Quit BeReal?

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

Collection of collections: Quit x

And also quit X

Quit Microsoft

If possible

Quit Shopify

Quit ChatGPT

Including anything else by OpenAI, but mainly ChatGPT. See also semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections… and all the Persona-related stuff

Quit Palantir

Except I’m not sure how we can “quit Palantir” as private citizens

Japan

Loneliness epidemic

And related subjects

Climate change (unsorted)

Quit Google

Mini rabbit hole: Chen Zhi and the Prince Group

Search keywords: Prince Holding Group, プリンス・グループ, プリンス・ホールディング・グループ, チェン・ジー（陳志）, 太子集团控股, ព្រីនស៍ ហូលឌីង គ្រុប, Hu Xiaowei, フー・シー, 李垠宏, カク鳳至（「カク」は「赤」へんにおおざと）

Mental health

Unsorted interesting articles/papers

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Notes made while looking into questionable Bluesky accounts, potentially fake news websites, etc.

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…

Collection

Quit Rakuten 楽天

あ

Updated 18d

Or some of the reasons why I’m trying

Quit BeReal?

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzY4fnMOL7M social preview image

「とっさに撮影」岩見沢の病院委託職員が患者20人分の個人情報画面をSNS「BeReal.」に投稿　個人情報漏えい

BeReal finds success in 'engaged' Japanese market, says CEO

https://cybernews.com/tech/bereal-popular-in-japan/ social preview image

Japan is giving the “anti-Instagram” app a second chance at life

https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/736768?display=b social preview image

若者に人気の映えないSNS｢BeReal｣本当の怖さ授業中やバイト中でもおかまいなしに撮影

https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/2604/30/news112.html social preview image

なぜ「BeReal」から漏えいが相次ぐのか　“2分以内”の焦りが生む不用意な投稿

https://internet.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/column/editors/2106019.html social preview image

職場・学校を映したSNS投稿、ユーザー自身の安全のため停止を。不適切な投稿による情報流出問題が続発 BeRealのほかInstagramなどでも、限定投稿を流出させる“模倣犯”出現の可能性【INTERNET Watch編集部コラム】

Climate change (unsorted)

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of…

Mental health

Dysthymia

https://neurodivergentinsights.com/autistic-burnout-vs-depression/ social preview image

Autistic Burnout vs. Depression | Neurodivergent Insights

https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211019858 social preview image

Defining autistic burnout through experts by lived experience: Grounded Delphi method investigating #AutisticBurnout - Julianne M Higgins, Samuel RC Arnold, Janelle Weise, Elizabeth Pellicano, Julian N Trollor, 2021

https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2021.0021 social preview image

What Is Autistic Burnout? A Thematic Analysis of Posts on Two Online Platforms - Jane Mantzalas, Amanda L. Richdale, Achini Adikari, Jennifer Lowe, Cheryl Dissanayake, 2022

https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2019.0079 social preview image

“Having All of Your Internal Resources Exhausted Beyond Measure and Being Left with No Clean-Up Crew”: Defining Autistic Burnout - Dora M. Raymaker, Alan R. Teo, Nicole A. Steckler, Brandy Lentz, Mirah Scharer, Austin Delos Santos, Steven K. Kapp, Morrigan Hunter, Andee Joyce, Christina Nicolaidis, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0193 social preview image

“Shutdowns Are Like You’re Stuck on the Blue Screen of Death”: A Metaphor Analysis of Autistic Shutdowns - Katie Paris, Alexandru “Zeph” Lodestone, Melissa Houser, Laura Foran Lewis, 2025

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Notes made while looking into questionable Bluesky accounts, potentially fake news websites, etc.

Japan

https://hougen.sanseido-publ.co.jp/hougen/index.php social preview image

出身地鑑定!! 方言チャート

https://services.digital.go.jp/visit-japan-web/ social preview image

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

https://democalendar.jp/ social preview image

デモカレンダー｜全国のデモ・集会情報

https://hatarakikatakaikaku.mhlw.go.jp/overtime.html social preview image

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 Shopify

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/shopify-ceo-endorses-idea-to-give-more-votes-to-wealthy-canadians-9.7286688?cmp=rss social preview image

Shopify CEO endorses idea to give more votes to wealthy Canadians | CBC News

Quit ChatGPT

Including anything else by OpenAI, but mainly ChatGPT. See also semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections… and all the Persona-related stuff

OpenAI's ChatGPT ads will allegedly prioritize sponsored content in answers

https://www.zdnet.com/article/chatgpt-computer-history/ social preview image

ChatGPT's new Computer History tracks your Mac activity to create a timeline - but should you let it?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/government-map-mislabels-african-countries social preview image

US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference

GPT-5.6 is deleting user files when given full access, and OpenAI says it shouldn't but did

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/openai-faked-inability-to-search-training-data-hid-billions-of-logs-nyt-says/ social preview image

OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-sues-openai-allegedly-stealing-ip-hardware/ social preview image

Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets

Collection of collections: Quit x

And also quit X

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

Loneliness epidemic

And related subjects

https://www.ippr.org/media-office/young-people-five-times-more-likely-to-have-no-friends-than-a-decade-ago social preview image

Young people five times more likely to have no friends than a decade ago | IPPR

https://www.ippr.org/articles/the-loneliest-generation social preview image

The loneliest generation: What it is like to grow up in England today | IPPR

Unsorted interesting articles/papers

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.07.043 social preview image

Male-like ornamentation in female hummingbirds results from social harassment rather than sexual selection

Quit Microsoft

If possible

https://www.theverge.com/news/867244/microsoft-bitlocker-privacy-fbi social preview image

Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data

https://slate.com/technology/2026/08/microsoft-software-nonprofit-data-delete.html social preview image

The Quiet Decision Microsoft Made That Devastated Thousands of Nonprofits

https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/ftc-must-act-against-commercial-surveillance/ social preview image

Once-in-a-generation moment to protect U.S. Privacy - Irish Council for Civil Liberties

https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/iccl-report-on-the-scale-of-real-time-bidding-data-broadcasts-in-the-u-s-and-europe/ social preview image

ICCL report on the scale of Real-Time Bidding data broadcasts in the U.S. and Europe - Irish Council for Civil Liberties

https://www.404media.co/microsoft-wants-to-make-people-addicted-to-scout-its-new-ai-assistant-internal-documents-reveal/ social preview image

Microsoft Wants to 'Make People Addicted' to its New AI Assistant, Internal Documents Reveal

https://www.theverge.com/news/782194/windows-11-share-with-copilot-button social preview image

Windows 11 is adding another Copilot button nobody asked for

Mini rabbit hole: Chen Zhi and the Prince Group

Search keywords: Prince Holding Group, プリンス・グループ, プリンス・ホールディング・グループ, チェン・ジー（陳志）, 太子集团控股, ព្រីនស៍ ហូលឌីង គ្រុប, Hu Xiaowei, フー・シー, 李垠宏, カク鳳至（「カク」は「赤」へんにおおざと）

Directors of Firms Linked to Sanctioned Cambodian Conglomerate Bought Properties in Japan

https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASV6P4TPFV6PUTIL024M.html social preview image

「アジア最大の犯罪組織」最高幹部逮捕　うその住民異動容疑、警視庁：朝日新聞

Hong Kong Justice Department Applies for Order to Freeze Prince Group Assets

https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/78346 social preview image

Executive linked to major Asian crime group arrested in Japan

www.occrp.org

https://cryptobriefing.com/prince-group-hu-xiaowei-arrested-tokyo-bitcoin-scam/ social preview image

Prince Group executive Hu Xiaowei arrested in Tokyo over $15B Bitcoin scam investigation

Quit Palantir

Except I’m not sure how we can “quit Palantir” as private citizens

https://wired.jp/article/palantir-what-the-company-does/ social preview image

「パランティア」は実際、何をしている企業なのか？

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/ social preview image

What Does Palantir Actually Do?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html social preview image

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

https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter-thiels-antichrist-obsession/ social preview image

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

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…

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/elon-musk-alex-gibney-documentary-1236686790/ social preview image

Elon Musk Unmasked in Alex Gibney Documentary: “Insane a Person This Chaotic Has So Much Power”

https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/rbc/2913287?display=1 social preview image

【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

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/i-knew-one-day-id-have-to-watch-powerful-men-burn-the-world-down-i-just-didnt-expect-them-to-be-such-losers social preview image

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…

Quit Google

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/google-helped-facilitate-russia-china-censorship-requests social preview image

Revealed: Google facilitated Russia and China’s censorship requests

https://www.theverge.com/tech/986364/google-search-ai-overviews-auto-expand social preview image

Google further buries search results under AI mode

https://proton.me/blog/chrome-tracking-privacy social preview image

How Chrome tracks you and how to limit it | Proton

Google Docs' Grammar Suggestions Suck Ass

https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-search-and-ai-content social preview image

Google Search's guidance about AI-generated content | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers

Google News Is Boosting Garbage AI-Generated Articles