Ed Bott

@edbott

Tech journalist and author. Lifelong antifascist. Opinions are all my own but feel free to borrow. If you need to get in touch, there's a contact form on my website.

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Ed Bott@edbott· 1d

When scams fail…

A very bad scam email addresses to ##victim email##

Ed Bott@edbott· 2d

He is sealioning!

The great Wondermark cartoon that introduced the term sealioning

Ed Bott@edbott· 4d

When you’re just minding your own business and suddenly a ship full of Viking raiders shows up.

Ed Bott@edbott· 5d

As sunsets go this one was pretty spectacular.

A spectacular sunset with two black lines diving it horizontally and vertically

Ed Bott@edbott· 5d

Dear Amazon, I would like to report an error on your bestsellers chart.

Cover of The Odyssey, by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson. The text on the right reads "The Odyssey, by Emily Homer."

Ed Bott@edbott· 12d

It was Encyclpedia Americana in our house, and yes.

The Encyclopedia Americana volumes 7 through 12

Ed Bott@edbott· Jul 9

The Great Dealmaker does it again.

Headline: The Fight Over Hormuz Boils Down to One Poorly Worded Clause in Trump’s Deal

Ed Bott@edbott· Jul 4

Dueling headlines in the WSJ.

Two headlines from the Wall Street journal. Democrats are seizing on Trumps soaring wealth as a campaign opportunity and Trump attacks socialists as he speaks at Mount Ruahmore

Ed Bott@edbott· Jul 4

Happy Independence Day to all who celebrate.

A black t-shirt with "Maybe it will happen today" in white letters on the front.

Ed Bott@edbott· Jul 2

Maybe zoom out just a LITTLE bit more...

Dozens and dozens of red dots on a map; each is a house. The proposed data center would go in the upper left corner of the map.

Ed Bott@edbott· Jun 29

E. Jean Carroll right now singing “Bitch better have my money.”

New York Times headline reporting that Supreme Court declined to hear Trumps appealing the $5 million judgment E Jean Carroll for against him

Ed Bott@edbott· Jun 28

I detect no brain activity.

Ed Bott@edbott· Jun 25

I would it put it in third behind this one.

A cartoon with a boy in a cave telling three other children that the world is gone but they created some value for shareholders.

Ed Bott@edbott· Jun 23

We have reached Peak Bothsidesism.

NY times headline and summary: Mideast Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Offer Conflicting Accounts of Nuclear Discussions
President Trump said Iran had agreed to the “highest level” inspections, hours after an Iranian official said there were “no detailedu discussions on the nuclear issue,” as the two sides continued to present different narratives of their latest talks.

Ed Bott@edbott· Jun 18

Remember DOGE? Department of Government Efficiency rooting out waste?

NY Times headline ICE spent $700 million on 7 warehouses. Now it plans to sell or give away most of them.

Ed Bott@edbott· Jun 16

Every tweet is a confession.

Donald j Trump confessing to unconditional surrender

Ed Bott@edbott· Jun 2

Also, pretty sure the photographer captured Markwayne's soul (derogatory) with this photo.

An angry bearded man who looks like he has never klnown happiness.

Ed Bott@edbott· May 30

The virus is spreading.

Google search results for the term "how many days of the week have a fish in them"

AI Overview
Three days of the week have the word "fish" in them when spelled out: Tuesday**, Wednesday, and Friday.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Friday
AI can make mistakes, so double-check responses

Copilot responds to a search request

how many days of the week have a fish in them
Copilot said:
Copilot
It’s a wordplay riddle 🙂

Tuesday contains “tuna”
Sunday contains “sun”, as in sunfish
So the answer is:

👉 2 days

Ed Bott@edbott· May 30

Ed Bott@edbott· May 26

I just wanna say that this freeze frame makes him look like he got totally caught and has nothing to say. Alas, he kept talking.

A man who looks like he just got caught doing something very bad.

Ed Bott@edbott· May 25

Uh-oh, did we overshoot our landing?

Picture of a flight tracker from an airline seat back, with a large plane seemingly heading to Cuba instead of landing in North Carolina as expected

Ed Bott@edbott· May 21

This might be the funniest phishing phailure of all time.

A very bad phishing email with placeholders wheee the details are supposed to be.

Ed Bott@edbott· May 19

Oh FFS.

Book on Truth in the Age of A.I. Contains Quotes Made Up by A.I.
Steven Rosenbaum, author of “The Future of Truth,” said he had started his own investigation after The New York Times asked about the fake quotes.

Ed Bott@edbott· May 6

“Rhetorical leaps” is a real masterpiece that belongs at the top of the Times list of ways to avoid calling something a lie.

A NYTimes headline that reads the White House is insists the Iran War is over with a subhead that says they are turning to rhetorical leaps

Ed Bott@edbott· Apr 30

Burn it all down.

WSJ headline about rebooting the apprentice with don Jr.

Ed Bott@edbott· Apr 28

This is an actual, legitimate email from Apple Inc. You don't expect to see sloppy mail merge errors from a multi-trillion-dollar corporation!!

An email receipt from Apple that contains two glaring mail merge errors in the body, with @@SupportUrl%% and @@url@@ showing instead of the correct email and web addresses.

Ed Bott@edbott· Apr 23

what kind of odds can I get on polymarket that trump pardons this guy

Headline about a soldier makingbshit Rona of money bwttonf in a raid he was involved in

Ed Bott@edbott· Apr 16

Bunny has questions.

Ed Bott@edbott· Apr 16

Hey Gemini let's see if we can update that "Don't be evil" thing from way back when, because it seems to be getting in the way.

Hadline: Google and Pentagon discuss classified AI deal as company rebuilds military ties

Ed Bott@edbott· Apr 8

Bunny has questions.