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The purpose of this account isn’t to dogpile what’s being posted here, or to dunk on the internet, but to highlight serious privacy and security issues + bad laws, with of course some funny things. If you have any suggestions please DM.
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It’s not about the AWS outage; it’s about the contracts we made along the way.
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This is the opening of the Grokipedia entry on George Floyd.

I think we can all agree that Floyd did not become well known around the world because of his "lengthy criminal record." Opening the entry this way is seemingly an attempt to manufacture consent for his killing.
“babe come back to bed”
“not yet AWS is down”
It’s not about the AWS outage; it’s about the contracts we made along the way.
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Always take sentences using “the Cloud” or “the Internet” and try replacing those phrases with “A shed in Virginia” to see how they hold up. “Our service is fully based in a shed in Virginia”; “All my files are in a shed in Virginia”; “A shed in Virginia was designed to survive a nuclear war”, etc.
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I bought a new TV, there were 4 buttons across 2 seperate pages to disable advertisements.

And they’ve replaced the Mute button with a dedicated “AI” button, which opens a glorified picture settings.
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0 days since last AWS internet outage
Not shitting on AI but why do I need a glorified-but-worse picture settings button on my TV remote
I bought a new TV, there were 4 buttons across 2 seperate pages to disable advertisements.

And they’ve replaced the Mute button with a dedicated “AI” button, which opens a glorified picture settings.
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Wikimedia says Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic, as more people access the site's information via AI chatbots without clicking through (Emanuel Maiberg/404 Media)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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WIRED @wired.com · 16d
"I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle," says Roger Davis, a Cybertruck owner.

Davis also uses the Grok feature in the car: "Her name is Aura, and I use her as a therapist."

www.wired.com/story/owning...
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Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.
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New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
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Elon Musk once said he would pursue former Twitter execs to the ends of the earth. Instead, he just settled their $128 million lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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If you want to know how they use HiveAI, here’s the code -
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I did read this out loud for our audio section, I regret to report
“.. Oh, babe, you’re keeping it spicy,” Ani said in a low voice as she spun and then jumped on command.

@nytimes.com @kateconger.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/t...