Writer and local organizer. I used to write poetry; now I write about disinfo.
once again, the primary use of AI is identifying morons and narcissists
KotakuYouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green
they're trying to own human knowledge and sell it as a service
Social Media LabThis aught to be illegal ... "AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books" www.news.com.au/technology/o...
The Democrat dropped out of the race. Now it's just Achilles (I) vs 83-year old Jim Risch (R). This is winnable.
DuendeonFuegoAchilles wants to: - Overturn Citizen's United - Break up corporate monopolies - Limit or embargo arms sales to Israel - Regulate tech surveillance and sale of our data - And protect public lands from data centers This is astonishingly progressive for Idaho. And he's polling well!
one for the record books
Jay WillisI was pulling photos from Getty Images today and this one took my breath away for a second. "Plain clothed federal agents pursue a man through the lobby of the Hennepin County Government Center before tackling and arresting him Tuesday, February 10, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minn."
Once again, there are three widely-accepted bipartisan positions 1) Distrust of the establishment 2) Anger at Israel and the war in Gaza 3) Opposition to tech surveillance and data centers
Prem Thakker ツNew poll: Americans believe the U.S. should arrest Benjamin Netanyahu by a +22 margin Total: 49-27 Black: 53-13 Hispanic: 52-15 Ages 18-29: 58-17 Harris voters: 74-10 Independents: 55-20 23% of Trump voters agree as well Economist/YouGov:
Billionaires used to have to buy entire newspapers to influence public opinion! Now they can just pay a rando tiktok account 100 bucks.
Derek PowazekInfluencing is not a job, it’s painting fences for corporations.
You think this book is about Gaza, but it's actually about EVERYTHING
Carolyn PetitFrom pages 38-45 of this remarkable book is a section on journalism that is so urgent, so compelling, so precise in identifying some of the major flaws and failures of mainstream journalism as an industry at this moment in time, that I wish I could make all American journalists read it.
