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i thought they were exaggerating on tiktok when they talked about performative men but
December 30, 2025 at 10:06 PM
i thought they were exaggerating on tiktok when they talked about performative men but
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If you leave a Waymo’s door partially open the company has to pay a human $20 to come close it, please use this information responsibly.
December 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If you leave a Waymo’s door partially open the company has to pay a human $20 to come close it, please use this information responsibly.
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the pw announcement is out! my next two books are for the girlies who choose violence 😌 i can't wait for you to meet all of these troublemakers in due time.
December 5, 2024 at 11:39 PM
the pw announcement is out! my next two books are for the girlies who choose violence 😌 i can't wait for you to meet all of these troublemakers in due time.
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Didn't some techbroligarch recently burble that it was the job of the federal govt to bail out industries that failed?
December 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Didn't some techbroligarch recently burble that it was the job of the federal govt to bail out industries that failed?
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"I suspect that, if Donald Trump loses the next election, we're probably going to see pretty much everyone associated with the administration get prosecuted."
Curtis Yarvin gets a softball interview on BBC Newsnight, expresses his fear of the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjE...
Curtis Yarvin gets a softball interview on BBC Newsnight, expresses his fear of the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjE...
"Power is power" | Curtis Yarvin on monarchy, dictators and democracy
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"I suspect that, if Donald Trump loses the next election, we're probably going to see pretty much everyone associated with the administration get prosecuted."
Curtis Yarvin gets a softball interview on BBC Newsnight, expresses his fear of the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjE...
Curtis Yarvin gets a softball interview on BBC Newsnight, expresses his fear of the future.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WjE...
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oh you know our boy is thirsty if he's pumping neuralink
Elon Musk says Neuralink plans to start "high-volume production" of brain-computer interface devices and move to a fully automated surgical procedure in 2026 (Reuters)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 AM
oh you know our boy is thirsty if he's pumping neuralink
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If accelerationism is increasing every day, should we call it jerk-ism?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(p...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(p...
Jerk (physics) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
October 13, 2023 at 12:44 AM
If accelerationism is increasing every day, should we call it jerk-ism?
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(p...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerk_(p...
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The wonderful people at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution are hiring a political data journalist to work full-time on political data, starting with 2024 elections. Minimum pay is around $80,000. Must move to Georgia but the company has a relocation stipend.
Data Journalist, Politics
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s mission is to be the most essential and engaging source of news and information for the people of Atlanta, of Georgia and the South. To achieve that mission, we ...
jobs.coxenterprises.com
October 13, 2023 at 2:39 PM
The wonderful people at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution are hiring a political data journalist to work full-time on political data, starting with 2024 elections. Minimum pay is around $80,000. Must move to Georgia but the company has a relocation stipend.
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Fascinating data here but I mostly love that women on TikTok were twice as likely as men to hear the “Freek-a-Leek" JD Vance I'm-a-Never-Trump-guy remix (which really is a banger) www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
November 4, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Fascinating data here but I mostly love that women on TikTok were twice as likely as men to hear the “Freek-a-Leek" JD Vance I'm-a-Never-Trump-guy remix (which really is a banger) www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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TikTok's algorithm is super personalized -- and super opaque.
So, my colleagues and I asked 1,000 people to send us their browsing histories, and we found:
Most people get about 8% politics in their feeds, but a few get as much as 30%.
gift link: wapo.st/40uSUJG
So, my colleagues and I asked 1,000 people to send us their browsing histories, and we found:
Most people get about 8% politics in their feeds, but a few get as much as 30%.
gift link: wapo.st/40uSUJG
November 13, 2024 at 7:27 PM
TikTok's algorithm is super personalized -- and super opaque.
So, my colleagues and I asked 1,000 people to send us their browsing histories, and we found:
Most people get about 8% politics in their feeds, but a few get as much as 30%.
gift link: wapo.st/40uSUJG
So, my colleagues and I asked 1,000 people to send us their browsing histories, and we found:
Most people get about 8% politics in their feeds, but a few get as much as 30%.
gift link: wapo.st/40uSUJG
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I did write about some guys who made $180M via digital marketing to sell (allegedly) overpriced coins to elderly Republicans, but it ended in an FBI raid, seizure of their assets and an ongoing civil suit. Wouldn't recommend. Read about that industry here:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
I did write about some guys who made $180M via digital marketing to sell (allegedly) overpriced coins to elderly Republicans, but it ended in an FBI raid, seizure of their assets and an ongoing civil suit. Wouldn't recommend. Read about that industry here:
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The spammer blocked me preemptively, which made it hard to trace this.
Would be nice if bsky would let custom-domain accounts block their default _______.bsky.app account to prevent this kind of thing.
Would be nice if bsky would let custom-domain accounts block their default _______.bsky.app account to prevent this kind of thing.
November 29, 2024 at 3:33 PM
The spammer blocked me preemptively, which made it hard to trace this.
Would be nice if bsky would let custom-domain accounts block their default _______.bsky.app account to prevent this kind of thing.
Would be nice if bsky would let custom-domain accounts block their default _______.bsky.app account to prevent this kind of thing.
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There's an imposter of me DMing people tips on how to make $700,000 via digital marketing.
Real: @jeremybmerrill.com
Fake: @jeremybmerrill.bsky.app
Convincing. But it's not me.
Real: @jeremybmerrill.com
Fake: @jeremybmerrill.bsky.app
Convincing. But it's not me.
November 29, 2024 at 3:27 PM
There's an imposter of me DMing people tips on how to make $700,000 via digital marketing.
Real: @jeremybmerrill.com
Fake: @jeremybmerrill.bsky.app
Convincing. But it's not me.
Real: @jeremybmerrill.com
Fake: @jeremybmerrill.bsky.app
Convincing. But it's not me.
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Yup.
The problem of being a modern male? crypto fixes this. #web3 #crypto #blockchain #defi
November 29, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Yup.
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I like this chart. It tells a story. It's a bimodal distribution, which is my favorite kind of chart. It tells me that I've got two kinds of things: A bunch of the things on the right, centered at 0.8 and some of the things on the left, around 0.1 to 0.2.
December 2, 2024 at 6:39 PM
I like this chart. It tells a story. It's a bimodal distribution, which is my favorite kind of chart. It tells me that I've got two kinds of things: A bunch of the things on the right, centered at 0.8 and some of the things on the left, around 0.1 to 0.2.
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The problem of single women learning to cope with the scarcity of suitable men? blockchain fixes this. #web3 #crypto #blockchain #defi
November 30, 2024 at 9:10 PM
The problem of single women learning to cope with the scarcity of suitable men? blockchain fixes this. #web3 #crypto #blockchain #defi
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I've spent the past year obsessed with how police are using facial recognition. What I found: Police in 12 states have used these tools to find and arrest suspects when they have no other evidence, leading to wrongful arrests
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches
Confident in unproven facial recognition technology, sometimes investigators skip steps; at least eight Americans have been wrongfully arrested.
wapo.st
January 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I've spent the past year obsessed with how police are using facial recognition. What I found: Police in 12 states have used these tools to find and arrest suspects when they have no other evidence, leading to wrongful arrests
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
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"Gulf of America" first sprung up in a pretty unexpected place. One of the first references I can find to the idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico? Comes from Stephen Colbert and partially sponsored by... Bing.
From 15ish years ago:
news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Do...
From 15ish years ago:
news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Do...
news.softpedia.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Gulf of America" first sprung up in a pretty unexpected place. One of the first references I can find to the idea of renaming the Gulf of Mexico? Comes from Stephen Colbert and partially sponsored by... Bing.
From 15ish years ago:
news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Do...
From 15ish years ago:
news.softpedia.com/news/Bing-Do...
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27 crypto wallets acquired ~$1,000,000+ of the president's memecoin after top holders were invited to a special dinner with Trump.
It "creates the specter of a pay-to-play deal". So who are payers? There are hints that many aren't even American.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
It "creates the specter of a pay-to-play deal". So who are payers? There are hints that many aren't even American.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
How Trump team turned a dinner invite into a crypto boon worth millions
Nearly two dozen crypto wallets acquired more than 100,000 $TRUMP meme coins, worth roughly $100 million, after the team said top buyers could join the president for dinner.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
27 crypto wallets acquired ~$1,000,000+ of the president's memecoin after top holders were invited to a special dinner with Trump.
It "creates the specter of a pay-to-play deal". So who are payers? There are hints that many aren't even American.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
It "creates the specter of a pay-to-play deal". So who are payers? There are hints that many aren't even American.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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We used 1,100 real users' data to help re-create TikTok’s algorithm, and then made a map, allowing you to explore the hidden divides that decide what content you see - and what you don't.
Awesome work by @fox.computer, Leslie Shapiro & @jeremybmerrill.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Awesome work by @fox.computer, Leslie Shapiro & @jeremybmerrill.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Are you in TikTok’s cat niche? What 121,000 videos reveal
We re-created TikTok’s algorithm based on 1,100 users’ feeds. Explore which topics are in your feed and see what the algorithm is least likely to show you.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
We used 1,100 real users' data to help re-create TikTok’s algorithm, and then made a map, allowing you to explore the hidden divides that decide what content you see - and what you don't.
Awesome work by @fox.computer, Leslie Shapiro & @jeremybmerrill.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
Awesome work by @fox.computer, Leslie Shapiro & @jeremybmerrill.com:
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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TikTok's algorithm knew how much Olympics content to give you four months early -- in April 2024. This chart shows quintile cohorts based on how much Olympics content users got during the Olympics (Jul/Aug). But -- amazingly -- the rank order of Olympics vids stays the same, even months beforehand.
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
TikTok's algorithm knew how much Olympics content to give you four months early -- in April 2024. This chart shows quintile cohorts based on how much Olympics content users got during the Olympics (Jul/Aug). But -- amazingly -- the rank order of Olympics vids stays the same, even months beforehand.
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i strongly STRONGLY recommend you urgently check your festive bin calendar for i have received bad tidings
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
i strongly STRONGLY recommend you urgently check your festive bin calendar for i have received bad tidings
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This year I inherited many solemn mantles as is my birthright. First among them is the Riser at 6.45am To Write Schedules and Make Coffee on days of significant gatherings. Proud to take them on but oh i swear I can small my Dad’s bloody pipe
December 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This year I inherited many solemn mantles as is my birthright. First among them is the Riser at 6.45am To Write Schedules and Make Coffee on days of significant gatherings. Proud to take them on but oh i swear I can small my Dad’s bloody pipe
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Sleigh bells ring are you listening?
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland
December 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Sleigh bells ring are you listening?
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland