Notices by Mike Elgan (mikeelgan@mastodon.social)

Two headlines that tell one story:

"DOGE is done. What happened to its records?" https://www.ms.now/opinion/doge-government-efficiency-records-job-cuts-elon-musk-foia

"An estimated 700,000 people have died from DOGE’s U.S.A.I.D. cuts" https://www.ms.now/opinion/doge-government-efficiency-records-job-cuts-elon-musk-foia

HEADLINE: "The DOJ Just Killed a $722M Crypto Fraud Case — and Victims Got Nothing Close to Justice"

ALT HEADLINE: "The DOJ Is Working Tirelessly on Behalf of Donald Trump to Make the World Safe for Fraud and Grift"

https://memeburn.com/doj-drops-bitclub-crypto-fraud-charges/

#MachineSociety

AI slop of the moment: The sign for the Trump Airport in Florida: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/trump-airport-logo-ai

#MachineSociety

HEADLINE: "Donald Trump's glamorous aide accused of 'fueling his delusions'"

ALT HEADLINE: "Donald Trump's glamorous aide really knows how to play a narcissist"

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/donald-trump-natalie-harp-relationship-1908669

Drudge:

Number of the moment: 56,000
https://thenextweb.com/news/ibm-whistleblower-data-breach-cover-up#:~:text=breached%20more%20than-,56%2C000,-times%20by%20a

#MachineSociety

Wind and solar now produce more energy than gas.
https://electrek.co/2026/05/20/in-a-first-wind-solar-generated-more-power-than-gas-globally-april-2026/

Now you can keep track of how many billions the AI companies are losing on AI. (Red is spending, green is revenue.) https://isaiprofitable.com/

#MachineSociety

The president of Glendale Community College was pelted with a chorus of furious boos after an AI tool tasked with reading graduating students’ names completely and totally flunked the assignment.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-name-reader-flops-college-graduation

Ignorance about taco matters should instantly disqualify prospective California governors. (We're trying to have a civilization here people.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-hilton-del-taco-street-taco-mockery_n_6a01f487e4b06e786e3fa322

HEADLINE: "Everyone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt Cushions"

ALT HEADLINE: "The AI CEOs and Their Attorneys Are a Bunch of Delicate Princesses Who Need to Sit on Velvet Cushions"

https://archive.ph/3ubtt

Research finding of the moment: X's algorithms makes people more right-wing and pro-Russian.
https://theconversation.com/a-few-weeks-of-xs-algorithm-can-make-you-more-right-wing-and-it-doesnt-wear-off-quickly-276153

Headline of the moment: "Keyboard Shortcuts I Learned From My Cat"
https://www.wired.com/story/keyboard-shortcuts-i-learned-from-my-cat/

Word of the moment: "permacomputing"
https://permacomputing.net/principles/

I'm literally the only journalist covering the Attachment Economy right now, according to this Google Search link looking at all coverage over the past week. https://www.computerworld.com/article/4165733/ai-chatbots-need-deception-mode.html

You can't fool me, fancy Paris dress shop. That's a karate uniform.

HEADLINE: "Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation"

ALT HEADLINE: "Once again and as always, unethical Meta uses it's platforms to silence critics and skew public opinion in its favor"

https://www.axios.com/2026/04/09/meta-social-media-addiction-ads

KEYi Tech’s Kickstarter claims that LOONA DeskMate is “emotionally grounded” and is “thinking.” These are false claims. AI doesn’t experience emotions or thought.
https://www.theattachmenteconomy.com/p/openclaw-joins-the-attachment-economy

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