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I’m a bit late but it’s still January, so new year new profile picture!
I have a habit of updating across platforms to help keep in touch with people. This year is different.
As Silicon Valley loses its mind it felt more like an “in memoriam” than anything else.
It’s not just TikTok that’s dying.
I have a habit of updating across platforms to help keep in touch with people. This year is different.
As Silicon Valley loses its mind it felt more like an “in memoriam” than anything else.
It’s not just TikTok that’s dying.
The U.S. military almost started a war with China due to "AI error"
An entirely hallucinated report almost started a US-China war
Today, CNN lost their White House access reporting things like this
Officials need to understand the limitations of AI: those in positions of power have a duty of care
An entirely hallucinated report almost started a US-China war
Today, CNN lost their White House access reporting things like this
Officials need to understand the limitations of AI: those in positions of power have a duty of care
Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
www.cnn.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:50 AM
The U.S. military almost started a war with China due to "AI error"
An entirely hallucinated report almost started a US-China war
Today, CNN lost their White House access reporting things like this
Officials need to understand the limitations of AI: those in positions of power have a duty of care
An entirely hallucinated report almost started a US-China war
Today, CNN lost their White House access reporting things like this
Officials need to understand the limitations of AI: those in positions of power have a duty of care
AI companies who attempt to hack should face legal ramifications: hiding behind "agents" isn't legitimate.
It is a federal crime to not only succeed in hacking but also to conspire or attempt to commit hacking (US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) - 18 U.S.C. § 1030).
They are not above the law.
It is a federal crime to not only succeed in hacking but also to conspire or attempt to commit hacking (US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) - 18 U.S.C. § 1030).
They are not above the law.
Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies
Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:26 AM
AI companies who attempt to hack should face legal ramifications: hiding behind "agents" isn't legitimate.
It is a federal crime to not only succeed in hacking but also to conspire or attempt to commit hacking (US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) - 18 U.S.C. § 1030).
They are not above the law.
It is a federal crime to not only succeed in hacking but also to conspire or attempt to commit hacking (US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) - 18 U.S.C. § 1030).
They are not above the law.
Democracy needs freedom to dissent & private wire tapping is illegal
"Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI
The firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen."
"Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI
The firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen."
Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
prospect.org
September 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Democracy needs freedom to dissent & private wire tapping is illegal
"Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI
The firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen."
"Anthropic is building out an extensive monitoring system to keep tabs on activists who oppose the rapid development of AI
The firm is also implementing a “pre-crime” approach, attempting to predict incidents before they happen."
Fear being a high chance (>10%) of human extinction this decade
They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"
They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"
Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears
Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.
www.wsj.com
September 9, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Fear being a high chance (>10%) of human extinction this decade
They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"
They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.
The name is over 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada & the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
The name is over 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada & the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
August 27, 2026 at 10:48 PM
The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.
The name is over 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada & the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
The name is over 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada & the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.
@mark-carney.bsky.social
If more people with power and influence operated like Dolly Parton we’d be in a good place.
Thanks for all the books, vaccines, and LGBTQ+ love in the face of growing American hate.
Thanks for all the books, vaccines, and LGBTQ+ love in the face of growing American hate.
August 26, 2026 at 12:42 AM
If more people with power and influence operated like Dolly Parton we’d be in a good place.
Thanks for all the books, vaccines, and LGBTQ+ love in the face of growing American hate.
Thanks for all the books, vaccines, and LGBTQ+ love in the face of growing American hate.
The Economist loved Acemoglu when he wrote about institutions, but now that he’s speaking sense on AI they publish a hit piece.
Regulations and safeguards for AI are necessary. A tool is used to benefit our communities and keep our environment livable.
We need more pro-human AI voices.
Regulations and safeguards for AI are necessary. A tool is used to benefit our communities and keep our environment livable.
We need more pro-human AI voices.
Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity, says Daron Acemoglu
go.nature.com/3SpEd97
go.nature.com/3SpEd97
Why we must stop talking about artificial general intelligence — and instead build ‘pro-worker’ AI
Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.
go.nature.com
August 22, 2026 at 7:10 AM
The Economist loved Acemoglu when he wrote about institutions, but now that he’s speaking sense on AI they publish a hit piece.
Regulations and safeguards for AI are necessary. A tool is used to benefit our communities and keep our environment livable.
We need more pro-human AI voices.
Regulations and safeguards for AI are necessary. A tool is used to benefit our communities and keep our environment livable.
We need more pro-human AI voices.
The rhetoric of "excellence" is a lie
No one's super human: challenges set you back
The privileged are afforded mediocrity: the threshold for minorities makes them fail or exaggerate
It's a toxic, delusional culture for the under privileged expected to achieve impossible feats
RIP Arday
No one's super human: challenges set you back
The privileged are afforded mediocrity: the threshold for minorities makes them fail or exaggerate
It's a toxic, delusional culture for the under privileged expected to achieve impossible feats
RIP Arday
August 14, 2026 at 10:53 PM
The rhetoric of "excellence" is a lie
No one's super human: challenges set you back
The privileged are afforded mediocrity: the threshold for minorities makes them fail or exaggerate
It's a toxic, delusional culture for the under privileged expected to achieve impossible feats
RIP Arday
No one's super human: challenges set you back
The privileged are afforded mediocrity: the threshold for minorities makes them fail or exaggerate
It's a toxic, delusional culture for the under privileged expected to achieve impossible feats
RIP Arday
Shame on those (esp on X) who participated in the Jason Arday mass pile on
This story shouldn’t have ever been international breaking news: I’ve seen more grace given to hard criminals
Mob joy always goes this way, but those “racial realist” bullies won’t care because of his ethnic background
This story shouldn’t have ever been international breaking news: I’ve seen more grace given to hard criminals
Mob joy always goes this way, but those “racial realist” bullies won’t care because of his ethnic background
Jason Arday, former Cambridge University professor, found dead
The former academic was found unresponsive in Battersea. Police said they were treating his death as unexpected, but it is not believed to be suspicious
www.thetimes.com
August 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Shame on those (esp on X) who participated in the Jason Arday mass pile on
This story shouldn’t have ever been international breaking news: I’ve seen more grace given to hard criminals
Mob joy always goes this way, but those “racial realist” bullies won’t care because of his ethnic background
This story shouldn’t have ever been international breaking news: I’ve seen more grace given to hard criminals
Mob joy always goes this way, but those “racial realist” bullies won’t care because of his ethnic background
Bigotry of low expectations should be dismantled, not entrenched.
Children meet the expectations given to them. The risks of systemic bias and discrimination by teachers/administrators is real.
I really hope they reconsider this approach.
Children meet the expectations given to them. The risks of systemic bias and discrimination by teachers/administrators is real.
I really hope they reconsider this approach.
🚨 NEW: Primary schools are set to be told to identify children at risk of being unemployed in the future
[@guardian]
[@guardian]
August 8, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Bigotry of low expectations should be dismantled, not entrenched.
Children meet the expectations given to them. The risks of systemic bias and discrimination by teachers/administrators is real.
I really hope they reconsider this approach.
Children meet the expectations given to them. The risks of systemic bias and discrimination by teachers/administrators is real.
I really hope they reconsider this approach.
While much of England turns yellow with dead vegetation, elite spaces are staying green and alive.
‘It’s all right for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans
As parks turn brown and paddling pools go unfilled, exemptions mean sports pitches can stay lush – even in school holidays
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM
While much of England turns yellow with dead vegetation, elite spaces are staying green and alive.
Social media is full of claims that China is doing AI "right" and China is claiming that youth unemployment is falling
Yet, in 2023 Peking Prof. Dandan argued that real youth unemployment 46.5%
China has produced record university grads, threatening elite overproduction
Propaganda isn't reality
Yet, in 2023 Peking Prof. Dandan argued that real youth unemployment 46.5%
China has produced record university grads, threatening elite overproduction
Propaganda isn't reality
August 5, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Social media is full of claims that China is doing AI "right" and China is claiming that youth unemployment is falling
Yet, in 2023 Peking Prof. Dandan argued that real youth unemployment 46.5%
China has produced record university grads, threatening elite overproduction
Propaganda isn't reality
Yet, in 2023 Peking Prof. Dandan argued that real youth unemployment 46.5%
China has produced record university grads, threatening elite overproduction
Propaganda isn't reality
This warrants a national investigation and media reporting
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
August 5, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This warrants a national investigation and media reporting
Reposted by Katherine T. Tyson
Casey would not qualify for disability support but would appear as disabled in the Family Resources Survey, does this mean we need to deliver better data to assess how to deliver social care? Maybe, but this is a data question not a welfare question.
July 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Casey would not qualify for disability support but would appear as disabled in the Family Resources Survey, does this mean we need to deliver better data to assess how to deliver social care? Maybe, but this is a data question not a welfare question.
Baroness Casey demonstrates internalized ableism here
She can’t handle a reality that her health conditions could make her disabled because it’s a “bad” thing
Disabled people can sit down for an interview
Disabled people do work
Disabled people do live
The whole review is called into question
She can’t handle a reality that her health conditions could make her disabled because it’s a “bad” thing
Disabled people can sit down for an interview
Disabled people do work
Disabled people do live
The whole review is called into question
‘Even I would qualify as disabled’: Baroness Casey calls for tough questions on welfare
Baroness Casey of Blackstock, who is leading a review of social care that will conclude by 2028, says nation must ask ‘who should we be looking after, and how’
www.thetimes.com
July 29, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Baroness Casey demonstrates internalized ableism here
She can’t handle a reality that her health conditions could make her disabled because it’s a “bad” thing
Disabled people can sit down for an interview
Disabled people do work
Disabled people do live
The whole review is called into question
She can’t handle a reality that her health conditions could make her disabled because it’s a “bad” thing
Disabled people can sit down for an interview
Disabled people do work
Disabled people do live
The whole review is called into question
Hundreds of thousands have already lost their lives because of USAID cut: millions more expected over the next 4 years.
The system rewarded the architect with over a trillion dollars, on a set of companies that produces next to no profit and survive off subsidies.
The system is broken.
The system rewarded the architect with over a trillion dollars, on a set of companies that produces next to no profit and survive off subsidies.
The system is broken.
June 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Hundreds of thousands have already lost their lives because of USAID cut: millions more expected over the next 4 years.
The system rewarded the architect with over a trillion dollars, on a set of companies that produces next to no profit and survive off subsidies.
The system is broken.
The system rewarded the architect with over a trillion dollars, on a set of companies that produces next to no profit and survive off subsidies.
The system is broken.
Capitalism can’t function with monopolies and oligopolies. What we have is a plutocracy.
Billionaires doubling their wealth in a couple years (ie Taylor Swift) and the first Trillionaire (Musk) are just the ones written about.
Tax reform needs to happen as a matter of priority.
Billionaires doubling their wealth in a couple years (ie Taylor Swift) and the first Trillionaire (Musk) are just the ones written about.
Tax reform needs to happen as a matter of priority.
June 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Capitalism can’t function with monopolies and oligopolies. What we have is a plutocracy.
Billionaires doubling their wealth in a couple years (ie Taylor Swift) and the first Trillionaire (Musk) are just the ones written about.
Tax reform needs to happen as a matter of priority.
Billionaires doubling their wealth in a couple years (ie Taylor Swift) and the first Trillionaire (Musk) are just the ones written about.
Tax reform needs to happen as a matter of priority.
Every media outlet is groveling at Musk’s feet about SpaceX’s IPO. Regardless of whether it’s Aljazeera or the BBC.
No mention of how Musk encouraged race riots that have terrorized the United Kingdom.
A dereliction of journalistic duty.
No mention of how Musk encouraged race riots that have terrorized the United Kingdom.
A dereliction of journalistic duty.
June 12, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Every media outlet is groveling at Musk’s feet about SpaceX’s IPO. Regardless of whether it’s Aljazeera or the BBC.
No mention of how Musk encouraged race riots that have terrorized the United Kingdom.
A dereliction of journalistic duty.
No mention of how Musk encouraged race riots that have terrorized the United Kingdom.
A dereliction of journalistic duty.
Finally, bluesky has group chats!
June 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Finally, bluesky has group chats!
The USA is forever changed.
US House passes $70 billion bill to fund ICE, Border Patrol reut.rs/4xf4oPH
US House passes $70 billion bill to fund ICE, Border Patrol
A longstanding political stalemate in the U.S. Congress over money for immigration enforcement ended on Tuesday, when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a $70 billion bill to fund U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol through the remainder of President Donald Trump's administration.
reut.rs
June 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM
The USA is forever changed.
@raulpachecovega.bsky.social death is under investigation as there were reported signs of violence.
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega deserved so much better. I hope justice is served.
Original spanish article: www.am.com.mx/leon/2026/06...
English translation: www-am-com-mx.translate.goog/leon/2026/06...
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega deserved so much better. I hope justice is served.
Original spanish article: www.am.com.mx/leon/2026/06...
English translation: www-am-com-mx.translate.goog/leon/2026/06...
Investigan muerte de Raúl Pacheco Vega, académico de la FLACSO
Héctor Pacheco Vega fue encontrado sin vida en un motel de León. La investigación avanza tras la identificación del cuerpo.
www.am.com.mx
June 3, 2026 at 12:24 AM
@raulpachecovega.bsky.social death is under investigation as there were reported signs of violence.
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega deserved so much better. I hope justice is served.
Original spanish article: www.am.com.mx/leon/2026/06...
English translation: www-am-com-mx.translate.goog/leon/2026/06...
Dr. Raul Pacheco-Vega deserved so much better. I hope justice is served.
Original spanish article: www.am.com.mx/leon/2026/06...
English translation: www-am-com-mx.translate.goog/leon/2026/06...
Reposted by Katherine T. Tyson
The court has effectively ruled that severely disabled people are not entitled to the same standards of liberty because they allegedly can't experience it fully. A bizarrely regressive ruling on rights
It even implies non-resistance as possible consent: an extremely dangerous view for all victims
It even implies non-resistance as possible consent: an extremely dangerous view for all victims
June 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The court has effectively ruled that severely disabled people are not entitled to the same standards of liberty because they allegedly can't experience it fully. A bizarrely regressive ruling on rights
It even implies non-resistance as possible consent: an extremely dangerous view for all victims
It even implies non-resistance as possible consent: an extremely dangerous view for all victims
I can’t express how shocked and sad this news makes me.
I met Raul in the early 2010s as an undergrad at UBC, Vancouver.
We moved to different continents, but continued to be engaged online and link up when possible.
He helped shape me as both an academic and climate policy work.
Gone too soon.
I met Raul in the early 2010s as an undergrad at UBC, Vancouver.
We moved to different continents, but continued to be engaged online and link up when possible.
He helped shape me as both an academic and climate policy work.
Gone too soon.
La Sociedad Mexicana de Sociología lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento del Dr. Raúl Pacheco-Vega, profesor del CIDE y FLACSO.
Nuestras más sinceras condolencias a sus familiares, amigos y colegas cercanos.
Descanse en paz
Nuestras más sinceras condolencias a sus familiares, amigos y colegas cercanos.
Descanse en paz
June 2, 2026 at 6:21 AM
I can’t express how shocked and sad this news makes me.
I met Raul in the early 2010s as an undergrad at UBC, Vancouver.
We moved to different continents, but continued to be engaged online and link up when possible.
He helped shape me as both an academic and climate policy work.
Gone too soon.
I met Raul in the early 2010s as an undergrad at UBC, Vancouver.
We moved to different continents, but continued to be engaged online and link up when possible.
He helped shape me as both an academic and climate policy work.
Gone too soon.
The current AI push is a self defeating race to the bottom.
There is a deep cultural and environmental anxiety among the super rich. They seem to be scrambling to build massive infrastructure projects not to better our lives but to be in control of the emerging world order.
Credit: @rushkoff.com
There is a deep cultural and environmental anxiety among the super rich. They seem to be scrambling to build massive infrastructure projects not to better our lives but to be in control of the emerging world order.
Credit: @rushkoff.com
June 2, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The current AI push is a self defeating race to the bottom.
There is a deep cultural and environmental anxiety among the super rich. They seem to be scrambling to build massive infrastructure projects not to better our lives but to be in control of the emerging world order.
Credit: @rushkoff.com
There is a deep cultural and environmental anxiety among the super rich. They seem to be scrambling to build massive infrastructure projects not to better our lives but to be in control of the emerging world order.
Credit: @rushkoff.com
Maximalism > landlord’s special
Credit: sarah Andersen
Credit: sarah Andersen
May 31, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Maximalism > landlord’s special
Credit: sarah Andersen
Credit: sarah Andersen