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Greg Linden
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7h
"Sceptics are privately - and some now publicly - asking whether the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be, at least in part, the result of what they call 'financial engineering'. In other words - there are fears these companies are overvalued."
A tangled web of deals stokes AI bubble fears in Silicon Valley
Some are worried that the rapid rise in the value of AI tech companies may be a bubble waiting to burst.
www.bbc.com
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glinden.bsky.social
Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 15h
It should have been obvious from the beginning that the demands on the tech companies won't stop by bending the knee. These tech execs might as well stand for something or they'll eventually compromise everything.
hypervisible.blacksky.app
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19h
The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”
OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT
GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.
www.theverge.com
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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Will Jennings, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 12 more

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 18h
A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.
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Reposted by Michael J. Hicks, Greg Linden

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 18h
Trump is scared of arithmetic, but the rest of us aren't. China is winning his trade war, bigly cepr.net/publications...
In Trump’s Competition with China, China is Winning
China’s economy is growing over five times faster than the US, undercutting Trump’s Cold War rhetoric with hard numbers.
cepr.net
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hypervisible.blacksky.app
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19h
The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”
OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT
GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.
www.theverge.com
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Reposted by Greg Linden

ianboudreau.com
Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d
American broadcast journalism has utterly failed and is a dead industry, there's nothing left worth saving
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glinden.bsky.social
Greg Linden @glinden.bsky.social · 1d
Wish you were coming to Seattle. But I'm very much looking forward to reading the book!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 1d
So today's Substack about the impact of tariffs concluded:

"in many ways the level of the tariffs is less important than the huge uncertainty Trump’s policies have created. And that uncertainty hasn’t abated at all."

Ya don't say. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/leprechaun...
Leprechauns, Effective Tariffs and Inflation
Yes, tariffs are hurting us. No, Trump wasn’t right.
paulkrugman.substack.com
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Reposted by Tom Clark, Alan Richardson, Serge Egelman , and 1 more

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 1d
A few minutes ago in the House:

- Speaker Mike Johnson officially cancels votes next week, extending the House recess through a fourth week

- House Republicans block Democrats from passing a bill to pay the troops during the shutdown, ensuring they will miss paychecks next week
House Press Gallery: During today's pro forma session, the Clerk read a message from the Speaker designating Tuesday, October 14 through Sunday, October 19 as a district work period. Punchbowl's Briana Reilly: House gaveled in and out of its pro forma just now w/o recognizing Rep Elfreth, who was seeking to UC a mil pay bill from Rep Sykes. Elfreth told reporters after that House Dems stand “ready and willing to take” up standalone legislation to pay troops.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 1d
Wtf? We're allowing foreign countries to build military bases on US soil?
atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Hegseth: "I'm also proud that today we're signing a letter of acceptance to build a Qatari Emeri air force facility at the Mountain Home Airbase in Idaho."
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Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Jennifer A. Richeson, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 9 more

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d
News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 1d
These freaks keep getting on TV talking about opposing antifa and how they believe antifa wants to destroy them, and not a single person in mainstream media has asked or commented on what is the opposite of antifascism and who is threatened by antifascists
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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 1d
MAGA Has Utter Meltdown Over Trump Nobel Peace Prize Snub
'Absolute Joke': MAGA Freaks Out Over Trump Nobel Peace Prize Snub
Donald Trump's failure to win was slammed by his base.
www.huffpost.com
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
Finally, Pritzker says more Dems must sound the alarm, though he notes some exceptions (like Chris Murphy).

"I am surprised that more leaders have not stood up," he says.

He urges people to join No Kings protests to let the country know something's wrong. 5/5

newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d
Save money during Amazon's Prime Days? Not so much. "I would have saved, on average, almost nothing during Amazon’s recent fall “Prime Big Deal Days” — and for some big-ticket purchases, I would have actually paid more," @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social found. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Column | I tracked Amazon’s Prime Day prices. We’ve been played.
Here’s what you should do to actually get a good deal on Amazon.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Reposted by Michael H. Whitworth, Greg Linden, Nathan P. Kalmoe

gregsargent.bsky.social
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
JB Pritzker also talks about his inability to get any top Trump officials on the phone, probably because they *want* this to be experienced as an invasion. He explains why this could make law enforcement officials on both sides *less* safe. Total dereliction. 3/

newrepublic.com/article/2016...
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d
New from 404 Media: an internal Meta message we obtained tells employees on its metaverse team that they should be using AI to “go 5x faster”. That's 5 times faster, not 5 percent more.

www.404media.co/meta-tells-w...
Meta Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to ‘Go 5x Faster’
Meta says that its coders should be working five times faster and that it expects "a 5x leap in productivity."
www.404media.co
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Reposted by David Rosnick, Greg Linden

propublica.org
ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d
NEW: Nevada could’ve fined Elon Musk’s Boring Co. more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
Elon Musk’s Boring Co. Accused of Nearly 800 Environmental Violations on Las Vegas Project
Nevada could’ve fined the company more than $3 million, but regulators are seeking a reduced penalty of $242,800, citing an “extraordinary number of violations.”
www.propublica.org
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techmeme.com
Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d
Memo: Vishal Shah, Meta's VP of Metaverse, tells his team to use AI to "go 5X faster" and expects 80% of them to integrate AI into their day-to-day by Q4 (Jason Koebler/Wired)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
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Reposted by R. M. Wilson, Anthony Burke, Greg Linden , and 3 more

histoftech.bsky.social
NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d
“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
futurism.com
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Reposted by Juan Cole, Samantha Brennan, Greg Linden

aclu.org
ACLU @aclu.org · 2d
BREAKING: A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump from deploying federalized National Guard troops into Chicago.

This ruling reinforces what we already knew: It is illegal for the president to use manufactured emergencies to send soldiers into our cities.
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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David R. Miller, Michael J. Hicks , and 2 more

gregsargent.bsky.social
Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d
This is good, from Hakeem Jeffries. More of this please, in every conceivable forum:

"Sycophants who aid and abet the President’s vengeful schemes will not be able to hide from the serious legal consequences of their behavior. They will be held accountable."
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Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 2d
Letitia James was not the President’s “opponent” or his “foe,”certainly not in any political/electoral sense. She is an officer of the court who was doing her sworn duty. This framing is irresponsible.
Screenshot of a photograph of Letitia James on CNN.com with subhead: “She is the second Trump foe to be indicted in two weeks as the president continues to pursue charges against his opponents”
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Emily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 2d
New Reuters Institute report on how people are increasingly using LLMs for search. no surprises (in many markets the figure will be higher) . It’s not really so much *replacing* what publishers do as ‘aggregating’ publisher material and failing to credit www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/peop...
People are using ChatGPT twice as much as they were last year. They’re still just as skeptical of AI in news.
"For news organizations, our findings are in some ways bitter medicine."
www.niemanlab.org
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Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Samantha Brennan, Greg Linden , and 1 more

404media.co
404 Media @404media.co · 2d
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Greg Linden

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 2d
New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
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Reposted by Claire L. Adida, Greg Linden, Manisha Sinha

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d
Whether it’s Joe Biden attending weekly mass or Donald Trump’s ICE agents shooting a priest in the face with a pepper ball, presidents of both sides have directly engaged with the Catholic faith.
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Reposted by Greg Linden

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d
How to negotiate with Putin: First, make sure he knows he can't win
From @radek-sikorski.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | I’m the Foreign Minister of Poland. This Is How to Negotiate With Putin.
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Will Jennings, David Murakami Wood, Greg Linden

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 2d
Peter Atwater
“With each passing day, the AI space looks more and more like the USA’s home mortgage securitization at the peak of the 2007-8 housing bubble with its overlapping series of capital conveyor belts.”
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