i feel like the only actual unc games are like spades and dominoes???

counterpoint:

a DuckDuckGo search for "yn-slop", with quotes, which shows 'no results found for "yn-slop".

be the change, bijan

=(

Can I recommend this recent podcast interview, bsky.app/profile/dexd... , with @merici.bsky.social ? She led the Direct File team and it’s fascinating to hear the details behind the project, highly recommend.

The next administration needs to make it a priority to revive + deploy this - it’s going to be impossible to kill once people are actually used to it, they just launched it too late

bring on the robot umpires (?) YouTube video by kill switch podcast

a look back before this season started: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IajD...

should we let robots be umpires?

how did we let them gentrify 'unc'

OMG @dexdigi.bsky.social you've featured 2 of my favorite people recently! Can't wait to listen to this episode (I work w/Merici at @scientistsorg.bsky.social). Really enjoyed the AI journalists story you did recently too. I'm a fan.

yoo thank you so much! this was a LOT of fun to make!

she made FREE tax software. then the government took it away YouTube video by kill switch podcast

or, right here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqgd...

Merici Vinton led the team who created Direct File: a free, easy-to-use service that let you file your taxes without being upsold or having your data sent to Facebook. So who wanted it gone? full episode in the profile.

she made FREE tax software. then the government took it away YouTube video by kill switch podcast

in retrospect, this entire episode is a deep dive explainer on why the 'Tax Time!!!' meme is our current reality
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqgd...

thank you so much!

another great episode of Kill Switch, this time with @mjgault.bsky.social

big homie @mattdpearce.com going full public intellectual and i am very much in support of this

Palantir CEO's message to ICE protesters YouTube video by kill switch podcast

Palantir is basically Gamestop at this point @makenakelly.bsky.social on why the idea that ICE protesters would want *more* Palantir doesn't make a whole lot of sense, even on CNBC

www.youtube.com/watch?v=17yn...

why prisons want to block social media YouTube video by kill switch podcast

... what really goes on in prisons. Now prisons are cracking down on any access incarcerated people have to social media.

full episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=__p5...

From behind bars, he’s been able to work with a number of major news outlets to report on the impact of things like heat stroke and overdose among incarcerated people, as well as what happens when a prison goes on lockdown. On occasion, Jeremy’s been able to use social media to tell the world about

Iran didn't invent weird slopaganda (but they're beating the USA at it)

bless

they made a Lego Malcolm X

Iran Is Winning the AI Slop Propaganda War “White House videos—AI or otherwise—are like group-chat in-jokes aimed at keeping cohesion.”

the first part (in blue) is me reading from @mjgault.bsky.social's article in @404media.co:
www.404media.co/iran-is-winn...

they even censored the n-word.

getting mentioned in the same thread as @404media.co and @theverge.com podcasts is an honor! big appreciation

some scenes from getting teargassed over the weekend at the MDC.

Iran Is Winning the AI Slop Propaganda War “White House videos—AI or otherwise—are like group-chat in-jokes aimed at keeping cohesion.”

If you haven't already read @mjgault.bsky.social coverage, here's an intro: www.404media.co/iran-is-winn...

catch yall tomorrow.

American AI slop is no longer cutting-edge YouTube video by kill switch podcast

Tuesday 2:15pm ET: I'm talking with @mjgault.bsky.social about the weird AI lego videos out of Iran. See you there. www.youtube.com/watch?v=daqt...

so Eid and Nowruz happen about the same time this year, which means Shunbun no Hi does too

Shunbun no Hi is a Japanese holiday tied to spring equinox. The official purpose, per the 1948 law (re-)establishing it: "To honor nature, and care for all living things."（自然をたたえ、生物をいつくしむ）You get the day off.