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Hard to work out who the criminals are here. Right?
"Reuters reported last month that Meta earns $7 billion a year just from the portion of scam ads it considers “high risk,” and that 10% of the company’s 2024 revenue – about $16 billion – was projected to come from ads for scams, illegal gambling and banned products. "
To grow its ad biz in China, Meta has relied on ad agency partners given the power to create special enforcement-protected ad accounts and share them with resellers. The system produces so much fraud that Meta internally calls China its top “scam exporting nation.”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Hard to work out who the criminals are here. Right?
(Pedant) Strictly speaking all cars - all matter, come to think of it - is speed limited.
one of my longstanding takes is that car manufacturers should be forced to install mandatory speed limiters in every new vehicle and people react to that like I'm advocating to strip them of their right to free speech
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
(Pedant) Strictly speaking all cars - all matter, come to think of it - is speed limited.
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"Reuters reported last month that Meta earns $7 billion a year just from the portion of scam ads it considers “high risk,” and that 10% of the company’s 2024 revenue – about $16 billion – was projected to come from ads for scams, illegal gambling and banned products. "
To grow its ad biz in China, Meta has relied on ad agency partners given the power to create special enforcement-protected ad accounts and share them with resellers. The system produces so much fraud that Meta internally calls China its top “scam exporting nation.”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to mini...
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Reuters reported last month that Meta earns $7 billion a year just from the portion of scam ads it considers “high risk,” and that 10% of the company’s 2024 revenue – about $16 billion – was projected to come from ads for scams, illegal gambling and banned products. "
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
11% of men surveyed think they could take a gorilla in a fight, so this 11% largely reflects irrational nutjobs.
11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.
Hello. I’m a “same-sex attracted person” (loathe that description of my sexuality) & I support Trans rights, like the majority of female “same sex attracted people”.
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
December 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
11% of men surveyed think they could take a gorilla in a fight, so this 11% largely reflects irrational nutjobs.
The video of the disarm is wild watching.
BREAKING: Police in Australia say they are responding to a developing incident at Sydney’s Bondi Beach after media outlets reported a shooting incident.
December 14, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The video of the disarm is wild watching.
People watch TV for different reasons. I've stopped watching Mystery Boxes, and I assume people who enjoy Mystery Boxes without a payoff are the people who go through life without understanding most things anyway. 😏
I've written about Mystery Box shows, so I'm willing to put in 20 minutes a week to see if #Pluribus follows the pattern. (And every week, fans tell me "Yeah, but THIS episode is where it's back on track.")
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
December 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
People watch TV for different reasons. I've stopped watching Mystery Boxes, and I assume people who enjoy Mystery Boxes without a payoff are the people who go through life without understanding most things anyway. 😏
Our approach is as follows - my wife goes to social events without me, unless it is important to her that I go, in which case I never say no.
My wife and I drove separate cars to the Christmas party. I spent two hours being social, roughly my limit, and then I came home and relaxed and played games, and she spent about another 2.5 with her friends. We were both happy.
December 14, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Our approach is as follows - my wife goes to social events without me, unless it is important to her that I go, in which case I never say no.
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Weekend baking plans sorted
December 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Weekend baking plans sorted
Cheaper to buy a president, I guess.
www.ft.com/content/c6d7... Inside the failed green revolutions at BP and Shell, which scalded back their efforts at the first opportunity and wrote off the expenses.
Inside the failed green revolutions at BP and Shell
How the energy giants tried to transform their businesses — but ended up dramatically scaling back those plans and writing off billions of dollars
www.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Cheaper to buy a president, I guess.
It seems to me that those who for the longest time, with superficially a point, argued for their freedom to speak, are significantly worse at allowing people to speak, and are now confirming what everyone feared, which was that their demands for speech were in bad faith.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It seems to me that those who for the longest time, with superficially a point, argued for their freedom to speak, are significantly worse at allowing people to speak, and are now confirming what everyone feared, which was that their demands for speech were in bad faith.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
I remain conflicted over this idea. I honestly see good compelling evidence on both sides of the argument.
Because this has already been shown to be a complete fucking disaster in Australia where the same policy went into effect 3 days ago... John Cornyn wants to bring it to America.
PUNCHBOWL: Cornyn “said he plans to introduce a bill “soon” that would ban users under age 16 from social media.”
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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December 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I remain conflicted over this idea. I honestly see good compelling evidence on both sides of the argument.
One thing that frustrates me immensely about government lawfare is that we pay for it. Quite literally, I mean.
BIG NEWS: A federal grand jury has AGAIN refused to indict NY AG Letitia James in the Eastern District of Virginia — this time in Alexandria.
This is just a week after the DOJ tried and failed to secure a grand jury indictment in Norfolk.
This is just a week after the DOJ tried and failed to secure a grand jury indictment in Norfolk.
December 12, 2025 at 9:12 AM
One thing that frustrates me immensely about government lawfare is that we pay for it. Quite literally, I mean.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
You know what is more wasteful than changing something? Changing it twice.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
You know what is more wasteful than changing something? Changing it twice.
A lesser known legal loophole known as 'no'.
"Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not."
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...
www.reuters.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A lesser known legal loophole known as 'no'.
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That link has malware, surely?
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
That link has malware, surely?
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Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
jesus christ
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Again, apologizing to all videogame environment artists who knocked up satirical posters for their games, I should not have rolled my eyes, yes, even you Cyberpunk billboard team, I am sorry
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I have my coffee black, the number of times I have had to fight off a Seal Team because they thought it was oil.
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I have my coffee black, the number of times I have had to fight off a Seal Team because they thought it was oil.
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Especially if your plate had enough olive oil.
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Especially if your plate had enough olive oil.
He has overseen the largest tax and regulation cuts, this part is true. But, on a technical point, I suppose it is both true and bonkers.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
He has overseen the largest tax and regulation cuts, this part is true. But, on a technical point, I suppose it is both true and bonkers.
I was getting tired of my coffee constantly invading my breakfast.
December 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I was getting tired of my coffee constantly invading my breakfast.