NEW: ProPublica’s Jake Pearson lost $10,000 mimicking the betting patterns of a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company’s “responsible gaming” safeguards. One week in, he was invited to become a VIP — and faced little pushback as he spiraled.

I Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.

Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro...

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One way lawmakers could start regulating AI right now: make the industry disclose who is using all those GPUs — and what they’re being used for. .@edzitron.com explains why GPU transparency across the biggest AI companies could be a first step toward understanding the scale of the boom.

"working royals", what a nice oxymoron 🫣

The Mirror@mirror.co.uk · 4w ago

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are "surprised" by King Charles' bombshell letter clarifying the couple will continue to be treated as "private citizens" rather than working royals following their return to the UK.

Hope these guys sue both Google's and Apple's spineless bootlicking asses.

"I will admit to being surprised at the extent to which elites in 2025 in particular seemed to simply surrender… But I should not have been. For some time now, I have thought that the most elite and prestigious positions suffer from cultures of extreme conformity."

Editor's Notes: The Culture of Elite Conformism Enabled the Capitulations of the Second Trump Term

We need a Reconstruction not only of our institutions but of our system of producing elites.

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The older brother of former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was arrested and charged in Honolulu after allegedly approaching multiple children and trying to get them to go back to his hotel room by offering cash and gum.

Tulsi Gabbard’s brother accused of trying to lure children to Hawaii hotel room

Police say the older brother of former National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard was arrested after allegedly approaching children and trying to get them to his hotel room

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A.I.diots

Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This 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...

🧵 Some publishers & news organizations are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving journalism, stifling access to the public record. 📣 If you rely on the Wayback Machine to preserve news & history, tell them not to block web archiving. ✏️ Sign the open letter👇 www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders

#NoScript website just got a new tagline. Have an excellent & safe #pridemonth everyone! #security #privacy #pride noscript.net

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The most scary reporting and most effective noscript.net advertising if you're a US citizen - or anybody who cares about #privacy and #freedom, actually. thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

I found a second vote.gov — and it's registered to the White House

There is a moment in every investigation where the thing you have been looking for finds you instead.

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I thought it was the usual DDOS spidering fuckery by Bytedance (TikTok) putting NoScript's support forums at noscript.net on their knees, but... APPLE ENGINEERING, WTF?!!! "Ambassador" Tim Cook, his new CEO & their minions embracing the dark side really hard 🪱🍏

When Rubio abruptly halted foreign aid last year, cleanup crews in Vietnam were forced to abandon one of the largest chemical spills in the world for weeks. Left exposed: open pits of soil contaminated with dioxin, the deadly byproduct of Agent Orange. From Pulitzer finalist “The End of Aid”:

Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning.

Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic pa...

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Use of tear gas by soldiers is considered a war crime. But for some reason, it's considered OK for police to use it on civilians. Think about that. www.aclu.org/news/immigra...

Government Use of Tear Gas Is Illegal in War. It Should Be Illegal Here, Too. | ACLU

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Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn't entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. www.wired.com/story/dhs-de...

DHS Demanded Google Surrender Data on Canadian's Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts

Using a 1930s trade law, Homeland Security targeted the man—who hasn't entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

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Blatant corruption!

They were banned from having a charity in NY. The scam was too obvious, even for a state that’s seen everything. But grifters adapt. They found a bigger pool to drain, that can’t opt out, can’t sue, or gets a vote on how the money moves. The American taxpayer. The largest unwilling donor in history

When a King and direct descendent of King George III has to remind the American government about the utmost importance of checks and balances, you know we're in deep trouble.

The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5mo ago

ALERT: New lawsuit alleges Justice Dept is violating federal law through its “inappropriate”, “unexplained” and “incomplete" redactions of Epstein Files JUST FILED ====> open.substack.com/pub/macfarla...

I think this is 100% correct.

From CBC News: Canadian detained by ICE for 6 months says he's an 'indefinite' prisoner, has no idea when he'll get out. 58 Canadians are being held by ICE. Avoid all nonessential travel to the United States.

If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.

Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures -- ProPublica

Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.

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#25Aprile 🚩🏴

Genocidal pieces of trash.

ProPublica@propublica.org · 5mo ago

“It was the most harebrained operation I’d seen in my 38 years with the U.S. government,” one career diplomat said about the second Trump administration's wholesale slashing of foreign aid. “Who knows how much damage was done.” (Published Dec. 2025)

Keep Walking The Walk,Mayor Mamdani.......

April 25th is Liberation Day, the Italian national holiday celebrating the defeat of those nazi-fascists pigs. Gonna be fun this year 🍿🇮🇹✊🚩🏴 #antifa #italy #meta theintercept.com/2026/04/14/f...

Facebook and Instagram Tighten Censorship Rules for Saying “Antifa”

Meta’s new rules let it ban users or suppress comments that include the word “antifa” alongside “content-level threat signals.”

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Everything 🍊 touches dies. Not always a terrible thing.

As a proud and loud atheist humanist activist, I endorse this message.

Bluesky Fanatic@blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Pope’s response to being threatened by the Pentagon? - Cancelled his July 4th US visit. - Spending our 250th birthday on an island where African migrants wash ashore. - Told Catholics to call their reps and demand an end to the Iran war. The first American pope. He will NOT be bullied by Trump!

This is how we start the healing while the system is redesigned. All of this should give ppl hope of a brighter future & stop the shootings. 🔫 Are tools. The vast majority of ppl enjoy being productive contributing members of society. After 6mths we should see economic growth into something 🚫 👀b4