Matthew Gault

watching these depositions has the same feeling as watching the Louis Theroux manosphere documentary.

the format change is doing 75 percent of the work. When the camera pulls back and you're no longer staring at a phone screen it's SO much clearer and more pathetic

"there were no books" Yeah man, we know. I'm sure the bayesian priors didn't work out

it's so striking when you take a person out of the "extremely online" context and force them to explain themselves

two themes a defense journalist friend of mine noticed: 1 - willful ignorance of how Vietnam went down. 2 - a constant drumbeat of "we just have to take the gloves off" without really explaining what that means or why it would change anything

here are both themes in one tweet

This is Nathan Cavanaugh, another DOGE staffer explaining how he flagged grants at NEH for "DEI" which would be reviewed for termination. 404 Media has reviewed hours of this footage and we'll have more soon.

Part of a lawsuit by @acls1919.bsky.social, @modernlanguage.bsky.social + @historians.org

I Watched 6 Hours of DOGE Bro Testimony. Here's What They Had to Say For Themselves The hours of videos provide fascinating, or perhaps horrifying, insight into the thinking of someone inside DOGE.

I have watched 6 hours of a DOGE bro deposition. The whole thing, start to finish. It's a fascinating, and horrifying, look at the people who caused so much damage, didn't really achieve anything at all, while still being so sure they are right. Here's what they said: www.404media.co/i-watched-6-...

'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:

www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

Traveling America’s ‘Murderland’ The Pacific Northwest is known for its startling natural beauty, precocious rainfall, and propensity to birth serial killers.

really, it all comes down to lead

see

exactly this

AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East - bellingcat A Dutch newspaper published a story about private evacuation flights from Dubai, but the photo shows signs of AI generation and the flights appear never to have existed.

De Telegraaf, the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, recently published an interview with a woman promoting €1,600 seats on private evacuation flights from Dubai. Bellingcat found that her image was likely AI-generated, and flight data suggests no such plane took off. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...

here's a react emoji for everyone

FBI warns Iran aspired to attack California with drones in retaliation for war: Alert The warning came in a bulletin that was reviewed by ABC News.

i would not have published this story, as someone who's read literally thousands of threat bulletins cosigned or circulated by the FBI

I do think this gets why, even with less playtime vs Arc, I feel less frustrated by Marathon's PvPvE systems.

My takeaway from Arc was that PvP took me away from the good stealth game I wanted to be playing, but here, Marathon's story and look all feel compatible with its gameplay. It just clicks.

Here’s the Memo Approving Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot for Use in the Senate Copilot “can help with routine Senate work, including drafting and editing documents, summarizing information, preparing talking points and briefing material, and conducting research and analysis,” th...

New from 404 Media: here is the memo approving ChatGPT, Gemini, and Copilot in the Senate. Raises questions about how sensitive data will be handled; memo says staff can use AI in all sorts of work, like drafting, research, etc. Has been approved to use "Senate data" www.404media.co/heres-the-me...

From Flock to ICE, Here’s a Breakdown of How You’re Being Watched To better understand what exactly we’re looking at in this dystopian surveillance hellscape, 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox joined Reddit's r/technology for an Ask Me Anything session.

From Flock's nationwide surveillance to ICE tools, we are being watched. Is there anyway to go back now?

"Police love telling each other about the new capabilities and tools that they've acquired, so this tech can spread from city to city very quickly."

A 404 Media guide to surveillance in 2026:

Cybertruck Tried to Drive 'Straight Off an Overpass' Attorney Claims ‘Elon Musk is an aggressive and irresponsible salesman, who has a long history of making dangerous design choices, and over-promising the features of his products.’

we've got dashcam footage of a Cybertruck's self driving feature failing at the worst possible time: on a Texas overapass

the lawsuit wants $1 million in damages and lays on Tesla's CEO. "Elon Musk is an...irresponsible salesman, who has a long history of making dangerous design choices."

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

NUKEMAP has been experiencing "elevated" usage since the beginning of the Iran war (unsurprisingly). Not yet at the levels seen at the beginning of the Ukraine war in 2022, thankfully (see second image). Servers should hold up much better, though, than they did in 2022...

Cybertruck Tried to Drive 'Straight Off an Overpass' Attorney Claims ‘Elon Musk is an aggressive and irresponsible salesman, who has a long history of making dangerous design choices, and over-promising the features of his products.’

We got photos and video of the Cybertruck that nearly barreled off an overpass while using full self driving. Lawsuit says Tesla is to blame because Musk has oversold the truck’s ability to drive itself

www.404media.co/cybertruck-t...

A Cybertruck owner in Texas is suing Tesla for $1,000,000 in damages for “ grossly negligent conduct” following an accident on a Houston highway that involved the vehicle’s self-driving feature. Here's the dashcam video.

@mjgault.bsky.social has the story: www.404media.co/cybertruck-t...

Quittr, an app that promises to help men stop watching porn, leaked intimate data on hundreds of thousands of its users, and lied about its security issues, 404 Media can now reveal. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Story by @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social:
www.404media.co/viral-quittr...

A DOGE staffer assigned to the National Endowment for the Humanities to flag grants for "DEI" tries to explain what "DEI" is. This deposition is part of a lawsuit by the @acls1919.bsky.social, @historians.org and @modernlanguage.bsky.social.