it's enjoyable. i'm enjoying it [www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...]( ) [Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Be...]( )
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cjfcz3t36f6nrprarkhkycxo&cid=bafkreidsvgobjtrqzncf3hejbtyy6s57zvl4gk6i32bbtlbpjk3udddcqe
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by [@chadloder.bsky.social]( ) [www.404media.co/ai-generated...]( ) [AI-Generated Videos of ICE Rai...]( )
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort: [www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...]( ) [AI Is Supercharging the War on...]( )
this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film [www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...]( ) [Kodak Quietly Begins Directly ...]( )
This is so bleak: [www.404media.co/a16z-is-fund...]( ) https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cjfcz3t36f6nrprarkhkycxo&cid=bafkreidcc4v2obtiqjiu4jc4lhcvpctrj4wjdmxkq3gopue7mx3zp4ave4
if you work for a publication that does this and have any idea how much $$$ your outlet makes from affiliate sale commissions on prime day, DM or signal me: jason.404 also interested if you are a journalist who is asked to do these deal roundups as part of your job RE: View quoted note →
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so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff [www.404media.co/iceblock-own...]( ) [ICEBlock Owner After Apple Rem...]( )
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