The White House is not instituting an assault on the Free Press, something which I cherish.

  • Donald Trump

I have the natural intention to be and to remain the warm-hearted protector of the German press.

  • Joseph Goebbels

If you don’t want to be compared with the Nazis, don’t act like them.

SoftBank Seeks Over $11 Billion in Junk Bonds for OpenAI Bet

“Junk bonds” = people with financial knowledge think OpenAI is a lousy investment but if they can jack the interest up high enough they’ll gamble anyhow. Cracks in the bubble…

There’s a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet

A depressing look at the spam flood at 404 Media. I’m starting to consider my internet exit strategy.

Remember when news of a person shot by an ICE agent got national coverage?

Today: Live updates: ICE agent shoots, wounds person in North Austin, officials say

Not being covered by any outlet outside of Texas, as far as I can see. How sad.

AI’s Wobbly House of Cards Puts Markets and US Economy at Risk

Analysis from Bloomberg, who aren’t exactly doomers. The math ain’t mathing.

ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector

Because of course they do. If you’re on Firefox & know what you’re doing you can go into about:preferences and block all cookies from openai.com. This probably breaks ChatGPT but I do not care about that.

Foggy morning with spiderweb.

#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon

Trump says triumphal arch to be used for snipers, drones

So the crybaby-in-chief’s ego is so fragile that it has to be defended by snipers? The man is completely deranged.

Mainstream media: Please stop covering this sort of nonsense as if it were just a little out of normal. This is Nero-makes-his-horse-a-consul level of megalomaniac nuttiness.