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Last week I had the great honor to give a talk with my friend Malte about capitalism, (tech-)fascism and how it connects to "AI".
(Original title: “Fascist AI” talk at LOOPS)
https://tante.cc/2025/07/04/fascist-ai-talk-at-loops/

"Fascist AI" talk at LOOPS
The New Practice space at TU Berlin runs a series of talks called LOOPS. Together with my friend Malte I was invited to talk a bit about “Fascist AI”. How capitalism, fascism and AI narratives are very closely aligned and (re)produce one another. I enjoyed giving the talk (I rarely do those together with others) […]

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UnitedHealthcare sues The Guardian for defamation over a May 21 story about nursing home cost-cutting, accusing the outlet of capitalizing on its CEO's killing (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/04…

UnitedHealthcare lawsuit accuses Guardian of trying to ‘capitalize’ on CEO’s killing
UnitedHealth is being represented by Clare Locke, a firm that’s made a name for itself aggressively pursuing defamation lawsuits against the media.

And maybe we should talk about Trump having to be told what's in his executive orders? With Post-it notes?
Presidents have used autopens for decades. Now Trump objects to Biden's use of one | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-pardons-autopen-capitol-riot-1956c5dcb44ecba10cd9b01171ca9efa

to no one's great surprise, the nyt continues to suck https://bsky.app/profile/capitolhunters.bsky.social/post/3lt4dmcwiic23

capitolhunters (@capitolhunters.bsky.social)
The point here isn't to beat up on Jordan Lasker. It's to ask how the NYT called a white supremacist hack an "academic" when his only academic work of note was so awful that its ethical and scientific awfulness was a national scandal. No one even Googled. No one fact-checked this story AT ALL. 5/

Indian capital bans fuel for old cars in anti-pollution bid #India

Indian capital bans fuel for old cars in anti-pollution bid
India's capital banned fuel sales to aging vehicles on Tuesday as authorities try to tackle the sprawling megacity's hazardous air pollution.

US industrial companies, like Gates Industrial, are seeking to capitalize on the AI boom by ramping up efforts to supply specialized data center equipment (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7e4145d1-c614-4a81-bbb2-104e717bd3b1

Texas capital murder case aims to severely punish abortion pill use by treating a fetus as a person
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/5/2331145/-Texas-capital-murder-case-aims-to-severely-punish-abortion-pill-use-by-treating-a-fetus-as-a-person

But this makes me happy.
(My Iocaine mostly generates garbage based on Karl Marx' "Capital", I might add some more stuff in there)

Dem WA Gov Raises Pride Flag Over State Capitol - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/06/dem-wa-gov-raises-pride-flag-over-state-capitol/