“The only way a populist can be fought is by telling a true story better.” I’m at the Liberalism in the 21st Century conference listening to Suketu Mehta extol the critical virtues of storytelling. “God speaks to us in stories, not in studies.”
We are about to have the wedding cake baker discourse about the overpriced sweater company via the free speech media RE:
Zuck can ask newly-appointed chatbot ethics expert Robbie Starbuck to weigh in on this. Also on “Should the bots groom kids?” RE:
From a story ab one of Meta’s AI chatbots setting up a meeting with a cognitively impaired elderly man.… guidelines for “romantic roleplay” with kids. Don’t let your kids talk to these things unsupervised — depraved engagement games. [Character.ai]( ) is also embroiled in a suicide lawsuit. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreid6tlnhyerioqtxw3hcs3jv654v6o5o4iu67wwsb4ekublzecafcm
New zombie food from Tulsi tonight: a newly-declassified email where intelligence heads are discussing how to collaborate given time constraints. The NSA head is asking the CIA & FBI to make all data available to his analysts. "Not saying that we disagree". Tulsi: Was Russia even involved AT ALL? RE: https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreihtbc4lddyip2csdgt5qqchczsa47jzrahdzgen2j52fb33onw54a https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreib3wiiyfqhsrc54nr2vorjhbrxhbj3icm6oxiol3ynkam7s36zep4 View quoted note →
A real doozy from Jay Bhattacharya in Washington Post today. The Arsonist’s Lament — the loss-of-trust trope plaintively articulated by a clown who used his 🩺 credentials to undermine trust in mRNA vaccines, then sold his credibility to align with RFK Jr, going so far as to campaign with him. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreihwlowarxm7ixuw4huckliwocoka75rc4zefvhih45sqohq36dndm https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreig7pdzlbmbmuvwwxmcmiivciipxuxvout6bgrh645qrgyqonxg6he
The Internet of Beefs, on Steam. RE:
New post up on Substack: I wrote about why frames beat facts, and why this Administration relies so heavily on “Files” dumps to shape reality & feed the base 🍽🧟‍♂️ The Twitter Files model is now foundational for MAGA. [open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...]( ) (If you prefer Ghost, signup @ [reneediresta.com](https://reneediresta.com )) https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreihcqet2s7gqvrjyzbwguw3pb5uug3f23txh4jxmaixioasj4qjcvy
There is a high % of female genAI chatbot users for romance role-playing chatbots (like the [character.ai]( ) live-fanfic type interaction format.) People are often surprised to learn this. [sensortower.com/blog/state-o...]( ) RE: https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiadxtxwpnwzzo5gxxk3zylz6hnvfczhtw6wg2uhvsjza6tgqilq5e https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreic2wrzltr4laofnkiepae3tnxuwl4evxz4k6gt5ndvsqppzrctqeq