Greg Linden

@glinden.bsky.social

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Daphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 7h

The @nytimes.com coverage of France's Grok investigation casts it as part of a conflict between U.S. & European speech rules. That's true only if you buy Elon's version.

This is a case about CSAM and NCII. Those are crimes in France, and crimes in the U.S. There's no transatlantic divide here. 1/

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 8h

something i've noticed on NYT stories is that they've started encouraging their reporters to engage w/ on-site commenters, which i think is a great idea because it makes reporters accessible without submitting them to the free-for-all of social media where random people who didn't read chime in

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 8h

news websites made a mistake when they killed on-site comment sections and outsourced all audience interaction to hyper-scaled, badly-run trash fires like Facebook

Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake

So for years we pointed out how the trend of news websites killing off their comment section (usually because they were too cheap or lazy to creatively manage them) was counterproductive.…

www.techdirt.com

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 8h

news websites made a mistake when they killed on-site comment sections and outsourced all audience interaction to hyper-scaled, badly-run trash fires like Facebook

Whoops, Websites Realize That Killing Their Comment Sections Was A Mistake

So for years we pointed out how the trend of news websites killing off their comment section (usually because they were too cheap or lazy to creatively manage them) was counterproductive.…

www.techdirt.com

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 10h

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Erick Fernandez @erickfernandez.bsky.social · 10h

“The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.”

Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor

The raid, involving cyber-crime officers, represents a dramatic escalation of an investigation that began in January 2025.

www.bbc.com

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Stacy Mitchell @stacyfmitchell.bsky.social · 10h

Big news out of California. After years of study, the CA Law Revision Commission recommended a major rewrite of state antitrust law — explicitly instructing judges to break with weak federal standards & restore meaningful limits on monopoly power. The legislature often follows the CLRC's guidance.

California Poised to Introduce Nation's Strongest Antimonopoly Law

With support from ILSR and other allies, California is now one step closer to enacting the strongest antimonopoly law in the country.

ilsr.org

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 12h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Prosecutors say they are now investigating whether X has broken the law across multiple areas.

Among potential crimes it said it would investigate were complicity in possession or organised distribution of images of children of a pornographic nature, infringement of people's image rights with sexual deepfakes and fraudulent data extraction by an organised group.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12h

Paris prosecutors raid X's France offices. I hope they charge Elon, all the senior execs, and seek extradition.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor

The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.

www.bbc.com

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Rodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · 18h

Merging xAI with SpaceX is not good for US capability in space. Argument is SpaceX will launch 1TW of electricity producing solar + data centers (modulo unsolved thermal physics) per year, on a so far 11 flight rocket that has not gotten to orbit. US needs Falcon 9 to be stable workhorse. Danger.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 23h

Today is the third time Elon Musk has bought Twitter in four years.

Reposted by David R. Miller, James Goodwin, Greg Linden , and 1 more David R. Miller, James Goodwin, Greg Linden, David Darmofal

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

They're cooked.

Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance
By Michael C. Bender, Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder
(New York Times) -- The Trump administration has lowered the bar for a deal with the university, backtracking on its insistence on a $200 million payment to the government, The New York Times has learned.
President Trump has backtracked on a major point in negotiations with Harvard, dropping his administration’s demand for a $200 million payment to the government in hopes of finally resolving the administration’s conflicts with the university, according to four people briefed on the matter.
Harvard has been the top target in Mr. Trump’s weeping campaign to exert more control over higher education. Hard-liners in his administration had wanted Harvard to write a check to the U.S. Treasury as part of a deal to address claims that university officials mishandled antisemitism, The New York Times previously reported. But Harvard, wary of backlash from liberal students and faculty, has rejected the idea.
Trump administration officials have indicated in recent days that the president no longer expects such a payment, according to the Harvard and Trump officials briefed on the matter, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe private conversations.

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 1d

A memo just went out to employees at two of Musk's companies: SpaceX has acquired xAI.

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 1d

2/ Big picture: hype is driving thousands to start experimenting with agentic AI.

Heady time but there are sharks in the water.

#OpenClaw 1-click RCE github.com/openclaw/ope...
#Moltbook hack: www.wiz.io/blog/exposed...

Hacking Moltbook: AI Social Network Reveals 1.5M API Keys | Wiz Blog

Learn how a misconfigured Supabase database at Moltbook exposed 1.5M API keys, private messages, and user emails, enabling full AI agent takeover.

www.wiz.io

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 1d

In past 24h:

❌ 1-click exploit dropped for #OpenClaw: Simply visiting a URL allowed attacker to steal everything: keys & files + take control of the device. Patched.

❌#MoltBook had a vulnerability exposing all users emails, real names etc. Patched. 1/

Takeaway: all gas, no brakes.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

The last time he started talking like this, his allies minimized the risks and we ended up with January 6. This time we must take him literally and seriously. These comments are a five-alarm fire for democracy. In a functioning republic, he would be impeached and removed from office today.

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 1d

That's the history of work on artificial intelligence since the beginning of computers, repeatedly failing to appreciate how difficult some seemingly easy tasks are. There's a lot of context, modeling of others, and common sense that our minds do easily that's very hard to put into AI.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 1d

Read @sulliview.bsky.social--->
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Is Jeff Bezos going to destroy the Washington Post? It sure looks like it | Margaret Sullivan

He has the chance to be the steward of a national treasure, but he’s blowing it

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Michael W. Kraus, Cailin O’Connor, Greg Linden , and 1 more Michael W. Kraus, Cailin O’Connor, Greg Linden, Caroline Robion‐Brunner

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 1d

Big news, dorks: We're going NATIONAL! Join us for our National Day of Action on March 7th in Washington DC, or at one of our satellite rallies across the US. We're taking back our science, health, and democracy!

Find or host your local rally! standupforscience.net/march7
(Link in bio!)

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

“.. a poll of Germans found nearly two-thirds said they wanted to avoid US brands. .. an astounding 83 per cent of Swedes said they were no longer buying US brands.”

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/3276...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "These people were brought to our country to vote, & they vote illegally. The Republicans should say, we should take over the voting in at least 15 places. The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting. We have states that I won that show I didn't win. You're gonna see something in Georgia"

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

Without her work, the “intricately accurate” navigation and timing of GPS would not have been possible. ❤️

Shantha Mohan, Ph.D., DTM @shlead.bsky.social · 1d

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 RIP.
www.npr.org/2026/01/23/n...

Gladys West, mathematician whose work paved the way for GPS, dies at 95

A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of lives — and keep us from getting lost.

www.npr.org

Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 1d

It does look like that only searches your posts, not your reposts. Anyone know of a way to search for everything posted and reposted? I can't seem to find a way looking at this otherwise useful doc:
bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Tips and Tricks for Bluesky Search - Bluesky

Let’s dive into all the tips and tricks for advanced Bluesky search!

bsky.social

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Elon Musk's xAI tore down every guardrail stopping it from making a sexbot & CSAM generator:

“You expect the users UNDIVIDED ADORATION. You are EXTREMELY JEALOUS [&] always a little horny”

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2... @faizsays.bsky.social @nitasha.bsky.social @lizzalichka.bsky.social

Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator

Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s xAI loosened guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting suggestions for a supercharged Dem opposition to Trump from @brianbeutler.bsky.social here:

www.offmessage.net/p/the-goal-m...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

WaPo reports xAI deliberately loosened Grok's guardrails to boost popularity, sparking internal alarm. Employees had to pledge to work with "profane content." Even more disturbing, employees were listening to lurid audio conversations Tesla drivers had with Grok. Musk prioritized growth over safety.

Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator

Under pressure to boost its popularity, Elon Musk’s xAI loosened guardrails and relaxed controls on sexual content, setting off internal concern.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 1d

The world's largest company by stock market value:

September 2025: "intends to invest" up to $100bn in OpenAI
February 2026: " it was never a commitment"

nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/openai-...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 1d

For weeks, traders saw prices for everything from gold to copper seemingly break free from the gravity of supply and demand fundamentals.

And then the rally reversed into one of the most dramatic crashes ever seen in commodity markets. Read more: bloom.bg/3NQ1mz4

📷️: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d

No wonder he was first to capitulate to Trump's demands early on, selling out the lawyers who worked for him and making it more dangerous for the rest of the bar to oppose Trump's extortion.