Flutterby™! (short)

Perfection https://thehardtimes.net/blog/...of-a-known-rapist-and-pedophile/

I mean, yes, you should go to Bandcamp and buy Megan Lynch's Songs The Warner Brothers Taught Me, but no, Chrome Gemini Assistant thing, FiddleStar is Megan Lynch Chowning, a completely different person.

(I'm trying to have informed conversations at work about these stupid things, I'm constantly amazed at how wrong they are.)

Most Consumers Are Aware of AI, but One-Third Don’t Want It in Their Devices, Circana Reports

CHICAGO – January 27, 2026 – Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more commonplace in the eyes of many consumers, but there are still hurdles to overcome in getting the masses to adopt these capabilities as benefits in their devices. According to “The Evolving Ecosystem”, a recent Connected Intelligence® report from Circana, LLC, 86% of U.S. consumers 18+ are aware of AI in smartphones and other technology devices, but 35% of them are not interested in AI in their devices.

Via PC Gamer: One-third of consumers don't want AI on their devices, report finds, and it's not because they don't understand it: They just don't need it

The problem with AI isn't that it's not been clearly explained. The problem is, it sucks.

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Mike Taylor 🦕 @mike@sauropods.win

I was thinking about how strange it is that the cupboard in a bathroom is called a "vanity unit", and then I got to thinking, what if all your furniture was named after the seven deadly sins?

* Bathroom cupboard = vanity unit

* Paid-work office = avarice unit

* Computer gaming station = anger unit

* Device running social media = envy unit

* Bed = lust unit

* Induction hob = gluttony unit

* Sofa = sloth unit

Gizmodo: Why Cops Frequently Got Caught Planting Drugs in 2017. tldr: They were still getting used to the technology, and didn't realize that when they pushed the "record" button the recording included the previous 30 seconds during which they were actively planting the drugs.

Now, presumably, they've learned to wait.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK — FLYCATCHER CORP. LTD and FLYCATCHER TOYS, INC., Plaintiffs, -v.- AFFABLE AVENUE LLC, doing business as CJ DIST; OZMOS COMPANY LLC; EYTAN GROSSMAN, doing business as EYG DEALS; CREATIVE REWARDS INC.; JOSHUA CHAVEZ, doing business as ONESTOPFASTSHOP; TOP EXPERIENCE COMPANY LLC, doing business as WE PAY COST LLC; PRETTY PRINCESS LLC, doing business as NORVI; AYANEE LLC; FORTUNA KG LLC, doing business as FORTUNAKG; JAXSON MANAGEMENT LLC; JOAN ALEXANDER SORIANO, doing business as PRIMECHOICEMART; A WAHABI CORPORATION, doing business as MCPROFITS; MODA ORIGINAL LLC; VALLEY BODEGA WHOLESALE INC.; EYAD WAHBY; SAM SHAMLOO; S&N GLOBAL SUPPLY INC.; VALUE VALLEY WHOLESALE LLC; ADAM HAMIDA; and JOHN DOES 1 to 25, Defendants.

The whole thing is delicious, it's a lawyer repeatedly fucking himself up by depending on Google search and LLMs.

On August 22, 2025, the Court held a conference to discuss Mr. Feldman’s conduct. It set out to understand how his citation errors came to be and to what extent he used AI assistance to generate his submissions to the Court. The Court began by placing Mr. Feldman under oath (Dkt. #223 (“Tr.”) at 4-5) and then proceeded to ask him a series of questions.

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SuspectFile: Assault on Independent Journalism: Unfounded Legal Attacks over the Black Basta Investigation

In which the SuspectFile folks go through entirely too much effort and energy to demonstrate to The Hacker News’ law firm, Dennemeyer & Associates, that they're full of shit and need to stop with the false copyright claims.

This kinda stuff is why fraudulent DMCA claims really need some teeth. Pulling stunts like this really needs to hurt the fraudsters enough that it's a career limiting maneuver.

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