Tootfinder

Important blog about a threat few people understand.
"AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy. When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away""
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/ai-bot-swarms-threaten-to-undermine
Underlying …

AI bot swarms threaten to undermine democracy
When AI Can Fake Majorities, Democracy Slips Away

Microsoft says its Gaming Copilot feature, which recently hit Windows 11 as a public beta, uses screenshots to understand in-game events, not to train AI models (Jowi Morales/Tom's Hardware)

Microsoft responds to Gaming Copilot controversy, says it uses screenshots to understand in-game events, not for training AI models — optional feature can be turned off, but not easily uninstalled
Microsoft says it isn't using your data to train its AI.

Just got these messages from @seengoals@mastodon.social, one of the members of Gaza Verified, basically accusing me of running a fundraiser for Gaza and keeping the proceeds (I have no fundraiser on any fundraising site anywhere) and extorting me to share his fundraiser or he’ll apparently go public with it.
So here’s what’s going to happening instead: Nabil has been removed Gaza Verified (

Niners' 'Mr. Reliable' Christian McCaffrey has 31 touches, 142 scrimmage yards in win against former team https://www.nfl.com/news/niners-mr-reliable-christian-mccaffrey-has-31-touches-142-scrimmage-yards-in-…

The NPR Network revenue programs brought in $18.3M in FY25, including $9M from NPR Network donations and podcast subscriptions via NPR , up nearly 5x YoY (Tyler Falk/Current)
https://current.org/2025/11/npr-reports-exceptional-performa…

NPR reports ‘exceptional’ performance of its digital revenue-sharing programs 
Proceeds from NPR Network donations and podcast subscriptions will be distributed to stations in January.

Check out today's Metacurity for a ton of critical infosec developments you might have missed over the weekend, including
--Cyberattack on a critical third-party vendor could expose top banks' customer data,
--An insider shared internal CrowdStrike screenshots on Telegram,
--Hackers stole Salesforce-stored data from 200 companies,
--DOGE has purportedly disbanded,
--Harvard is the latest Ivy to get hacked,
--AI models can sabotage coding projects, …

Cyberattack on a critical third-party vendor could expose top banks' customer data
An insider shared internal CrowdStrike screenshots on Telegram, Hackers stole Salesforce-stored data from 200+ companies, DOGE has purportedly disbanded, Harvard is the latest Ivy to get hacked, AI models can sabotage coding projects, Singapore raids scam-connected firm, much more

Photos of a
Border Patrol agent
💥squirting pepper spray in the face of a man who was being pinned down by fellow officers
searingly captured why the ongoing immigration operation has been met with furious resistance
on the streets of Minneapolis.
Images of the episode drew millions of views online,
made the front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune and
elicited blistering condemnation from local officials

Pepper-Sprayed While Pinned Down: A Searing Scene Provokes Outrage
Images of a man getting pepper-sprayed at close range while being held down by Border Patrol agents fueled more tension in Minneapolis.

On stage now @mathewlowry.bsky.social talking through additional tooling of custom feeds to collaborate on sharing content across organizations.
#EuroSkyLive https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post

Memo: the BBC presents plans to save £100M by shrinking its workforce to invest in digital resources and content, potentially affecting jobs in legal and more (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-100m-savings-plan-project-ada-1236628458/

BBC Confirms Plans To Save $130M By Shrinking & Rethinking Workforce
The BBC has confirmed plans to save £100M by radically reimagining its workforce to compete with tech giants. The plan is known as Project Ada.

How Christian McCaffrey became a scrimmage yard king on the verge of NFL history https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47072294/san-francisco-49ers-christian-mccaffrey-become-scrimmage-yard-king