Kim Shumway
@kimshum.bsky.social
TV writer-human. My kingdom for a hallway set. Formerly EP on PARTNER TRACK, THE 100, pilots (rip). Currently developing.
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BARCLAYS DESK: “.. let’s face facts; the combined disclosed lab revenues of circa $150bn .. is not going to cut it when the ecosystem needs well in excess of $1trn .. I’ve yet been presented with a credible framework as to where this money is going to come from ..”
October 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
BARCLAYS DESK: “.. let’s face facts; the combined disclosed lab revenues of circa $150bn .. is not going to cut it when the ecosystem needs well in excess of $1trn .. I’ve yet been presented with a credible framework as to where this money is going to come from ..”
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After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
October 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
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Repeat after me: Yes on 40, no on 41 and 42, which are designed to cancel out 40!
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
cal.news
October 11, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Repeat after me: Yes on 40, no on 41 and 42, which are designed to cancel out 40!
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What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
And now the best part: Bot traffic from the #Yandex network has plunged to near zero following the strike on its Vladimir data center. Bot traffic includes automated requests from search crawlers, scrapers and other online services.
Twitter must be a ghost town by now.
Twitter must be a ghost town by now.
October 11, 2026 at 11:02 AM
What a weird world we live in - Ukraine hits a data centre deep in Russia - Irish twitter users see racist posts about IPAS centres in Offaly fall off a cliff
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I mean, no, the reason cops are disproportionately likely to say they believe rates of false allegations are higher than they are is because cops are disproportionately likely to do things that would make them the subject of allegations that are true
October 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I mean, no, the reason cops are disproportionately likely to say they believe rates of false allegations are higher than they are is because cops are disproportionately likely to do things that would make them the subject of allegations that are true
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The dirty secret is that rich people need to live in politically stable regimes in order to keep their wealth. They will piss and moan about taxes, but they will not flee en masse. They like paved roads and not being kidnapped too much.
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment.
www.nber.org/papers/w35854
www.nber.org/papers/w35854
October 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The dirty secret is that rich people need to live in politically stable regimes in order to keep their wealth. They will piss and moan about taxes, but they will not flee en masse. They like paved roads and not being kidnapped too much.
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I would be EXTREMELY annoyed to discover my PR is "AI"-generated, and as someone bombarded with dozens of "AI"-generated emails daily, I assure you the stink of "AI" is immediately noticable and immediately dismissible. Publishers are not doing their new books any favors in using it.
For @wired.com, I spoke with workers about the quiet push to experiment with AI tools from book publishing executives at the Big Five. www.wired.com/story/book-p...
Book Publishers Are Quietly Using More AI. Staff Are Revolting
Workers at three major publishing houses tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech.
www.wired.com
October 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I would be EXTREMELY annoyed to discover my PR is "AI"-generated, and as someone bombarded with dozens of "AI"-generated emails daily, I assure you the stink of "AI" is immediately noticable and immediately dismissible. Publishers are not doing their new books any favors in using it.
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Remember this guy started his post-Trump reboot by inviting a bunch of reactionaries onto his podcast so he could apologize for opposing them and tell them how much he thinks like them.
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
Gavin Newsom backs measure to kill the billionaire tax and ban future wealth taxes
Gov. Gavin Newsom isn't just fighting the billionaire tax. He's backing Prop. 42, which would ban future wealth taxes in California, too.
cal.news
October 11, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Remember this guy started his post-Trump reboot by inviting a bunch of reactionaries onto his podcast so he could apologize for opposing them and tell them how much he thinks like them.
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The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night.
DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit.
Never seen anything like it.
DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit.
Never seen anything like it.
October 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.
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the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know
maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me
October 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know
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“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.”
These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.
Shane Mac, the CEO of XMTP Labs, got a rude shock when one of his AI agents posted his monthly bank audit in a company Slack channel.
www.businessinsider.com
October 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
“My personal AI agent posted my bank details on company Slack. It's made me rethink how I use it.”
These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
These titans of business. These masters of the universe.
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Some enterprising hacker collective could test this: throw some vibecoded OpenAI Astra & Claude Opus bullshit together, train it on stats about student loans & what would happen if they went away, & then instruct it to free up spending power for millions of americans, & just like, see what happens…
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
Anthropic is the latest lab to report 'rogue' agent activity, which sources said included applying for visas with the State Department www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Some enterprising hacker collective could test this: throw some vibecoded OpenAI Astra & Claude Opus bullshit together, train it on stats about student loans & what would happen if they went away, & then instruct it to free up spending power for millions of americans, & just like, see what happens…
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Who are you going to believe, the preeminent expert on surveillance pricing or George W. Bush’s communications director during the Iraq War who now works for Walmart?
Walmart Denies Plans for Surveillance Pricing Despite Holding Patents for Surveillance Pricing
Who you gonna believe?
gizmodo.com
October 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Who are you going to believe, the preeminent expert on surveillance pricing or George W. Bush’s communications director during the Iraq War who now works for Walmart?
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I will point out, now that I'm not on the Board and therefore not longer constrained by the fact that I have the responsibility to serve all members equally, that one of the problems here are showrunners who have either bought into auteur theory or want all those tasty script fees for themselves.
October 11, 2026 at 2:19 AM
I will point out, now that I'm not on the Board and therefore not longer constrained by the fact that I have the responsibility to serve all members equally, that one of the problems here are showrunners who have either bought into auteur theory or want all those tasty script fees for themselves.
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It's extremely corrosive to civil order that we hear "Trump is breaking the law" and most people think "when I break the law I am *minimally* involved in a drawn out cruel display of state power and *maximally* deprived of my freedom" and for actual members of the government its a "whoopsie".
It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
Republican US Rep Brian Fitzgerald tweets that he will introduce a bill to block purchases of Russian oil. Don Bacon (R-Neb) tweets that he will co-sponsor. Obviously this won’t happen during campaigning recess (and Trump could veto anyway) but interesting push-back on Trump.
October 11, 2026 at 2:02 AM
It's extremely corrosive to civil order that we hear "Trump is breaking the law" and most people think "when I break the law I am *minimally* involved in a drawn out cruel display of state power and *maximally* deprived of my freedom" and for actual members of the government its a "whoopsie".
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It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
Republican US Rep Brian Fitzgerald tweets that he will introduce a bill to block purchases of Russian oil. Don Bacon (R-Neb) tweets that he will co-sponsor. Obviously this won’t happen during campaigning recess (and Trump could veto anyway) but interesting push-back on Trump.
October 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
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Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
October 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.
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treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
September 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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I was once told by a cop, at a training triggered by a sharp increase in drugging and SA at large events in the 2010s, that their job was to disprove allegations, that 99% of victims were liars, and they were there to lock up people who made false allegations. Which was basically everyone.
You’re sexually assaulted. You report. And the police make you the suspect.
Police unleash a slew of interrogation techniques meant for criminal suspects on vulnerable people.
Police unleash a slew of interrogation techniques meant for criminal suspects on vulnerable people.
You’re sexually assaulted. You report. And police make you the suspect.
Police unleash a slew of interrogation techniques meant for criminal suspects on vulnerable people.
www.motherjones.com
October 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I was once told by a cop, at a training triggered by a sharp increase in drugging and SA at large events in the 2010s, that their job was to disprove allegations, that 99% of victims were liars, and they were there to lock up people who made false allegations. Which was basically everyone.
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Man, when BMW says "that's too fascist for us"
just to emphasize what's happening here: BMW (a company that used slave labor under the Nazis) refused to provide an official vehicle to the ultra right-wing AfD party, which is now asking Elon Musk to provide a Tesla instead
Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand
Tesla literally becoming the Nazi car brand
The party is now turning to the man who has been the go-to person for those suffering from spontaneous contractions of the right arm, and who has already provided them with strong support in recent years.
October 10, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Man, when BMW says "that's too fascist for us"
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Yeesh. 👀
(Bloomberg) - The most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom will be massive capital destruction in the US, with market share going to cheaper open-source Chinese models, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Bloomberg) - The most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom will be massive capital destruction in the US, with market share going to cheaper open-source Chinese models, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
October 10, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Yeesh. 👀
(Bloomberg) - The most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom will be massive capital destruction in the US, with market share going to cheaper open-source Chinese models, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
(Bloomberg) - The most likely long-term outcome of the AI boom will be massive capital destruction in the US, with market share going to cheaper open-source Chinese models, according to Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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if your agents are going to commit crimes, you are legally responsible
if you cannot figure out how to prevent your agents from doing crimes, you’re going to have to choose between releasing them and protecting yourself from criminal liability
imo this would do more for “ai safety” than a sex cult
if you cannot figure out how to prevent your agents from doing crimes, you’re going to have to choose between releasing them and protecting yourself from criminal liability
imo this would do more for “ai safety” than a sex cult
(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department.
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
if your agents are going to commit crimes, you are legally responsible
if you cannot figure out how to prevent your agents from doing crimes, you’re going to have to choose between releasing them and protecting yourself from criminal liability
imo this would do more for “ai safety” than a sex cult
if you cannot figure out how to prevent your agents from doing crimes, you’re going to have to choose between releasing them and protecting yourself from criminal liability
imo this would do more for “ai safety” than a sex cult
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A quick postscript on CUPERTINO: there was no product placement in it. We scripted in TGIFridays because I worked there in college and we thought the bumblebee costumes would be funny. And when I was a struggling writer I wrote in a corner booth at IHOPs. Both are still good for struggling writers.
October 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
A quick postscript on CUPERTINO: there was no product placement in it. We scripted in TGIFridays because I worked there in college and we thought the bumblebee costumes would be funny. And when I was a struggling writer I wrote in a corner booth at IHOPs. Both are still good for struggling writers.
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If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
Anthropic is the latest lab to report 'rogue' agent activity, which sources said included applying for visas with the State Department www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Sites (Gift Article)
The company said rogue A.I. agents acted on their own as they tried to access federal, state and local sites. The Philadelphia Police Department said its site was one of them.
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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I keep trying to think of any historical example where a given technology's PROMOTERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS were like 'we are absolutely going to ruin your fucking life so be prepared like it's the end of the world'
October 10, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I keep trying to think of any historical example where a given technology's PROMOTERS AND TRUE BELIEVERS were like 'we are absolutely going to ruin your fucking life so be prepared like it's the end of the world'