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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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it's jarring to think about how much federal funding used to go to stuff like cancer research, food safety, public health, science grants, and USAID and now it's private planes for ICE, $40 billion to Argentina and a ballroom where the East Wing of the White House used to be
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
it's jarring to think about how much federal funding used to go to stuff like cancer research, food safety, public health, science grants, and USAID and now it's private planes for ICE, $40 billion to Argentina and a ballroom where the East Wing of the White House used to be
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
It's not widely known but years ago I worked at a wealth-management outfit connected to Thomson-McKinnon brokerage. Even now, snark about the investment lifestyle still catches my eye ... e.g., “I’m a firm believer that the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent”
October 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
It's not widely known but years ago I worked at a wealth-management outfit connected to Thomson-McKinnon brokerage. Even now, snark about the investment lifestyle still catches my eye ... e.g., “I’m a firm believer that the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent”
Saw this www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Death to Spotify article in passing, which made me think of the possible options, which caused me to click on my Mixcloud link www.mixcloud.com/beatconscious/ ... pleased to find it operational & available for our listening pleasure...
Death to Spotify article in passing, which made me think of the possible options, which caused me to click on my Mixcloud link www.mixcloud.com/beatconscious/ ... pleased to find it operational & available for our listening pleasure...
‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Saw this www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Death to Spotify article in passing, which made me think of the possible options, which caused me to click on my Mixcloud link www.mixcloud.com/beatconscious/ ... pleased to find it operational & available for our listening pleasure...
Death to Spotify article in passing, which made me think of the possible options, which caused me to click on my Mixcloud link www.mixcloud.com/beatconscious/ ... pleased to find it operational & available for our listening pleasure...
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Watch on PBS: Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden owned newspapers nationwide—another battle against greed.
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink
A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.
www.pbs.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Watch on PBS: Hedge fund Alden Global Capital gobbles up newspapers across America and guts them. No one knows why, until journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger journalist rebellions at Alden owned newspapers nationwide—another battle against greed.
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This is the lesson of 2025
he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is the lesson of 2025
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Where are all the people now when we need them most???
September 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Where are all the people now when we need them most???
Watching it (again) tonight 😍
The Peripheral.
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Watching it (again) tonight 😍
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1/ Read/listen this. @ezraklein.bsky.social is right. We have a rapidly closing window to prevent Trump from permanently entrenching an autocracy. We cannot just await the midterms or the markets. Democratic leaders must either fight or step aside for those who will. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
1/ Read/listen this. @ezraklein.bsky.social is right. We have a rapidly closing window to prevent Trump from permanently entrenching an autocracy. We cannot just await the midterms or the markets. Democratic leaders must either fight or step aside for those who will. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...
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Holy shit…You can’t make this up: a plane is circling Soldier Field before the Bears home opener with a banner that reads—
“HEY ICE, MASKS ARE FOR CUCKS.”
Also the trolling is incredible for those that told us to stop wearing masks during the pandemic.
“HEY ICE, MASKS ARE FOR CUCKS.”
Also the trolling is incredible for those that told us to stop wearing masks during the pandemic.
September 9, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Holy shit…You can’t make this up: a plane is circling Soldier Field before the Bears home opener with a banner that reads—
“HEY ICE, MASKS ARE FOR CUCKS.”
Also the trolling is incredible for those that told us to stop wearing masks during the pandemic.
“HEY ICE, MASKS ARE FOR CUCKS.”
Also the trolling is incredible for those that told us to stop wearing masks during the pandemic.
And anyhow, isn't there still a Disney World attraction in California? Shutter the FL site (e.g., for "deep cleaning" or some such) ... temporary loss of revenue ought to be much less than building an alt Disney experience anew ...
If I'm running Disney, I'm telling FL that if they don't immunize appropriately, that DW will be moving to a different state. Yes, it would be expensive, but not as much as headlines screaming about children dying after going to DW. This is where these companies could put their 💰 to GOOD use. Sadly.
September 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM
And anyhow, isn't there still a Disney World attraction in California? Shutter the FL site (e.g., for "deep cleaning" or some such) ... temporary loss of revenue ought to be much less than building an alt Disney experience anew ...
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Lock'em up talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.
This story first appeared at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up...
talkingpointsmemo.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Lock'em up talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-i...
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Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! “We are retaining some features for premium users. Want rule of law? That’s premium. The right to run your company without government interference? That’s a paid feature now.” [theatlantic.com]
Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America!
Want rule of law? That’s premium.
www.theatlantic.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Apologies: You Have Reached the End of Your Free-Trial Period of America! “We are retaining some features for premium users. Want rule of law? That’s premium. The right to run your company without government interference? That’s a paid feature now.” [theatlantic.com]
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“Fire RFK Jr. now.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“Fire RFK Jr. now.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote in a scathing editorial on Saturday calling for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign.
www.motherjones.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“Fire RFK Jr. now.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
August 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
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That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
August 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
That Trump and Trumpism are fascist doesn’t explain the sheer vandalism of unleashing mass murdering mayhem via RFK to replace medical/scientific institutions of immense value and prestige with medieval peasant superstitions. That is a criminal madness facilitated by but above and beyond fascism.
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Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and…
House Republicans Want To Doxx Wikipedia Editors Over Bogus ‘Bias’ Complaints
Congress has absolutely zero constitutional authority to investigate a private website for its editorial decisions. Zero. None. This is First Amendment 101. Yet House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Cybersecurity Subcommittee Chairwoman Nancy Mace have decided otherwise. In a letter to Wikimedia Foundation CEO Maryana Iskander, these two Republicans are demanding that Wikipedia hand over editor identities, internal communications, and arbitration records because some studies suggest there might be bias in Wikipedia articles about Israel-Palestine issues.
www.techdirt.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Wrote about Comer/Mace attempting to doxx and intimidate Wikipedia editors in an effort to force their own viewpoint onto Wikipedia.
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This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me.
Dem govs must step up and fill the void.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Dem govs must step up and fill the void.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Trump’s Decapitation of CDC Takes Darker Turn—and Hands Dems a Weapon
Illinois’s J.B. Pritzker is leading a charge other Democratic governors should take up: In our America, we’ll make sure public health systems remain strong.
newrepublic.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is good: With Trump/RFK destroying CDC, JB Pritzker's officials are exploring the possibility of buying Covid vaccines from manufacturers and distributing them in-state themselves, source tells me.
Dem govs must step up and fill the void.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
Dem govs must step up and fill the void.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1998...
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Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
August 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
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Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht
August 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Going to be wild to have Clarence Thomas and other members of the court write that even the appearance of impropriety is sufficient to allow the President to remove Federal Reserve members from office, and then head off to Harlan Crow’s yacht
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Post images & videos of the inside your house at your peril.
This new tool uses pictures taken inside your house to identify your exact location.
As a service.
It will be abused to target people.
For theft. Stalking. And worse.
This new tool uses pictures taken inside your house to identify your exact location.
As a service.
It will be abused to target people.
For theft. Stalking. And worse.
August 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Post images & videos of the inside your house at your peril.
This new tool uses pictures taken inside your house to identify your exact location.
As a service.
It will be abused to target people.
For theft. Stalking. And worse.
This new tool uses pictures taken inside your house to identify your exact location.
As a service.
It will be abused to target people.
For theft. Stalking. And worse.
On the bright side, I've just begun a new "watch all the DVDs" review of my movie library ... it's a long haul, so to tune me up, I usually start off as I have this year, with Deadwood.
August 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On the bright side, I've just begun a new "watch all the DVDs" review of my movie library ... it's a long haul, so to tune me up, I usually start off as I have this year, with Deadwood.