<![CDATA[this is sharp as hell.]]>this is sharp as hell. https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/b955f15c-0acd-413d-abc9-3edb844eba19/this-is-sharp-as-hell.RSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 20:14:06 GMTMon, 30 Mar 2026 19:12:13 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:15:04 GMT]]>@peter It definitely is the standard now...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/AngelaScholder/statuses/116322789272247136https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/AngelaScholder/statuses/116322789272247136Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:15:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:47:47 GMT]]>@kaidu @peter I prefer asking an expert in a closely related field, close eniugh for a decent judgement but far enough to not need funding for the thing they are commenting on.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Ntropic/statuses/116322681964147920https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/Ntropic/statuses/116322681964147920Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:47:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:25:22 GMT]]>@peter edge case: president said a thing. Same concept, worse effect.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fedops/statuses/116322593814220578https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/fedops/statuses/116322593814220578Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:25:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:05:56 GMT]]>@jerbear
This calls for a bot that everytime Musk tweets anything it will post “Musk has tweeted something probably untrue”.

(Substitute “untrue” with “racist”, “eugenicist”, “stupid”, etc. at random.)

@peter

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116322517431773822https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/dzwiedziu/statuses/116322517431773822Tue, 31 Mar 2026 07:05:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:59:36 GMT]]>@peter once you see it, you cannot unsee

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/opny721/statuses/116322256575306568https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.uno/users/opny721/statuses/116322256575306568Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:59:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:45:27 GMT]]>@peter The unit of authoritarianism is submission, willfull submission and obedience.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116322200947817165https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.green/users/gimulnautti/statuses/116322200947817165Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:45:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:13:10 GMT]]>@peter similar to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_race_journalism

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.chester.id.au/users/jacques/statuses/116321602157237710https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.chester.id.au/users/jacques/statuses/116321602157237710Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:13:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:41:56 GMT]]>@peter the last paragraph is great and sad and so telling:

I'd end with some noble call for the U.S. media industry to do better, but it's abundantly clear they don't want to.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/gatesvp/statuses/116321479331207850https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.ca/users/gatesvp/statuses/116321479331207850Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:41:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:19:28 GMT]]>@peter Sharp as hell.

Adding this to my hopper. 🙂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knowprose/statuses/116321155040327286https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/knowprose/statuses/116321155040327286Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:19:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:04:39 GMT]]>@peter
Parroting CEOs insults my intelligence; reflexively I veer away.

Quoting that sharp article,
"good reporting is certainly peppered in the morass"

Yeah, let's grow a list of those peppers ! --
a) Heather Richardson
b) Peace Talks radio
c) meditationsinanemergency.com
d) https://the.ink/p/stop-despairing-start-building?publication_id=70374&post_id=192080345&isFreemail=false&r=9dxl9&triedRedirect=true


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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/rabbit74/statuses/116320624951376473https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://autistics.life/users/rabbit74/statuses/116320624951376473Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:04:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:03:44 GMT]]>@peter OMG yes. I ban outlets that do that.
"Elon Musk says"
"Sergey Brin opines"
"Jensen Huang claims"
"Sam Altman thinks"
"Mark Zuckerberg believes"

With the benefit of hindsight, these brainwaves are laughably inaccurate and fairly indurable.

And pretty much zero of these articles has much of any intellectual value.

It's the clickbait of the 2025+ era.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ublog.tech/users/IPngNetworks/statuses/116320621326083854https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ublog.tech/users/IPngNetworks/statuses/116320621326083854Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:03:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:58:02 GMT]]>@peter this bit “It's a sort of journalistic Ken Doll with the genitals sanded off to a smooth hump to avoid offending anyone” is absolutely spot on.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Wifiwits/statuses/116320362964743881https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Wifiwits/statuses/116320362964743881Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:58:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:50:02 GMT]]>@peter kin to “a president said a thing” which thing we already know is false.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/garthc/statuses/116320331534832215https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/garthc/statuses/116320331534832215Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:50:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:28:43 GMT]]>@peter ooh, good reading, I’m going to be on the lookout for “CEO Said A Thing” pieces in the outlets I follow.

Similar vibe: https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-tweeted-a-thing/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/jerbear/statuses/116320247690646886https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kind.social/users/jerbear/statuses/116320247690646886Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:28:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:27:29 GMT]]>@peter Agree on that. CEOs are often treated as experts in the field, even though they are not. Why writing about what Altman thinks about AI and not asking an AI scientist? Why asking Musk about brain interfaces and not somebody who works in this field? Not only do CEOs often lack deeper knowledge, they also have clear financial interests. They very likely won't say the truth, but only what benefits them. It's like writing an article and citing an tv advertisement clip as source

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kaidu/statuses/116320242839980767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/kaidu/statuses/116320242839980767Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:27:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:00:34 GMT]]>@peter is it Karl on the fediverse?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vanzick/statuses/116320137017854567https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vanzick/statuses/116320137017854567Mon, 30 Mar 2026 21:00:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to this is sharp as hell. on Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:28:32 GMT]]>@peter

Even if had not included the phrase "a club of brunchlords and trust fund nepobabies", which it does...

Yeah, as sharp as hell

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