Amen to that.

"We shape our tools and thereafter they shape us". Culkin summarizing McLuhan in 1967.

Perhaps, but only if you let them. Out of the box, maybe. But all you have to do is instruct them to be a sparring partner, an agent provocateur, and out goes the sycophancy.

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

The enshittification of BlueSky.

In 2025, Bluesky raised $100M from Bain Capital Crypto and "forgot" to tell people for almost a year.

Clearly, Jay Graber's resignation is linked to this.

You can shelve your "less toxic alternative" BS now.

This place is done.

techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/b...

"CVS said its digital twins are based on 2.9 million responses from over 400,000 real people with their consent."

Allow me to suggest a possible framework for you to use next time:

1) Read the article.
2) Use AI to do some research if you don't.
3) Then post about how bad it is.
4) Or not.

First time back here in a month. Crickets. Was fun while it lasted, right?

Agents “are essentially digital clones of real individuals, who are interviewed to gather their preferences, personality and other traits. Simile then combines that data with participants' behavioral and purchase data to ensure 'generalizability and visibility into people's thoughts and behaviors'”

No boycott? Nothing?

The trend of X users generating nonconsensual deepfakes using Grok hasn't slowed down, despite massive attention and outrage over the past week. There are 7,000 image requests/hour for this type of image, yet nothing is being done to stop it.

She was so successful at Yahoo. An amazing leader. An inspiration for so many. She deserved every penny of the $239 million they paid her. Just look what Yahoo has become today thanks to her.

yeah, but she's technically the x-ceo now, right? either way, ididnazithatcoming.

3 Empfehlungen für den Umgang auf Social Media mit einer Extremsituation wie in Graz

1.) Schockierende Videos profitieren davon, dass sie Menschen aufwühlen & Gesprächsbedürfnis auslösen. Doch solche Videos können verletzend für Opfer oder Angehörige sein. Zurückhaltung ist sinnvoll

Ein Foto eines Bild-Artikels, in dem steht, dass die Polizei Menschen auffordert, keine Bilder oder Videos des Amoklaufs hochzuladen. Auf dem zweiten Bild der Screenshot eines Videos, das Bild hochgeladen hat.

🕯️ 🖤 Graz

elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall ALT: elmo from sesame street standing in front of a wall

Well, it kinda was, tho. Wasn't it?

Haven't been on Bluesky for a bit. What have I missed?

Agency Is Eating the World a solo operator can now launch a $1b business powered by ai. our economy's critical dividing

Fueled by Al, individual "agency" or "will," rather than traditional skills or education, is becoming the dominant force in the economy, enabling ambitious solo operators to build massively successful ventures. A compelling article by Gian Segato from Replit. www.piratewires.com/p/agency-is-...

In 2023, Sam Altman famously said, "There'll soon be a one-person billion-dollar company." Two years later, we're watching his prediction unfold - and not simply because of Al, but because of the individuals who are wielding it.

Opinion | An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive. Everything is under threat. What you care about can make it to the other side.

It's worth a read, I guess, but Ross Douthat is Temu Marshall McLuhan.

An Age of Extinction Is Coming. Here’s How to Survive. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

@roybahat.com Thanks for your time today at the Perplexity session. We're all on that bike you described in some way or another. Yours is pretty cool, tbh.

The fact that Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social regularly shares such incredibly valuable and factual posts and nonetheless gets so much less attention and traction on social media compared to most of the dreck out there is a testament to just how fucked up things are today.

Perfect 🧵👀

Don't OSS (extensibly Chinese) products like Ernie X1 and DeepSeek kinda support the argument that prices will indeed fall?

Don't OSS (extensibly Chinese) products like Ernie X1 and DeepSeek kinda support the argument that prices will indeed fall?

Is there some background to this, especially the example you chose?

A year+ ago, it was pretty easy to tell them apart. Today, it's much harder. Tomorrow, impossible.

That will also be the pattern for video, btw.

🎯 "Doch es ist ein schmaler Grat zwischen Schutz vor SMS-Spam und Massenüberwachung. „Aus unserer Sicht sollte nicht ohne eine gründliche Folgenanalyse das Kommunikationsgeheimnis ,aufgeweicht' werden", warnt Daniela Andreasch von der RTR."

Zusammenfassung: Wenn dieses Gesetz verabschiedet wird, hören Sie auf, native SMS zu verwenden, und wechseln Sie zu einem verschlüsselten Dienst für diese Nachrichten.

I dunno Stefan. I'm not a lawyer. I only play one on social media. But, yes. It does.

Der rechtliche Fokus wird auf der Nutzung des Inhalts zu kommerziellen Zwecken liegen, insbesondere auf der Hinzufügung eines kommerziellen "Call-to-Action" in Bezug auf Abonnements. Dies sowie die Tatsache, dass das österreichische Recht (UrhG § 14) die AGBs von Meta überragt.

Falls das Gericht diese "Umgestaltung" als Werbung einstuft, gewinnt die Urheberrechtsklage der FPÖ nach österreichischem Urheberrecht (UrhG § 14, Verwertungsrechte des Urhebers) erheblich an Gewicht. (2/2)