My crow friends are allowing me to be closer to them. My peanuts are the talk of the town, apparently. I counted ten in the field and around my patio.
Andy Weir, guy who wrote The Martian, would publish stories to his website before he was famous. Here’s an archived version from 2012 with The Martian on it.
I feel inspired to finally make use of my stories plot, stop being a baby, and actually publish a short story.
ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones:
TOSV also signed a similar contract with ICE in September 2024 for $818,000, showing that the relationship between the agency and the company predates the Trump administration.
ICE was always fascist and their existence is a bi-partisan effort. Say it with me.
My crow friends come to visit me all the time. We talk about the weather. I give them peanuts. It’s a lovely time.
House approves resolution honoring Charlie Kirk | AP News:
The resolution, which praised “the life and legacy” of Kirk, passed the Republican-controlled House with 310 votes in favor. While 95 Democrats supported the resolution, 58 voted against it and 38 voted “present,”
95 #democrats supported a resolution to honor Charlie Kirk.
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’:
Google said apps that have user generated content must also conduct content moderation.
Painfully obvious who has complete control over the means of communication.
#ICE
How Israeli actions caused famine in Gaza, visualized | CNN:
The IPC forecast that by the end of September nearly a third of Gaza’s total population would face famine conditions, although it has not yet provided an update on that forecast.
A third of the population would be 700,000 humans. Though it’s hard to say for sure since so many have been killed.
Jamie Lee Curtis Gets Emotional on Maron Podcast Over Charlie Kirk Killing:
In the interview, she also compares the Kirk snuff videos to the media coverage of the Sept. 11 attacks and the Zapruder film of the JFK assassination.
This is a pattern of behavior for Jamie Lee Curtis. I’m starting to suspect that perhaps she isn’t a very good person.
The Mainstream Media Is Catastrophically Failing To Meet The Moment | Techdirt:
But that raises a ton of questions, including how could NBC and Alcindor not see this as a story? And what is wrong with the mainstream media that it basically skipped over this?
Answer: Neo-liberalism is dying and corporations have chosen fascism over socialism.
Google is blocking AI searches for Trump and dementia | The Verge
AI Mode uncharacteristically pulls up a list of 10 web links instead of a written explanation.
The Trump Dementia Rule: If you ask Google AI a question and it omits an answer, then the controversial answer is the answer.
How Jensen Huang is Using Nvidia Cash to Rule the AI Economy — The Information:
Nvidia’s investments have become so large and broad—often consisting of multiple companies in data centers, model making and other categories—that it’s starting to turn into something like AI’s government.
U.S. Investors, Trump Close In on TikTok Deal With China - WSJ:
The arrangement, discussed by U.S. and Chinese negotiators in Madrid this week, would create a new U.S. entity to operate the app, with U.S. investors holding a roughly 80% stake and Chinese shareholders owning the rest, the people said.
Andreessen Horowitz is on the list of US investors. Bone Chilling.
Charlie Kirk was killed by a meme:
The bullet that struck and killed Kirk had “Notices bulge OwO whats this?” written on its casing. A reference to a longtime internet joke that originally comes from text-based furry roleplay. It is not proof, however, that Robinson was a furry. The meme has long since become part of the extremely online canon.
Fuckwads Andreessen Horowitz are moving their newsletter to Substack. No suprise really, Andreessen invested millions in the platform.
The Web Does Not Need Gatekeepers - Positiveblue’s Substack
Yes, identity for agents is a real problem. But Cloudflare is solving it like a border checkpoint. Get on their list or get treated like a trespasser. That’s vendor approval not an internet protocol. An allowlist run by ONE company?
Cloudflare is not our friend.
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.
Use, launch, develop, or distribute any automated system, including without limitation, any spider, robot, cheat utility, scraper, offline reader, or any data mining or similar data gathering extraction tools to access the Instance, except in each case as may be the result of standard search engine or Internet browser and local caching or for human review and interaction with Content on the Instance;
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
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