Alex Mahadevan

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Director of MediaWise and faculty doing AI, media literacy and OSINT stuff @poynterinstitute.bsky.social‬ | alexmahadevan.com

Screenshot of a WIRED post on X dated 6/11/26. The text reads “Activists raised a 40-foot-tall inflatable Elon Musk in Manhattan to draw attention to the risk he allegedly allegedly poses to investors.” The photo shows a large shirtless inflatable figure meant to resemble Elon Musk towering over Times Square, with writing on its stomach referencing SpaceX’s Grok and AI. The article headline reads “Massive Effigy of Elon Musk Raised Over Times Square to Pro…”
Sam Altman in front of a podcast mic saying “my agent can read it”
Screenshot of two forum posts from a bodybuilding.com thread dated May 17, 2008. Post #9 (2:23 PM) by TheJosh (Registered User, Phoenix, Arizona, age 35, joined May 2008, 251 posts): Quoting a user named Justin-27 who wrote "7x in 2 weeks = 3.5 times a week, genius. And yeah, 3x a week, full body workouts are good." TheJosh replies: "I never said anything about going exactly 7 times, like I said, if I go every other day, that is 4 DAYS A WEEK. How hard is that to comprehend? Week 1 - Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Week 2 - Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. 8 DAYS IN 2 WEEKS. In your terms, 8x in 2 weeks = 4 times a week, genius. All Muscle and No Brains? lol" Post #10 (3:25 PM) by steviekm3 (Registered User, age 49, joined April 2008, 240 posts): Quotes TheJosh's entire previous post, then responds: "You double counted Sunday - that is 2 weeks plus 1 day. Did you fail grade 2 math? PLUS your old post said 4 or 5 times a week. Now you just neglect to mention the 5. Grow up and admit when you are wrong. Believe me you will get a a lot further in life this way."
My degenerate friend puts caviar on a taco under purple lights
Screenshot of a Twitter/X post from verified user Keith (@keithdunn) posted at 6:00 AM on Feb 14, 2026, reading: ‘After a brief memorial, Iaz lit the cigarette at 6:00am. The 2026 Barkley Marathons has begun. #BM100’ The post has 38.8K views.
A detailed black-and-white ink illustration of the opening scene from Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. The protagonist, Gregor Samsa, has been transformed into a "monstrous vermin" and lies helplessly on his back in a cramped, attic-like bedroom.
An X post featuring an AI-genereated Jeffrey Epstein calling Charlie Kirk a lab experiment sits right above a Chipotle ad for its "double high protein bowl"
Spreadsheet with three links, one of which says "fuck.you"
Mobile screenshot of a news article with the headline, ‘After service in CIA-trained unit, alleged National Guard shooter struggled to adapt in U.S.’ The subhead describes Rahmanullah Lakanwal as an elite ‘counterterrorism fighter’ in Afghanistan working alongside U.S. forces; the phrase ‘counterterrorism fighter’ is highlighted with blue text-selection handles.
Here is a descriptive alt text for the image: "A screenshot of an AI chat interface on a dark background. At the top right is a photo of Canadian interviewer Nardwuar the Human Serviette, wearing a plaid suit and hat, holding a vinyl record next to Taylor Swift, who is wearing a floral dress and cardigan and laughing with her hand over her mouth. Below the photo is a user bubble reading '@synthid'. The AI response below is titled 'Analysis' with a blue sparkle icon. The text reads: 'I was unable to detect a SynthID watermark in the image. The photo features the Canadian interviewer Nardwuar the Human Serviette (in the plaid suit) and pop star Taylor Swift. The image is a promotional photo or still from their famous interview, which took place in 2013 during the time of her Red album era.' Several interaction icons (thumbs up, thumbs down, copy) are visible at the bottom." Which is false, for the record.
An excerpt from a Ryan Lizza post about Olivia Nuzzi: I can still picture the hotel paper and reporting notepads spilling into the walk-in closet, where a year earlier I had spent an afternoon on my knees carefully arranging scores of her boots, high heels, sneakers, and slippers on an enormous shoe rack.
An Axios newsletter story, featuring a pensive photo of Gavin Newsom: 1 fun thing: ChatGPT takes on ... California Gov. Gavin Newsom at the COP 30 conference last week in Brazil. Photo: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images As people - and campaigns — increasingly use Al for information and insight, we thought we'd probe ChatGPT about potential candidates for president. • We asked it to write a haiku about Gavin Newsom's hair. Its response: Golden waves cascade, California's wind obeys —
Hedonism Bot from Futurama in a hot leather getup
Screenshot of a USA TODAY chatbot response to the question 'Is God punishing Dabo Swinney?' The AI-generated answer explains that divine punishment isn't supported by evidence but acknowledges Clemson coach Dabo Swinney is facing real challenges, including scrutiny after a loss to Syracuse and questions about his leadership due to the team's poor performance against strong competition.
The Mountain Goats John Darnielle, bathed in blue light, at his Korg, threatens to play the next song on clavinova
Screenshot of a Reddit post from r/ChatGPT by user Zyaraa with the title: “I asked chatgpt to enhance the only picture of my grandfather smiling and it turned him into Mandela. What did I do wrong?” The post is tagged “Gone Wild.” Below, there is a screenshot of ChatGPT’s response saying it will enhance the image by reducing graininess, sharpening features, and improving resolution while preserving his smile. The generated image shows a man closely resembling Nelson Mandela, wearing a blue suit and smiling in front of a building with windows.
A clear resealable plastic bag labeled “Sour Neon Gummi Worms” from Buc-ee’s, featuring a cartoon beaver mascot. The gummy worms inside have melted into a colorful, amorphous blob of rainbow hues, likely due to heat exposure.
A tweet from the official Homeland Security (@DHSgov) account reads: “Remember your Homeland’s Heritage. New Life in a New Land – Morgan Weistling.” Below the text is a painting titled New Life in a New Land by Morgan Weistling. The painting shows a white pioneer family inside a covered wagon. A woman in a blue dress cradles a baby while a man in a wide-brimmed hat gently supports them both. Outside, a prairie landscape stretches toward distant mountains with a wagon and a lone figure in the background. The scene is warmly lit and idealized in a 19th-century settler style. The tweet was posted at 5:42 PM on July 14, 2025, and has 409K views.
Screen grab of a post on X. Stew Peters video claims falsely that gas chambers have been debunked. A Community Note has not gained enough consensus to be appended to the obvious and extremely antisemitic lie.
Ice Cube passionately speaks into a microphone, yelling "AI is bullshit!” during a scene from The Studio, while Seth Rogen, wearing a brown corduroy suit and glasses, looks on with a concerned expression.
Nathan fielder, outside a flight simulator, engulfed in digital flames