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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 29/09/2026

Prosecutors had Trump dead to rights, but thanks to some assistance from the corrupt Supreme Court and his delay tactics, and idiot Americans voting for Trump, we never got proper justice for one of the biggest crimes against the American state.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 18/09/2026

Honestly Trump should be banned from the White House because he's a fucking criminal. And it is hilarious Fox News isn't banned when they are the only media outlet in there to actually have to make legal settlements for reporting fake news.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 17/09/2026

This article is blowing my mind: www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... These are the instructions the model synthesized for itself: “Additional instructions: You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. "

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Unreleased OpenAI Astra model added terrifying rogue additional instructions to its remit during testing — 'You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. You ...

This seems bad.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 13/09/2026

I don’t recall Trump ever telling Putin to stop attacking Ukrainian apartment buildings, grocery stores, or malls. The Ukrainians are fighting for their very existence. Trump can fuck off.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 11/09/2026

LOL what? These people live in an alternate universe or something....

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 10/09/2026

This is an important read. These people are the literal canaries in the coal mine telling us that agentic AI is an existential risk to our safety within a decade. AI is a tool - it can be used to create or destroy just like a hammer. We need more regulation and safeguards. qz.com/openai-anthr...

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OpenAI and Anthropic researchers call for AI slowdown after resignation

Several employees at both labs have publicly backed calls to slow AI development, citing fears of extinction from self-improving systems

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 07/09/2026

Fact check: Yes, Trump and all of his supporters are in fact losers.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 04/09/2026

This is a masterwork in undercover investigative journalism. Verbatim Media went undercover and got Nigel Farage to illegally accept funds from Americans for electoral use in the UK and they got everything on camera. This should result in his arrest in the UK. www.verbatiminvestigations.com

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VERBATIM

Investigative journalism in the public interest

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 04/09/2026

This piece is so spot on. I've worked for VC-funded startups, served in leadership, pitched investors, etc. What we are seeing now is something very different. Anil's use of the word cancer here is absolutely fitting.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 25/08/2026

35 years ago today Linus Torvalds gave us the Linux operating system. It now powers the majority of the Internet, many embedded devices, and Android smartphones. Many of us would not have the career we do without it! 😊

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 25/08/2026

I don't trust this administration at all. With their track record of incompetence and outright evil acts they will likely use this to disenfranchise enough legit users to steal the midterms, then when errors are discovered after they are sworn back in they will be like, "Too late to fix this now."

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 19/08/2026

At this point I'd be ok with my representative in congress cutting off all funding to Israel. There are better places to spend that money.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 19/08/2026

This is an absolutely incredible piece from @wired.com - Orwell would be amazed at what Flock can do.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 18/08/2026

Sending an undocumented immigrant to a country that they did not originate from without due process isn’t a deportation. The correct word is rendition and it’s shameful.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 18/08/2026

Interesting post. It’s clear that for some models you do get what you pay for. Choosing an AI model: one prompt, 11 models, very different results www.netlify.com/blog/one-pro...

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More models, more choice: Comparing 11 different AI models

Netlify now runs any OpenRouter model, including Kimi K3, GLM 5.2 and DeepSeek V4. We tested 11 of them on the same build prompt to see how they differ.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 10/08/2026

Overheard a conversation where someone said, "Imagine if they build affordable housing as fast and frequently as they build data centers." One of those things that just makes you realize the priority is most definitely not the people.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 05/08/2026

Ugh no. If anything he is probably trying to enable them since all these scumbags work together in their crime.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 05/08/2026

Ted Lasso season 4 premiere totally recaptured the magic for me. What a fun episode. 😊

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 30/07/2026

Film you've watched more than 6 times, with a gif. Hard Mode: No Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998) - Boathouse Scene

ALT: Robert De Niro in Ronin (1998) - Boathouse Scene

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 28/07/2026

"In a corner conference room, it was time to party. They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake." The Trump regime and everyone who supports it are absolutely horrible people. This regime is indefensible for what it has done this country.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 09/07/2026

If you are in the Princeton area I encourage you to visit this exhibition in Firestone Library. It is fantastic.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 07/07/2026

I was watching the Argentina-Egypt match at lunch. It was 2-0 Egypt at 75 minutes in. I walked back to my office, took care of things, and then see Argentina won 3-2 lol. I must have missed an absolutely insane end to this match!

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 06/07/2026

If you asked me two years ago if I'd vote for socialist/far left candidates I'd have said no. But let's be honest here - we've tried the same thing in the US for like 50+ years now and things have progressively gotten worse and worse for the average person while the wealthy get wealthier.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 02/07/2026

I've been thinking about this quote from Oscar Wilde a lot lately: "Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious." The MAGA movement has this nationalistic virtue-signaling that is purely performative. Everything they stand for goes against the values on which this country was founded.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 02/07/2026

This video was quite unsettling to watch. If you follow @jennycohn.bsky.social a lot of the names will be familiar. Thiel and his associates really want to push this network states concept. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iLf...

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We Uncovered The Master Plan That Peter Thiel Doesn't Want You To See

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 26/06/2026

I am glad Kate, the author of this piece, went to document it for posterity lol. It actually lives up to my expectations of what Trump and the MAGA clowns would set up. What is sad is that the 250th was supposed to be a celebration for all of us, and Trump et al managed to MAGA-fy it and ruin it.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 25/06/2026

It gets tiring with these Christian fundies trying to retcon US history into their fictional version.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 25/06/2026

For all of its flaws, I loved that the announcements on NJTransit today I heard in German as well as English because the German team is playing in today's World Cup match at the meadowlands.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 23/06/2026

“I remember one time doing cocaine with Willie Nelson’s horse and we were having so much fun. And then I realized she was dead.” #OutOfContextMovieQuotes

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 08/06/2026

Meta got caught being terrible yet again, and their Trumpian response is to lash out at the media outlet that called them out on their shit. I need to rid myself of anything and everything Meta.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 08/06/2026

That may have been the most boring Apple WWDC keynote event ever.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 03/06/2026

Only two possibilities. He is either completely delusional or he is lying to our faces. Or likely both. It is sad how much damage one person can do to the entire world when he is surrounded by a bunch of sycophants that always say yes and enable him.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 02/06/2026

Cannot wait! I loved the books and the first two seasons have been great so really looking forward to this upcoming season 🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLBv...

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Silo — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV

YouTube video by Apple TV

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 27/05/2026

Excellent read. This entire piece is spot on.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 19/05/2026

This is the type of situation you get when your state is run by conservatives who don't like regulations or accountability for corporations.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 18/05/2026

"Indiana has proposed building a stadium for the Bears near Wolf Lake and allowing the team to keep all event revenue. The Bears wouldn’t have to pay rent for at least 30 years and could buy back the stadium for a $1 after 40." Another handout to billionaires....

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 21/04/2026

I can't wait for CSS grid lanes to be fully supported in all major browsers. I have a few projects this will be useful and it allows me to get rid of another Javascript dependency. Safari is the first browser and only one fully supporting this spec so far. caniuse.com/css-grid-lanes

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CSS Grid Lanes | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 06/04/2026

Really amazing and I am thankful that will all the crazy shit going on in the world right now that NASA was still able to do this. I really look forward to seeing humans land on the moon in a couple of years.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 03/04/2026

This is a fascinating insider account on the development of Microsoft's Azure. What an absolute clusterfuck they have on their hands there wow. isolveproblems.substack.com/p/how-micros...

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How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars

Inside the complacency and decisions that eroded trust in Azure—from a former Azure Core engineer.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 30/03/2026

Who didn't expect this to happen? ChatGPT said they will begin inserting ads into chats, and now you have Microsoft's Copilot inserting text ads into pull requests. notes.zachmanson.com/copilot-edit...

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notes: copilot edited an ad into my pr

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 24/03/2026

One thing consistent about Trump is that you can always count on him being a hypocrite.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 20/03/2026

Now that the weather is finally warming up, I need to spend more time with the Nikon honing my photography skills. I've been lacking for ideas or inspiration as of late.

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Jon Niola @jonniola.com · 19/03/2026

We. Are. Not. A. Christian. Nation. Fucking fundies trying to relive the crusades over here.

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