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If you doubted that the “oh noes our agent escaped containment” schtick from OpenAI was anything other than marketing, note Anthropic’s “look look! we’ve got one too! oh no! look at us!!” ...
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Building a scaffold to hang a framework of plausible deniability on it.
"Rogue AI" is the same kind of gaslighting media strategy that Wall Street used with "Rogue Financial Instruments" in 2008.
Laying the groundwork for an accountability sink.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewerskine/2026/02/19/whos-accountable-when-ai-makes-decisions-and-the-law-says-no-one-has-to-answer/
https://reactormag.com/seeds-of-story-dan-davies-the-unaccountability-machine/
It's a strategy that thwarts investor lawsuits, FBI investigations & criminal charges for frauds & scams, & an ability to evade contract terms.
Building a scaffold to hang a framework of plausible deniability on it.
"Rogue AI" is the same kind of gaslighting media strategy that Wall Street used with "Rogue Financial Instruments" in 2008.
Laying the groundwork for an accountability sink.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewerskine/2026/02/19/whos-accountable-when-ai-makes-decisions-and-the-law-says-no-one-has-to-answer/
https://reactormag.com/seeds-of-story-dan-davies-the-unaccountability-machine/
It's a strategy that thwarts investor lawsuits, FBI investigations & criminal charges for frauds & scams, & an ability to evade contract terms.
Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones.
AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books and scanning their conten...
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AI isn't just destroying human knowledge.
They're preparing to also:
1. Meter access to knowledge
2. Suppress wages
3. Conduct mass layoffs
4. Meddle in elections
5. Foment race riots & bolster hate campaigns
6. Manipulate public opinion
7. Destroy journalism & science
8. Enable automated warfare
9. Hog water & electric supply
10. Evade pollution regulation
11. Torpedo public health & education
12. Sell out democracy to oligarchs
13. Price & rent fixing
14. Fraud
AI isn't just destroying human knowledge.
They're preparing to also:
1. Meter access to knowledge
2. Suppress wages
3. Conduct mass layoffs
4. Meddle in elections
5. Foment race riots & bolster hate campaigns
6. Manipulate public opinion
7. Destroy journalism & science
8. Enable automated warfare
9. Hog water & electric supply
10. Evade pollution regulation
11. Torpedo public health & education
12. Sell out democracy to oligarchs
13. Price & rent fixing
14. Fraud
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With a lovely set of ears like that, those fox cubs can likely hear you breathe or turn your camera, long before they sense movement.
With a lovely set of ears like that, those fox cubs can likely hear you breathe or turn your camera, long before they sense movement.
How Ronaldo learned about his father's #murder:💔Press conf: described his desperate scramble to find out what had happened to him. He hoped: dad➡️detained by #ICE. 1st plan: find his father’s...
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When billionaire bigots pay for fascist cruelty, murderous thugs leap at the opportunity.
These people bought an election to make ICE brutality:
1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-divided-over-musks-apparent-nazi-salute
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When billionaire bigots pay for fascist cruelty, murderous thugs leap at the opportunity.
These people bought an election to make ICE brutality:
1. Elon Musk $291,482,587
2. Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
3. Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
4. Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
5. Ken Griffin $108,402,284
6. Jeff Yass $101,128,680
7. Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
8. Marc Andreessen $42,365,113
9. Stephen Schwarzman $40,202,039
10. Timothy Dunn $35,780,200
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/21/the-gesture-speaks-for-itself-germans-divided-over-musks-apparent-nazi-salute
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"Both Google and Amazon released their sustainability reports this week, and the numbers aren’t pretty. Each company has pledged to zero-out its carbon emissions in the coming years, but AI has made...
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Data centers are money laundering for the fossil fuel industry
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/saudis-plan-100-billion-ai-powerhouse-to-rival-uae-s-tech-hub
https://www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/the-koch-network-is-pushing-trump-to-accelerate-ai-documents-show/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/05/disapperance-100bn-deal-ai-circular-economy-funding-nvidia-openai
They are getting their money out before the value of their oil assets decline, as the world moves to energy security with wind & solar
https://news.mit.edu/2025/surprisingly-diverse-innovations-led-to-dramatically-cheaper-solar-panels-0811
https://www.dw.com/en/solar-is-winning-the-energy-race-clean-power-renewables/a-76517556
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/30/solar-sharer-offer-sso-three-free-hours-electricity-power-energy-australia
https://www.inc.com/georgia-fearn/welcomed-37-data-centers-now-schools-dim-lights-cut-energy-costs/91368206
The overbuild of data centers looks a lot like the Evergrande & Enron ponzi schemes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-26/evergrande-fraud-fines-explained/103621114
Data centers are money laundering for the fossil fuel industry
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/saudis-plan-100-billion-ai-powerhouse-to-rival-uae-s-tech-hub
https://www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/the-koch-network-is-pushing-trump-to-accelerate-ai-documents-show/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/05/disapperance-100bn-deal-ai-circular-economy-funding-nvidia-openai
They are getting their money out before the value of their oil assets decline, as the world moves to energy security with wind & solar
https://news.mit.edu/2025/surprisingly-diverse-innovations-led-to-dramatically-cheaper-solar-panels-0811
https://www.dw.com/en/solar-is-winning-the-energy-race-clean-power-renewables/a-76517556
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/30/solar-sharer-offer-sso-three-free-hours-electricity-power-energy-australia
https://www.inc.com/georgia-fearn/welcomed-37-data-centers-now-schools-dim-lights-cut-energy-costs/91368206
The overbuild of data centers looks a lot like the Evergrande & Enron ponzi schemes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-26/evergrande-fraud-fines-explained/103621114
"The Founders... planted secret escape hatches in every amendment, visible only through a powerful lens of resentment, perpetual grievance, and off-the-books Winnebago gifts loaded with all the extras...
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When oligarchs buy a Supreme Court, the public corruption is inevitable.
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/
https://www.desmog.com/2026/02/24/supreme-court-exxon-suncor-climate-lawsuits-alito-recusal/
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-lisa-graves
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/21/the-supreme-court-is-so-corrupt
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/john-roberts-donald-trump-supreme-court/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/buckley-case-supreme-court-billionaires.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/22/clarence-thomas-koch-revelations-calls-supreme-court-reform
https://jacobin.com/2026/02/citizens-united-campaign-finance-oligarchy
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/the-son-also-rises-the-supreme-court
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-corruption-by-the-numbers
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/04/gorsuch-scalia-law-school-corruption-supreme-court/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/koch-industries-export-import-bank/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/supreme-court-john-roberts-lisa-graves/
https://newrepublic.com/article/208078/supreme-court-roberts-bribery-corruption
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/whistleblower-wife-of-chief-justice-roberts-made-10-3-million-from-top-law-firms-172159557726
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/03/whitehouse-grills-gorsuch-on-dark-money-and-citizens-united.html
When oligarchs buy a Supreme Court, the public corruption is inevitable.
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/
https://www.desmog.com/2026/02/24/supreme-court-exxon-suncor-climate-lawsuits-alito-recusal/
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-lisa-graves
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/7/21/the-supreme-court-is-so-corrupt
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/john-roberts-donald-trump-supreme-court/
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/politics/buckley-case-supreme-court-billionaires.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/22/clarence-thomas-koch-revelations-calls-supreme-court-reform
https://jacobin.com/2026/02/citizens-united-campaign-finance-oligarchy
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/the-son-also-rises-the-supreme-court
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-corruption-by-the-numbers
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/04/gorsuch-scalia-law-school-corruption-supreme-court/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/koch-industries-export-import-bank/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/supreme-court-john-roberts-lisa-graves/
https://newrepublic.com/article/208078/supreme-court-roberts-bribery-corruption
https://www.ms.now/all-in/watch/whistleblower-wife-of-chief-justice-roberts-made-10-3-million-from-top-law-firms-172159557726
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/03/whitehouse-grills-gorsuch-on-dark-money-and-citizens-united.html
Why is the appeal to “traditional European values” always about xenophobia and patriarchy, and not dragging nobles off their horses and bludgeoning them with farming implements in a peasants’ re...
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Wealth inequality & tax evading elites;a factory for war & human misery.
What happens to elites when there's a steep drop in prices of key commodities that underpin their wealth?
They raise taxes on the 99%. They increase rents & price gouge. They privatize the commons. They enslave. They start invasions.
https://leadconnects.org/luther-got-wrong-peasants-revolt/
https://theconversation.com/who-were-the-peasants-of-the-1381-peasants-revolt-new-database-has-answers-278011
https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/the-peasants-revolt-the-only-time-the-tower-of-london-was-breached/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants'_Revolt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Peasants'_War
Wealth inequality & tax evading elites;a factory for war & human misery.
What happens to elites when there's a steep drop in prices of key commodities that underpin their wealth?
They raise taxes on the 99%. They increase rents & price gouge. They privatize the commons. They enslave. They start invasions.
https://leadconnects.org/luther-got-wrong-peasants-revolt/
https://theconversation.com/who-were-the-peasants-of-the-1381-peasants-revolt-new-database-has-answers-278011
https://www.hrp.org.uk/blog/the-peasants-revolt-the-only-time-the-tower-of-london-was-breached/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants'_Revolt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasants%27_Revolt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Peasants'_War
It saddens me that many people do not see far enough to understand well what we are losing while losing privacy rights and trivializing data protection. It is so much more than most think. This affect...
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Ask anyone who lived in a ubiquitous surveillance state built around narcing on neighbors, friends, & family. It was terrible.
In East Germany, the Stasi had an intergenerational impact that crashed their economy & dropped the birth rate precipitously.
Peter Thiel & Elon Musk both spent some of their childhood in apartheid-era South Africa; ubiquitous surveillance state that used state police murder to maintain white supremacy
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-worldview-of-the-afrikaner-diaspora-now-haunts-the-us/
Ask anyone who lived in a ubiquitous surveillance state built around narcing on neighbors, friends, & family. It was terrible.
In East Germany, the Stasi had an intergenerational impact that crashed their economy & dropped the birth rate precipitously.
Peter Thiel & Elon Musk both spent some of their childhood in apartheid-era South Africa; ubiquitous surveillance state that used state police murder to maintain white supremacy
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/26/elon-musk-peter-thiel-apartheid-south-africa
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/the-worldview-of-the-afrikaner-diaspora-now-haunts-the-us/
In a new privacy policy, Anthropic says Claude will soon require you to upload your driver's license or passport for a variety of reasons. The ID checker is Persona, a firm funded by Trump ally Peter ...
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No wonder Jeff Bezos signed a "strategic partnership" with Anthropic, then immediately narc'd Anthropic to the feds.
"Private data violations for me, but not for thee"
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-anthropic-stake-skyrockets-ai-startup-ipo-2026-6
https://gizmodo.com/why-would-amazons-ceo-try-to-kneecap-anthropic-by-tattling-to-trump-2000773843
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/949601/amazon-anthropic-fablemythos-government-ban
https://fortune.com/2026/06/18/inside-trump-anthropic-mythos-crackdown-ai-regulation-amazon-andy-jassy-phone-call/
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-invests-additional-5-billion-anthropic-ai
https://www.theverge.com/amazon/667916/jeff-bezos-amazon-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi
No honor amongst thieves.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/21/amazon-boss-jeff-bezoss-phone-hacked-by-saudi-crown-prince
If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intelligence/ai-tech-brief/2026/06/15/plus-amazon-anthropics-strategic-partnership-gets-more-complicated/
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/28/anthropic-just-delivered-spectacular-news-for-amaz/
No wonder Jeff Bezos signed a "strategic partnership" with Anthropic, then immediately narc'd Anthropic to the feds.
"Private data violations for me, but not for thee"
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-anthropic-stake-skyrockets-ai-startup-ipo-2026-6
https://gizmodo.com/why-would-amazons-ceo-try-to-kneecap-anthropic-by-tattling-to-trump-2000773843
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/949601/amazon-anthropic-fablemythos-government-ban
https://fortune.com/2026/06/18/inside-trump-anthropic-mythos-crackdown-ai-regulation-amazon-andy-jassy-phone-call/
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-invests-additional-5-billion-anthropic-ai
https://www.theverge.com/amazon/667916/jeff-bezos-amazon-saudi-arabia-jamal-khashoggi
No honor amongst thieves.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/21/amazon-boss-jeff-bezoss-phone-hacked-by-saudi-crown-prince
If they'll do it with you, they'll do it to you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-intelligence/ai-tech-brief/2026/06/15/plus-amazon-anthropics-strategic-partnership-gets-more-complicated/
https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/05/28/anthropic-just-delivered-spectacular-news-for-amaz/
#Moscow today
What you're looking at is part of a #drone attack on an #oilRefinery
And yes, you saw correctly, the oil storage tank that blew up at the end was not hit by #Ukraine, it was hit by #Ru...
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Ukraine will become whole again.
People and territory restored.
It will join the EU and NATO.
Putin's regime will recede in the rear-view window of history.
Ukraine will become whole again.
People and territory restored.
It will join the EU and NATO.
Putin's regime will recede in the rear-view window of history.
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Prime Minister Carney says the war in Iran was "worth it".
I want to know who he thinks it was worth it for.
#cdnpoli #iran #iranwar #NDP
https://cdn.mstdn.ca/media_attachments/files/116/767/582/1...
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The Iran War was "worth it" to Trump's fossil fuel fascist billionaires, foreign & domestic.
$234 billion in windfall profits in just a few months.
$30 million an hour in windfall profits leaving town & lining the pockets of #PrinceBonesaw , Putin, Koch Network, and Atlas Network.
We underestimate how far the oil industry will go to consolidate all oil supply into the hands of Trump's cronies.
It's the most corrupt industry on the planet.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers
The Iran War was "worth it" to Trump's fossil fuel fascist billionaires, foreign & domestic.
$234 billion in windfall profits in just a few months.
$30 million an hour in windfall profits leaving town & lining the pockets of #PrinceBonesaw , Putin, Koch Network, and Atlas Network.
We underestimate how far the oil industry will go to consolidate all oil supply into the hands of Trump's cronies.
It's the most corrupt industry on the planet.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers