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2024-08-30 03:19:42

This palenque (mezcal-making facility) in the mountains near the city of Oaxaca is surrounded by what locals believe is the origin of most varieties of mezcal agave. https://www.instagram.com/p/C_RneZyviDe/
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2024-08-25 20:17:00

3D-printed breast implants (don't try this at home!) https://machinesociety.ai/i/148078086/d-printed-breast-implants-dont-try-this-at-home
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2024-08-13 18:25:09

Claim of the moment: "Fox News, where anchors frequently try to coax or trick Trump into walking back some of his more insane utterances to make their jobs of shilling for him easier." https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-trump-musk-snoozefest

2024-08-09 18:52:10

I'm not one of those everything-was-better-in-the-past types, but just look at how big baguettes used to be in France!
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2024-08-06 23:43:58

Ignorant Slate podcast, called "Hear Me Out," says the Olympics began during the "Greek Empire" "founded by Alexander the Great." In fact, the Olympics started in 776 BC at the latest. Alexander was born 420 years later, in 356 BC, and founded the Macedonian Empire. There was no empire called "the Greek Empire." https://overcast.fm/+AANoxv6sDbU/1:44
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2024-08-06 20:53:06

Phrase of the moment: "alternative information ecosystem" https://www.theguardian.com/media/article/2024/aug/03/a-polarisation-engine-how-social-media-has-created-a-perfect-storm-for-uks-far-right-riots

2024-08-04 22:07:23

Team USA pulls ahead
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2024-08-04 18:24:53

France, population 68 million, has won as many Olympic medals so far as China, population 1.4 billion. https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/medals
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2024-08-02 16:27:37

Who made this?
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2024-08-01 14:15:05

"The European Union is planning to use an AI lie detector system called iBorderCtrl for travelers entering EU countries." https://elgan.com/who-wants-ai-lie-detectors-in-the-workplace

2024-07-27 17:12:23

Trump promises Christians that if they elect him, they’ll never have to vote again because “we’ll have it fixed.” Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and David Sacks want to saddle the nation with this clown because they think he’ll make them richer. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/27/trump-speech-no-need-to-vote-future

2024-07-25 23:43:52

Appreciating AI: https://www.fastcompany.com/91158989/chatgpt-ai-appreciation-day

2024-07-24 17:01:41

Numbers of the moment:
1,000,000 - number of background checks conducted on Olympic volunteers
1,000 - number of people banned from Olympics out of suspicion of spying
https://apnews.com/article/france-paris-olympics-olympic-games-security-e8f9b8812dc06dae22ffdfad9d15858e
My story on the threats: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2517633/get-ready-for-olympic-size-threats-during-the-paris-games.html
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2024-07-24 03:26:52

"AI is not human, and behind its programmatic simulation of human speech and artificial emotional intelligence, it’s just a machine with all the humanity of a toaster." https://www.computerworld.com/article/3475964/ai-chatbots-are-people-too-except-theyre-not.html
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2024-07-23 19:07:43

Talking software has no thoughts, feelings, memories or awareness. But most people think it does. That’s a problem. https://www.computerworld.com/article/3475964/ai-chatbots-are-people-too-except-theyre-not.html
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2024-07-22 23:44:14

Word of the moment: "sourfaux" https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/lidl-forced-rename-bread-fake-180503445.html

2024-07-22 22:12:06

Amira and I met friends at a wine bar in San Francisco last week, and while in the city counted 25 -- 25!! -- self-driving Waymo cars over the span of the hour it took us to slog across town. On Saturday, one of those friends snapped this picture of three of them lined up at a red light. They're starting to organize.
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2024-07-18 13:59:32

Is it fair to call Apple Vision Pro a flop? (Me guesting on the Today in Tech podcast): https://www.computerworld.com/podcast/2518047/is-it-fair-to-call-the-vision-pro-a-flop.html
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2024-07-04 17:53:09

The idea that AI improves everything and operates without humans is a delusion. More: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2511301/ai-washing-silicon-valleys-big-new-lie.html
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2024-07-01 10:47:53

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@npub1lzl…vxef Absolutely. An accurate visual accounting of my day yesterday would have been 50% packing and cleaning and 20% awkwardly slogging with luggage through crowds. : )

2024-06-19 14:05:02

People who do things to "kill time": Time is the most precious, limited, valuable thing we have. Why would you want to kill it?

2024-06-19 10:17:46

"The terrorist group ISIS has circulated detailed manuals on adapting commercially available drones to carry explosives. The idea is to get the how-to information into the hands of “lone wolf” terrorists operating autonomously. The group has also explicitly called on its followers in Europe to launch drone attacks on Paris landmarks like the Eiffel Tower during this year’s summer Olympics." https://www.computerworld.com/article/2149741/the-rise-of-ai-powered-killer-robot-drones.html

2024-06-18 15:05:29

The rise of AI-powered killer robot drones https://www.computerworld.com/article/2149741/the-rise-of-ai-powered-killer-robot-drones.html
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2024-06-03 16:00:05

I told you 8 years ago that lifelogging was dead, until we got the right AI. And now we have it. Here are the incredible lifelogging tools released in the past two weeks by Microsoft and Google: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2121672/the-rebirth-of-lifelogging-and-the-death-of-gordon-bell.html
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2024-06-02 21:24:46

AI meme of the moment:
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2024-06-02 20:15:17

With a CyberTrailer for your CyberTruck Your CyberLife will be CyberComplete https://machinesociety.ai/i/144727201/with-a-cybertrailer-for-your-cybertruck-your-cyberlife-will-be-cybercomplete
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2024-06-02 14:37:07

Headline of the moment: "Strawberry truck overturns on California freeway, creates jam" https://inshort.geartape.com/strawberry-truck-overturns-on-california-freeway-creates-jam/

2024-06-01 22:38:09

Started; going
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2024-05-31 11:17:28

This heartbreakingly beautiful view brought to you by The Prosecco Hills & Venice Gastronomad Experience (now in progress) gastronomad.net/prosecco
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2024-05-30 21:23:38

This 800-year old palace in Venice (where we’re having dinner now) is brought to you by The Prosecco Hills & Venice Gastronomad Experience (the chandelier is 500-year-old Murano glass). https://gastronomad.net/prosecco
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2024-05-30 10:26:10

The rebirth of lifelogging and the death of Gordon Bell https://www.computerworld.com/article/2121672/the-rebirth-of-lifelogging-and-the-death-of-gordon-bell.html

2024-05-30 09:30:48

Artificial intelligence can be so unintelligent
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2024-05-29 15:55:03

This heartbreakingly beautiful view brought to you by The Prosecco Hills & Venice Gastronomad Experience (now in progress) https://gastronomad.net/prosecco
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2024-05-26 21:15:32

The Prosecco Hills & Venice Gastronomad Experience starts tomorrow!! (Here's the view from our room in the villa where we'll all stay for the week.) https://gastronomad.net/prosecco
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2024-05-25 21:48:53

I just got into an argument with Perplexity AI about whether John Fogerty sang "Green River" with a Cajun accent or not. I say he did. Perplexity says no. What say you?
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2024-05-25 09:53:12

Google released Gemini, and pulled it because it produced black nazis. Google released AI Overviews, and pulled it because it says put glue on pizza. Google releases major products and doesn't seem to know they're disasters. How does Sundar Pichai still have a job?
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2024-05-24 19:34:59

What if all publishers federated their sites? https://digiday.com/media/why-publishers-are-preparing-to-federate-their-sites/

2024-05-24 19:30:46

Headline of the moment: "AI has an “anus” problem. https://om.co/2024/05/24/ai-has-an-anus-problem

2024-05-24 13:33:39

You can buy a human skull at this store in Venice -- perfect prop for Hamlet.
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2024-05-24 11:27:43

Here's something I've seen only in the US: pecan pie (this one baked by my wife, Amira).
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2024-05-22 19:40:01

MACHINE SOCIETY: Are you suffering from AI-induced creative paralysis? https://machinesociety.ai/p/are-you-suffering-from-ai-induced-8be
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2024-05-21 03:29:32

Losers gonna lose https://www.mediaite.com/tech/trumps-truth-social-media-company-lost-nearly-330-million-last-quarter-on-track-to-lose-more-than-1-billion-by-end-of-year/

2024-05-21 02:01:49

Check out the shiny new podcast Inside A.I., hosted by Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis and, on this episode, guested by me! The timing couldn't be better, as the podcast was recorded after two of the most consequential announcements in the history of AI, of course, by OpenAI and Google. https://elgan.com/check-out-the-podcast-inside-a-dot-i
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2024-05-21 01:55:29

Scarlett Johansson got Sherlocked by OpenAI. They tried to hire her to voice GPT-4o. When she turned them down, they copied her voice and denied they copied it. Now they're removing the fake ScarJo voice. This is the company inventing the future?
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/scarlett-johansson-shocked-angered-openai-voice-rcna153180
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2024-05-20 02:16:21

Technology of the moment: "projection-based hair rendering" https://www.patentlyapple.com/2024/05/apple-won-a-patent-for-one-aspect-of-creating-realistic-virtual-personas-in-apple-vision-pro-involving-hair-generation.html
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2024-05-17 08:48:44

Claim of the moment: "A reckoning for Beijing’s economic model, which is designed to promote Chinese industry at the expense of the rest of the world, has long been coming." https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/05/china-tariffs-electric-vehicles-trade-war/678385/

2024-05-16 20:38:10

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@npub16u7…uend Nobody does enshittification like Google.

2024-05-16 12:31:17

Number of the moment: 46,000 (Over the past eight months, 46,000 aircraft flying over Central and Eastern Europe have experienced issues with their GPS signals because of reckless Russian GPS jamming. https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/05/15/russian_recklessness_over_the_skies_of_europe_1031571.html
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2024-05-16 12:19:05

San Francisco team builds $20 open source AI glasses, called "Open Glass. The downside is that it looks like this. https://basedhardware.com/openglass
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2024-05-15 06:56:49

Google teases AI glasses. The demo was amazing. But will Google ship them this year? https://machinesociety.ai/p/google-teases-ai-glasses
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2024-05-15 00:57:18

Google teases AI glasses https://machinesociety.ai/p/google-teases-ai-glasses
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2024-05-14 19:44:34

Google announces a new Gemini model "customized for Google search"

2024-05-14 02:28:14

We're all talking to AI now https://machinesociety.ai/p/were-all-talking-to-ai-now-077
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2024-05-12 21:51:33

When you want a Cybertruck but can afford a scooter https://machinesociety.ai/i/144372076/when-you-want-a-cybertruck-but-can-afford-a-scooter
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2024-05-12 19:58:58

Why build muscle when you can buy it? https://machinesociety.ai/i/144372076/why-build-muscle-when-you-can-buy-it
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2024-05-11 10:20:22

Sitges, Spain, has these anti-graffiti tile signs in the Catalan language all over town https://elgan.com/sitges-spain-has-these-anti-grafitti-signs-in-the-catalan-language-all-over-town
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2024-05-11 09:37:51

Claim of the moment: "Google is killing independent websites" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nq7KErC6aTc

2024-05-09 01:31:46

HEADLINE: "Growing Partisan Divisions Over NATO and Ukraine"
ALT HEADLINE: "Putin decides American public opinion. Russian disinformation works!" https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/05/08/growing-partisan-divisions-over-nato-and-ukraine/

2024-05-08 00:24:52

Dog-killing Trump loyalist and VP candidate Kristi Noem got her book ("No Going Back") published on Amazon today, and some of the reviews are pure gold:
"When you have a gun everything looks like a puppy"
"How did this get published?"
And my favorite so far: "My cat loved this book" https://www.amazon.com/No-Going-Back-Politics-America/dp/B0CTNX1VKK/ref=sr_1_1
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2024-05-07 23:38:45

Economic philosophy of the moment: "limitarianism: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01276-1

2024-05-07 23:16:37

Drudge:
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2024-05-06 19:10:57

Claim of the moment: "Autocrats in China, Russia, and elsewhere are now making common cause with MAGA Republicans to discredit liberalism and freedom around the world." https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/06/china-russia-republican-party-relations/678271/

2024-05-05 19:03:57

This bee drone swarms, but doesn’t sting https://machinesociety.ai/i/143864854/this-bee-drone-swarms-but-doesnt-sting
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2024-05-03 03:10:53

From my Computerworld column: "Within a few short years, technology will advance to the point where nobody can be sure whether they’re doing a video call with you or your AI clone." https://www.computerworld.com/article/2097112/why-youll-soon-have-a-digital-clone-of-your-own.html

2024-05-03 02:06:30

Here comes the world's first AI malware! https://securityintelligence.com/articles/malicious-ai-worm-targeting-generative-ai/
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2024-05-02 06:00:03

Our next experience is the The Prosecco Hills & Venice Gastronomad Experience in late May. This region is so beautiful that it's hard to believe what you're seeing. https://gastronomad.net/prosecco
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2024-05-01 15:45:52

Listening to a podcast reporting on events at Columbia University (The Intelligence Podcast), I heard Columbia students say in response to police arresting protesters: "We're just kids!! We're just kids!!" When I was at university, we considered ourselves adults. Do today's college kids see themselves as children?

2024-05-01 00:19:09

Word of the moment: "deathbot" https://restofworld.org/2024/china-ai-chatbot-dead-relatives/

2024-04-28 17:52:58

Percentage of the moment: 2% https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/technology/2982017/study-finds-only-2-of-tiktok-health-and-nutrition-advice-is-accurate/

2024-04-24 20:48:35

It now costs the US more than 3 cents to make each penny. (This makes no cents.) https://sherwood.news/power/it-costs-the-us-3-cents-to-make-1-penny/
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2024-04-24 07:09:35

From today's Mike's List: "Hype about good technology outcomes are often either bullshit or wildly exaggerated. But so is the moral panic about bad outcomes. Notably, fearmongering about AI destroying the world or replacing most workers are almost certainly wrong." https://mikeelgan.substack.com/p/why-silicon-valleys-high-flying-aspirations-fb4
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2024-04-24 00:35:33

This rainbow brought to you by The Morocco Gastronomad Experience (from last year) https://gastronomad.net/morocco
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2024-04-24 00:20:35

Claim of the moment: "For every dollar of aid... China provides $9 of debt." https://www.polygraph.info/a/fact-check-china-s-global-lending-lures-countries-into-a-debt-trap/7581942.html
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2024-04-22 02:21:10

This “virtual girlfriend” is always mad at you https://mikeelgan.substack.com/i/143727340/this-virtual-girlfriend-is-always-mad-at-you
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2024-04-22 01:05:21

This Tokyo eatery serves french fries in a half loaf of bread. Why, Japan? Why? https://soranews24.com/2024/04/22/french-fries-bread-in-tokyos-shibuya-becomes-a-hit-on-social-media/
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2024-04-19 02:54:57

Conspiracy theory of the moment: "dead internet theory"
https://www.fastcompany.com/91092650/dead-internet-theory-true-tiktok-ai-influencers

2024-04-19 02:54:54

Conspiracy theory of the moment: "dead internet theory"
https://www.fastcompany.com/91092650/dead-internet-theory-true-tiktok-ai-influencers

2024-04-19 02:54:39

Conspiracy theory of the moment: "dead internet theory"
https://www.fastcompany.com/91092650/dead-internet-theory-true-tiktok-ai-influencers

2024-04-19 01:49:00

Conspiracy theory of the moment: "dead internet theory"
https://www.fastcompany.com/91092650/dead-internet-theory-true-tiktok-ai-influencers
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2024-04-17 23:28:37

Why is TikTok (which is banned in China) so important to the Chinese government? https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/17/china-lobbying-tiktok-congress-00152819

2024-04-17 22:29:38

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@npub1390…eykl Yes. : )

2024-04-17 02:04:18

I’m on an American Airlines flight and saw this story.
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2024-04-15 18:36:31

The surprising joy of joyful surprises https://gastronomad.net/blog/2024/4/15/the-surprising-joy-of-joyful-surprises
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2024-04-15 00:55:15

The US State Department wants to teach Ukrainians how to resist Russian disinformation through video games. Is this a good idea or a bad idea? https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/353454

2024-04-14 00:37:24

Drudge:
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2024-04-11 18:36:18

Drudge:
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2024-04-07 17:08:24

This accessory is a liquid cooler for your phone https://mikeelgan.substack.com/i/142984962/this-accessory-is-a-liquid-cooler-for-your-phone
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2024-04-05 22:27:37

Marjorie Taylor Greene says earthquakes are warnings from God to repent. The epicenter of today's earthquake was Donald Trump's golf course where the wife he raped is buried. Checks out, really.
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2024-04-03 17:17:20

Meetings are "way too frequent, way too long and way too ineffective. It’s time to move to asynchronous and advanced forms of communications offered by a raft of new tools and new management practices." https://www.computerworld.com/article/3714934/kill-meetings-before-meetings-kill-your-company.html
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2024-04-03 15:10:08

"Global cyber insurance premiums have risen from under $5 billion in 2018 to an estimated $18 billion this year"... Companies have been required to get their cybersecurity houses in order under increasingly strict guidelines just to get coverage at all. Insurance companies are taking longer to approve who they cover and are becoming more selective." https://securityintelligence.com/articles/merck-settlement-affect-insurance-industry/
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2024-03-27 05:54:32

HEADLINE: "Trump is selling ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles for $59.99 as he faces mounting legal bills"
ALT HEADLINE: "As a lifelong grifter and conman, Trump has developed an instinct for finding suckers willing to give him money for worthless goods and services" https://apnews.com/article/trump-god-bless-usa-bible-greenwood-2713fda3efdfa297d0f024efb1ca3003

2024-03-27 03:10:05

HEADLINE: "NBC braces for the backlash to the backlash after hiring and firing top Republican"
ALT HEADLINE: "NBC has completely lost its way, forgetting that its purpose is to communicate facts to viewers, not lie about elections to placate a party gone mad" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/26/2024/nbc-braces-for-the-backlash-to-the-backlash-after-hiring-and-firing-ronna-mcdaniel
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2024-03-27 01:14:55

My bread starter is a monster (click through to watch it grow) https://elgan.com/my-bread-starter-is-a-monster
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2024-03-25 16:24:46

HEADLINE: "China job ad sparks social media outcry over 'middle-age' unemployment"
ALT HEADLINE: "Everyone is fine with age discrimination as long as you're not honest about it" https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/china-job-ad-sparks-social-media-outcry-over-middle-age-unemployment/ar-BB1ktkiM

2024-03-24 16:05:56

Finally: A flame thrower for your drone
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2024-03-23 17:48:49

From Mike's List: Russian disinformation campaigners apparently have slur dials to turn the vilification of specific groups up or down based on the government’s interests at any given moment. https://mikeelgan.substack.com/p/only-ai-can-save-us-from-disinformation-8fc
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2024-03-18 18:29:13

Making mole with friends just outside Mexico City
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2024-03-18 05:16:36

St. Patrick’s Day in Mexico City is nuts https://elgan.com/st-patricks-day-in-mexico-city-is-nuts
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2024-03-17 23:03:00

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@npub1cwe…wxlz Yeah. Because Trump will be so awesome for Gen Z and Millennials.

2024-03-15 01:08:17

This high bottle of wine brought to you by The Mexico City Gastronomad Experience! https://gastronomad.net/mexico
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