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Reporter at @Gizmodo.com. I’ve been writing about the history of futurism at @Paleofuture.com since 2007. Email: mnovak@gizmodo.com Signal: mattnovak.11

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Despite the massive amount of money being made by the United States of America, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, as a direct result of Tariffs being charged to other countries, the full benefit of the Tariffs has not yet been calculated in that many of the buyers of goods and products, in order to avoid paying the Tariffs in the short term, "STOCK UP" by purchasing far more inventory than they can use in order to avoid Tariff payments in the short term. That heavy inventory purchase is now, however, wearing thin, and soon Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA Will SKYROCKET, over and above the already historic levels of dollars received. These payments will be
RECORD SETTING, and put our Nation on a new and unprecedented course. We are already the

Despite the massive amount of money being made by the United States of America, Hundreds of Billions of Dollars, as a direct result of Tariffs being charged to other countries, the full benefit of the Tariffs has not yet been calculated in that many of the buyers of goods and products, in order to avoid paying the Tariffs in the short term, "STOCK UP" by purchasing far more inventory than they can use in order to avoid Tariff payments in the short term. That heavy inventory purchase is now, however, wearing thin, and soon Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA Will SKYROCKET, over and above the already historic levels of dollars received. These payments will be RECORD SETTING, and put our Nation on a new and unprecedented course. We are already the

and unprecedented course. We are already the
"hottest" Country anywhere in the World, but this Tariff POWER will bring America National Security and Wealth the likes of which has never been seen before. Those opposing us are serving hostile foreign interests that are not aligned with the success, safety and prosperity of the USA.
They couldn't care less about us. I look so much forward to the United States Supreme Court's decision on this urgent and time sensitive matter so that we can continue, in an uninterrupted manner to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President
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11/23/25, 9:15 PM

and unprecedented course. We are already the "hottest" Country anywhere in the World, but this Tariff POWER will bring America National Security and Wealth the likes of which has never been seen before. Those opposing us are serving hostile foreign interests that are not aligned with the success, safety and prosperity of the USA. They couldn't care less about us. I look so much forward to the United States Supreme Court's decision on this urgent and time sensitive matter so that we can continue, in an uninterrupted manner to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President 1 ReTruth 5 Likes 11/23/25, 9:15 PM

“That heavy inventory purchase is now, however, wearing thin, and soon Tariffs will be paid on everything they apply to, without avoidance, and the amounts payable to the USA Will SKYROCKET, over and above the already historic levels of dollars received.”

24.11.2025 05:19 — 👍 107    🔁 16    💬 19    📌 17
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How we’re bringing AI image verification to the Gemini app Our new Gemini app feature allows you to verify Google AI images and determine whether content was created or edited by AI.

Gemini added the ability to detect SynthID watermarks a few days ago:

24.11.2025 05:05 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Looking at the timestamps I think it’s actually more pathetic than that. He added himself to an AI image that was already viral

24.11.2025 05:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We know it’s AI and not Photoshop because it has Google’s SynthID watermark which can’t be seen by the naked eye but shows up if you run it through Gemini.

24.11.2025 04:41 — 👍 96    🔁 9    💬 5    📌 0

This is why I tell people not to feel embarrassed if they fall for fake images. These are extremely realistic.

Silicon Valley has built a world where creating countless realistic fakes is just two clicks away. You literally can't believe your eyes anymore. And it's only going to get worse.

24.11.2025 04:33 — 👍 265    🔁 52    💬 8    📌 2

These were all probably created with Google's Nano Banana Pro, which was released last week.

That viral image of "Bubba" with Trump that went viral was probably made with the same tool. AI image generation is getting extremely realistic.

24.11.2025 04:28 — 👍 137    🔁 14    💬 3    📌 0
AI-generated image of Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, and Sam Altman, all sitting in a circle in a parking lot. Musk is smoking a cigar and they're near a Cybertruck. The word "fake" has been added in bold letters by me.

AI-generated image of Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, and Sam Altman, all sitting in a circle in a parking lot. Musk is smoking a cigar and they're near a Cybertruck. The word "fake" has been added in bold letters by me.

There are a lot of different versions circulating. They're all AI generated.

24.11.2025 04:25 — 👍 147    🔁 15    💬 7    📌 2
AI-generated image of Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg all standing in an apartment togther. Musk is smoking a cigar. The word "fake" has been added in bold letters by me.

AI-generated image of Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg all standing in an apartment togther. Musk is smoking a cigar. The word "fake" has been added in bold letters by me.

It's part of a trend of putting these guys in environments where billionaires would be unlikely to hang out.

24.11.2025 04:16 — 👍 205    🔁 17    💬 11    📌 3
AI-generated image of Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg all standing in a circle in a parking lot. Musk is smoking a cigar and they're standing near a Cybertruck. The word "fake" has been added in bold letters by me.

AI-generated image of Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sundar Pichai, Tim Cook, Sam Altman, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg all standing in a circle in a parking lot. Musk is smoking a cigar and they're standing near a Cybertruck. The word "fake" has been added in bold letters by me.

I've seen this image enough now that I feel like I should point out it's fake.

24.11.2025 04:11 — 👍 711    🔁 128    💬 52    📌 53
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A mother and her 15 year old autistic son are reunited after nearly 50 days apart.

Emmanuel Garcia went missing, and rather than check missing person’s reports, Houston PD called ICE.

ICE sent him to the Office of Refugee Resettlement and his mom has been fighting to get him back ever since.

24.11.2025 03:41 — 👍 2863    🔁 1220    💬 128    📌 92

Our illiterate ungovernable Nazi cops will have shiny badges and new uniforms, that is the democratic promise

24.11.2025 03:34 — 👍 372    🔁 66    💬 5    📌 0

if there's a reason to keep up the "tribunals for all involved" discourse one such reason it is to put in stark relief how far away some of the Dem politicking is from the mood on the ground

24.11.2025 03:30 — 👍 1848    🔁 376    💬 34    📌 6

“Shlomi told Fox News Digital in an interview Sunday that his decision to run for office was ultimately motivated by a desire to ‘destroy wokeism’ and as a tribute to the late Charlie Kirk, whom he called the original ‘woke buster.’”

24.11.2025 03:14 — 👍 110    🔁 23    💬 30    📌 8

It is!

24.11.2025 03:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are you a time traveler from 2008 Twitter? I’m struggling with the idea that a social media user like you still exists. “Don’t you own a notebook” was something people stopped saying when they realized it’s a very glass houses situation.

24.11.2025 03:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“Trump appears to want to revive the raucous comedies and action movies of the late 1980s to late 1990s. He’s passionate, for instance, about the 1988 Jean Claude Van Damme sports flick Bloodsport.”

24.11.2025 02:45 — 👍 54    🔁 18    💬 11    📌 12
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As somebody situated in that exact cultural space at that time, this is *mind blowingly accurate.* The landscape is SO different, it feels like remembering a parallel universe.

21.11.2025 20:34 — 👍 2377    🔁 326    💬 19    📌 0
Udo Kier in BLADE (1998)

Udo Kier in BLADE (1998)

Udo Kier and Tracy Tweed in JOHNNY MNEMONIC (1995)

Udo Kier and Tracy Tweed in JOHNNY MNEMONIC (1995)

Udo Kier and Pamela Anderson in BARB WIRE (1996)

Udo Kier and Pamela Anderson in BARB WIRE (1996)

Udo Kier in ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE (1994)

Udo Kier in ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE (1994)

Grateful to have grown up watching Udo Kier being creepy as hell in movies.

24.11.2025 01:16 — 👍 278    🔁 74    💬 9    📌 7

Feel free to block me, my dude. The world is full of all kinds of shit that I'm sure is quite boring to you but I would like to keep tabs on as this shit gets worse.

24.11.2025 00:08 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I think the day we just treat this kind of language from our government as normal is the day we might as well just give up on everything. Yes, DHS has been bad for a long time, but there is an escalation happening when they're using Nazi memes and extremely dehumanizing language on social media.

23.11.2025 23:46 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Is this the new “and you’re surprised?” reply?

23.11.2025 23:37 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
DHS: DRAIN THE SANCTUARY SEWERS!
Under the leadership of @Sec_Noem we are sweeping through sanctuary cities, rounding up criminal illegals, and returning America to Americans.
@MicahBock

DHS: DRAIN THE SANCTUARY SEWERS! Under the leadership of @Sec_Noem we are sweeping through sanctuary cities, rounding up criminal illegals, and returning America to Americans. @MicahBock

“SANCTUARY SEWERS”

“returning America to Americans”

23.11.2025 23:11 — 👍 85    🔁 24    💬 14    📌 5
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After losing Penny, I think it’ll be a long while before I have another dog. But I did sign up to take shelter dogs out for field trips and did my first one today. Meet Parker, who is up for adoption with no fees at East Bay SPCA!

23.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 1024    🔁 73    💬 18    📌 8
I can't say there weren't any signs. I did find it odd that Olivia was simultaneously reading Robert Greene's The Art of Seduction and Maureen Callahan's Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed. But the poem—let's call it
"American Canyon" —and many others, too explicit to print, changed everything. (Thanks to Bobby, I am now aware of something called felching.)

I can't say there weren't any signs. I did find it odd that Olivia was simultaneously reading Robert Greene's The Art of Seduction and Maureen Callahan's Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed. But the poem—let's call it "American Canyon" —and many others, too explicit to print, changed everything. (Thanks to Bobby, I am now aware of something called felching.)

Took me a second to remember where I’d heard the book title very recently

23.11.2025 20:50 — 👍 17    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Local group trying to organize 'MAGA' day at Disneyland

“A group called 805 Patriots is organizing a ‘MAGA invasion’ at Disneyland on February 28th, encouraging supporters to wear MAGA shirts and hats.”

23.11.2025 19:25 — 👍 53    🔁 14    💬 12    📌 4

"Worse, the reason the pitch had been appealing to me to begin with was likely because a large language model somewhere was remixing my own prompt asking for stories where 'health and money collide,' flattering me by sending me back what I wanted to hear."

23.11.2025 18:05 — 👍 79    🔁 26    💬 0    📌 0

I'm not sure "Let them eat relocation costs!" is the winning message you think it is

23.11.2025 16:20 — 👍 206    🔁 37    💬 12    📌 0

american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts

23.11.2025 16:22 — 👍 3207    🔁 881    💬 31    📌 8

DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.

23.11.2025 15:01 — 👍 9589    🔁 3417    💬 129    📌 97

DE MULE FUTURE

23.11.2025 05:32 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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