Drew Mochak

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Former Alaskan/bay area hippy, current southerner.
Whatsapp Accessibility specialist. Former Google alumnus.
Producer and voice actor for Worm full-cast Audiobook. I did one voice line for the Shadows over Cyberspace!
Twitch streamer. I beat The Last Of Us on grounded with the screen off!

Former host of _The Game Is Rigged!_ Podcast. Also did some reaper training back in the day. Still do some singing, drumming and producing.

pronounshe/him
My twitch page, where I livestream gameshttps://twitch.tv/object_inspace
My linked-in (I rarely check this)https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-mochak-15571172/
Use my TTS voice and give me pennies!https://elevenlabs.io/app/voice-lab/share/a585977f123e5c0fb79f7a8ea1710063491ffd15083e47c575e9c34a9f3d7cb4/t9pa8vZ7tCoTLCLirl6c
Mass Effect: Redux (my fanfiction project, please subscribe!)https://mass-effect-redux.ghost.io/
Talk to my AI agent! (at your own risk)https://elevenlabs.io/app/talk-to?agent_id=vuhWqTz5UZn8Isow117n
Drew Mochak4h ago
Drew Mochak4h ago
The Economist interviewed Tucker Carlson. They got completely dogwalked. They should shut down after this.
https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/a-conversation-with-tucker-carlson
A conversation with Tucker Carlson | The Economist Insider

Tucker Carlson is one of MAGA’s biggest stars. Millions listen to him every week, and his punditry has influenced Donald Trump’s presidency. Now, though, he’s become MAGA’s most prominent dissident. Mr Carlson has broken with the White House over the war in Iran, claiming that the conflict will prove catastrophic for the president’s movement—and for America. Mr Trump says that his onetime ally has lost his way. Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, sits down with Mr Carlson near his Florida home to ask about the fallout from the Iran war and whether MAGA can survive it.

Drew Mochak4h ago
The Economist interviewed Tucker Carlson. They got completely dogwalked. They should shut down after this.
https://www.economist.com/insider/the-insider/a-conversation-with-tucker-carlson
A conversation with Tucker Carlson | The Economist Insider

Tucker Carlson is one of MAGA’s biggest stars. Millions listen to him every week, and his punditry has influenced Donald Trump’s presidency. Now, though, he’s become MAGA’s most prominent dissident. Mr Carlson has broken with the White House over the war in Iran, claiming that the conflict will prove catastrophic for the president’s movement—and for America. Mr Trump says that his onetime ally has lost his way. Zanny Minton Beddoes, our editor-in-chief, sits down with Mr Carlson near his Florida home to ask about the fallout from the Iran war and whether MAGA can survive it.

Show threadDrew Mochak5h ago
@ppatel @tink But profitable!
Show threadDrew Mochak5h ago
@ppatel @tink I wonder if threads is possible? I don't imagine they make a public API available but maybe someone can reverse engineer it at the activitypub layer
Show threadDrew Mochak6h ago
@holly Good to know. Hmm. I may be out of options. I don't dislike the fairphone but it is not exactly meeting my needs at the moment. I was thinking about the clicks thing but the keyboard is too small, and clearly meant for thumb typers which is not what I want. I don't understand why they don't put the phone in landscape to make room for more keys.
Drew Mochak6h ago
Show threadParker Molloy6h ago
You remember Robert Mueller for failing to take down Donand Trump. I remember Robert Mueller for failing to take down the NFL. We are not the same.
Drew Mochak6h ago
Darrell Hilliker 👨‍🦯♾️📡9h ago

Fifty Years of Hard-Won Rights Are on the Line: The Fight to Save Section 504

Published in support of the National Federation of the Blind's March 2026 call to action. There is a lawsuit moving quietly through the American legal system right now that could undo five decades of civil rights progress for tens of millions of disabled Americans. It is called Texas v. Kennedy, and if you haven't heard of it yet, that is exactly the problem.

https://blindaccessjournal.com/2026/03/fifty-years-of-hard-won-rights-are-on-the-line-the-fight-to-save-section-504/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Fifty Years of Hard-Won Rights Are on the Line: The Fight to Save Section 504

Published in support of the National Federation of the Blind’s March 2026 call to action. There is a lawsuit moving quietly through the American legal system right now that could undo five d…

Drew Mochak6h ago
Stefan Bohacek6h ago

"As part of this, we are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad."

Nice to see that all that pushback has worked!

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/

#news #TechNews #technology #AI #LLMs #microsoft #windows #enshittification

Drew Mochak6h ago
The Intercept7h ago
"The government is turning into a one-way mirror: They see everything, while we see nothing." https://theintercept.com/2026/03/17/government-surveillance-centralized-database-privacy/
Trump Wants to Put You in a Massive, Secret Government Database

Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database. FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes.

The Intercept
Drew Mochak6h ago
josh's harp22h ago

It really bums me out that I keep seeing blog posts from technical people like "putting aside the obvious moral and ethical implications of LLMs, I'm interested in evaluating whether they can be useful for my work."

Like "putting aside the obvious moral and ethical concerns of breaking into my neighbours' houses, I'm interested in evaluating whether this can be useful for acquiring other people's valuables."