BeReal finds success in 'engaged' Japanese market, says CEO
App maker says trust and honesty are key when advertising to Gen Z
BeReal finds success in 'engaged' Japanese market, says CEO
App maker says trust and honesty are key when advertising to Gen Z
TESCREAL
TESCREAL is a neologism proposed by computer scientist Timnit Gebru and philosopher Émile P. Torres. An acronym, it stands for Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, (modern) Cosmism, Rationalists (the internet community, not to be confused with other uses of the term), Effective Altruism, and Longtermism.[1][2] Gebru and Torres argue that these ideologies should be treated as an "interconnected and overlapping" group with shared origins.[1] They claim these constitute a movement that allows its proponents to use the threat of human extinction to justify expensive or detrimental projects and consider it pervasive in social and academic circles in Silicon Valley centered on artificial intelligence.[3] As such, the acronym is sometimes used to criticize a perceived belief system associated with Big Tech.[3][4][5]
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Or: Japanese grown-ups (who are around even remotely sensitive information) should quit BeReal, apparently, because who is even on BeReal any more anywhere else
Quit Palantir
Except I’m not sure how we can “quit Palantir” as private citizens
Quit Meta
Primarily Facebook and Instagram (in this collection). See also everything related to Meta AI, Meta AI Glasses, and Mark Zuckerberg. AI-related: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections…
Quit X
I mostly still call them Twitter but am open to calling them “X” in clearly pejorative contexts. See also everything related to Grok, DOGE (especially what they did to USAID and the consequences thereof), and Elon Musk. AI-related: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections…
Quit Google
AI-related: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections…
Quit Shopify
Quit Rakuten 楽天
Or some of the reasons why I’m trying
Collection of collections: Quit x
And also quit X
Quit Amazon
See also the demise of Washington Post and Jeff Bezos
Language: Japanese
Quit 1Password
Potentially, unless they change course—which I’m really, really hoping they will as a longtime user of well over a decade
Quit Microsoft
If possible
Japan
Rakuten, German startup Helsing test military drones for Japan
German drone maker Helsing enlists Rakuten to broker Japan military deal
楽天が攻撃型ドローン、陸自配備と国産化を推進 独巨大新興と提携
1Password wades into a right-wing mess after funding a Linux project
Ah well
Import from 1Password | Enpass Help
Import from 1Password | Bitwarden
1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits
Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal
Windows 11 is adding another Copilot button nobody asked for
Instagram’s AI detection is a mess (again)
Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
Meta's $17 Billion Settlement is a Bad Deal for Teens and All Social
I Found a Bug That Exposed Private Instagram Posts to Anyone.
Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos
Meta fed its AI on almost everything you’ve posted publicly since 2007
Shopify CEO endorses idea to give more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC News
Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests
Google further buries search results under AI mode
How Chrome tracks you and how to limit it | Proton
Google Docs' Grammar Suggestions Suck Ass
Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers
Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles
Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”
【沖縄県知事選挙】SNS「X」の投稿の約9割は県外から 選挙戦への影響も | 沖縄のニュース｜RBC 琉球放送 (1ページ)
X Kills Nitter And Xcancel, The Last Ways To Read Tweets Without Elon Watching
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
Do our social media algorithms correctly reflect our values? Our new article published today in @pnas.org shows that the answer is often…
「パランティア」は実際、何をしている企業なのか？
What Does Palantir Actually Do?
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans (Published 2025)
Alex Karp Goes to War
Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They’re the Bad Guys
The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession
京都市左京区の下鴨夜光町。「やこう」の由来を調べたら、室町後期の字名にたどりついた。宝徳3年（1451）の中村郷地からみ帳に「夜ヒカリ」とあり、当時は「よひかり」と読んでいた。賀茂別雷神社（上賀茂）の社領で、社人の往来田が置かれていた。 もとは上賀茂村上賀茂字夜光。昭和6年に町に…
出身地鑑定!! 方言チャート
自閉症の人は方言を話さないって本当ですか - ことば研究館 | 国立国語研究所
FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions
Amazon reveals plans to spend $200bn in one year the day after Bezos guts Washington Post
We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
Warehouses: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Software Update Automatically Turns off Amazon Delivery Drivers’ AC During Dangerous Summer Heat
Amazon Gets Into The AI Podcast Slop Business
Quit 1Password (by あ) — Semble
Quit Rakuten 楽天 (by あ) — Semble
Quit Shopify (by あ) — Semble
Quit* W Social (by あ) — Semble
Quit BeReal? (by あ) — Semble
Quit Microsoft (by あ) — Semble
出身地鑑定!! 方言チャート
Visit Japan Web | デジタル庁 ウェブサービス・アプリケーション
AIと著作権について | 文化庁
デモカレンダー｜全国のデモ・集会情報
時間外労働の上限規制 | 働き方改革特設サイト | 厚生労働省
Quit* W Social
* Not so much “quit” as “you probably shouldn’t move to/sign up for” (just following my naming convention in this “series”). To be clear, I think it’s (probably) totally fine that it exists as an option (unless the potential security concerns turn out to be relevant), but personally I would advise against choosing that option based on what I’m learning. I’m sure it’s a good choice for some people, just probably not anyone I know
W — Trust your feed
Even as @wsocial.eu onboards more and more users, they can’t seem to get them to talk to each other 🤐 This atrocious engagement rate (~9…
W Social is a textbook case for everything wrong with digital sovereignty
Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂ (@elena@aseachange.com)
This is a rough draft of a thought, but my sense of #WSocial is that it is an attempt to enclose the commons. By cultivating the idea that…
I wish the Atmosphere had content warnings (like on the fediverse)... because I'd like to show you the limits of free speech absolutism and…