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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4h

According to the victim's attorney, the body camera captured the officer saying, “Do something, bitch,” before leaping out of the car and shooting her multiple times. Another officer asked, “Hey, what happened?” The first pointed to his camera, “Hey, don’t speak. You’re good”
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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 17h

“OpenAI has essentially rebranded deepfakes as a light-hearted plaything and recommendation engines are loving it”

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Sora gives deepfakes 'a publicist and a distribution deal.' It could change the internet

OpenAI's new hit app has unleashed a new wave of AI slop across the internet. But what happens when there are no rules over hyper-realistic synthetic videos?

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 19h

Quando salterà il tappo e uscirà il liquame che teneva ben schiacciato, ripensate a tutti quelli che vi hanno giurato e spergiurato che senza AI non sarebbe stato più possibile educare i nostri figli, curarci, mantenere in sicurezza i nostri confini o fare sostanzialmente alcunché.

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 19h

"In a statement released on Friday, the Foreign Press Association (FPA) urged Israel to “immediately open the borders and allow international media free and independent access to the Gaza Strip” now that hostilities have ceased"

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International journalists urge Israel to allow reporters into Gaza after ceasefire deal

Foreign Press Association joins long list of global media agencies demanding press freedom in devastated territory

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 19h

Come procede la crociata degli ipocriti contro il “clima di odio” e le “parole di odio”?

Molto bene vedo

Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 23h

Il Quirinale non ha niente da ridire su una presidente del Consiglio che definisce le opposizioni peggiori di un gruppo terroristico responsabile di violenze su civili inermi?

Nessuno ha da ridire, tra i tanti che la definiscono una moderata statista?

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Roland Meyer @bildoperationen.bsky.social · 21h

This is both fascinating & frightening. There is a demand for images that show and confirm what people already know and believe to be true, and AI slop meets that demand—with visual content that emblematically visualizes what the headlines report. One could call it synthetic hypervisualization
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

That TikTok account has a few fake videos of reporters getting detained. They make these videos because it’s a big story in the news. Real reporters are getting arrested. And so people are making AI videos to get engagement on TikTok.

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The Economist @economist.com · 22h

Torture and ill-treatment of Russia’s prisoners-of-war are “systematic and widespread”, according to the UN. Methods included beatings, electric shocks, stress positions, and rape

Russia is torturing its Ukrainian captives

“Worse than the worst horror film” says the former mayor of Kherson

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 22h

“one tenet he’s steadfastly maintained over the years is that the unification of the world under one global state is essentially identical to the antichrist”

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Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 23h

Il Quirinale non ha niente da ridire su una presidente del Consiglio che definisce le opposizioni peggiori di un gruppo terroristico responsabile di violenze su civili inermi?

Nessuno ha da ridire, tra i tanti che la definiscono una moderata statista?

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 23h

“Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed”

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 1d

Ogni mattina più violenti, capeggiati da una irresponsabile che va perfino oltre la quotidiana equiparazione di opposizione e terrorismo — dicendo, proprio come Trump, che il nemico interno è perfino peggio.

Che gente vergognosa.

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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 1d

By “this has got to come to an end” he means opposition to Republicans’ destruction of the country. They seek subjugation.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson: "This hate America rally that they have coming up for October 18? The antifa crowd, the pro-Hamas crowd, and the Marxists, they're all gonna gather on the Mall. It is an outrageous gathering for outrageous purposes ... all this has gotta come to an end."

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 1d

Must-read piece in @theguardian.com (h/t @dpcarrington.bsky.social). In #ScienceUnderSiege, we describe how petrostates Saudi Arabia & Russia leveraged Musk's buyout of twitter so they could weaponize it for climate denial propaganda & attacks on renewables.
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Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia

The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: MIT rejects an offer of federal funds in exchange for agreeing to the Trump administration's education agenda, the first university to do so.

MIT is 1st school to reject Trump administration's agenda in exchange for funding benefits

"With respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education,” the Massachusetts Institute of Technology president wrote in a letter.

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

This video is everywhere because it's a hilarious visual refutation of Portland being on fire. You can't get a mass movement going without convincing the masses

so yes, this does do something actually

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This literally does nothing. You are not beating fascism by dressing up in inflatable suits and dancing

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Portland is leading the way. This is how you (non violently) beat Fascism. Humor and ridicule are key.

Stillframe from a video of Portland protesters dancing in inflatable suits

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

Thiel "argued that those who propose limits on technology development not only hinder business but threaten to usher in the destruction of the United States and an era of global totalitarian rule, according to the recordings."

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 1d

È che c’è il rischio che resti la puzza di merda sull’ecosistema informativo e sulle nostre facoltà cognitive per sempre comunque

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 1d

Una civiltà in fase dí rincoglionimento terminale

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 1d

Vedere la caduta di questa gente sarà un orgasmo senza pari

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 2d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 1d

Ehm

Fabio Chiusi @fabiochiusi.bsky.social · 1d

Spiace

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Ingvild Stub (she/her) @istub.bsky.social · 1d

"Maria Corina Machado has shown that the tools of democracy are also the tools of peace." Powerful words in the Nobel Committee announcement.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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