Aaron Stewart-Ahn
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn
@badideas.bsky.social
· Sep 13
An important part of Korean culture is your mom cooking fried chicken for Robocop
I theorize the real reason the wealthy and powerful want to push AI on us is so hard is really because it creates an even greater chain of unaccountability.
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
February 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I theorize the real reason the wealthy and powerful want to push AI on us is so hard is really because it creates an even greater chain of unaccountability.
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“On Friday, I was teaching. On Saturday, my own government was calling me a domestic terrorist, and I was in federal detention centers with the bullet holes all over my body.”
‘My own government attempted to execute me,’ Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol testifies - Capitol City Now
Representatives called for immigration enforcement reform, civil liability of federal agents.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“On Friday, I was teaching. On Saturday, my own government was calling me a domestic terrorist, and I was in federal detention centers with the bullet holes all over my body.”
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There was a relatively low-budget sci-fi movie in 2011 with this basic premise, Sleep Dealer. Immigrant labor without the immigration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbJG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbJG...
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
There was a relatively low-budget sci-fi movie in 2011 with this basic premise, Sleep Dealer. Immigrant labor without the immigration.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbJG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbJG...
This + I bet they’re gonna ask you for money
February 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This + I bet they’re gonna ask you for money
He hasn’t brought us any joy either maybe he should try being less hateful
The man on track to become the world’s first trillionaire is complaining that his material success hasn’t brought any joy into his life.
World’s Richest Man Wants You to Know How Tough He Has It
Seriously.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:54 PM
He hasn’t brought us any joy either maybe he should try being less hateful
Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hadim on why she used real audio in The Voice of Hind Rajab: some “need to be protected by the means of fiction… Bringing them back to reality is so violent… But I don’t want to protect you, the world is violent and the aim of this film is to maybe one day protect the victims”
February 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hadim on why she used real audio in The Voice of Hind Rajab: some “need to be protected by the means of fiction… Bringing them back to reality is so violent… But I don’t want to protect you, the world is violent and the aim of this film is to maybe one day protect the victims”
My review of The Voice of Hind Rajab. Desperate to convince you all to see it so I’ll say that functionally it plays like an episode of The Pitt, as Palestinian aid workers try to save the life of a 6 year old girl, except it’s a true story & the recordings of her voice are real. boxd.it/cZOpUX
A ★★★★★ review of The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025)
One of the best, most definitive films of this cursed decade. While watching it you cannot escape your complicity in this world we’ve made. It does not playact at ideas of resistance or revolution as ...
boxd.it
February 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
My review of The Voice of Hind Rajab. Desperate to convince you all to see it so I’ll say that functionally it plays like an episode of The Pitt, as Palestinian aid workers try to save the life of a 6 year old girl, except it’s a true story & the recordings of her voice are real. boxd.it/cZOpUX
I know this is short notice but I urge you in NYC to go see The Voice of Hind Rajab at Film Forum tonight with director Kaouther Ben Harim, she has a lot of worthwhile, urgent things to say about this film which I think is one of the decade’s best filmforum.org/events/event...
Film Forum · THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB Introduced by Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
Introduced by Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania
Thursday, February 5, 6:50 show
filmforum.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I know this is short notice but I urge you in NYC to go see The Voice of Hind Rajab at Film Forum tonight with director Kaouther Ben Harim, she has a lot of worthwhile, urgent things to say about this film which I think is one of the decade’s best filmforum.org/events/event...
Nitasha one of the best to do it, have followed her for years from outlet to outlet and will continue to, but this fuckin’ sucks. It’s nothing more than oligarch maxxing and yacht hoarding.
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Nitasha one of the best to do it, have followed her for years from outlet to outlet and will continue to, but this fuckin’ sucks. It’s nothing more than oligarch maxxing and yacht hoarding.
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little item for the Senate Dems to ponder: which of the reforms you’re currently floating is going to stop this?
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
little item for the Senate Dems to ponder: which of the reforms you’re currently floating is going to stop this?
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🧊 "We're going to get an ICE detention facility before we get a grocery store!"
February 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
🧊 "We're going to get an ICE detention facility before we get a grocery store!"
Journalism literally dying in darkness
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Journalism literally dying in darkness
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I can't speak to whether it is actually bortac and whether it is actually mortar launchers but I mentioned in my piece yesterday that I had witnessed tear gas being launched in the air in an arc over people's heads. This video I found on IG shows what I described
February 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I can't speak to whether it is actually bortac and whether it is actually mortar launchers but I mentioned in my piece yesterday that I had witnessed tear gas being launched in the air in an arc over people's heads. This video I found on IG shows what I described
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
What’s everyone’s favorite dad movie
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
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February 3, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Introducing DHS Plus + ™ brought to you by Dems and GOP. Now you can stream ICE and CBP murders, assaults, home invasions & kidnapping of children from all new bodycams on your home devices in stunning 4K and Dolby Atmos. Billed annually at only 25% of your tax bill.
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So, of course, there are certain films that I really wanted that didn't fit. I tried to weave as many of those into the blurbs as I could.
Also, as you'll find, many of them are available on Criterion Channel.
Also, as you'll find, many of them are available on Criterion Channel.
Celebrate Black History - The Criterion Channel
The story of Black Americans is, in many ways, the story of America itself. Though the African American experience has long been relegated to the margins of the big screen, a vital cinematic legacy en...
www.criterionchannel.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
So, of course, there are certain films that I really wanted that didn't fit. I tried to weave as many of those into the blurbs as I could.
Also, as you'll find, many of them are available on Criterion Channel.
Also, as you'll find, many of them are available on Criterion Channel.
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Not only is it Black History Month. It’s also its 100th anniversary!!
To commemorate its centennial, I wrote a list of 10 Black films, one from each of the last 10 decades, to stream.
To commemorate its centennial, I wrote a list of 10 Black films, one from each of the last 10 decades, to stream.
10 Movies to Stream for Black History Month
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February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Not only is it Black History Month. It’s also its 100th anniversary!!
To commemorate its centennial, I wrote a list of 10 Black films, one from each of the last 10 decades, to stream.
To commemorate its centennial, I wrote a list of 10 Black films, one from each of the last 10 decades, to stream.
The press corps’ disgusting complicity with Trump’s attacks on women reporters is such a moral failure of American news institutions. If just one of these self serving cowards would back her up or do what Muntadhar al-Zaidi did to President Bush with his shoes most of the world would rejoice.
Trump to Kaitlan Collins after she pressed him on getting justice for Epstein survivors:
"No wonder CNN has no ratings because of people like you. You know, she‘s a young woman. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen you smile. I‘ve known you for 10 years. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen a smile in your face."
"No wonder CNN has no ratings because of people like you. You know, she‘s a young woman. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen you smile. I‘ve known you for 10 years. I don‘t think I‘ve ever seen a smile in your face."
February 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The press corps’ disgusting complicity with Trump’s attacks on women reporters is such a moral failure of American news institutions. If just one of these self serving cowards would back her up or do what Muntadhar al-Zaidi did to President Bush with his shoes most of the world would rejoice.
Crying laughing better editing than most a24 horror movies
February 3, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Crying laughing better editing than most a24 horror movies
Someone made an entire feature length movie of these, and America could do the same with police brutality videos
Remember like 15 years ago, when Russian dash cams of horrible accidents went viral? And everyone in Russia was using them because they couldn’t trust the authorities? Fundamentally, the dash cam and the body cam are the visual record of a failed state. They are a symptom posing as a substitute
February 3, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Someone made an entire feature length movie of these, and America could do the same with police brutality videos
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Can't now find it but there's a classic old tweet which said something like "Every time we're on the verge of achieving class consciousness in America a CIA sleeper agent activates and, their eyes glowing red, they just tweet out "John Brown was a white saviour"" and I think about it often.
February 2, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Can't now find it but there's a classic old tweet which said something like "Every time we're on the verge of achieving class consciousness in America a CIA sleeper agent activates and, their eyes glowing red, they just tweet out "John Brown was a white saviour"" and I think about it often.
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ahahahahaha lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/02/02/l...
Lake Oswego theater loses rights to screen 'Melania' after marquee jokes - Lake Oswego Review
Lake Theater & Cafe announced that it will no longer show “Melania,” the Amazon Studios documentary about the first lady, after Amazon revoked the theater’s rights to the film. “Got […]
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February 3, 2026 at 3:29 AM
ahahahahaha lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/02/02/l...
Asked as a joke if it was true MGP would watch Girls on HBO and say ‘I’m such a Marnie’ and he replied (I believe unironically) ‘no her entertainment was mostly HAM radio’
there is an incredible amount of mgp lore coming out of sw washington and portland right now
February 3, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Asked as a joke if it was true MGP would watch Girls on HBO and say ‘I’m such a Marnie’ and he replied (I believe unironically) ‘no her entertainment was mostly HAM radio’
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