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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
"The current disinformation and slop phenomenon on the internet today makes the days of ‘Russian bot farms’ and ‘fake news pages from Cyprus’ seem quaint; the problem is now fully decentralized and distributed across the world and is almost entirely funded by social media companies themselves".
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"The current disinformation and slop phenomenon on the internet today makes the days of ‘Russian bot farms’ and ‘fake news pages from Cyprus’ seem quaint; the problem is now fully decentralized and distributed across the world and is almost entirely funded by social media companies themselves".
#basuraIA
"At some point, these companies will not be able to raise enough debt, or will work out that they’re not even able to install or power on the GPUs they’ve already bought, or will work out that even when they do so there’s no profit in doing so.
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"At some point, these companies will not be able to raise enough debt, or will work out that they’re not even able to install or power on the GPUs they’ve already bought, or will work out that even when they do so there’s no profit in doing so.
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The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA
This piece has a generous 3000+ word introduction, because I want as many people to understand NVIDIA as possible. The (thousands of) words after the premium break get into arduous detail, but I’ve wr...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
#basuraIA
"At some point, these companies will not be able to raise enough debt, or will work out that they’re not even able to install or power on the GPUs they’ve already bought, or will work out that even when they do so there’s no profit in doing so.
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"At some point, these companies will not be able to raise enough debt, or will work out that they’re not even able to install or power on the GPUs they’ve already bought, or will work out that even when they do so there’s no profit in doing so.
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Demà l'AMB votarà inicialment la pujada de tarifa de l'aigua, gestionada per AGBAR. Serà la 3a pujada després de pujar un 26% el 2023 i un 6% el 2024. La societat Agbar ha multiplicat per 25 els beneficis des q Collboni va arribar a alcalde, necessitem #AiguaPública
www.elcritic.cat/noticies/el-...
www.elcritic.cat/noticies/el-...
El doble que a Madrid: Barcelona té l’aigua més cara de tot l’Estat espanyol
Un estudi de l’associació de consumidors revela grans diferències de preu en la factura de l’aigua: dels 204 euros de Girona als 516 de la capital catalana
www.elcritic.cat
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Demà l'AMB votarà inicialment la pujada de tarifa de l'aigua, gestionada per AGBAR. Serà la 3a pujada després de pujar un 26% el 2023 i un 6% el 2024. La societat Agbar ha multiplicat per 25 els beneficis des q Collboni va arribar a alcalde, necessitem #AiguaPública
www.elcritic.cat/noticies/el-...
www.elcritic.cat/noticies/el-...
"It looks a lot like that Russians are seeking to bribe Americans to allow Russia to win a war it would otherwise lose".
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We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
snyder.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"It looks a lot like that Russians are seeking to bribe Americans to allow Russia to win a war it would otherwise lose".
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"MTG y su extraña historia de quijotismo reaccionario".
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En el Four Freedoms de hoy, la peculiar carrera política de Marjorie Taylor Greene, alguien que ha ido de ser la republicana más extremista del congreso a dimitir tras un súbito ataque de lucidez... sin cambiar una sus opiniones o ideas.
www.4freedoms.es/p/la-honesti...
www.4freedoms.es/p/la-honesti...
La honestidad de la locura
Marjorie Taylor Greene anuncia su dimisión
www.4freedoms.es
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"MTG y su extraña historia de quijotismo reaccionario".
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"You can’t just sit on a music catalog for a hundred years and expect to rake in the dough. Popular culture changes fast. ...
Investors are aware of this, and that’s why they go to great lengths to remarket, repackage, and relitigate the past".
Investors are aware of this, and that’s why they go to great lengths to remarket, repackage, and relitigate the past".
The hidden cause of cultural stagnation
The hidden cause of cultural stagnation
Long copyrights incentivize IP management over creativity
www.slowboring.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"You can’t just sit on a music catalog for a hundred years and expect to rake in the dough. Popular culture changes fast. ...
Investors are aware of this, and that’s why they go to great lengths to remarket, repackage, and relitigate the past".
Investors are aware of this, and that’s why they go to great lengths to remarket, repackage, and relitigate the past".
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Aquí una columnita woke que he escrito para el Especial Gastro de @elpais.com, en la que pido una gastronomía más conectada con la realidad y menos centrada en las exquisiteces para ricos. elpais.com/gastronomia/...
La gastronomía en los tiempos de Gaza
En un presente tan poco halagüeño, la alimentación puede importar, sobre todo si nos fijamos en las implicaciones sociales de la comida
elpais.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Aquí una columnita woke que he escrito para el Especial Gastro de @elpais.com, en la que pido una gastronomía más conectada con la realidad y menos centrada en las exquisiteces para ricos. elpais.com/gastronomia/...
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La burbuja no sólo tiene que ver con el potencial de una tecnología. También es importante la contabilidad. En el caso de la IA, se parece mucho al cuento de la lechera. Hoy en mi columna de @el_pais explico los números y, también, por qué algunos la quieren reventar. elpais.com/opinion/2025...
Soñar con la burbuja
Los inversores ya empezan a ver que hay algo sospechoso en la euforia con la inteligencia artificial. ¿Qué haremos con lo que sobreviva de la crisis?
elpais.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
La burbuja no sólo tiene que ver con el potencial de una tecnología. También es importante la contabilidad. En el caso de la IA, se parece mucho al cuento de la lechera. Hoy en mi columna de @el_pais explico los números y, también, por qué algunos la quieren reventar. elpais.com/opinion/2025...
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM
JD Vance and Peter Thiel are running a sustained operation out of the White House designed to acquire Greenland, either voluntarily or by force. Thiel has laid out plans for what he intends to do with the island nation in past writings. It doesn't entail the consent of the Greenlanders for anything.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
"The platform is drowning in synthetic engagement and always has been".
www.bossglobalradio.com/post/the-day...
www.bossglobalradio.com/post/the-day...
The Day X Exposed Its Own Engagement Machine
For six hours, X exposed the machinery behind viral posts. The filters dropped. The illusion cracked. What people saw wasn’t “public sentiment.” It was the factory floor of synthetic engagement poweri...
www.bossglobalradio.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"The platform is drowning in synthetic engagement and always has been".
www.bossglobalradio.com/post/the-day...
www.bossglobalradio.com/post/the-day...
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
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A veces lo mejor que se puede hacer es escribir sobre gatos... www.elconfidencial.com/espana/madri...
Milagro en Griñón: una jubilada recupera su gato después de pasar 5 años perdido
El animal se perdió en el verano de 2020 y su dueña le daba por fallecido. Reapareció esta semana en un veterinario del pueblo y reconoció a su propietaria de inmediato
www.elconfidencial.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A veces lo mejor que se puede hacer es escribir sobre gatos... www.elconfidencial.com/espana/madri...
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Hoy escribo sobre lo más importante que hay en el mundo: los gatos.
Quizá pensabas que lo sabías todo sobre su domesticación. Este libro cuenta otra historia:
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Quizá pensabas que lo sabías todo sobre su domesticación. Este libro cuenta otra historia:
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Cómo llegó tu gato a tu regazo: un libro desafía la historia de la domesticación del felino más popular
El arqueólogo y antropólogo Jerry Moore repasa los hallazgos que explican una relación marcada primero por el miedo y, después, por el interés y la admiración mutua
elpais.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Hoy escribo sobre lo más importante que hay en el mundo: los gatos.
Quizá pensabas que lo sabías todo sobre su domesticación. Este libro cuenta otra historia:
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
Quizá pensabas que lo sabías todo sobre su domesticación. Este libro cuenta otra historia:
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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Meanwhile in Russia: state media hosts and experts praised Trump's 28-point "peace plan," noting that it's in perfect alignment with Russia's goals and does not take Ukraine's interests into account.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
Russian state TV praises Trump's 28-point peace plan
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Meanwhile in Russia: state media hosts and experts praised Trump's 28-point "peace plan," noting that it's in perfect alignment with Russia's goals and does not take Ukraine's interests into account.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqh...
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"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"US senators say they spoke with Rubio about Trump’s Ukraine peace plan who denied it is a US plan." Welcome to the Topsy Turvy administration in which six or seven people are pursuing their own private foreign policy, and much of it is scripted by a hostile foreign power.
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I think Claude Code has achieved AGI
November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I think Claude Code has achieved AGI
"Here we are, a couple generations into the project to brainwash judges, monopolize the economy and establish a new aristocracy, and a judge just ruled that Meta isn't an illegal monopoly, even though Zuckerberg literally put his explicit criminal intent in writing".
pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/i...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/i...
Pluralistic: The long game (20 Nov 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"Here we are, a couple generations into the project to brainwash judges, monopolize the economy and establish a new aristocracy, and a judge just ruled that Meta isn't an illegal monopoly, even though Zuckerberg literally put his explicit criminal intent in writing".
pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/i...
pluralistic.net/2025/11/20/i...
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as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
"La transición pasó por la judicatura como por la Iglesia, la Corona, los crímenes de la dictadura y las fortunas del franquismo: de puntillas. Ahora hay jueces que sienten la patria por encima de las leyes. Y ahí están esos jueces, defendiendo a España de los españoles".
Mi artículo del sábado en Nortes.
Y el 20N despertamos. Ni derecha ni izquierda. Enfrente.
www.nortes.me/2025/11/22/y... a través de @nortes_me
Y el 20N despertamos. Ni derecha ni izquierda. Enfrente.
www.nortes.me/2025/11/22/y... a través de @nortes_me
Y el 20N despertamos. Ni derecha ni izquierda. Enfrente. - Nortes | Centradas en la periferia
La puesta en escena del juicio del Supremo llegó a ser un relato con exposición y nudo y con el suspense de un desenlace.
www.nortes.me
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"La transición pasó por la judicatura como por la Iglesia, la Corona, los crímenes de la dictadura y las fortunas del franquismo: de puntillas. Ahora hay jueces que sienten la patria por encima de las leyes. Y ahí están esos jueces, defendiendo a España de los españoles".
"El Tribunal Supremo ha hecho algo que ya empieza a ser su canon, ensayado con cierto éxito en la cosa procés. A saber: plantea su abuso legal, su excepción normalizada, en la instrucción del caso y en su fallo".
Por @guillemmartinez.bsky.social
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Por @guillemmartinez.bsky.social
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
Lo de Franco. Lo del Tribunal Supremo
Tras años de preparación, el TS manifiesta que ha cruzado el Rubicón. Anuncia al Ejecutivo que ha iniciado su escalada, sacrificando a un compañero. Es decir, que no va a haber piedad
ctxt.es
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
"El Tribunal Supremo ha hecho algo que ya empieza a ser su canon, ensayado con cierto éxito en la cosa procés. A saber: plantea su abuso legal, su excepción normalizada, en la instrucción del caso y en su fallo".
Por @guillemmartinez.bsky.social
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...
Por @guillemmartinez.bsky.social
ctxt.es/es/20251101/...