Dan Animal
@dananimal.bsky.social
Techno Kunstifier, friend of nekos, gaikokujin immigrant. 🏳️🌈 They/them
It's really great that people employed by tech companies in 'communications' don't know how LLMs work in '26.
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
February 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
It's really great that people employed by tech companies in 'communications' don't know how LLMs work in '26.
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i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
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Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
February 5, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Killing the CIA World Factbook might seem like small potatoes, but it was a touchstone of curated facts in a sea of disinformation.
The most recent episode of Better Offline diminished my assessment of Zitron horribly. Thorough slop.
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 AM
The most recent episode of Better Offline diminished my assessment of Zitron horribly. Thorough slop.
This seems bad. newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM
This seems bad. newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
Gotta say, finding out that there was/is an international cabal of pedophile ultra-rich pulling the strings of power who seem to use the term pizza as an ominous codeword, is a bit cognitively jarring.
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Gotta say, finding out that there was/is an international cabal of pedophile ultra-rich pulling the strings of power who seem to use the term pizza as an ominous codeword, is a bit cognitively jarring.
Interesting™ that Will Stancil and the accounts supporting his opesec-is-a-pointless-waste position are very white, very privileged and almost all men.
February 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Interesting™ that Will Stancil and the accounts supporting his opesec-is-a-pointless-waste position are very white, very privileged and almost all men.
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democrats saying republicans are fascists and in the next breath calling for bipartisanship should maybe give away that democrats are just fascists that want a more orderly and less visibly violent fascism.
Walz comparing the ICE raids to the Holocaust makes him going on that podcast and saying he hopes Tom Homan works with local law enforcement and does night raids so much more fucking horrifying, he's describing his desire for a quiet and orderly night Holocaust
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
January 28, 2026 at 9:43 AM
democrats saying republicans are fascists and in the next breath calling for bipartisanship should maybe give away that democrats are just fascists that want a more orderly and less visibly violent fascism.
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Engaging in mental gymnastics to justify what's convenient but unevidenced, unjust but personally beneficial, 'rewires your neural map' in ways that degrade your overall ability to understand and analyze the world around you, which is a precondition for intelligence and creativity.
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Engaging in mental gymnastics to justify what's convenient but unevidenced, unjust but personally beneficial, 'rewires your neural map' in ways that degrade your overall ability to understand and analyze the world around you, which is a precondition for intelligence and creativity.
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A weird thing trying to get Japanese into your head as a native English speaker is the instantaneous cognitive slurp of any English text in eye shot before your brain can chew the slightly tougher Japanese you've worked on learning.
January 21, 2026 at 6:40 AM
A weird thing trying to get Japanese into your head as a native English speaker is the instantaneous cognitive slurp of any English text in eye shot before your brain can chew the slightly tougher Japanese you've worked on learning.
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
Actual nuclear threat experts putting this at a 1 in 5 chance seems very ungood.
I'm at about 20% odds for Trump issuing a covert or overt nuclear threat over Greenland by the end of February.
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Actual nuclear threat experts putting this at a 1 in 5 chance seems very ungood.
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Vale Rob Hurst
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 - YouTube
youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Vale Rob Hurst
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Lots of aurora over Europe at the mo. The sun must be churny.
January 19, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Lots of aurora over Europe at the mo. The sun must be churny.
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Did you know @hootsuite.com has a contract with ICE?
If you are still using them, you know what to do. betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
If you are still using them, you know what to do. betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
Hootsuite could receive up to $2.8 million USD for contract with US immigration enforcement | BetaKit
Years after scrapping a contract with ICE, Hootsuite is providing monitoring technology to DHS.
betakit.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Did you know @hootsuite.com has a contract with ICE?
If you are still using them, you know what to do. betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
If you are still using them, you know what to do. betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...
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Something Americans don't seem to get is that the problem isn't just trump, it's that the USA elected him twice (FFS): international relations cannot go back to how they were before, the world cannot trust the American people not to elect psychos.
January 19, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Something Americans don't seem to get is that the problem isn't just trump, it's that the USA elected him twice (FFS): international relations cannot go back to how they were before, the world cannot trust the American people not to elect psychos.
The 'it uses AI so it cannot be art' chorus is so tediously 1917. And anyone posturing they're artists or more than vaguely interested in art should be extremely embarrassed at the level of gormless wanton ignorance bleating this displays.
January 18, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The 'it uses AI so it cannot be art' chorus is so tediously 1917. And anyone posturing they're artists or more than vaguely interested in art should be extremely embarrassed at the level of gormless wanton ignorance bleating this displays.
In the last 24 hours YouTube's algo gave me videos of USians calling for armed rebellion, pundits discussing armed rebellion, pundits discussing that the US was already in a DC led civil conflict and a short of a Californian calling for secession to be the defining issue of the governor's election 😥
January 18, 2026 at 12:45 AM
In the last 24 hours YouTube's algo gave me videos of USians calling for armed rebellion, pundits discussing armed rebellion, pundits discussing that the US was already in a DC led civil conflict and a short of a Californian calling for secession to be the defining issue of the governor's election 😥
This insomnia streak is getting ludicrous. Since it's now quarter to 7 and I've been awake since 3 again I guess I'll go make myself some udon rather than toss and turn.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This insomnia streak is getting ludicrous. Since it's now quarter to 7 and I've been awake since 3 again I guess I'll go make myself some udon rather than toss and turn.