Mike Elgan

These devices "mimic human or animal body language and gestures. They do this so that you will like them, love them, and be deluded by them into believing that they have sentience, feelings, thoughts and experiences, which they do not and cannot have."
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4141331/the-attachment-economy-is-coming-to-your-desk.html

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is in prison for plotting a coup. Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison today for insurrection. Prince Andrew was arrested today for misconduct in Jeffrey Epstein's world. It's time for America to hold Trump accountable for the same crimes.

Why there’s no ‘screenless’ revolution
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4131645/why-theres-no-screenless-revolution.html

HEADLINE: "Trump’s tariffs cost US households $1K last year: Analysis"

ALT HEADLINE: "Since taking office last year, American families have gotten $1,000 poorer, while Donald Trump's family has gotten $3.4 billion richer"

https://thehill.com/business/5732676-trumps-tariffs-us-households-1k-per-year/

https://time.com/7342470/trump-net-worth-wealth-crypto/

Where I'm at: pulque tasting in the Oaxaca Valley (brought to you by the Oaxaca Gastronomad Experience, now in progress).
https://gastronomad.net/oaxaca

Spend 52 minutes and 13 seconds with me and my co-host @emilyforlini.bsky.social as we tell you everything they don't tell you about what AI chatbots tell you. Also: Don't be a Tammy! https://www.superintelligentpodcast.com/p/dont-be-a-tammy-updated

HEADLINE: “Bombshell Poll Reveals Trump’s Staggering Disapproval Rating”

ALT HEADLINE: “Bombshell Poll Reveals Trump’s Staggering Approval Rating — Like, How in the Fuck Does 39% Approve of the World-Historic Disaster This Circus Clown Is Creating?”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bombshell-poll-reveals-trumps-staggering-disapproval-rating/

HEADLINE: “Trump: ‘It bothers me that somebody is going after Bill Clinton’”

ALT HEADLINE: “Trump: ‘I’m so stupid that I think last-minute fake support will make Bill overlook a decade of shitposting and animosity so he’ll go easy on me in the testimony”

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-bill-clinton-epstein-video-b2915264.html

Only-in-America concept of the moment: “ketchup on tap”
https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/02/06/heinz-put-ketchup-on-tap-and-game-day-will-never-be-the-same/

Phrase of the moment: "a man-made 'botnet' wasting computing power"
https://www.panewslab.com/en/articles/1f0ecad1-66a6-4297-b4d9-dde7a9f9c980

Phrase of the moment: “AI theater”
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1132448/moltbook-was-peak-ai-theater/

You can buy replica space food on Etsy. https://www.collectspace.com/news/news-020625a-space-food-replica-ryan-nagata-etsy.html

Phrase of the moment: "the Carelessness Industrial Complex"
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4128257/openclaw-the-ai-agent-thats-got-humans-taking-orders-from-bots.html

Timespan of the moment: "seconds"
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1115393

OpenClaw: The AI agent that’s got humans taking orders from bots

https://www.computerworld.com/article/4128257/openclaw-the-ai-agent-thats-got-humans-taking-orders-from-bots.html

Drudge: https://drudgereport.com/

The only person currently in jail for decades of men abusing girls on Pedo Island is a woman. But at least this tool lets you know if any of your LinkedIn contacts is mentioned in the Epstein Files.

https://www.404media.co/this-tool-searches-the-epstein-files-for-your-linkedin-contacts/

Observations about the priorities of these three countries:

1. All prioritize family & health
2. Making $ is #3 in both UK and US, not Germany
3. Work/life balance = Brits only
4. The US alone does not prioritize safety
5. The US alone prioritizes personal growth

https://www.statista.com/chart/35792/personal-values-that-matter-the-most-in-life-by-country/

HEADLINE: "CIA ends publication of its popular World Factbook reference tool"

ALT HEADLINE: "Administration that hates the world, facts and books ends World Factbook"

https://apnews.com/article/cia-world-factbook-ratcliffe-trump-fbec61ce16c4b3db59db9cefce0da043

The 300 people fired from The Washington Post should form their own newspaper called The Post Washington Post.

Headline answer of the moment: If I'm the publisher, I would get both to write their story, publish it in a single book, and call it: "He Said, She Said."

Silicon Valley enabled Trump. This website helps you switch to European services. https://european-alternatives.eu/