New: We got an internal ICE document revealing its $100 million ad plan to bring in 14,000 new hires: deals with "tactical" influencers; ads to gun & military buffs; and geo-targeting phones around NASCAR races and gun shows. A "wartime recruitment" mode with paramilitary branding: wapo.st/44QrP5j

“Although the number of people afflicted with AI psychosis is unknown, it is believed to be in the tens of thousands.” www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-b...

“Prominent artists have started to complain. Kaytranada, a Grammy-winning DJ, has called out stationary crowds. Tyler, the Creator, the rapper who has released four straight No. 1 albums, lamented in July that the threat of constant surveillance was killing dance for his generation.”

for the love of god, AI systems aren't "just tools that are neither good nor evil in and of themselves". AI systems *are* tools of capitalism. they exist as tools of capitalism. there is no AI system "in and of itself" outside of capitalism

Le gouvernement accuse ces organisation de ne pas avoir respecté de sévères nouvelles règles d’enregistrement de leurs employés.

We're in a great place in society when Doctors Without Borders are being labeled as "terrorists" for trying to aid a population under genocide, and media just nods along in agreement.

I never imagined I would start a new year like this. While people welcome the year with warmth, homes, and hope — my family and I are sleeping in the street. With the heavy rain, our tent flooded completely. Important message in the first comment — please read it.” tinyurl.com/4bb9mhf9

“So what does this alternative "Palantir degree" actually teach? The company's application says that "our most vital technologies cannot be created by those indifferent to their purpose," which is "to defend the West effectively."” www.investopedia.com/palantir-ceo...

Being invited to one of my favorite podcasts was one of the absolute highlights of my year. Thank you so much @moiradonegan.bsky.social & @adriandaub.bsky.social for this honor – and thank you even more for your amazing work!

Yet, every insufferable "AI is the future" pitch by an EdTech rep or the in-house "tech guy" universities hire to give patronizing advice to faculty begins with "Don't worry AI is not coming for your jobs," followed by a chortle.

We’re doing a photography conference! Please circulate!

The surge of AI slop, deceptive synthetic videos & images flooding our feeds, is driven in large part by Agentic AI Accounts (AAAs). aiforensics.org/work/agentic... Key findings: -Over 43,000 mostly AI-made posts generated 4.5 billion views -More than 65% of accounts were created in early 2025 1/

"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains

«Venezuela has been commandeered by a group of criminals masquerading as a government.» I wonder if there are any other countries in the Western Hemisphere of which you could say the same?

Add advertisement disguised as journalism to the ways in which news media is being dismantled. The author of this article is Director of a VC fund that invests "in frontier technologies transforming the mental and brain illness epidemic into a flourishing future." www.newsweek.com/ai-psychosis...

Bellingcat’s work in 2025 verified war crimes, exposed deepfake abuse, and challenged disinformation. We want to uncover wrongdoing. We can with your support: www.bellingcat.com/donate This is how we cut through the digital noise to tell stories that matter.

Have you tried the December Open Source challenges already? Check them out at challenge.bellingcat.com

Pleased to partner with Philip Morris on our “healthy smoking in schools” initiative

The Intercept reports on the companies that are making millions as ICE bounty hunters: theintercept.com/2025/12/23/i...

This cover is so good

Five regulators and researchers who work to tackle disinformation and abuse on the internet were barred from entering the U.S. after Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled them “radical activists” who undercut free speech.

With this in mind, Canada should step up. Too bad those of us proposing to do this work here can't get funded because govts and institutions are throwing all their money at "AI innovation," which is in fact a major ingredient in the mis/disinformation paradigm.

Bout feckin time

Global TV is a low-effort conservative-leaning private network, and this wasn’t “treachery” this was “it was the weekend before Christmas and they just broadcast the episode that was sent to them digitally by CBS on Friday”, no one in the office on the weekend even if CBS tried to warn them

"Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. " Christmas for all! tinyurl.com/3zxvjjfp

My steady diet

Canada is the same. remember Wanda Nanibush and the AGO? and the other day I shared how the university I work for censored artist Amy Ching-Yan Lam and fired curator Jenifer Papararo.

heart wrenching and scathing. archive link: archive.is/9j25V

There really is no justification for this company’s existence.

These rebranding attempts are getting more ridiculous.

Society is failing these children.

just great

My last story of the year: an update on the woman who fell in love with ChatGPT. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...

Note that OpenAI only took these down after being notified by the journalist rather than, oh I don’t know, not releasing a technology that made uses like this possible.

The Trump supporter who runs CBS news just killed a story about Trump’s favorite torture prison. Here’s why America has a liberal media bias problem.

Es importante conocer las ideas que sustentan el desarrollo de la actual IA generativa para comprender que los graves perjuicios que causan con esta tecnología son meros daños colaterales sin importancia para las Big Tech. De nuevo, os recomiendo leer el artículo de @dairinstitute.bsky.social

In a mere 45min you can achieve Linkedin-level skills in oxymorons.

My working theory is that early adolescents are all mid nervous breakdown as a steady state of being.

signed! reminder to canadians that official petitions through the commons website actually do have an impact

FWIW, the jury is still out on Gen AI being good at text summaries. Because it shortens & emphasizes text based on distribution, not meaning, it’s less of a summary (ie, salient points highlighted) than a compression (ie, the most frequently asserted terms in the distribution). Not the same thing!

how is this even real life

Olive grove by olive grove, sheep pasture by sheep pasture, village by village — over the past two years, Israeli settlers, often with Israeli military support, have escalated their unrelenting campaign to seize land and erase its Palestinian presence. Paywall free: nytimes.com/interactive/...

How many @aljazeera.com journalists were murdered by algorithmic targeting systems and hunted by AI-enhanced facial recognition while reporting on the genocide in Palestine? What an insult to their sacrifice. AI is a most active partner in war. Shameful.