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@vortexegg.com
Sociotechnical gremlin. Swarm intelligence egregore. Magitek knight. Combat librarian. Bearer of the cursed knowledge.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS. Opinions my own.
Rogue information scientist, researcher, & technologist. MLIS. Opinions my own.
The fact that we now have to repeatedly bear witness to the public sexual depravities of the wealthy and elite, and everything going in those Epstein emails, are exactly one and the same thing
It is significant of the growing deprivation of consent within our society enforced by the wealthy and elite upon the rest of the populace
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 AM
The fact that we now have to repeatedly bear witness to the public sexual depravities of the wealthy and elite, and everything going in those Epstein emails, are exactly one and the same thing
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This is a core principle of liberalism, the freedom to not have to care about this shit, to not even encounter it
I long for a world where I am not *constantly* reminded, entirely and utterly against my will, of the icky sex proclivities of random mediocrities with money.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This is a core principle of liberalism, the freedom to not have to care about this shit, to not even encounter it
Any of you all who are highly multi-disciplinary got examples of yourself (or other multi-disc people) doing their own solo projects, consultancies, businesses, etc?
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Any of you all who are highly multi-disciplinary got examples of yourself (or other multi-disc people) doing their own solo projects, consultancies, businesses, etc?
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Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
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"Governments should classify these chatbots not simply as another form of media, but as a dependency-fostering product with known psychological risks... Regulation would start with universal laws for A.I. companions, including clear warning labels, time limits, 18-plus age verification..."
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The real existential threat of generative A.I. is not rogue super-intelligence, but a quiet atrophy of our ability to forge genuine human connection,” writes Lauren Kunze, the chief executive of Pandorabots.
“The real existential threat of generative A.I. is not rogue super-intelligence, but a quiet atrophy of our ability to forge genuine human connection,” writes Lauren Kunze, the chief executive of Pandorabots.
Opinion | A.I. Sexbots Are Dangerous. We Should Know.
At least a quarter of the more than 100 billion messages sent to our chatbots are attempts to initiate romantic or sexual exchanges.
nyti.ms
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Governments should classify these chatbots not simply as another form of media, but as a dependency-fostering product with known psychological risks... Regulation would start with universal laws for A.I. companions, including clear warning labels, time limits, 18-plus age verification..."
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New from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring.
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
How Jeffrey Epstein used SEO to bury news about his crimes
“the google page is not good,” Epstein wrote
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New from me: The same tactics marketers use to get you to find their toothbrushes or photography business on Google were also used by Jeffrey Epstein & co. to try to launder his reputation online. SEO to try to cover up the most infamous pedophile ring.
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
www.theverge.com/report/82231...
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It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It has always been so obvious that the backlash to MeToo isn’t about whether the abuse is happening but whether people are allowed to want it to stop
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Look, the internet is a cesspit, everybody knows that, now to take a take a big sip of coffee and check in with what's going with the media and professional commentariat.
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Look, the internet is a cesspit, everybody knows that, now to take a take a big sip of coffee and check in with what's going with the media and professional commentariat.
Post as if someone replying to one of your posts could be replying to any one of your posts, so you never know how to respond back to them correctly
November 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Post as if someone replying to one of your posts could be replying to any one of your posts, so you never know how to respond back to them correctly
We need more words for when people do collective make-believes other than "conspiracy theory" and "cult"—or a more general word I guess
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We need more words for when people do collective make-believes other than "conspiracy theory" and "cult"—or a more general word I guess
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We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research
by Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine :: SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
by Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine :: SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
<span>We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research</span>
We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qu
papers.ssrn.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research
by Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine :: SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
by Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine :: SSRN papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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So @50501movement.bsky.social is circulating a video of a guy saying candidates "are being paid to be Israel first, to be loyal to the Zionist project and not to their constituents, not to the American people." Which is just a hairs breadth away from saying "Zionist Occupied Government." Not great!
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
So @50501movement.bsky.social is circulating a video of a guy saying candidates "are being paid to be Israel first, to be loyal to the Zionist project and not to their constituents, not to the American people." Which is just a hairs breadth away from saying "Zionist Occupied Government." Not great!
Fascists do messy sexual stuff in public to get you to pay attention to them and make their identities more well-known, which they can parlay into more cultural and political power.
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fascists do messy sexual stuff in public to get you to pay attention to them and make their identities more well-known, which they can parlay into more cultural and political power.
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In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
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I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
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Democrat support of the TikTok ban (during an election season when they were trying to court young voters) was one of the biggest tech policy turds I think I can remember in 20+ years of writing about tech policy
TikTok To Be Sold To Trump’s Right Wing Billionaire Buddies And Converted Into A Propaganda Mill
Donald Trump has successfully used xenophobia and fake concerns about propaganda and national security to get what he’s long wanted: TikTok (and its fat ad revenues) are poised to be sold off…
www.techdirt.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Democrat support of the TikTok ban (during an election season when they were trying to court young voters) was one of the biggest tech policy turds I think I can remember in 20+ years of writing about tech policy
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"Digital blackface has evolved, or rather adapted, to the demands of late-as-hell stage capitalism."
www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
Digital Blackface Is Back in the Form of Black AI Influencers
It's part of “the fantasy of being able to own, define, and consume Blackness without consequence.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Digital blackface has evolved, or rather adapted, to the demands of late-as-hell stage capitalism."
www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
www.teenvogue.com/story/digita...
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"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
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The use of terror is not a byproduct of Trumpian politics: it is central to how he governs.
(Politico) - An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The use of terror is not a byproduct of Trumpian politics: it is central to how he governs.
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Power is an ideology
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Power is an ideology
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To put this in perspective, the entire growth of data center energy in the US in 2020-024, combined, is less than half the solar energy China deployed *last year alone.*
American energy policy is crippled by trying to keep petrochem relevant. It's embarrassing, it's ridiculous.
American energy policy is crippled by trying to keep petrochem relevant. It's embarrassing, it's ridiculous.
Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
November 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
To put this in perspective, the entire growth of data center energy in the US in 2020-024, combined, is less than half the solar energy China deployed *last year alone.*
American energy policy is crippled by trying to keep petrochem relevant. It's embarrassing, it's ridiculous.
American energy policy is crippled by trying to keep petrochem relevant. It's embarrassing, it's ridiculous.
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Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been getting noticeably less attention and follow-up from authorities, per NYT, as the DHS is overwhelmingly used for Stephen Miller’s immigration crusade
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been getting noticeably less attention and follow-up from authorities, per NYT, as the DHS is overwhelmingly used for Stephen Miller’s immigration crusade
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
We live in a make-believe world
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
We live in a make-believe world
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I have said this for awhile: the democratic party’s general unwillingness to allow healthy dissent on the issue of Palestine will allow the fascists to “get ahead” on the issue because the antisemitic groyper faction is tolerated in the party and allowed to dissent.
July 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I have said this for awhile: the democratic party’s general unwillingness to allow healthy dissent on the issue of Palestine will allow the fascists to “get ahead” on the issue because the antisemitic groyper faction is tolerated in the party and allowed to dissent.