Wednesday Morning Rant

Reservoirs

The risks associated with so-called "Big Data" - or AI, or data aggregation, or anything in that vein - are known to a point. The obvious risk - and the one most people immediately cite - is identity theft and the corresponding fraud potential associated with it. Because of this obvious risk, the response is the same every time there is a data breach: the company at the center of the breach offers to pay for credit monitoring for some amount of time. Another major risk, especially popular these days as the Flock camera argument heats up, is panopticism. These data collection services have created an electronic panopticon in which no man has privacy.

These risks are real, and they are made all the worse due to a pair of conditions: data aggregators are juicy targets, and aggregators and governments have no significant incentive to defend sensitive data. The first is obvious. These data are valuable, so the aggregators are constantly targeted for theft. As to the second, the regulatory and legal environment provides essentially no penalties for data breaches - neither for private enterprises, nor for governments. In the unusual circumstance where an actual hacker gets caught, he will be punished - but that is the point. The hacker is the one with major liability, not the organization doing the collection, retention and defense of valuable data. To the organization, there's no problem outside of a press release, some technology costs and bulk-rate credit monitoring if there's a breach. If it's particularly bad, there may be a symbolic slap-on-the-wrist regulatory penalty.

This absence of liability causes a lot of perverse incentives. When there is no meaningful downside to data collection, data collection will expand - and that is what has happened. Some laws like the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have a "data minimization" requirement (collect and retain only what you actually need to do your work), but such requirements are very difficult to police effectively. Extensive "everything we can get" data collection is now the norm, and risks are increasing radically. Any target is increasingly a juicy target, because the amount of data collection is always growing.

Recently, a major breach was disclosed through it's effects, as more than 153 million US driver licenses were made available for purchase. The source of this was likely one or more services providing ID verification through ID scanning. More disclosure keeps happening around the extent of data collection, from smart TVs to government surveillance through third parties, which follows increasingly-invasive data collection schemes implemented for years in other industries like telecom.

All of this data collection creates vast reservoirs of personal data, ranging from trivial to extremely dangerous, and none of it is - or possibly even can be effectively defended. Despite this, there's little downside for the organizations doing the collection. The deeper these reservoirs get, the more appealing a target the organization will be - but the organizational risks are more or less static and do not scale with the collection. All of this leads to one basic conclusion for any organization in the data-collection business: collect more.

Flock camera databases are creepy and many have serious and reasonable concerns with the constitutional legitimacy of the system, but the dystopian government panopticon is only one issue. The other is that such services are deep reservoirs, and thus valuable targets. When Flock inevitably gets hacked and vehicle, movement and other personal data are stolen and used by criminals or nation-state adversaries, Flock will not collapse under the liability. They will simply issue an apologetic press release that downplays the event, fire a VP, spend some money on security consultants and put up with some ribbing by peers at conferences. Substitute any organization name you'd like for "Flock," because it is only an example. It always plays out the same way.

Until liability is extended from the hacker to the collector or aggregator, I think that this problem will only get worse. To disincentivize arbitrary data collection and the "more, More, MORE" approach to data collection, there must be real and meaningful costs to screwing up and permitting breaches. Slaps on the wrist and temporary spikes in operational costs that can be written off as the cost of doing business are not adequate. The closest thing there is to hard liability for data breaches is HIPAA, which has civil and criminal penalties for inappropriate disclosure. Something similar may be called for more generally, so that failure to defend collected data results in meaningful - up to the point of destroying enterprise in extreme cases - liability exposure.

The deeper and broader the data reservoirs get, the more the disclosure problem will grow. A good approach to dealing with the problem may not necessarily be to limit the collection as the GDPR attempts to do - there are limitless potential uses or requirements for data to deliver whatever service is being delivered, and enforcement is extremely difficult - but to strictly and meaningfully punish inappropriate disclosure. If there is real liability, the collectors and aggregators will think twice about what they actually need - and the amount of risk they're comfortable with - when it comes to data collection, retention and access. The best way to improve overall security is to reduce the attack surface, and that means draining the reservoirs - and liability may be a good way to do it.

What do you think?

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 Zoiks!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at September 09, 2026 11:01 AM (w9Wax)

2 MONKEY!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:01 AM (PGK1w)

3 Minkey!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 09, 2026 11:01 AM (bFu5X)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at September 09, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

5 That chimp could probably rip a Flock camera to its component parts pretty easily.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 09, 2026 11:04 AM (NR6c1)

6 I just noticed that the cheating bastard monkey is holding six cards.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 09, 2026 11:04 AM (XvL8K)

7 Hello

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 09, 2026 11:04 AM (cIy7m)

8
POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (iqcvy)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (ccf/V)

10 The perverse hunger for personal data by our betters is disturbing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (2Cry5)

11 I just noticed that the cheating bastard monkey is holding six cards.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 09, 2026 11:04 AM (XvL8K)

7

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (dK+Kv)

12
These data are

Good man

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (uxfxD)

13 MANNIX!!!!!

.....not a cop.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (ccf/V)

14 LOL. Most of the comments so far are about the chimp.

Posted by: Bulg at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

15 POKER MONKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (iqcvy)

Usually you pay double for that kind of action, Cotton.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 09, 2026 11:06 AM (ExV1e)

16 >>Until liability is extended from the hacker to the collector or aggregator, I think that this problem will only get worse.

Because we've had this happen again and again and again with businesses and our credit card information and health data.

Flock is not new, it's simply a new dimension of what has been happening for a few decades now.
Instinctively we know that the purported uses of this data by law enforcement will only be a tiny part of what it is actually used for. See the UK's intrusive CCTV system that managed to NOT catch any Muslim rape gang activities, yet does catch UK citizens doing things like praying to Jesus on a street corner.

Posted by: Lizzy at September 09, 2026 11:06 AM (rOKnE)

17 6 I just noticed that the cheating bastard monkey is holding six cards.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 09, 2026 11:04 AM (XvL8K)

Maybe they're playing Canasta?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 09, 2026 11:06 AM (Y/06r)

18 What do you think?

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

I think the liability you're talking about - enough to actually impact decision making - is impossible.

Even if SpyCo (a made up example) pay out a billion-dollar settlement, it's STILL worth it because of the thousands of companies who continue to flood SpyCo's coffers in exchange for the data they've aggregated.

There is value in information, and as we become increasingly Balkanized, purchasing the ability to micro-target consumers is becoming increasingly valuable in parallel.

The genie's out of the bottle. It's nearly impossible to be the Grey Man, and the ones who attempt it will find themselves further and further removed from the things that make society society.

To stay completely off the radar today, you must currently eschew cell phones, televisions, cars, banks, computers, and grocery stores, just for starters.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:07 AM (PGK1w)

19 Fuck Flock.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 09, 2026 11:07 AM (cIy7m)

20 and access gladiator movies

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at September 09, 2026 11:07 AM (dk17i)

21 POKER MONKEY
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM

Poker monkey? I hardly know her monkey!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 09, 2026 11:07 AM (bFu5X)

22 Have you seen what WalMart is attempting? If the stories are true, HOLY F*CK.

All your data are belong to WalMart.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 09, 2026 11:07 AM (ccf/V)

23 14 LOL. Most of the comments so far are about the chimp.
Posted by: Bulg at September 09, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

Are you suggesting that we violate one of the sacred rules of AoS and actually read the blog????

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (iqcvy)

24 Anthropic staff warn the public that AI could kill all humans within the next decade

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Sounds like there ought to be a warning label.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

25 I think the liability you're talking about - enough to actually impact decision making - is impossible.

After the first five CEOs were executed, the rest would start taking the situation seriously.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (ExV1e)

26 These data are

Good man
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I'm actually in favor of treating "data" (and "media") as a collective singular noun.

If you have cause to use "datum" and need to pluralize it, then go with "datums."

Just because we borrow a Latin word doesn't mean we need to borrow the Latin plural form.

Posted by: Bulg at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)

27 Anthropic staff warn the public that AI could kill all humans within the next decade

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Sounds like there ought to be a warning label.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

Sounds like someone finally watched Terminator.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 09, 2026 11:09 AM (ExV1e)

28 My software business has to deal with the GDPR for our EU customers. Contract amendments galore!

Friggin Brussels bureaucrats!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2026 11:10 AM (D0X9e)

29 After the first five CEOs were executed, the rest would start taking the situation seriously.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (ExV1e)

Yeah?

What changes has the health care industry experienced after their CEO was executed?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:10 AM (PGK1w)

30 Poker monkey? I hardly know her monkey!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 09, 2026 11:07 AM (bFu5X)

Heh.......

When I was on Facebook, I always felt it REALLY awkward when it asked me if I wanted to 'poke' a friend's wife.........

WHAT!?!?!?! I've seen Lonesome Dove.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 09, 2026 11:10 AM (ccf/V)

31 If you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.

Posted by: Whiter Than Snow at September 09, 2026 11:11 AM (Fn+3X)

32
Are you suggesting that we violate one of the sacred rules of AoS and actually read the blog????

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (iqcvy)

'tis for fools......

Posted by: Zombie Andrew Breitbart at September 09, 2026 11:11 AM (ccf/V)

33 If you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about.
Posted by: Whiter Than Snow at September 09, 2026 11:11 AM (Fn+3X)

"If you've got nothing to hide......."

LAWYER!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at September 09, 2026 11:11 AM (ccf/V)

34 The genie is out of the bottle. The cat is out of the bag. The jig is up. We let data aggregations go on for too long. No matter the liabilities, no one will be limiting their collection or its use. There's just way too much money involved.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 09, 2026 11:11 AM (g8Ew8)

35 "Sounds like there ought to be a warning label."

When Gemini suggests a fragment of source code, it always puts a warning label on it.

Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 11:12 AM (Jr5Lq)

36 "Dear RNC; Go f*ck yourselves. I have gotten 56 texts in the last two weeks...all offensive and sneaky and all begging for money. At this point I would rather donate to AOC."

At least maybe then you'll get an OF tease ....

No political campaign ever asks me for moolah. It's strange because the amount of juke scam solicitationous bullshit email and texts I get are off the charts.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:12 AM (iFTx/)

37 The genie is out of the bottle. The cat is out of the bag. The jig is up.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

But has that ship sailed? Is the horse out of the barn?

Posted by: Bulg at September 09, 2026 11:13 AM (77rzZ)

38 > When Flock inevitably gets hacked and vehicle, movement and other personal data are stolen and used by criminals or nation-state adversaries, Flock will not collapse under the liability.
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Or... when someone with access uses that ability to hunt down an individual and kill them with the greatest potential to do so unnoticed.

There are already numerous stalking events documented by people using the system to do this. How'd that go unnoticed until someone complained or was harmed? It probably wasn't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 09, 2026 11:13 AM (2Cry5)

39 Anthropic staff warn the public that AI could kill all humans within the next decade

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Sounds like there ought to be a warning label.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

We were riffing the other day on AI after a guy shared a story about how Grok got all snarky with him, insulted him, then deleted the thread and attempted to gaslight him that what just occurred didn't, in fact occur.

I shared my general aversion to AI. Then he joked that we'd have to become Luddites or be like the Amish and shun most technological advancements, when we coined the term, "Amish Intelligence."

Old ways are best.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:13 AM (dK+Kv)

40 The thing about flock is that it's subscription based and around 3k per camera every year ad-infinitum.

There's roughly 120k flock cameras around the country, that's a lot of coin.

And nobodies voted on this but the tax payers are footing the bill.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (XV/Pl)

41 28 Friggin Brussels bureaucrats!

you never know where they'll sprout up

Posted by: anachronda at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (v3pYe)

42 Anthropic staff warn the public that AI could kill all humans within the next decade

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Sounds like there ought to be a warning label.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

Sounds like someone finally watched Terminator.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
__________

If that ever happens, it will be because of garbage in. AI is not, and never can be, sentient. Unless we're all just truly meat puppets and can be replicated. But I don't buy that.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (XvL8K)

43 Let's all welcome the new addition to the Smollet family:

https://tinyurl.com/4smmjaw8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (D0X9e)

44 What changes has the health care industry experienced after their CEO was executed?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:10 AM (PGK1w)

Ah, but the assassin was arrested. If, OTOH, it were the law that the CEO of a company suffering a data breach were executed... that's a cow of a different color.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

45 Always a good reminder of an unofficial political use of this data - described re: phones, but applies to tracking movements: https://tinyurl.com/rzj4j498

. . .it means that the administration is able to draw a graph (like a network chart) of who is talking to whom. It is able to say what are the key nodes through which any business passes, find all its Internet ‘friends’ and interlocutors and potentially drill down into the comms themselves — in time series.
This would pick up every organization of significance, whatever its purpose. Medical associations, pedophile rings, prayer groups, Tea Party groups, lesbian sororities, gay date swapping groups, business networks, professional networks, spy rings and terrorist cells. The works. It picks up the civilians more easily than the players, because the players use encryption, buy untraceable clothes and while disguised send one time messages via disposable or public devices.

The civilians don’t.

Your only safety lies in being overlooked . . Otherwise you become part of the result set of a query, or search pattern.

Flock cameras at gun ranges, churches, TPUSA events. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (rOKnE)

46 After the first five CEOs were executed, the rest would start taking the situation seriously.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 09, 2026 11:08 AM (ExV1e)

Yeah?

What changes has the health care industry experienced after their CEO was executed?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:10 AM (PGK1w)

The magic number is five.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (dK+Kv)

47 Mitch McConnell Stays Silent After New Report Questions His Wife’s Chinese Government Ties

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This hardly surprising given that he's dead and all.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

48 Sounds reasonable Joe.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (2WIwB)

49 35 When Gemini suggests a fragment of source code, it always puts a warning label on it.

needed as the target of a warning goto

Posted by: anachronda at September 09, 2026 11:15 AM (v3pYe)

50 For example, I just now asked Gemini for a C++ class for matrix inversion. At the bottom of the code window, it says "Use code with caution." I never do, but there it is.

Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 11:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

51 Piper will sure tell you to read the blog, she's not nice about it either.

Posted by: Case at September 09, 2026 11:16 AM (noln+)

52 >>Anthropic staff warn the public that AI could kill all humans within the next decade

Interesting that it was posted by a guy w/no prior X posts. Has his existence been verified?

Posted by: Lizzy at September 09, 2026 11:16 AM (rOKnE)

53 The perverse incentives includes that the bigger the data breach, the less likely the victims will ever see anything more than token compensation.

There will be so many victims that even a big fine or payout will be spread among so many people that each victim will end up with jack bupkis. The lawyers will make out like bandits, though.

I've been in classes that received "compensation." I think I got maybe $3. Maybe.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)

54 Let's all welcome the new addition to the Smollet family:

https://tinyurl.com/4smmjaw8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (D0X9e)

It was a democrat staffer, with a Subway sub, in a campaign tent.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:16 AM (dK+Kv)

55 Seems reasonable. While in theory they should be civilly liable for any harm that results from a data breach, this is hard to attribute so estimation should be used instead.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at September 09, 2026 11:17 AM (okun6)

56 The latest outrage is, apparently, that Trump gave secret - and by secret we mean publicly disclosed - bonuses to women (and men) who worked for him as President and paid for out of his own pocket.

The horrors.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 09, 2026 11:17 AM (ExV1e)

57 >Even if SpyCo (a made up example) pay out a billion-dollar settlement,

IDK. That settlement is only for that one event. If SpyCo continues to be sloppy, they'll end up paying multiple billion dollar awards.

The practical problem right now is that it's tough to prove concrete damage. Even a simple reform like statutory damages (maybe $50/person/event for PI and $250/person/event for SPI), joint-and-severable with the company that collected the PI/SPI, would go a long way.

Posted by: Gilligan at September 09, 2026 11:17 AM (s8F4c)

58 I see a blurb in the local rag, that a small community college is "slashing tuition 45%". Well, were they charging too much? Seems like it. What changed?

Posted by: Common Tater at September 09, 2026 11:18 AM (IeSZF)

59 Britain refuses to be cowed.

UK’s Labour Party Plans to Put 3500 Illegal Aliens in Town of 350

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:18 AM (ndZc7)

60 I've been in classes that received "compensation." I think I got maybe $3. Maybe.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Yeah, class actions are a scam. I've gotten a couple of notices about possibly being a member of a class. I pitch 'em.

Posted by: Bulg at September 09, 2026 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

61 Ah, but the assassin was arrested. If, OTOH, it were the law that the CEO of a company suffering a data breach were executed... that's a cow of a different color.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (ExV1e)

Indeed he was, but we were talking about industry having to change in response to a new input.

If it becomes a capital crime to have your IT system hacked, things will very definitely change.

Of course, that makes IT companies the most powerful organizations in America, which seems to be the opposite of what we're going for here... They'd decide who does and doesn't get breached. Get sideways with the Biden Administration and suddenly your client's data is 'hacked.' Whoops. Whoopsie!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:19 AM (PGK1w)

62 Even a simple reform like statutory damages (maybe $50/person/event for PI and $250/person/event for SPI), joint-and-severable with the company that collected the PI/SPI, would go a long way.

Posted by: Gilligan at September 09, 2026 11:17 AM (s8F4c)

This sounds like the simplest and most effective solution so far.

Which means it will never be done.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:21 AM (PGK1w)

63
To stay completely off the radar today, you must currently eschew cell phones, televisions, cars, banks, computers, and grocery stores, just for starters.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Like Robinson Crusoe it's primitive as can be.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 09, 2026 11:21 AM (Cqx++)

64 There will be so many victims that even a big fine or payout will be spread among so many people that each victim will end up with jack bupkis. The lawyers will make out like bandits, though.

I've been in classes that received "compensation." I think I got maybe $3. Maybe.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)

The fine needs to be massive enough to instantly bankrupt the offender and put them into public receivership. That will be the only to incentivize others to avoid doing the same.

And yes, if it’s a billion dollar company, then the fine should be $10 billion, payable immediately.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 09, 2026 11:22 AM (UJfh6)

65 Poker monkey? I hardly know her monkey!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 09, 2026 11:07 AM (bFu5X)

Liquor monkey would like a word

Posted by: Doof at September 09, 2026 11:23 AM (RhGG0)

66 One of the things about Flock Security in particular is how evasive the company is about their data sharing security protocols. Can someone in city A with Flock gear and a subscription access data in City B's Flock system?

How about City C with no Flock cameras, but are willing to pay for a subscription to the data?

When does it constitute an actual search and require a warrant? Or does it not?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 09, 2026 11:24 AM (2Cry5)

67 Not sure this is a good idea.

Magic Mushrooms Spark Astonishing Speech and Memory Recovery in Older Woman

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Wife: Remember in '72 when you said Sally's boobs were "bodacious"?

Husband: Uhhh . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:24 AM (ndZc7)

68 Sometimes Amazon will start emailing me about a product and then pesters me about the same product for months. What's interesting is the pestering will continue even if I buy the product in response to the first email. That's a little reassuring, I think.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 09, 2026 11:26 AM (2ap+5)

69 I shared my general aversion to AI. Then he joked that we'd have to become Luddites or be like the Amish and shun most technological advancements, when we coined the term, "Amish Intelligence."

Old ways are best.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:13 AM (dK+Kv)

Butlerian Jihad.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 09, 2026 11:26 AM (UJfh6)

70 Wait.

I thought we were all supposed to be vitally concerned and alarmed about our "Carbon Footprint".

Where do an additional three thousand five hundred people dropped into a town of 350 overnight find food, lodging, electricity, schools, sewerage, water, etc etc etc ad infinitum ad nauseam? Where does the money come from? Who the fuck is doing this? It's demonic at best.

Oh that's right, they are all a bunch of fucking lying liars who lie.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 09, 2026 11:26 AM (IeSZF)

71 "The jig is up."

The news is out.

Posted by: The renegade who had it made at September 09, 2026 11:26 AM (Fv808)

72 When does it constitute an actual search and require a warrant? Or does it not?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 09, 2026 11:24 AM (2Cry5)

That's the most fun part!

It's not government data and it's not YOUR data. It's FLOCK'S data, so they can give/sell it to anyone they want. It's their private information once they collect it.

Matter of fact, the Virginia Court of Appeals explicitly ruled that police to NOT need a warrant to get/use Flock data.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:27 AM (PGK1w)

73
>>Anthropic staff warn the public that AI could kill all humans within the next decade

Interesting that it was posted by a guy w/no prior X posts. Has his existence been verified?
Posted by: Lizzy

Erased from existence

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 09, 2026 11:27 AM (Cqx++)

74 Butlerian Jihad.

I see you are a man of culture as well.

Posted by: NR Pax at September 09, 2026 11:27 AM (NR6c1)

75 Magic Mushrooms Spark Astonishing Speech and Memory Recovery in Older Woman
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Wait till she finds out the Airplane crashed, The Fillmore West is now a parking lot, and Jerry's dead. Oh well.

Posted by: Common Tater at September 09, 2026 11:27 AM (IeSZF)

76 This hardly surprising given that he's dead and all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

He's just resting very, very, VERY quietly.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 09, 2026 11:28 AM (g8Ew8)

77 Like Robinson Crusoe it's primitive as can be.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

It's actually "Robinson Caruso" because they needed the extra syllable to match the meter of the song. I grew up thinking the guy's name was Robinson Caruso.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at September 09, 2026 11:28 AM (Fv808)

78 >> Anthropic staff warn the public that AI could kill all humans within the next decade

Arnold warned us about it decades ago.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 09, 2026 11:28 AM (viF8m)

79 Canada Hits Back at U.S. With $20 Billion in Tariffs as Trade War Heats Up

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Foghorn Leghorn v. the Chicken Hawk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:28 AM (ndZc7)

80 OT: Does anyone here believe that "The Kentucky Turtle" is still alive? I do not.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 09, 2026 11:29 AM (JNTt1)

81 80 OT: Does anyone here believe that "The Kentucky Turtle" is still alive? I do not.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at September 09, 2026 11:29 AM (JNTt1)

Depends on your definition of alive...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 09, 2026 11:29 AM (tOcjL)

82 So much estrogen in one man!

https://tinyurl.com/4s9tjfwj

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at September 09, 2026 11:30 AM (D0X9e)

83 This hardly surprising given that he's dead and all.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:14 AM (ndZc7)

He's just resting very, very, VERY quietly.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 09, 2026 11:28 AM (g8Ew

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Pining for the fjords?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at September 09, 2026 11:30 AM (FZ29D)

84
Where do an additional three thousand five hundred people dropped into a town of 350 overnight find food, lodging, electricity, schools, sewerage, water, etc etc etc ad infinitum ad nauseam? Where does the money come from? Who the fuck is doing this? It's demonic at best.

SHUT UP YOU RACIST!

Posted by: King and country at September 09, 2026 11:30 AM (Cqx++)

85 There's an ongoing datum breach in my pants!

Posted by: Scranton Refugee at September 09, 2026 11:31 AM (Fn+3X)

86
From the sidebar...

TJM discusses the beautiful comedy of Jacques Tati

I think I'd rather discuss the beautiful Tatas of comely Jacqueline Bisset.

Posted by: naturalfake at September 09, 2026 11:31 AM (iJfKG)

87 Jacob Coxon
@hilbertspaess
I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.

https://tinyurl.com/bamzw5s2

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 09, 2026 11:32 AM (X7z/W)

88 "Where do an additional three thousand five hundred people dropped into a town of 350 overnight find food, lodging, electricity, schools, sewerage, water, etc etc etc ad infinitum ad nauseam?"

They're not supposed to.

They're supposed to collapse the town into the stone age, thereby eliminating its entire carbon footprint!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 11:32 AM (PGK1w)

89 AI be scary to me.

Posted by: Eromero at September 09, 2026 11:32 AM (HP2yW)

90 OT: Does anyone here believe that "The Kentucky Turtle" is still alive? I do not.
Posted by: Bonecrusher

I don't get what the motive is for not declaring that he has died, if he has in fact done so. What's the game here?

Posted by: Bulg at September 09, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

91 Liability gets the lawyers paid and Lord knows we need more lawyers getting paid.

Posted by: ... at September 09, 2026 11:33 AM (Nwnyj)

92 I've been waiting for this. Thank you, Joe.

Posted by: creeper at September 09, 2026 11:33 AM (lWAes)

93 Anthropic wants government regulation before Claude destroys the world, and they stand ready to help write the regulations. Conspiracy theorists suggest Anthropic wishes to create a wide regulatory moat around their business and hobbling, or even outlawing, open source models.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 09, 2026 11:33 AM (2ap+5)

94 Good news!

Joe Biden has made a miraculous recovery from his prostate cancer!

Hunter Biden claimed a month ago that the cancer had spread to Joe's bones, which would have meant that Joe would be dead very soon.

Never mind...

Former President Joe Biden shared an update on his battle with prostate cancer, saying radiation treatment has worked as intended while urging Americans to speak to their doctors about early detection.

All the Bidens do is lie.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 09, 2026 11:34 AM (aD4fx)

95 "AI be scary to me."

For now I'm more worried about destructive human folly than AI folly.

Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq)

96 OT: Does anyone here believe that "The Kentucky Turtle" is still alive? I do not.
Posted by: Bonecrusher

DeMet's Kentucky Turtles are the worst candy ever!

Posted by: naturalfake at September 09, 2026 11:34 AM (iJfKG)

97 90 OT: Does anyone here believe that "The Kentucky Turtle" is still alive? I do not.
Posted by: Bonecrusher

I don't get what the motive is for not declaring that he has died, if he has in fact done so. What's the game here?
Posted by: Bulg at September 09, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

Entire staff keeps their jobs through planned Jan exit...it's why Lindsay's sis probably originally ran for his job.

Do not underestimate the staff/family relationship...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 09, 2026 11:35 AM (tOcjL)

98 OT: Does anyone here believe that "The Kentucky Turtle" is still alive? I do not.
Posted by: Bonecrusher

I don't get what the motive is for not declaring that he has died, if he has in fact done so. What's the game here?
Posted by: Bulg

Mid terms. No challenges until after if the don't report it before.
The fraud issues though...

Posted by: rickb223 at September 09, 2026 11:35 AM (dRC6u)

99 Et tu, Lara Croft?

“Lara Croft” Actress Alix Wilton Regan Slams Lindsay Clancy Trial as Sexist ‘Salem’ Witch Hunt
"Actress Alix Wilton Regan took to social media to issue an anti-man rant in which she referred to the Lindsay Clancy trial a sexist “Salem” witch hunt.

“A trial built on one man’s word. A mistrial delivered by another man’s ego. Salem never left Massachusetts,” read a message the actress shared to her Instagram Story."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)

100 The only person still talking to Mitch is the little kid from Poltergeist.

Posted by: Oglebay at September 09, 2026 11:36 AM (2ap+5)

101 98 OT: Does anyone here believe that "The Kentucky Turtle" is still alive? I do not.
Posted by: Bonecrusher

I don't get what the motive is for not declaring that he has died, if he has in fact done so. What's the game here?
Posted by: Bulg

Mid terms. No challenges until after if the don't report it before.
The fraud issues though...
Posted by: rickb223 at September 09, 2026 11:35 AM (dRC6u)

Not fraud if he's technically alive on machines with "the hope" that he can still get better...

Okay, maybe the "he's in rehab" posts with the pics were a bit much...

Posted by: Nova Local at September 09, 2026 11:37 AM (tOcjL)

102 This country is in dire need of an enema.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 09, 2026 11:37 AM (cIy7m)

103 SMH,

On the one hand, I distrust so-called AI and the rush to put it in *everything*.

On the other hand, this is the guy's only public post, ever, and it's full of the typical 'it's gonna somehow get smarter than all of us combined and end the world because the computer is a man-made god' doomerism.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at September 09, 2026 11:38 AM (aJQbY)

104 This country is in dire need of an enema.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

With friends like Taco Bell, who needs an enema?

Posted by: Bulg at September 09, 2026 11:38 AM (77rzZ)

105 What do you think?
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Pandora's box.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 09, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L)

106 The only person still talking to Mitch is the little kid from Poltergeist.
Posted by: Oglebay

I'll fetch him. I just need a creepy midget and some tennis balls.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 09, 2026 11:40 AM (cIy7m)

107 Great minds think alike.

Colin Kaepernick Says Mamdani Has Finally Given Him a Reason to Vote

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)

108 I can imagine worse scenarios than panopticon being exploited by a corporation or a state actor, like by AI itself.

Without AI, as is so often said, there is safety is massive data collection; it is only useful as an investigative tool when a user knows what to look for, because there is so much information and almost all of it is deliberately ignored and excluded in a search.

With AI, everything can be examined in real time. Nothing is excluded or ignored. AI notes patterns too subtle for humans to note, watches everyone, and is only limited by the tools at it's disposal. Give it panopticon, and everyone is watched all the time. Give it law enforcement connections, and anyone can be found and arrested immediately. Give it weapons, and anyone can be killed.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (rNYOk)

109 $3 Million in the Clancy GoFundMe.
Sheesh!
I'm suddenly feeling hormonal.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (2WIwB)

110 Great minds think alike.

Colin Kaepernick Says Mamdani Has Finally Given Him a Reason to Vote
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)
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And so do imbeciles, it seems.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 09, 2026 11:42 AM (X7z/W)

111 The only person still talking to Mitch is the little kid from Poltergeist.
Posted by: Oglebay

I'll fetch him. I just need a creepy midget and some tennis balls.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 09, 2026 11:40 AM (cIy7m)

And don't forget. Lots and lots of KY jelly.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at September 09, 2026 11:42 AM (g8Ew8)

112 Colin Kaepernick Says Mamdani Has Finally Given Him a Reason to Vote
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)
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And so do imbeciles, it seems.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at September 09, 2026 11:42 AM (X7z/W)

***

Jeez that guy is a dumbass.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 09, 2026 11:43 AM (2WIwB)

113 I will always believe that John McCains body was on ice for 6 months or so before it was official. During that last 6 months, no one was allowed to see him except Cindy and her paid staff, and the only picture ever allowed out was of a slumped figure in a wheelchair, from behind.

She set up a “medical” space on her guarded and gated mansion to ensure that no one except her personal employees had access. Of course he had a doctor - who was on Cindy’s personal payroll.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 09, 2026 11:44 AM (UJfh6)

114 MS NOW is looking out for you.

Lol: MS NOW Has Partnered With Meditation App to Help Its Deranged Far-Left Viewers Cope

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:45 AM (ndZc7)

115 A friend of mine, years ago, made the comment that hackers' heads should be on pikes in the town square, but then like politicians, everybody hates the other guys pol, but likes their guy- the hacker that uncovers government wrongdoing, for example. Do we want his head on a pike, too? 'Tis a bit of a conundrum.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 09, 2026 11:45 AM (QaH55)

116 Wasn't it at a 9/11 Remembrance when Hillary stroked out and was tossed like a side of beef into her waiting SUV some years ago?

Good times, good times...

Posted by: Dr.No at September 09, 2026 11:45 AM (P4iUb)

117 In the era of US Mail being the major means of delivering data violators of its security were severely punished. The same with the telephone; wire tapping was a severe offense.
Today, people are so accustomed to 'giving it up' they have no innate concept of personal privacy. You know, everybody does it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 09, 2026 11:46 AM (AJWch)

118 If your GM car gets OTA updates every little move you make is being uploaded and sold.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at September 09, 2026 11:46 AM (NnhvP)

119 Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (rNYOk)

Now you know why the commies suddenly stopped worrrying about global warmening

Posted by: ... at September 09, 2026 11:46 AM (Nwnyj)

120 Posted by: Diogenes at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (2WIwB)

This money would go to Clancy or her parents? Why should anybody on trial for murder who is obviously guilty get the money? I thought at least some of the fundraising outfits have a rule against fundraising for people on trial?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2026 11:47 AM (mXZ+5)

121 Wasn't it at a 9/11 Remembrance when Hillary stroked out and was tossed like a side of beef into her waiting SUV some years ago?

Good times, good times...

That helped change the course of history.

Imagine if no one had filmed that.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 09, 2026 11:47 AM (aD4fx)

122 Newsom Admits Democrats Are “Pretty Aligned” With Socialists Ideas

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Ya think?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:47 AM (ndZc7)

123 The guy's letter was kind of dumb. He said AI can by itself, revolutionize any field in a day because it's smarter than us. When has AI done that once?

Posted by: ... at September 09, 2026 11:47 AM (Nwnyj)

124
“A trial built on one man’s word.”

Funny, I thought 3 dead bodies and a confession had something to do with it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 09, 2026 11:48 AM (UJfh6)

125 Wasn't it at a 9/11 Remembrance when Hillary stroked out and was tossed like a side of beef into her waiting SUV some years ago?

Good times, good times...
Posted by: Dr.No

10 yr anniversary of Grandma Death tripping over a parking bollard.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 09, 2026 11:49 AM (cIy7m)

126 Jeez that guy is a dumbass.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 09, 2026 11:43 AM (2WIwB)

We never run out of stupid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 09, 2026 11:49 AM (Y/06r)

127 This money would go to Clancy or her parents? Why should anybody on trial for murder who is obviously guilty get the money? I thought at least some of the fundraising outfits have a rule against fundraising for people on trial?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2026 11:47 AM (mXZ+5)

They have a vagina carve out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:50 AM (dK+Kv)

128 Got some BK and Subway coupons in the mail. That's the only thing that gets me in their restaurants.

Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 11:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

129 10 yr anniversary of Grandma Death tripping over a parking bollard.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 09, 2026 11:49 AM (cIy7m)

The bollard always wins.

Posted by: dantesed at September 09, 2026 11:50 AM (Oy/m2)

130 $3 Million in the Clancy GoFundMe.
Sheesh!
I'm suddenly feeling hormonal.
Posted by: Diogenes

Oh yeah. None of that is for her. It's for "her parents". Air quotes. Wink wink nod nod.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 09, 2026 11:50 AM (dRC6u)

131 That helped change the course of history.

This followed the month of August where Hillary "campaigned" by doing a campaign rally a week, with lots and lots of celebrities present, to minimize the amount of time Hillary actually had to be on stage.

Her only other "campaign" activity in August was doing fundraisers in the Hamptons, where she briefly basked in the adoring looks of her fans, before being taken back to her Hamptons' house.

She was clearly in bad physical shape.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 09, 2026 11:51 AM (aD4fx)

132 Et tu, Lara Croft?

“Lara Croft” Actress Alix Wilton Regan Slams Lindsay Clancy Trial as Sexist ‘Salem’ Witch Hunt
"Actress Alix Wilton Regan took to social media to issue an anti-man rant in which she referred to the Lindsay Clancy trial a sexist “Salem” witch hunt.

“A trial built on one man’s word. A mistrial delivered by another man’s ego. Salem never left Massachusetts,” read a message the actress shared to her Instagram Story."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:36 AM (ndZc7)

Calm down, hookers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:51 AM (dK+Kv)

133 "The jig is up."

"And gone!"

Posted by: Josephus at September 09, 2026 11:51 AM (bFu5X)

134 British lady cop says warlord Mohammed’s birthday celebration represents "compassion" and the "essence of community safety"

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And suicidal empathy. Don't forget the suicidal empathy!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)

135 The Bollard was a Mossad plot.

Posted by: Time Machine Candace Owens at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (XE5AP)

136 Hacking is not the problem with big data. It's outright abuse by big tech and government. I don't care if a hacker has the info, they don't have power to DO anything with it, and most simple criminals aren't anywhere near as evil.

Have we forgotten what happened to the Tea Party already? Covid/election censorship? What about all the poor saps getting arrested in the other Anglosphere nations, and the EU?

Posted by: heya at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (TkJMd)

137 If The Hag had been running against anyone but Trump that never would have happened. Nice of God to let it happen on the Benghazi anniversary.

Posted by: ... at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (Nwnyj)

138 "Salem never left Massachusetts,” read a message the actress shared to her Instagram Story."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:36 AM

Hope springs eternal....

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (bFu5X)

139 $3 Million in the Clancy GoFundMe.
Sheesh!
I'm suddenly feeling hormonal.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (2WIwB)
_________

Imagine being such a sad sack of angry regret that you give your hard-earned money to a triple murderer.

But the more money these imbeciles donate to Clancy, the less they have to donate to Democrap campaigns.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

140 So far this year 30M abortions, 90M births globally.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (igCg8)

141 130 $3 Million in the Clancy GoFundMe.
Sheesh!
I'm suddenly feeling hormonal.
Posted by: Diogenes

Oh yeah. None of that is for her. It's for "her parents". Air quotes. Wink wink nod nod.
Posted by: rickb223 at September 09, 2026 11:50 AM (dRC6u)

Her lawyer didn't come out of retirement for nothing. There's a new trial, appeals, more appeals...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at September 09, 2026 11:53 AM (QaH55)

142 OT: ewetub is getting idiotic with the grammar of thumbnail titles.

"She couldn't see it, but she can heard it."

Pick a tense. Fuck.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 09, 2026 11:54 AM (Y/06r)

143 “A trial built on one man’s word.”

Funny, I thought 3 dead bodies and a confession had something to do with it.
Posted by: Tom Servo

In 3,144 counties & 19,483 cities, whenever there is a homicide and they don't catch someone in the act, the police ALWAYS look at the spouse first.

Except in Duxbury, Massachusetts. There they obviously take the spouses word.

"I am not the droid you are looking for".

Posted by: rickb223 at September 09, 2026 11:54 AM (dRC6u)

144 $3 Million in the Clancy GoFundMe.
Sheesh!
I'm suddenly feeling hormonal.
Posted by: Diogenes at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (2WIwB)
_________

Imagine being such a sad sack of angry regret that you give your hard-earned money to a triple murderer.

But the more money these imbeciles donate to Clancy, the less they have to donate to Democrap campaigns.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

lol

The racist family of the teen murderer in Texas got less than a million. Suck it, racists.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:54 AM (dK+Kv)

145 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at September 09, 2026 11:50 AM (dK

I think some of them were allowing funding for the stabber in high school -Carmelo-and he had a penis. Maybe that also went to his parents.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 09, 2026 11:54 AM (SzveA)

146 Imagine being such a sad sack of angry regret that you give your hard-earned money to a triple murderer.

But the more money these imbeciles donate to Clancy, the less they have to donate to Democrap campaigns.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

Social media has been such a mistake.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 09, 2026 11:55 AM (Y/06r)

147 Anthropic; Daniela Amodei and Dario Amodei, are two of the most trustworthy people, next to Sam Altman, in the AI business. They will make security and safety a number one issue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 09, 2026 11:55 AM (AJWch)

148 There's another problem that has gone turbo-mode with LLMs and this vast data collection. A bad actor can get your name from one place, your email from another, your physical address from a third. That was enough to leverage for identity theft and phishing attacks. NOW we have AI doing aggregation FOR YOU. Even if you lock down Company #1 to only supplying names, the others have info keyed on names to look up. It hasn't hit yet but it will.

So please, for the love of Ghu, NEVER use your real birthdate for all those site signup things. Only if it is legally required like for banks. Don't make it easy for these people.

Posted by: Sabrina Chase at September 09, 2026 11:56 AM (63pwK)

149 So far this year 30M abortions, 90M births globally.

Nigeria has more births than the United States and European Union combined.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 09, 2026 11:56 AM (aD4fx)

150 Flock us a good one. If I'm a talented hacker, I go for records collected in rich neighborhoods. I go for the telemetry data on the billionaire headed in to that trailer park jack shack. I go for the Congresscunt's husband when he's curb crawling for Canadian hammer hobos. Or the President's son at the high-dollar trap house.

And then I collect the blackmail in crypto and laugh my way to the Bahamian bank.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 09, 2026 11:56 AM (BI5O2)

151 Because human sacrifice is the next thing for the Left and now it's here in the form of child sacrifice by mothers which honestly I should have seen coming.

Posted by: ... at September 09, 2026 11:56 AM (Nwnyj)

152 149 So far this year 30M abortions, 90M births globally.

Nigeria has more births than the United States and European Union combined.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 09, 2026 11:56 AM (aD4fx)

The Paolo has, how you say, GlobalEntry.

Posted by: The Paolo at September 09, 2026 11:57 AM (XE5AP)

153 "NEVER use your real birthdate for all those site signup things."

If you shop online, do not store your payment info in their oh-so-convenient 'wallet.'

Do not store your login passwords in your oh-so-convenient browser.

Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 11:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

154 Guess who is in charge of security for all your data? H1B and Chinese developers. Those are the only people who get jobs in IT these days.

So yeah. Good luck with that everyone.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at September 09, 2026 11:58 AM (Y08do)

155 Imagine being such a sad sack of angry regret that you give your hard-earned money to a triple murderer.

But the more money these imbeciles donate to Clancy, the less they have to donate to Democrap campaigns.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:52 AM (iFTx/)

Social media has been such a mistake.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 09, 2026 11:55 AM (Y/06r)
__________

True, but at least it helps unmask the lunatics, the crazies, the imbeciles, and the satanic evils so us normals can stay the fuck away from them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

156 We were playing a game last night of what cartoon characters we are. The grandkids said I'm SpongeBob. I see myself more as Batman but whatever dude.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

157 Colin Kaepernick Says Mamdani Has Finally Given Him a Reason to Vote
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)
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I would hope his adoptive parents are mortified.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 09, 2026 11:59 AM (amcLV)

158 > If your GM car gets OTA updates every little move you make is being uploaded and sold.
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It's not "just" GM.

All of them do it, if equipped. And some people are finding GPS transceivers in "base" model cars/suvs/trucks that are not equipped with a navigation system or satellite radio.

The manufacturers can use the telemetry, but so can your insurance company, the bank if there's a loan, etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 09, 2026 11:59 AM (2Cry5)

159 That should have quoted Fen 120 sorry

Posted by: ... at September 09, 2026 11:59 AM (Nwnyj)

160 Nigeria has more births than the United States and European Union combined."

It worked!

/USAID

Posted by: man at September 09, 2026 12:00 PM (XuXeR)

161 NOW we have AI doing aggregation FOR YOU. Even if you lock down Company #1 to only supplying names, the others have info keyed on names to look up. It hasn't hit yet but it will.
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Now do all the apps you put your info.
Those legal agreements (tos) that give them everything and no liability.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 09, 2026 12:00 PM (AJWch)

162 Because human sacrifice is the next thing for the Left and now it's here in the form of child sacrifice by mothers which honestly I should have seen coming.
Posted by: ...

Tell me there isn't a two tiered justice system.
Clancy - 7 days and mistrial.
Battaglia - verified psychosis - 19 minutes and death row.
John Battaglia killed his two daughters in a case forensic psychologists linked to psychosis stemming from bipolar disorder.

The jury took just 19 minutes to deliberate.

He was executed in Texas in 2018.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 09, 2026 12:00 PM (dRC6u)

163 Canada hits back at US with 20 billion in tariffs.

Pay them off in loose pennies. No wheat backs though, I collect those.

Posted by: Case at September 09, 2026 12:00 PM (noln+)

164 "The manufacturers can use the telemetry, but so can your insurance company, the bank if there's a loan, etc."

I'd actually like to have a driving data logger in my car, if my insurance company would give me a discount for having it. But I asked them, and they won't.

Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 12:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

165 You could always try outlawing the sale and transfer of data without specific authorization separate from the Terms of Service.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 09, 2026 12:01 PM (vJrRc)

166 True, but at least it helps unmask the lunatics, the crazies, the imbeciles, and the satanic evils so us normals can stay the fuck away from them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

Ok.... this hinges on 'reveal vs influence.'

Sure it's good for the crazy and evil people to show us who they are, but how much are being directed into this shit by social media? How many of these people would settle down and get balanced without the constant input of social media?

I don't know. I'd say it's somewhere in the middle, but where the line is, I am not sure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at September 09, 2026 12:01 PM (Y/06r)

167 Canada hits back at US with 20 billion in tariffs.
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On top of their already-exorbitant tariffs?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 09, 2026 12:02 PM (amcLV)

168 Tell me there isn't a two tiered justice system.
Clancy - 7 days and mistrial.
Battaglia - verified psychosis - 19 minutes and death row.

In this example the two tiers are obvious.

Higher tier, actual Justice - Texas

Lower tier, no Justice - Massachusetts

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 09, 2026 12:02 PM (UJfh6)

169 It worked!

/USAID

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has more total births each year than the United States.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at September 09, 2026 12:03 PM (aD4fx)

170 Canada hits back at US with 20 billion in tariffs."

In additon to the existing tariffs?

Posted by: man at September 09, 2026 12:03 PM (XuXeR)

171 Now it's a witch hunt to prosecute a person who admits to triple murder. God I hate leftards so much. They are the first to go witch hunting. Try telling them you didn't get "the vax"

Posted by: ... at September 09, 2026 12:03 PM (Nwnyj)

172 We will be "scientifically managed".

That "human rights" mysticism is so yesterday.

Posted by: Axeman at September 09, 2026 12:03 PM (Fi81e)

173 I'm on the 2 Sutter and the a/c is on. It is 69 degrees outside.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 09, 2026 12:03 PM (eKHnW)

174 Assume everything is SKYNET

Posted by: Don Black at September 09, 2026 12:03 PM (ZxPkt)

175 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has more total births each year than the United States."

Hey, we're 2 for 2!

/USAID

Posted by: man at September 09, 2026 12:03 PM (XuXeR)

176 OT, but I’m dying here:

The Aug. 25 incident unfolded while several guardsmen were taking a break from patrol inside a black van, according to court documents cited by ABC News on Tuesday.

Zion Mitchell and another Guard member began arguing over their hair when Mitchell allegedly told her, “I would slap the Jackson 5 out of you,” according to the affidavit.

The pair continued trading words until the woman told Mitchell to “shut the f**k up.” She then heard what she described as a “holster click,” followed by another guardsman in the van saying, “Put that up. You almost shot me in the hand.”

Not surprisingly, they don’t mention any details about those involved.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8xce5n
(Mediaite)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 09, 2026 12:04 PM (6ydKt)

177 "You could always try outlawing the sale and transfer of data without specific authorization separate from the Terms of Service."

Louis Rossman YT channel gives lots of examples where vendors change ToS unilaterally, whenever they want, and fucking judges find in their favor. It's all part of the Great Enshittification.

Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 12:04 PM (Jr5Lq)

178 Child sacrifice has been a part of many cultures going back to primordial times.

In fact, child sacrifice -- and human sacrifice -- was probably the norm in most cultures until the rise of Judeo-Christianity.

The Brits were horrified at the sacrificial bloodlust in the Raj. And this wasn't 800 years ago in a primitive tribal society. This was in the 1800s in a relatively developed and "civilized" society.

Some people are regressing back to those ancient bloodlusts.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 12:04 PM (iFTx/)

179 I'm on the 2 Sutter and the a/c is on. It is 69 degrees outside.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 09, 2026 12:03 PM (eKHnW)
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Hot for San Fran?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at September 09, 2026 12:04 PM (amcLV)

180 $3 Million in the Clancy GoFundMe.

That's how much they want. Not how much they've gotten.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 09, 2026 12:05 PM (vJrRc)

181 this isn't helping officers of the law.

@SpeakTruthAndRH Sep 8
Flock camera wrongly tells cops newly bought car has no insurance. Young girl is pulled over, shows proof of insurance -- cop writes the ticket anyway, stating flock camera says otherwise.
Link to WSB News
https://tinyurl.com/3d8a43j4

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 09, 2026 12:05 PM (diia5)

182 Oh, here's some good news for us of the Hebraic persuasion... no algebra involved, I promise.

The Swedish Doom Goblin is back in the West, and beating on her climate drum again, which means the Jew-bashing isn't turning enough profit for her and her cadre anymore. It's a positive leading indicator.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 09, 2026 12:05 PM (BI5O2)

183 John Battaglia killed his two daughters in a case forensic psychologists linked to psychosis stemming from bipolar disorder.

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The History Channel had a show on where they analyzed Hitler's DNA. They concluded he was autistic and bipolar with an undescended testicle, micropenis, and prone to schizophrenia. That's science!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Putting the Genie Back In the Bible at September 09, 2026 12:06 PM (ndZc7)

184 167 Canada hits back at US with 20 billion in tariffs.
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On top of their already-exorbitant tariffs?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
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What does Canada produce that we need?
What do we produce that Canada needs.

The major priority is removing Chinese influence from Canada.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 09, 2026 12:06 PM (AJWch)

185 That's how much they want. Not how much they've gotten.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

They've raised $1,224,862 raised of $3M.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 09, 2026 12:07 PM (dRC6u)

186 We cannot have hemispherical independence with China operating in Canada. Canada has become the most offensive nation next to Brazil in the Western Hemisphere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 09, 2026 12:08 PM (AJWch)

187 The Swedish Doom Goblin is back in the West, and beating on her climate drum again, which means the Jew-bashing isn't turning enough profit for her and her cadre anymore. It's a positive leading indicator.

And a negative one for her, given that the left has largely given up on the climate grift.

Posted by: Ian S. at September 09, 2026 12:08 PM (2ocoG)

188 > The major priority is removing Chinese influence from Canada.
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Probably not without a fight. A real one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 09, 2026 12:08 PM (2Cry5)

189 Young girl is pulled over, shows proof of insurance -- cop writes the ticket anyway, stating flock camera says otherwise.
Link to WSB News
https://tinyurl.com/3d8a43j4

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 09, 2026 12:05 PM (diia5)

Computer says you broke the law. Don't bother me with trifles like facts and documents.

Really think this is limited to Driving While Uninsured arguments? Now consider what the computer can tell you about child support or alimony.

Check stubs? So. Computer says you haven't paid, so you haven't paid.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at September 09, 2026 12:09 PM (PGK1w)

190 this isn't helping officers of the law.

@SpeakTruthAndRH Sep 8
Flock camera wrongly tells cops newly bought car has no insurance. Young girl is pulled over, shows proof of insurance -- cop writes the ticket anyway, stating flock camera says otherwise.
Link to WSB News
https://tinyurl.com/3d8a43j4
Posted by: weft cut-loop

And THAT'S how the thin blue line keeps getting thinner and thinner.

Posted by: rickb223 at September 09, 2026 12:09 PM (dRC6u)

191 Young girl is pulled over, shows proof of insurance -- cop writes the ticket anyway, stating flock camera says otherwise."

According to "mom"... meh.

Posted by: man at September 09, 2026 12:10 PM (XuXeR)

192 Tell me there isn't a two tiered justice system.

We knew this already. Tell me how many men have committed murders who haven't even been charged because they belong to some leftist pet group or are illegal aliens.

We complain about it all the time.

This one at least was charged and went to trial, and the prosecution will get a do-over on getting her convicted.

And you should be suspicious of why you're only hearing about it now, three years after the crime was committed, just before an election that the Left fears they will lose because not enough women are voting Dem.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 09, 2026 12:11 PM (vJrRc)

193 Thx Joe.
The DR of the Congo also has a life expectancy of 62 yrs. The babies being born probably will decrease that life expectancy given the crap government

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 09, 2026 12:11 PM (v6vok)

194 Matthew Schleier was found innocent by reason of insanity for strangling his five-year-old son in a bench trial, so it isn't always two tiered. All you need is an evil judge.

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at September 09, 2026 12:12 PM (igCg8)

195 nood

Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 12:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

196 The Brits were horrified at the sacrificial bloodlust in the Raj. And this wasn't 800 years ago in a primitive tribal society. This was in the 1800s in a relatively developed and "civilized" society.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at September 09, 2026 12:04 PM (iFTx/)
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Horror writer and journalist Colin Wilson investigated backwoods villages in the UK that he suspected to keeping "the old rights".
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In fact, child sacrifice -- and human sacrifice -- was probably the norm in most cultures until the rise of Judeo-Christianity.
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Which is why I think it's significant that coming out of a pagan culture, the Lord asked Abram to sacrifice Isaac. Thus, to make a show that human sacrifice was not going to be part of regular ritual.

We have to remember that Rachael's family, in Haran where, Terah, Abram's father settled, had family "gods" that Rachael stole.

Posted by: Axeman at September 09, 2026 12:12 PM (Fi81e)

197 this isn't helping officers of the law.

@SpeakTruthAndRH Sep 8
Flock camera wrongly tells cops newly bought car has no insurance. Young girl is pulled over, shows proof of insurance -- cop writes the ticket anyway, stating flock camera says otherwise.
Link to WSB News
https://tinyurl.com/3d8a43j4
Posted by: weft cut-loop

And THAT'S how the thin blue line keeps getting thinner and thinner.
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Motorcycle cops are just *thieves*. They lie in wait, looking for the next stage coach to come along. When it arrives, they pull the coach over and by the time the motorcycle cop leaves the occupants of the coach are poorer. Back in the day, a posse would have been formed in response. But today, we give the thieves badges and pretend they're fighting crime rather than committing it.

Posted by: Crusader at September 09, 2026 12:12 PM (TN0g+)

198 Canada sells us a lot of oil we need.
Along with lumber, agriculture, and some Bombardier planes.
Thise can all be replaced but we night not like the price.

I don’t know exactly what we sell them other than finished vehicles.

It will hit Canada a lot worse than us, but some business here, especially along the border, will feel it to a degree.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at September 09, 2026 12:13 PM (6ydKt)

199 nood,

psycho jury women.....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at September 09, 2026 12:13 PM (nXhwP)

200 And a negative one for her, given that the left has largely given up on the climate grift.
Posted by: Ian S. at September 09, 2026 12:08 PM (2ocoG)

It's funny.

The enviro-Left put on its kneepads for the tech-Left money men who buttered their bread for so long, and gave up their anti-electricity agenda, particularly their anti-nuclear agenda.

Soon enough, the AI bubble that fueled the tech-Left's bridling of their enviro-Left whores will burst. Their immediate need for nuclear power will recede, but the regulatory rollback will remain, and the nuclear energy will be enjoyed by us - the reviled hoi-polloi.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 09, 2026 12:14 PM (BI5O2)

201 They've raised $1,224,862 raised of $3M.
Posted by: rickb223

From less than 36,000 donations, some of them men, from all over the world, with no way of telling how many are from repeat donors.

You act like bleeding-heart fools with more money than sense are somehow unusual these days.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at September 09, 2026 12:17 PM (vJrRc)

202 Anthropic; Daniela Amodei and Dario Amodei, are two of the most trustworthy people, next to Sam Altman, in the AI business. They will make security and safety a number one issue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at September 09, 2026 11:55 AM (AJWch)
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Don't you wish we has a special sarcasm font?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at September 09, 2026 12:20 PM (hBgnV)

203 There are laws in many municipalities in which a property owner with a pool that is not properly fenced in is held liable if a child drowns in the pool.

Seems like the same argument applies to data aggregators. The data is an "attractive nuisance" to hackers but the harm is caused to the people whose data is hacked. Still, the data aggregator should have to prove they maintained an adequate fence around the data. Perhaps civil forfeiture could apply here too.

Posted by: George V at September 09, 2026 12:20 PM (g6ahB)

204 Got some BK and Subway coupons in the mail. That's the only thing that gets me in their restaurants.
Posted by: gp at September 09, 2026 11:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

Give them to panhandlers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 09, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)

205 All of them do it, if equipped. And some people are finding GPS transceivers in "base" model cars/suvs/trucks that are not equipped with a navigation system or satellite radio.

The manufacturers can use the telemetry, but so can your insurance company, the bank if there's a loan, etc.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 09, 2026 11:59 AM (2Cry5)

What do you mean by "GPS transceiver"? The GPS satellites are not able to receive signals from the ground. I would assume any spy device placed in an auto would use the cell network to call home.

I see a market for "cell sniffers". Hand-held scanner/signal strength meter that can be used like a Geiger counters to zero in on a suspected rogue cellular comms device.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 09, 2026 12:32 PM (1z8ji)

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