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Arc Raiders ‘Watchlist’ Names and Shames Backstabbing Players
‘I’ll find you again, the only thing that doesn’t cross paths are mountains.’ In a game about loot, robots, and betrayal, all a raider has is their personal reputation. This site catalogues it.
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Here's the Video for Our Seventh FOIA Forum: Flock
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America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
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Inside an ICE Defense Training on Fortnite
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
The Abstract
A Lost Planet Created the Moon. Now, We Know Where It Came From.
The remains of Theia are scattered deep inside the Earth and its satellite. By analyzing these remnants, scientists have proposed an origin.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: A Risograph Journey and Data Musings
This week, we discuss how data is accessed, AI in games, and more.
Flock
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
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Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
ICE
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
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OnlyFans Will Start Checking Criminal Records. Creators Say That's a Terrible Idea
OnlyFans CEO Keily Blair announced on LinkedIn that the platform partnered with Checkr to "prevent people who have a criminal conviction which may impact on our community's safety from signing up as a Creator on OnlyFans."
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Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song
A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.