Notices by Mike Elgan (mikeelgan@mastodon.social)

Who made this?

Understand the full scope of Musks interests and influence in 14 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LagpKkQLTIg

According to a survey mentioned in my recent Machine Society newsletter (which you really should subscribe to), some 12% of those surveyed say they’re polite to AI out of fear of an AI uprising. They’re hoping AI will remember how nice they were and go easy on them. https://machinesociety.ai/p/who-needs-people-when-ai-is-so-human

Word of the moment: "Putinization" https://dnyuz.com/2025/02/28/the-putinization-of-america/

This actually happened:

1. Elon Musk said something wrong about the space station.

2. A former space station commander politely said that Musk was wrong.

3. Musk called him retarded.

4. The astronaut exposed Musk's lie with specifics.

5. Musk calls for the destruction of the space station.

Bluesky account of the moment: "Trump Take Egg" https://bsky.app/profile/trumptakeegg.bsky.social

The emerging "Trump Doctrine": "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what I can take from your country."

Sentence of the moment: “It’s all really as simple—and as stupid—as that.” https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/14/2303889/-Nope-There-are-no-150-year-olds-on-Social-Security-It-s-COBOL

Word of the moment: "broligarchs"
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/trump-musk-zuckerberg-bezos-tech-bros-1236121204/

Chinese researchers run a simulation test to learn how to hunt and kill Starlink satellites https://www.teslarati.com/chinese-researchers-hunt-starlink-satellites-simulation-report/

OnlyFans' tagline is "Empowering creators to own their full potential"

Shouldn't it be "Naked capitalism"?

What’s the over/under on Cook’s badge saying “Tim Apple” https://9to5mac.com/2025/01/15/tim-cook-trump-inauguration/

My office today: our beach house in El Salvador.

Trump invited the president of China to his inauguration but not the president of the European Union.

Percentage of the moment: 54%

"54% of Americans aged 18-35 report having experienced dreams that appeared to be influenced by advertisements or contained ad-like content." https://studyfinds.org/your-dreams-are-for-sale-and-companies-are-already-buying/

Claim of the moment: "Meta is proving itself to be an anti-human company that’s working hard to get people away from the real world and trapped for many hours each day, going nowhere, doing nothing, and interacting with no one." https://www.computerworld.com/article/3632173/meta-puts-the-dead-internet-theory-into-practice.html

My wife dries her hair using solar and wind energy.

One of these presidents is not like the others.

Phrase of the moment: “pure fiction” https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/9/24339980/la-fires-pacific-palisades-disinformation-trump-musk

Chinese factory in Brazil shut down because the Brazilian workers were treated like slaves. https://www.semafor.com/article/12/24/2024/brazil-shuts-down-byd-factory-over-slavery-concerns