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Unsurprising bad jobs report. Just 73,000 added in July, and most of those were health care.

Even worse, May and June jobs numbers revised down by 258,000. Awful.

Companies don't want to create jobs in Trump's chaos economy with weakening rule of law and rampant corruption.

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Every Reason Why I Hate AI and You Should Too maybe it's anti-innovation, maybe it's just avoiding hype. But one thing is clear, I'm completely done with hearing about AI.

Every Reason Why I Hate AI and You Should Too

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Tucker Carlson’s view of the Epstein saga

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The amusing thing is that this push is happening at the same time the state files on Tony Blair’s push to bring in ID cards when he was PM are being released, showing the scheme as both hopelessly useless and deceptive and Blair as weirdly enthused by it contrary to all the evidence.

Russian disinformation sites linked to former Florida deputy sheriff, research finds A new report from a media watchdog connects John Mark Dougan, who now lives in Russia, to scores of fake news sites.

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Maybe Tucker Carlson needs to fly back to Moscow and interview this guy. Sure, he'd be spreading Russian disinformation, but it would be good to know if he has real evidence about Jeffrey Epstein and his pedophile friends.

"The purpose of a system is what it does" - Stafford Beer

What OSA is doing is shutting down large chunks of the old wonderful grassroots internet due to the legal risks of the discretionary elements and the overheads of compliance.

It's very likely to cut the UK off from Wikipedia any day now.

Blame Pornhub for Britain’s Age-Check Internet Mess The backlash against the UK’s new child safety law should also go to companies who built glitchy age-checking systems.

"Far from being a policy miscalculation, [the OSA] is doing exactly what it's supposed to, and part of the reason for its painful transition is that platforms have dragged their feet on building technically seamless age-checking systems." | @parmy.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Chinese Hackers Are Playing the Long Game “Chinese hackers are targeting more sensitive U.S. targets than ever — not to smash and grab, but to bide their time,” Axios reports. “Beijing is investing in stealthy, persistent access to U.S. syste...

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#take9
#CyberCivilDefense

Subscribe to read Stellar results from Alphabet, Microsoft and Meta cannot yet be attributed to the technology’s usefulness

“strong as #BigTech’s latest earnings performance may look, not much can be directly attributed to generative #AI. Nor is it entirely clear how they will ultimately justify the massive increase in capital spending to build and deliver the technology.” on.ft.com/4lbZcEW

"Online platforms, regardless of where they’re based, won’t face “fair share” network fees when the European Commission proposes a revamp of telecom rules later this year, a commission spokesperson said today." www.mlex.com/mlex/data-pr...

"Concerns in the video games industry are mounting that in the EU it could have to overhaul its free-to-play business model, which relies on in-app purchases in games that are free to download. The European Commission and national regulators have intensified scrutiny" www.mlex.com/mlex/technol...

Future of Technology Institute | EU Institutions Senior Lead Job Opening: Future of Technology Institute | EU Institutions Senior Lead at Meliore Foundation (FUP) in Europe.

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Future of Tech Institute is hiring *three* senior advocacy roles to run advocacy with EU institutions, Germany, and France. (Roles in thread)

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18 months. 12,000 questions. A whole lot of anxiety. What I learned from reading students’ ChatGPT logs Students increasingly use AI chatbots for anything from academic queries to emotional quandaries. But are they missing out on the chance to make their own mistakes? Three undergrads reveal all …

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How X’s Community Notes Leave South Asians Disproportionately Exposed to Misinformation | TechPolicy.Press X’s Community Notes face delays and low coverage in Hindi, Urdu, and other South Asian languages, leaving misinformation unchecked, writes Kayla Bassett.

X’s Community Notes struggle in South Asian languages due to stalled notes and few reviewers, leaving misinformation unchecked. CSOH’s Kayla Bassett highlights these gaps and lessons for X and Meta.

Russia to crack down on what it deems 'extremist' content – DW – 07/25/2025 In a fresh move to restrict free speech, Russia's parliament has approved legislation punishing those who browse what the state deems as "extremist" online content. How will this affect users?

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Epstein didn’t build the system—he refined it. The modeling industry was the real pipeline: visas gamed, girls exploited, silence enforced. Trump’s agency played its part. This wasn’t a scandal. It was infrastructure. And it didn’t collapse. It rebranded. Read more: www.facebook.com/share/p/1CSK...

Subscribe to read Premier Li tells World AI Conference that ‘bottlenecks’ in chip supplies are hindering innovation

‘#China’s premier Li Qiang said #AI innovation was hindered by “bottlenecks” such as the supply of computer chips and obstacles to talent exchange.’ on.ft.com/3ILfSWk

Sounds like a real solid “deal.”

I mean, yeah. We elected a felon and made him king so

New blog! ‘Consequences of a skewed discourse around generative AI and elections’. Read why @felixsimon.bsky.social, @oii.ox.ac.uk and @sachaltay.bsky.social, University of Zurich, believe claims about the impact of generative AI on elections have been overblown: bit.ly/46YTZg7 1/2

Bullshit. 40 years of massive disinformation/lobbying campaigns is why we haven't done more to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Lies and hate on the radio, TV AND the Internet have fostered wars from Yugoslavia to Rwanda to Kuwait. I would classify your tweet as misinformation (or at least uninformed).

I'm screaming, too. And this is what I am screaming: "Lies and disinformation make it harder to understand and respond to all the other risks on the list!" Similarly, corruption is a cross-cutting, compounding problem.

*silent internal screaming*

People who don’t open the window when taking off, especially from SFO, are absolute psychopaths.

The finding that the LLMs were more persuasive when they loaded their arguments with false claims raises some serious ethical questions. At some point in time we’re going to have to ask whether laundering deception through an llm is any different than deceiving participants.

Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok “TikTok is going to go dark,” commerce secretary warns as negotiations falter.

No but guys the Supreme Court and Congress said it's for national security issues!!! We don't know what issues but they're there!! I'm super cereal!!!
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