Reposted by Vic BrandJamison Foser @jamisonfoser.bsky.social · 3h"'We sit with our head on the guillotine,' Beth Wilkinson, an attorney representing ABC, told a judge Tuesday. 'We are watching everything we do.'” 24520
Reposted by Vic BrandErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 9hI'm going to stop painting chickens and start etching "We were very stupid" in 100 languages on tablets that I sink in various lakes. 811020
Reposted by Vic BrandDavid Nir @davidnir.com · 10/10/2026Roger Marshall charged his patients 18% annual interest on their unpaid bills. His bakery bill for $678.75 was due six years ago. At 18% interest compounded annually, the total he'd owe would be at least $1,800. Marshall just paid the bakery $1,300—far less than what his patients would owe. 392211554
Reposted by Vic BrandThe Associated Press @apnews.com · 10/10/2026An Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to Philadelphia police about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said.bit.lyAnthropic's Claude AI submits a false tip on a Philadelphia unsolved homicide caseAn Anthropic artificial intelligence model submitted a false tip to Philadelphia police about an unsolved homicide case, authorities and Anthropic said. 2013155
Reposted by Vic BrandWIRED @wired.com · 09/10/2026More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN 301016507
Reposted by Vic BrandSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 10/10/2026The START of this clip made me do a double take: new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia sits on the board of White Rose Resistance, an organization that wants to *prosecute abortion patients for homicide* www.ms.now/opinion/abor... 2636294
Reposted by Vic Brandalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know 392704755
Reposted by Vic BrandMike Masnick @masnick.com · 09/10/2026Who went through all the major platforms where the Pentagon might stream their barbaric firing squad "livestream" execution to see if it violated their policies? Me. I did it. 351451432
Reposted by Vic BrandAnn LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026friday is for kafkaposting 4771231683
Reposted by Vic Brandderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line. The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor. 59392151575
Reposted by Vic BrandPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 09/10/2026never under-estimate advantages of name recognition www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comMan named Hitler Mussolini elected mayor in PeruThe left-wing candidate won a narrow victory in a remote district in the Peruvian Andes, exit polls show. 36116
Reposted by Vic BrandMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Absolutely loving this illustration of a grizzled, old-school politico chomping on a cigar in a proverbial smoke-filled backroom, from cover of The Wireless Age, October 1922 24117
Reposted by Vic BrandNieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 09/10/2026“We’re in their shit. They’re not in ours”: USA Today Co. execs defend Palantir deal buff.ly/XqiEXCpbuff.ly“We’re in their shit. They’re not in ours”: USA Today Co. execs defend Palantir dealUSA Today Co. executives are revealing new details about a controversial deal with Palantir. In a joint interview with Fast Company's Alex Pasternack, three executives from the country's largest… 076
Reposted by Vic BrandSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 09/10/202690% of how Rubio described “the West” while in Athens (e.g., "fierce individuality,” “relentless ambition”) is just a rehashing of ideas plucked from Ayn Rand. Encouraging people to “ethical egoism” is how we got this level of inequality—which now sits at a higher level than Ancient Athens ever had. 836959
Vic Brand @recordedvoice.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“For Jane: With All The Love I Had, Which Was Not Enough” in that one is good. 000
Reposted by Vic BrandTom Zeller Jr. @tomzellerjr.com · 09/10/2026A brief meditation on journalism's AI-infused moment. www.cjr.org/analysis/fak... 001
Reposted by Vic BrandInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This debate performance is really going to help Ossoff stand out in the 2028 pack specifically because "does not eat shit in a debate" is going to be a top qualification for so many Democratic voters 01104106
Reposted by Vic BrandChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity. 17261151493
Vic Brand @recordedvoice.bsky.social · 08/10/2026idk, arguably the new "I've got this thing and it's fucking golden. And I'm just not giving it up for fucking nothing." 030
Reposted by Vic BrandJonah Newman @jonahshai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026ICE arrested more than twice as many *children* in the first 7 months of 2026 as they did in the same period last year. Important work from my colleagues @shannonheffernan.bsky.social @annaflagg.bsky.social www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/08/i...themarshallproject.orgICE Has Arrested Twice As Many Children This YearIn total, more than 8,500 kids have been arrested by ICE in Trump’s second term. 14133
Reposted by Vic BrandNobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 08/10/2026Just in! New Nobel Prize laureate in literature Anne Carson stands surprised in her kitchen in Reykjavík, Iceland. Stay tuned for our exclusive interview with her coming soon. Join us in congratulating our 2026 literature laureate - send your greetings in the comments. 411658272
Reposted by Vic BrandThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/10/2026Alexander: "How confident are you that President Trump will not ask anyone to do anything illegal as it relates to midterms?" Tillis: "It'll work itself out." Alexander: "Why do you have the confidence?" Tillis: "Because January 6 worked itself out." Alexander: "Did it?" Tillis: "It sure did." 127357113
Reposted by Vic BrandLe Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 07/10/2026French government suspends use of stun grenades at student protests after teen loses handlemonde.frFrench government suspends use of stun grenades at student protests after teen loses handFrance's interior minister said stun grenades would be temporarily withdrawn from use at protests organized by high school students 'just long enough to understand what happened.' 38831366
Reposted by Vic BrandThe Downballot @the-downballot.com · 07/10/2026Quite the stat from the Washington Post about how the GOP's massive spending on ads is nowhere close to as scary for Democrats as it looks: In Dallas, Republican groups had to spend *five* times as much as James Talarico "for just 30 percent more impact." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... 310333
Reposted by Vic BrandThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 187111391866
Reposted by Vic BrandKathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026fun new frontiers in annoying AI where it was not asked for: middle school orchestra repertoire 0396
Reposted by Vic BrandWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 06/10/2026Fun fact: Tesla went with a giant touchscreen instead of knobs for the Model 3 purely to save time and money. Knobs would have required spinning up a whole supply chain. The company spun it as a luxury feature and much of the industry followed suit. But it was always an inferior substitute. 421999384
Reposted by Vic BrandJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...courthousenews.comAI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third CircuitUsing someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found. 603864915
Reposted by Vic BrandJudah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Simply put, across the US and UK, university administrators, their management consultants and their funders no longer consider the arts and humanities worthy of being studied, taught and transmitted. Their vision of human society is anti-humanist. No wonder the kids are at the barricades. 518073
Reposted by Vic BrandAndrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat... 9042401702
Reposted by Vic Brandceej @ceej.online · 05/10/2026we don't have time for another plague apocalypse. we already did that. we're on to robot apocalypse now, try to catch up. next in line is fungal apocalypse. please consult the schedule 842596521
Reposted by Vic BrandMark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It’s a little known fact that all the words associated with paying to see the Bayeux Tapestry are derived from Anglo-Saxon while all the words for being invited to see it by a corporate sponsor derive from French. 717141
Reposted by Vic BrandElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 56120203574
Reposted by Vic BrandDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 05/10/2026Sam Altman: Bad things will have to happen to other people for us to succeed www.politico.com/news/2026/10... 2623269
Reposted by Vic BrandHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 05/10/2026TODAY (Monday, Oct. 5) is the deadline for registering to vote for the midterms in: AMERICAN SAMOA ARIZONA ARKANSAS FLORIDA GEORGIA INDIANA KENTUCKY LOUISIANA — in-person, mail (10/13 online) MISSISSIPPI MONTANA — mail (11/3 in-person) OHIO SOUTH CAROLINA — mail TENNESSEE TEXAS npr.org/votenpr.orgHow to register to vote and check your registration statusFor the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory. 13661529
Reposted by Vic BrandBilly Hurley @billyhurls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There is no McTry. There is only: 483108568
Reposted by Vic BrandJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/… 16585217
Reposted by Vic BrandTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026literally in the next 48 hours! be aware! 5737488
Reposted by Vic BrandCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...tpr.orgTrump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurantsThe 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months. 641714388
Reposted by Vic BrandDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.socialwired.comICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir DatabaseDHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say. 12530011790
Reposted by Vic BrandAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Suuuuper interesting, I was not tracking this. The judge found the law criminalizing noncitizen voting is a voter qualification statute, and therefore outside of Congress’s power. Surprisingly, this is an issue of first impression! Decision is here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 341020309
Reposted by Vic BrandEric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 02/10/2026AI developer: Do you think our next-word-prediction machine is alive? Religious leader: No, and stop trying to achieve that. AI developer: Oooh, oooh, what if we made it confess its sins? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u... 1185
Reposted by Vic BrandJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is bizarre in part because if the idea that AI models have “moral standing” were actually taken seriously, all of these companies would immediately be banned. 412113
Vic Brand @recordedvoice.bsky.social · 02/10/2026do you know what the structure in the center of the crown is? 120
Reposted by Vic BrandChristopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I reached out to Manhattan Institute, where Rufo derives so much of his legitimacy as a "senior fellow," to see if it has any comment about him pushing "The Indian Question." No response, will let ya know if that changes talkingpointsmemo.com/news/chris-r...talkingpointsmemo.comChris Rufo — Known For ‘DEI’ and ‘CRT’ Panics — Tries to Make ‘the Indian Question’ a ThingTo the degree that a “respectable” or “moderate” right exists today in... 931542