Bridget's audiobook goes on sale today! _Love At First Prompt: AI and the Future of Intimacy_ is about loneliness, AI companions, and what happens when we allow tech companies to become emotionally entangled in our lives. LoveAtFirstPrompt.ai or wherever you get your audiobooks!

@bridgettodd.bsky.social and @tangoti.bsky.social are doing some really good episodes about this, btw, in case you're interested.

BIG NEWS! New podcast coming out THIS MONTH! Native people have been left out of the story of America—but without us you don’t know what happened. FIRST AMERICA tells the true story of how this country started and how we got here. Subscribe now, wherever you listen to podcasts.

Good question! Anybody have suggestions?

Nunov Urbiznez@urbiznez.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@tangoti.bsky.social Big fan, weird question. I know this is a big ask, but are there anymore safe forums safe for honest amateur author critique? Or do we just assume it is being carbon copied and absorbed into the meat grinder?

New: Hackers have been stealing high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI support chatbot to change the email associated with the account they want to steal. Shockingly easy, terrible flaw associated with offloading support to AI: www.404media.co/hackers-simp...

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

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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...

Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked

The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.

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NEW: In September, we sued ICE for documents related to its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware for remotely hacking phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps. Now, we have some documents, they owe us more, and basically everything has been redacted.

We Sued ICE to Get Its Spyware Contract. The Agency Is Redacting Essentially Everything

Paragon's software is capable of remotely breaking into phones and accessing messages from encrypted messaging apps. Our lawsuit aims to pry records about it from ICE.

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The podcast @tangoti.bsky.social did a whole episode on why AI uptake is lower among women & this was one reason - women in the workplace intuitively know our use of AI will be read this way & will diminish us in the eyes of our peers. Depressing but important to see research-based evidence of this

Amy Diehl, Ph.D.@amydiehl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Reviewers in two groups were given identical resumes for Emily Clarke and James Clarke and told they had used AI. Emily's was 2x as likely to raise doubts about competence. "She can't even write a CV herself." But James "just needed a bit of help." fortune.com/2026/05/10/i...

Here are some of this week's news stories you might have missed (part 1/2):

TANGOTI News Roundup for the week ending Friday, March 27 (part 1/2)! Here are some stories you might have missed.

TANGOTI News Roundup for Friday, March 20, 2026 (part 2) Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

TANGOTI News Roundup for Friday, March 20, 2026 Listen wherever you get your podcasts

I really enjoyed learning about Susan Kare in the most recent episode of (There are No Girls on the Internet) @tangoti.bsky.social Never knew who was behind these Mac icons, really cool to to learn who was behind these. These icons really take me back. 😍❤️

The Artist Behind the Macintosh: Susan Kare and Apple Computers

While the two Steves, Jobs and Wozniak, are the most well known faces behind Apple computers, equally important to the products and culture of the company were those who crafted the experience of usin...

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what in the dystopian hellscape am I reading about now???

Claire E. Aubin@ceaubin.com · 5mo ago

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

Thanks so much!

Katy Pearce@katypearce.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The podcast @tangoti.bsky.social is killing it recently. Every episode recently really got me thinking. I learned some new things in each episode.

One of my favorite podcasts about tech @tangoti.bsky.social has a banger about the AI sexual abuse material on Twitter. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Elon's Grok Sexualized Renee Good’s Dead Body — And He's Laughing About It

Podcast Episode · There Are No Girls on the Internet · 01/10/2026 · 58m

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AI-generated content deceives people, even when clearly labeled. @bridgettodd.bsky.social, host of @tangoti.bsky.social, explains that labeling content as AI isn’t working, and why projects like @divine.video are promising no AI content. Full episode out now.

Great episode of @tangoti.bsky.social recently about the emerging info that women are less likely to use gen AI and some reasons why. Highly recommend!

Congrats @bridgettodd.bsky.social for getting this timely op-ed published in Essence Magazine: www.essence.com/news/money-c...

Elon Musk’s X Is A Misinformation Machine—And Black Women Saw It Coming | Essence

For years, Black women have sounded the alarm about digital manipulation. X’s new policies prove how right they were.

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There Are No Girls On The Internet did a great episode featuring a Black woman game creator who was to be featured in Target (prior to their reinvention). They basically made this lady jump through tons of hoops and then never even featured her product on the shelf. @tangoti.bsky.social

CNN@cnn.com · 8mo ago

The chain unveiled its first-ever concept store in SoHo this week, adorned with stylish apparel, designer collaborations, and beauty products — all key areas that its incoming CEO hopes will revive its former "Tar-zhay" glory. https://cnn.it/48W8CAk

🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨 Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...

Bridget recently spoke with filmmaker Soledad O'Brien about her two new documentaries: "The Perfect Neighbor" and "The Devil is Busy." In this clip she explains why 'The Perfect Neighbor' relies exclusively on police body cam footage. Listen to the full interview wherever you get your podcasts.

Enjoyed this episode (@bridgettodd.bsky.social) on the Joyce Carol Oates-Elon Musk beef. I lol'd at comparing JCO & Azealia Banks: two good artists with mostly terrible takes but "when they stumble upon a truth, they really hit that truth and they do not miss." podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Elon Musk Insists He Does Read After Joyce Carol Oates Twitter Beef

Podcast Episode · There Are No Girls on the Internet · 11/14/2025 · 53m

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Ring Cam IS the police. Wendy Osefo, from Real Housewives of Potomac, just got charged with fraud. Evidence included footage from her own Ring Cam. Ring readily gives access to police without a warrant and without your consent. Do you really want that in your house? youtube.com/shorts/egLnJ...

Wendy Osefo was her own snitch; Ring Cam is the police

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DC is Bridget's home. It's not just the nation's capital; it's a vibrant city with a rich history. This episode is part rant, part guide to how allies can support DC. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Trump's DC Takeover is About White Supremacy, Not Crime – A Rant from DC

Podcast Episode · There Are No Girls on the Internet · 08/15/2025 · 43m

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Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.

We believe the future of technology can be good. That’s why Mozilla Foundation is building a better technology future. One built with care, powered by people, open by design. But we can’t do it alone. Join us and let’s make some good. mzl.la/44ZIdAO #MozillaFoundation #MakeGoodTech

This is literally what we reported would happen. www.status.news/p/skydance-c...

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