"Increasingly, online ads are less of an interruption to the content you consume. Instead, they’re designed to dissolve into the flow itself." theconversation.com/online-ads-a...

“If someone began a YouTube session with a query about linear equations, the platform would first offer a learning video. But after that, the algorithm would recommend a Will Ferrell comedy video.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/u...

“Meta said that nearly 98% of its $56.3 billion in first-quarter revenue came from advertising.” www.cnbc.com/2026/05/30/m...

"A central focus of ours is making ads feel like content—contextually relevant, aligned with users' interests, and integrated into real-time conversations." www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

“Restoring control of people who are tetraplegics and restoring sight I think are pretty big deals,” Musk boasted. “They’re sort of what I might call Jesus-level technologies.” futurism.com/future-socie...

"an ad-supported subscriber can generate nearly $25 in monthly revenue — surpassing the $19.99 premium price point [for ad free subscribers]— once they cross the 41-hour monthly watch threshold." www.insighttrendsworld.com/post/streami...

“Restoring control of people who are tetraplegics and restoring sight I think are pretty big deals,” Musk boasted. “They’re sort of what I might call Jesus-level technologies.” futurism.com/future-socie...

“Alphabet generated more than 70% of its 2025 revenue from online advertising. Of the $201B Meta generated that same year, roughly 98% came from ads.” lbbonline.com/news/The-Wor...

Honestly, they should do this. In the fight against fascism, if you live by the norms, you die against the wall.

“The more users quit, and the more corroded Meta’s apps grow, the faster we can all log off and close this chapter of the social-media revolution forever.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/o...

After Watergate, Congress passed tough limits on campaign spending. The Supreme Court gutted them in a case called Buckley v Valeo. The NYT has finally written about it. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/u...

"Amsterdam has become the world's first capital city to ban public advertisements for both meat and fossil fuel products." www.bbc.com/news/article...

“Trump should be praised to the crystal chandeliers for embracing my firm belief that the wealthy must have comfort and luxury so our happiness can trickle down to the masses. Ballroom scraps for all, I say!” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

“Trump should be praised to the crystal chandeliers for embracing my firm belief that the wealthy must have comfort and luxury so our happiness can trickle down to the masses. Ballroom scraps for all, I say!” www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

I am deeply honored to have earned the endorsement of the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club is our country’s oldest and largest nonprofit grassroots environmental organization. I am committed to working alongside them to protect CA and our natural environment. @sierraclub.org @sierraclubca.bsky.social

“Republican allies of the oil and gas industry question the objectivity of an independent report from the nation’s top science advisers on the harms of human-caused climate change.” apple.news/AigozYAVIRiG...

“wind power grew, from March 2025 to March 2026, more than twice as much as coal power fell. Solar power? More than four times as much.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/o...

OpenAI has shifted ChatGPT’s advertising to cost-per-click pricing, with bids between $3 and $5, putting OpenAI in direct competition with Google and Meta for performance ad budgets. Perplexity and Anthropic are explicitly ad-free alternatives. thenextweb.com/news/openai-...

“Why don’t more Democrats talk about war the way Graham Platner does? Part of the reason is the explosion of money in politics since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision empowered special interest groups, including AIPAC, defense contractors www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/o...

"Netflix's ambitious target to double its advertising revenue to $3 billion signifies not just an expansion but a deeper integration of ads into its core strategy, signaling a shift from pure content consumption to monetizing viewer engagement on a massive scale." mlq.ai/earnings/hig...

"A wave of artificially generated influencers is flooding social media ahead of the midterm elections, pushing pro-Trump messaging while posing as everyday Americans." cassiuslife.com/1397390/a-i-...

"EEG sensors in Sabi's beanie can reportedly type out what you're thinking. Can it become a non-invasive alternative to Elon Musk's Neuralink?" www.pcmag.com/news/put-on-...

“The top 1% of U.S. households held 31.7% of all household wealth in the third quarter of 2025, the highest share recorded since the Federal Reserve began tracking the data” apple.news/AeY28ZHVCRia...

“I was quite impressed, a little jarred and very surprised. I mean, an AI hired me.” www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovat...

Beware of technological trojan horses. "Neuralink's ability to read data directly from our brains redefines psychopolitical dynamics, as it can influence our unconscious cognitive process, circumventing conscious thought." www.uab.cat/web/newsroom...

Neuralink aims to restore hearing for deaf individuals by directly stimulating the auditory cortex." dataconomy.com/2026/04/06/n...

Online advertisers typically build psychographic profiles on people's behavioral data. "They reverse engineer intentions. Now with brain data we can look straight into the source and collect data that most directly correlates to our intentions and beliefs.” www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2...

"A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Elon Musk’s social platform X against a coalition of advertisers that organized a boycott against the social media company." thehill.com/policy/techn...

How did Melania cast her ballot? Can she find her marriage certificate to prove she legally changed her name?

“When I fired up [World of] Warcraft for the first time with pure thought control,” a Neuralink user wrote, "The first raid felt clunky, but once my brain and the BCI synced, it was pure magic. The freedom is addictive." www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...

32 paralyzed people have received a Chinese brain implant that allows them to control a soft robotic glove. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

“The approval awarded to Neuracle, a private firm founded in 2011, marked the first time globally that an invasive BCI could be sold and used on patients as a commercial product.” www.scmp.com/business/ban...

Oh, hell no! A Big Night Light in the Sky? Start-Up Wants to Launch a Space Mirror. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/c...

“300 billionaires and their immediate family members donated more than $3 billion — 19 percent of all contributions — in federal elections in 2024” It’s time to overturn Citizens United. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

The tech bros are watching you.

In a shift of strategy, Musk is hiring Video Game Tutors. Not low-level testers, but experts who play games with Grok as part of an elite team and label every action, narrative choice, and combat mechanic to teach the AI what humans actually find fun. thephrasemaker.com/2026/02/23/c...

China’s BrainCo is working on non-invasive BCI devices like focus-enhancing headbands for students or brain-controlled gaming interfaces. www.techbuzz.ai/articles/chi...

Sam Altman is investing in BCI technology that delivers specially engineered proteins into the brain to integrate with neurons and amplify signals produced during neural firing. Ultrasound headbands then detect those amplified signals through the skull. quasa.io/media/openai...

Designed to move with the brain, rather than stay rigid, a new type of implant could improve brain-computer interface (BCI) technology. interestingengineering.com/innovation/c...

“Meta considered adding facial recognition to the first version of its Ray-Ban smart glasses in 2021 but pulled back over technical challenges and ethical concerns. It has renewed its efforts as the Trump administration has aligned closely with big tech companies.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

"Introducing ads in the middle of a therapy session creates a dystopian scenario that Anthropic is smart to exploit. If a user confesses to an AI that they are suffering from depression, the trust is broken if the platform immediately pivots to monetization." fortune.com/2026/02/09/w...

"despite widespread complaints about advertising, the economic reality remains that most consumers tolerate ads and prefer paying with their time and attention rather than their wallets." www.mediavillage.com/article/ai-a...

'If we don't feed the advertisers, then we'll be forced to pay artists for their creative work' The horrors! www.theregister.com/2026/02/02/a...

"The SCAM Act, would require social media platforms to take “reasonable steps” to combat fraudulent advertising or face legal action by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general." www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

50 years ago today, the Supreme Court gutted campaign spending limits in a case known as Buckley v. Valeo. There's been movement every since to reverse that ruling. medium.com/@DerekCressm...

How many AI agents does it take to screw in a light bulb?

50 years ago today, the Supreme Court gutted campaign spending limits in a case known as Buckley v. Valeo. There's been movement every since to reverse that ruling. medium.com/@DerekCressm...

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