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Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com Tips: matthew@404media.co // signal: 347 762-9212

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"It is obvious that the immediate destruction of the complete list of 66 cities would have an even more devastating effect on Russia" The earliest postwar American planning for waging a full-scale nuclear war from 1945

This week, for DOOMSDAY MACHINES: A dive into the military imagination of full-scale nuclear war, drawn up while the embers of World War II were still warm… doomsdaymachines.net/p/it-is-obvi...

06.03.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

There are about 20 of these photos. Just FYI

06.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe

06.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

06.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 2137 πŸ” 485 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 19

So there is a story about the "top 10 cities at risk during nuclear war" circulating in various tabloids/etc. with my name attached to it, and I will say that a) I never have (nor would) make such a list at all, and b) I never said any of the quotes attributed to me in the article.

06.03.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 365 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 7

This may sound insane but I can't help but see 15 years of unregulated Counter Strike connected child casinos as setting a dark precedent a lot of people ignored

06.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where things stand with the Department of War A statement from Dario Amodei

I think one of the most staggering industry shifts in my 16 years as a tech reporter is that it’s not become a question of β€œshould our product help the government kill and/or surveil people?” but β€œto what extent?”

www.anthropic.com/news/where-s...

06.03.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 1509 πŸ” 458 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 47

How many more Palmer Luckey profiles do you think the industry has in it?

06.03.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

06.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 6252 πŸ” 1233 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 88
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Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous β€˜Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

SCOOP: Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta, according to a court record reviewed by 404 Media.

05.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 2764 πŸ” 1517 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 382

If nothing else, AI psychosis makes me feel a lot more justified in my belief in tarot. That's archetypes motherfucker, that's states of being that persist across time and cultures

I'd rather light some candles and pour over cards than talk to an autocorrect machine pretending to be a President

05.03.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 84 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Only Nixon can enter China

05.03.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m not listening to dead robot George Washington unless it puts a collared shirt on, in which case I hope someone asks it what it makes of the amazing technology we now have that allows you to divine what long-dead people actually wrote and said.

05.03.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah, Glenn Beck's AI George Washington that sounds just like Glenn Beck is back. Wrote this up in December www.readtpa.com/p/glenn-beck...

05.03.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 254 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3
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Glenn Beck is summoning up an AI George Washington to ask him about Iran

05.03.2026 03:48 πŸ‘ 550 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 153 πŸ“Œ 280

kirking out, good god. not wrong though

05.03.2026 03:36 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
04.03.2026 23:58 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They have run the same bet for the last three years.

04.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

cyrpto is actually the perfect post apocalyptic currency if you think about it

04.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

honestly, fair

04.03.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry, I refuse to talk about the James Cameron movie when these topics collide. So you're gonna have to live with Peacewalker

04.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This was a very enjoyable deep dive on the state of AI-nuclear discourse and the analogy often drawn between transformative AI and the bomb.

04.03.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thank you?

04.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

there are probably Non Credible Defense posts I could not fathom

04.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the thing haunting me after this conversation:

Is the Air Force asking missileers if they have "relationships" with chatbots?

Proof that the AI and nuclear question is far weirder than we expected

04.03.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The β€˜AI as Nuclear Weapons’ Obsession AI enthusiasts love to say that the technology is as revolutionary and important as nuclear weapons.

thanks to @nktpnd.bsky.social for talking to me about the current obsession with seeing AI as nuclear weapons. A strange and useful (?) metaphor

04.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Death Is Not the End (Official Audio)
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Death Is Not the End (Official Audio) YouTube video by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
04.03.2026 18:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Polymarket's CEO Shayne Coplan has repeatedly called his betting site "the future of news." Why did they pull a wager on nuclear war by 2026? @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/polymarket-p...

04.03.2026 16:49 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 14

not for the past few years! but in 2026 ....?

04.03.2026 16:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0