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Cybersecurity dude that gets called robotic by his friends. Probably talking about sports or video games. https://linktr.ee/ben_alterman

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in a way this is fascinating because in the family you hide this member from guests at dinner parties and the US is like buddy he's doing a daily off the cuff 30 min sesh with the press

07.03.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 1152 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 7
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So much online conservatism these days is just "I miss being a kid"

07.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 9359 πŸ” 1292 πŸ’¬ 718 πŸ“Œ 444
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Translation: β€˜I was a dope and a mark’

07.03.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Mind destroyingly stupid NYT headline: Trump echoes fdr and grant in calling for β€œunconditional surrender”

Mind destroyingly stupid NYT headline: Trump echoes fdr and grant in calling for β€œunconditional surrender”

In a year of stupid headlines, what to even say, this has to be among the stupidest and frankly most offensive yet

07.03.2026 04:54 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 12

I'm not arguing with someone about why a statistical model is conscious. On a Saturday? In this economy? During these hellish times? I don't even have pants on

07.03.2026 17:55 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They’re calling it the most reassuring message of all time

07.03.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 754 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 2

what’s even more extraordinary is that the economy was mostly doing okay despite his absolute best efforts - as damaging as his tariffs and immigration policies are, we hadn’t tipped over into a recession

and so, unsatisfied, he decided to kick the economy in the dick with a huge oil shock

06.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 1138 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 6

I think the secretary of defense should not be a psychopath

07.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 2995 πŸ” 512 πŸ’¬ 100 πŸ“Œ 13
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There have been some very bad developments today.

07.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 7274 πŸ” 2776 πŸ’¬ 739 πŸ“Œ 287
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What you described does not meet the elements of securities fraud in the U.S.
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I wouldn't trust Al with this one....
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Roy @im_roy_leeβ€’ 1d ng i was sweating for 2 mins = ChatGPT Auto > X β€’β€’ got a call from some tech crunch reporter asking about revenue. told them 7m arr in reality 6.3m run rate. is this securities fraud Short answer: almost certainly not. What you described does not meet the elements of securities fraud in the U.S. 1. Securities fraud requires a securities context 129 γ‚»γƒž57 2.1K il 415K 企 Elizabeth Holmes β€’ @ElizabethHolmes X.com I wouldn't trust Al with this one.... 6:19 PM β€’ 3/5/26 β€’ 37K Views 40 27 38 956 23 企

07.03.2026 02:16 πŸ‘ 2188 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 24

Great trade by the Raiders

07.03.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

man I love herb

07.03.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Ravens still have no good receivers

07.03.2026 02:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Appears that Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are still good at baseball

07.03.2026 01:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well Nintendo has the best in the world and the average first year law school grad is better than the USDAs

07.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I would not give up a HR on that pitch to Aaron Judge because I am built different

07.03.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 13

Incompetence is bad

07.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is one of the most jaw dropping moments of Trump’s presidency. Up there with brainstorming about injecting bleach and shining light up orifices to cure COVID.

06.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 5779 πŸ” 1505 πŸ’¬ 261 πŸ“Œ 48
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Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S.
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The New Yorker Kristi Noem will be remembered as the most incompetent Secretary in the 23-year history of the D.H.S. now

I don’t think the incompetence actually is going to be what Kristi Noem is remembered for.

It will be the killings, the lawlessness, and the grift, if I had to guess.

06.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 3057 πŸ” 479 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 45
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The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship The Iranian warship was taking part in an international exercise with many other countriesβ€”including the United States.

That Iranian Navy ship we torpedoed had no ammunition on board because that was a requirement to participate in the MILAN 2026 exercise (organized by the Indian Navy).

The US Navy knew this because IT ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISE. What a national embarrassment.
newrepublic.com/post/207429/...

06.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 829 πŸ” 339 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 39

They want Gardner Minshew to get off to a 0-3 start before throwing Mendoza to the wolves. That’s analytics.

06.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2
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It's really unfair to compare this to Iraq in 2003, at least then they had the decency to put some effort into their lies and deception.

06.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 592 πŸ” 116 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 9

disturbing reports that donald trumps economic policy is exactly as bad as anyone who knows anything said it would be

06.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 1357 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 7

They are providing so much evidence for The Hague

06.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth needs to rot in a cell for the rest of his life.

06.03.2026 13:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

28.02.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 26283 πŸ” 8894 πŸ’¬ 289 πŸ“Œ 334

Google started worsening the search algorithm long before the 2022 ChatGPT reveal

06.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says β€œBREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”

A post on X from the betting platform Polymarket that says β€œBREAKING: Anthropic CEO says Claude may or may not have gained consciousness, as the model has begun showing symptoms of anxiety.”

Literally as I’m arguing with someone about whether AI companies are misleading people into believing their technology possesses God-like super-intelligence I see this monstrosity

06.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 5327 πŸ” 840 πŸ’¬ 316 πŸ“Œ 624