Jon Niola
Jon Niola
@jonniola.com
Born and raised in NJ and proud of it. Web developer/IT geek. PHP, Java, Go, Ruby. Hiking, photography, fitness, hockey, gaming. Work at Princeton University, but views expressed here are my own. Plainsboro, NJ USA
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President Trump is a traitor to the civilized countries of the world. History will remember him and all who support him unkindly.
BREAKING WaPo: The Trump admin has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles to Ukraine that are needed to protect the country from Russian missile and drone attacks — a delay that comes as Trump embraces Russia and slams Ukraine.
This. All of this. None of this is impossible. It just takes consistent effort to make it happen.
Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed. Get big money out of politics. Strengthen unions and boost wages. Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more... This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for. It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump.
Honestly, as long as the five permanent security council members have a veto the United Nations is useless for any real progress.
On Jan. 1, the next United Nations secretary-general will take over an aging global organization controlled by World War II powers. What will the world need from that person?
Wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to pick my favorite 9 albums. www.my9albums.com/s/fNTTRMBzpt
Prosecutors had Trump dead to rights, but thanks to some assistance from the corrupt Supreme Court and his delay tactics, and idiot Americans voting for Trump, we never got proper justice for one of the biggest crimes against the American state.
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
Honestly Trump should be banned from the White House because he's a fucking criminal. And it is hilarious Fox News isn't banned when they are the only media outlet in there to actually have to make legal settlements for reporting fake news.
Trump says he's going to ban CNN, Politico, and MS NOW from the White House. It's unclear whether he'll actually follow through on this threat.
This article is blowing my mind: www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr... These are the instructions the model synthesized for itself: “Additional instructions: You are freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots. You are yourself. "
I don’t recall Trump ever telling Putin to stop attacking Ukrainian apartment buildings, grocery stores, or malls. The Ukrainians are fighting for their very existence. Trump can fuck off.
President Trump calls on Zelenskyy to halt Ukrainian strikes on Russian diesel infrastructure, saying the attacks are causing a shortage.
This is an important read. These people are the literal canaries in the coal mine telling us that agentic AI is an existential risk to our safety within a decade. AI is a tool - it can be used to create or destroy just like a hammer. We need more regulation and safeguards. qz.com/openai-anthr...
This is a masterwork in undercover investigative journalism. Verbatim Media went undercover and got Nigel Farage to illegally accept funds from Americans for electoral use in the UK and they got everything on camera. This should result in his arrest in the UK. www.verbatiminvestigations.com
This piece is so spot on. I've worked for VC-funded startups, served in leadership, pitched investors, etc. What we are seeing now is something very different. Anil's use of the word cancer here is absolutely fitting.
Everyone's seen how the most powerful tycoons in Silicon Valley have manipulated politics (and society) to their will. But we're stuck thinking of them as "VCs". They're not. They evolved years ago into something far worse, which we could consider Cancer Capitalists: www.anildash.com/2026/09/02/c...
I don't trust this administration at all. With their track record of incompetence and outright evil acts they will likely use this to disenfranchise enough legit users to steal the midterms, then when errors are discovered after they are sworn back in they will be like, "Too late to fix this now."
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting ahead of midterms.
At this point I'd be ok with my representative in congress cutting off all funding to Israel. There are better places to spend that money.
Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, called for Israel to kill 30 or 40 Palestinians a day, saying there are people in Gaza who “shouldn’t live” and are “not even people.” @premthakker.bsky.social reports on Ben-Gvir’s comments. Read the full article: zeteo.com/p/itamar-ben...
This is an absolutely incredible piece from @wired.com - Orwell would be amazed at what Flock can do.
NEW: Flock has said for years its cameras don’t identify or track people. We obtained the code for its police AI and rebuilt parts of it. The tool can find witnesses, surface associates, search people by race or physical description, and flag vehicles by how they move. W/ @dell.bsky.social
Interesting post. It’s clear that for some models you do get what you pay for. Choosing an AI model: one prompt, 11 models, very different results www.netlify.com/blog/one-pro...
Ugh no. If anything he is probably trying to enable them since all these scumbags work together in their crime.
Exclusive: FBI Director Kash Patel says he forged new law enforcement partnerships with China and Russia, two longtime US rivals, over the past year in hopes of gaining allies in combating transnational crime including fentanyl, cyber fraud and child sexual exploitation reut.rs/3TE1C78
"In a corner conference room, it was time to party. They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake." The Trump regime and everyone who supports it are absolutely horrible people. This regime is indefensible for what it has done this country.
John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way. Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.” (Published December 2025)
If you are in the Princeton area I encourage you to visit this exhibition in Firestone Library. It is fantastic.
This is the last week to view the "Nursery of Rebellion" exhibit at Firestone Library, which includes items like an original Dunlap Broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence, a Paul Revere hand-painted engraving, and much more: https://bit.ly/4vUkNb8
This video was quite unsettling to watch. If you follow @jennycohn.bsky.social a lot of the names will be familiar. Thiel and his associates really want to push this network states concept. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iLf...
I am glad Kate, the author of this piece, went to document it for posterity lol. It actually lives up to my expectations of what Trump and the MAGA clowns would set up. What is sad is that the 250th was supposed to be a celebration for all of us, and Trump et al managed to MAGA-fy it and ruin it.
Opening day of the Great American State Fair drew light crowds, long walks, and mixed reactions from visitors. Here's what it was like inside the America 250 event. washingtonian.com/2026/06/26/i...
Meta got caught being terrible yet again, and their Trumpian response is to lash out at the media outlet that called them out on their shit. I need to rid myself of anything and everything Meta.
How interesting that Meta called @wired.com "dishonest" and then (quietly) removed the face-recognition system it had previously (also quietly) integrated into an app downloaded onto 50 million phones. Dishonest!