Lizzie O'Leary

OpenAI Is Opening the Door to Government Spying Whether it means to or not

The Pentagon can likely get away with using OpenAI’s technology for mass surveillance of Americans under the terms of their contract, legal experts told @matteowong.bsky.social.

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White House War Montage Irks Ben Stiller, People With Brains Ben Stiller asked the White House X account to leave “Tropic Thunder” out of its deranged propaganda video, saying ‘War is not a movie.’ The montage, which mixes movie scenes with real Iran footage, is offensive to anyone with a brain.

Ben Stiller asked the White House X account to leave “Tropic Thunder” out of its deranged propaganda video, saying ‘War is not a movie.’ The montage, which mixes movie scenes with real Iran footage, is offensive to anyone with a brain.

Extraordinary use of the word extraordinary.

Couple things here:

1. What the fuck
2. I am allllllmost more offended by the suggestion that I would give this shitbox edit than having my identity stolen
3. The CEO is scheduled to be on Decoder soon and we will see if they back out!

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When I Was Diagnosed With Cancer, I Found the Way to Take the Edge Off, Ever So Slightly. You Can Use It, Too. Sometimes you need to turn down the volume on the world.

I am going to watch Space Jam 2 in an elementary school auditorium slate.com/life/2026/01...

U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow citizens are bad people A new Pew survey shows that other countries’ citizens tend to look more favorably on their neighbors.

I've been thinking about this Pew survey all week. It's incredibly depressing and makes me wonder what it would be like to live among people who didn't despise one another. washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/03/06/americans-immoral-unethical-survey/?itid=hp_more-top-stories_p002_f006

Coffee, straight out of my nose.

This process is making 2003 look chill and smooth

Lol I think I’m constant alerts for dad jokes because my husband is a prime offender

The feature, which launched in August, claims to help you “sharpen your message through the lens of industry-relevant perspectives.” When users select the “expert review” button in the Grammarly sidebar, it analyzes their writing and surfaces AI-generated suggestions “inspired by” related experts. Those “industry-relevant perspectives” include the likes of Stephen King, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Carl Sagan, among many others. The Verge found numerous other tech journalists named in the feature, as well, including former Verge editors Casey Newton and Joanna Stern, former Verge writer Monica Chin, Wired’s Lauren Goode, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Jason Schreier, the New York Times’ Kashmir Hill, The Atlantic’s Kaitlyn Tiffany, PC Gamer’s Wes Fenlon, Gizmodo’s Raymond Wong, Digital Foundry founder Richard Leadbetter, Tom’s Guide editor-in-chief Mark Spoonauer, former Rock Paper Shotgun editor-in-chief Katharine Castle, and former IGN news director Kat Bailey. The descriptions for some experts contain inaccuracies, such as outdated job titles, which could have been accurately updated had Superhuman asked those people for permission to reference their work.

The endpoint of journalism is that an AI startup turns you into a fake "editor" without telling you and against your will www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Mm Kay

Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

"'It’s not a war,' Representative Randy Fine, Republican of Florida, snapped as he made his way to the House floor on Wednesday, employing some tautological reasoning. 'The way you are officially at war is Congress declares war, and we haven’t declared war.'"

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damn fischer ... i guess that's one upside?

not me arguing with the security training video because I disagree with one of its points about PII

what an absolute disgrace

This is an actual Pentagon press release. “An Army believed to be casualty…the believed to be death”

JFC

this is real???

OMG THIS WAS MY FAVORITE ONE

how many hours of my life have been spent watching a space jam?

which one is yours??!

you, too, could retire if you made a movie with Bugs Bunny and Don Cheadle trapped in a computer for some reason.

unfortunately it's the second one, which makes even less sense.

When I Was Diagnosed With Cancer, I Found the Way to Take the Edge Off, Ever So Slightly. You Can Use It, Too. Sometimes you need to turn down the volume on the world.

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Excuse me I believe we are watching the LeBron one. Which I have only seen twice. As opposed to six times.

??????

Big day here. Movie night in the school auditorium.

The movie, suffice to say, is Space Jam.

Pardon Industry Offers Rich Offenders a Path to Trump

NEW: Pardon seekers are routinely being asked to pay $1m+ to lobbyists & lawyers claiming access to Trump, often with bonuses if clemency is granted.

I investigated the Trump Pardon Industrial Complex, & detailed the backstory behind 1 interesting pardon.

2007 photo of Barry Bonds signing autographs for fans at spring training. i'm sitting next to the group in a yellow shirt, looking unimpressed

19 years ago today, my lack of enthusiasm ruined this AP photo of Barry Bonds