AI Wearable Turns Daily Life Into Continuous Vlog
An AI wearable device that regularly captures footage throughout the day and compiles it into a full-day vlog.
Unprotected LLM Output Gives Government Power to Censor
"If the outputs of large language models were not treated as protected expression, the government would have sweeping power to dictate what they can and cannot say—even what they must say." https://t.co/fRPnCFjG3B
Most Substack Content Still Human-Written, Study Shows
How Much of Substack Is Actually AI? I used @pangramlabs (AI detection tool) to analyze thousands of posts from the top Substack newsletters across every category to find out. Here's what I discovered 👇🏻 https://t.co/FbOA8uBVFF
Data Center Debate Engages Broad Spectrum of Voters
A lot of rich liberal NIMBYs are mobilized on the data center stuff, but as Molly points out in her great thread, they're certainly not the only ones. People from all walks of life are seem to care about it...
AI Data Center Moratorium Deepens Wealth Concentration, Warns Left
“A moratorium on AI data centers is a terrible idea. A moratorium springs from the desire to stop the concentration of wealth, but ironically, it is likely to exacerbate it. It’s a massive strategic blunder for the Left.” https://t.co/44uznvoDYr
Media Must Adopt CSAM, Drop Misleading “Child Pornography” Label
Use of the term CSAM is standard in almost every major American newsroom, but there are still sadly many media outlets that use outdated and inaccurate terminology. As Caroline said, there’s no such thing as “child pornography”. CSAM is the...
Tech Press Ignores Users, Mainstream Media Enables Censorship
The problem is almost no tech journalists cover platforms from the user side and not a single MSM outlet is concerned with mass censorship and deplatforming of creators, they're often the ones calling for it.
Remember New Media Rockstars? The Forgotten Creator Hub
Remember when there was a whole website reporting on content creators and new media and it was unironically called New Media Rockstars
Stop Calling It Age Verification—It's Identity Verification
Mind you it’s not age gating, it’s IDENTITY GATING. There is no such thing as “age verification” it’s ID verification. I think we need to stop using the term age verification bc it’s an industry term that obfuscates the reality...
Big AI Firms Push Women to Adopt Artificial Intelligence
New video out on the crazy things big AI companies are doing to convince women to embrace AI w/ @kattenbarge https://youtu.be/yf3hkq4WZKM
Young Creators Self‑harm for Clicks Beyond MrBeast's Imagination
At any given moments there are dozens of young men torturing themselves for views in ways MrBeast could only dream of
UK Government Deploys Facial Recognition After Legal Defeat
Facial recognition systems are being rolled out by the government en masse in the UK after a legal challenge failed https://t.co/MBGN9olCI6
Digital “Public Sphere” Is Private, Pyramid‑shaped.
"Today, what people confuse for a digital public sphere is neither open nor clearly delineated — it’s largely private and entangled. What we see is less a sphere than a pyramid." @bigblackjacobin https://t.co/yAu1akVbmE
Balaji Predicts Booming Market for Bro Biotech
.@theojaffee asks Balajis for his thoughts on Clavicular, Balajis says he’s cheering for Clavicular because he’s tapping into bro biotech/bro science and that’s set to be a major market. Peptides, etc https://t.co/CgSt6rg1zI
Anti‑Addiction Rhetoric Fuels Push Toward Digital ID
Every single person pushing BS “social media addiction” moral panic slop and claiming that forcing Meta/other tech companies to collect even MORE data is somehow “holding them accountable” is paving the way for digital ID
AI Skeptics Ignore Record‑breaking Consumer Adoption of ChatGPT
Ppl who believe that AI has no consumer use, how do u square that with skyrocketing use of AI and ChatGPT being the fastest growing consumer technology of all time? ChatGPT alone has 6.7M reviews and a 4.8 rating in...
Only One Woman Among Top 20 Tech Substacks
There is only one woman in the top 20 Substack newsletters about technology (me lol) https://t.co/3rhKiQtOkh
Right Leverages AI-Generated Content for Pro‑Trump Campaigns
Political people have discovered AI UGC marketing and the right is using it to push pro-Trump messaging https://t.co/AJs0JvKXOM
Parents Blame Algorithms, Short Videos for Kids' Harm
Will all the parents claiming the very concept of recommendation algorithms and short form video as a format killed their children be protesting?
Andrew Tate's Substack Reads Like Bad Poetry
Andrew Tate's Substack is effectively just publishing bad poetry. Every post is like this https://t.co/UsxDknc2nL
Social Media Overuse Isn’t a True Addiction
“Someone who checks Instagram too often or finds it hard to put down TikTok almost certainly has an unhealthy habit. Calling it an addiction equates that behavior with the compulsive, life-destroying patterns seen in substance use disorders.” https://t.co/auzxyJ5RuV
Labeling Social Media as Addiction Triggers Policy Consequences
On “social media addiction” not being a real thing: “This distinction matters because ‘addiction’ is not a neutral word, it has specific consequences enshrined in policy.” https://t.co/auzxyJ5RuV
CBC May Back Trump on Warrantless Surveillance Reauthorization
The Congressional Black Caucus may side with Donald Trump on the reauthorization of a warrantless surveillance law. https://jacobin.com/2026/04/surveillance-bill-cbc-fisa-reform
Stop Calling It Age Verification—It's a Digital ID
We need the media to stop using the industry term “age verification” and call it what it is: Digital ID
Will Apple Finally Deliver the Long‑Desired Second Screen?
I wonder if Apple will ever acknowledge this and give us the second screen we all crave
More Perfect Union Launches Student Discord Community for Collaboration and Learning
More Perfect Union is launching a student program including a Discord community for young people where they can collaborate, join virtual events & trainings, learn from organizers 👇
Good Journalism Means Listening to Every Political Side
Ironically some of my best stories have come from sources on the other "side" of issues politically. Sources can have a range of motivations for sharing information w a journalist, but doing journalism means speaking to ppl you don't politically...
Generic Marketing Saturates Music, Movies, and Influencers
Unfortunately this is pretty run of the mill marketing now for music, movies, influencer brands, etc
Govt Brands TikTok Clout Chasing as Political Extremism
Attendees of the TikTok Shorts rizz party after the government declared “clout chasing” and “aura farming” signs of political extremism https://t.co/87bT1L4UsM
Elon Musk's First TikTok Hits 2 Million Views.
Elon Musk is branching out on social media. His first official TikTok just hit 2M views and he’s recently surpassed 100k followers https://t.co/CIkQmfpnlC
Age‑verification Laws Turn Corporations Into Data Harvesters
This is great, but they’re basically just deputizing private corporations to harvest this info for them via “age verification” laws
Data Center Noise Sparks Calls for Regulation, Maine Ban Threat
There are a slew of people on TikTok sharing their experiences of living next to data centers and the noise issue is something these companies will absolutely have to contend with and solve ASAP unless they want more widespread bans...
Social Media Managers Rebranded as Growth Engineers
They’re calling social media managers “growth engineers” now, she’s 100% spot on with this analysis
Yudkowsky’s Double Talk: Safety Proposals vs Bomb Threat
“Yudkowsky talks out of both sides of his mouth. He wants us to believe that his proposals for avoiding an AGI apocalypse are within the bounds of established norms, yet in a moment of honesty he says that he would...
Fear‑mongering AI Content Fuels Creators' Profits
Hyper inflammatory anti-AI content is performing extremely well across the internet, and stoking people's fears by making AI seem extra evil only results in more profit for the content creator/slop article producer. There are so many ppl creating this content...
Bus Driver Resists AI Surveillance on School Routes
AI powered cameras are being installed on school buses across the country to surveil the drivers and children on the bus. I spoke to one bus driver in Wichita who’s fighting back against this surveillance tech. https://t.co/IbILY71ldZ
AI Backlash Coexists with Massive User Adoption
There’s undeniably a broad-based backlash against technology happening, but it’s also true that AI tools are extremely popular and useful for millions of people. ChatGPT alone has almost 100M MAUs in America https://t.co/MUyCGYXkoJ
Government Can't Befriend AI Industry While Targeting Its Leader
"It is inconceivable that the government can have a healthy relationship with the frontier AI industry while attempting to destroy what is arguably the field’s leading company." https://t.co/smnOFB9VWh
XAI Powers Grok with Illegal Gas Turbines
Musk’s AI company, xAI, used unpermitted gas turbines to power the data center behind Grok. Thermal drone footage captured by Floodlight shows the turbines running at a custom-built power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, flouting clean air regulation https://t.co/nsfDYWZ6r7
Hundreds of AI Startups Showcase Services at HumanX2026
Day 2 of #HumanX2026, there are hundreds of AI startups here pitching their services https://t.co/zhwNlSH5Qx
Accuser Misreads Transparent Omidyar-Funded Fellowship as Dark Money
The same guy who tried to claim I was accepting “dark money” by taking part in a public non partisan investigative journalism fellowship funded entirely & directly by Pierre Omidyar (who discloses his funding on the website). He has 0...
Data Brokers Push Irrelevant Ads to Boost Conversions, Target Did.
If you know anything about data brokers/targeting advertising u know that they will give u ads for things they know ur not interested in bc it boosts conversion on the ones you are. Target was doing this to pregnant women...
Lawsuit Claims Perplexity’s ‘Incognito’ Sold Chats for Ads
Perplexity’s “Incognito Mode” is a “sham,” -lawsuit says Google, Meta, and Perplexity accused of sharing millions of chats to increase ad revenue. https://t.co/vxnnXugoR4
Creators' Rights Claim Masks Push for Economy‑Destroying Laws
This "creators bill of rights" is nothing but PR slop when the people involved are also pushing laws like KOSA and repealing Section 230, two policies that would destroy the creator economy as we know it.
LA Rents Rise Despite Broader Economic Downturn
I’m curious how this economic crisis is happening in LA but it’s not affecting rental costs. Rents are still going up and LA doesn’t seem to be getting less expensive. Curious if ppl who know about econ can explain what’s...
Newsletter Services Rebrand as Full‑fledged Creator Platforms
All these newsletter platforms have flipped to calling themselves creator platforms. This is great though and makes sense!
Critic Calls Musk's AI Platform Unethical Yet Used
So then why are you using Elon Musk’s AI platform? If you care so much about harmful AI downstream effects of AI, the type of harmful effects I report on btw, why are u a personal user of the most...
Critics of AI Journalist Hypocritically Use Musk's Platform
The only thing “agonizingly unserious” is anyone using Elon Musk’s AI platform day in and day out trying to claim they have the moral high ground on a high profile journalist known for reporting critically on AI, who occasionally uses...
Products Prioritize Engagement, Not Malice; Users Can Reduce Their Power
This stuff is so stupid. EVERY consumer/media product is designed to maximize DAUs and time spent. Same w Netflix, Spotify, the NYT app, it’s not nefarious to make a product that delivers content ppl want. If you want these companies...
Curated Feeds May Be Even More Addictive than Algorithms
Bsky user raises a good point: per "social media addiction" proponents' claims, wouldn’t a platform like BS, where there is no content-recommendation algo & users can tailor their feeds to contain precisely the ppl and types of posts they want...