Warner Crocker
@warnercrocker.bsky.social
Gadfly. Flying through life as a gadget geek and theatre artist...commenting along the way. Every day I learn something new is a good day. Reblogs offered without endorsement. Comments on the other hand...
Chicago based.
https://warnercrocker.com
Chicago based.
https://warnercrocker.com
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NEW: DOJ said tonight that it was DHS Secretary Kristi Noem who made the call to proceed with the deportation of more than 100 Venezuelan men to El Salvador, despite a judge's order seeking to block the transfer.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
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Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Record labels had the chance to stand up for copyright against AI scrapers — but now they're folding www.platformer.news/suno-warner-...
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I do wonder if this is it. WTF is Donald Trump doing w Venezuela? Like we've had US presidents do crazy things. I mean we invaded Iraq and toppled its government more or less for no reason. But as someone who covered that story very closely they DID have reasons. They were bad ...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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But...But...AI is going to be so great and transformative someday so what's the problem with a spoiled holiday feast every once in a while along the way?
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
But...But...AI is going to be so great and transformative someday so what's the problem with a spoiled holiday feast every once in a while along the way?
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November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
WTF?
Campbell’s promises its soups are not made with 3D printed meat www.theverge.com/news/829516/ca…
Campbell’s promises its soups are not made with 3D printed meat www.theverge.com/news/829516/ca…
November 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
WTF?
Campbell’s promises its soups are not made with 3D printed meat www.theverge.com/news/829516/ca…
Campbell’s promises its soups are not made with 3D printed meat www.theverge.com/news/829516/ca…
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Wild — Boring Company CEO Steve Davis just made some lofty claims about the NASHVILLE Teslas-only tunnel’s capacity & potential
-20,000 people an hour?
-2 miles under Broadway?
-A tunnel from Nashville to Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Memphis?
No wonder Elon hired this guy.
-20,000 people an hour?
-2 miles under Broadway?
-A tunnel from Nashville to Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Memphis?
No wonder Elon hired this guy.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wild — Boring Company CEO Steve Davis just made some lofty claims about the NASHVILLE Teslas-only tunnel’s capacity & potential
-20,000 people an hour?
-2 miles under Broadway?
-A tunnel from Nashville to Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Memphis?
No wonder Elon hired this guy.
-20,000 people an hour?
-2 miles under Broadway?
-A tunnel from Nashville to Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Memphis?
No wonder Elon hired this guy.
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So, a senior Justice Department official — along with several members of Congress — used the authority of their offices to boost an obviously dubious conspiracy theory accusing a federal employee of a horrific crime.
And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs
The FBI has ruled the woman out as a suspect in the 2021 plot, sources said, but only after her name circulated on social platforms and a conservative news site.
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So, a senior Justice Department official — along with several members of Congress — used the authority of their offices to boost an obviously dubious conspiracy theory accusing a federal employee of a horrific crime.
And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
And now it’s clear the allegation was baseless.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
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The AI boom is inflating the cost of memory chips everywhere. And it’s showing up in moves like this.
@bloomberg.com $HPQ
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com $HPQ
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The AI boom is inflating the cost of memory chips everywhere. And it’s showing up in moves like this.
@bloomberg.com $HPQ
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
@bloomberg.com $HPQ
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The cast of our ongoing Comedy of Errors keeps mucking up their moments.
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
#politics #AI
www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-…
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
#politics #AI
www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-…
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The cast of our ongoing Comedy of Errors keeps mucking up their moments.
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
#politics #AI
www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-…
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
#politics #AI
www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-…
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David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
A leaked executive order reveals that the tech billionaire would have become America’s AI policy gatekeeper.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
David Sacks tried to kill state AI laws — and it blew up in his face
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
When they let AI proof the human responses.
Monday: We’re not Enron.
Tuesday: We’re delighted by Google’s success.
When did $NVDA’s comms strategy become so erratic?
Tuesday: We’re delighted by Google’s success.
When did $NVDA’s comms strategy become so erratic?
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When they let AI proof the human responses.
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Monday: We’re not Enron.
Tuesday: We’re delighted by Google’s success.
When did $NVDA’s comms strategy become so erratic?
Tuesday: We’re delighted by Google’s success.
When did $NVDA’s comms strategy become so erratic?
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Monday: We’re not Enron.
Tuesday: We’re delighted by Google’s success.
When did $NVDA’s comms strategy become so erratic?
Tuesday: We’re delighted by Google’s success.
When did $NVDA’s comms strategy become so erratic?
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LOL "unflattering"
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"Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated" www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
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"Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated" www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
LOL "unflattering"
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"Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated" www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
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"Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated" www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
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"The courts don't have the ability to look at a case and ask, 'What's best for America?,'.....they have to say, 'What does the Constitution require?' and the Constitution is really not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump is."
-Ty Cobb, former Trump legal team member
-Ty Cobb, former Trump legal team member
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"The courts don't have the ability to look at a case and ask, 'What's best for America?,'.....they have to say, 'What does the Constitution require?' and the Constitution is really not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump is."
-Ty Cobb, former Trump legal team member
-Ty Cobb, former Trump legal team member
Can we please stop the legal vs illegal order discussion. The only time "legal" means anything to this bunch is when they can hide behind the construct. They reveal in twisting the law as much as they do words, the media, and their followers' minds. #politics
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Can we please stop the legal vs illegal order discussion. The only time "legal" means anything to this bunch is when they can hide behind the construct. They reveal in twisting the law as much as they do words, the media, and their followers' minds. #politics
Your twice, and now continuing, weekly reminder that we're still in a Civil War
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Your twice, and now continuing, weekly reminder that we're still in a Civil War
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November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Google has taken OpenAI to the woodshed. 👀
(via MS desk) $GOOGL
(via MS desk) $GOOGL
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Google has taken OpenAI to the woodshed. 👀
(via MS desk) $GOOGL
(via MS desk) $GOOGL
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Here's how Greg Bovino denies tackling Scott Blackburn, while watching a video showing him tacking Scott Blackburn.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![A 5-question exchange in which Greg Bovino is asked if he sees an older gentleman, "expressing his disagreement with [Bovino's] presence in Chicago [who] doesn't like the fact that you are instructing him to move down, right?"
Bovino responds, no, "That individual is failing to follow instructions to vacate the area."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreibxlni2hq5i7mycqssosneb3ahdrtvw3ullnbi6y66dtomevhyhh4@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Here's how Greg Bovino denies tackling Scott Blackburn, while watching a video showing him tacking Scott Blackburn.
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Concur
Have I mentioned lately that @carlquintanilla.bsky.social runs an indispensable, unmissable feed here? Definitely worth a follow
Quotes on the economy, last few days:
* WSJ: “Life felt more doable a year and a half ago.”
* CBS: “Paying for the house, the car — I just couldn’t do it anymore.”
* FT: “scraping for crumbs.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
* WSJ: “Life felt more doable a year and a half ago.”
* CBS: “Paying for the house, the car — I just couldn’t do it anymore.”
* FT: “scraping for crumbs.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Concur
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Have I mentioned lately that @carlquintanilla.bsky.social runs an indispensable, unmissable feed here? Definitely worth a follow
Quotes on the economy, last few days:
* WSJ: “Life felt more doable a year and a half ago.”
* CBS: “Paying for the house, the car — I just couldn’t do it anymore.”
* FT: “scraping for crumbs.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
* WSJ: “Life felt more doable a year and a half ago.”
* CBS: “Paying for the house, the car — I just couldn’t do it anymore.”
* FT: “scraping for crumbs.”
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/cfa6...
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Have I mentioned lately that @carlquintanilla.bsky.social runs an indispensable, unmissable feed here? Definitely worth a follow