” Born in England, Zitron attended college in Pennsylvania and settled in Las Vegas, where he founded a public relations company. In 2020, he began the “Where’s Your Ed At” news- letter, a caustic, clever examination of the ways we’re failed by the tech that’s supposed to improve our lives. Last year, he began the award-winning Better Offline podcast, which has featured guests from former FTC chair Lina Khan to MIT economist Daron Acemoglu to comedian Andy Richter. Zitron spoke to Desert Companion about the AI bubble, the business idiot, and the honesty of Las Vegas. Here’s an edited version of that conversation. What were your early experiences with technology? I was the dumbest kid in private school and did not have friends. So tech really was my lifeline. ... I was fascinated by the fact that you could connect with people all over the world, that you could play games with them. I was actually a games journalist at 16, one of the first people to cover online gaming, MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, in England. Yeah, tech was a big part of my childhood. Is that why you’re so vexed by what’s happening to technology? It’s personal? Absolutely. I hate these bastards. I’ll never forgive them for what they’ve done… complete nonsense. Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, claimed that 50 percent of white-collar jobs will be gone in the next one to five years. Complete nonsense based on nothing. … The AI bubble is a hysterical event where these com- panies pretend — and straight-up lie — about what their products can do in the hopes that they can keep boosting their stock valuations. So, you’ve got all of these compa- nies, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and the like, spending hundreds of billions of dollars in capital expen- ditures to build these massive data centers and filling them full of these GPUs sold by one company, Nvidia. But no one’s making any money. In fact, these things are extremely unprofitable. OpenAI in 2024 spent $9 billion to lose $5 billion. Imagine if you or I did that. Would we be able to get more money out of the bank? Of course not. So how are they getting away with it? I have this grander theory called the business idiot. I believe our economy and the large structures behind it, the people in power, are completely disconnected from any kind of production or understanding of their customers. Not just MBAs, also the middle managers that you hate — the people that don’t seem to do anything, but always seem busy. They’re like the people inside the cave that Plato talked about. They see the shadows: “Oh, AI’s big now!” And I think you’re seeing a war between the business idiots and those of us who actually do the work. I’ve heard so many stories about bosses telling people to use AI. Why don’t the bosses use it, if AI is so good? Because it doesn’t work. The main paradigm all of this is built on is large language models. They are probabilistic, which means that they generate the next thing based on how likely it’s the right one. So if you ask it for an image of a cat, these things don’t have con- sciousness. It says, “I’ve been asked for a picture of a cat; based on my training data, this is the thing that approximates cat.” And it’s pretty good at guessing, but it d…
July 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
Sudecon wipes. These are great for mace.

Water bottles and clothing that can ideally hold a couple of them at a time. Ones that squirt are great for tear gas.

An IFAK with added medical supplies (blister pads, bandaids and antiseptic, finger splints etc if you know how to use them, trauma shears)
June 8, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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samtlevin.bsky.social
New investigation: After Oregon invested $20m for drug addiction services, counties spent the funds on prosecutors, sheriffs, police gadgets + cars.

I got records revealing how law enforcement used $ meant for treatment, as providers face major cuts + patients are stuck on waiting lists to get help
Revealed: Oregon spent funds meant for addiction services on prosecutors and police gadgets
As the state abandons decriminalization, treatment grants are going to sheriffs and district attorneys: ‘that might be two or three case managers’
www.theguardian.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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jameswillems.bsky.social
Someone sent me a message asking if I get any $ when they watch Funhaus videos. The answer is no, but that they were even concerned with supporting the people that make something they enjoy is extremely considerate.
May 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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robdenbleyker.com
update on this, for anyone who finds it useful! I got Buzzkill, a $4 android app, which blocks notifications that contain obvious spam text strings!

it works great! highly recommend.
robdenbleyker.com Rob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · Feb 18
Q for my followers: my phone number is compromised, getting GOP fundraising and crypto scam texts about every 30 minutes

is there a solution on Android to filter/block messages? i.e., if it comes from an unknown number, contains a URL, mark it as spam?

i.e. filter texts the way i would emails...
March 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM