NEW: The FCC wants to make it effectively impossible for people to buy what many call burner phones—a phone not explicitly linked to your identity at the point of purchase—which would impact privacy-conscious people, to domestic abuse survivors, to journalists, and many more.

The known cases of police using Flock to stalk people are almost certainly a vast underreporting of the overall abuse, because they largely include only cases in which the behavior was so egregious that it led to police officers being fired, arrested, or both.

AI-generated images look like they come from a world that is permanently in Dark Mode.

When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses.

In myyy Day, Disclosure was a conservative take on feminism in the corporate world. My dumb ass bought it all. Crichton was a strange guy.

Let’s see your Alarms , Jessica McKenna-style. @cbbworld.bsky.social

NEW: ICE plans to give potentially more than a thousand local law enforcement agencies a facial recognition app that would query a database of hundreds of millions of images to verify someone’s immigration status, according to an internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media.

Way to go Wesley So! #NorwayChess

NEW: An immigrant rights and advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) seeking records related to the agency’s use of Palantir tools. 404 Media first revealed a tool called ELITE and its links to Palantir in January, based in part on a leaked user guide.

Since screwworms are in the news again, I'll re-up this story I did a bit ago about the facility that has kept screwworms in check for 50+ years. It's a scientific marvel. And I am obsessed with it. 🧪 www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Especially heinous given that bad dental health can have a catastrophic effect on overall health. Cardiac health can be tied to dental health.

We literally have had a program of releasing millions of sterile male screwworm flies a year into the Darien Gap in order to prevent it from expanding northward into Mexico. What happened to that program under Trump? Who the hell knows--but welcome to screwworm! These guys are absolutely nasty.

the current director of national intelligence is a guy who two years ago received a trophy declaring he “Fucks Only The Young” at an (oddly dildo focused) event he organized dedicated to the conspiracy that Bed Bath and Beyond never actually went bankrupt

A free and open-source, full-fledged Google Workspace alternative with self-hosted mail, calendar, contacts, drive, docs and spreadsheets, with no telemetry crap. Mobile app included!

SCOOP: An internal Microsoft strategy document says that the plan for its just-announced “Scout” personal assistant AI is to “make people addicted” to the tool before rolling out additional functionality, 404 Media has learned.

"Scott Pelley stood up and went toe-to-toe with the new guy to call out Bari Weiss and the Ellisons, and what the corporate overlords are doing in order to try to murder '60 Minutes.'" @jvl.bsky.social and @willsommer.bsky.social discuss the corporate war inside CBS.

We are in the making AI slop against AI data centers hellscape grift now. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/ai-grifters-...

DuckDuckGo has reported huge traffic growth for its “No AI search” tool following Google Search’s AI-focused updates. The page removes all AI elements and images from search results, with new dedicated extensions for Chrome and Firefox alternativeto.net/news/2026/6...

This is what happens when you replace customer service with an AI chatbot: Instagram users getting hacked in the dumbest possible way. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social has more. Read now: www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Shoutout to @legaleagle.tv and the incredible @lizdye.bsky.social for covering our case and the corruption behind it: youtu.be/dx4NVLqSEoI?...

Regretfully, I must withdraw from performing at Freedom 250.

Since Google revealed its plans for an AI search overhaul, visits to our "No AI" search page have tripled…and they’re still rising! Want to make it your default on Chrome or Firefox? Grab our No-AI extensions and banish AI-assisted answers, chat, and AI images. (1/3)

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Disclosure Day feels like we’ve done this story before…

This is one of the most insane things I’ve seen from this regime. Please read this excellent summary and comment in the federal registry. 🧪🌊

3 “new” characters for PFT on the @cbbworld.bsky.social tour in the first 3 shows. He switching things way up this time?

Around the size of Florida, Thwaites Glacier is the largest glacier in West Antarctica. The gigantic river of ice is more than 6,500 feet (2,000 meters) thick in some parts and 75 miles (120 kilometers) across — making it Earth's widest glacier. #GreenSky 🧪 😬 www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Lawless enforcement counterterrorists have been commanded by their billionaire owners to crack down on on any pro-human anti-AI activism - it will involve the usual false flags and the standard fake conspiracy charges in illegal secret courts

The grand BEEFining Begins! @cbbworld.bsky.social

The legend @jadomian.bsky.social

Poster free for VIP tix or buy this at the merch table!

GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.

Asif Ali is back on CBB just in time for season two of “Deli Boys” on Hulu! Plus the Boat Boys, Harris Teeter and McGarth Darby announce plans for their extra-special 4th of July BBQ and boat party!! And Mike Ruby, The No Stank Plumber claws his way back from the rock bottom of addiction!

New — I talked with @katmabu.bsky.social the morning after a judge dismissed all charges against her and her co-defendants thanks to extreme government fuckery about what comes next, the crazy rumor mill and setting a precedent for telling ICE to fuck off. Our convo here:

Tell a Bostonian why the city is nicknamed Beantown and why Baked Beans and Brown Bread were staples and watch them protest.

NBA take heed. I know many people think this too. No League Pass for me anymore.

Singer Neil Diamond started his career as Neil Coal. He changed his name when the pressure got to him.

The heroism in the Apollo 13 story is undeniable. But wow, what a parade of only white men in NASA at that time. Nobody was allowed in that control room if they if they had as much as a “z” in their last name.

The Comedy Bang Bang Ground Beefing Tour starts tonight! Join @pftompkins.bsky.social and me, along with the CBB All Stars, as we improvise a live podcast before your very eyes! All dates and ticket links can be found at CBBWorld.com/tour

The FBI wants to buy access to automated license plate readers (ALPRs) nationwide, which would likely allow the agency to track the movements of vehicles—and by extension people—across the country without a warrant. www.404media.co/the-fbi-want...

Batman & Robin NAME A MORE OBVIOUS ICONIC DUO!!!! (Tim & Lily reference)

There is a slow-rolling coup against DNC leadership being attempted by the same failed centrist hacks at Future Forward, Third Way and Searchlight who got us into this mess. Matt Yglesias, Adam Jentleson, Anita Dunn and Jen O'Malley Dillon must not be allowed to take over.

Adding a sprinkle of cinnamon to coffee improves it 1000%

Over a full year from start to finish, but I’m finally done with my auto upgrades and insane level of preventative maintenance. Completed remote tuning with my final ECU maps. Mountain thrashing this weekend.

Only a couple vendors could likely fulfill what the FBI is after, namely Flock and Motorola.

#CarlSagan Putting in easy to understand terms how we knew the #Earth was round in ancient Egypt. #flatearthers #science

ICE use of Palantir systems now means agency officials effectively have a list of 20 million people readily accessible on their iPhones, increasing the speed at which ICE can find houses to raid and people to arrest. www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...

My Uber driver told me that he “liked my steez” last night. That felt nice.

NEW: Mayo Clinic, the massive U.S. hospital network, is using what it describes as “Ambient Listening” to record patient interactions with nurses, including in emergency rooms, then using AI to process that collected data.