Graeme Lipschitz
@graemelipschitz.com
AI | Digital | Life-long Learning. Father to Maya (10). Yes, I had it coming.
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“Genocide is not just the destruction of a people, it is also the obliteration of that people’s store of memories and, with it, the destruction of their ability to see themselves historically.” A new essay by JM Coetzee on memory and complicity in his South African childhood
September 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
“Genocide is not just the destruction of a people, it is also the obliteration of that people’s store of memories and, with it, the destruction of their ability to see themselves historically.” A new essay by JM Coetzee on memory and complicity in his South African childhood
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An account from am economist who was not worried about AI but now is worried because of the Hugging Face Incident
I think it is very hard to ignore the fact that cybersecurity will become a very big issue very quickly and we can only hope AI defense beats offense joshuagans.substack.com/p/its-worse
I think it is very hard to ignore the fact that cybersecurity will become a very big issue very quickly and we can only hope AI defense beats offense joshuagans.substack.com/p/its-worse
It’s worse
The Hugging Face incident is bad, really bad
joshuagans.substack.com
August 31, 2026 at 2:38 AM
An account from am economist who was not worried about AI but now is worried because of the Hugging Face Incident
I think it is very hard to ignore the fact that cybersecurity will become a very big issue very quickly and we can only hope AI defense beats offense joshuagans.substack.com/p/its-worse
I think it is very hard to ignore the fact that cybersecurity will become a very big issue very quickly and we can only hope AI defense beats offense joshuagans.substack.com/p/its-worse
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If Jesus can be portrayed as white then Helen of Troy can be portrayed as black.
July 19, 2026 at 3:58 PM
If Jesus can be portrayed as white then Helen of Troy can be portrayed as black.
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Let me get this straight. Donald actually managed to make FIFA *more* corrupt?
July 6, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Let me get this straight. Donald actually managed to make FIFA *more* corrupt?
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Skee-Lo: I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her.
Genie: Okay, that's the quickest anyone's ever done that.
Genie: Okay, that's the quickest anyone's ever done that.
July 1, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Skee-Lo: I wish I was a little bit taller, I wish I was a baller, I wish I had a girl who looked good, I would call her.
Genie: Okay, that's the quickest anyone's ever done that.
Genie: Okay, that's the quickest anyone's ever done that.
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I would beg you to read the whole thread, as I think very few people have seen how fast the foundations of democracy are being torn out in the UK, and how far down the road towards authoritarianism we have already travelled. Sorry to pester you, but this could not be more important. Thanks.
Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law
An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 29, 2026 at 5:43 AM
I would beg you to read the whole thread, as I think very few people have seen how fast the foundations of democracy are being torn out in the UK, and how far down the road towards authoritarianism we have already travelled. Sorry to pester you, but this could not be more important. Thanks.
Stop trying to explain away how shit you were as a faithful. Just own it.
Salem witch trials help explain why Faithfuls fail to spot real Traitors, says David Olusoga
Salem witch trials help explain why Faithfuls fail to spot real Traitors, says David Olusoga
Historical events like Spanish Inquisition show the ‘velocity’ at which rumours move to conviction, says Celebrity Traitors contestant
History might explain why Faithfuls find it so difficult to root out Traitors in the hit BBC show, suggests one member of the Celebrity Traitors cohort, who were record-breakingly bad at the game.
The roundtable – where contestants discuss who should be cast out – was somewhat “frightening” because of the “velocity in which something goes from a suspicion to belief, to faith, to condemnation”, said the broadcaster and historian David Olusoga. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Stop trying to explain away how shit you were as a faithful. Just own it.
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DO YOU THINK MEN SHOULD PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS?
April 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
DO YOU THINK MEN SHOULD PLAY IN WOMEN’S SPORTS?
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something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.
April 10, 2026 at 5:55 PM
something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that total eclipses are only possible on earth because the moon and sun appear to be the same size in our sky, due to the insanely, astronomically unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.
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Fun fact: every five months, the world builds as much solar power generation as all the nuclear power that has ever been built. And still some people dream of a ”nuclear renaissance”. That train has left the station long ago…
April 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Fun fact: every five months, the world builds as much solar power generation as all the nuclear power that has ever been built. And still some people dream of a ”nuclear renaissance”. That train has left the station long ago…
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*talking to teenage militant atheist self*
current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church
teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government
current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one
current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church
teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government
current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one
Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against these heretics
Always exciting to see the Avignon Papacy in the news
April 9, 2026 at 12:15 AM
*talking to teenage militant atheist self*
current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church
teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government
current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one
current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church
teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government
current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one
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A sign that human creativity is a bottleneck is that this year everyone can generate almost any image or video they can think of for nearly free and the April Fools posts are basically just as bad as any other year.
April 1, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A sign that human creativity is a bottleneck is that this year everyone can generate almost any image or video they can think of for nearly free and the April Fools posts are basically just as bad as any other year.
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Absolutely incredible watching them run the same playbook on children with ADHD and autism that they did on trans youth.
"Children and young adults are “incentivised” to get an ADHD or autism diagnosis and there has been a “medicalisation of distress”, a government inquiry has concluded." [Times front page]
April 1, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Absolutely incredible watching them run the same playbook on children with ADHD and autism that they did on trans youth.
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Meanwhile, the price remains unchanged of the 173,000 terawatts of the sun's energy (10,000 times more than humans use) that is continuously striking Earth at every moment.
This is the biggest oil disruption in history | CNN Business
A historic disruption to the world’s oil production sent crude prices smashing through the $100 barrier Monday for the first time in nearly four years.
www.cnn.com
March 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Meanwhile, the price remains unchanged of the 173,000 terawatts of the sun's energy (10,000 times more than humans use) that is continuously striking Earth at every moment.
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Honestly fair fucks to Vittorio Angelone for calling out Penny Mordaunt on Last Leg
March 7, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Honestly fair fucks to Vittorio Angelone for calling out Penny Mordaunt on Last Leg
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Good plan, there’s no way that the US would ever betray Kurds who fought on their behalf, or that Turkey would be upset by and seek to frustrate any US-backed Kurdish forces, or that an invasion from Iraq would trigger Iranian nationalist opposition. None of those things have ever happened.
SCOOP: Iranian Kurds, in contact with CIA now in Iraq, are poised to cross to #Iran in next few days. Masoud Barzani no longer opposed. @amberinzaman.bsky.social reporting:
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
US-backed Kurdish forces poised to enter Iran from Iraqi Kurdistan 'within days'
The CIA has reportedly been in contact with Iranian Kurdish armed groups since last year, as Israel has pressed for Kurdish engagement.
www.al-monitor.com
March 4, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Good plan, there’s no way that the US would ever betray Kurds who fought on their behalf, or that Turkey would be upset by and seek to frustrate any US-backed Kurdish forces, or that an invasion from Iraq would trigger Iranian nationalist opposition. None of those things have ever happened.
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If we’re ever going to get out of this, the British media class must be destroyed
February 28, 2026 at 4:22 PM
If we’re ever going to get out of this, the British media class must be destroyed
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this is what they said it would be like under socialism
RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef:
"Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."
"Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."
February 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
this is what they said it would be like under socialism
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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The LeBron James of divorced women. No one is doing it like her.
The Trevor Project, known for its hotline for LGBTQ+ youth, received $45 million from billionaire and author MacKenzie Scott at the end of 2025. https://bit.ly/4sEbdYv
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $45 million to LGBTQ+ youth hotline organization, The Trevor Project | Fortune
“I literally could not believe it and it took some time. I actually gasped,” said Jaymes Black, CEO of The Trevor Project.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The LeBron James of divorced women. No one is doing it like her.
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Fascism does at home what imperialism does abroad and now's probably a great time to internalize the full implications of that.
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Fascism does at home what imperialism does abroad and now's probably a great time to internalize the full implications of that.