Definitely no better time to watch how bad things get when AI funded by shady people starts taking artists' jobs.

A man in India made thousands of dollars scamming 'super dumb' MAGA fans on IG with a fake AI influencer

• Helped pay for his med school

• Tried a liberal version but it didnt work

“Democrats know it’s AI slop .. The MAGA crowd is made up [of] super dumb people. And they fall for it"

(via WIRED)

They think you're stupid.

"U.S. Embassy staffers"

U.S. Personnel Who Died in Mexico Were Working For the CIA, Sources Say
theintercept.com/2026/04/21/c...

Acquired Burn Out

This is part of a broader push the Trump admin began in term one (that Biden didn't roll back in any way). First each visa applicant had to disclose your social media handles. Now under Trump 2, the U.S. government demands that you make your social media accounts public so they can scan 'em.

Who owns presidential records? Trump's Justice Department says it's him The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed.

The Trump administration asserts a nearly 50-year-old law requiring the preservation of presidential records is unconstitutional. Historians warn important papers could be destroyed. n.pr/4sIYv9O

Naming my security company after the giant evil eye that, crucially, was too distracted to see the actual threat sneaking in

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

oh wow you’re telling me that jd vance follows yet another nazi on twitter

Comic. [Person and person with white hat facing two boxes stacked with $80 price tag and sale tag on each box.] PERSON 1: They want $80 for this? I could make one myself for $10 in parts, an hour of work, a trip to the hardware store, another $30 in parts, another few hours of work, two more trips to the store for $20 more in parts, another hour of work to redo the first hour of work because I messed up, and $80 to buy this when the one I made breaks.

Make It Myself

xkcd.com/3233/

Here in Oregon, there are a quite few places (along the coast and out in Eastern Oregon, for example,) that have silently kept Sundown Laws on the books. Mostly in an attempt to control who does and doesn't move into the neighborhood.

It never goes away. It hides like the cowards who support it.

Guilty on All Counts: The Historic Verdict Against Golden Dawn - UNICORN RIOT On March 4, the Athens Court of Appeals upheld the guilty verdict on 42 members of the neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn for their racist and deadly crimes.

Guilty on All Counts: The Historic Verdict Against Golden Dawn

A Greek court upheld the guilty verdict of 42 members from neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn for their deadly crimes -- an important win for antifascists in Greece after a long fight for justice.

Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.”

“This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” www.wired.com/story/govern...

i'm taking "unc" away from all non-black people right now

JFC please get your newsletter off substack.

There are so many articles I'd read, so many newsletters I'd subscribe to, but nope, they're on substack.

Explained: Generative AI’s environmental impact MIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications.

news.mit.edu/2025/explain...

www.projectcensored.org/ai-data-cent...

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youtu.be/YN6BEUA4jNU?...

youtu.be/wLX_w0TtBpY?...

youtu.be/3VJT2JeDCyw?...

spectrum.ieee.org/midjourney-c...

hbr.org/2026/01/comp...

stop using the slop machines.

If you have to be vigilant once, you have to be vigilant always. Orbans don't go away just because they lost one election. He will try again, or someone like him will try again. You cannot get complacent. You have to do this EVERY time.

Absolutely. Case in point, digital/cyberstalking is at an all-time high. Do your best to protect yourselves y’all 🧡

YOU - "By the way, I'm a fascist." THE DESERTER - "You're not. You're part of the meat shield surrounding the *real* fascists, while they rape children. That's what *you* are."

Disco Elysium rocked face for many reasons but one was because it wasn't afraid to actually say things with meaning

Even without the KDPH of it all hanging over this, girls famously like anime! It’s not like the director was the only one who grew up watching Sailor Moon

A black and white photo of Katherine Johnson, the "Hidden Figure" that sent man into space

A photo of Vanessa Wyche, director of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil service member

Let it be known that Katherine Johnson was the reason for the first astronauts in space.

And now Vanessa Wyche, head of the Johnson Space Center and NASA's highest ranking civil servant, is the responsible for the longest manned space flight in history

I truly hope they get that payout bc this is obscene

The greed is wild. Apple is worth nearly $4 trillion but can't tolerate a single store with unionized workers because they're so against workers getting what they deserve.

how did we let them gentrify 'unc'

A "wartime" poster that says: "Using Generative AI? You're Prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead! Don't surrender your creativity to the Tech Billionaires' control!"

I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment.

Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here:

www.inprnt.com/gallery/phin...

Black women have advanced the human species so, so much. Just unrivaled brilliance, every generation.

This. Thisthisthisthis. 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

We couldn't have done it without her.💐