In February, #Marc #Andreessen described the #Chatham #House group chats to the podcaster #Lex #Fridman as “the equivalent of [Soviet era] #samizdat”
“The combination of encryption and disappearing messages really unleashed it,” he said. The chats, he wrote recently, helped produce our national “vibe shift.”
They have rarely been discussed in public, though you can catch the occasional mention in, for instance, a podcast debate between #Mark #Cuban and the Republican entrepreneur #Vivek #Ramaswamy, which started in a chat.

But they are made visible through a group consensus on social media.
Their effects have ranged from the mainstreaming of the monarchist pundit #Curtis #Yarvin to a particularly focused and developed dislike of the former Washington Post writer #Taylor #Lorenz.

They succeeded at avoiding leaks (until, to a modest extent, this article) in part because of Signal’s and WhatsApp’s #disappearing #message features,
and in part because the groups had formed out of a mix of fear and disdain for journalists they believed were “out to get us,” as one member put it.
“People during 2020 felt that there was a monoculture on social media, and if they didn’t agree with something, group chats became a safe space to debate that, share that, build consensus, feel that you’re not alone,”
said #Erik #Torenberg, an entrepreneur who was the first employee of the tech community hub Product Hunt.
As #Krishnan was setting up a set of tech group WhatsApp chats at a16z, #Torenberg independently founded a group of tech chats on WhatsApp and some more political Signal chats.

“They’re having all the private conversations because they weren’t allowed to have the public conversations,” Andreessen told Torenberg on a recent podcast,
after claiming in the name of secrecy that he’d never heard of such groups.
“If it wasn’t for the censorship all of these conversations would have happened in public, which would have been much better.”
Their creations took off:
“It might not seem like it, because of all the sh*t that people still post on X, but the internet has fragmented,”
the Substack author #Noah #Smith wrote after my inquiries for this story spilled into public Saturday.
“Group chats are now where everything important and interesting happens.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america

Mark Zuckerberg 對 AI 前景樂觀　預測 AI 將於 18 個月內編寫 Meta 大部分代碼
Meta 總裁 Mark Zuckerberg 在最近在一個訪談中表示，他預計在未來 12 至 18 個月內，Meta 大部分代碼將由 AI 代理編寫。
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#人工智能 #AI #Mark Zuckerberg #Meta
https://unwire.hk/2025/05/01/mark-zuckerberg-predicts-ai-will-write-most-of-metas-code-within-12-to-18-months/ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mark-zuckerberg-predicts-ai-will-write-most-of-metas-code-within-12-to...

paranoid mark. #satire #meme #gorillavs100men #gorilla #whowouldwin #paranoia #mark #sadhungoverstoriesonpaper

[07:28] 'Met de doop van onze jongens zei God: Ik heb voor jou gekozen'

Als God al je hele leven met je meeloopt, gun je je kinderen die geborgenheid ook. Het was voor Mark (34) en Jitske (33) Haarsma uit Kootstertille dan ook geen vraag óf ze hun drie zoons lieten dopen in de kerk. ,,Ik voelde toen we daar stonden: ik hoef het niet alleen te doen.”

https://frieschdagblad.nl/geloven/Haarsma-46106209.html

#God #Mark #34 #Jitske #33 #Kootstertille #drie

G-Nitro’s Daily Music Wrap-Up - 4/07/25

I listen to a fIREHOSE album, and check out the latest releases from MARK, and Hiromi.

Favorite Videos include KyoungSeo's Beyond The Studio, Bad Bunny's Tiny Desk, and more!

https://g-nitro.com/g-nitros-daily-music-wrap-up-4-07-25

Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism

A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations and autism has been tapped by the federal government to conduct a critical study of possible links between the two,
according to current and former federal health officials.

The Department of Health and Human Services has hired
#David #Geier to conduct the analysis, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

Geier and his father, #Mark #Geier, have published papers claiming vaccines increase the risk of autism,
-- a theory that has been studied for decades and scientifically debunked.

David Geier was disciplined by Maryland regulators more than a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license.

He is listed as a data analyst in the HHS employee directory.

Public health and autism experts fear that choosing a researcher who has promoted false claims will produce a flawed study with far-reaching consequences.

They fear it will undermine the importance of the lifesaving inoculations
and further damage trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The government’s premier public health agency has stressed vaccination as the safest and most effective measure to control the spread of some contagious diseases,
including the growing measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/03/25/vaccine-skeptic-hhs-rfk-immunization-autism/

Americans aren’t waiting for the Democratic Party to take on Trump

In February, anti-Trump demonstrations took place in all 50 states, part of the of 50501 movement (which stands for 50 protests, 50 states, one day).

On March 15, thousands of people marched in New York City under the banner of public employee unions against the Trump/Musk cuts to public services.

The arrest of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a green-card-holding Columbia University graduate who played a prominent role in anti-Israel protests last year, has sparked an uproar over whether the Trump administration is violating the 1st Amendment by targeting immigrants for their political beliefs.

And God bless New York Rep. #Alexandria #Ocasio-#Cortez, 35,
and Vermont Sen. #Bernie #Sanders, 83, who are on the road in Western states with their
“Fighting Oligarchy” tour, which has drawn thousands of people to arenas this week in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.

There’s more.
“Missing member” events, for example, where voters are holding their own town halls because their Republican members of Congress are too afraid to face them.

In some cases, constituents step up to a microphone and pose questions to an empty chair.

In Wisconsin, Republican Rep. Derrick Van Orden did not show up at a town hall,
so a Democrat from a nearby district,
Rep. #Mark #Pocan,
came instead and spoke to 300 people next to an empty chair with Van Orden’s name on it.

Hundreds of healthcare workers demonstrated outside the Anaheim Hills office of Republican Rep. #Young #Kim the other day to protest expected cuts to Medicaid, the health safety net for more than 72 million low-income and disabled Americans.

And millions of Americans all over the country may answer the call on Saturday, April 5, for a
“Hands Off” protest organized by Indivisible,
the progressive grassroots group that got its start in 2017 when a handful of congressional staffers put together a handbook about peaceful, effective resistance to right-wing power grabs.

The “Hands Off” motto:
“They’re dismantling our country. They’re looting our government. And they think we’ll just watch.”
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-23/donald-trump-elon-musk-democratic-party-resistance-oppositionr

#mark : a visible sign or impression made or left upon anything

- French: note

- German: die Zeugnisnote

- Italian: marca

- Portuguese: marca

- Spanish: marca

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Word of The Hour's Annual Survey @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/form

Mark and Haechan dropped too and it's a spectacularly noir mv. I'm excited for his album.

MARK 마크 '+82 Pressin' (Feat. HAECHAN)' MV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAvDMSPt7BM

I have unsubscribed from #mark #rober a while a go because his #YouTube videos have been more and more #faked and targeted towards #advertising and selling of a product.

I do get that someone has to eat and pay bills, but fake videos either need to be disclosed as such or don't make them at all

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/verge/statuses/114180135397735630

[16:23] Smaakhuis Dwingeloo: een bakkerij en delicatessenwinkel met een vertrouwd gezicht: ‘Bakkerij werd gemist in het dorp’

De geur van versgebakken brood en ambachtelijke delicatessen vult de ruimte zodra je binnenstapt bij het Smaakhuis. In het hart van Dwingeloo hebben Mark en Annemarie Bergmans-Wesseling een nieuwe culinaire bestemming geopend, met een bekend gezicht achter de toonbank: Sjoerd de Jong.

https://dvhn.nl/drenthe/westerveld/Smaakhuis-opent-in-Dwingeloo-een-bakkerij-en-delicatessenwinkel-met-een-vertrouwd-gezicht-%E2%80%98Bakkerij-werd-gemist-in-het-45688115.html

#Smaakhuis #Dwingeloo #Mark #AnnemarieBergmans_Wesseling #Jong

Značka / Mark #mark #travel #tourist #hiking #photo #photography #documentary #nature #ua

There are literally billions of people on the internet of whom a few million think, that they can behave in a manner, in which they would not dare to do, if they would be standing right in front of you.

I've been around the internet block for a while; I know what Flame Wars are and I know what insults on the internet are, in comparison to real life

My motto is to behave in a manner in which you want people to behave towards you

If you meet a troll, simply Silence, mute or Block

[15:50] Wisseling van de wacht bij een van Nederlands oudste hotels. Hotel Wesseling uit Dwingeloo blijft na bijna vier eeuwen in de familie

Mark en Annemarie Bergmans-Wesseling van Hotel Grand Café De Brink en Hotel Wesseling in Dwingeloo stoppen ermee. Het echtpaar doet een stapje terug en draagt het familiebedrijf uit 1662 over aan oudste dochter Fleur Bergmans.

https://dvhn.nl/drenthe/westerveld/Wisseling-van-de-wacht-bij-een-van-Nederlands-oudste-hotels.-Hotel-Wesseling-uit-Dwingeloo-blijft-na-bijna-vier-eeuwen-i-45683156.html

#Mark #AnnemarieBergmans_WesselingvanHotelGrand #HotelWesseling #Dwingeloo #1662 #FleurBergmans

朱克伯格：Apple產品長期欠缺創新　「20 年後仍在吃喬布斯老本」
Meta 行政總裁 Mark Zuckerberg 近日接受 YouTuber Podcast 採訪時公開批評 […]
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#科技新聞 #Apple #Mark Zuckerberg #steve jobs
https://unwire.hk/2025/01/14/mark-zuckerberg-slams-apple/fun-tech/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mark-zuckerberg-slams-apple

White House unveils Cyber Trust Mark program for consumer devices

#cyber #mark #trust

https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/01/white-house-unveils-cyber-trust-mark-program-consumer-devices/401991/?utm_medium=erik.in&utm_source=mastodon

Weeee ... Mark's new single is an intense vibe .. ohhai Youngji!

MARK 마크 '프락치 (Fraktsiya) (Feat. LEE YOUNG JI)' MV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GS3nQQex1g

Today's New #Kpop (1216)

MARK - Fraktsiya(Feat. 이영지)
https://youtu.be/_GS3nQQex1g?si=XBlgYbxENfouKhPQ

#MARK #프락치 #이영지
#chart #top10korea

The #Russian experimental missile strike on the #Dnipro is nothing more than #Putin’s latest attempt to intimidate #Ukraine and the world with the possibility of a nuclear strike, said #Mark #Kansian, a senior adviser at the #Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.