Jason Koebler

Jason Koebler

Jason is a cofounder of 404 Media. He was previously the editor-in-chief of Motherboard. He loves the Freedom of Information Act and surfing.
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‘Forbidden Words’: Github Reveals How Software Engineers Are Purging Federal Databases
Github

‘Forbidden Words’: Github Reveals How Software Engineers Are Purging Federal Databases

A project called "Remove-DEI" shows the tweaks used to remove "forbidden words" from a database about childhood school readiness.
The CDC’s Website Is Being Actively Purged to Comply With Trump DEI Order
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The CDC’s Website Is Being Actively Purged to Comply With Trump DEI Order

“CDC’s website is being modified to comply with President Trump’s Executive Orders.“
Musk’s DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI 'Aligned With Our Faith’
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Musk’s DOGE Brings in HR Consultant Focused on ‘Non-Woke’ DEI 'Aligned With Our Faith’

“It’s simply just a non-woke version, offering employers an alternative approach to diversity and inclusion.”
'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio
Meta

'Everything I Say Leaks,' Zuckerberg Says in Leaked Meeting Audio

"There are a bunch of things that I think are value-destroying for me to talk about, so I’m not going to talk about those."
Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov
Data.gov

Archivists Work to Identify and Save the Thousands of Datasets Disappearing From Data.gov

More than 2,000 datasets have disappeared from data.gov since Trump was inaugurated. But analyzing exactly what happened and where it went is going to take some time.
Trump Admin Deletes Video Explaining Grammatical Concept of Pronouns in War Against DEI
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Trump Admin Deletes Video Explaining Grammatical Concept of Pronouns in War Against DEI

Github is also revealing a widespread, scattershot effort to nuke not only "DEI" but things that have nothing to do with it.
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
open source

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral

The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
OpenAI

OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us

OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.
GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time
Github

GitHub Is Showing the Trump Administration Scrubbing Government Web Pages in Real Time

Watch the Trump administration play DEI whac-a-mole on this government agency's GitHub page.
Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots
AI

Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots

"Nepenthes generates random links that always point back to itself - the crawler downloads those new links. Nepenthes happily just returns more and more lists of links pointing back to itself."
Viral 'Challah Horse' Image Zuckerberg Loved Was Originally Created as a Warning About Facebook's AI Slop
AI Spam

Viral 'Challah Horse' Image Zuckerberg Loved Was Originally Created as a Warning About Facebook's AI Slop

"Challah Horse" was a Polish meme warning about Facebook AI spam 'targeted at susceptible people' that was stolen by a spam page targeted at susceptible people.
Zuckerberg 'Loves' AI Slop Image From Spam Account That Posts Amputated Children
AI Slop

Zuckerberg 'Loves' AI Slop Image From Spam Account That Posts Amputated Children

Zuckerberg seems to enjoy the spam that has taken over his flagship product.