holy shit, this is inspiring

his dark materials was a parable for kids to be openminded and curious. which is more important than any kind of "intelligence" that sam altman and his homunculi ilk value

The Walk by zac smith Dennis was sitting in the office room. He was reading an AI-generated article about tech companies that were hiring. He clicked on one of the company websites at random. He opened the application…

got some new new zac smith special just for you today!

"Dennis was sitting in the office room. He was reading an AI-generated article about tech companies that were hiring. He clicked on one of the company websites at random..."

https://www.havehashad.com/a3ynx

if you see this, post a character from space

Maybe if we explained that being vaporized in WWIII is sort of like being cancelled they would see the gravity of the situation

The crime wave the government keeps ignoring - The Boston Globe White-collar prosecutions have steadily declined over the past three decades. It's not because fewer crimes are taking place.

I wrote about our tough-on-street-crime/soft-on-corporate-crime mentality and why we're in the midst of a white-collar crime wave that way too few people in Washington are taking seriously: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/06/o...

Listened to a lot of Gost while writing my first couple of books. Heartbreaking

Corruption is an essential part of the chaos. Where is the rule of law?

Canceled Corporate Enforcement During the First Year of Trump’s Second Term, Federal Agencies Canceled and Froze Enforcement Against 166 Alleged Corporate Lawbreakers

Pam Bondi's DOJ let corporate crime run rampant.
That's unlikely to change whoever is in charge.
But worth noting that the DOJ over the past year has canceled enforcement against 50+ corporations, including former Bondi employers Amazon, Pfizer & UnitedHealth
www.citizen.org/article/canc...

Canceled Corporate Enforcement During the First Year of Trump’s Second Term, Federal Agencies Canceled and Froze Enforcement Against 166 Alleged Corporate Lawbreakers

Pam Bondi's DOJ let corporate crime run rampant.
That's unlikely to change whoever is in charge.
But worth noting that the DOJ over the past year has canceled enforcement against 50+ corporations, including former Bondi employers Amazon, Pfizer & UnitedHealth
www.citizen.org/article/canc...

OpenAI has plotted a turn towards defense contracting since at least early 2024, first erasing its prohibitions on military use of their models, and then turning towards the revolving door to buy influence with the Pentagon by hiring defense insiders, our @henryburke.bsky.social writes

Financial companies know that no one is minding the store as the Consumer Bureau (CFPB) remains largely frozen.

Last year, Senate Democrats *abandoned* leverage to restore the CFPB by passing GENIUS Act, a giveaway to Trump’s massive crypto corruption.

This year—will they fight for CFPB instead?

AI industry taps January 6 operative to run $100 million campaign to boost MAGA candidates The AI industry has tapped Taylor Budowich, a key operative in the effort to undermine the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, to lead a new group dedicated to boosting Republican candidates…

1. The AI industry has tapped Taylor Budowich, a key operative in the effort to undermine the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, to lead a new group dedicated to boosting GOP candidates in the 2026 midterms.

The group is reportedly planning to spend $100 million.

One reason why the East Wing resonates with people is that it will be incredibly difficulty, divisive and costly to undo this shit. And in that respect it serves as an apt metaphor for the Trump administration.

In which I quibble with framing AI actions as “scheming” — and insist it is the businesses behind these products that are held accountable when AI goes off the rails

lmao

so long and no thanks for all the slop

‘While state and federal prosecutors have sent record numbers of people to prison for violent crimes and property- and drug-related offenses, the US retreated from prosecuting and punishing white-collar crime, despite a tsunami of elite-level wrongdoing.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

A graphic shows Donald Trump seated at a conference table in the White House with four tech executives, including Tim Cook on the left and Jeff Bezos on the right. Large white text on black bars reads, “Forget America First—Under Trump, It’s Corporations First.” Smaller text below says, “Big corporations donated heavily to Trump’s inaugural fund. Just a few months later, federal cases against them are being dropped.” A byline reads “By Rick Claypool,” with an In These Times logo in the lower right corner.

Timeless story from last year.

"Dropping corporate cases en masse, as the Trump administration is doing, is a green light for corporate lawlessness."

inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

gotta say today feels even more dystopian than usual

Truly tragic -- another life sacrificed to Big Tech's mass experiment unleashing human-like AI systems on the public.

There are now at least a dozen suicide deaths attributed to AI companions and companion-like products.

this meme is going around mushroom foraging groups so here’s my @publiccitizen.bsky.social report on the same subject www.citizen.org/news/mushroo...

Don’t Buy Trump’s SOTU Claims - Public Citizen In his State of the Union speech, President Trump is expected to tout progress from his administration on lowering drug prices for Americans, but the rhetoric will not match the reality. Here are the ...

Prepping for the State of the Union? Don't be fooled by Trump's misleading claims on drug pricing. #healthpolicy

www.citizen.org/article/dont...

new dystopia indicator just dropped

amazing

I’ve always loved this photo; it looks like he’s having a deep, soulful conversation with an undead skeleton warrior.

🤣

That’s how they make health science now:
The cure for cancer is ____
Burgers
Ivermectin
Immigrant blood
Fake tan

Providence man finds large tegu while shoveling snow-covered driveway The New England Wildlife Center said a Providence man found a large tegu while shoveling his driveway.

News story here. I love Tegus and think they are highly intelligent animals with some characteristics of dogs. Probably should not be pets, and invasive in FL, but if so, they need to be treated like a dog or cat, not shoved in a tank, alone. turnto10.com/news/local/p...

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