So yeah, I wrote a book about the incentives that turn influencers into reflexive contrarians and Gurus….wellness is particularly prone to this. Anything that a government PSA has ever advised you to do is now something to actively reject. Mammograms are bad, too. RE:
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In keeping with his recent trend of settling lawsuits as long as they're w/MAGA, Zuckerberg has settled an AI defamation lawsuit w/"anti-woke" activist Robbie Starbuck *and* made him an "anti-political-bias" advisor. [www.theverge.com/news/757537/...](
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The move aligns with Trump’s broader “anti-woke” AI order.
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This kind of emotional response has been demonstrated for some time around personal bot products - ie Replika. [Character.ai](
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Things on the ChatGPT sub-Reddit are getting grim.
My favorite example of this was Marc Andreessen using chatGPT to vibe-lawyer exotic legal theories on how he might get my Stanford colleagues & I prosecuted for "censorship" (tracking election rumors), posting the equivalent of sovereign citizen crankery publicly, and not realizing it was utter BS. RE:
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Kennedy's response was tepid bc he's reluctant to piss off his own MAHA base, given that he and Children's Health Defense have been pushing bullshit about CDC "corruption" for decades now. The public needs to realize how extreme the antivax movement has gotten. [www.politico.com/news/2025/08...](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/10/surgeon-general-blasts-kennedy-response-cdc-shootings-00502310 ) [Trump's former surgeon general...](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/10/surgeon-general-blasts-kennedy-response-cdc-shootings-00502310 )
Insurance companies should intervene here. It’s ridiculous. There’s no reason why they should be paying for experimental cures for the voluntarily unvaccinated. You wanted this “natural immunity”, pay for it yourself. RE:
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As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease. One pharma company "is banking on ...
Another thing that needs a spotlight: that the antivax rhetoric & conspiracy theories about the CDC (and covid vaccines) were started by the crackpot profiteer who is now Secretary of HHS and his propaganda org, Children’s Health Defense RE:
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Feel like this needs a spotlight: employees were told that the shooting at CDC, which left an officer dead and buildings riddled with bullets, was ...
Interesting. As the platform has tried to become a “destination” & created a public follower model, it’s become a weird feed experience. As someone who posts content, it feels awkward bc you speak to the public differently than decades of past colleagues. [www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedi...](https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-scaling-back-alternate-feed-test/757155/ ) [LinkedIn Scales Back Its Alter...](https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedin-scaling-back-alternate-feed-test/757155/ )
Happy to see my Lawfare article on the Gabbard Files got under the skin of Federalist midwit Mollie Hemingway. 🤗 Mollie: Durham knew the “Durham Annex” was BS. The HPSCI report SVR emails…where *are* they? You hoax hoaxers are relying on trash as thin as Steele. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreigsn4k6a5n3g35nch3ycuthf5w3m3e5aldbnpoowppl7dpyplhoce
“Applicants should commit to complying with administration policies, procedures, and guidance respecting Gold Standard Science.” The propaganda meme of the antivax crackpot running HHS. Jay Bhattacharya turning American science into clientelism. [www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...](
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