New from me: in the First 100 Days we gutted America’s capacity to respond to foreign interference. Rubio, whose own campaign was targeted by Russia, chose fealty to the fiction of a “stolen” election & the myth of a “censorship complex” over 🇺🇸 interests. [thenextmove.substack.com/p/americas-i...](
America’s Information War Self-Own
How paranoia about censorship undermined US strategy to combat authoritarian propaganda.
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America’s Information War Self-Own
How paranoia about censorship undermined US strategy to combat authoritarian propaganda.
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Just the most spineless craven simps, Bezos edition. Transparency for customers — bad actually. The Leader doesn’t want the people to know. [www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/u...](
White House-Amazon Spat Culminates in Trump Calling Bezos ‘Very Nice’
The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, attacked the retail giant over a report that suggested Amazon would highlight tariff-related pri...
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Anyone gone to a concert at Intuit Dome in LA? I want to buy tickets to something and am super curious about seats for this setup. (Taking a kid so floor is out.) https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreicaotlourn62rjdlbwlzcb3qb2nvl2p2l4arynbgnqcdlxan2ybwu
“New media” showing some competency gaps here, between this and Tim Pool. I was trying to come up for a name for this commentator class in the book and went with The Perpetually Aggrieved and it wasn’t academic but it sure is accurate. RE:
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
the first "question" to Leavitt during the WH "new media" briefing: "I can attest to the deportations in Florida. My Uber drivers finally speak Eng...
Group chats are really common in tech, SV, DC… I’m curious ab finance & other industries but I think most professional communities & conferences now have chats? The question is what happens when they become echo chambers. When shitty sources are normalized. When nobody pushes back against insanity. RE:
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Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
Incredible to see Marc Andreesseen, master of the universe elite thinker w/billions under management, cite Shellenberger & Benz as reliable sources...
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I don’t think anyone in tech believed that “prompt engineer” was going to be a real job. Better prompts improve results at the margins, sure, but not so much that years out we need classes of people performing that function and not at scale that replaces anything. [www.wsj.com/articles/the...](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hottest-ai-job-of-2023-is-already-obsolete-1961b054?st=urj4u2&reflink=article_copyURL_share ) [The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is ...](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hottest-ai-job-of-2023-is-already-obsolete-1961b054?st=urj4u2&reflink=article_copyURL_share )
Some creators of these apps have argued that they are technically “only” supposed to be used to nudify adults. There’s a whole lot wrong with this ecosystem. App stores play whack a mole but the keywords return results, ads for them appear on socials, etc. [www.theguardian.com/society/2025...](
the Guardian
Commissioner calls for ban on apps that make deepfake nude images of children
Children’s commissioner for England says ‘there is no positive reason for these particular apps to exist’
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Commissioner calls for ban on apps that make deepfake nude images of children
Children’s commissioner for England says ‘there is no positive reason for these particular apps to exist’
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*The government run by the president who lied and said the 2020 election was stolen* cancelled this funding. The framing of these stories needs to be a lot more precise.“Misinformation on social media” is not the same problem as what we are confronting there. RE:
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New Scientist (@newscientist.com)
The US National Science Foundation cancelled funding for research on misinformation, disinformation and AI-generated deepfakes, even as misleading ...
This brings back memories of fights about reading assessments in SF not being fair to teachers. The surreal failures in education policy in CA lie squarely with the Dems not wanting to rock the boat. There is so much low-hanging fruit they could be pursing, and opportunity for impactful change here. RE:
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Max Dubler, AICP 🏳️‍🌈 (@maxdubler.com)
California Democrats need to get their act together and stop failing working families on basic governance issues like housing and education. https...
“Meta in a statement called the Journal’s testing manipulative and unrepresentative of how most users engage with AI companions. The company nonetheless made multiple alterations to its products after the Journal shared its findings.” Chatbots are just not for kids. [www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbots-sex-a25311bf?st=J7NK3m&reflink=article_copyURL_share ) [Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Wi...](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbots-sex-a25311bf?st=J7NK3m&reflink=article_copyURL_share )