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Taxpayer funded AI surveillance: why Flock's 30000 cameras have to go
YouTube video by Louis Rossmann
www.youtube.com
"I need privacy, not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RM0...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RM0...
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The enshitification of scientific publishing marches on. First arXiv had to clamp down on submissions thanks to a flood of AI-written papers.
Now ICLR authors say their peer reviews were churned out by AI. Reviews full of hallucinated content that didn’t exist and offering useless, vague feedback.
Now ICLR authors say their peer reviews were churned out by AI. Reviews full of hallucinated content that didn’t exist and offering useless, vague feedback.
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Intel says star hire from TSMC didn’t steal secrets
Intel says star hire from TSMC didn’t steal secrets
But Taiwanese authorities have already raided his houses
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Intel says star hire from TSMC didn’t steal secrets
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
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A banging CD collection is nothing without a great CD player. Audio expert Brent Butterworth’s all-time favorite? The inexpensive Syitren R300. Read more about why this CD player makes his heart sing here: nyti.ms/3M87zW8
I Never Thought I’d Buy a CD Player Again — Until I Found This One
Using the affordable, battery-powered, Bluetooth-enabled Syitren R300 may be the easiest way to listen to your old CDs and enjoy new ones.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A banging CD collection is nothing without a great CD player. Audio expert Brent Butterworth’s all-time favorite? The inexpensive Syitren R300. Read more about why this CD player makes his heart sing here: nyti.ms/3M87zW8
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What more needs to be said?
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.’
George Orwell, Animal Farm
George Orwell, Animal Farm
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What more needs to be said?
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This! 👇
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This! 👇
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
It is also a good reminder that we are not experiencing polarization but right-wing radicalization!
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Struggling to get your head around some fundamental techniques in biochemistry or wondering where to start developing your knowledge? Have a look at our easy-to-follow Beginner's Guide series in The Biochemist Journal for a wide variety of guides! 🧪 buff.ly/ZO4zyU4
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Struggling to get your head around some fundamental techniques in biochemistry or wondering where to start developing your knowledge? Have a look at our easy-to-follow Beginner's Guide series in The Biochemist Journal for a wide variety of guides! 🧪 buff.ly/ZO4zyU4
Aktuell:
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Störung bei X, ChatGPT und Co.: Das ist der Grund
Aktuell kommt es bei mehreren Online-Diensten wie X oder ChatGPT zu Problemen. Auch Games sind betroffen. Grund hierfür ist eine Störung beim Dienstleister Cloudflare.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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$8000 ... Leute sind auch zu blöd eigenständig aufs Klo gehen.
Are your kids glued to their screens? For just under $8,000, your teenager can live in a college dorm for four weeks with no tech access.
The first week is rough, but eventually the kids relearn how to spend time offline, said the camp’s executive director.
The first week is rough, but eventually the kids relearn how to spend time offline, said the camp’s executive director.
Frazzled parents turn to screen-time coaches, $8,000 detox camps to rein in kids’ tech
Parents trying to raise their kids in a tech-saturated world are getting overwhelmed with the amount of work and fighting it takes to protect kids, which can be a full-time job.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
$8000 ... Leute sind auch zu blöd eigenständig aufs Klo gehen.
ok, thats cool
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
YouTube video by Mattias Krantz
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
ok, thats cool
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcWn...
here we go
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We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
couriernewsroom.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
here we go
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couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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Mark Epstein asked his brother Jeffrey Epstein whether Steve Bannon could confirm if Putin has “the photo of Trump blowing Bubba. Jeffrey Epstein: "I thought I had tsuris,” using the Yiddish term for troubles. #OpDeathEaters
![From:
Mark L. Epstein
Sent:
3/21/2018 2:54:13 PM
To:
'jeffrey E.' [jeevacation@gmail.com]
RE: hey
Subject:
High
I'd rather be in Donni Dee's shoes.
Importance:
From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2018 10:43 AM
To: Mark L. Epstein
Subject: Re: hey
you mean DONNI TEE
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Mark L. Epstein
wrote:
You and your boy Donnie can make a remake of the movie Get Hard.
Sent via tin can and string.
On Mar 21, 2018, at 09:37, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com>
wrote:
and i thought- I had tsuris
On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 4:32 AM, Mark L. Epstein
Ask him if Putin has the photos of Trump blowing Bubba?
wrote:
From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2018 2:15 PM
To:
Subject: Re: hey
All good. Bannon with me
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:49 PM Mark L. Epstein
wrote:
How are you doing?
A while back you mentioned that you were prediabetic. Has anything changed with that?
What is your boy Donald up to now?
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November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Mark Epstein asked his brother Jeffrey Epstein whether Steve Bannon could confirm if Putin has “the photo of Trump blowing Bubba. Jeffrey Epstein: "I thought I had tsuris,” using the Yiddish term for troubles. #OpDeathEaters
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Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought Walgreens.
Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays.
Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.
Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays.
Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Private equity firm Sycamore Partners bought Walgreens.
Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays.
Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.
Now Walgreens has stopped giving most workers paid vacation on Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays.
Private equity takeovers are a disaster for workers, and customers.
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USA relaxing sanctions through the back door?
Opening the door for Kazakhstan-Russian businesses to keep feeding the Russian war economy, because of a perceived risk to global oil supply and Trump’s political reputation.
A free thread from Beefy - please share!
open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...
Opening the door for Kazakhstan-Russian businesses to keep feeding the Russian war economy, because of a perceived risk to global oil supply and Trump’s political reputation.
A free thread from Beefy - please share!
open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...
USA relaxing sanctions through the back door?
Opening the door for Kazakhstan-Russian businesses to keep feeding the Russian war economy, because of a perceived risk to global oil supply and Trump’s political reputation.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
USA relaxing sanctions through the back door?
Opening the door for Kazakhstan-Russian businesses to keep feeding the Russian war economy, because of a perceived risk to global oil supply and Trump’s political reputation.
A free thread from Beefy - please share!
open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...
Opening the door for Kazakhstan-Russian businesses to keep feeding the Russian war economy, because of a perceived risk to global oil supply and Trump’s political reputation.
A free thread from Beefy - please share!
open.substack.com/pub/beefeate...
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NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: 2020 footage said to be in 2025. A neighbor who keeps reappearing in the same clip, said to be on different days & months. A broadcast from elsewhere suggested as Portland.
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
How Fox News misled its viewership -- which may have included the president.
www.propublica.org/article/port...
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Russia is the very thing it accuses the West of being, decadent, manipulative, and morally bankrupt but just for an even smaller elite class.
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Russia is the very thing it accuses the West of being, decadent, manipulative, and morally bankrupt but just for an even smaller elite class.
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Twitter, TikTok, and other social media have been taken over by Russian propaganda.
Bots and trolls with empty profiles - no photos, no dreams, no life-only hate and lies. #Disinformation #Ukraine #StopRussia #StopTheBots
Bots and trolls with empty profiles - no photos, no dreams, no life-only hate and lies. #Disinformation #Ukraine #StopRussia #StopTheBots
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Twitter, TikTok, and other social media have been taken over by Russian propaganda.
Bots and trolls with empty profiles - no photos, no dreams, no life-only hate and lies. #Disinformation #Ukraine #StopRussia #StopTheBots
Bots and trolls with empty profiles - no photos, no dreams, no life-only hate and lies. #Disinformation #Ukraine #StopRussia #StopTheBots
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And finally finally, here's a resources you can share and reference with more about how to detect, and protect yourself from scammers and abusers. support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art... 7/
Staying Safe from Phishing, Scams, and Impersonation
We provide a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging and calling platform designed so only you and your intended recipients can communicate securely. Even with strong encryption, attac...
support.signal.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
And finally finally, here's a resources you can share and reference with more about how to detect, and protect yourself from scammers and abusers. support.signal.org/hc/en-us/art... 7/
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"I build many ballrooms...and that's my greatest strength, actually."
The US President's greatest strength is... having someone else make ballrooms for him. Incredible, sir, just what we needed.
The US President's greatest strength is... having someone else make ballrooms for him. Incredible, sir, just what we needed.
INGRAHAM: Where did you get the stone?
TRUMP: Different places
INGRAHAM: Different places? Hmm
TRUMP: Different places
INGRAHAM: Different places? Hmm
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
"I build many ballrooms...and that's my greatest strength, actually."
The US President's greatest strength is... having someone else make ballrooms for him. Incredible, sir, just what we needed.
The US President's greatest strength is... having someone else make ballrooms for him. Incredible, sir, just what we needed.