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Everyone Is Lying to You for Money | Everyone Is Lying to You for Money — Live from New York | Everyone Is Lying to You for Money

Actor and author Ben McKenzie investigates the lies, hype, and harm behind cryptocurrency’s rise—and who’s really paying the price.

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It’s time for another game of…

FWIW, Meta was fully aware of how these glasses would primarily be used. The glasses were designed to erase consent, and that is why they exist. Anything that they do that suggests they want to ameliorate this use is an attempt to win the PR battle and manipulate public opinion.

Meta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"

Meta is vowing to crack down on creeps misusing its Ray Ban smart glasses. Whether it will be enough to regain trust remains to be seen.

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On Monday I’ll be speaking at a forum on Capitol Hill entitled: “Trump’s Crypto Corruption”. I’ve got a few things to get off my chest. @blumenthal.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

BLUMENTHAL & VAN HOLLEN TO HOLD PUBLIC FORUM ON TRUMP’S CRYPTO CORRUPTION | U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – On Monday, July 27, 2026, at 3:30 PM, U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent...

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This is laughable --- "reporting says", well yes, these reporters did a bang-up job anthropomorphizing the system they are talking about, and obfuscating the responsibility that OpenAI holds here. bsky.app/profile/mims... Some examples:

Christopher Mims@mims.bsky.social · 2w ago

I've seen some folks try to frame OpenAI's unreleased model hacking a company that tests its abilities as a cynical marketing ploy but reporting says that absolutely was not the case: This was a real-deal escape of an AI agent that could have done vastly more damage. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/how-...

The guy who lives Bear Stearns stock until he bitter end doubling down on another bubble.

Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2w ago

Wrote an 8000 word piece artfully framing ai data centers as the subprime mortgages of AI, only for Jim Cramer to outdo me by saying that he “likes data centers so much he wished he lived in one”

A fun movie about an infuriating topic, one you want to know about with midterms coming up.

Ben McKenzie@benmckenzie.bsky.social · last mo.

PRE-ORDER to STREAM my movie about how crypto is dumb and bad NOW @: everyoneislying.com

EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY is a just plain great movie. Thought provoking, important, and genuinely funny in the right ways and the right places. And it has heart. Go see it when it comes to your town. You'll be glad you did. @benmckenzie.bsky.social did us all a solid with this work.

@benmckenzie.bsky.social It was a true privilege to shake your hand after the Chicago showing of EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. I'm the older guy who told you I've been in tech for 33 years and currently work in cybersecurity in finance. You've done us all a great service.