Dan Hamamura
@danhamamura.bsky.social
Writer of things for fun and to pay for cat/dog/human upkeep
Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects of Project 2025.
The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare
Mike Lee's SCREEN Act, which heads to Senate Commerce Committee for markup on Wednesday, would expand age verification requirements to a nearly limitless scope of websites, and is supported by the architects...
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Dodgers acquire Tarik Skubal from the Tigers for River Ryan, Zyhir Hope, Brady Smith … life is amazing
Dodgers acquire Tarik Skubal from the Tigers for River Ryan, Zyhir Hope, Brady Smith … life is amazing
The Dodgers are trading for two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winning left-handed starting pitcher Tarik Skubal from the Tigers in exchange for right-handed starter River Ryan and outfield prospects Zyhir Hope and Brady Smith. It’s the blockbuster deal that Dodgers fans have been hoping for as they go for their three-peat, and that basically …
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That was fast. Google sent me a statement saying it is now “rolling back“ this AI feature after our demonstration and others from OSINT researchers www.404media.co/google-earth...
Google Earth’s New AI Lets Anyone Fabricate Completely Bullshit Satellite Images
"Tonight I typed just one sentence into Google Earth and put refugees near the Mexican border. Then I planted a nuclear plant in Iran. Then I put a fatal crash on a street in Amsterdam."
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After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”
Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · last wk.People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...
My new short horror comedy film Can I Sell My Soul? just dropped and I am so excited but also working three jobs today! So please, watch it, like it, share it, and tag me so I can still soak in all those good vibes while running around. Link in the comments!
every day, it becomes clearer and clearer that the show/movie that best understands AI is Mrs. Davis
ABC NEWS: ".. Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on that speech and more than a dozen others .." abcnews.com/US/white-hou...
White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources
President Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on the contents of Trump's speeches, sources say.
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lots of new people on my feed because of yesterday's jeremiad... and i feel some duty to give a little bit of a pep talk, because, yeah, i get it, that shit's kinda dire, so buckle up, here's the part where i tell you why it's worth it to deal with all the slings and arrows...
I already have too many* social things lined up for the rest of summer *more than zero
no this is my thing like the cute and crafty homemade “graphic design is my passion” posters made by a family member of the small business are being destroyed by this monstrosity
404 Media@404media.co · 4w ago“Terrible posters are nothing new,” Jonathon Yule, executive creative director for design at Concrete Design tells us. But with these posters, it comes with “none of the charm” that may accidentally come from a business owner making something low quality.
This is the most hilarious little league home run I've ever seen, the Royals have outdone themselves
You're gonna want to read this. Gift link: wapo.st/4viLSnW
Tulsi Gabbard, her guru and the mysterious messages that helped shape her political career
I obtained hundreds of confidential memos detailing politics and policy guidance for Gabbard from her years in Congress, then embarked on a quest to identify who was behind them.
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Exclusive: I have seen OpenAI's audited financials for 2024 and 2025. In 2025, OpenAI had $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs. $867 million of its revenue came from SoftBank, and $303 million came from Microsoft. www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...
Exclusive: OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion
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There is no such thing as a TV show cancelled too late, every cancellation is hundreds of jobs disappearing, friends and colleagues saying goodbye for maybe the last time, entering the job market with the unsettling question of "What if that was my last job?"
Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhat about this: Name your fav TV show that was cancelled too *late*
A professor’s encounter with a Computer Science junior who didn’t know how to read code—thanks to LLMs—as well as her thoughts on why it matters, and what she did to help the student realize on his own how his use of Claude had produced an invalid experiment. Good read for educators!
The Anatomy of a Learning Stall – Tagide
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Dressing up as Vikings to signify they’re going to show up in North America, do kinda nothing, and quickly get back on their boats and head back home
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2mo agoYou want to see Norway men’s national football team’s official photo for World Cup 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...
lol (but seriously this is an insane security problem)
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
