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Zuck, Musk, Ellison, Altman are literally every mad scientist in 1960s films. Except they’re not scientists, and they’re not hot like Vincent Price.
Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo
October 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Zuck, Musk, Ellison, Altman are literally every mad scientist in 1960s films. Except they’re not scientists, and they’re not hot like Vincent Price.
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ngl I would probably rank Ari first if he were a mayoral candidate, this one stands out even amongst all his amazing videos www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Yf...
I Started An INSANE Hip-Hop Cypher at Washington Sq Park NYC
YouTube video by ARIatHOME
www.youtube.com
May 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
ngl I would probably rank Ari first if he were a mayoral candidate, this one stands out even amongst all his amazing videos www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0Yf...
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I have finally done it.
It has taken three years to pull this together.
This is my grand unified theory of why the MAGA beat (and everything in politics and possibly the world) has turned into a batshit hot mess.
I present to you: The Infinite Fringe.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
It has taken three years to pull this together.
This is my grand unified theory of why the MAGA beat (and everything in politics and possibly the world) has turned into a batshit hot mess.
I present to you: The Infinite Fringe.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
The rise of the infinite fringe
How the internet immortalized the conspiracy theory
www.theverge.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I have finally done it.
It has taken three years to pull this together.
This is my grand unified theory of why the MAGA beat (and everything in politics and possibly the world) has turned into a batshit hot mess.
I present to you: The Infinite Fringe.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
It has taken three years to pull this together.
This is my grand unified theory of why the MAGA beat (and everything in politics and possibly the world) has turned into a batshit hot mess.
I present to you: The Infinite Fringe.
www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
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So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
DOGE D’oh: Nuclear Waste Facility Edition
As DOGE continues it’s federal government wilding spree, purportedly searching for examples...
talkingpointsmemo.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
So don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings: but DOGE canceled the lease on the facility that processes and stores all the nuclear waste created by the US military. Sorry. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/doge-...
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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How can people consider Musk some kind of tech genius and efficiency expert. The emperor has no clothes. And we and future generations will all pay the price.
Francis Collins led the mapping of the human genome, and chose to do big scientific to benefit the public. He is a a former NIH Director.
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
He just resigned his position in government. His resignation letter:
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/u...
March 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
How can people consider Musk some kind of tech genius and efficiency expert. The emperor has no clothes. And we and future generations will all pay the price.
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Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
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Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
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said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
RFK Jr. Dismisses Measles Outbreak As ‘Not Unusual’ After Child's Death
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
www.huffpost.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
said this before and i wasn't exaggerating: RFK has the exact personality type of the kind of person that, in a different sort of regime, oversees mass starvation.
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So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
February 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So - I've actually led Ebola outbreak response at USAID.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
This is bunk from Elon. They have laid off most of the experts, they're bankrupting most of the partner orgs, have withdrawn from WHO, and muzzled CDC.
What's left is a fig-leaf effort to cover their asses politically.
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Gotta run the country like a business, you know
ICYMI, earlier today Trump Media reported losing $401 million last year on $3.6 million in revenue.
Trump Media’s Losses Spiked Last Year On $3.6 Million In Sales
The company’s $3.6 million in net sales marks a 12.4% decrease year-over-year.
www.forbes.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Gotta run the country like a business, you know
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A Programming Note. “I have pivoted to posting almost exclusively about the coup happening in the United States right now. My focus will be on this crisis for the foreseeable future.” [kottke.org]
A Programming Note
Hey, everyone. I just wanted to update you on what’s been happening here at KDO HQ. As you might have noticed (and if my inbox is any indication, you have), I have pivoted to posting almost exclusively about the coup hap
kottke.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A Programming Note. “I have pivoted to posting almost exclusively about the coup happening in the United States right now. My focus will be on this crisis for the foreseeable future.” [kottke.org]
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Memorizing this paragraph, tattooing it on my forehead, screaming it into the void once an hour for the foreseeable future www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Memorizing this paragraph, tattooing it on my forehead, screaming it into the void once an hour for the foreseeable future www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
The cynic in me says that he doesn't care. He's revelling in the fact that everyone is on HIS platform more engaged. That's all he cares about. He doesn't care if you hate or love him. He cares that you care at all and that you're motivated to stay engaged to waste your time on his properties.
Earlier this week, I texted Sheryl Sandberg to ask her to speak up about the weird “masculine energy” and “corporate neutering” crap that Mark Zuckerberg is now peddling in his self interest to curry favor with the Trump administration.
January 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The cynic in me says that he doesn't care. He's revelling in the fact that everyone is on HIS platform more engaged. That's all he cares about. He doesn't care if you hate or love him. He cares that you care at all and that you're motivated to stay engaged to waste your time on his properties.
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
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What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.
January 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.
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My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My favorite part of Zuckerberg's Joe Rogan interview is when he suggests there is not enough masculine energy at his company, where two out of every three employees is a man.
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every single one of these guys is an incel loser who thought that being rich would make them popular and well-liked and when it didn't happen they lost their minds even further
Rogan interview with Zuckerberg that dropped this morning is something to behold. basically him dumping years of anger at the media, the government, social discussion
clearly all pent up for years and now allowing himself to do it because of Trump coming to power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1e...
clearly all pent up for years and now allowing himself to do it because of Trump coming to power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1e...
Joe Rogan Experience #2255 - Mark Zuckerberg
YouTube video by PowerfulJRE
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
every single one of these guys is an incel loser who thought that being rich would make them popular and well-liked and when it didn't happen they lost their minds even further
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most people replying are not being purposefully obnoxious, they are just not great at communicating, or bad at reading comprehension, or stupid, or purposefully obnoxious and i hate them god i hate them fuck what the fuck is wrong with them why are they fucking replying so much wait i lost my point
January 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
most people replying are not being purposefully obnoxious, they are just not great at communicating, or bad at reading comprehension, or stupid, or purposefully obnoxious and i hate them god i hate them fuck what the fuck is wrong with them why are they fucking replying so much wait i lost my point
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“In the role playing game known as The Real World, ‘Straight White Male’ is the lowest difficulty setting there is.” [kottke.org]
Straight White Male, the Game of Life’s Lowest Difficulty Setting
Using a video game metaphor, John Scalzi explains straight white male privilege for those straight white males who get hung up on the word “privilege”.
Dudes. Imagine life here in the US — or indeed, pretty much anywher
kottke.org
December 10, 2024 at 9:46 PM
“In the role playing game known as The Real World, ‘Straight White Male’ is the lowest difficulty setting there is.” [kottke.org]