Jeff Hart
@mifor.me
Progressive, humanist, reader, music fan, technologist
Founder of the Mayhem Institute For Ontological Research
E Pluribus Unum
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
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If you were wondering why all the sudden the AI Tech billionaires were calling for government regulation. This is why. They're scared to death that existing laws can be used to hold them responsible for their lack of control of their own AI.
Ex-FTC boss Khan urges Uncle Sam to break out the handcuffs for AI CEOs, citing 1934 precedent
There are plenty of laws on the books to hold companies, and potentially their execs, accountable
www.theregister.com
September 20, 2026 at 9:37 AM
If you were wondering why all the sudden the AI Tech billionaires were calling for government regulation. This is why. They're scared to death that existing laws can be used to hold them responsible for their lack of control of their own AI.
Beginning to think the AI oligarchs are asking for regulation as a negligence defense “following US Government guidelines / approved industry practices”
September 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Beginning to think the AI oligarchs are asking for regulation as a negligence defense “following US Government guidelines / approved industry practices”
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The white list is for loading and unloading only
patiently waiting for cloudflare to verify cloudflare's dns includes a cloudflare entry saying cloudflare controls the domain so that cloudflare can issue cloudflare a https certificate for the cloudflare proxy, in case you're wondering how it's going
August 31, 2026 at 8:57 AM
The white list is for loading and unloading only
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live
Bruce Cockburn
John McLaughlin
Grateful Dead
Parliament Funkadelic
U2
Tom Waits
Hot Tuna
Pink Floyd
Weather Report
Phil Keaggy & Glass Harp
Bruce Cockburn
John McLaughlin
Grateful Dead
Parliament Funkadelic
U2
Tom Waits
Hot Tuna
Pink Floyd
Weather Report
Phil Keaggy & Glass Harp
August 30, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Introduce yourself with 10 acts you've seen live
Bruce Cockburn
John McLaughlin
Grateful Dead
Parliament Funkadelic
U2
Tom Waits
Hot Tuna
Pink Floyd
Weather Report
Phil Keaggy & Glass Harp
Bruce Cockburn
John McLaughlin
Grateful Dead
Parliament Funkadelic
U2
Tom Waits
Hot Tuna
Pink Floyd
Weather Report
Phil Keaggy & Glass Harp
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Anyone else using a Barnes & Noble nook? Stopped being able to log into their website when it stopped recognizing existing accounts (sent them a video of the failure, they were going to look into it) until today was able to browse & purchase from nook.
Might be death by vibe coding
Might be death by vibe coding
August 19, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Anyone else using a Barnes & Noble nook? Stopped being able to log into their website when it stopped recognizing existing accounts (sent them a video of the failure, they were going to look into it) until today was able to browse & purchase from nook.
Might be death by vibe coding
Might be death by vibe coding
🎶 If the lettuce don’t get you, then salsa will 🎶
BREAKING: Taylor Farms recalls salsa, guacamole, & other prepared foods over salmonella concerns.
August 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
🎶 If the lettuce don’t get you, then salsa will 🎶
Just when I’ve almost convinced myself to install WhatsApp (it’s ubiquitous in Europe), Meta gets caught paying Nazis and the far right $3B in violation of their own published policies
www.sofx.com/meta-is-payi...
www.sofx.com/meta-is-payi...
Meta Is Paying Extremist Through Its Facebook Bonus Program
Meta’s Facebook paid advertising revenue to several controversial Australian creators, including a white nationalist with links to neo-Nazi groups, an
www.sofx.com
August 10, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Just when I’ve almost convinced myself to install WhatsApp (it’s ubiquitous in Europe), Meta gets caught paying Nazis and the far right $3B in violation of their own published policies
www.sofx.com/meta-is-payi...
www.sofx.com/meta-is-payi...
In a Waymo no one can hear you scream
Yet another (136+) Wrong Way Waymo (on the right), in a robot-off w another Waymo (on the left):
6th and Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL
Recently, there's been quite a pattern of Waymo robots driving off laterally by a lane or so for no apparent reason. Seems to happen in turns and/or intersections.
6th and Alton Road, Miami Beach, FL
Recently, there's been quite a pattern of Waymo robots driving off laterally by a lane or so for no apparent reason. Seems to happen in turns and/or intersections.
August 9, 2026 at 7:12 AM
In a Waymo no one can hear you scream
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Question for anyone with a BMW playing the Spider Man as on start up - what happens if you’re on a phone call when you get in and start up the car? Does it play the ad and not transfer the call to the car’s speaker & mic?
August 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Question for anyone with a BMW playing the Spider Man as on start up - what happens if you’re on a phone call when you get in and start up the car? Does it play the ad and not transfer the call to the car’s speaker & mic?
Alternatively, wipe your phone before landing and restore it after clearing the airport, border, etc.
Privacy is a huge concern for us moving forward. My suggestion is,if you are coming into the US or traveling inside the US borders,you need to carry a burner phone. Put only necessary numbers in to it.
www.techspot.com/news/113236-...
www.techspot.com/news/113236-...
US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search
The case centers on Tunick's use of GrapheneOS, an open-source operating system that works on Google Pixel phones and lets users enter a passcode to wipe a...
www.techspot.com
August 2, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Alternatively, wipe your phone before landing and restore it after clearing the airport, border, etc.
Microsoft:
$101 BILLION in profits.
$12.5 BILLION in tax breaks.
$176 BILLION in stock buybacks.
4,800 workers fired this week.
9,000 workers fired last year.
Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works.
It never did. Nothing trickles down.
$101 BILLION in profits.
$12.5 BILLION in tax breaks.
$176 BILLION in stock buybacks.
4,800 workers fired this week.
9,000 workers fired last year.
Please don't tell me trickle-down economics works.
It never did. Nothing trickles down.
July 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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“The first revolution is when you change your mind”
— Gil Scott-Heron
— Gil Scott-Heron
July 4, 2026 at 1:55 PM
“The first revolution is when you change your mind”
— Gil Scott-Heron
— Gil Scott-Heron
Paris department store with sign on door “Tirez/Pull” - slight problem being a lack of door handles, only option is to push them open.
Suspect their may be a regulation requiring one side of a door to be labeled push and the other pull, and there’s a push sign on the inside.
Suspect their may be a regulation requiring one side of a door to be labeled push and the other pull, and there’s a push sign on the inside.
July 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Paris department store with sign on door “Tirez/Pull” - slight problem being a lack of door handles, only option is to push them open.
Suspect their may be a regulation requiring one side of a door to be labeled push and the other pull, and there’s a push sign on the inside.
Suspect their may be a regulation requiring one side of a door to be labeled push and the other pull, and there’s a push sign on the inside.
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*Well, it's 107 degrees F out here, but at least I didn't go on vacation in Crimea... Oh wait, are those spy-drones overhead? Those trucks by that green water, are they full of armed troops? Oh jeez, they are"
July 3, 2026 at 6:04 AM
*Well, it's 107 degrees F out here, but at least I didn't go on vacation in Crimea... Oh wait, are those spy-drones overhead? Those trucks by that green water, are they full of armed troops? Oh jeez, they are"
Anyone have any info on the Marriott system outage in Europe today? Systems were down in Antwerp this morning and in Paris this afternoon.
June 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Anyone have any info on the Marriott system outage in Europe today? Systems were down in Antwerp this morning and in Paris this afternoon.
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This is the only thing anyone should ever say about Elon Musk. He deserves to be talked about in the same category as Mao and Stalin as one of history's worst mass murderers.
Elon Musk promises to sue lawmaker who suggested DOGE cuts led to the deaths of 4.5 million kids
Elon Musk threatens to sue lawmaker who suggested DOGE cuts led to death of 4.5M kids
Democrat Ro Khanna cited a 2025 study that estimated more than 14 million people could die without USAID resources by 2030
trib.al
June 23, 2026 at 4:48 AM
This is the only thing anyone should ever say about Elon Musk. He deserves to be talked about in the same category as Mao and Stalin as one of history's worst mass murderers.
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You'd think this would be obvious, but apparently it isn't: Do not invite big-tech to join your digital autonomy discussion
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Do not invite big-tech to join your digital autonomy discussion - Bert Hubert's writings
Some time ago, I attended an event to discuss European digital autonomy and digital dependencies. I accepted the invitation without checking too carefully, and I belatedly found out that most of US bi...
berthub.eu
June 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
You'd think this would be obvious, but apparently it isn't: Do not invite big-tech to join your digital autonomy discussion
berthub.eu/articles/pos...
berthub.eu/articles/pos...