Mastodawn

ICE apparently staged out of the parking lot of the Star market on Beacon this morning. Word is that they headed into Cambridge. If you see them, call LUCE: 617-370-5023

tylercheung Mar 14

Asymco Mar 14

The most brilliant move in corporate history?

https://asymco.com/2026/03/10/the-most-brilliant-move-in-corporate-history/

The most brilliant move in corporate history?

In a bold departure from its Big Tech peers, Apple sidestepped the $650 billion AI infrastructure spending frenzy, a move likened to opting out of purchasing the US Navy annually. While Amazon, Goo…

Asymco

tylercheung Mar 4

Daring Fireball Mar 4

★ Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo
https://daringfireball.net/2026/03/599_not_a_piece_of_junk_macbook_neo

Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo

The MacBook Neo is the first major new Mac aimed at the consumer market in the Apple Silicon era. It’s meant to make a dent — perhaps a minuscule dent in the universe, but a big dent in the Mac’s share of the overall PC market.

Daring Fireball

tylercheung Feb 25

Joe Feb 21

This is fucking wild, especially TikTok’s responses https://www.ign.com/articles/tunic-night-in-the-woods-publisher-says-tiktok-is-creating-and-running-racist-genai-ads-for-its-games-without-permission

Tunic, Night in the Woods Publisher Says TikTok Is Creating and Running Racist GenAI Ads for Its Games Without Permission - IGN

Publisher Finji says that TikTok has been using generative AI to modify its ads on the platform without permission and pushing those ads to its users without Finji's knowledge, including at least one ad that was modified to include a racist, sexualized stereotype of one of Finji's characters.

IGN

tylercheung Feb 21

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Timnit Gebru (she/her).Feb 20

And so-called western left will figure out how to frame it as a "western imperialism" issue and gaslight victims who don't align with that perspective, or pretend it isn't happening, like Sudan.

tylercheung Feb 21

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Timnit Gebru (she/her).Feb 20

In the last one they were allied through hate of Tigrayans, jointly committing #TigrayGenocide. Now they're going at each other. Inconceivable after just having gone through deadliest war of the 21st century thus far.

My brain can't process that this is happening.

And so-called "international community" will only step in to stop victims from fleeing or to pillage the resources, continuing the cycle.

tylercheung Feb 21

Timnit Gebru (she/her).Feb 20

Ethiopia and Eritrea are preparing for full-scale war again. One side backed by the UAE and the Nobel Peace Prize (thank you again for awarding the peace prize to a genocider), another side backed by Egypt and the Saudis. My whole life has been wars between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

It is inconceivable that these shameless people are going back to war, before people have even finished counting their dead from the last one.

tylercheung Feb 21

The Verge Feb 20

America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater https://www.theverge.com/transportation/882194/america-auto-backwater-ev-loss-detroit-trump-emissions

America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater

US automakers are pulling back on EVs after recording over $50 billion in collective losses. Trump wants to speed the process by wiping out emission rules. How did things go so wrong?

The Verge

Major government research lab appears to be squeezing out foreign scientists
"Noncitizens" lost after-hours access to a NIST lab last month.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/major-government-research-lab-appears-to-be-squeezing-out-foreign-scientists/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social