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Kashmir Hill

@kashhill.bsky.social

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Journalist, currently at The New York Times. I cover privacy, technology, A.I., and the strange times we live in. Named after the Led Zeppelin song. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. (Yes, in my head it will always be All Your Face Are Belong To Us)

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 14h

The fear of being made fun of bridges the political divide, no?

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 19h

Really struck by how brilliant a protesting tactic this is not just in terms of optics, but as a form of both privacy protection and discouragement of violence.

It masks your face and has to give pause to anyone thinking about beating you up.

dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 1d

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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spencer chang @spencer.place · 1d

alive internet theory

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

We finally landed and Dan and I caught a cab to Manhattan together. Making social media social again!

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 1d

That’s hilarious

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

And fin: bsky.app/profile/kash...

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

We finally landed and Dan and I caught a cab to Manhattan together. Making social media social again!

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

We finally landed and Dan and I caught a cab to Manhattan together. Making social media social again!

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

What strikes me about this is how much more clearly incriminating chats with ChatGPT are going to be than Google searches in criminal investigations

niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 2d

the city of los angeles burned in january in part because of a man who couldn’t stop generating images of burning cities on ChatGPT, and then after he lit the fire he asked if the fire he started was his fault

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

This is making me like social media again.

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Right!?

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Link me your story when it posts! Hope you can find out identity of passenger, I am very curious who he was.

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Jennifer Valentino-DeVries @jenvalentino.bsky.social · 2d

This is like a tweet thread from back when social media was good.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

At the very least, I have made a new friend via this flight. Thank you!

Dan gave me the lowdown on exactly what happened. Dude was told multiple times the flight was going to be diverted and he would have to get off. Unbelievable.

Dude was filming it so maybe we’ll see it on TikTok at some point.

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Which seat is he in? I will go introduce myself.

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

As a New York Times business reporter, I’m not keen on calling out on social media the brands involved in my personal consumer experiences. But I bet you could look at flight tracking data and figure it out.

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Once a blogger, always a blogger. I love a good kicker.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

I’m in 22E if your kid wants to say hi!

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Good tip!

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Bluesky discourse on this is making up for it on some level

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

A guy in front of me lightly clapped but it wasn’t a plane wide thing. We are all morally outraged but it’s surprisingly calm on this plane. Maybe we are all just used to the world being an insane place

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Gotta read the whole thread. 🙃

(Or is it Skread in Bluesky?)

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, getting close to taking off.

By the way, I have been in a middle seat this whole time. Should I get up and move to the now available exit row seat?

😂

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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Yes

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 2d

Please point me to it if you catch it!