Zigz
@ziggfield.bsky.social
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every tech ceo: “what it we addressed the dehumanizing and alienating social conditions of late capitalism with this new technology that dehumanizes and alienates people”
We've gone from Get A Load of These Freaks in Love with a Chatbot articles to glowing Mom and Dad and Chatbot Makes 3 stories awful fast and I don't like it
Parents are at a breaking point — AI companies see an opportunity.
The modern parenting throuple: Mom, Dad, and Papa Clanker
www.businessinsider.com
August 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
every tech ceo: “what it we addressed the dehumanizing and alienating social conditions of late capitalism with this new technology that dehumanizes and alienates people”
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we’re currently at the ”white house shitpost to prod in under 24 hours” stage of tech fascism, for those keeping score
August 30, 2026 at 7:19 AM
we’re currently at the ”white house shitpost to prod in under 24 hours” stage of tech fascism, for those keeping score
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The President of the United States!
August 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
The President of the United States!
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NEW: Flaming robots. Haywire Turkish machines. An actual dumpster fire.
General Dynamics received $533 million from the Army to produce artillery but hasn’t made a single usable shell.
ProPublica got the inside story of what went wrong. It’s a wild ride: www.propublica.org/article/gene...
General Dynamics received $533 million from the Army to produce artillery but hasn’t made a single usable shell.
ProPublica got the inside story of what went wrong. It’s a wild ride: www.propublica.org/article/gene...
Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing
General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
NEW: Flaming robots. Haywire Turkish machines. An actual dumpster fire.
General Dynamics received $533 million from the Army to produce artillery but hasn’t made a single usable shell.
ProPublica got the inside story of what went wrong. It’s a wild ride: www.propublica.org/article/gene...
General Dynamics received $533 million from the Army to produce artillery but hasn’t made a single usable shell.
ProPublica got the inside story of what went wrong. It’s a wild ride: www.propublica.org/article/gene...
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Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them
Ghosted After a Job Interview? Report the Company
Ghosted after a job interview? Submit an anonymous report and see which companies candidates say stopped responding after interviews.
didtheyghostyou.com
July 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them
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This is how I find out that people don't understand what they're reading before they say it out loud 🫠
This utter muppet of a conservative Canadian politician in New Brunswick forgot to remove the LLM text from his floor speech and read it out loud.
July 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
This is how I find out that people don't understand what they're reading before they say it out loud 🫠
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Imagine giving him a paying job with benefits to maintain/ manage the park and provide housing instead…..
IMAGINE.
IMAGINE.
When Joseph Lamont Williams refused to leave the public park where he has lived for years, he was charged with a felony. Camping bans are on the rise as states seek to crack down on homelessness. n.pr/4wXErmI
A homeless man was charged with a felony for camping. He's one of the first
When Joseph Lamont Williams refused to leave the public park where he has lived for years, he was charged with a felony. Camping bans are on the rise as states seek to crack down on homelessness.
n.pr
July 21, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Imagine giving him a paying job with benefits to maintain/ manage the park and provide housing instead…..
IMAGINE.
IMAGINE.
Interesting angle
NEW: On Alaska’s Adak Island, it costs more than $340,000 per year to provide hundreds of buildings — all but a few of them empty — with internet access no one uses.
The money being wasted is yours.
With @adn.com
The money being wasted is yours.
With @adn.com
On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.
www.propublica.org
July 21, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Interesting angle
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The US men's soccer team suffered an embarrassing defeat after Donald Trump had a bizarre interaction with FIFA. So why does it feel like Joe Biden is the one who had Folarin Balogun's red card rescinded?
July 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The US men's soccer team suffered an embarrassing defeat after Donald Trump had a bizarre interaction with FIFA. So why does it feel like Joe Biden is the one who had Folarin Balogun's red card rescinded?
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Please know that I take no pleasure in posting this.
June 26, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Please know that I take no pleasure in posting this.
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We losing recipes with all these whispering and singing out the side of their mouths singers
June 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
We losing recipes with all these whispering and singing out the side of their mouths singers
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I need every day to be something other than summoning unfathomable willpower to overcome depression.
June 7, 2026 at 12:11 AM
I need every day to be something other than summoning unfathomable willpower to overcome depression.
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there's no marcomentum, stop trying to make marcomentum happen.
May 9, 2026 at 4:53 PM
there's no marcomentum, stop trying to make marcomentum happen.
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I’m sure FIRE will be all over this one
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
scim.ag
May 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I’m sure FIRE will be all over this one
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i think Radio is the most natural medium for surfing as a concept. how fucking cool is it that with a cheap piece of equipment we can literally ride frequency bands searching for signals from around the world
May 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
i think Radio is the most natural medium for surfing as a concept. how fucking cool is it that with a cheap piece of equipment we can literally ride frequency bands searching for signals from around the world
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NEW YORK (AP) — Spice maker McCormick to combine with Unilever's food division, creating food company with annual revenue of $20 billion.
March 31, 2026 at 12:19 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — Spice maker McCormick to combine with Unilever's food division, creating food company with annual revenue of $20 billion.
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You’ll never guess what the state rep who wrote this just got arrested for
March 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
You’ll never guess what the state rep who wrote this just got arrested for
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A viral video about a man named Solomon Fairfax, who earned the nickname the "Grim Reaper" of Charleston after spending years killing slaveholders, has hundreds of thousands of likes and shares.
There’s just one problem: Solomon Fairfax doesn't exist
There’s just one problem: Solomon Fairfax doesn't exist
The AI Myth of Solomon Fairfax, the “Grim Reaper” of Charleston – Scalawag
Manufactured viral stories like that of Solomon Fairfax thrive among a population eager for stories of resistance against a fascist regime.
scalawagmagazine.org
March 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A viral video about a man named Solomon Fairfax, who earned the nickname the "Grim Reaper" of Charleston after spending years killing slaveholders, has hundreds of thousands of likes and shares.
There’s just one problem: Solomon Fairfax doesn't exist
There’s just one problem: Solomon Fairfax doesn't exist
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How it started. How it's going.
March 21, 2026 at 4:01 AM
How it started. How it's going.
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Opinion | The media continues to amplify bad news from the Iran war like dead soldiers and skyrocketing prices, while ignoring the good news—like that managing the war kept Pete Hegseth out of the pubs, and out of jail, all through St. Patrick's Day.
March 21, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Opinion | The media continues to amplify bad news from the Iran war like dead soldiers and skyrocketing prices, while ignoring the good news—like that managing the war kept Pete Hegseth out of the pubs, and out of jail, all through St. Patrick's Day.
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Free my brothers and sisters from the shackles of that dumb ass black discourse that comes up every month
March 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Free my brothers and sisters from the shackles of that dumb ass black discourse that comes up every month
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March 18, 2026 at 11:00 PM
🚨 We've seen instances of people impersonating ProPublica reporters on Signal and over email.
Reminder: Our reporters have their Signal handles listed on their bio pages. They will always have an active @propublica.org email address.
➡️ How to verify: https://www.propublica.org/staff#news-staff
Reminder: Our reporters have their Signal handles listed on their bio pages. They will always have an active @propublica.org email address.
➡️ How to verify: https://www.propublica.org/staff#news-staff
These did not taste good
Used to buy these when I had a couple extra $ and was feeling fancy🌝
March 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
These did not taste good
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New for @theverge.com: i wrote about how Kansas' trans ID law and the "age verification" systems popping up everywhere tie into larger efforts to force trans people to out themselves both IRL and online
‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet
Automated online ID checking systems add new potential dangers to having a mismatching ID.
www.theverge.com
March 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
New for @theverge.com: i wrote about how Kansas' trans ID law and the "age verification" systems popping up everywhere tie into larger efforts to force trans people to out themselves both IRL and online