Here's the full article for those interested. Insanely bleak stuff, I don't think I'll ever be able to look at the Pokemon franchise the same way again
dronexl.co/2026/06/09/p...
This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history
When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines
Pokémon Go players' 30 billion scans trained navigation tech now bound for military drones, via Niantic Spatial's defense partnership with Vantor.
Who would have thought that "The Man with the Nazi Tattoo" would also be a dick in other areas of his life?
white patriarchal supremacy with jesus on top applies to many branches of Xianity -- the chattel slavery aspect was just a cherry on top of a pile of SBC sh*t
"Before you even get to Republicans being bad actors" — No.
The *only reason* anyone gives a shit about California taking a week to tally votes is Republican bad faith. Stop pretending every fake GOP conspiracy has a kernel of truth to it.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Brent Snavely
Brent Snavely
Formal state apologies have already happened in Scotland, Ireland, and Australia, which had similar adoption policies, long since reformed.
(Here in the US, no such process of truth and reconciliation is in motion, and adoption retains its old secrecies, coercions, and claims of benevolence.)
Michael Hobbes
I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.
🥚 Renewed calls for an apology to Canadian adoptees/birthmothers as called for in 2018 report which acknowledged that
300,000 unwed Canadian women were forced to give up their babies between World War 2 and 1980s, most in government-funded, church-run maternity homes.
www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...
[continued]
killing in the name of
[Mike's photo op]
...biases of programmers and their employers are built into automated system...
“The feature uses a combination of bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations along with scheduling and customization options accessible only to adults.”
