luddite bro

(5/11) Walmart, Whole Foods, and Kohls are switching to electronic shelf labels that can display dynamic prices. Kroger deployed them with Microsoft AI—a setup a 2024 Senate inquiry warned could enable “surge pricing” via facial recognition. (Kroger claims it will only lower prices.)

Further proof that this is the worst MLM in history

Pam Bondi Admits DOJ Has a Secret Domestic Terrorist List After the DOJ dodged questions for months, Bondi acknowledged in a hearing that she had a list of targets under NPSM-7.

After the DOJ dodged questions for months, Bondi acknowledged in a House Judiciary Committee hearing that she had a list of targets under NPSM-7.

"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"

Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.

There's absolutely nothing new added to the conversation here. Just panic clickbait bullshit

"I" is a ridiculous way to frame this action.

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Book cover for AI Tools, Not Gods by Caroline De Cock. Subtitle reads “Why Artificial Intelligence Hype Threatens Global Governance—and How to Fix It.” The cover shows a small toy-like robot holding a wrench and pliers against a white background, with bold red and black title text.

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"Firms deliberately operate from small cities & towns, where rents & labor costs are lower & a growing pool of 1st-gen grads are seeking jobs. Improvements in internet connectivity made it possible to plug these locations directly into global AI supply chains, w/o relocating workers to cities."

Pretty hilarious that Sergey Brin is the face of this article since we now know he was at Epstein's island.

It's worth noting, some police *have* been investigating federal shootings. And experts told us they should be doing so.

“Residents should be demanding that, ‘Hey, state authorities, police, local police: Protect us. Arrest people who kill us, who batter us who point guns at us and threaten us.’”

Screenshot of a map and table listing ICE warehouse purchase data.

🚨 New: We built a visual tracker of the warehouses ICE is targeting across the US.

Working off an idea from @actualkatherine.bsky.social, we’ve mapped active searches, canceled deals, and linked state property records.

Explore the map here: tinyurl.com/ICEWarehouse...

Epstein: “the girls and i are going to see elon musk at space x tomorrow, are you around,”

A Secret Oil Cartel Might Have Killed Our Clean-Energy Future In a landmark antitrust case, Michigan alleges oil companies colluded to “capture and kill” clean-energy and electric-vehicle efforts.

Big Oil "purchased solar and EV patents to ensure others couldn’t use them, solicited control of renewable markets and then abandoned them, and funded powerful institutions to promote false solutions, all while using trade groups to downplay the harms of fossil fuels, according to the complaint." 😠

The behavior of our big beautiful billionaires over the past several decades is psychologically what I can only describe as "Crying out for consequences." They can't stop themselves and deep down they need to be stopped. They need it as much as we do

Today is a great day to unsubscribe from WaPo if you've been holding out thus far

For nearly a year, the administration has said that DOGE had no unauthorized access to your Social Security data. A new government filing admits that was false.

HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”

NEW: HHS has been using Palantir AI tools since last March to ferret out improper DEI and "gender ideology" from grants for child welfare programs. The observant @carolinehaskins.bsky.social has more:

Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.

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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

ProPublica identifies Pretti's killers

Republicans set fire to the 1st and 2nd Amendments for Donald Trump. Masked agents murdering civilians and arresting journalists aren't things that happen in America, until now.

NEW: In another act of unprovoked violence, an ICE agent pepper sprays a demonstrator outside the Moss building today in downtown Sacramento

TikTok Raises U.S. Censorship Fears After Messages About Jeffrey Epstein Are Blocked After an investment group with ties to Trump took control of TikTok in the U.S., users have accused the stakeholders of censorship and spying.

Confusion over terms of service, data center blackouts, and a temporary unexplained block of direct messages about Jeffrey Epstein—why fears of censorship are mounting now that TikTok's U.S. moderation is controlled by investors linked to Trump:

I guess he just got lucky.

5 Big Reasons Why Electricity Prices Are So High Right Now The average U.S. household is projected to spend nearly $1,000 this winter to heat its home.

Apparently our electricity bills are going through the roof and this is partly related to data centers that hog huge amounts of electricity to generate information. I, for one, feel hopping mad about this. The companies that are using the data centers should bear the cost.
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As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally

You GUYS, believe it or or not, while we deal with active fascist kidnappers in our streets and an unhinged imperialist with access to the most insane weaponry ever created--the Beckhams are FEUDING! Thanks @nytimes.com for the breaking news

Seasteading or rotting in space is fine. Banned from the actual humans

Worth noting that this little creep (as well as Thiel and allies) believes in race science. Unapologetic white supremacists

Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work OpenAI says ads will not influence ChatGPT’s responses, and that it won’t sell user data to advertisers.

Suggestions for brands of rope will now appear at the bottom of the page when the bot encourages self harm.