Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis

Fascist fucks.

Thompson argues that "the way to address this new reality...is with new laws." Sure, if only. But our new reality is an all-powerful president and a fascist takeover.

I hear constant calls for companies to set guardrails on their products. Here people are arguing that governments should be exempt from any such conditions. I disagree.

The idea that an already almost-all-powerful, unaccountable president should have unquestioned and total power to decree even illegal uses of a company's tools is, especially given current actors, obviously untenable.

I'm by no means suggesting that company CEOs should hold more power than elected officials. I have many stated problems with Anthropic's view of "safety." But I am saying that conscience and accountability work both ways. This govt already has too much power; we need checks.

Anthropic and Alignment Anthropic is in a standoff with the Department of War; while the company’s concerns are legitimate, it position is intolerable and misaligned with reality.

I so disagree with Thompson here, for he does not account for dealing with an authoritarian, fascist regime waging illegal wars. Companies refuse to sell their drugs to states to kill people. If only IG Farben had refused to sell Zyklon B to the Nazis.
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Cloudflare sucks.

is it righteously helping to stoke fears based on falsehoods? is saying things like “shield… from vaccines” in a headline no quotes / air quotes helping?

Stock Market Today: Dow Drops More Than 1,000 Points; Oil Prices Jump on Iran Conflict — Live Updates Follow along for live updates on oil prices and the top markets and finance stories. Plus the latest on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq.

No longer "it's the economy, stupid." Now: It's Stupid's Economy. His war. Blood on his bruised hands. His inflation, too.
Dow Drops More Than 1,000 Points; Oil Jumps
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Exclusive: A new CBS News emerges amid Iran crisis The joint Israeli and American attacks on Iran were the first major test of the new CBS News right-leaning and pro-Israel editorial leadership.

Semafor: "Weiss’ approach has paid some dividends." For Netanyahu and Trump.
A new CBS News emerges amid Iran crisis
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"For US tech companies, the conversation has now shifted from political to war risk... Apart from storing commercial information, Gulf data centers support government surveillance, intelligence work, and military communications, making them more valuable and more likely to be deliberately targeted."

As a guy who works in the software world, the internet was a major lifeline for me as a kid and has been beneficial in the long run developing healthy hobbies. I have met folks in the LGBTQ community who credit finding good communities on the internet to their survival.

Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream The region sold itself as a safe harbor for the world’s data. Amazon’s burning data center in the UAE has upended that pitch.

Rest of World's report on the tech strikes:
Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream
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Lachlan Murdoch Says Ellison-Backed CNN Will Be “Strong Competitor” Of Fox News, But “Running News Is Hard” At a Wall Street conference, Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch discussed the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger, NFL relations, streaming progress and more.

How would he know about running news?
Lachlan Murdoch Says Ellison-Backed CNN Will Be “Strong Competitor” Of Fox News, But “Running News Is Hard”
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Amazon says drone strikes damaged 3 facilities in UAE and Bahrain Amazon Web Services warned that instability is likely to continue in the Middle East, making operations "unpredictable."

Iran targeting US tech?
Amazon says drone strikes damaged 3 facilities in UAE and Bahrain cnb.cx/4laJPOM

Receipts:
We don’t know how social media bans will affect youth but we’re doing it anyway!
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Not sure we have the same goal. Coddling ignorance is what has led to pulling back from vaccinations. Not long ago, your children could not attend school if not vaccinated as those children were a danger to themselves and others. Parents were held accountable. They were seen as irresponsible.

THEY ARE KILLING THEIR CHILDREN! Jeezus, have we lost all standards and norms in this society about protecting children from ignorance and peril? There's no nuance or layering at a child's funeral.

OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks ‘sloppy’ ChatGPT owner’s CEO says it will bar its technology being used for mass surveillance or by intelligence services

Worse than sloppy, Sam, all this makes you look like a double-dealing, two-faced, authoritarian-ass-kissing, disloyal, hypocritical jerk. But sure, sloppy.
OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks ‘sloppy’
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If parents let their young children play with fire or set off fireworks or drive a motorcycle (without a helmet) would you urge understanding or criticize their irresponsible parenting?

Play at the ATP Challenger in Fujairah, UAE has been canceled for the day because of an oil refinery fire caused by drone attacks.

This is absurd. Why they ever continued with this tournament is beyond me.

Treating the threat of literal death like it's a rain delay that they hope passes.

Also, I prefer "denied" to "tried to shield from"

They are ignorance and that ignorance can be perilous and even fatal to their own children. There is no point in coddling ignorance.

"instead" is such a stupid word for them to use. "And therefore" is much more accurate.

Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles.

That's what's called cause and effect.
Parents Tried to Shield Their Children From Vaccines. Instead They Got Measles. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

Supreme Court sides with Christian parents in battle over school trans policies At issue is a California law prohibiting school policies that require employees to report students’ sexual orientation and gender identity to parents.

Don't call them "Christian parents," #BrokenPost. At least call them anti-trans parents.
Supreme Court sides with Christian parents in battle over school trans policies www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

How Trump assassination attempts played into his decision to attack Iran President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time a personal rationale for attacking Iran: “I got him before he got me.”

#BrokenPost normalizes his narcissistic, paranoid, impulsive insanity as "a personal dimension to his decision to attack Iran."
How Trump assassination attempts played into his decision to attack Iran www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a “victim” in the warrant.

When Agents Negotiate With Agents with Microsoft Research's Saleema Amershi | AI Inside podcast This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ airia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Saleema Amershi is a Partner Research Manager at Microsoft Research AI...

On AI Inside, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social and I spoke with Saleema Amershi from Microsoft Research about what actually breaks when AI agents try to negotiate and transact with each other at scale. Her team built the simulation to find out. The answers are fascinating.
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picture from the just-completed White House event of a side profile of Trump with a visible injury on his neck

whoa -- this is new. Trump has a significant rash-like injury on his neck today in addition to his disfigured hand

(Saul Loeb/Getty)