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"Musk and his allies systematically built a false narrative of widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration based on misinterpreted data, using their claims to justify an aggressive effort to gain access to personal information on millions of Americans."
Gift link.

Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
The drama offers a case study in how Elon Musk’s team sought to run a critical government agency through misinformation and social media blasts — and how longtime employees responded.

One of my takeaways from reading _War and Peace_ last year was that Napoleon, whose warmongering killed millions across Europe, was basically a buffoon, a clown. Many of the most destructive men in history were ridiculous and laughable, and it just added insult to injury for contemporaries watching them come to power. There's nothing new under the sun.

Governments Should Mandate Tiered Anonymity on Social-Media Platforms to Counter Deepfakes and LLM-Driven Mass Misinformation
David Khachaturov, Roxanne Schnyder, Robert Mullins
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12814

Governments Should Mandate Tiered Anonymity on Social-Media Platforms to Counter Deepfakes and LLM-Driven Mass Misinformation
This position paper argues that governments should mandate a three-tier anonymity framework on social-media platforms as a reactionary measure prompted by the ease-of-production of deepfakes and large-language-model-driven misinformation. The tiers are determined by a given user's $\textit{reach score}$: Tier 1 permits full pseudonymity for smaller accounts, preserving everyday privacy; Tier 2 requires private legal-identity linkage for accounts with some influence, reinstating real-world accou…

Gift article from WaPo.
At the #capybara cafe, people line up to snuggle the world’s largest rodents
Owners of Florida’s Capybara Café say they are surprised by its popularity, hosting about 100 customers per day.
By Kyle Melnick
https://

At the capybara cafe, people line up to snuggle the world’s largest rodents
Owners of Florida’s Capybara Café say they are surprised by its popularity, hosting about 100 customers per day.

Ui, @… spielen im September in Berlin. Im Schokoladen
#berlin #punk #punkrock…

MÄNNI - Die fröhliche Tour
MÄNNI endlich mal wieder in Berlin auf eigener Tour: Diesen September geht MÄNNI [https://mnni.de] erstmals auf eigene Headlinertour. Passend zur letzten Veröffentlichung „Das fröhliche Album“ (Dackelton Records) wird es unter dem Motto „Die fröhliche Tour“ neun Konzerte in ganz Deutschland geben. Wie gewohnt mit rauer Stimme, manchmal tiefgründig, oft politisch wird hier deutschsprachiger Punkrock mit viel Melancholie und Witz geboten. Neben den alten Hits wie „Ibuprofi“, �…

Investigating Vulnerabilities and Defenses Against Audio-Visual Attacks: A Comprehensive Survey Emphasizing Multimodal Models
Jinming Wen, Xinyi Wu, Shuai Zhao, Yanhao Jia, Yuwen Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11521

Investigating Vulnerabilities and Defenses Against Audio-Visual Attacks: A Comprehensive Survey Emphasizing Multimodal Models
Multimodal large language models (MLLMs), which bridge the gap between audio-visual and natural language processing, achieve state-of-the-art performance on several audio-visual tasks. Despite the superior performance of MLLMs, the scarcity of high-quality audio-visual training data and computational resources necessitates the utilization of third-party data and open-source MLLMs, a trend that is increasingly observed in contemporary research. This prosperity masks significant security risks. E…

wann fing das eigentlich an, dass veranstaltungen auf der/dem biblioCON/bibliotheskongress/[hier eine beliebige tagung einsetzen] nochmal alle einzeln per mailingliste beworben werden? 🤨🙄

Die spinnen, die TechBros.
"OpenAI executives have discussed filing an antitrust complaint with US regulators against Microsoft, the company's largest investor, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two long-term AI partners."

"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions, rebuking Trump (G. Elliott Morris/Strength In Numbers)
https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/no-kings-day-protests-turn-out-millions
http://www.memeorandum.com/250615/p13#a250615p13

lkml_reply: Linux kernel reply network
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