Jason Koebler

As a former data labeler myself, I just joined the Data Labelers association today at datalabelers.org You too can aid in their struggle for better working conditions in Nairobi

recycling the recycling bin wow

this is worth a read, and thinking over

(I used to work for one of these companies, not Sama)

glad workers are organising but it's hard as zero-hour contracts, few other options mean that they risk everything to speak up, the work can relocate too

institutionally abusive even with good intentions

'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...

deeply inhale grass sweetie

I did a workout class earlier today that was not only in the grass so i was touching grass but was so hard that at the end I laid face down in the grass for quite some time after

Team Great Britain also basically a US team

i saw people saying that it was bad sportsmanship/poor taste for the guy to run fast at the end of the LA marathon to win. good stuff

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."

Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users A couple of 20-year-old developers make $500,000 a month promising to help men to stop watching porn, but exposed their private porn watching habits.

A couple of young, viral developers are making $500,000 a month with ‘Quittr’; an app to help people with porn addiction. Insane money, living in a mansion, etc. We found they exposed the masturbation habits of 100,000s of users, then lied about fixing it www.404media.co/viral-quittr...

Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users A couple of 20-year-old developers make $500,000 a month promising to help men to stop watching porn, but exposed their private porn watching habits.

these kids are making Ferrari money telling people to use their app in order to stop watching porn, but they exposed their most intimate data and then lied to me about it www.404media.co/viral-quittr...

well worth supporting

How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis' Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.

extremely good piece from @samleecole.bsky.social:

www.404media.co/ai-psychosis...

Understanding Roblox’s Grooming Problem Cecilia D’Anstasio on Roblox’s efforts to protect children from pedophiles.

Sat down with @cecianasta.bsky.social, one of the best in the biz, to talk about Roblox's many controversies www.404media.co/understandin...

How to Talk to Someone Experiencing 'AI Psychosis' Mental health experts say identifying when someone is in need of help is the first step — and approaching them with careful compassion is the hardest, most essential part that follows.

What do you say to someone who believes their chatbot has unlocked the keys to the universe? I talked to mental health experts who are following the 'AI psychosis' issue closely to find out: www.404media.co/ai-psychosis...

it just makes the staring at the ceiling go a little faster

that’s why i said honorable mention adjacent. It’s anthropomorphizing something that by definition can’t act of its own volition, twisting themselves into pretzels to do “active voice” to a noun that does not have agency

takes as long to walk out of the airport as the entire flight

niche complaint but when a budget airline flies you domestic one hour to the tom bradley annex zone on the other side of the planet that is a 20 minute walk to baggage claim, that should be illegal

Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

ICE Phishing: Scammers Are Sending 'Support ICE' Emails to Steal Credentials "As part of our commitment to supporting ICE, we will be adding a ‘Support ICE’ donation button to the footer of every email sent through our platform."

new phishing tactic is to send outrageous emails to corporate clients saying a piece of software they use is going to edit their account to tell their customers that they support ICE:

www.404media.co/ice-phishing...

Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026 ‘How ghoulish.’ The depravity economy moves into the nuclear war business.

super odd. Polymarket was hosting a bet on the possibility of a nuclear detonation in 2026 and it's now "archived" it. You can't view it anymore.

joseph will kill me for this

my friend joseph

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar t...

New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-i...

Kalshi’s line that “we design the rules to prevent people from profiting from death” is obviously untrue, it’s just the company would rather let you bet on the deaths and suffering of civilians rather than dictators and presidents. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports: www.404media.co/with-iran-wa...

the google purple underline grammar thing is a bridge too far

With Iran War, Kalshi and Polymarket Bet That the Depravity Economy Has No Bottom Gambling markets have conveniently found a stance that allows them to continue to profit from death and war.

welcome to the depravity economy

With Iran War, Kalshi and Polymarket Bet That the Depravity Economy Has No Bottom Gambling markets have conveniently found a stance that allows them to continue to profit from death and war.

prediction markets' depravity economy is the culmination of deregulation and kleptocracy, lobbying to legalize sports gambling, the collapse of advertising markets, hustlebro culture, crypto, memestocks, ai bubble ... venn diagram of horrible:

www.404media.co/with-iran-wa...

nextdoor is undefeated