Group chats are really common in tech, SV, DC… I’m curious ab finance & other industries but I think most professional communities & conferences now have chats? The question is what happens when they become echo chambers. When shitty sources are normalized. When nobody pushes back against insanity. RE:
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Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social)
Incredible to see Marc Andreesseen, master of the universe elite thinker w/billions under management, cite Shellenberger & Benz as reliable sources...
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I don’t think anyone in tech believed that “prompt engineer” was going to be a real job. Better prompts improve results at the margins, sure, but not so much that years out we need classes of people performing that function and not at scale that replaces anything. [www.wsj.com/articles/the...](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hottest-ai-job-of-2023-is-already-obsolete-1961b054?st=urj4u2&reflink=article_copyURL_share ) [The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is ...](https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hottest-ai-job-of-2023-is-already-obsolete-1961b054?st=urj4u2&reflink=article_copyURL_share )
Some creators of these apps have argued that they are technically “only” supposed to be used to nudify adults. There’s a whole lot wrong with this ecosystem. App stores play whack a mole but the keywords return results, ads for them appear on socials, etc. [www.theguardian.com/society/2025...](
the Guardian
Commissioner calls for ban on apps that make deepfake nude images of children
Children’s commissioner for England says ‘there is no positive reason for these particular apps to exist’
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Commissioner calls for ban on apps that make deepfake nude images of children
Children’s commissioner for England says ‘there is no positive reason for these particular apps to exist’
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*The government run by the president who lied and said the 2020 election was stolen* cancelled this funding. The framing of these stories needs to be a lot more precise.“Misinformation on social media” is not the same problem as what we are confronting there. RE:
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New Scientist (@newscientist.com)
The US National Science Foundation cancelled funding for research on misinformation, disinformation and AI-generated deepfakes, even as misleading ...
This brings back memories of fights about reading assessments in SF not being fair to teachers. The surreal failures in education policy in CA lie squarely with the Dems not wanting to rock the boat. There is so much low-hanging fruit they could be pursing, and opportunity for impactful change here. RE:
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Max Dubler, AICP 🏳️‍🌈 (@maxdubler.com)
California Democrats need to get their act together and stop failing working families on basic governance issues like housing and education. https...
“Meta in a statement called the Journal’s testing manipulative and unrepresentative of how most users engage with AI companions. The company nonetheless made multiple alterations to its products after the Journal shared its findings.” Chatbots are just not for kids. [www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbots-sex-a25311bf?st=J7NK3m&reflink=article_copyURL_share ) [Meta’s ‘Digital Companions’ Wi...](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbots-sex-a25311bf?st=J7NK3m&reflink=article_copyURL_share )
🌱 adventures in community gardening: we were assigned a plot someone grew a banana plant in last year. So we pulled up 8 what I think are called “corms” (per Google) & a whole mess of underground rhizome things. Then my 4yo got stung by a honeybee 🐝 right by her eye so: early end to plot work. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiemi6ofm5bltseufbkjtve7j44mnylnol3ylbluahdck4gyxylo7y https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreihktvadttv6fpb3f2nk3wqwvps633yee7rwcqp6dtgf4rxbb633cu https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiacl6borlsqsuqv3u7ccgr4xd43gkptnuk5rj7tnybyamhyxu3qrq https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreia4fyhtxdbcn3fgvxxy7pu4bcrqfp5ozcp4qponsg6eofdmqaut44
This is good. It articulates difference in energy & alignment between “elite” groups. For me, bt more traditional institutional thinking & tech, which always had more focus on adversarial thinking (Ribbonfarm, one of my communities, had a subgroup focused on Boyd) [www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/o...](
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His initiative has been the key to much of his success, but lacking any sense of prudence, he does not understand the difference between a risk and...
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Mike Masnick (@mmasnick.bsky.social)
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Joe Biden is at it again! Vinay is free to show his ass & argue that helpful mRNA tech should be defunded on X, Rumble, Substack, FB, etc - bc private platforms set their rules as they wish. He’s too much of an idiot to understand this. And the people “censoring” academics are his friends. RE:
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Jonathan Howard (@joho.bsky.social)
Vinay Prasad is claiming that’s he’s been censored. LinkedIn is the villain.