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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026

The amazing thing about this is that Zuck is talking about chatbots as a way to capture a younger audience for his graying platforms. Kids *hate* chatbots. My 18 year old and her friends use "that's so AI" as a pejorative to dismiss anything distasteful or ugly: futurism.com/artificial-i... 35/

futurism.com

Usually, Young People Embrace New Technology. Gen Z's Attitude Toward AI Should Worry the Entire Tech Industry

Gen Z is increasingly skeptical about AI, according to a new survey, because of its perceived negative impact on humanity.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026

For Zuck - who owns a controlling share of voting stock in his company and need not answer to his board - it's a spectacular act of delusional self-sabotage. Zuck refuses to understand that the majority of his users are on his platform because they love their friends more than they hate him. 36/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/08/2026

Zuckerberg is on a relentless quest to isolate you from the friends who keep you on his platform and transfer your bond to groups of people (and now chatbots) who can be commanded by Zuckerberg. 37/

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Beltway Alpha @beltwayalpha.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@beltwayalpha.bsky.social has the full Congress trading record with the votes alongside. Direct feed: bsky.app/profile/beltwayalpha.bsky.…

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crchad.bsky.social @crchad.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Well, thinking of what Napoleon (maybe) said, perhaps we shouldn’t interrupt him?

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