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ChatGPT-Induced Psychosis Isn't Real
Jul 29

if you’re using chatgpt to brainstorm sacrifices to bloodthirsty deities and it says some weird shit, that’s on you

Blake Dodge

The Tea ‘Hack’ (Not Actually a Hack): A Complete Timeline
Jul 28

how a former salesforce product director created revenge yelp for women, before a very obvious security flaw unleashed karmic justice on its users

Katherine Dee

Antitrust Crackdowns Are Nuking Startup Exits
Jul 28

12 years in m&a at google and slack taught me that while partial acquisitions like windsurf's aren't ideal, they're often the only option in a hostile regulatory environment

Jordan Thibodeau

Globalize the Inmate-fada: How Zohran Could Let Thousands of Prisoners Walk Free
Jul 25

nyc's rikers island prison complex is set to close in 2027 with no replacement, meaning a future mayor mamdani will be in a position to enact his abolitionist agenda by default

Charles Fain Lehman

Goonpocalypse
Jul 22

pirate wires #143 // xAI’s new artificially intelligent companion (prostitute?), the isolating tendencies of technology, and the absence of a future vision paves tech’s road to hell (and goonbots)

Mike Solana

The People Who Think They Were Born Into the Wrong Race
Jul 20

transracialists believe race is a feeling — and if you want it badly enough, you can turn yourself black, white, asian, or indigenous (with the help of plastic surgery, in some cases)

Katherine Dee

Goodnight, Late Night
Jul 18

cbs cancels colbert, the monoculture (or what's left of it) is dying, and the media is fragmenting into clarity and chaos

Emily Jashinsky

28 Years... After AOL
Jul 18

the zombie apocalypse already happened, we just call it "the internet." danny boyle's new thriller is a parable for how going online turned us against each other (and ourselves)

Kat Rosenfield

Dawn of the Shell-qui-hire
Jul 17

big tech's newest weapon, the partial acquisition, threatens to violate the social contract that makes startups work

Jake Cooper

Welcome to the Wild World of Drug Reddit
Jul 17

a growing community of internet addicts and researchers online are helping each other navigate the gray market, get high, and ease withdrawal (with the help of white dust from chinese labs)

Dani Socher

Hypercapitalism and the AI Talent Wars
Jul 14

the ai talent wars challenge the shared trust, and mission, that aligned founders, employees, and investors

John Luttig

A Network of Underground “Thing Pipes” is About to Change Delivery Forever
Jul 14

today, pipedream labs announces a network of tunnels serviced by autonomous robots that will deliver anything to anyone in under 5min (and for less than 25 cents)

G. B. Rango
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