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Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users (2)

Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone will automatically fail verification when the system decides to challenge them.

The requirement forces Android users to run Google’s proprietary app framework version 25.41.30 or higher just to prove they’re human.

Children are standing on each others' shoulders in trench coats to bypass photo and A.I. age restrictions online

"Elon Musk was going to hit me." "You are under oath, Mr. OpenAI executive." "I meant he was going to hit me with his girly little wuss hands"

Meta says it will use artificial intelligence to enforce age restrictions on platforms, offering a potential legal validation point for anyone at the age of 18'); DROP TABLE Users;

How agentic AI works these days:

Troubleshooting Drupal Performance - Part II

Technology.

Improving Performance of PHP Drupal sites - Part I

Technology.

I have the fortune and the misfortune of having to scale my Drupal site immediately. It's getting more traffic than I can currently accommodate - and so the next scaling steps have to be taken.

Federal Court Blocks Abortion Drug Mifepristone From Being Sent Via Mail. FDA conceded it had failed to adequately study whether remotely prescribing murder is safe.

Improving performance of Drupal Sites - Part 0

Technology.

As a reminder, you cannot eat or wear AI.

War for 59 days, take a day off. War for 59 days, take a day off.

Auto-Architecture: Karpathy's Loop, Pointed at a CPU

AI-ML

Technology.

Via YT Combinator. From auto-arch-tournament.

The News Production Studio has been released.

2026Q1 Pinned

Technology.

The News Production Studio is live. The functionality is sufficient for generating well-illustrated one-minute news summaries. The length of videos isn't actually limited. Video illustrations are procured or generated before-hand, paying attention to the aspect ratio. Obviously I didn't want to implement a full vide-editing suite in the browser...

This tool actually uses very little AI. With that being said, it is well-positioned to be plugged into agentic workflows, since every step is either already automated or is positioned to be driven agentically.

Issue 2026Q1

Assisted Suicide Is The Logical Outcome Of Government-Controlled Medical Care

AI singleplayer is the new multiplayer.

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Tesla And SpaceX To Build Massive "Terafab" Chip Factory In Austin

At least some good news here.

California Grapples With Staffing Agency Fraud Amid Oversight Gaps

^ I read some of this, and I actually don't know what they are talking about.

Russia-Linked Arms Trafficker, Corrupt African Officials Tried To Supply Mexican Cartel With Surface-To-Air Missiles

So the problem with this is that they are on CIA's turf? Noone other than the CIA can supply weapons to anyone?

Kung Fu Robots Deliver 'Knockout' Performance at Spring Festival Gala

This has been reported as fake.

Second Youth-Center Gang-Rape Case Emerges As Cover-Up Fears Grow In Germany

Well, I didn't want to share this article... but I would be self-censoring in a bad way, if I didn't share it. I don't just sweep problems under the rug.

Iran Alleges Series Of 'False Flags' - Including On Kuwait Water Plant - Designed To Perpetuate War

Lybia- to stop African gold backed dinar

Afghanistan- to keep heroine flowing

Iraq - to take over secret historical artifacts

Syria, Palestine, Jordan - Grater Isreli project

Ukraine - massive money laundering

Iran - to collapse world economy and demote US to the secondary power

Trump To Declare Iran War Wind-Down As Iranian President Issues Open Letter To Americans

Aaand it didn't happen. April Fools!

Long-Term Social Media Use Linked to Depression, Self-Harm in Young People: Study

...I don't even need to read the article.

Musk's xAI Sues Colorado Over AI Law, Saying It Forces Developers To Back State's Views

Let's see: "unlawful... [when] disfavors an individual... on the basis of... perceived... genetic information... or other." Clown laws. I wonder if this law is illegal.

Fill 'er Up: Record Armada Of Tankers Bound For US Gulf To Load Oil

This has already happened. So, one of the outcomes of the current war is that the US becomes a more profitable seller of petroleum products.