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Adam Gonnerman
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Into science, history, business, TTRPGs, biblical studies, and Brazil ◈ Exvangelical ◈ Project Manager ◈ Celebrant ◈ Nonprofit Founder ◈ he/him

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The AI industry has a big Chicken Little problem

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The AI industry has a big Chicken Little problem
A viral essay on X claims that the world is about to change forever.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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OR companies are effectively investing in an AI Ponzi scheme that will collapse sooner or later and take the market with it.
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OPINION: The massive power that AI companies are wielding now — and will wield in the future — absolutely demands ethical accountability. Right now.
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AI needs to be trained on a theology of human dignity
(RNS) — Basing AI’s principles on ‘the moral view of the whole world’ is both incoherent and dangerous.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Investors Concerned AI Bubble Is Finally Popping

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Investors Concerned AI Bubble Is Finally Popping
Investors are becoming incredibly antsy about the Magnificent Seven's enormous AI spending plans, stoking renewed fears over an AI bubble.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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"The latest round of layoffs comes as the company shifts investment from its metaverse division to wearable technology."

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Facebook parent company Meta announces more layoffs at San Francisco office; company says: As we said last month, we are moving some of our investment from Metaverse to … - The Times of India
Tech News News: Facebook parent Meta has announced that it will cut 102 more jobs at its San Francisco Peninsula offices. The latest round of layoffs comes as the com.
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February 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Vimeo lays off most of its staff just months after being bought by private equity firm
Vimeo just got absolutely gutted by parent company Bending Spoons. Employees are saying that most of the staff has been laid off.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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Meta Is Reportedly Laying Off Hundreds of Metaverse Employees This Week

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Meta Is Reportedly Laying Off Hundreds of Metaverse Employees This Week
An earlier report indicated that Meta was cutting its metaverse budget by 30%.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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2025 was one of the worst years for job hunters since the Great Recession
Why the economy felt so, so bad this year.
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December 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Apple will allow third-party app stores and payment processing in Brazil

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Apple will allow third-party app stores and payment processing in Brazil
Brazilian regulators have reached a settlement with Apple regarding the companies App Store fees.
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December 27, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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The owner of a US-based YouTube download site has been convicted — in Brazil
A Brazilian court has convicted Yout owner and operator John Nader of breaking Brazilian copyright protection laws.
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December 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Dear New York, the American chestnut is back, and it’s on your block
A brief history of the American chestnut and current restoration efforts, from the drinkable “ches-nog” to genomic selection.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Brazil's Lula hopes EU-Mercosur trade deal will be signed in January

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Brazil's Lula hopes EU-Mercosur trade deal will be signed in January
Brazil's President Lula da Silva hopes the Mercosur-EU free-trade deal will be signed in January, after it was delayed on Friday. Protests by European farmers and opposition from France and Italy have...
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December 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Coursera and Udemy enter a merger agreement valued at around $2.5B | TechCrunch
Coursera and Udemy, two of the biggest names in online learning, are combining platforms next year.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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N.J. town breaks ground on $47.5M ferry terminal to New York City
The four-story terminal, funded by $90 million in grants, aims to reshape the borough's waterfront while providing commuters with Manhattan access by 2028.
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December 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Librarians Dumbfounded as People Keep Asking for Materials That Don't Exist
The rising tide of AI slop has brought with it fake research and other sources that librarians are asked to track down.
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December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix
It’s not over yet.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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European Engineers Keep Finding a Secret Kill Switch in Chinese Buses
In Norway they found kill switches, in the UK they seemed to have found none. It's a curious situation.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Layoff announcements just hit the highest level since the pandemic
U.S.-based employers announced plans this year to eliminate nearly 1.2 million jobs through the end of November.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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If You Want Skilled Workers, Stop Treating Them Like They’re Disposable — Forbes
Companies that want skilled workers must fund training, reward mentorship, and support education. You can't harvest what you refuse to plant.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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If the rumors are correct, Verizon’s 'bold' new direction may apparently include mass layoffs

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If the rumors are correct, Verizon’s 'bold' new direction may apparently include mass layoffs
If the rumors are true, Verizon may be prepapring to announce store closures and layoffs this month. It may also be pushing AI even harder.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Post you from a different era.

Arkansas 1998
A young man in a jeans jacket standing next to a young tree overlooking Arkansas farmland in the background.
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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ICE agent holding up a color chart to a little girl's face. He has handcuffs in the other hand.
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Layoffs soared in October to their highest for the month in 22 years, report says
Employers have slashed nearly 1.1 million jobs through October this year, up 65% from a year ago, new labor data shows.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Condé Nast folds Teen Vogue into Vogue.com | LinkedIn
The 22-year-old outlet ended its print publication in 2017, becoming a digital-only publication, and garnered a following for its political, immigration and labor coverage.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Brazil’s president ‘horrified’ as death toll from Rio police raid tops 100

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Brazil’s president ‘horrified’ as death toll from Rio police raid tops 100
At least 115 gang suspects, 4 police officers were killed during Tuesday's military-style operation, say local police.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Brazilians in a Rio favela line up bodies after the city's deadliest police raid

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Brazilians in a Rio favela line up bodies after the city's deadliest police raid
Residents of a Rio de Janeiro favela spent all night collecting bodies from inside the urban community, bringing them down in trucks and lining them up next to one another on a central square.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM