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Technology therapist, gonzo designer, grey-hat historian. Los Angeles.

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zota@zota· 28d

that article isn't about the IRA—it's about a much smaller amount of cleantech investments post-IRA. archive.is/D3FfD And as it points out, the bulk of that money went to swing states, with Georgia an Michigan getting the most. Looking at the current races, was that a bad investment?

chart from Bloomberg showing GA MI and NC as the top recipients of Biden-era clean tech money

zota@zota· 29d

sick forearm ripples, bro.

AI generated CEO with a set of subcutaneous waves implanted in his arm, a one-eyed honk-nosed Green Man tatted on his tit, and his nipple modded to point directly at Hell. He is ready to punch your KPI's in the dick.

zota@zota· Jul 15

How do you ensure that the money only goes to the Democratic big city and it doesn't benefit any of the filthy rurals?

zota@zota· Jul 11

well well well, not so easy to implement a binary taxonomy that doesn't suck shit

Zoroaster having to once again explain Steely Dan to a non-believer

zota@zota· Jul 11

please label your AI generated images

AI generated image of a leaf-like object with a non-leaf shape, sitting on top of an interwoven tendril mesh

AI generated image of tree branches melting in to adjacent trees, with a deeply unreal depth of field

zota@zota· May 18

Bryan Ferry also bears an uncanny resemblance to Meatloaf's character Eddie.

publicity photo of Meat Loaf for Rocky Horror Picture show, or perhaps a photo of Bryan Ferry from Roxy Music. It's hard to tell.

zota@zota· Mar 18

Oops, you forgot the link: www.rcfp.org/high-court-r... You also cut off your screenshot in a weird place, since the next two paragraphs explain that the text you highlighted doesn't apply to Ohio's interpretation, which requires reckless disregard as to the falsity of the claims.

Recognizing the First Amendment concerns, some state high courts have said the false light claim does not exist, citing its similarity to libel.
Unlike libel, where journalists can use the truth of the allegedly damaging statement as a defense, false light claims can proceed even if nothing incorrect has been stated.

The Ohio Supreme Court in today's 5-2 decision said the claim does now exist in Ohio courts, saying that a "majority of jurisdictions in the United States have recognized" false light as a valid claim and that "the First Amendment concerns that some courts have raised in regard to false-light claims are overblown."

The court said that to sue in Ohio, a plaintiff must show that the defendant "had knowledge of or acted in reckless disregard as to the falsity of the publicized matter and the false light in which the other would be placed."

This "actual malice" standard is the same test that public figures must meet to sue for libel. Private figures in libel suits must meet a lower standard, showing that the defendant was negligent.

zota@zota· Jan 29

troll

zota@zota· Jan 2

A shoebill pundit in its native habitat, scanning the imperial horizon for prey

zota@zota· Dec 6

They did a good job editing away the glaring weirdness, and packaging it in a tear-jerker so you feel generous and glad. Truly insidious stuff, because it makes us distrust our kind emotions

AI generated video still of a three fingered woman holding a tribble. A pipe sculpture of some kind is attached to the wall.

zota@zota· Dec 6

It's a fake video and it was cruel disinformation to post it

Frame from a fake AI generated video.

In the foreground, and earhole melts into a neck shape. In the background, a tribe of faceless figures gaze at nothing, without any emotion. A headless blob sits on the floor.

zota@zota· Dec 1

This is slop. Don't post lies.

a woman in a fake AI generated video with one hand resting in a pan of hot gravy (?) and one hand with two fingers and no thumb holding a tool with a strange loop on one side

A menu in a fake AI generated video filled with alien language

The signs in a fake AI generated video, which contain nothing but meaningless squiggles

The ceiling in a fake AI generated video, the panels dripping and swooping at impossible angles, with something resembling a fan in one corner melted into an amoeba-like blob.

zota@zota· Nov 23

Watch out! My outfit's ridiculous! In the club looking so conspicuous! And rawr! These women all on the prowl! If you hold the head steady, I'ma milk the cow! And forget about game, I'ma spit the Truth! I won't stop 'til I get 'em in their birthday suit!

the Pope doing the Ludacris bars from Yeah

zota@zota· Nov 23

I went to a movie. How's your night going. You figure out how to click a link yet. archive.is/ORS6T

Sceenshot of Epstein files editorial at https://archive.is/ORS6T

zota@zota· Nov 14

More like "wants to put tongue in cheeks" if you catch my drift.

Olivia Nuzzi, standing on the very edge of the world in the wastelands of Malibu, the Pacific sun caressing her curvaceous body and shimmering through the gold of her tousled locks. Like a noir femme fatale, wears dark glasses hide her sultry eyes and a tight black dress that hides nothing.

The author totally wants to bone her ,,,,, ~ironically~

zota@zota· Oct 25

former Green Party member and allegedly Democratic senator Kyrsten Sinema in a fetching mango costume is looking upon your post with extreme skepticism

zota@zota· Oct 21

The helicopter directly overhead pushed the “stealth” button like fukin Blue Thunder. I thought that shit was fiction!

zota@zota· Sep 30

Earl from the comic Red Meat, doing his best Elon Musk impression

zota@zota· Sep 29

zota@zota· Sep 29

Always so pretty when sparkly little pieces fall off the rocket

SpaceX rocket launch from Vandenberg as seen from LA - a bright silver line in the dusk sky, headed east away from the sunset, visible between tree branches

zota@zota· Aug 31

the Wired editorial update noting the changes they had to make to the article after publication:

screenshot of editorial update to the Wired "dark money" article

Update: 8/28/2025, 7:00 PM EDT: Following the publication of this article, Graham Wilson of the Elias Law Group, whose participation in a Zoom call was reported upon, and who did not respond to WIRED's pre-publication email requesting comment, reached out to WIRED on several points. These include whether members of the cohort can publicly talk about working with Chorus, and Chorus's connection to Good Influence, both of which WIRED has clarified. We have also included comment from Wilson regarding Chorus placing "restrictions" on content, and whether V Spehar was included in any Chorus materials.

zota@zota· Aug 30

I try so hard to come up with freakish nightmare climate horror design fictions, and the Kingdom says: you are like little baby, watch this www.neom.com/en-us/region...

A computer generated hive-arcology grows out of a desert mountain like a massive fungus. Layers of gills rise over glowing mycelial threads, with thick fleshy ribbons sprouting luridly over it all, covered in glistening white secretions and dancing spores.

zota@zota· Aug 29

You clearly don't know any teachers, or pay any attention to what OpenAI is focused on

chatgpt website for an unregistered user has a single button for a specific user case—study

zota@zota· Aug 29

Anyone? Really? Tell me more Because that is ENTIRELY what this tool is designed to do.

a logged-out chatgpt window offering advice to a student about personal difficulties at school

zota@zota· Aug 26

How Americans Experience Their Government—Online

overlaping all-caps text hovering over a weirdly empty black field and a narrow paragraph of pablum

zota@zota· Aug 20

ah yes, "the Democrats"—one Bel Air movie mogul and... a Republican donor who gave Trump olympic medals. archive.is/3d8IV

Lansing is set to co-host the event with Casey Wasserman, the sports and entertainment mogul and chairman of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, which is handling logistics for the Summer Games in 2028. Mr. Wasserman is a longtime Democratic giver as well, but he has taken steps to ingratiate himself with the right as of late, giving Olympic medals to President Trump at the White House this month and donating to some Republicans during this election cycle.

zota@zota· Aug 17

Sir. At this time. I am going to have to ask you to step out of the vehicle.

a very real police officer of the real Police Force as you can tell by the word "POLICE" on her real uniform. if you do not obey her, your children will be killed.

zota@zota· Aug 7

zota@zota· Aug 7

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zota@zota· Jul 28

these pixels, bro don't take a Voight-Kampff test. you'll get retired so fast