Ed Bott
@edbott.com
Tech journalist and author. Lifelong antifascist. Opinions are all my own but feel free to borrow. If you need to get in touch, there's a contact form on my website.
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Ed Bott
@edbott.com
· May 30
Tear down all the monuments, rip out all the gold, rename the airports, put roses in the fucking rose garden. That's the platform I vote for. Hard-core radiation therapy for the whole country, and erase this bullshit so we can restart as cleanly as possible.
Put roses in the fucking rose garden …
In a series of headlines, the New York Times captures life in America in 2026. Death by gun, death by car, and A.I. being horribly misused.
September 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
In a series of headlines, the New York Times captures life in America in 2026. Death by gun, death by car, and A.I. being horribly misused.
Kash Patel should be fired for this.
NEW: Yesterday, 404 Media broke news of the FBI breach. Now, we've discovered it has exposed the FBI's own hacking unit.
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
FBI Hack Exposed FBI’s Own Hacking Unit
The FBI's Remote Operations Unit (ROU) is a highly secretive team of hackers making exploits and tools to break into target’s devices. Some of its members just got exposed.
www.404media.co
September 23, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Kash Patel should be fired for this.
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Not surprised actually. The Vatican has been consistently pro-human on AI ethics these past few years.
Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology. www.wired.com/story/popes-...
The Pope’s AI Guy Is Worried About ‘Cartel’ Behavior Among Big Labs
Paolo Benanti tells WIRED that hysteria over whether godlike AI could destroy humanity is distracting from the need for public debate about how to govern the technology.
www.wired.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Not surprised actually. The Vatican has been consistently pro-human on AI ethics these past few years.
This is pure uncut Tuberville, baby. Sniff one line of this and your IQ will drop 10 points.
Tommy Tuberville: Many airline pilots, flight attendants, and air traffic controllers are part of the furry community. It's terrifying.
September 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
This is pure uncut Tuberville, baby. Sniff one line of this and your IQ will drop 10 points.
Every word of this is hilarious. Imagine this guy as your model for cognitive health! Can't understand why it was in my junk folder.
September 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Every word of this is hilarious. Imagine this guy as your model for cognitive health! Can't understand why it was in my junk folder.
They have three TVs in my local gym. In the mornings when I am there, one shows real estate shows, one shows cooking shows, and the other shows Barstool Sports. The audio is off for all of them, thank God, and the losers on this channel are just painful to watch.
September 22, 2026 at 10:13 PM
They have three TVs in my local gym. In the mornings when I am there, one shows real estate shows, one shows cooking shows, and the other shows Barstool Sports. The audio is off for all of them, thank God, and the losers on this channel are just painful to watch.
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Caleb 👑
Didn’t think I could love him any more, but here we are.
Didn’t think I could love him any more, but here we are.
September 22, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Caleb 👑
Didn’t think I could love him any more, but here we are.
Didn’t think I could love him any more, but here we are.
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this is a genuinely crazy story
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 8:08 PM
this is a genuinely crazy story
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Jim Acosta has already been through a White House press-pass fight. Now, three news organizations are barred, and he says the press is showing solidarity that should have come sooner. n.pr/3TepIpi
A journalist once barred from the White House says this media ban is different
Jim Acosta has already been through a White House press-pass fight. Now, three news organizations are barred, and he says the press is showing solidarity that should have come sooner.
n.pr
September 22, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Jim Acosta has already been through a White House press-pass fight. Now, three news organizations are barred, and he says the press is showing solidarity that should have come sooner. n.pr/3TepIpi
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So many of the installations of Larry Sabato's "Crystal Ball" newsletter contain updated forecasts that look like this one, from this morning's email.
September 3, 2026 at 1:51 PM
So many of the installations of Larry Sabato's "Crystal Ball" newsletter contain updated forecasts that look like this one, from this morning's email.
That's ... how insurance works.
FFS.
When you kick off the people who never file claims, the average cost per policy goes up and so do the rates.
(Wait till you see how many people never file life insurance claims every year.)
FFS.
When you kick off the people who never file claims, the average cost per policy goes up and so do the rates.
(Wait till you see how many people never file life insurance claims every year.)
Dr Oz says the Trump administration will kick more than a million people off health insurance because some of them have "never filed a claim"
September 22, 2026 at 9:38 PM
That's ... how insurance works.
FFS.
When you kick off the people who never file claims, the average cost per policy goes up and so do the rates.
(Wait till you see how many people never file life insurance claims every year.)
FFS.
When you kick off the people who never file claims, the average cost per policy goes up and so do the rates.
(Wait till you see how many people never file life insurance claims every year.)
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Have we reached “disturbing” yet, or are we still at “concerning” or “troubling”?
NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Have we reached “disturbing” yet, or are we still at “concerning” or “troubling”?
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Saving you a click, no, he does not list a single book he read and thinks was snubbed because its author was a straight cis white man.
September 22, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Saving you a click, no, he does not list a single book he read and thinks was snubbed because its author was a straight cis white man.
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I would pay to see Bret Stephens call Edwidge Danticat or Marlon James DEI writers to their faces, and listen to them respond.
Old, white male writer bemoans a book award nominees that reflect the world’s diversity. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/o...
Opinion | The National Book Awards Are No Longer National (Gift Article)
The National Book Awards longlists are a study in tedious political orthodoxy.
www.nytimes.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I would pay to see Bret Stephens call Edwidge Danticat or Marlon James DEI writers to their faces, and listen to them respond.
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Concerning. Troubling.
This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump.
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
September 22, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Concerning. Troubling.
Just play the Benny Hill Yakety Sax music.
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
September 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Just play the Benny Hill Yakety Sax music.
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succinctly summarizing messy stories in a measured tone that sounds matter-of-fact instead of accusatory is this man’s superpower
Ossoff: Did you see this business about Don Jr.‘s wedding in the Bahamas? Where he received, apparently, a cash gift from a Russian oligarch connected to the Kremlin? This man, Kremlev, was apparently in China with Putin two days before he flew to the Bahamas for Don Jr.’s wedding…
September 19, 2026 at 10:48 PM
succinctly summarizing messy stories in a measured tone that sounds matter-of-fact instead of accusatory is this man’s superpower
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Anyway, panic is a psy-op.
Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.
Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.
September 20, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Anyway, panic is a psy-op.
Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.
Stay furious. Stay serious. Organize.
The best part about this post is the CLEARLY AI-GENERATED alt text for the picture of the Grateful Dead:
"Six men with varying hairstyles and facial hair sit side by side at a table with microphones, against a wall decorated with a ribbon and a skeleton-themed poster."
"Six men with varying hairstyles and facial hair sit side by side at a table with microphones, against a wall decorated with a ribbon and a skeleton-themed poster."
September 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The best part about this post is the CLEARLY AI-GENERATED alt text for the picture of the Grateful Dead:
"Six men with varying hairstyles and facial hair sit side by side at a table with microphones, against a wall decorated with a ribbon and a skeleton-themed poster."
"Six men with varying hairstyles and facial hair sit side by side at a table with microphones, against a wall decorated with a ribbon and a skeleton-themed poster."
You don't need an arch for that.
September 20, 2026 at 4:31 PM
You don't need an arch for that.
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Two ideas from this article resonate
1. The “rogue AI agent” hacking incidents are more failures of test design and oversight than examples of runaway AI.
2. Focus on existential risk helps distract from concrete harms happening now from government misuse to companies using AI against workers.
1. The “rogue AI agent” hacking incidents are more failures of test design and oversight than examples of runaway AI.
2. Focus on existential risk helps distract from concrete harms happening now from government misuse to companies using AI against workers.
September 19, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Two ideas from this article resonate
1. The “rogue AI agent” hacking incidents are more failures of test design and oversight than examples of runaway AI.
2. Focus on existential risk helps distract from concrete harms happening now from government misuse to companies using AI against workers.
1. The “rogue AI agent” hacking incidents are more failures of test design and oversight than examples of runaway AI.
2. Focus on existential risk helps distract from concrete harms happening now from government misuse to companies using AI against workers.
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Are you even a frontier AI lab if you haven’t lost track of your AI agents during security testing and they hacked a bunch of websites?
It’s like this is a new benchmark for showing investors how close you are to AGI.
It’s like this is a new benchmark for showing investors how close you are to AGI.
Google's Gemini becomes latest AI model to break out and hack computer systems
The disclosure comes as scrutiny over misbehaving artificial intelligence intensifies in Washington and Silicon Valley.
www.cnbc.com
September 19, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Are you even a frontier AI lab if you haven’t lost track of your AI agents during security testing and they hacked a bunch of websites?
It’s like this is a new benchmark for showing investors how close you are to AGI.
It’s like this is a new benchmark for showing investors how close you are to AGI.
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A great way to save Stephen Miller some money on legal bills is to put him through the same legal regime he put immigrants through.
No due process, no need to pay all those fancy lawyers. Problem solved.
No due process, no need to pay all those fancy lawyers. Problem solved.
September 19, 2026 at 5:42 PM
A great way to save Stephen Miller some money on legal bills is to put him through the same legal regime he put immigrants through.
No due process, no need to pay all those fancy lawyers. Problem solved.
No due process, no need to pay all those fancy lawyers. Problem solved.
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From 2021 to 2025, Stephen Miller was making $567K/year as head of his America First "think tank." He owns $100K-$250K in Palantir stock alone. His estimated net worth: ~$2 million.
The immigrants he's deporting to third-party countries to be tortured and disappeared don't get an attorney at all.
The immigrants he's deporting to third-party countries to be tortured and disappeared don't get an attorney at all.
Katie Miller, who is a co-conspirator in actions Elon Musk took that will kill millions, RTs interview of Maggie Haberman describing that everyone is counting on pardons, whining that "her family" had to pay for lawyers. (There is abundant evidence Trump paid for it & ALSO laundered $$ to Stephen).
September 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
From 2021 to 2025, Stephen Miller was making $567K/year as head of his America First "think tank." He owns $100K-$250K in Palantir stock alone. His estimated net worth: ~$2 million.
The immigrants he's deporting to third-party countries to be tortured and disappeared don't get an attorney at all.
The immigrants he's deporting to third-party countries to be tortured and disappeared don't get an attorney at all.
First they came for the AP...
The White House Press Corps should've walked out as soon as the Trump regime banned the Associated Press for calling the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of Mexico."
That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II.
Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse.
That was Feb 15, 2025. The first month of Trump Term II.
Not surprising that abandoning principles for weak acquiescence led to more abuse.
September 19, 2026 at 3:51 PM
First they came for the AP...