Nostr notes by Josh Sternberg

The Onion print ads are true genius. There should be a coffee ...

2026-05-22T22:04:16Z

The Onion print ads are true genius.

There should be a coffee table book of these.
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“But how are we gonna pay for it?” should never be taken ...

2026-04-22T00:45:53Z

“But how are we gonna pay for it?” should never be taken seriously ever again when we want to pay for universal healthcare or universal basic income or any governmental service that helps millions of people.
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2014: Silicon Valley to journalists: “Learn how to code” ...

2026-03-17T02:09:35Z

2014: Silicon Valley to journalists: “Learn how to code”

2026: About that.

[www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/m...](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/magazine/ai-coding-programming-jobs-claude-chatgpt.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share )
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Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor, wasn’t allowed to use the word ...

2026-02-21T13:52:08Z

Tony Gilroy, creator of Andor, wasn’t allowed to use the word “fascism” during press junkets in 2025.

Interesting interview in The Hollywood Reporter.

[www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/andor-creator-tony-gilroy-gives-the-interview-1236510166/ )
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OpenAI fired one of its top safety execs, on the grounds of ...

2026-02-11T21:48:35Z

OpenAI fired one of its top safety execs, on the grounds of sexual discrimination, after she voiced opposition to the controversial rollout of AI erotica in its ChatGPT product.

OpenAI told her the term was related to her sexual discrimination against a male colleague.

[www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-executive-who-opposed-adult-mode-fired-for-sexual-discrimination-3159c61b?mod=hp_lead_pos9 )

[Exclusive | OpenAI Executive W...](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-executive-who-opposed-adult-mode-fired-for-sexual-discrimination-3159c61b?mod=hp_lead_pos9 )

Now think about what this will look like during future elections. ...

2026-01-03T01:41:38Z

Now think about what this will look like during future elections.

Nightmare fuel.

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quoting
note1jt8…aq2s

Wait. Did thousands of New Yorkers go to the Brooklyn promenade to wait for fireworks on NYE because TikTok and Insta AI accounts said there would be fireworks?

Holy shit we are cooked.

[www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yn91Ec/](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yn91Ec/ )

[so how did this fool us all?? ...](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yn91Ec/ )

Wait. Did thousands of New Yorkers go to the Brooklyn promenade ...

2026-01-03T00:58:52Z

Wait. Did thousands of New Yorkers go to the Brooklyn promenade to wait for fireworks on NYE because TikTok and Insta AI accounts said there would be fireworks?

Holy shit we are cooked.

[www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yn91Ec/](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yn91Ec/ )

[so how did this fool us all?? ...](https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yn91Ec/ )

Even now, 11 mos into a disastrous administration that has ...

2025-12-08T21:36:05Z

Even now, 11 mos into a disastrous administration that has upended how we live, the media exec class doesn't get it.

Trump doesn't give two shits about AI. Contrary to this lede, he's not betting his presidency on lightly regulate AI. He just wants to make more money

[www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...](https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/trump-ai-policy-gop-united-states )

[Behind the Curtain: Trump bets...](https://www.axios.com/2025/12/08/trump-ai-policy-gop-united-states )

it feels gross that Substack does auto/non-consensual sign-ups. ...

2025-12-03T12:02:21Z

it feels gross that Substack does auto/non-consensual sign-ups. It’s a pretty schlocky growth strategy.
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Fuck yes. ...

2025-11-26T20:11:31Z

Fuck yes.
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"The Washington Post said it, too, was impacted by the data ...

2025-11-14T20:12:54Z

"The Washington Post said it, too, was impacted by the data theft and extortion campaign targeting Oracle E-Business Suite customers, compromising human resources data on nearly 10,000 current and former employees and contractors."

[cyberscoop.com/washington-p...](https://cyberscoop.com/washington-post-oracle-clop-attacks/ )

[Washington Post confirms data ...](https://cyberscoop.com/washington-post-oracle-clop-attacks/ )

Here’s the thing about healthcare premiums about to skyrocket: ...

2025-11-13T01:51:21Z

Here’s the thing about healthcare premiums about to skyrocket: they will never come back down, short of a complete overhaul of our system for universal healthcare. Which clearly won’t happen bc of all the money tied up between health and politics.

Democrats ran the table on Tuesday at state and local levels, ...

2025-11-09T21:07:04Z

Democrats ran the table on Tuesday at state and local levels, getting not just its base excited but “normies” fed up over the last 10mo, so of course national Democrats want to do everything to pop the air in the balloon.

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quoting
note1el0…ruy5

At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and Sideshow Bob are advising Chuck Schumer.

At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and ...

2025-11-09T20:51:38Z

At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and Sideshow Bob are advising Chuck Schumer.

For schools that are ostensibly filled with the smartest of ...

2025-11-07T18:29:34Z

For schools that are ostensibly filled with the smartest of smarty pants, the Ivy Leagues sure are pretty dumb.

(But also: the law firms and businesses and universities that all pay the Trump vig are often run by Ivy grads. It’s a cabal. They all agree with a segregated society—from race to class)
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As I'm watching the ongoing destruction of things, due in ...

2025-11-06T16:29:00Z

As I'm watching the ongoing destruction of things, due in large part to billionaire white men, I've been thinking about David Karp, Tumblr founder who seems to have ... disappeared?

This was his last tweet, from 2020:
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Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. ...

2025-11-02T04:13:26Z

Fwiw, it’s nice to have a place to chat during a live event. That was one of the things that Twitter was great for. Before the dark times. Before the empire.

Went to the 2nd grader’s Halloween parade, and there were some ...

2025-10-31T18:17:21Z

Went to the 2nd grader’s Halloween parade, and there were some fantastic costumes, but these two 5th grade teachers won the prize in my eyes.
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This left hand column on the WSJ homepage right now. What a ride. ...

2025-10-28T14:12:33Z

This left hand column on the WSJ homepage right now.

What a ride.
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“The president demolished the White House.” “The president ...

2025-10-22T23:36:42Z

“The president demolished the White House.”

“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”

“The president is why life is more expensive today.”

“The president was besties with Epstein.”

Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.

You work hard as a journalist. You lead with empathy, and you ...

2025-10-06T12:37:08Z

You work hard as a journalist. You lead with empathy, and you sweat details. You operate in good faith. You believe in honesty and truth. You get yelled at by the president of the United States. You worry that you'll get laid off. Again and again.

And then you see this. [www.wsj.com/business/med...](https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramount-buys-bari-weisss-the-free-press-for-150-million-737a94eb?mod=hp_lead_pos2 )

[Paramount Buys Bari Weiss’s th...](https://www.wsj.com/business/media/paramount-buys-bari-weisss-the-free-press-for-150-million-737a94eb?mod=hp_lead_pos2 )

Trump in the last two weeks: -Uses DOJ to go after political ...

2025-10-06T03:58:09Z

Trump in the last two weeks:
-Uses DOJ to go after political enemies
-Holds press conference to say Tylenol causes autism
-Shuts down the government
-Sends troops from red states to blue states

He must have done some really bad stuff that got put into the Epstein files.

NJ PBS shutting down next summer. “15yrs ago Gov. Christie ...

2025-09-23T23:31:40Z

NJ PBS shutting down next summer.

“15yrs ago Gov. Christie ended 4 decades of state funding for public TV, forcing them to find a new funder. The state cut $750k in funding this yr, but that was hardly the fatal blow; that came from the end of federal funds.”

[newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-je...](https://newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-jersey-pbs-shutting-down-in-july/ )

[New Jersey PBS shutting down i...](https://newjerseyglobe.com/media/new-jersey-pbs-shutting-down-in-july/ )

This is, I think, the best push alert and makes me wonder why ...

2025-09-22T21:59:57Z

This is, I think, the best push alert and makes me wonder why this directness isn’t the norm.
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Remember the story from 48 hours ago when the president publicly ...

2025-09-22T12:22:19Z

Remember the story from 48 hours ago when the president publicly told his attorney general that she needs to prosecute his political enemies?

Neither do our most read newspapers.

Today’s front pages.

Agenda setting is media telling us what to think about. They are telling us to think abt Kirk.
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Three days later: RE: ...

2025-09-19T02:02:37Z

Three days later:

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quoting
note1d8u…cvmx

A story over 90 years:

1933: Hitler puts aside aim to be dictator
2023: Trump Says He Wouldn’t Be a Dictator, ‘Except for Day 1’
2025: White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups
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It's wild to me how ostensibly smart people cannot/could ...

2025-09-17T18:26:42Z

It's wild to me how ostensibly smart people cannot/could not/will not see what is so obvious.

Mike Masnick (npub1x7v…70d5) nails it. And my hunch is we'd be a better society if the Very Serious People with the Very Serious Ideas opened their fucking eyes.

[www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/the-debate-me-bro-grift-how-trolls-weaponized-the-marketplace-of-ideas/ )
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A story over 90 years: 1933: Hitler puts aside aim to be dictator ...

2025-09-15T21:28:31Z

A story over 90 years:

1933: Hitler puts aside aim to be dictator
2023: Trump Says He Wouldn’t Be a Dictator, ‘Except for Day 1’
2025: White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups
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Fantastic reporting from the NYT. "JPMorgan ultimately ...

2025-09-08T12:18:30Z

Fantastic reporting from the NYT.

"JPMorgan ultimately processed more than $1 billion for him and warned senior mgmt abt his suspicious activities. But on at least 4 occasions over 5 yrs, the bank’s leaders overrode those objections and continued to serve Epstein."

[www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/m...](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-jp-morgan.html )

[How JPMorgan Enabled the Crime...](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-jp-morgan.html )

Atlanta Journal-Constitution to end its print edition on Dec. 31. ...

2025-08-29T22:02:25Z

Atlanta Journal-Constitution to end its print edition on Dec. 31. after 157 years of publishing a newspaper.

[www.ajc.com/opinion/2025...](https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2025/08/a-new-chapter-for-the-ajc/ )

[A new chapter for the AJC](https://www.ajc.com/opinion/2025/08/a-new-chapter-for-the-ajc/ )

Got my @npub1x7v…70d5 “One Billion Users” card game and ...

2025-08-21T18:37:33Z

Got my Mike Masnick (npub1x7v…70d5) “One Billion Users” card game and looking forward to game night this weekend!
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The Washington Post engaging in "debate" on this shit is ...

2025-08-12T22:15:36Z

The Washington Post engaging in "debate" on this shit is terrifying.

This shit is dark -- laundering bad-faith morons like this. Without mRNA, we don't have Covid vaccines; we don't have potential for other vaccines and cures.

They want to kill us.

[www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/08/12/nih-mrna-vaccines-jay-bhattacharya/ )
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NEW: Foot traffic fell 9% y/o/y at American Eagle stores for the ...

2025-08-11T19:17:42Z

NEW: Foot traffic fell 9% y/o/y at American Eagle stores for the week that began August 3, marking the 2nd week of traffic declines since the retailer launched its controversial campaign featuring actor Sydney Sweeney

[www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025...](https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/08/11/exclusive-foot-traffic-down-9-at-american-eagle-following-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy )

[Exclusive: Foot traffic down 9...](https://www.retailbrew.com/stories/2025/08/11/exclusive-foot-traffic-down-9-at-american-eagle-following-sydney-sweeney-ad-controversy )

A company whose shares have dropped 23.42% in 7 months, whose ...

2025-08-04T20:19:50Z

A company whose shares have dropped 23.42% in 7 months, whose sales have dropped 13% from the same time period last year, whose biggest 'innovation' was a truck that only sold 4,306 units in the last 90 days, and whose CEO flashed multiple Sieg Heils rewarded its CEO w/a $29 billion comp package.

"LinkedIn has quietly stripped explicit protections for ...

2025-07-31T20:42:09Z

"LinkedIn has quietly stripped explicit protections for transgender and nonwhite users from its English-language hate speech rules, repeating a playbook now familiar to LGBTQ+ advocates tracking the rollback of content safeguards across major social media platforms."
[www.advocate.com/news/linkedi...](https://www.advocate.com/news/linkedin-transgender-deadnaming-misgendering-policy )

[LinkedIn exposes transgender u...](https://www.advocate.com/news/linkedin-transgender-deadnaming-misgendering-policy )

The clarity of @npub1x7v…70d5: "Most people aren’t ...

2025-06-20T18:45:22Z

The clarity of Mike Masnick (npub1x7v…70d5): "Most people aren’t looking for a debating arena. They want to talk with people they like about topics they care about—whether that’s knitting, local politics, or professional interests."

[www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/c...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/community-and-choice-are-not-bubbles/ )

[Community And Choice Are Not B...](https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/20/community-and-choice-are-not-bubbles/ )

It's hysterical that there are people Googling "how to ...

2025-01-09T20:29:30Z

It's hysterical that there are people Googling "how to delete Facebook". Though, with how terrible Google search is, I am genuinely curious if these people were able to get the answer they needed!

[techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/g...](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/google-searches-for-deleting-facebook-instagram-explode-after-meta-ends-fact-checking/ )

[Google searches for deleting F...](https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/google-searches-for-deleting-facebook-instagram-explode-after-meta-ends-fact-checking/ )

As debate and discussion are happening about content moderation ...

2024-12-11T22:10:00Z

As debate and discussion are happening about content moderation and banning accounts here, I suggest playing Mike Masnick (npub1x7v…70d5)'s game -- Trust and Safety Tycoon -- that shows just how hard ~all this~ is:

[trustandsafety.fun](https://trustandsafety.fun/ )

[Trust & Safety Tycoon](https://trustandsafety.fun/ )