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pirate wires #137 // an openAI update ghiblifies the world, “ethical questions” raised, and the white house social media team innovates within the form (a fascinating disaster)
By Mike Solana
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Reign of terror(ists being punished)
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“Our troops should be fit,” declares sexist
Yesterday, right on the heels of announcing federal charges for the Tesla firebomber that could bring 20 years in the slammer for an inbred barista looking guy out in Colorado, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the federal government would pursue the death penalty for United Healthcare Assassin Luigi Mangione. While the former has been accused of domestic terrorism by the federal government, the latter is already facing a charge of terrorism from the New York State government, and both (along with probably every high-profile criminal in the country) are in for a rough new season of “criminal justice” — in which criminals are actually served with justice. A trauma response to those several attempted assassinations he survived, or is Trump just reading the culture? Either way, my suggestion is you put down the Molotov cocktail. P.S. your cushy NGO gig is now defunded. So go ahead and learn to code prompt.
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Reign of terror(ists being punished)
Yesterday, right on the heels of announcing federal charges for the Tesla firebomber that could bring 20 years in the slammer for an inbred barista looking guy out in Colorado, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the federal government would pursue the death penalty for United Healthcare Assassin Luigi Mangione. While the former has been accused of domestic terrorism by the federal government, the latter is already facing a charge of terrorism from the New York State government, and both (along with probably every high-profile criminal in the country) are in for a rough new season of “criminal justice” — in which criminals are actually served with justice. A trauma response to those several attempted assassinations he survived, or is Trump just reading the culture? Either way, my suggestion is you put down the Molotov cocktail. P.S. your cushy NGO gig is now defunded. So go ahead and learn to code prompt.
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Last Friday, China launched an antitrust review to stall a $23 billion deal that would transfer control of two Panama Canal ports — and 41 others globally — from Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison to a BlackRock-led American group. The surprise delay was reportedly sparked by Xi Jinping’s rage over not being consulted on the deal, which China wanted to leverage in negotiations ...
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Spy Season
deel’s rippling spy is the latest in a storied history of corporate espionage
By G. B. Rango
Bad GhibliApr 2
pirate wires #137 // an openAI update ghiblifies the world, “ethical questions” raised, and the white house social media team innovates within the form (a fascinating disaster)
Mike SolanaWill Cultivated Meat Survive?Mar 31
the daunting obstacles facing a future-bound cultivated meat industry
G. B. RangoThe First AI Meme GodMar 27
a butthole-obsessed artificial intelligence might hold the key to humanity’s future
Blake DodgeThe DoorDash x Klarna Partnership, a Cultural Review (Memes)Mar 21
cataloging one of the rare moments a b2b partnership seed-generated a bunch of great memes
Brandon GorrellSlop WorldMar 19
pirate wires #136 // paid influencers, foreign bot armies, and a biblical flood of AI-generated content — how much of our internet is real? and is there any way to save ourselves from slop?
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I Used AI to Email 3,800 Ivy League Bureaucrats, Now My School Is Investigating Me
it costs $93,064 to attend brown university. the annual budget deficit is $46 million. i wanted to know where the hell all the money was going.
By Alex Shieh
Paywall the BorderMar 28
let immigrants bid for citizenship, pay cash dividends to americans — and beat china
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