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@stux @lauren oh no

@stux @lauren Here you go

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/technology/cal-state-ai-amazon-openai.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/technology/cal-state-ai-amazon-openai.html

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How come the only US citizens who aren’t described with a hyphen are white people? I’m Asian-American. My friends are African-American, Mexican-American, Arab-American, etc.

Why aren’t white people described as German-American, French-American, English-American, etc.? You know, to make it polite for everyone.

#rhetorical #racism

PS: Yes, I know, the “-American” suffix was an attempt at inclusivity, but it has now turned into a parody of itself, implying that without it, an Asian-American would be an Asian, and the subtext is that this would mean they aren’t American.

HAHAHAHA

#cars #tesla

“Tesla Bros Attempt Coast-to-Coast Trip in Self-Driving Mode, Crash Right Away”

Tesla Bros Attempt Coast-to-Coast Trip in Self-Driving Mode, Crash Right Away

There’s an aura of failure lingering around Elon Musk and the Tesla brand right now. A stink of mediocrity. Maybe even the funk of impotence.

VICE (www.vice.com)

Are you still on #Spotify?

Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek has raised €600M for his new startup, which is developing AI TECH FOR WAR. Ek still owns 9% of Spotify, but has 37% voting control. His net worth went from $2.5B to $10B in the last two years alone, on the back of paying musicians a pittance in royalties.

And don’t forget:

• Spotify spent $250M of your subscription dollars to invite Joe Rogan to spew his disinformation on their platform.
• They’re still trying to embrace and extinguish Podcasts.
• They’re developing in-house, AI-generated “music” so users will play them (royalty-free) instead of music created by humans (who demand royalty).

And now, he’s using his wealth, created by your subscriptions, to fund tech that will use AI to literally murder humans in war.

Stop funding him. Quit Spotify now.

#QuitSpotify #music #ai #militaryTech #techbro

“Spotify’s CEO invests $1 billion into an AI military start-up — and musicians are fuming”

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/spotifys-ceo-invests-1-billion-into-an-ai-military-startup-and-musicians-are-fuming/news-story/78805666e2374281801622066dc87319