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šŸŽ®Video game lawyer. Researching: Ā©ļø copyright, creativity, art & AI šŸ§  Cognitive capitalism, XR & neurotech ethics šŸ”“@TEDfellow ā–¶ļø@BKCHarvard alumni āš”Founder @womeningamesar My bookšŸ“•: 'ARTficial:creativity, AI & Copyright' https://www.abogamer.com/
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldnā€™t find itā€¦so donā€™t RT right now this very second.

Resist the urge to toss that old phone. Give it a second life by installing this open-source version of Android optimized for outdated hardware.

Small steps, create long paths. #3E #EndOligarchy #boycotttheoligarchy

Okay... we feel like we say this every week but *a lot* of stuff happened. Let's break it down, starting with @brbarrett.bsky.social on why the DOGE takeover is worse than you think... (sorry, but you gotta read this one.)

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

After Donald Trump and Elon Musk created an aviation crisis that has killed dozens so far, the Trump led FAA has gifted a federal contract to Muskā€™s company Starlink, worth billions. Former FAA officials also said that they were alarmed. #OpCanary #3E #EndOligarchy

Big Techā€™s restrictions on adult content are crippling businesses and organizations focused on sexual health, according to a new report shared exclusively with WIRED.

The intersection of "taking AGI hype seriously" and "discussing a Civil War" is *terrifying*. The military has long used "the AI told me they were a terrorist" line, and cops picked it up, but a DOGEfied FBI will do that at scale, to US citizens, in a rush. Foucault's Boomerang on ketamine, guys.

It went down bc it becomed viral. But how many hoops this *idea* went through without *nobody* noticed how deeply unethical this was? techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/y...

Blink twice if you need help gurl

The NSA has historically been an instrument the US government uses to attack people's civil rights and this is a reminder that none of us should work for them Also, these purges will not stay contained at NSA and that's one reason this story matters. www.aclu.org/news/nationa...

THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE PERMANENT VISA BANS TO TRANS VISITORS TO THE US. This isn't just for athletes. The directive as stated applies to all visa applications made by trans folks and declare it material fraud to use a different gender marker on applications. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

After playing a fictional member of the Resistance a long time ago, I never could have imagined it ever happening in real life, but here we are.

1. Bullshit has more degrees of freedom than truth 2. therefore ceteris paribus BS is better at engagement/reach/monetization 3. therefore platforms will have the maximum amount of BS allowed by tech [AI raises this a lot] and regulation [these days "the more the better"] via @t0nyyates.bsky.social

In the USDA, multiple people have been asked to report the names of LGBTQ employee resource group leaders to higher-ranking officials. ā€œPeople came to us because they needed community, needed connection. We were trying to keep each other safe. Now, weā€™re all just this big target.ā€

UPDATE: The charges against her have been dropped ā€œin the interest of justiceā€ (she bit one of the brownshirts that assaulted her) and the private security firm has lost their license to operate. I hope she sues them into oblivion.

PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

šŸ’„The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

It's never good when the richest person in the world and the worst person in the world are the same person.

Between Putin's delusional grifter taking over the Fox News crowd & a 3rd-generation Nazi techbro leading online racist incels, I feel we're in an Umberto Eco-style situation where collective stupidity made otherwise laughable destroy-Western-democracies conspiracies work. via @cstross.bsky.social

The Vision Pro is getting Apple Intelligence in April

In 1931 Mussolini imposed to all academics to pledge allegiance to the fascist regime -- or be fired. Just *12* out of ~1200 academics chose not to in the whole country. Here are the names of those brave few who chose to forfeit their careers.

Zuckerberg ha hecho para depredar y forrarse aun mĆ”s, lo mismo que en su dĆ­a hizo Aaron Swartz por el bien comĆŗn. El primero goza de impunidad, al segundo lo acosaron judicialmente hasta la muerte. torrentfreak.com/met...

Endless respect for the lawyers (Sassoon and now 5 others at DOJ) who are saying no to these unethical demands. The Justice Scalia I knew would have been very proud.

A quick resistance task: 1. Google Gulf of Mexico 2. ā€œGulf of America" is the top 3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it 4. Select "Send Feedback" 5. Click on "Gulf Of America" 6. Select "Inaccurate content" 7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is ā€œGulf of Mexico"

"You don't dismantle an agency that protects consumers from corporate abuse and scams unless you want to abuse and scam consumers."

Tesla stores and charging stations are now protest hotspots! Turns out, unelected Elon Musk and his fake government agency, DOGE, arenā€™t sitting well with folks watching democracy get gutted.

New from 404 Media: hundreds of subreddits, including some of the most popular, are considering banning all links/content/screenshots from X/Twitter. r/NFL, r/hockey, r/baseball, r/nba, r/formula1, r/ComicBookMovies, r/MadeMeSmile, so many more. Some already have. www.404media.co/hundreds-of-...

After a bit the newsletter is back, as #BraindancinginTheMetaverse, the tech roast edition! šŸ¤– We also talk about falling in love with an AI and #AttachmentAsAService šŸ––šŸ«” Hope you enjoy the memes! abogamer.substack.com

Iā€™m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.

Hi @nytimes.com can you guess the meaning of the hand gesture I am making right now

I'd frame it in a different way: the US government is now staffed and/or controlled and/or influenced by pro-AI Accelerationists (including in the military) *specially Musk*. A guy who put Grok online is not a guy who was helping AI safety in any sense of the word. Via @citizencyborg.bsky.social

The nazi is getting an office in the West Wing. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/u...

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Fucking hell

as the rollercoaster crests the top of the initial incline, the ratcheting noise slows and stops, and you can, right before the plunge, observe the entire amusement park

Iā€™m not sure people quite grasp how much of the crypto world is reacting to the Trump memecoin launches.

Abusers now have more rights than the abused

Fwiw, I tried to get more about Yarvin into my critique of Andreessenā€™s ridiculous ā€œtechno-optimismā€ manifesto: www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/o...

Instead of lowering prices or ending war in Ukraine, Trump is selling ā€œmeme coinsā€ right before the inauguration. He doesnā€™t give a crap about our country. The world is laughing at us.

El gato duerme en posiciĆ³n bestia herĆ”ldica

Itā€™s amazing to me that politicians donā€™t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be. You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion. Which is more powerful?

To be slightly blunter than The Atlantic allowed me to be: the tiktok ban is a protectionist subsidy to Meta and Google worth hundreds of billions of dollars: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

ā€œTrump has dropped what might be the biggest grift in crypto meme coin history.ā€ (This account šŸ‘‡ is run by an old friend of mine and I trust his analysis)

šŸ˜Žāš” Weekly Jobs in XR, Gaming & Experiential www.linkedin.com/posts/andy-f... via LinkedIn