Not my area of expertise, certainly, but I'm *pretty* sure this is not how any of this is supposed to work. RE:

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Jason "Red5" Lyall (@jaylyall.bsky.social)

Nine grafs deep into the article and we find out: "Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the pu...

Saw a bunch of people quote dunking something that was deleted... and I'm guessing it was a previous version of this... RE:

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Politico (@politico.com)

Chief Justice John Roberts' top adviser says the judge is wary of entering political fray. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/03/chief-justice-r...

Working on an article about AI and, as always, after I finish writing it, I have a whole process I go through with an AI editor, which often has good suggestions. This time... it tells me I'm being too nice to AI companies, and not being fair enough to critics of AI. (Blurring some details for now) https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreiadox5cpmwevh22gm2mgk5qofvz336rqmlsfgx7rg7njjrm4twezi

This lawsuit seems about as well thought out and argued as a typical Newsmax "news" piece. RE:

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Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social)

Newsmax has sued Fox News Corp in federal court, claiming the organization unlawfully maintains a monopoly in the market for “US right-leaning pa...

Prof. Kaye took one for the team, being the only non-ridiculous witness at the House Judiciary hearing today. In return, he got asked about... how many classes he's teaching this semester. RE:

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David Kaye (@davidakaye.bsky.social)

👀 Jim Jordan held a House Judiciary Committee hearing on . . . how Europe censors Americans. Nigel Farage came along! Let's just say I have a sl...

Guy: What are you working on? Me: Oh, just rewriting an article that needs a bunch of work. Guy: Huh? Why don't you just use AI? Me: Because I can write better and what it writes isn't very good for what I'm doing. I do use it to help me edit, though. Guy: Wow. You don't think it'll replace you?

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Merriam-Webster (@merriam-webster.com)

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

So, wait. For years, spammers would send emails *claiming* they had done this when they had not. I'm wondering if the makers of this malware created it *because* of all those bogus emails claiming to have done this... RE:

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WIRED (@wired.com)

A new specimen of “infostealer” malware offers a disturbing feature: It monitors a target's browser for NSFW content, then takes simultaneous s...

This is good to see... RE:

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Catalin Cimpanu (@campuscodi.risky.biz)

Mastodon's next version will support post-quoting

The whole "having principles" thing is such a hindrance to grifting. I recall a conversation I had with a neighbor years ago who was working as a patent lawyer (defending against trolls) who told me he was tempted to switch sides because it's such easy money to be a troll... RE:

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist (@nameshiv.bsky.social)

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