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- US Citizen Naturalization Ceremony on USS Hornet
- systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success
- OpenAI May Be in Major Trouble Financially
- Cursor tries setting less money on fire — AI vibe coders outraged
- Prime Day is a scam
- YouTube Pirates Are Cashing In on Hollywood’s Summer Blockbusters
- Beware of the Google AI salesman and its cronies
- Careless People
- The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5318708
- War has changed: Ukraine’s tech pioneers are leading the fight West can’t afford to ignore
- We should not describe LRM’s as “thinking”
- Inside Wikipedia’s AI revolt—and what it means for the media
- French City of Lyon Kicks Out Microsoft
- https://www.techpolicy.press/republican-budget-bill-signals-new-era-in-federal-surveillance/
- https://thedefender.media/en/2025/07/syndicated-deals-in-defense-startups/
- This is the gentle singularity?
- The budget bill opens the floodgates for state surveillance tech and bad AI
- Costco’s Kirkland brand is bigger than Nike—and it’s about to get even bigger
- Rage of the Oligarchs Naomi Klein: ’What They Want Is Absolutely Everything
- https://mediacat.uk/the-anatomy-of-anatomy-of-humbug-ten-years-on/
- What Do We Do With All This Consumer Rage?
- RSS feed
- Time To Get Serious
- build reputation
- https://blog.zgp.org/end-of-prediction-market-winter/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Conservation_and_Recovery_Act
- https://blog.zgp.org/gdpr-wrong-on-ccpa/
- Honda case
- lifted its 2019 ban on fingerprinting
- an IAB Tech Lab report
- https://blog.zgp.org/30-40-30/
- https://georgetownlawtechreview.org/no-cookies-for-you-evaluating-the-promises-of-big-techs-privacy-enhancing-techniques/GLTR-01-2025/
- at FTC PrivacyCon (PDF)
- Jereth et al.
- catching the same kinds of complaints over lack of consent as any other adtech
- Buried in a clickwrap agreement
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6631088cd0030b10e56a5084/CMA_Q4_2023.pdf
- old ad stack
- fingerprinting
- wrapping up
- https://blog.zgp.org/stop-doing-privacy-enhancing-technologies/
- https://blog.zgp.org/pet-projects-or-privacy/
- https://blog.zgp.org/reinventing-gosplan/
- stupid shit
- The Mozilla Firefox New Terms of Use Disaster: What Actually Happened?
- Industry groups are not happy about the imminent demise of Energy Star
- Monopoly Round-Up: China Is Not Why America Is Sputtering
- AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
- The AI Slop Presidency
- https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2025-01-04/
- Crypto Is Still for Criming
- Even a Broken Clock Can Lower Drug Prices
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Cybersyn
- Antitrust Policy for the Conservative
- https://futurism.com/slop-farmer-ai-social-media
- nightmare
- AI-driven social media
- advertisers are starting to walk away from platforms’ AI solutions that once promised them everything
- Report: Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gosplan
- Zuckerberg’s Dystopian AI Vision
- Zuck Says AI Will Make Advertising So Good Its Share of GDP Will Grow. Is That Really Possible?
- Mark Zuckerberg just declared war on the entire advertising industry
- Pluralistic: Mark Zuckerberg announces mind-control ray (again)
- https://blog.zgp.org/return-of-the-power-user/
- When Your Webcam Doesn’t Work: Solving Firefox and PipeWire Issues
- Data and Firefox Suggest
- Enterprise Policies for Firefox Customization: A Beginner’s Guide
- https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2025-02-08/
- Trump’s trade war risks splintering the Internet, experts warn
- https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/the-networker-microsoft-shutting-down-email-accounts-of-trumps-foes-should-be-worrying-to-us-all
- http://blog.fnaard.com/2025/05/just-qr-code.html
- How to Improve Your Site’s Typography
- What makes a tech gadget calm? This certification firm has an 81-point checklist
- https://john.onolan.org/12/
- authors
- LibreOffice
- toot from Hugo-award-winning author Charles Stross
- Tech Companies Apparently Do Not Understand Why We Dislike AI
- Rands
- The Weakest Link in AI
- how to write less like a bot
- IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice
- AI Cleanup/AI catchphrases, Wikipedia
- QoTD: Mark Ritson
- Mark Ritson
- practical tips for limiting web tracking
- uBlock Origin
- https://blog.zgp.org/effective-privacy-tips/
- https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-advertising-measurement-in-apple-safari/
- https://blog.zgp.org/google-chrome-checklist/
- https://blog.zgp.org/turn-off-advertising-features-in-firefox/
- unintended identification techniques
- Researchers recently spotted Meta doing a horribly complex surveillance trick called “Localhost tracking”
- The Force-Feeding of AI on an Unwilling Public
- Meta Wins Partial Summary Judgment in AI Infringement Claim
- Collections: The American Civil-Military Relationship
- I’m Getting Real Tired Of Not Being Able To Trust That A Video Game Doesn’t Have AI Crap In It
- A People’s History Of Climbing On Cars
- Only 3%* of US AI users are willing to pay a penny for it
- Indepth Look at How Madami Beat the Corporate Media
- Meta, TikTok can’t toss wrongful death suit from mom of “subway surfing” teen
- The first American ‘scientific refugees’ arrive in France
- What Does a Post-Google Internet Look Like
- How we turned public transit into a multiplayer game
- Saving LEGO® MINDSTORMS® …
- Zelle needs to fix ‘significant scams and fraud,’ lawmakers say
- Nearly 30 % of All Bullsh*t Online Is Health Related
- Google will stop summarizing recipes in search results
- https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/the-moral-economy-of-the-shire/
- https://cipaworld.com/2025/03/27/the-white-coat-didnt-betray-you-the-pixel-did-judge-keeps-florida-wiretap-case-against-hospital-alive/
- RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions
- Podcast: Minnesota assassin used data brokers as a deadly weapon
- https://www.politico.eu/article/digital-sovereignty-us-brussels-belgium-trade-talks-tech/
- Understanding Website Tracking and How to Limit It
- CALIFORNIA RAISES THE STAKES: AG Bonta Announces – Largest Ever – $1.55 Million Settlement With Healthline For Using Website Tracking AdTech In Violation Of The CCPA
- One of the Biggest Obstacles to Building New CA Housing Has Now Vanished
- https://www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/burner-phone-101-central-library-info-20250816-0100pm
- ‘AI is no longer optional’ — Microsoft admits AI doesn’t help at work
- CIPA LITIGATION RISK CONTINUES!: Senate Bill 690 – Exempting Website Tracking Technologies From California’s Wiretap Law – Moves Forward As A Two-Year Bill, Potentially Carrying Over Into The 2026 Legislative Session
- Vulgar, horny and threatening
- Law360 mandates reporters use AI “bias” detection on all stories
- The New Troll Diet
- Alameda Electric Rates to Increase by 4% Starting July 1
- and even classrooms
- https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/04/duolingo-replaces-its-contractors-with-ai-courses-with-slop/
- auto-generated accessibility problems
- legal briefs
- bogus articles
- https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/17/how-to-make-a-splash-in-ai-economics-fake-your-data/
- https://blog.zgp.org/google-ads-shitshow-report-2024/
- Meta Battles an ‘Epidemic of Scams’ as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook
- https://fortune.com/2025/05/09/klarna-ai-humans-return-on-investment/
- https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/03/in-2025-venture-capital-cant-pretend-everything-is-fine-any-more/
- https://blog.zgp.org/pets-and-public-policy/
- Brave1
- Ukraine’s AI-powered ‘mother drone’ sees first combat use, minister says
- https://behavioralscientist.org/it-isnt-a-replication-crisis-its-a-replication-opportunity/
- Why Meta is in trouble in Nigeria and what this means for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users
- Google is using AI to censor independent websites like mine
- Kohler Doing Damage Control After CEO Admits He Never Uses Toilets
- https://blog.zgp.org/state-features/
- https://blog.zgp.org/topics-api-notes/
- https://blog.zgp.org/big-tech-mall-or-newspaper/
- other problems
- DesertIslandTest
- https://blog.zgp.org/why-turn-off-firefox-ad-tracking/
- https://blog.zgp.org/click-this-to-buy-better-stuff-and-be-happier/
- internally generated “inferences”
- https://blog.zgp.org/prejudiced-landlord/
- actual malware
- real privacy
- https://blog.zgp.org/advertising-personalization-good-for-you/
- European Defense Tech brought engineers together for the first time for a hackathon for the front lines in Ukraine
- Trying to avoid a heart attack, Instagram attacked me with ads
- Priced Out: How Surveillance Pricing Leaves People with Disabilities At Risk
- Vermont state legislators: Big Tech doesn’t want you to know what’s happening to your kids online. We do.
- German court rules cookie banners must offer “reject all” button
- largely crap
- https://blog.zgp.org/cpra-comments/
- California Privacy Protection Agency decision in a recent online retailer case
- https://aphyr.com/posts/387-the-future-of-customer-support-is-lies-i-guess
- according to Teaganne Finn and Amanda Downie at IBM
- https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2025-06-12/
- Taylor Swift now owns all the music she has ever made: a copyright expert breaks it down
- https://adage.com/agencies/aa-wpp-publicis-epsilon-ssp-spat/
- Why Denmark Is Dumping Microsoft Office and Windows for LibreOffice and Linux
- https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-urges-immediate-action-meta-prevent-investment-scam
- https://blog.zgp.org/icymi-adleaks/
- The Guardian’s new whistleblower tool buries leaks to journalists within its own readers’ everyday traffic
- https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/04/Web-is-Broken-Botnet-Part-2/
- https://blog.zgp.org/mlp-2025-06-14/
- https://blog.zgp.org/de-enshittification/
- A Letter to Europe
- Children need the freedom to play on driveways and streets again – here’s how to make it happen
- Texas Right to Repair bill passes, heads to the governor’s desk
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_in_Pakistan
- Texas Legislature Beats Back Assault on Clean Energy
- https://bowshock.nl/irc/
- Musk’s threat to sue firms that don’t buy ads on X seems to have paid off
- Utah Study on Trans Youth Care Extremely Inconvenient for Politicians Who Ordered It
- Please tell us Reg: Why are AI PC sales slower than expected?
- A plausible, scalable and slightly wrong black box: why large language models are a fascist technology that cannot be redeemed
- https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/toolmen
- Wikipedia Pauses AI-Generated Summaries After Editor Backlash
- Hurricanes are getting so bad, we need a new category, expert warns
- Kurt Vonnegut
- https://blog.zgp.org/encouraging-first-result-from-an-ai-right-to-know/
- https://blog.zgp.org/picking-up-cheap-shoes-in-front-of-a-steamroller/
- America’s Newest Gamblers Are Playing a Dangerous Game
- Rosemary has been linked to better memory, lower anxiety and even protection from Alzheimer’s
- Trump’s FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts
- https://aiforensics.org/work/meta-health-ads
- Meta Busted Spying on Android Users In Extremely Creepy New Way, Then Lies About It
- https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2025/05/broken-promises/
- The Promise That Wasn’t Kept
- https://blog.zgp.org/personal-ai-in-the-rugpull-economy/
- solving CAPTCHAs
- doubtful
- Verizon
- https://gizmodo.com/twitter-bot-problem-metamask-support-crypto-elon-musk-1850808172
- X’s Sales Pitch: Give Us Your Ad Business or We’ll Sue - WSJ
- Manus
- https://blog.zgp.org/rtk-workflow/
- How to Actually Start Using AI Agents Today
- https://blog.zgp.org/agentic-ai-benchmark/
- Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux
- early-2000s peak
- Getting off US tech is no easy task
- Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds
- https://blog.zgp.org/sharpen-your-pencils-people/
- Trump’s FTC announces merger condition that prohibits advertising boycotts
- https://aramzs.github.io/open-source/2025/06/25/rss-is-the-way-most-people-read-my-blog.html
- https://blog.zgp.org/alameda-linux-installfest/
- https://jvns.ca/blog/2025/06/24/new-zine--the-secret-rules-of-the-terminal/
- Wall Street Tells Google to Break Itself Up
- https://blog.zgp.org/how-to-break-up-google/
- Check My Ads Institute Policy Platform
- https://blog.zgp.org/there-ought-to-be-a-law/
- North Korean drone strikes as a service
- databases of assassination targets
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligate_anaerobe
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andon_%28manufacturing%29
- Don’t Be Evil - Agency Hackers
- you did it all wrong and they need to turn on some feature Google happens to want to push
- https://blog.zgp.org/why-pets-failed/
- CMA reports
- https://blog.zgp.org/ad-supported-piracy/
- Link-Busters
- monetized by Google
- An individual who owns a site and wants to keep their legal name confidential
- content category
- https://blog.zgp.org/deception-design/
- Ads Transparency Center
- wants this
- new board-level committee on how to be less evil
- https://blog.zgp.org/b-l-o-c-k-in-the-u-s-a/
- https://blog.zgp.org/w3c-talk/
- https://blog.zgp.org/internet-optimism/
- https://aeon.co/essays/the-tragedy-of-the-commons-is-a-false-and-dangerous-myth
- https://blog.zgp.org/winners-don-t-click-search-ads/
- generous cafeteria visitor policy and all
- Old Google
- https://blog.zgp.org/messing-with-media-queries/
- Ukraine’s Massive Drone Attack Was Powered by Open Source Software
- I Fought in Ukraine and Here’s Why FPV Drones Kind of Suck
- https://blog.zgp.org/how-google-can-go-legit/
- https://cristinacaffarra.blog/2025/06/26/european-digital-sovereignty-is-an-industrial-project-everyone-else-get-out-of-the-way/
- China breaks more records with surge in solar and wind power
- Make Fun Of Them
- https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/here-s-a-tip-to-companies-beware-of-promoting-ai-in-products/ar-AA1HDkwE
- Why Big Tech Turned Against Democrats — and Democracy
- Audiences Prove that the Experts Are Dead Wrong
- https://polinazabrodskaya.substack.com/p/i-fact-checked-this-cannes-winning
- Ars reflects on Apollo 13 turning 30
- Generative AI’s crippling and widespread failure to induce robust models of the world
- ★ More on Apple’s Trust-Eroding ‘F1 The Movie’ Wallet Ad
- Yes, establishment Democrats of New York, “vote blue no matter who” still applies
- Consent or pay: judicial review threat forces ICO into action, top website pays compensation
- ‘Consent or pay’ is likely unlawful and must not be entertained by regulators
- California’s Corporate Cover-Up Act Is a Privacy Nightmare
- https://newsletter.counteroffensive.pro/p/amazon-for-drones-and-ew-how-the-brave1-market-works-b4c2
- Open Source, AI, and the Global War on Fascism
- Building on ATProto
- Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices
- Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book
- Before LibreOffice there was OpenOffice, and before OpenOffice there was StarOffice…
- Double-Entry Ledgers: The Missing Primitive in Modern Software
- Paul Tagliamonte: The Promised LAN
- https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2021/02/15/eroding-america-from-within-marketing-data-threatens-military-cohesion/
- Read this on aramzs.xyz
- transcript
- The Circularity of Meritocracy
- https://www.platformocracy.com/p/cannes-special-how-google-s-ad-spam-secrecy-alienated-a-generation-of-creators-4a28985e97c
- https://www.aspi.org.au/strategist-posts/now-thats-innovation-ukrainian-army-units-compete-for-weapons-start-ups-compete-for-their-business/
- https://www.anildash.com/2025/05/27/internet-of-consent/
- The Conversation Game
- mlp 4 May 2025
- My PhD advisor rewrote himself in bash (2010)
- Glyph Lefkowitz: Stop Writing `__init__` Methods