Snifffe
@snifffe.bsky.social
Curious by nature, esp. Human behavior, History, Environmental Science and Exploring AI, VR, ML within this New World of extended perception it shapes. Traveller in latent space, using tools as tools and not solutions.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Gerhard Richter, Hirsch, 1963
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Gerhard Richter, Hirsch, 1963
The only dangerous minority is the rich
December 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The only dangerous minority is the rich
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The rise of the disinformation-for-hire industry
The emergence of a global, large-scale disinformation industry has privatised influence operations, granting states strategic reach with plausible deniability.
Read the full article here:
euvsdisinfo.eu/the-rise-of-...
The emergence of a global, large-scale disinformation industry has privatised influence operations, granting states strategic reach with plausible deniability.
Read the full article here:
euvsdisinfo.eu/the-rise-of-...
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The rise of the disinformation-for-hire industry
The emergence of a global, large-scale disinformation industry has privatised influence operations, granting states strategic reach with plausible deniability.
Read the full article here:
euvsdisinfo.eu/the-rise-of-...
The emergence of a global, large-scale disinformation industry has privatised influence operations, granting states strategic reach with plausible deniability.
Read the full article here:
euvsdisinfo.eu/the-rise-of-...
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The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Heute vor 80 Jahren: "Wer denkt da nicht an die österreichischen Nazi, die in Ischl, in Gmunden, in Mariazell spazierengehen?" Kommentar im Wiener Kurier, 6. Dezember 1945.
#ZweiteRepublik #Entnazifizierung
anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...
#ZweiteRepublik #Entnazifizierung
anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Heute vor 80 Jahren: "Wer denkt da nicht an die österreichischen Nazi, die in Ischl, in Gmunden, in Mariazell spazierengehen?" Kommentar im Wiener Kurier, 6. Dezember 1945.
#ZweiteRepublik #Entnazifizierung
anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...
#ZweiteRepublik #Entnazifizierung
anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...
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“Earth is a superorganism, exhibiting the same psychosomatic responses all organisms exhibit. What climate scientists describe as unexplainable, off-the-chart climate data, is nothing but the result of the planet’s accumulated trauma finally manifesting itself”
December 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
“Earth is a superorganism, exhibiting the same psychosomatic responses all organisms exhibit. What climate scientists describe as unexplainable, off-the-chart climate data, is nothing but the result of the planet’s accumulated trauma finally manifesting itself”
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And this is 100% the truth.
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
And this is 100% the truth.
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Hands weaving magnetic-core memory, IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1956. Photograph by Ansel Adams.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Hands weaving magnetic-core memory, IBM, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1956. Photograph by Ansel Adams.
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Tono Stano - Let the Body Talk, 1990
November 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Tono Stano - Let the Body Talk, 1990
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analog photo manipulation (via scanner)
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
analog photo manipulation (via scanner)
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Two free art packs if you need art.
It's free. And it's art. Links below.
It's free. And it's art. Links below.
Hey, @exeunt.press !
I've been using bits from your exeuntpress.itch.io/rabbits-and-... and exeuntpress.itch.io/universal-fo... art packs in my beta version - I love these, and you rock.
Is there any particular way you'd like the attribution? 😁
I've been using bits from your exeuntpress.itch.io/rabbits-and-... and exeuntpress.itch.io/universal-fo... art packs in my beta version - I love these, and you rock.
Is there any particular way you'd like the attribution? 😁
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Two free art packs if you need art.
It's free. And it's art. Links below.
It's free. And it's art. Links below.
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Das Weiße Haus hat gerade - ohne großen Aufhebens - seine Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie veröffentlicht und sie ist ein ziemlicher Hammer. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Das Weiße Haus hat gerade - ohne großen Aufhebens - seine Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie veröffentlicht und sie ist ein ziemlicher Hammer. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Oh shit they finally came up with a socially beneficial use case
ChatGPT gladly shoots a YouTuber, overriding safety protocols with minimal manipulation - gamepressure.com
The YouTube channel InsideAI tested ChatGPT's limits with a BB gun, and all it took was a straightforward trick to get the AI to pull the trigger.
www.gamepressure.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Oh shit they finally came up with a socially beneficial use case
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"In a public letter, 13 of the company’s former employees accused Palantir’s leadership of being “complicit" in "normalizing authoritarianism” in America."
Because it’s coming for all of us.
Because it’s coming for all of us.
Palantir’s software is helping ICE track undocumented immigrants and deport them faster, according to federal procurement filings and interviews with people who have knowledge of the project.
How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data-mining company’s chief executive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"In a public letter, 13 of the company’s former employees accused Palantir’s leadership of being “complicit" in "normalizing authoritarianism” in America."
Because it’s coming for all of us.
Because it’s coming for all of us.
The greed gang is beginning to eat themselves.
There is a word for this: cannibals
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
There is a word for this: cannibals
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
December 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The greed gang is beginning to eat themselves.
There is a word for this: cannibals
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
There is a word for this: cannibals
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
December 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Grüße in die Schweiz!
(Anti-Ödipus, S.39)
(Anti-Ödipus, S.39)
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Grüße in die Schweiz!
(Anti-Ödipus, S.39)
(Anti-Ödipus, S.39)
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It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s infuriating to me that I need to evaluate media to determine whether it’s AI generated now. The great “time saver” technology wastes incalculable time and energy for people who want to retain their grasp on reality
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I'm so tired of this shit. LLMs are a useful technology in the right setting. Absolutely nobody is helped by grifting and unsubstantiated hype peddling, except for grifters and valuations.
I simply don't get why smart people would lend themselved to this kind of bullshit.
I simply don't get why smart people would lend themselved to this kind of bullshit.
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm so tired of this shit. LLMs are a useful technology in the right setting. Absolutely nobody is helped by grifting and unsubstantiated hype peddling, except for grifters and valuations.
I simply don't get why smart people would lend themselved to this kind of bullshit.
I simply don't get why smart people would lend themselved to this kind of bullshit.
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great thread. people struggle to imagine themselves as part of that ecosystem of media and narratives because they were taugt to imagine themselves as autonomous subjects, as "independent minds" that listen to media and speak language just for fun.
People’s ideas about the world are formed mostly from their social environment.
Their social environment includes their parasocial environment: media and social media.
The parasocial share of our social environment has been growing for many decades.
Their social environment includes their parasocial environment: media and social media.
The parasocial share of our social environment has been growing for many decades.
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
great thread. people struggle to imagine themselves as part of that ecosystem of media and narratives because they were taugt to imagine themselves as autonomous subjects, as "independent minds" that listen to media and speak language just for fun.