404 Media: Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers (Requires an email signin to read the article; TLDR there are now networks of AI generated "influencers" hawking all kinds of stuff, and it's getting pretty tough to determine who is real and who isn't).
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Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
 #ai #llm #deepfake #influencers #tiktok
Canada: Health Canada warns that relight candles previously available on Amazon.ca pose a fire hazard
Health Canada warns that relight candles previously available on Amazon.ca pose a fire hazard - Canada.ca
Relight candles are banned in Canada. These candles can spontaneously relight after being blown out and can re-ignite after disposal, posing a fire...
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Aha, it's the anniversary of the most famous bicycle modification by bicycle mechanics working out of their bicycle shop! #BikeTooter
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Politico: Vought says National Center for Atmospheric Research will be dismantled https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/17/national-center-for-atmospheric-research-ncar-dismantled-00694685 #climate #disasters #weather #politics #NCAR image
Hmm, so many people I know have lost their minds trusting the AI and not thinking things through with some critical thinking this week. (Essentially: "The AI said to shove a fork into the electric outlet! I'll try that!" ) #AI #LLMs
Washington State is going for blackout on the "weather bingo" today.
Seattle/Tacoma, WA
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)
Here is a map of the affected countries (excluding Tonga), to give you a sense of how much this new ban restricts immigration from Africa in partic...
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USA Today: Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado "...WASHINGTON ‒ The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs...."
Trump moves to dismantle National Center for Atmospheric Research lab
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