Mike Elgan

@MikeElgan
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The world’s only cyberpunk non-fiction writer.
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Mike Elgan1d ago

Give the gift of a life-changing journey

https://gastronomad.net/blog/2025/12/24/give-the-gift-of-a-life-changing-journey

Mike Elgan2d ago

HEADLINE: "Grimes Says She Has AI Psychosis, Recommends You Should Get it Too"

ALT HEADLINE: "Raging Narcissist Panics After Discovering Nobody Is Talking About Her, Says Crazy Shit"

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grimes-ai-psychosis

Grimes Says She Has AI Psychosis, Recommends You Should Get it Too

Musician Claire "Grimes" Boucher called AI psychosis "fun," and then admitted that she suffers from it, too.

Futurism
Mike Elgan2d ago
Clapback of the moment:
Mike Elgan3d ago

Question of the moment: How did a fake, AI-generated clip get added to the DOJ's set of Jeffrey Epstein files. Seriously, by what actual process does that get included?

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-881066

DOJ briefly posts fake Epstein death video | The Jerusalem Post

The 12-second, computer-generated clip appeared without explanation as part of a broader release of Epstein-related files ordered by Congress in November.

The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
Mike Elgan3d ago

Map of the moment: "Lights up," which shows the increases in light seen from space because of Christmas decorations.

https://felt.com/map/Lights-up-XpwkrPrLQNSR9B4oJPlNTiD

Lights up! – Felt

The only cloud-native GIS platform.

Mike Elgan3d ago

Cybercrime of the moment: "pig butchering"

https://www.wired.com/story/expired-tired-wired-chinese-scammer-crypto-markets/

Chinese Crypto Scammers on Telegram Are Fueling the Biggest Darknet Markets Ever

Online black markets once lurked in the shadows of the dark web. Today, they’ve moved onto public platforms like Telegram—and are racking up historic illicit fortunes.

WIRED
Mike Elgan3d ago

Are the prediction markets taking bets on who will cause the Kessler Syndrome chain reaction? If so, what's the over/under on SpaceX?

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/starlink_satellite_fails_debris/

Starlink satellite fails, polluting orbit with debris and falling toward Earth

: Spacecraft set to burn up in a few weeks, but it could have been worse

The Register
Mike Elgan3d ago

Phrase of the moment: "machine gaze"

https://searchengineland.com/image-seo-multimodal-ai-466508

Image SEO for multimodal AI

Images are now parsed like language. OCR, visual context and pixel-level quality shape how AI systems interpret and surface content.

Search Engine Land
Mike Elgan4d ago

Phrase of the moment: "synthetic public opinion"

https://www.eweek.com/news/synthetic-public-opinion/

Mike Elgan4d ago
I celebrated my 18th year on Reddit today by posting a food pic, which was promptly removed for me violating some arcane, pointless bullshit that I don't have time to pay attention to.