Mike Nicholson

a man with a mustache is sitting on a couch and talking to another man . ALT: a man with a mustache is sitting on a couch and talking to another man .

But if they know everyone will assume he was cast as the guy everyone is supposed to think did it, they’ll assume we think the plot twist is he actually did it, so then the twist on the twist will be…he didn’t do it.

"The top 10% of most cited pages across all 3 LLMs have much less traffic, rank for fewer keywords and get fewer total backlinks. How does that make sense? It almost looks like being strong in traditional SEO metrics is bad for AI Chatbot visibility." 🤔

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Looking forward to presenting my new work on the threat of disordered discourse to democracy at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit, where I'll be giving the opening keynote, and probably making everyone feel a bit sad www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...

At Makaha Beach Park the other night. Kids surfing, beach ball, people behind me just relaxing in their chairs, and all of us just watching the sun set.

YouTube video by TheBestMovieClipsOnThePlanet Ford vs Ferrari (2019) - Shelby explains the loss at Le Mans to Ford

I like this scene - we can’t corner, we can’t stay cool, can’t stay on the ground….you’re welcome.

At Duke Paoa Kahanamoku Beach Park, Honolulu

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2008 - Russia invades Georgia.
2014 - Russia seizes Crimea.
2015 - Russia backs separatists in Donbas.
2022 - Russia launches full invasion of Ukraine.
2025 - Trump blames Ukraine.

I wonder if this historically accurate version of the Odyssey is just a smokescreen and what he’s actually working on is some kind of sci-fi adaptation.

Gulf of Map Explorer Create and share your own custom Gulf maps with MapQuest

OMG MapQuest just launched a "Name your own Gulf" site 😂

gulfof.mapquest.com

EU’s Disinformation Code moves closer to becoming DSA benchmark Staying on the right side of the European Union’s online rulebook when it comes to the slippery topic of disinformation is set to get easier for platforms that commit to the bloc’s long-standing Code of Practice on Disinformation. You know, the voluntary…

EU’s Disinformation Code moves closer to becoming DSA benchmark

I like to have an Americano when I’m grading….

Just like I predicted: OpenAI's $14M ad was entirely designed, written, illustrated, and animated by HUMANS.

Because when content actually matters, you don't leave it up to spicy autocomplete. Even if you run the world's wealthiest AI company. 😎

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He spent a lot of time talking about his losses during the end of this game

Giving the @flashes.blue app a try…

Got one

This AI gives you a body double to sit on Zoom calls, so you don’t have to A new service called Pickle lets you create AI-generated body doubles that can sit on Zoom calls while you’re somewhere else.

Laziness inspires innovation. I wonder what your pickle does when you’re asked a question?

If You Want To Be A Writer, Start Writing. Like anything else, the more you do something, the more you have a chance at getting good at it.

I’ve used this for students —> Writing is thinking, and when you outsource all of your writing to technology (e.g.,ChatGPT), you outsource all your thinking too.

Don’t outsource your thinking.

Of all the things going on right now, this was near the top so….glad we can put this one to rest.

And I noted it’s scientist(s)….plural….a team of them….

Just downloaded because of this. I can’t see anywhere that shows you who you’re following. Assume it’s pulling videos from my Discover feed vs those I follow, because I see videos of accounts I don’t follow.

Quote from an article: reported. ''Mexico is ready to apply retaliatory tariffs of 5%, 10%, 20%, said one of the sources, a Mexican government official. 'However, we are still in constant dialogue because the effects would hit both countries, jobs on both sides of the border will be put at risk, the sources added." "The retaliatory tariffs would most likely be on pork products, cheese, apples, grapes, potatoes, cranberries and Bourbon whiskey, as well as manufactured steel and aluminum, the sources said," Oré reported. ''Mexico has chosen these products because they have a big impact on regions that voted overwhelmingly for Trump, said the second source, who has knowledge of the government plans."

Mexico’s president is playing 3-D chess.

''Mexico has chosen these products because they have a big impact on regions that voted overwhelmingly for Trump"

What has happened to liberal democracies all around the world?

In this thread, I will explain the basic mechanisms of how our broken information ecosystems destroy democratic discourse and foster a turn to strongmen politics.

Here is the summary infographic ⬇️

Let's dive in.
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Follow us for groundbreaking reporting on the Pentagon & inside the ranks — from DOGE being unable to find a single chief warrant officer it can fire to Hegseth's vow to implement a 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' drinking policy.

Tweet from MapQuest: fyi MapQuest is NOT renaming the Gulf of Mexico - not because of politics but because we haven't updated our maps in like 15 years and don't remember how to do it 3:01 PM • Jan 29, 2025

Heroes

Bluesky’s science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X.

On the migration of the scientific community to Bluesky:
www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

Pentagon prepares to expand in-theater data processing pilot The Joint Operational Edge, or JOE, cloud initiative aims to provide commanders with the compute capabilities they need.

The Joint Operational Edge, or JOE, cloud initiative aims to provide commanders with the compute capabilities they need.

This was my first home computer in elementary school - B&W monitor, keyboard and cassette tape “hard drive.” It used BASIC and my first ‘program’ was Line 10: Print “Michael” Line 20: Goto Line 10.

Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael Michael…..

DeepSeek hit with ‘large-scale’ cyber-attack after AI chatbot tops app stores Attack forces Chinese company to temporarily limit registrations as app becomes highest rated free app in US

If it ain't the Wild West out there www.theguardian.com/technology/2...