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Techno-pessimist podcaster https://techblows.net/

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Workers report watching Ray-Ban Meta-shot footage of people using the bathroom Meta accused of "concealing the facts" about smart glass users' privacy.

Disturbing, yes. But slow down AI investment in the States and soon it'll be the Chinese forcing Kenyans to watch them shit

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

09.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OpenAI on Surveillance and Autonomous Killings: You’re Going to Have to Trust Us OpenAI says Americans shouldn’t worry about the ethics of its new Pentagon contract. You’ll have to take their word for it (and Pete Hegseth’s).

I'll trust them when Altman goes on Instagram and takes a big bite of a Hellfire missile

theintercept.com/2026/03/08/o...

09.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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When you click the "beautify slide" AI feature in Google Slides.

NOT A JOKE

03.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1722 πŸ” 388 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 106
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Prediction markets are playing a dangerous game The fast rise of Kalshi, Polymarket, and other prediction markets is running headlong into gambling regulations, and now the industry is using the news media as its shield.

Why platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket want so badly to be seen as sources of news, instead of anything-goes casinos.

05.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 677 πŸ” 195 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 18
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Technology Blows | Marty: the Robot Doofus Haunting the Supermarket Marty is a fully automated dipshit that wanders around the Stop & Shop getting in everyone's way and posing for selfies. Sometimes it hugs a cancer kid.References:https://bjsantiago.focalpointcoach...

Podcast: techblows.net/19
Youtube: techblows.net/yt

05.03.2026 19:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Marty, everyone #technologyblows #marty #podcast #robots #supermarket

05.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's my sad duty to announce that Jim Taylor, president of Arby's, has passed away after eating an entire Arby's Italian Beef Dip Sandwich in one freakish bite and shitting himself into the sky. He's with the angels now

05.03.2026 18:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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techblows.net/19 This week's episode of Technology Blows is for the New Englanders! Marty is a fully automated dipshit that wanders around the Stop & Shop getting in everyone's way and posing for selfies. Sometimes it hugs a cancer kid. #technologyblows #marty #stopandshop #retail #robotics #podcast

04.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if all we're gonna do is trade gen-AI copypasta all day… why can't i just go home?

27.02.2026 03:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Back on the floor! #xai #grok #technologyblows

20.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Virtual reality hat" patented by Facebook in 2019. Not sure what the guy in Fig 15 is doing but he should definitely not be allowed within 500ft of a school #vrgaming #virtualreality #meta

19.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it's not the worst thing AI is doing but: i love cat videos so much and it's so annoying that people are posting ai cat videos now

13.02.2026 17:44 πŸ‘ 2033 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 87 πŸ“Œ 39
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It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio PeΓ±a, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.

Once again, it turns out β€œfully autonomous” means β€œa guy in the Philippines.”

06.02.2026 15:37 πŸ‘ 22307 πŸ” 6773 πŸ’¬ 622 πŸ“Œ 1081

This generation finally has its own version of Tyson Homosexual.

29.01.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

drunk driving is illegal, so when you see the cop car light up behind you just hurl yourself out the driver's side door of your moving vehicle so you are no longer driving. congratulations: you just beat the system.

28.01.2026 23:53 πŸ‘ 1110 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 2
SHIRT BY DASHARE.ZONE THAT HAS A SKELITEN FLICKEN THERE MIDDLE FINGER AND IT SAYS , "PIECE OF SHIT RACISTS WEARING TEMU MILITARY COSPLAY WHO WERE ALL TOO DUMB TO BECOME REGULAR COPS, THATS PRETTY FUCKEN DUMB, FUCK ICE" - dashare.zone ADMIN

SHIRT BY DASHARE.ZONE THAT HAS A SKELITEN FLICKEN THERE MIDDLE FINGER AND IT SAYS , "PIECE OF SHIT RACISTS WEARING TEMU MILITARY COSPLAY WHO WERE ALL TOO DUMB TO BECOME REGULAR COPS, THATS PRETTY FUCKEN DUMB, FUCK ICE" - dashare.zone ADMIN

FUCK ICE - SHIRT AT dashare.zone - dashare.zone ADMIN

21.01.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1045 πŸ” 252 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 8
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snow crash

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Hello I’m the ubermensch, my one weakness is whistles

25.01.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 5166 πŸ” 772 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 13

All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.

24.01.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 27065 πŸ” 8540 πŸ’¬ 864 πŸ“Œ 340

From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):

-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.

You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.

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NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."

NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."

By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.

24.01.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 30108 πŸ” 7033 πŸ’¬ 706 πŸ“Œ 275

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

22.01.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 15482 πŸ” 5774 πŸ’¬ 141 πŸ“Œ 1554

There is going to come a time in your life when you are chatting with a guy, at a barbecue or something, a new coworker maybe, a dad at school drop off, and he tells you he used to be in ICE. You’re going to need to spit on that guy

22.01.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 12942 πŸ” 3612 πŸ’¬ 253 πŸ“Œ 111

it's never the crazy weird conspiracy theory weapons. they are poisoning you with toxins they are well-documented to have. they are beating you with ordinary sticks and shooting you with ordinary guns

the only conspiracy is how they gained legal immunity to do this

22.01.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 4176 πŸ” 917 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 8
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AI is going great

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"The old Trek is dying, and the new Trek struggles to be born; now is the time of Doctor Pulaski.” – Antonio Gramsci

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hear me out #devops #iac #terraform #cod

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OUT TODAY: Cookies: How Ad Platforms Steal Your Mind (Part 2)! Dive into the mind-boggling infrastructure that Google et al have built to do reprehensible things with your data, like sell it to ICE techblows.net/14 #privacy #browsers #webprivacy #advertising #podcast

21.01.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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techblows.net/13 Episode 13: Cookies: How Ad Platforms Steal Your Mind (Part 1)

The web didn't have to be this way. Friend-of-the-pod CJ Horton joins us for a look at cookies: the completely reasonable web protocol that became host to the parasitic ad industry. #privacy #cookies #browsers #podcast

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