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Ben N

@bgneumeyer.bsky.social
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Ben N @bgneumeyer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The trend of twee ampersand names needs to die, but I'll take what I can get to have a restaurant in this space again.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 25/09/2026
the thing about bringing iced coffee to a job interview is shut the fuck up with this nonsense discourse
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is a good example of how you need quite a lot of detail of how these systems *actually* work to understand what the risks are, and how over-indexing on sci-fi can lead you a bit astray on what the future looks like
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Ben N @bgneumeyer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Mesmerizing
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Ben N @bgneumeyer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Inverse Elizabeth Holmes
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements" www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
axios.com
Exclusive: Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year away
Managing those AI identities will require companies to completely reassess their cybersecurity strategies.
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
reuters.com
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed? They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever! BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it. Snack Stack exclusive:
snackstack.net
In Search of Van Halen's Brown M&Ms
Contract riders and the meaning of a modern pop star
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 24/11/2025
it's some kind of journalistic malpractice to tell people an areon going for 30% off of $1600 is a meaningful "discount". you're supposed to get one from a shady facebook marketplace guy for $150 at most
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The most important political thread of our time.
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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 29/08/2025
a scoopy one from me, with an assist from @accountable.us: Bill Pulte is using Palantir to gather "mortgage fraud" accusations and weaponize them against Dems in order to abet Trump's government capture. but, he formerly disclosed owning Palantir stock—and that's not his only potential conflict:
slate.com
This Terrifying Company Is Being Used Against Top Democrats. Trump’s Allies May Be Profiting From It.
A new report sheds light on potential conflicts of interest in Bill Pulte’s attack against Lisa Cook and other White House enemies.
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Momentous day for rabid homophobes who converted to Catholicism as adults and also gay people who loved conclave
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 07/02/2025
Wrote up just how *actually evil* the demands from the Trump admin to NCMEC are and how they will *absolutely* lead to children dying. From the cultists who insisted they wanted to "save the children" to literally killing them deserves to be called out: www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/m...
techdirt.com
MAGA’s Sickening Hypocrisy: From ‘Save The Children’ To ‘Defund The Org That Actually Saves Children’
After years of screaming “save the children” while baselessly accusing others of exploiting kids, the Trump administration is now trying to destroy the actual infrastructure that saves …
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