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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 2h

Probably about a century

Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 20h

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Nukes of Hazard @nukesofhazard.bsky.social · 16h

@mjgault.bsky.social: We have avoided nuclear war because we've been lucky, but also because we've been human... The real danger of nukes at the dawn of AI is that justified by efficiency in the name of modernization, AI will replace the next Stanislov Petrov

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 17h

last chance, we start in about 40 minutes!

Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23h

Today at 4:30 PM I'll be moderating a panel about AI and nuclear weapons. Risks? Technology? Games? The IAEA? We'll get into all of it. The expert list is stacked. Register here to watch live.

secure.everyaction.com/rhSOFnj8ekO4...

VIRTUAL - Getting Off the Collision Course: The Case Against Arms Racing

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 20h

Good job Sora 2 has watermarks on its videos (people have already made tools that instantly remove the watermark)

www.404media.co/sora-2-water...

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

www.404media.co

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 21h

this round hit me pretty hard for about 24 hours. have fun

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23h

spoilers. watch the show.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnEu...

Ryan's Note - Final Scene S03E08 - Halt and Catch Fire

YouTube video by Picccs

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23h

some days on this job the "security is a myth, you are not ready" monologue from 'Halt and Catch Fire' plays in my head on a loop

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23h

seems bad!

But it’s not just the slop. It’s also the scams. “At its most innocuous, AI generated content without watermarking and metadata accelerates the enshittification of the internet and tricks people with inflammatory content,” Tobac said. “At its most malignant, AI generated content without watermarking and metadata could lead to every day people losing their savings in scams, becoming even more disenfranchised during election season, could tank a stock price within a few hours, could increase the tension between differing groups of people, and could inspire violence, terrorism, stampede or panic amongst everyday folks.”

Tobac showed 404 Media a few horrifying videos to illustrate her point. In one, a child pleads with their parents for bail money. In another, a woman tells the local news she’s going home after trying to vote because her polling place was shut down. In a third, Sam Altman tells a room that he can no longer keep Open AI afloat because the copyright cases have become too much to handle. All of the videos looked real. None of them have a watermark.

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23h

It's laughably easy to remove the watermark from Sora 2 generated videos. 404 Media found dozens of websites and pieces of software that will do it.

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web

Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

www.404media.co

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23h

Register to watch live. Why? Because it's being moderated by a guy who knows that the best works of anti-nuclear fiction have all been written by Hideo Kojima

Hot Coldman, a villain from Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker. "Machines don't make mistakes, only men do. That's why a fully automated, mechanized deterrent like Peace Walker is needed."

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23h

Today at 4:30 PM I'll be moderating a panel about AI and nuclear weapons. Risks? Technology? Games? The IAEA? We'll get into all of it. The expert list is stacked. Register here to watch live.

secure.everyaction.com/rhSOFnj8ekO4...

VIRTUAL - Getting Off the Collision Course: The Case Against Arms Racing

secure.everyaction.com

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 23h

don't unsubscribe just yet ...

Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 1d

Aaaaauuughhh!!! The core! The core is blue hit! Screwdriver you rat! You weren't stabilizing the beryllium sphere, you slipped ans gave me the ol' spicy ball!

How could you given your own scientist, Slotin , THE SPOCY BALL!?

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 1d

Got a tip recently about how Trump's tariffs are preventing libraries from sharing books, and causing their loaned books to get stuck or lost in other countries: www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 4d

If Silent Hill F isn't Dark Souls then why are Ornstein and Smough in it?

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Treats Hog (Good) 류강 대™🪨🕯️ @karnesmellagio.bsky.social · 4d

The next step is starving the troops www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Upcharging on Food, Selling Booze: The Army's Plan to Privatize Dining

The Army is preparing to overhaul its food service system in a move that could strip away government-run dining facilities and hand operations to private, for-profit companies.

www.military.com

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 4d

Google has determined that ICE agents are a vulnerable group and has used this designation as pretext to delete an app that helped communities determine where ICE raids were happening

www.404media.co/google-calls...

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP — Pennsylvania prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices against voter fraud. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parents' PA address for years.

From @jsweetli.bsky.social, @slate.com + me:

MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.

A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.

slate.com

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404 Media @404media.co · 5d

New: Apple just removed ICEBlock, the app for reporting sightings of ICE, from its App Store after DOJ pressure. ICEBlock's developer tells 404 Media "we are determined to fight this."

"Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never the right move."

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

www.404media.co

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 5d

I think these IR theories are neat because they all functionally ignore that violence is actually real and you can just kill people in international relations to make them do what you want.

No I am sorry Mr. PhD but a Tomahawk conveys both a message and an actual warhead.

Rob @greaterhermit.bsky.social · 5d

In IR undergrad I had a VERY post-structuralist prof who argued that it was words and construction all the way down. I asked: but do you really think that’s useful to a kid living in war-torn Iraq? He can’t change his own reality. He said “Well, maybe he could” and that was just too Matrix-y to me.

Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 5d

“Okay, so how should we actually formulate policy around the strategic threat of thousands of nuclear weapons pointed at NATO?”

“First of all, using words to concisely convey concepts makes you a bad person, so write that down…”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 5d

Sign of the times: @mjgault.bsky.social interviewed ABC's John Quiñones re: his podcast about Vanessa Guillén, a soldier who was murdered at Ft Hood in 2020. When Gault asked how Sec. Def. Pete Hegseth could roll back reforms made in response to Guillén's death, a PR person cut in to shut it down.

Vanessa Guillén and the Importance of Speaking Up

Hey there Angry Planet listeners, Matthew here.

angryplanetpod.com

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 5d

"I don't want current events to cloud what we're trying to do with the podcast," the PR person told me. It can't be avoided. You can't pretend it's not happening.

Vanished is a good show. Guillén's legacy is important. I won't just ignore Hegseth's tarnishing it.

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 5d

In our talk, John mentioned the People First Initiative as one of the many new things brought about by Guillén's death.

In a post-Trump and Hegseth world, the landing page for that is gone.

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 5d

Of all the weird and disturbing things in Hegseth's speech, "No more anonymous complaints. No more repeat complainants" struck me as one of the worst. He's talking about a complete change in the way watchdog complaints are handled, for the worse.

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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 5d

In his speech, Hegseth talked about returning to the standards of the 1990s. It's important to understand what the military was like back then, especially for women. Thanks to @rickperlstein.bsky.social for showing me this one

Analysis | Hegseth wants to return the military to 1990 — a dark time in its history

The early 1990s saw the U.S. Navy rocked by the Tailhook sexual assault scandal, exposing a dark underside of military culture.

www.washingtonpost.com

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