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Last Notes npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Happy Juneteenth. Remember when we were hopeful about the future? https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/780/027/680/136/988/original/dcad0e58fdcbd808.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Every story about how some professional organization submitted work full of AI hallucinations, shows how little the work output is actually vetted at these places. https://www.ft.com/content/a61cbcae-95e4-4449-86e1-ef40fb306f4e npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo A different kind of AI productivity gain. Firefox found and fixed 423 security bugs compared to 31 at the same time last year, after using Anthropic’s unreleased Mythos model. “These things are actually just suddenly very good” Brian Grinstead, a distinguished engineer at Mozilla, told TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/how-anthropics-mythos-has-rewritten-firefoxs-approach-to-cybersecurity/ https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/536/350/148/373/783/original/9e08eacc59a91d7d.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo This is one of the reasons that Anthropic’s warnings ring hollow. It appears hypocritical to constantly warn that AI will lead to mass layoffs while building the leading tool(s) driving mass layoffs in the software industry. There is no “human cloning is bad but we’re the top human cloning company” CEO on TV. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/474/293/634/053/979/original/4eb98a19238a2a5a.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The governor of Maine has vetoed a bill that would have banned datacenter construction in the state until November 2027. She said while she shares the concerns about the impact of data centers on electricity prices and the environment, the bill did not exempt a specific project which was supposed to bring jobs and investment to a town that’s going through economic hardships after a mill was shut down in 2023. https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/24/maine-gov-mills-vetoes-data-center-bill-00891762 https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/466/063/606/416/792/original/87fd391ddc24f908.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo OpenAI recently turned heads with its $850B valuation during its last funding round and now it’s Anthropic’s turn to impress. Claude’s parent company is now trading at $1T on secondary markets based on how much people are willing to buy shares from insiders. Sucks we have to wait for the IPO. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/453/893/609/064/902/original/525132a7f3c4fd10.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Steve Yegge doubles down on his assertion that Google’s devs are being left behind because they’re forced to use internal coding tools instead of Claude Code. Since his original tweet Googlers have shared that while DeepMind’s devs get to use Claude, everyone else has to use Gemini which sucks. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/442/792/244/179/702/original/75cea4b3c4476d5d.jpeg https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/442/792/578/422/974/original/084555ae3a13e2eb.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo @nprofile…4xpq I am a skeptic and expect instead of AI eliminating roles that drive costs of essential infrastructure like healthcare, it will cause job cuts in Fortune 500 companies and materially reduce the tax base. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I’ve been thinking about Jack Dorsey saying the goal is everyone at Block reporting to him and AI replaces middle management. I realized he isn’t thinking about 6,000 people reporting to him. Instead, the techno-utopia is AI makes Block employees 10x more productive then layoffs until it’s 600. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The HumanX conference, the “Davos of AI” was held last week with 6,500 attendees. There’s a vibe shift in the industry given the value of AI agents becoming clear and Anthropic’s Claude Cose being the front runner. The big opportunities are now around trustworthiness of agents and data validation. The rise of open models from China such as Qwen and DeepSeek is also quite notable. They are closing the gap quickly. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/11/vibe-check-from-ai-industry-humanx-anthropic-is-talk-of-the-town.html npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The media is running a bunch of pro-JD Vance stories this weekend. I can already see the post-Trump GOP pivot to sanity narrative that they’re laying the groundwork for in 2028. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/391/775/370/316/140/original/568650a9cf33b2e3.jpeg https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/391/775/709/254/349/original/e2a131286db1b572.jpeg https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/391/776/017/674/495/original/859f16cbd4a59d96.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Real talk https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/371/107/911/443/309/original/72b51c19e7aabb23.jpg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo All over America, Trump supporters are rebelling. “We voted for racism, not war.” https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/316/417/535/375/582/original/c4d12044be4c3bc1.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Responses from AI chatbots when prompted with posts from Reddit’s Am I The Asshole (AITA) subreddit show they are 49% more likely to side with the author than the consensus of comments from other users. AI sycophancy will be an insidious problem over time as people get life advice that validates their terrible behavior. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/study-sycophantic-ai-can-undermine-human-judgment/ npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Claude Opus 4.5 (November 2025) was already a step change in model quality and was when the reality of AI agents started to match the hype. The idea of an even more capable being launched so soon afterwards is amazing progress and also a little scary. https://fortune.com/2026/03/26/anthropic-says-testing-mythos-powerful-new-ai-model-after-data-leak-reveals-its-existence-step-change-in-capabilities/ https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/302/373/225/759/901/original/2c2170904b85aacf.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Reddit is considering Face ID or Touch ID as ways to verify a user is real and not actually a bot. I believe this is a real challenge for social apps today and sadly such techniques won’t be stringent enough. The rise of OpenClaw means unless you validate a user’s humanity on every post & comment, you can’t really tell if you’re talking to them or their agent. https://www.engadget.com/social-media/reddit-is-weighing-identity-verification-methods-to-combat-its-bot-problem-195814671.html npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Goodhart's law states when a metric becomes a target, it ceases to be a good metric. This describes the phenomenon of companies creating leaderboards of AI token usage leading to tech workers racking up thousands of dollars in monthly spend on AI services to compete. This is a temporary phenomenon that won’t last long. It’s like having a leaderboard of customers called for sales people. It might have been correlated with business value but is useless as a target. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/technology/tokenmaxxing-ai-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UlA.Wda2.-3Rz1wP8LBVw&smid=url-share npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Figma stock dropped -8% today as Google introduced “vibe designing” into its Stitch UI tool which lets you describe the UI you want to create. Figma is now down -80% since its IPO which is just brutal. I never have expected them to be one of the early casualties of AI. https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/stitch-ai-ui-design/ npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo A study 1,488 workers who use AI tools showed some interesting results Partícipants saw increased mental fatigue especially after using 3+ AI tools and having to oversee multiple AI agents. However they saw reduced burnout thanks to automating repetitive tasks. I’ve argued being a manager is the best preparation for being a worker in a world of supervising AI agents instead of doing the work by hand. Now backed up with research. https://hbr.org/2026/03/when-using-ai-leads-to-brain-fry npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The official statement from Caitlin Kalinowski, former head of robotics at OpenAI, about why she quit company. I think this is the most significant ethical discussion in tech of our lifetimes. Should a computer be able to kill people shouldn’t be framed as a tiff between Hegseth and Anthropic. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/193/528/861/549/817/original/21001d2c3989c4b7.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo GW Bush watching Trump run his Iraq War playbook https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/155/462/285/982/350/original/22fb50fd67f6ad8c.mp4 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo OpenAI just raised a casual $110B at a $730B valuation, up from $500B in October’s secondary. Amazon put in $50B while Nvidia and SoftBank $30B each. I feel this is doubling down on a bet on the losing horse. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/27/open-ai-funding-round-amazon.html npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo This is a great summary of the sea change that’s occurred in programming due to AI agents. They were basically hype until December of last year and now they’re reality. That you can give Claude instructions in English to build an app, configure various settings and take several actions which it not only executes perfectly but then figures out how to address errors on its own is magical. It’s easy to dismiss this if you haven’t used the latest models but writing code is effectively free. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/135/354/034/339/614/original/f1128ed576487f0e.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Props to @nprofile…rxw8 for writing about the elephant in the room in big tech. AI coding tools increase senior engineer productivity while creating an “AI drag” for junior engineers who lack judgment or context to validate AI outputs. Companies optimizing for the near-term output by reducing junior hiring, are undermining the future supply of experienced engineers. We likely need to move to apprenticeship like models in the future to give juniors experience. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3779312 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Is this even satire? https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/106/131/735/782/494/original/db9f2c6f87b6c0b7.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo @nprofile…4xpq Are things better now? 🙃 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Americans really got bored with free trade, the best and brightest in the world wanting to come here, low corruption and childhood diseases like measles being eradicated. I guess things are definitely less boring now. Worse, but also less boring. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/101/252/471/099/265/original/7a7360493dc10cef.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Apple sitting out the AI race has given its stock price an essential feature; stability. Tech stocks are experiencing wild swings as investors can’t decide if AI will kill SAAS businesses or big tech is overspending on AI. Meanwhile Apple isn’t in any of these conversations as they’ve just focused on selling phones. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-18/apple-decouples-from-nasdaq-as-ai-whack-a-mole-grips-market npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The Ring “Search Party” ad is probably the most tone deaf I’ve seen in years given the context of rising racism in the United States. Doorbell cameras can be accessed by the authorities but don’t worry it’ll only be used to find lost puppies. 😉 https://www.404media.co/with-ring-american-consumers-built-a-surveillance-dragnet/ npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I was talking to someone about Amazon laying off 30,000 people over the past few months and their response was that’s relatively small given COVID over hiring. I thought that was insensitive and decided to look up how many people they hired during the pandemic. They hired half a million people in one year. 🤯 https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/037/305/730/165/453/original/246dec24c06d0e7b.jpeg https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/037/306/053/658/421/original/cccfa8c1a8e71cec.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo This post is funny. The reason the r/Bitcoin subreddit doesn’t discuss bitcoin like a traditional financial asset is because there are no fundamentals. The price is based on vibes and FOMO. Being upset that’s all you find on the subreddit is like being upset at finding sand on the beach. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/116/021/583/652/353/237/original/e8f7a0e54be2fe58.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo One consequence of vibe coding that I didn’t anticipate is the increasingly wide spread belief that SaaS apps are doomed because it’s a better experience to just vibe code up a custom solution to a problem than pay a monthly fee for a fixed app. It’s classic disruption and a “worse is better” scenario. https://syntropic.xyz/posts/2026-01-22-the-saas-layer-will-dissolve/ npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Every time I see some politician talk about the U.S. being on a slippery slope to fascism and authoritarianism, I’m like “Dude, we’re already at the bottom of the hill.” npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Working with LLMs is a skill that is often based on what you enjoyed about your work. There are people who love the outcome and people who love the process. If you most enjoy the process of writing, coding, etc then you’ll hate working with LLMs but if you most enjoy having a finished product you created you see them as a tool to get you there faster. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo High school students using AI to write college application essays that are then graded by AI from admissions departments is a great example of how AI usage devalues systems while people can accurately point to “productivity gains” from using AI. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Ironically Apple Intelligence will actually be powered by Google intelligence. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-21/ios-27-apple-to-revamp-siri-as-built-in-iphone-mac-chatbot-to-fend-off-openai?srnd=phx-technology&embedded-checkout=true https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/939/096/987/264/930/original/67bd5200130af8f1.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The official message of the U.S. government to ICE is if you kill an American citizen while trying to deport brown people, not only will we cover it up but we will try to jail their spouse instead. We all died during COVID and this is hell. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/18/fbi-minnesota-shooting-civil-rights-investigation/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/919/187/562/543/407/original/96f612c5cd94e64a.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Matt Damon talks about how Netflix designs movies around distracted couch watching. Front-load the big action scene in the first 5 minutes to keep people from bouncing versus the end in a theatrical release and repeat the plot 3–4 times in dialogue because people are on their phones while watching. https://variety.com/2026/film/news/matt-damon-netflix-movies-restate-plot-viewers-on-phones-1236633939/ npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo This poll is basically “Should we be the villains of World War 3?” and it’s good to know 30% of Republicans are like “why not?” https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/917/197/207/516/978/original/89dfb73e30782e52.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Leaked video from xAI and Tesla presenting their product roadmap to ICE. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/912/846/628/041/359/original/66e60bb50ad13451.mp4 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Adobe is becoming one of the biggest losers of the AI era. In a world where you can ask Gemini or ChatGPT to create any image you want, the need for Photoshop or any of Adobe’s other creative products has dwindled. This is a slow motion train wreck that the company may not survive as AI disrupts content creation. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/909/706/200/678/447/original/6d004be759a1d594.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo “I think of ads as a last resort for us as a business model” - Sam Altman, October 2024 “We are starting to test ads in ChatGPT free and Go (new $8/month option) tiers.” - Sam Altman, January 2026 — This sounds more like a second resort than a last one. 😁 https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/908/350/264/816/394/original/3a1990d9d14492b8.mp4 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The Overton window has fully shifted to “do you deserve to get shot in the face by government agents if you don’t get out of your car when asked?” We are so lost if this is what the paper of record considers a valid discussion. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/905/822/205/477/122/original/7415db26fe749f04.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The AI boom has caused memory prices to rise and less investment in graphics chips for PC gamers as chip manufacturers focus on making AI chips. This is expected to impact PC sales this year. It seems Apple is now facing similar challenges as TSMC is prioritizing making AI chips for Nvidia over iPhone chips. This may cause iPhone prices to rise or a reduction in shipped devices. https://www.culpium.com/p/exclusiveapple-is-fighting-for-tsmc npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo DoorDash should sue this guy for making their engineering org look like clowns and reducing interest in working there. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/894/976/792/666/234/original/48e3511ffe0d6b92.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Saw a Fox News clip and then this post that implies that the official MAGA position is that government agents can kill you if you annoy them while in the middle of trying to deport suspected undocumented immigrants (who are most likely U.S. citizens anyway). These are the demons our parents warned us about. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/893/679/240/495/411/original/db1e0d672ae55002.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The Environmental Protection Agency only being measured by how much limiting pollution harms businesses instead of saves lives makes the claims that MAGA is literally a death cult hard to dispute. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/884/630/138/877/913/original/e4ddc7f14cf4aae9.png npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Both the Epstein Files and the Erika Kirk situation would have seemed over the top even as parodies in Season 1. Now… https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/877/075/512/859/192/original/05e7bff613c66e62.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo According to the sources, the President has asked the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) to prepare the invasion plan, but it is being resisted by the joint chiefs of staff on the grounds that it would be illegal and would not be supported by Congress. — I guess we didn’t realize World War 3 was on the ballot https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15452323/amp/Donald-Trump-orders-army-chiefs-plan-invade-Greenland-President.html npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I spend a lot of time thinking about LLMs, AGI & white collar work. LLMs are a mirage on the path to AGI because they look like they can do intellectual work but are too buggy. An LLM is like having an overconfident intern with infinite capacity for work. The mistake is thinking you can replace experienced employees with it but it’s a force multiplier if well supervised. If it happens, AGI will be like an experienced coworker with infinite capacity. At that point, we will all need new jobs. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo A great point by Frank Sauer on Bluesky. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/873/209/947/332/318/original/30bb16bab15bac35.png npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Every post from DHS & ICE is like viewing an alternate reality where they had social media in Germany during the 1930s. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/871/007/036/787/366/original/dd57ac40d4cc91a9.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Problem solving, the ICE way. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/862/635/740/051/935/original/92351f1e61dbb533.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo You thought you lived in the United States of America but you actually live in a Judge Dredd comic book. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/862/015/409/967/712/original/63111ebf642c4cf8.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo People think America became the Bad Place after Trump got elected when in reality we elected him because this is the Bad Place. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/861/238/620/563/142/original/7494e84cd0f351c8.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Last year some people asked why Black people weren't showing up at protests. ICE shot this woman three times in the face and the president tweeted about how it was her fault and she deserved it. Rest in peace Renee Nicole Good. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/856/420/689/274/643/original/128c0e6c59cfd2be.png npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo It’s wild to me that even business sites like Bloomberg and the Financial Times are calling out X’s descent into becoming a deepfake porn site. Grok allows people to nudify pictures of women and people are generating thousands of these per hour. How is X still in the App Store? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/musk-s-grok-ai-generated-thousands-of-undressed-images-per-hour-on-x npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo There’s a California ballot initiative that will levy a one-time tax of 5% of a billionaires who lived in the state as of January 1st 2026, if it passes. Larry Page, the second richest man in the world has moved out of California to avoid the tax. https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-page-leave-california-wealth-billionaire-tax-koop-google-2026-1 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo During his first term, Trump discovered that all of the checks and balances are enforced by the honor system. So in his second term, he got rid of all of the honorable people. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo As if there weren’t already enough ethical considerations to using ChatGPT. 🤦🏾♂️ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-exec-becomes-top-trump-230342268.html https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/843/070/258/570/830/original/b382ad28cf263aff.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The O-1B visa reserved for “exceptional” artists has become dominated by influencers and OnlyFans models given the metrics-based methodology for approval. Showing you have a lot of followers has become the objective measure for identifying exceptional artists for visas. https://www.ft.com/content/8816fcec-4148-4cda-be7f-fc59d5bcbf59?accessToken=zwAGR3tytMEwkdOIFvzsQUhM2tO-f_xZ1by_WQ.MEQCIC6Ku_uWNHqdvHe49FlFdV1b5WWYmDmCJ2t_QLWKCONGAiBEIQInHHXJJt7wa1xJG5Fbg05Ur-mP-o0yck7HhGiCPQ&sharetype=gift&token=6be62e10-fae4-40d1-8811-316ef18f869a npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The main difference between Trump’s invasion of Venezuela and GW’s invasion of Iraq is that there’s zero pretense. This is about oil and enriching American oil companies. Rest in peace to the dozens of Venezuelan fishermen who were killed in the lead up to the invasion under the pretext of drug smuggling. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/834/211/233/449/312/original/27a314c2313bf337.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The American government is finally going to run a free healthcare program. Unfortunately it’s in Venezuela not the United States. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/833/999/032/981/807/original/43678970b5e80d5f.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Someone just turned $32K into $436K on Polymarket by betting on Maduro being overthrown this month. The ability to gamble on any event also means the ability to insider trade on any event. https://www.axios.com/2026/01/03/maduro-capture-bets-trade-prediction-markets https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/833/486/377/934/775/original/321a867932ec8ee8.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo On the bright side; now that we’ve hit the Republican president trifecta of creating a recession, significantly growing the national debt and plunging us in a new endless war for oil, the the next administration being Democrats is a shoo-in. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo R.I.P. CBS News 1927 - 2025 https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/829/417/102/650/247/original/d5f46cf21865b86b.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo China has drafted the strictest rules aimed at preventing AI chatbots from manipulating vulnerable people especially related to self harm. The rules state that a human must intervene as soon as suicide is mentioned. They also require all minor and elderly users to provide the contact information for a guardian who should be notified if suicide or self-harm is discussed. I hope this sets a worldwide standard. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dydlmenvro npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I’m at the age where I’ve had to consider estate planning and I realized I’d be leaving behind a mountain of comic books, action figures and vintage T-shirts when I pass away. I have no idea how to feel about this. It’s likely it’ll be seen as junk that will be tossed or sold. Should I make plans to donate it in a few decades? Also seems like overkill. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-11-14/millennials-gen-x-set-to-inherit-boomers-antique-collectible-fortunes?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6951a87a3265bb0001db62fa&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo 60% of U.S. adults reported that societal division is a significant source of stress in their lives, 54% said they felt isolated, left out (50%) or lack companionship (50%) often or some of the time. I don’t see any fixes on the horizon. The internet connected us but instead of creating empathy it just exposed how much we disagree with half the country. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2025/11/nation-suffering-division-loneliness npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The right wing’s war on online content moderation has reached its final form. The U.S. government has banned EU officials and non-profit heads who have been involved in regulating hate speech on social media in the EU from visiting America. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/775/970/019/090/549/original/8fc040f9ad0f9f4d.jpeg https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/775/970/416/090/267/original/6292fd7fe442d37e.jpeg https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/775/970/911/023/948/original/f9ffd40ee55b7f82.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Another story along the lines of “Cheap, Fast and Good: Pick Two”. Salesforce is now pivoting its Agentforce product to rely less on LLMs to “eliminate the inherent randomness of large models." AI is cheaper and faster than human workers but it’s not as good. This will be the primary challenge for AI tool vendors in 2026. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/after-laying-off-4000-employees-and-automating-with-ai-agents-salesforce-executives-admit-we-were-more-confident-about-/amp_articleshow/126121875.cms npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Quite the coincidence that the QAnon movement died just in time to miss this moment. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo We went from the first Black president to unapologetic white nationalism in the White House in less than ten years. It’s been one heck of a pendulum swing. https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386828029112 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I find the generation gap in AI chatbot usage fascinating. Millennials tend to treat them as a better Google with some disliking the tech due to hallucinations. Gen Z and younger often treat them as a partner which they pour their hopes and dreams into. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/770/479/743/721/617/original/e9b118da3729830e.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I’m shocked at how high the approval numbers were in February and still are in December. 3 out of 10 approving of the job he’s done this year is wild. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/765/859/816/006/792/original/db31344365d0b5ff.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo When using AI chatbots to perform complex tasks, a simple trick is to ask the AI to generate the detailed prompt for you to edit instead of crafting it from scratch yourself. An example prompt: Craft an AI prompt that can be used to perform detailed SWOT analysis of a company by a seasoned investor npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Jim Beam plans to stop making whiskey throughout 2026 because demand has fallen significantly following a fall in exports especially to Canada following Trump’s trade war. Almost twice as many people voted for Trump than Kamala in Kentucky and this is the economy they chose. #LeopardsAteMyFace https://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article313847580.html npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Thanks to new rules that require reviewing social media of visa applicants creating month long backlogs for renewals, Apple & Google has warned employees not to leave the U.S. as they may be unable to return. This now creates a risk of overstaying visas and becoming a target for an ICE raid. This is an active war on legal immigration. https://www.businessinsider.com/google-tells-visa-holders-stamp-leave-us-return-delays-2025-12 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The most valuable piece of career advice I give young people is that being good at your job is not as important as the right people liking you. Just look at Bari Weiss. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Dan Bongino is a podcaster who Trump gave a regular job as the second-in-command at the FBI for ten months and is resigning because going to work every day away from his wife was too much of a hardship. These are their heroes. 🤦🏾♂️ https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/744/296/844/043/891/original/5b9cd5c08820da36.mp4 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Video game console makers learned the hard way that they are competing for people’s attention not just with each other. Everyone raising prices due to tariffs didn’t even things out as the entire category saw the worst November in decades. People have streaming and smartphones as substitutes. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo It’s officially let’s circle back after the holidays season. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/740/291/711/355/010/original/a38d2103306bc5c8.mp4 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Tesla's robotaxis crash at 10x the rate of human drivers. Last month, Tesla confirmed the fleet had traveled roughly 250,000 miles. With 7 reported crashes at the time, Tesla’s Robotaxi was crashing roughly once every 40,000 miles (extrapolating from the previously disclosed Robotaxi mileage). For comparison, the average human driver in the US crashes about once every 500,000 miles. https://electrek.co/2025/12/15/tesla-reports-another-robotaxi-crash-even-with-supervisor/ npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo A California judge has ruled that Tesla naming its features Autopilot and Full Self-Driving is deceptive. The state can now suspend Tesla's sales and manufacturing for 30 days as punishment. Tesla will now have to either drop the Autopilot name or ship software to its cars that make them autonomous, or it will have those licenses suspended. Elon Musk has signaled he will do none of the above. https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/16/tesla-engaged-in-deceptive-marketing-for-autopilot-and-full-self-driving-judge-rules/ npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The Gemini app is the first Google service I’ve used that has one 9 of reliability. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I can’t believe someone who won the FIFA Peace Prize would act like this. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo It's quite a sign of the times that Ford is pivoting away from EVs and will focus its battery tech on AI data centers instead. There's a growing list from memory manufacturers to construction companies all pivoting from their primary focus areas to feed at the AI datacenter trough. https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/ford-is-starting-a-battery-storage-business-to-power-data-centers-and-the-grid/ npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I should note that this is primarily the trend for big tech/FAANG in the United States. I’ve also heard anecdotes of the next tier of employers (e.g. tech in financial services or auto makers) seeing this as an opportunity to scoop up talent, especially junior talent, that would have been out of reach a few years ago. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I have a friend who recently gave me a speech similar to the below. He ended it with the analogy that if your career didn’t turn into a rocket ship between 2010 - 2022 then at this point you missed it and your job is to land the plane. Careers in tech are only going to get harder not easier. I agree more than disagree with that assessment. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/723/817/827/500/758/original/22baa7e8e50a1472.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I expect software engineering will see a similar but less drastic decline driven by AI automation. We’re at phase 1 of the decline where entry level jobs have essentially disappeared and salaries have declined over the past three years (both nominal & inflation adjusted). What’s unclear is what’s the bottom on both tech employment and compensation decline. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/719/811/664/164/965/original/f2945fdd10473d8b.png npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo The largest recipient of government handouts in American history is an immigrant who hates immigrants getting government handouts. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/717/812/642/630/129/original/c41433393b816399.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo How it started vs How it’s going (vibe coding edition) https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/710/314/203/273/274/original/2cb52102f035b844.jpeg https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/710/314/521/058/756/original/235ecc12e88f22bd.jpeg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo I’ve always thought artists were fighting a losing battle against Generative AI but it’s still startling to see Disney fold completely. Signing a deal to use OpenAI tools in their work and licensing characters to be used in fan-made videos in Sora is a full-on embrace of generative AI. They folded. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo This is a great analysis of why conservatives feel persecuted for others simply existing or being acknowledged. It’s fear their identity and choices will stop being mainstream or normal. That’s why they get upset at Happy Holidays (acknowledging other religious celebrations exist) versus Merry Christmas. https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/701/544/055/102/514/original/69963a1359fe0a2f.mp4 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Some argue Democrats overplayed their hand with “wokeness” like supporting DEI, trans rights and pronouns in bio. I also think Republicans have now overplayed the “anti-woke” hand with virulent racism and literal Nazi era talking points and tactics being their mainstream positions. npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Apple has released the list of the most downloaded apps of 2025. ChatGPT is number one and Threads is number two. I remember when the media was writing about the death of Threads in 2023. This is why you should keep your head down, focus on executing and ignore the haters. https://apps.apple.com/us/iphone/room/6756335209 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Trust this administration to decide that some fonts are too woke and are DEI fonts. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkez3367xmo npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Google Slides "Beautify This Slide" feature https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/698/131/865/924/245/original/4d546a21c401ed93.mp4 npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo "Remigration is a European far-right concept of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white minority populations" - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigration https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/115/691/636/300/832/955/original/ce10ed901ae2e4fe.jpg npub1l4l93jaluhcmp24qqhsnz0wv4ld4lnyv5h09k2p7cssrjn5zwflscexuhy Dare Obasanjo Consumer Reports ranking Teslas as the least reliable used car is a surprise. I've heard so much about the low total cost of ownership of EVs, I assumed that they didn't need much maintenance. It seems they are a lot less reliable after the five year mark. They looked at problems reported on cars from the 2016 to 2021 model years across 140,000 vehicles to get these results. https://www.thedrive.com/news/tesla-barely-beats-jeep-for-least-reliable-used-car-owner-survey-says