The era of the LLM means you now have to figure out whether you are talking to another person — or just some bot. There’s one sci-fi author who focused on just that.
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Erin Kissane’s take on “the dark forest” idea of the internet suggests that context collapse is what makes the internet deranging. So how do you build a network where people matter?
[wreckage/salvage]
The controversial head of the SEC was targeted by Donald Trump during Trump’s presidential campaign. It is customary for the SEC chair to resign when a president from the other party is elected. That cheering you hear? It’s the crypto lobby.
So this is NSFW because it’s just gonna holler profanity at you, but if that’s what you’ve wanted — well, Bluesky is the kind of platform that lets you build it.
Ben Horowitz has donated a minimum of $7.6 million to fund police purchases. a16z portfolio companies, —such as Skydio, Prepared911, and Flock Safety — benefited.
Verge staffers review election.omg.lol: “Both horrifying and kinda helpful.” “This is a hell site.” “This rules.”
[election.omg.lol]
America’s mayor, who lost a defamation case and now owes $148 million to poll workers, didn’t turn over his valuables as ordered. Then he showed up to vote in one of them, a Mercedes Benz. Hours later, this filing showed up, citing the reporter’s X post.