I made a quick video about media literacy and the misleading Wall Street Journal headline I highlighted this weekend
Good vid. Manufactured consent. There is no protest peaceful enough; no level of decorum we can reach. Corporate Dems don’t want us protesting. They want us in our cubicles generating shareholder value.
I’m so excited for the new Clipse project.— Their first album in over a decade, Let God Sort’em Out features wall-to-wall production by Pharrell Williams, with a Kendrick Lamar feature.
Long live Pusha T and No Malice.
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So, Internet Archive? Also, offline readers?
OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft:
The potential antitrust complaint would likely argue that Microsoft is using its dominant position in cloud services and contractual leverage to suppress competition, according to insiders who described it as a “nuclear option,” the WSJ reports.
I’ve long suspected that Sam Altman deeply regrets the deal he made with #Microsoft. #OpenAI simply does not have a product without the cloud, and Altman sold his sovereignty to scale.
#Threads is adding fediverse content and search to its feeds:
You still have to opt-in to sharing your posts, you still have to have a separate account to connect to, and you’ll still have to go to the dedicated feed to see what’s new. (If you post something and get fediverse replies, those are still separate too.)
Embarrassing.
Voyager promoted its ability to run keyword searches on social media platforms to generate a list of thought leaders, activists, and “disrupters” and then tap into their networks.
Thought this is a good reminder that they are always watching. And that our posts here feed into the #Meta Machine.
#NoKings
Ilhan Omar Wants to Hold Police Accountable for Protest Abuses:
While the bill praising ICE got 75 votes from Democrats and 205 Republicans, with seven co-sponsors, Omar’s bill has only garnered three co-sponsors. Another resolution Omar introduced late last month that condemns police brutality, especially in response to protests, has no cosponsors.
Why pass a bill when corralling the base just takes a little theatre
Im a pretty okay writer. I post to my blog once every 45 days (give or take). I don’t do much promotion. I limit my SEO to technical stuff. I’m not on corporate social media.
Yet, I get a respectable amount of traffic each month. “From Jason” is one of the most popular things I’ve ever made. And it’s literally just text on a static site.
There is a thirst for writing; a desire for humanity in our art. Keep writing. Keep sharing.
It’s interesting, in the age of streaming we have these aesthetic wrappers, aka IP, that has completely taken over how movies and TVs are made.
Everything is a cinematic universe. Disney exclusively deals in cinematic universes. John Wick, Mad Max, “From the world of…”
I don’t hate it. It’s a thing. Maybe too big; too important. But we do get some unique story telling out of it sometimes i.e. Andor.
Me scrolling through a random actor’s movie and tv credits to make sure they’re getting steady work.
Carl Schmitt: The Mind Behind Modern Fascism | Behind The Bastards
Every democracy is inherently exclusionary because every democracy has borders, and anyone outside of those borders do not enjoy the democratic freedoms of the state.
What fascist have learned is to overthrow a liberal democracy you must:
“find that border, where ever it exists, and you start pushing inward. And as you start pushing inward from that border, you start fracturing the Democratic consensus that exists until you can destroy democracy. And that’s how you gain power.”
— Robert Evans
Trying to get an invite code for Channel.org, and I noticed there’s a box for “High Profile Individual” which I am so I let them know. Think I’ll get a code?
Apple’s continued obsession with Bono is so weird. Who asked for this documentary? We’re all still recovering from the U2 album iTunes incident lol.
Democrats should not be kissing up to Musk:
Liam Kerr, co-founder of the group behind the centrist Democrats’ WelcomeFest told Politico that “of course” Democrats should welcome Musk back into the party. Rep. Ritchie Torres said that he’s a “believer in redemption”
Democrats are quicker to embrace a white supremacist who just months ago they said was orchestrating a coup against our government than that Puerto Rican progressive lady from the Bronx.
Amid “Breakup” With Trump, Some Democrats Say Party Should Start Courting Musk | Truthout:
Musk has also not repudiated fascistic points of view. Earlier this year, Musk gave his support to Alternative for Germany (AfD), a neo-Nazi political party, in that country’s elections. The billionaire also notably raised his hand during an inauguration celebration for Trump in what appeared to be a Nazi salute.
Democrats already figuring out how to lose the midterms.
From Kurgan to EU A Former Russian Call for Digital Sovereignty:
That’s why I’m raising the alarm: we must stop treating our digital lives as a mere convenience and start treating them as the frontline in a battle for our very freedoms. It’s time for us to ask—why are we so bound to Silicon Valley’s giants, and how do we break free before it’s too late?
AngryBlackBitch: Oops…didn’t know we couldn’t talk about race…(2005)
Now, some may say America has moved on. Many would say that wee little black girls growing up in St. Louis no longer face a world where they are encouraged to play the tolerance game…that young people who are overweight are not stigmatized…that gay and lesbian youth are embraced with love and understanding. And those people would be wrong.
Found my new favorite blog from 2005 :)
Jony Ive’s OpenAI device gets the Powell Jobs nod of approval | The Verge:
“Many of us would say we have an uneasy relationship with technology at the moment,” Ive said, adding that working on the incoming AI device alongside OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is motivated by a sense that “humanity deserves better.”
Oh, fuck off, Jony.
Are A.I. Data Centers a Sure Thing or the Next Real Estate Bubble? - NYT:
“It’s not like building condos in Miami,” the company’s president, Jonathan Gray, said in a Bloomberg interview in January, noting that Blackstone starts building only once it has a locked-in tenant.
And if that tenant goes belly up because it’s ChatGPT wrapper fails to corner the kitty litter market (or whatever the fuck)? When the VC money well dries?
I love this guestbook and I’m inspired to maybe make my own? Am I starting another project? In this economy?
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Is Pivoting to Defense Contracting:
Meta isn’t quietly accumulating cloud contracts through defense subcontractors or merely relaxing its policies to allow the military to build on its open-source AI models. It’s unapologetic about working with the U.S. military and wants everyone — but especially the still-skeptical leadership of the current administration — to know it.
They’re pivoting to the cloud. It’s the cloud. Meta is pivoting to. The. Cloud.
Controversial ‘lost’ Jerry Lewis film discovered in Sweden after 53 years | The National:
The actor also revealed that his initial copy was missing the opening six-minute sequence of the film shot in Paris, which was mailed to him anonymously in 1990, along with a note saying that the sender knew he possessed a copy of the rest of the film.
Cool as hell.
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