Is it bad for me to admit I'm pretty sure I've never seen Revenge of the Sith, even though I've seen basically all of the Star Wars spinoff series, and most (but not all) of the movies? (I also haven't seen Solo or the Rise of Skywalker)
Wrote about how the FTC is "censoring" comments from people in its docket on the evils of "big tech censorship." A bunch of angry MAGA folks are submitting comments saying "how dare TikTok censor my conservative speech" and the FTC is like "shit, we can't post that" [www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/f...]( ) [FTC’s ‘Tech Censorship’ Invest...]( )
For what it's worth, it was kind of eye opening to try to turn an LLM into Trump and have it give more coherent hallucinatory answers than Trump's actual answers. RE: https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreibzx4wtwqqf2adm343372vww4a2u5imlifn772f3c35uigln2xrv4 View quoted note →
Wrote about how, for all of the "fears" about LLMs "hallucinating," the Trump administration (and Trump specifically) is way worse in hallucinating answers every single time. [www.techdirt.com/2025/04/29/t...]( ) [The Hallucinating ChatGPT Pres...]( )
Uh anyone have this cease and desist letter he says they sent Democrats because I have some First Amendment concerns... RE:
For the folks who insisted that the (censorial, unconstitutional) Take It Down Act was necessary to punish Meta, and that those of us calling it out were "shills for big tech" Meta has always supported the bill, knowing it'll harm its smaller competitors. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreidn2rvhqtk7uxqltt4hgklmeapr6lwzoljssrzarl74pxofcqvq4i
Can't have cancer if no one's looking for it. RE: [a close up of a man making a f...](image )
Congrats to Donald Trump for having such a profound influence on the Canadian election.
Tried to get a photo of the sliver of a moon out there tonight. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreielnwfts56vzf4x4pk37xxgkvqhpte56b6meehaqw5s4kquvbz27a
Jess has a very thorough breakdown of just how bad and ridiculous the TAKE IT DOWN act is. It is embarrassing that [@klobuchar.senate.gov]( ) thinks this is a good bill. It is unacceptable that basically every Dem voted for it. RE: