Notices by jwz (jwz@mastodon.social), page 4

@drypaphmrbro I love all my children equally

Well, the Jan 2021 update on this site has aged like fine milk: https://isthisacoup.com

The status of your country has changed to In Review.

You Can't Post Your Way Out of Fascism.

Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them: If there's one thing I'd hoped people had learned going into the next four...
https://jwz.org/b/ykhS

Marc Andreessen, Murder Enthusiast.

I didn't think that my former (extremely former) friend and coworker could be more of an unmitigated piece of shit, but "We hired this completely inexperienced guy solely because he murdered a black man" really...
https://jwz.org/b/ykhN

The Network State Coup is Happening Right Now.

The Nerd Reich: Elon Musk's attempt to destroy the United States government isn't random chaos. It's the methodical execution of the "network state" blueprint. [...] Everything Elon Musk and his tech...
https://jwz.org/b/ykhD

@Infoseepage I tried to watch it but couldn't make it past the 10 minute mark.

The other day I joked that the hardest part about watching some movies is suspending disbelief that AI is possible, but on the other hand, movies about werewolves, zombies and vampires don't bother me.

The difference being that there are not currently grifters manipulating the economy with their insane promises about werewolf futures.

I think I'm on to something here. Any time you read about Artificial General Intelligence, read that as Artificial General Werewolves:
https://jwz.org/b/ykg3

New Gmail war crime spotted in the wild.

MIME-Version: 1.0. From: ██████ <███@dnalounge.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:17:21 -0800. X-Gm-Features:...
https://jwz.org/b/ykgz

@dave *Stares in Betteridge's Law*

@codinghorror https://jwz.org/b/yjUx

BRB, taking a sip of water and then checking in on how my Werewolf Stonks are doing today ****pfffffffffftttttttttt****

@jasonfdc Call it and find out. I will leave the area code to your investigative powers.

@spacehobo This is so true! I hadn't even noticed how bad that was because I was dazzled by how bad everything else was.

@agreeable_landfall This is a war crime.

The WELL ACTUALLY is strong with this one!

I haven't seen so many fascinating anecdotes since the last time a thread devolved into people telling stories about how they saw a very rude bicyclist blow through a stop sign one time.

@breizh @Razemix
I haven't answered a call from an unknown number in over 30 years.

@Razemix Why the *fuck* would they call me?? Why the *fuck* would I answer??? You people are animals.

Deepseek this deepseek that. How about you seek a deep connection with a woman

@codinghorror Yeah, 'Liberty's Daughter" is also great.