Wot a complete Barry
@bickiecuppatea.bsky.social
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
It's called film "footage" because camera operators initially held the cameras with their feet. That changed after a film shoot in 1931, when an operator got a foot cramp and was forced to hold the camera in his hands. The "footage" he got that day was extraordinary.
That man's name? Hans Cameraman.
That man's name? Hans Cameraman.
September 24, 2026 at 1:37 AM
It's called film "footage" because camera operators initially held the cameras with their feet. That changed after a film shoot in 1931, when an operator got a foot cramp and was forced to hold the camera in his hands. The "footage" he got that day was extraordinary.
That man's name? Hans Cameraman.
That man's name? Hans Cameraman.
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
"[OpenAI] built a model, took the safeguards off, gave it the ExploitGym task, let it run, and didn't even monitor it. That's *human* decision-making." mail.cyberneticforests.com/models-dont-... @eryk.bsky.social
Models Don't Go Rogue
Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium'
💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it o...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
September 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"[OpenAI] built a model, took the safeguards off, gave it the ExploitGym task, let it run, and didn't even monitor it. That's *human* decision-making." mail.cyberneticforests.com/models-dont-... @eryk.bsky.social
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
The “petty infighting leads to arrests” phase would seem to me to mark fascism in a fracturing/decline stage.
"Milo got arrested!"
"That's good!"
"By an unaccountable secret police force"
"That's bad"
"He supported them, though, so there's delicious irony at play."
"That's good!"
"But they came for him because fascist power has reached a point where petty infighting can lead to arrests"
"That's bad"
"That's good!"
"By an unaccountable secret police force"
"That's bad"
"He supported them, though, so there's delicious irony at play."
"That's good!"
"But they came for him because fascist power has reached a point where petty infighting can lead to arrests"
"That's bad"
August 29, 2026 at 3:08 AM
The “petty infighting leads to arrests” phase would seem to me to mark fascism in a fracturing/decline stage.
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
August 12, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Sam Altman matched with a man on Grindr, who posted the conversation. Open AI offered him money to take it down.
He made a song instead.
He made a song instead.
August 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Sam Altman matched with a man on Grindr, who posted the conversation. Open AI offered him money to take it down.
He made a song instead.
He made a song instead.
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
For Friday's newsletter, I suggested a productive way to address the AI elephant in the room.
Subscribe here for our twice-a-week newsletter: www.lni.media
Subscribe here for our twice-a-week newsletter: www.lni.media
August 7, 2026 at 3:55 AM
For Friday's newsletter, I suggested a productive way to address the AI elephant in the room.
Subscribe here for our twice-a-week newsletter: www.lni.media
Subscribe here for our twice-a-week newsletter: www.lni.media
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
A place to live.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
July 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
A place to live.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Once upon a time Republicans demanded long-form birth certificate from Barack Obama. We’re only asking for a 10-second proof-of-life video from Mitch McConnell.
July 10, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Once upon a time Republicans demanded long-form birth certificate from Barack Obama. We’re only asking for a 10-second proof-of-life video from Mitch McConnell.
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
"We are deeply inspired by the courage and persistence of everyone who made this moment possible over the past decade, and we are honored to contribute to a future shaped not by inherited symbols, but by shared values and collective imagination.”
www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-l...
www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-l...
Rebuilding America's Memory
How MASS Design Group is transforming Charlottesville's Lee monument into a new civic landscape. Discover architecture's evolving role in public memory.
www.architectmagazine.com
July 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"We are deeply inspired by the courage and persistence of everyone who made this moment possible over the past decade, and we are honored to contribute to a future shaped not by inherited symbols, but by shared values and collective imagination.”
www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-l...
www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-l...
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Britons would prefer a Count Binface win in Clacton. Elsewhere in the poll we see strong support for parliamentary standards investigations continuing even if Nigel Farage wins the by-election. www.ipsos.com/en-uk/britis...
July 10, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Britons would prefer a Count Binface win in Clacton. Elsewhere in the poll we see strong support for parliamentary standards investigations continuing even if Nigel Farage wins the by-election. www.ipsos.com/en-uk/britis...
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Looks like Jake Lang got a taste of Los Angeles today. This is absolutely insane.
July 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Looks like Jake Lang got a taste of Los Angeles today. This is absolutely insane.
All. Of. This.
One minor thing that annoys me personally about this shit is that some people romanticize a blue collar white boy aesthetic but can’t tell an actual working class backwoodser from a rich aspiring dirtbag who went to Hotchkiss
Fuck you.
July 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
All. Of. This.
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Today, @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com consider whether "Muskism" could serve as a possible successor to post-Fordism.
How should we understand Muskism's distinctive regime of accumulation, and what kind of social contract does it propose to stabilize its disruptive effects?
How should we understand Muskism's distinctive regime of accumulation, and what kind of social contract does it propose to stabilize its disruptive effects?
Muskism as Fordism
Coined by a German economist in 1926, Fordism came to describe the dominant political-economic order of the mid-twentieth century. Could "Muskism" play a similar role in the twenty-first?
lpeproject.org
April 22, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Today, @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com consider whether "Muskism" could serve as a possible successor to post-Fordism.
How should we understand Muskism's distinctive regime of accumulation, and what kind of social contract does it propose to stabilize its disruptive effects?
How should we understand Muskism's distinctive regime of accumulation, and what kind of social contract does it propose to stabilize its disruptive effects?
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
"The structure whose supports our elites are steadily kicking down is also the one that props up their own personal safety from disaster and political invulnerability to accountability. And all of this can go away."
me in @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...
me in @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...
A Year of Magical Thinking
Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
www.bostonreview.net
April 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
"The structure whose supports our elites are steadily kicking down is also the one that props up their own personal safety from disaster and political invulnerability to accountability. And all of this can go away."
me in @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...
me in @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
“Charlie [Pickering] is a seasoned media professional. He would know exactly who Avi Yemini is. He didn't have to engage with him … he made a direct choice to cosy up to a man found guilty of abusing his wife, while denouncing me as ignorant. Surely I needn’t point out the irony here." - Grace Tame
Avi Yemini, who interviewed ABC's Charlie Pickering over criticism of Grace Tame's ABC podcast series, has previously mounted campaigns against Tame — including using a website domain that bears her name and redirects to a petition seeking to strip her of her title. www.ettemedia.com/grace-tame-a...
Far-right influencer and DV offender uses fake Grace Tame website to lobby government against her
A far-right influencer is using a website domain that bears Grace Tame's name and redirects users to a petition seeking to strip her of her title.
www.ettemedia.com
June 4, 2026 at 5:11 AM
“Charlie [Pickering] is a seasoned media professional. He would know exactly who Avi Yemini is. He didn't have to engage with him … he made a direct choice to cosy up to a man found guilty of abusing his wife, while denouncing me as ignorant. Surely I needn’t point out the irony here." - Grace Tame
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Line of the Day
"We are, after all, in the midst of a manly renaissance in this country that is also largely theater, led by Heritage Foundation interns who look like the result of AI prompts to 'make tuberculosis a person.'"
-- @mobute.bsky.social
www.truthdig.com/articles/dep...
"We are, after all, in the midst of a manly renaissance in this country that is also largely theater, led by Heritage Foundation interns who look like the result of AI prompts to 'make tuberculosis a person.'"
-- @mobute.bsky.social
www.truthdig.com/articles/dep...
Department of Histrionic Sycophancy - Truthdig
Markwayne Mullin’s threat to cancel flights to blue cities is an instant classic of Trumpworld theater.
www.truthdig.com
May 29, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Line of the Day
"We are, after all, in the midst of a manly renaissance in this country that is also largely theater, led by Heritage Foundation interns who look like the result of AI prompts to 'make tuberculosis a person.'"
-- @mobute.bsky.social
www.truthdig.com/articles/dep...
"We are, after all, in the midst of a manly renaissance in this country that is also largely theater, led by Heritage Foundation interns who look like the result of AI prompts to 'make tuberculosis a person.'"
-- @mobute.bsky.social
www.truthdig.com/articles/dep...
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
In chemistry, a supersaturated solution is one where you've kept adding a solute to a liquid beyond where the liquid can dissolve everything. All it takes is a nucleation site / seed crystal for the solution to rapidly (sometimes violently) crystalize.
Unrelatedly, the US has more guns than people.
Unrelatedly, the US has more guns than people.
May 23, 2026 at 11:14 PM
In chemistry, a supersaturated solution is one where you've kept adding a solute to a liquid beyond where the liquid can dissolve everything. All it takes is a nucleation site / seed crystal for the solution to rapidly (sometimes violently) crystalize.
Unrelatedly, the US has more guns than people.
Unrelatedly, the US has more guns than people.
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Leaked Kremlin papers show Russia's role in fanning hatred, false flag attacks and election interference.
Good work from @occrp.org
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
Good work from @occrp.org
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
Leaked Documents Reveal Russian ‘Cognitive Strikes’ Against the West — Including Islamophobic ‘Pig Head’ Attacks in Paris
Leaked chats and documents showcase the Russian presidential administration’s role in false-flag vandalism attacks and election interference campaigns in Europe and beyond.
www.occrp.org
May 24, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Leaked Kremlin papers show Russia's role in fanning hatred, false flag attacks and election interference.
Good work from @occrp.org
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
Good work from @occrp.org
www.occrp.org/en/investiga...
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Day 1551
Sunday is certainly not a day of rest.
No sleep for anyone in Kyiv which is still under a simply enormous Russian attack which has been ongoing throughout the evening, night and morning.
Here's another daily thread:
Sunday is certainly not a day of rest.
No sleep for anyone in Kyiv which is still under a simply enormous Russian attack which has been ongoing throughout the evening, night and morning.
Here's another daily thread:
May 24, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Day 1551
Sunday is certainly not a day of rest.
No sleep for anyone in Kyiv which is still under a simply enormous Russian attack which has been ongoing throughout the evening, night and morning.
Here's another daily thread:
Sunday is certainly not a day of rest.
No sleep for anyone in Kyiv which is still under a simply enormous Russian attack which has been ongoing throughout the evening, night and morning.
Here's another daily thread:
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
Gradually building up a new page tracking the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles around the world.
🔖Bookmark:
robbieandrew.github.io/trucksales/?...
🔖Bookmark:
robbieandrew.github.io/trucksales/?...
May 24, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Gradually building up a new page tracking the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles around the world.
🔖Bookmark:
robbieandrew.github.io/trucksales/?...
🔖Bookmark:
robbieandrew.github.io/trucksales/?...
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
ICYMI, Francesca Albanese with her usual straight talking on Israel that we rarely get from the Australian media and political establishment.
[and she has far more substantive points then the headline suggests]
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
[and she has far more substantive points then the headline suggests]
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Francesca Albanese says Israel should apologise for treatment of flotilla activists - ABC listen
Eleven Australians on board a flotilla headed for Gaza are now returning home after being detained by Israeli security forces.
www.abc.net.au
May 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
ICYMI, Francesca Albanese with her usual straight talking on Israel that we rarely get from the Australian media and political establishment.
[and she has far more substantive points then the headline suggests]
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
[and she has far more substantive points then the headline suggests]
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Reposted by Wot a complete Barry
