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Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
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Justice Kavanaugh laid out the framework for how racial profiling is permissible by federal agents leading to what has now been coined as the “Kavanaugh Stop,” by professor Anil Kalhan.
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By @eltragon.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Justice Kavanaugh laid out the framework for how racial profiling is permissible by federal agents leading to what has now been coined as the “Kavanaugh Stop,” by professor Anil Kalhan.
The full story: lataco.com/kavanaugh-st...
By @eltragon.bsky.social
The full story: lataco.com/kavanaugh-st...
By @eltragon.bsky.social
“Stops of people based on their race, use of Spanish, or location (such as a car wash or bus stop) have become known among critics as ‘Kavanaugh stops,’ after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh justified the method in a September opinion.”
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE's Facial Recognition Tech - Reveal
Jesus Gutiérrez told immigration agents he was a US citizen. Only after they scanned his face, did the agents let him go.
revealnews.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Stops of people based on their race, use of Spanish, or location (such as a car wash or bus stop) have become known among critics as ‘Kavanaugh stops,’ after Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh justified the method in a September opinion.”
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"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
To compete with superpowers like China, the U.S. military must follow the lead of America’s private sector, writes the editorial board.
To compete with superpowers like China, the U.S. military must follow the lead of America’s private sector, writes the editorial board.
Opinion | America’s Military Needs a Culture Shift
The benefits of serving have never been more appealing, but the Pentagon needs a better approach to recruiting new talent.
nyti.ms
December 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power."
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i've said before that (at least for my purposes, and possibly yours) it's more useful to define AI by the political qualities that surround and attend to the project. surveillance projects like Flock and ShotSpotter don't need to implement a certain tech stack to be recognizably "AI" projects
December 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
i've said before that (at least for my purposes, and possibly yours) it's more useful to define AI by the political qualities that surround and attend to the project. surveillance projects like Flock and ShotSpotter don't need to implement a certain tech stack to be recognizably "AI" projects
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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And what I appreciate about @mollytaft.com in this piece is the explicit acknowledgment that "a lot of water" isn't an absolute number, it's a comparison.
Does AI use a lot of water?
Well, it's an anti-human technology. So from my perspective, every single drop is wasted.
Does AI use a lot of water?
Well, it's an anti-human technology. So from my perspective, every single drop is wasted.
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And what I appreciate about @mollytaft.com in this piece is the explicit acknowledgment that "a lot of water" isn't an absolute number, it's a comparison.
Does AI use a lot of water?
Well, it's an anti-human technology. So from my perspective, every single drop is wasted.
Does AI use a lot of water?
Well, it's an anti-human technology. So from my perspective, every single drop is wasted.
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how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people's mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?
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speculative promises about what AI could maybe possibly be used for don't match up with reality, and drawing contrasts to how much water humans take to live, or to raise cattle, or to manufacture a t-shirt, are all wildly different from the question of AI facilities and their eminent impacts
December 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
speculative promises about what AI could maybe possibly be used for don't match up with reality, and drawing contrasts to how much water humans take to live, or to raise cattle, or to manufacture a t-shirt, are all wildly different from the question of AI facilities and their eminent impacts
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this piece is really interesting. i have some thoughts but i want to read to the end. i do feel obliged to say about this
> Masley emphasized that he’s not an expert, but “just some guy” interested in how the media was handling this topic...
this is just wild. he's the director of a DC think tank!
> Masley emphasized that he’s not an expert, but “just some guy” interested in how the media was handling this topic...
this is just wild. he's the director of a DC think tank!
new from me: are data centers going to wipe out water supplies? how much water does ChatGPT really use? and what's going on with that big correction in Empire of AI?
i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.
www.wired.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
this piece is really interesting. i have some thoughts but i want to read to the end. i do feel obliged to say about this
> Masley emphasized that he’s not an expert, but “just some guy” interested in how the media was handling this topic...
this is just wild. he's the director of a DC think tank!
> Masley emphasized that he’s not an expert, but “just some guy” interested in how the media was handling this topic...
this is just wild. he's the director of a DC think tank!
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NYT reports that the TSA is giving ICE a list of every person who's to be taking a domestic flight inside the US so ICE can run it through their database looking for targets.
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
NYT reports that the TSA is giving ICE a list of every person who's to be taking a domestic flight inside the US so ICE can run it through their database looking for targets.
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
I'm not a lawyer, but I feel like the 4th Amendment has something to say about this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here:
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Presale: ICE Surveillance Zine
**THIS ITEM WILL SHIP IN MID JANUARY** We are making a print zine about the surveillance tactics used by ICE, and the ways people are resisting this technology. It is 16 pages and printed on a risogra...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
404 Media zine has apparently outsold American Canto. Help continue that trend here:
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Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Here’s a cool story that connects this article with a piece I wrote for Pittsburgh Magazine 5 years ago about one of Pittsburgh’s coolest pieces of analog history: the Telephone Jukebox service that ran for over a half century.
I wrote a new piece for @pghcitypaper.com about loving analog media in a digital world. If you’re someone who’s into vinyl, film photography, print media, and invaluable local businesses, you should check it out! I also coin the phrase “techno-bummerism” lol
In a digital world, Pittsburgh is an analog paradise
At places like Galaxie Electronics and Bernie's Photo Center, young people are relearning the joys of vinyl, film, and slowing down.
www.pghcitypaper.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Here’s a cool story that connects this article with a piece I wrote for Pittsburgh Magazine 5 years ago about one of Pittsburgh’s coolest pieces of analog history: the Telephone Jukebox service that ran for over a half century.
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I am over the MOON to be part of this cohort with our project, "Communities in the Loop: AI for Cultures & Contexts in Multimodal Archives."
It's so wonderful when years of "Wouldn't it be cool if..." conversations can actually come to fruition!
Read more: daily.zooniverse.org/2025/12/11/c...
It's so wonderful when years of "Wouldn't it be cool if..." conversations can actually come to fruition!
Read more: daily.zooniverse.org/2025/12/11/c...
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I am over the MOON to be part of this cohort with our project, "Communities in the Loop: AI for Cultures & Contexts in Multimodal Archives."
It's so wonderful when years of "Wouldn't it be cool if..." conversations can actually come to fruition!
Read more: daily.zooniverse.org/2025/12/11/c...
It's so wonderful when years of "Wouldn't it be cool if..." conversations can actually come to fruition!
Read more: daily.zooniverse.org/2025/12/11/c...
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"your system of expertise and trust is intricate, delicate, and highly contingent; it would be a shame if anything were to happen to it"
The most important thing to oligarchs is that people come to accept chatbots as a source of truth. It’s the fascist imperative. This is the only way it makes sense to install these systems in spaces where they routinely fail at the ostensible task.
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"your system of expertise and trust is intricate, delicate, and highly contingent; it would be a shame if anything were to happen to it"
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And: that everyone who doesn't accept chatbots as source of truth is too exhausted and demoralized to do anything useful about it.
The most important thing to oligarchs is that people come to accept chatbots as a source of truth. It’s the fascist imperative. This is the only way it makes sense to install these systems in spaces where they routinely fail at the ostensible task.
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
And: that everyone who doesn't accept chatbots as source of truth is too exhausted and demoralized to do anything useful about it.
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Tried this and the podcast seemed to refer to the story below, but the AI "podcaster" announced they would be discussing "whether or not people with intellectual disabilities should be executed" without mentioning any context until later and it was awful. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Tried this and the podcast seemed to refer to the story below, but the AI "podcaster" announced they would be discussing "whether or not people with intellectual disabilities should be executed" without mentioning any context until later and it was awful. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Who could have predicted?
Exclusive: Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes
Errors in the Post’s new AI-generated podcasts have frustrated the paper’s journalists.
www.semafor.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Who could have predicted?
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"In California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Washington State, the consent of all parties of the conversation must be obtained in order to record a conversation."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalit...
Lawless tech.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalit...
Lawless tech.
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"In California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Washington State, the consent of all parties of the conversation must be obtained in order to record a conversation."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalit...
Lawless tech.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalit...
Lawless tech.
Today in luxury surveillance.
Oh Great, Smart Glasses That Record Everything You Say
It's just audio for now, but the Mira set an icky precedent for always-on recording in smart glasses.
gizmodo.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today in luxury surveillance.
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1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
1. For at least 10 years, Pepsi has conspired with Walmart to force up grocery prices. That’s the shocking evidence made public today in an unsealed FTC lawsuit. The suit was abandoned in May by the Trump FTC just before it was to be un-redacted. We went to court to get it unsealed & won.
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Oh, you say that AI is a scam that exploits the same people hardest hit by the economic ravages of colonialism? Huh
“The work was emotionally exhausting, with chat users confiding intimate details about their real-life relationships, as well as their own emotional trauma, falsely believing they were talking to an unfeeling AI chatbot.”
AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.
futurism.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Oh, you say that AI is a scam that exploits the same people hardest hit by the economic ravages of colonialism? Huh
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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There's a thing to weave into African Speculative Fiction -- "When the AI bubble burst, it was from the detritus of an exploitative industry that Africa built their foundation in the coming age of technology. The PCs of a thousand failed AI startups abandoned in their centers spawned a revolution."
“The work was emotionally exhausting, with chat users confiding intimate details about their real-life relationships, as well as their own emotional trauma, falsely believing they were talking to an unfeeling AI chatbot.”
AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.
futurism.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
There's a thing to weave into African Speculative Fiction -- "When the AI bubble burst, it was from the detritus of an exploitative industry that Africa built their foundation in the coming age of technology. The PCs of a thousand failed AI startups abandoned in their centers spawned a revolution."
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While the "robot bartender falls over when the operator removed their control helmet" was kinda funny, the "it's just a person behind it" stories keep getting worse and worse.
Nothing about this is sustainable and people are suffering long-lasting harm on both sides of it.
Nothing about this is sustainable and people are suffering long-lasting harm on both sides of it.
“The work was emotionally exhausting, with chat users confiding intimate details about their real-life relationships, as well as their own emotional trauma, falsely believing they were talking to an unfeeling AI chatbot.”
AI "Companion Bots" Actually Run by Exploited Kenyans, Worker Claims
A new testimony from a remote worker in Kenya details the grueling and exploitative work behind romantic AI chatbots.
futurism.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
While the "robot bartender falls over when the operator removed their control helmet" was kinda funny, the "it's just a person behind it" stories keep getting worse and worse.
Nothing about this is sustainable and people are suffering long-lasting harm on both sides of it.
Nothing about this is sustainable and people are suffering long-lasting harm on both sides of it.