Lauren Weinstein
@laurenweinstein.org
Tech Systems & Policy Analysis: Internet, Privacy, plus his other sundry topics - Los Angeles - lauren.vortex.com
"Epstein Memorial Ballroom" -- pass it on
October 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"Epstein Memorial Ballroom" -- pass it on
Lauren's Blog: DOGE Is Destroying Social Security, and
Seniors Are Already at Risk
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Seniors Are Already at Risk
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DOGE Is Destroying Social Security, and Seniors Are Already at Risk – Lauren Weinstein's Blog
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March 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lauren's Blog: DOGE Is Destroying Social Security, and
Seniors Are Already at Risk
lauren.vortex.com/2025/03/25/d...
Seniors Are Already at Risk
lauren.vortex.com/2025/03/25/d...
Rand Paul correctly blocks Chuck Schumer's idiotic attempt to rush through surveillance bill to address nonexistent NJ drone threats. Schumer is as bad as the others. He's playing up this nonsense for his own political purposes. When Rand Paul has to be the sensible one, we're all in big trouble.
December 18, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Rand Paul correctly blocks Chuck Schumer's idiotic attempt to rush through surveillance bill to address nonexistent NJ drone threats. Schumer is as bad as the others. He's playing up this nonsense for his own political purposes. When Rand Paul has to be the sensible one, we're all in big trouble.
Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Is Doomed – Lauren Weinstein's Blog
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November 28, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Ward Christensen, co-founder of first online BBS system and creator of XMODEM, dies at 78. Peace.
October 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Ward Christensen, co-founder of first online BBS system and creator of XMODEM, dies at 78. Peace.
When you write questions to #Google Gemini AI with the specific hope that they will land on the screens of human reviewers who will do spit takes upon reading them.
February 8, 2024 at 11:35 PM
When you write questions to #Google Gemini AI with the specific hope that they will land on the screens of human reviewers who will do spit takes upon reading them.
Great idea. Speed its ultimate demise. Excellent! DO IT, ELON! - Musk tells Netanyahu that he plans to charge all users to use #Twitter.
September 18, 2023 at 8:21 PM
Great idea. Speed its ultimate demise. Excellent! DO IT, ELON! - Musk tells Netanyahu that he plans to charge all users to use #Twitter.
How to block ChatGPT: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110855566636355278
August 8, 2023 at 7:09 PM
How to block ChatGPT: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110855566636355278
#Cats and Interrupts: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110792349542853053
July 28, 2023 at 3:16 PM
#Cats and Interrupts: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110792349542853053
Another key point about #Google Games and Violence: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110787135672772675
July 27, 2023 at 5:06 PM
Another key point about #Google Games and Violence: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110787135672772675
It's absolutely stunning that in the current political environment #Google would move to *INCREASE* the amount of violence in games. Utterly tone deaf. "Follow the money" is the obvious explanation I can think of. Or some sort of death wish? Maybe both.
July 27, 2023 at 4:50 PM
It's absolutely stunning that in the current political environment #Google would move to *INCREASE* the amount of violence in games. Utterly tone deaf. "Follow the money" is the obvious explanation I can think of. Or some sort of death wish? Maybe both.
Let Elon scream "X" at the top of his lungs to his fanboys and his mirrors. Ignore him. Leave all existing references to #Twitter as they are. He will rant into the wind, as Twitter continues its inexorable race downward toward its ultimate ignominious end. Simple. Neat. Effective. Q.E.D.
July 25, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Let Elon scream "X" at the top of his lungs to his fanboys and his mirrors. Ignore him. Leave all existing references to #Twitter as they are. He will rant into the wind, as Twitter continues its inexorable race downward toward its ultimate ignominious end. Simple. Neat. Effective. Q.E.D.
Musk is apparently imminently changing the #Twitter logo from the blue bird (which Twitter long said was a key asset) to some form of X. More appropriate would be EX, because that's what the endgame will be for Twitter on its current path.
July 23, 2023 at 2:48 PM
Musk is apparently imminently changing the #Twitter logo from the blue bird (which Twitter long said was a key asset) to some form of X. More appropriate would be EX, because that's what the endgame will be for Twitter on its current path.
It's not just Hollywood -- AI is coming for us all - https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110713516796864122
July 14, 2023 at 5:26 PM
It's not just Hollywood -- AI is coming for us all - https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110713516796864122
Artificial Intelligence at the Crossroads - https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/07/13/artificial-intelligence-at-the-crossroads
July 13, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Artificial Intelligence at the Crossroads - https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/07/13/artificial-intelligence-at-the-crossroads
So basically #Meta is saying, "Our Threads app is so incredibly privacy invasive that we won't even try to launch it in Europe now, and will instead depend on sucker Americans to be our chumps."
July 5, 2023 at 4:38 PM
So basically #Meta is saying, "Our Threads app is so incredibly privacy invasive that we won't even try to launch it in Europe now, and will instead depend on sucker Americans to be our chumps."
June 29, 2023 at 2:04 AM
What most depresses me about the #Google situation: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110616970134460826
June 27, 2023 at 4:09 PM
What most depresses me about the #Google situation: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110616970134460826
Yes, #Google could destroy the best of the Internet: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110616816635505820
June 27, 2023 at 3:15 PM
Yes, #Google could destroy the best of the Internet: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110616816635505820
Putin should just declare victory in Ukraine and retire to Mar-a-Lago.
June 25, 2023 at 3:28 PM
Putin should just declare victory in Ukraine and retire to Mar-a-Lago.
Emails from #Google about "Album Archive" shutting down: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110557275944896668
June 17, 2023 at 2:52 AM
Emails from #Google about "Album Archive" shutting down: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110557275944896668
Wait until #Google execs realize that they can save even more money by shutting down 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
June 16, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Wait until #Google execs realize that they can save even more money by shutting down 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
Regulate AI -- Right Now: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110554470918879023
June 16, 2023 at 3:02 PM
Regulate AI -- Right Now: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren/110554470918879023
♫ 99 Google products overall.
99 Google products.
Take one down, nowhere to be found.
98 Google products overall.
98 Google ... ♫
99 Google products.
Take one down, nowhere to be found.
98 Google products overall.
98 Google ... ♫
June 16, 2023 at 2:31 AM
♫ 99 Google products overall.
99 Google products.
Take one down, nowhere to be found.
98 Google products overall.
98 Google ... ♫
99 Google products.
Take one down, nowhere to be found.
98 Google products overall.
98 Google ... ♫