Tom Hannen
@tomhannen.ft.com
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The humans had always considered the ocean tragically deficient in both advertising and imaginary whales. At last, technology had solved both problems.
September 23, 2026 at 5:00 AM
The humans had always considered the ocean tragically deficient in both advertising and imaginary whales. At last, technology had solved both problems.
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New Post: Why I Love AI
Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i...
Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i...
September 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
New Post: Why I Love AI
Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i...
Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists.
www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i...
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As a criminal lawyer, it is wild to see so many obviously prosecutable offences committed by a single individual over a short period of time with such apparent impunity.
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
September 22, 2026 at 9:24 PM
As a criminal lawyer, it is wild to see so many obviously prosecutable offences committed by a single individual over a short period of time with such apparent impunity.
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There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.
September 22, 2026 at 6:56 PM
There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point.
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approximately one industry in our civilization has figured out "systematically keep track of things that go wrong, and then systematically try to prevent them from happening again", and this is the result
September 22, 2026 at 5:01 PM
approximately one industry in our civilization has figured out "systematically keep track of things that go wrong, and then systematically try to prevent them from happening again", and this is the result
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Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks - FT video produced by me, written by @chriscook.news & @chassnews.bsky.social
FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
September 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks - FT video produced by me, written by @chriscook.news & @chassnews.bsky.social
FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks - FT video produced by me, written by @chriscook.news & @chassnews.bsky.social
FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
September 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks - FT video produced by me, written by @chriscook.news & @chassnews.bsky.social
FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
Saw on the pavement this morning. Old photos are so weirdly poignant. Who were they? Why was it by the side of a main road? Did someone throw it out of a car on purpose or drop it by mistake?
September 21, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Saw on the pavement this morning. Old photos are so weirdly poignant. Who were they? Why was it by the side of a main road? Did someone throw it out of a car on purpose or drop it by mistake?
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i think the closest analogy to 'what is going on at AI companies' is 'what was going on at JPL in the 1950s,' where communists, Satanists, swingers and adherents of a bizarre Russian Orthodox-adjacent techno-optimist microsect ended up doing a tremendous amount of important rocket science
September 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
i think the closest analogy to 'what is going on at AI companies' is 'what was going on at JPL in the 1950s,' where communists, Satanists, swingers and adherents of a bizarre Russian Orthodox-adjacent techno-optimist microsect ended up doing a tremendous amount of important rocket science
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Strange just how many of the Blair/Brown era Labour politicians and advisers have decided they will do absolutely anything for money....
Palantir think hiring Tom Watson is the way to the heart of the British people – and Andy Burnham.
They’ve got a lot of data but it looks like they’ve got a lot to learn...
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/palantir-tom-watson-labour-nhs-contract-3zqsjknx6
They’ve got a lot of data but it looks like they’ve got a lot to learn...
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/palantir-tom-watson-labour-nhs-contract-3zqsjknx6
Palantir hires Tom Watson to fight left-wing campaign against US firm
The tech giant, which holds several public sector contracts, hopes that hiring the former Labour deputy leader will buy it a hearing in the Burnham government
www.thetimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Strange just how many of the Blair/Brown era Labour politicians and advisers have decided they will do absolutely anything for money....
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The BBC has submitted a planning application for six satellite dishes at a BBC Receiving Station to South Oxfordshire District Council, which would not normally be of huge interest to the Clarion except we were unaware there was such station on our patch - rabbit hole of a thread follows.. 📡
September 18, 2026 at 6:22 AM
The BBC has submitted a planning application for six satellite dishes at a BBC Receiving Station to South Oxfordshire District Council, which would not normally be of huge interest to the Clarion except we were unaware there was such station on our patch - rabbit hole of a thread follows.. 📡
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What the hell is the point of Apple TV+ if they haven’t done a big budget adaptation of a Canticle for Leibowitz yet?
September 17, 2026 at 10:30 AM
What the hell is the point of Apple TV+ if they haven’t done a big budget adaptation of a Canticle for Leibowitz yet?
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Wow: Giant new impact crater spotted on the Moon!
An asteroid the size of an apartment building hit the lunar surface in early 2024 & created 220-meter (730-foot) wide McGetchin crater.
It's "the largest contemporary impact crater found in the Solar System." 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
An asteroid the size of an apartment building hit the lunar surface in early 2024 & created 220-meter (730-foot) wide McGetchin crater.
It's "the largest contemporary impact crater found in the Solar System." 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
September 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Wow: Giant new impact crater spotted on the Moon!
An asteroid the size of an apartment building hit the lunar surface in early 2024 & created 220-meter (730-foot) wide McGetchin crater.
It's "the largest contemporary impact crater found in the Solar System." 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
An asteroid the size of an apartment building hit the lunar surface in early 2024 & created 220-meter (730-foot) wide McGetchin crater.
It's "the largest contemporary impact crater found in the Solar System." 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/solar-system...
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“Every aviation scenario the UK Government has published overshoots the carbon budget Parliament has legislated, before a third runway at Heathrow is even taken into account.”
(And even that budget is wildly out of line with 1.5 or 2C)
(And even that budget is wildly out of line with 1.5 or 2C)
The CCC @thecccuk.bsky.social offers Heathrow a thumbs up, conditional on the massive deployment of “snake oil” technologies (SAF & GGR). Report by Tyndall researchers, building on UK Govt commitments, science & maths, reaches a very different conclusion. See: climateuncensored.com/heathrow-exp...
Heathrow Expansion: The Physics Does Not Negotiate - Climate Uncensored
Below is the foreword I wrote for my Tyndall colleagues’ detailed and rigorous report examining whether further expansion of Heathrow can be reconciled with
climateuncensored.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:08 AM
“Every aviation scenario the UK Government has published overshoots the carbon budget Parliament has legislated, before a third runway at Heathrow is even taken into account.”
(And even that budget is wildly out of line with 1.5 or 2C)
(And even that budget is wildly out of line with 1.5 or 2C)
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Touching display of solidarity
September 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Touching display of solidarity
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hey I heard you like sankey diagrams that show huge populations making terrible decisions
September 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
hey I heard you like sankey diagrams that show huge populations making terrible decisions
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This is by far the most interesting thing I've read about the AI race towards oblivion. So much more convincing than the 'regulate us' / IPO-bait. @sarahoconnorft.ft.com docs.google.com/document/d/1...
September 15, 2026 at 9:20 AM
This is by far the most interesting thing I've read about the AI race towards oblivion. So much more convincing than the 'regulate us' / IPO-bait. @sarahoconnorft.ft.com docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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This is ingenious @chriscook.news
Can you recreate a 3D wind turbine from public satellite imagery?
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September 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
This is ingenious @chriscook.news
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Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy was released 42 years ago today on Sept 14, 1984. Written by Steve Meretzky and Douglas Adams. It was #Infocom's 14th game. What a bad day! As the story begins a bulldozer is preparing to level your house. DON’T PANIC! #Commodore64 #Commodore #C64
September 14, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy was released 42 years ago today on Sept 14, 1984. Written by Steve Meretzky and Douglas Adams. It was #Infocom's 14th game. What a bad day! As the story begins a bulldozer is preparing to level your house. DON’T PANIC! #Commodore64 #Commodore #C64
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Approximating the Lorenz attractor with a chaotic leaky water wheel.
The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
September 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Approximating the Lorenz attractor with a chaotic leaky water wheel.
The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
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The improbable music of the ZX Spectrum's one-bit speaker
The improbable music of the ZX Spectrum's one-bit speaker
Ingenious coders coaxed multichannel chiptunes from the humblest of sound hardware
www.theregister.com
September 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The improbable music of the ZX Spectrum's one-bit speaker