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And of course, this perspective towards technology and the world at large is completely without cautionary historical precedent
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This sort of doomsday jingoism is disturbingly common. A lot of people genuinely would rather the U.S. end the world than let China "get ahead," whatever that means. Whether or not you think the world's end is actually at risk here, it's a startling stance.
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To answer the many people who have texted me this in recent days—no I did not sue Disney
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The death of folk graphic design in favor of AI slop across our country's delis is leading to some incredibly Lovecraftian food horrors
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piped.video/watch?v=x-2YislH…
Found this basically by accident while searching for something else on Mubi and it ended up being one of the best things I've ever watched, film or TV, ever. Truly perfect. Worth subscribing for.
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I'm sure we're going to get a very thorough and impartial investigation into this ICE killing
Statement from @USAttyReitz on the shooting and death of Lorenzo Salgado. Video below. Written statement here:
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@USAttorneys
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"Nothing has shipped to consumers"
Sticking with the theme of intellectual dishonesty, you clipped Boz’s quote. He says it “would” be a great feature. Would.
We have said for months we’re exploring such features, even as nothing has shipped to consumers. No secret there despite the conspiratorial thinking.
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The same Meta exec who last month called Wired "Absolutely dishonest" for reporting NameTag's existence is now retweeting NameTag sponcon.
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Meta in June: NameTag "doesn't exist!"
Meta in July: NameTag is a "great feature"
Meta’s AI glasses are one of the company’s most successful products in years. They offer genuine utility, with a direct way for users to interact with its AI. But people have long been wary of smart glasses—especially when face recognition is involved.
Here’s @boztank on Meta's NameTag feature, which identifies faces and alerts the glasses wearer when it detects someone they know. piped.video/watch?v=VmQl7Tsw…
Produced by @atlanticrethink, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio.
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Let's just get a few things straight, because this is long overdue.
1. I have been a country music artist for years now. I have had a successful career in both music and commentary/strategy. People don't get to negate that for clicks or headlines. I was invited to sing this anthem on my own accord, as I have been many other places throughout my career
2. I am not accepting payment for this great honor.
3. The Freedom250 entire celebration is on a fundraising arm; neither UFC nor any National Mall celebrations are "taxpayer funded" (you would think, as a journalist, this would be something she would know or at least look into)
I'm no longer accepting false narratives and total sham accusations that diminish my hard work and earned accomplishments, so please expect this kind of response to continue.
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I know the feeling. I was literally brought to my knees, weeping, when this came out back in 2012
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It is rare for an ad to stop me these days. This one stopped me cold. Whatever your view of prediction markets -- and this is not an endorsement — the team behind this ad created something genuinely remarkable. 👏👏👏
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NEW: The Israeli government repeatedly asked Meta to censor a wide variety of posts and accounts about the Iran war, according to internal documents I reviewed. Records show the company complied with some of the requests, but Meta will not say how many. theintercept.com/2026/06/18/…
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This is a pretty stunning thing to say in an interview after you're asked about your customer blowing up 120 schoolgirls
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Synthesizing photos of your family that never really happened is such a strange and alienating concept to me. Sometimes photos don't come out perfectly, and that is part of the charm of photography.
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Meta's PR effort here completely sidesteps the only important question: Why was this system invisibly pushed to millions of customers in the first place?
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An analysis using Pangram (take that with a grain of salt) flagged many of the articles as being largely or entirely written using an LLM. Much of the artwork is pretty shoddy, like the garbled newspaper headlines in the illustration below
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NEW: I've uncovered an AI slop mill quietly backed by U.S. Special Operations pushing military propaganda across Latin American and the Caribbean, all disguised as a lifestyle brand. It mixes every bad 2010s media startup idea with Pentagon PR.
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Thinking of this DHS tweet today after reading this politico.eu/article/afd-vox-…
It is gross that the state of Colorado is actively weaponizing official law enforcement bulletins to promote dangerous anti-ICE conspiracy theories. Comparing recruitment efforts aimed at filling critical public safety roles to extremist rhetoric is not only absurd, but it also dangerously undermines the mission and sacrifices of federal officers.
These types of smears are contributing to our officers facing coordinated campaigns of violence against them, including a more than 1,300% increase in assaults and a more than 8,000% increase in death threats.
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An example of the kind of anti-AI data center meme that could put you under fusion center scrutiny
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US counter-terror fusion centers are watching your anti-AI data center posts on social media, according to a document we obtained warning of “disruptive First Amendment activity." Keep in mind next time you joke about the Butlerian Jihad. theintercept.com/2026/06/01/…
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This seems like a critical and under-discussed point.
"No matter how lifelike A.I. systems appear from the outside, we know that they are merely mathematical flip-books" slate.com/technology/2026/05…
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DHS says it is "absurd" to compare their tweet on the left to the graphic on the right from Patriot Front, an openly fascist white supremacist organization. You be the judge!
It is gross that the state of Colorado is actively weaponizing official law enforcement bulletins to promote dangerous anti-ICE conspiracy theories. Comparing recruitment efforts aimed at filling critical public safety roles to extremist rhetoric is not only absurd, but it also dangerously undermines the mission and sacrifices of federal officers.
These types of smears are contributing to our officers facing coordinated campaigns of violence against them, including a more than 1,300% increase in assaults and a more than 8,000% increase in death threats.
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NEW: A U.S. counter-terror fusion center believes ICE's tweets are so racist they could incite acts of violence by white supremacists and encourage neo-Nazis to get hired, according to an internal memo we obtained. theintercept.com/2026/05/21/…
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