Moving closer to child soldiers, huh? [www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08...](
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will waive age limits for new applicants so even more patriots w...
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Secretary Noem Unveils No Age Limit for Patriotic Americans to Join ICE Law Enforcement to Help Remove Worst of the Worst from U.S. | Homeland Security
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will waive age limits for new applicants so even more patriots w...
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Somewhere around a decade ago, a conservative activist told me that it was his mission to end abusive FOIAs of activists fishing through the emails of professors at public universities. I think about that often. RE:
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Kate Starbird (@katestarbird.bsky.social)
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's...
Looks like when Microsoft turned off the Skype servers they didn't turn off the one that says "hey you should pay up." https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreicc6ycinc7pg7lfyv6evjouhs2wuewxi6kc7jer2caakckykwobbq
I feel like every single day I need to post a reminder: if you ask an LLM about itself it DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ITS INNER WORKINGS and WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ACTUALLY ABOUT ITSELF. It just (as it always does) will make up some plausible sounding answer. RE:
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It lives! The game is going to be shipped out VERY SOON, so for folks who have not yet filled out your survey (and there are still a few of you, all of whom I have personally emailed...) please do it ASAP... RE:
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John Nephew (@johnnephew.bsky.social)
Hey @mmasnick.bsky.social check out what I found in the warehouse getting ready for Kickstarter fulfillment. Looks good!
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Just discovered the Aggrolites recently did something called "Jam in the Van" for folks who like ska/rocksteady/reggae. And if you want to see why Roger Rivas is one of the coolest keyboard/organ players ever, this is a pretty good case study. [www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMv4...]( ) [The Aggrolites | Jam in the Va...]( )
Shameless. RE:
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max tani (@maxtani.bsky.social)
On News Corp's earnings call, CEO Robert Thompson makes a pretty unsubtle appeal to Trump to rein in AI, saying AI companies are 1) too woke and 2)...
I'm going to get yelled at for this, but I don't think this is actually as bad as people are making it out to be. It's entirely possible that Perplexity *is* doing something very bad, but from the description, I don't think this is it (please let me explain before the yelling begins)... RE:
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Dave Lee (@davelee.me)
If Cloudflare's analysis is correct -- and I've no reason to doubt it -- this is shameful behavior from Perplexity https://blog.cloudflare.com/perp...
Tried to pull together a bunch of threads of things I've been talking/thinking about lately, about how decentralized tech & democracy go hand in hand, and are necessary for fighting fascism. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
Take Back Our Digital Infrastructure To Save Democracy Watch the tech oligarchs who lined up behind Donald Trump at his inauguration, and you'll ...
Wrote about how the Trump admin is talking about enforcing "the warrior ethos" which seems to be about being fucking terrified of everything, including books and subways. RE:
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Techdirt (@techdirt.com)
The “Warrior Ethos” According To Trump: A Field Guide To Being Scared Of Everything The Trump administration wants you to know they're very, ...