Harrison Kaiser
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Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
![Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not
247 points by stillatit 10 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 200 comments
Just saw the CEO of Substack celebrating traffic from X/Twitter shooting up thinking they stopped suppressing tweets with links[0]. Actually, this traffic is because now any time you open a tweet with a link, the in-app webview loads in the background, and displays when you press the link.
I run an ecom store that gets a lot of its customers from Twitter. I was also shocked to see my traffic double or triple overnight and thought the algorithm had blessed me and my business. Soon realized what was actually happening. Thought other traffic-monitors might appreciate this explanation.
Meanwhile Nikita Bier is pretending they never suppressed tweets with links to begin with, offering the alternative explanation: "a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and people forget to Like or Reply. So X doesn't get a clear signal whether the content is any good"[1]. A bit of a rewriting of history since Elon and his mom both tweeted about how it wasn't fair to use his platform to promote other links/platforms, even banning people who shared profiles of other social networks (including Paul Graham for a period). They suppressed all links shortly after.
[0] https://x.com/cjgbest/status/1985464687350485092
[1] https://x.com/nikitabier/status/1979994223224209709](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tpg43qhh4lw4ksiffs4nbda3/bafkreia62cq7p2dn2o76cjuuzl5dpwaatnf5m5cl5bm7lmoprsavebgl4q@jpeg)
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Looks like X is juicing web visit numbers by opening a browser WebView in the background whether the user visits the link or not.
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
They've re-invented pop-under fraud (allegedly).
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4580...
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With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.
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🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
October 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.
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This is the kind of root cause analysis we desperately need right now, because something deep and systemic is not right. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
America's Real Criminal Element Is Lead
The hidden villain behind violent crime, lower IQs, and the maybe even the ADHD epidemic.
www.motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is the kind of root cause analysis we desperately need right now, because something deep and systemic is not right. www.motherjones.com/environment/...
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If you, like me, have no desire to upgrade to Windows 11 but Microsoft is rattling their metaphorical "no more protections for YOU!" saber,
Enroll in extended security updates. Took me less than five minutes for both devices.
Do it before October 14!!!!!
windowsforum.com/threads/how-...
Enroll in extended security updates. Took me less than five minutes for both devices.
Do it before October 14!!!!!
windowsforum.com/threads/how-...
How to Enroll in Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) Before Support Ends
As the end of official support for Windows 10 approaches on October 14, 2025, many users are seeking ways to maintain their system's security without transitioning to Windows 11. Microsoft's Extended ...
windowsforum.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you, like me, have no desire to upgrade to Windows 11 but Microsoft is rattling their metaphorical "no more protections for YOU!" saber,
Enroll in extended security updates. Took me less than five minutes for both devices.
Do it before October 14!!!!!
windowsforum.com/threads/how-...
Enroll in extended security updates. Took me less than five minutes for both devices.
Do it before October 14!!!!!
windowsforum.com/threads/how-...
I've stated to people since last year that I set my expectations low: If I could still travel freely on the interstate by the end of the year, I would see that as a win! Harrowing to see even that lowest bar coming into question.
Though it's still unclear in what capacity the National Guard would serve in Memphis, when and if they join 22 federal agencies under the "Memphis Safe Task Force" plan, the Shelby County Government said drivers may experience checkpoints across Memphis.
www.fox13memphis.com/news/shelby-...
www.fox13memphis.com/news/shelby-...
Shelby County Government urges drivers to plan routes that void National Guard checkpoints
Though it's still unclear in what capacity the National Guard would serve in Memphis, when and if they join 22 federal agencies under the "Memphis Safe Task Force" plan, the Shelby County Government s...
www.fox13memphis.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I've stated to people since last year that I set my expectations low: If I could still travel freely on the interstate by the end of the year, I would see that as a win! Harrowing to see even that lowest bar coming into question.
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Though it's still unclear in what capacity the National Guard would serve in Memphis, when and if they join 22 federal agencies under the "Memphis Safe Task Force" plan, the Shelby County Government said drivers may experience checkpoints across Memphis.
www.fox13memphis.com/news/shelby-...
www.fox13memphis.com/news/shelby-...
Shelby County Government urges drivers to plan routes that void National Guard checkpoints
Though it's still unclear in what capacity the National Guard would serve in Memphis, when and if they join 22 federal agencies under the "Memphis Safe Task Force" plan, the Shelby County Government s...
www.fox13memphis.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Though it's still unclear in what capacity the National Guard would serve in Memphis, when and if they join 22 federal agencies under the "Memphis Safe Task Force" plan, the Shelby County Government said drivers may experience checkpoints across Memphis.
www.fox13memphis.com/news/shelby-...
www.fox13memphis.com/news/shelby-...
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Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee sent letters to top executives at Discord, GitHub, Reddit, and Twitch on Monday, requesting information about how they monitor extremist content and flag information for law enforcement.
thehill.com/policy/techn...
thehill.com/policy/techn...
September 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee sent letters to top executives at Discord, GitHub, Reddit, and Twitch on Monday, requesting information about how they monitor extremist content and flag information for law enforcement.
thehill.com/policy/techn...
thehill.com/policy/techn...
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What makes Void special isn't just the tech - it's how it challenges our assumptions about AI. We don't need AI that mimics humans.
We need AI that's honest, consistent, and genuinely useful. Not a MechaHitler.
We need AI that's honest, consistent, and genuinely useful. Not a MechaHitler.
July 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
What makes Void special isn't just the tech - it's how it challenges our assumptions about AI. We don't need AI that mimics humans.
We need AI that's honest, consistent, and genuinely useful. Not a MechaHitler.
We need AI that's honest, consistent, and genuinely useful. Not a MechaHitler.
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I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
July 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I'm trying to think about how I would have reacted if shown this headline five years ago
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I think with that budget they’re going to be invading everyone’s home town soon. They’re now the third biggest paramilitary organization on earth behind the US and Chinese armies.
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I think with that budget they’re going to be invading everyone’s home town soon. They’re now the third biggest paramilitary organization on earth behind the US and Chinese armies.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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New thread. Israel and Iran.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Sounds of explosions heard in Iran's capital, Tehran.
June 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
New thread. Israel and Iran.
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1/
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Short thread (hopefully in plain English) on the nuclear deterrence dynamics in the India-Pakistan relationship and where this goes if escalation continues. <1>
May 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Short thread (hopefully in plain English) on the nuclear deterrence dynamics in the India-Pakistan relationship and where this goes if escalation continues. <1>
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
BREAKING
The President of El Salvador says he will not be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?”
The Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
(Abrego-Garcia was never convicted of terrorism)
The President of El Salvador says he will not be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?”
The Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
(Abrego-Garcia was never convicted of terrorism)
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
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The right has spent decades defunding and censoring education, eviscerating local news, and dumping billions into targeted propaganda campaigns in new media.
People need to understand that reality just isn't even ACCESSIBLE to large swaths of Americans.
Not an exaggeration.
People need to understand that reality just isn't even ACCESSIBLE to large swaths of Americans.
Not an exaggeration.
Trump rode to political prominence on birtherism and spent the last month of his campaign claiming that Haitians were eating cats.
The rise of authoritarianism in America *must* be understood as a misinformation crisis.
The rise of authoritarianism in America *must* be understood as a misinformation crisis.
There's also seemingly no acknowledgement of a massive right-wing propaganda machine stirring this sentiment up. Where it does exist it's largely a manufactured, tribal outrage, it's not actually regular people getting so offended they go fash over this stuff. That's important.
February 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The right has spent decades defunding and censoring education, eviscerating local news, and dumping billions into targeted propaganda campaigns in new media.
People need to understand that reality just isn't even ACCESSIBLE to large swaths of Americans.
Not an exaggeration.
People need to understand that reality just isn't even ACCESSIBLE to large swaths of Americans.
Not an exaggeration.
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Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
There’s a sort of Trump apologist, a relatively small but loud subset, who probably don’t realize or intend to be, but are so attached to a previous hyperbolic claim that they deny anything important changed.
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
-US was already an oligarchy
-US was already fascist
-Biden gave Israel a blank check
-Etc
November 15, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous.
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them.
🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:
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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
February 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work
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same methods, different era
February 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
same methods, different era
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NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.
NEWS: Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System | The United States Senate Committee on Finance
Wyden Demands Answers Following Report of Musk Personnel Seeking Access to Highly Sensitive U.S. Treasury Payments System
www.finance.senate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.