Joseph Gonzalez

Joseph Gonzalez

@meskin84.bsky.social

The authority on all things cool

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Part of the statement from the Hood County, Texas constable (that's where I live!) explaining why Hood County has ended it's relationship and covered up all of the Flock cameras in the county. There were only three, and this decision was made back in April, but hell yes.

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Working with the fantastic @danettechavez.bsky.social at AV Club to explore tech and culture's increasingly fraught relationship! my first piece is about the wonderful streaming service our government provides. I'm celebrating by watching Frontline.

The A.V. Club@avclub.com

The streaming app is a one-stop shop for understanding the world we live in. www.avclub.com/pbs-best-str...

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It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

ms.nowThe Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook familiesThe Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.

Men: The male loneliness epidemic is really a problem. Me: So, like, maybe make yourself likable? Men: Fuck you, you beta cuck! I bet you like purple-haired bitches! Me: Oh, ok (walks away) Men: See? Men don’t support men!

Why are they doing this? What could possibly be the “good reason”?

Proton@proton.me

REMINDER FOR INSTAGRAM USERS: Starting this Friday, May 8th, Instagram DM's will no longer be end-to-end encrypted. Read more about it here: https://proton.me/blog/instagram-end-to-end-encryption

The biggest problem I have right now with A.I. is that it’s removing computing power from the consumer. Pricing out the pc builders, the gamers and even the raspberry pi creators. Eventually a few small companies will be the only ones deciding when/how we compute.

Imagine being JD Vance. Letting MAGA supporters talk shot about your wife and your kids for not being purebred whites…supporting President Frump, and then being pushed aside like a piece of trash for Elon’s pasty ass. Like, damn, bro…that’s cucking on a whole other level!

The amount of pure garbage I receive on my Google iPhone app is pathetic. Nothing but garbage, ad-littered, SEO bullshit. If I could choose my own sources, that’d be awesome, unfortunately Google makes money by shoveling shit.

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Earlier this year, YouTube changed the web embed we use to disable the title link back to YouTube, which everyone hates -- I get notes about it all the time. Re-enabling that link would require us to... make less money on our work. Super cool all around: www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/2...

theverge.comYouTube quietly made some of its web embeds worse, including oursHere’s why you can’t click the title to go back to YouTube on our videos

I honestly don’t know how to give a fuck anymore. During Trump’s first run up to election, the 24/7 news cycle was driving me into a depression. His whole presidency had me a whirlwind of emotions. At this point. Every headline about his cabinet picks, his positions, his executive orders, 1/2

his policies, etc., they all just have me shrugging saying, “Fuck it.” I have two fucking jobs to pay the bills, my wife works 50+ hours a week. If the limp dicks who run this country can’t stop him and his bullshit, if they’re going to sit there, thumbs up their asses, the fuck can I do?

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To the “high road” Democratic leaders who say Biden should pardon Trump, knock it off. What the hell kind of a message do you think that would send? We need to fight autocracy, not flirt with it.

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I could not have been clearer about this

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

Trump says that RFK Jr. is going to look into whether childhood vaccines cause autism. This has already been “looked into”, extensively, rigorously, and repeatedly, by people with knowledge and training in medicine and public health. There is no evidence that vaccines cause autism.

As an annual subscriber, I will be telling my friends and family I’m an official Lightning Round sponsor for @theverge.com Vergecast. I am, however, a proponent of a free press, so, I will not be using any of my financial pull to influence the journalistic integrity of the site.

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Replying to @reckless.bsky.social

We are in extremely odd and dangerous times for the First Amendment and press freedom specifically, but the root cause of our poisoned information ecosystem is broken networks owned by literal adversarial interests!

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It’s weird to think Musk owning X and other billionaires owning whatever newspapers and cable networks is a problem but not think China running TikTok is a problem

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🚨 We’re in the top 10 for all movies on Peacock today! So overwhelmed by the response. 🫶 Thanks for streaming Deck the Walls!! ❤️💚🎄🛠️🪜 #deckthewalls #countdowntochristmas