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Here's this week's Better Offline: I'm joined by Cal Newport and
@adambecker.bsky.social to get the word out that the narrative about existential risk from AI is driven by a religious cult of effective altruists and rationalists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVS...
linktr.ee/betteroffline
@adambecker.bsky.social to get the word out that the narrative about existential risk from AI is driven by a religious cult of effective altruists and rationalists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVS...
linktr.ee/betteroffline
Stopping The AI Safety Cult ft. Adam Becker & Cal Newport | Better Offline
YouTube video by Better Offline
www.youtube.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Here's this week's Better Offline: I'm joined by Cal Newport and
@adambecker.bsky.social to get the word out that the narrative about existential risk from AI is driven by a religious cult of effective altruists and rationalists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVS...
linktr.ee/betteroffline
@adambecker.bsky.social to get the word out that the narrative about existential risk from AI is driven by a religious cult of effective altruists and rationalists.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oVS...
linktr.ee/betteroffline
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"Ariely was named 636 times in files released by the U.S. Department of Justice pertaining to Epstein, which revealed the two men had met at least seven times over six years."
Who would like to guess why UK, US and European media outlets are not publishing 3,000 articles per minute about this
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
www.dukechronicle.com
September 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
"Ariely was named 636 times in files released by the U.S. Department of Justice pertaining to Epstein, which revealed the two men had met at least seven times over six years."
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@blackskyweb.xyz is building an interconnected suite of products reshaping how people connect, participate, organize, and transact online.
We’re looking for a Head of Design to lead and shape how our products and brands look, feel, and work.
please circulate widely. blackskyweb.xyz/about/jobs/h...
We’re looking for a Head of Design to lead and shape how our products and brands look, feel, and work.
please circulate widely. blackskyweb.xyz/about/jobs/h...
Head of Design
Product, brand, and visual identity About Blacksky Algorithms Blacksky Algorithms is building an interconnected suite of products reshaping how people connect, participate, organize, and transact onli...
blackskyweb.xyz
September 2, 2026 at 10:20 PM
@blackskyweb.xyz is building an interconnected suite of products reshaping how people connect, participate, organize, and transact online.
We’re looking for a Head of Design to lead and shape how our products and brands look, feel, and work.
please circulate widely. blackskyweb.xyz/about/jobs/h...
We’re looking for a Head of Design to lead and shape how our products and brands look, feel, and work.
please circulate widely. blackskyweb.xyz/about/jobs/h...
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A Florida “Deputy of the Year” resigned after an investigation found he used Flock cameras to track his ex, put a gun in his girlfriend’s mouth during sex, used racial slurs and apparently gave a Nazi salute.
This seems to have been the final straw for Flock in Florida.
This seems to have been the final straw for Flock in Florida.
September 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
A Florida “Deputy of the Year” resigned after an investigation found he used Flock cameras to track his ex, put a gun in his girlfriend’s mouth during sex, used racial slurs and apparently gave a Nazi salute.
This seems to have been the final straw for Flock in Florida.
This seems to have been the final straw for Flock in Florida.
I posted an Anki deck I used to pass the DeepMind research quiz in 2020.
Six years later an Oxford AI Research Lead shared the deck on LinkedIn.
His post about the deck went semi-viral on LinkedIn:
1.3K reactions and 71 reposts!
Never seen this many LinkedIn notifications in my life.
Six years later an Oxford AI Research Lead shared the deck on LinkedIn.
His post about the deck went semi-viral on LinkedIn:
1.3K reactions and 71 reposts!
Never seen this many LinkedIn notifications in my life.
September 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I posted an Anki deck I used to pass the DeepMind research quiz in 2020.
Six years later an Oxford AI Research Lead shared the deck on LinkedIn.
His post about the deck went semi-viral on LinkedIn:
1.3K reactions and 71 reposts!
Never seen this many LinkedIn notifications in my life.
Six years later an Oxford AI Research Lead shared the deck on LinkedIn.
His post about the deck went semi-viral on LinkedIn:
1.3K reactions and 71 reposts!
Never seen this many LinkedIn notifications in my life.
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For the first time in 13 years of collecting the data, the CBRE has found there are now more tech workers in New York than San Francisco.
This seems to have been driven by AI in two ways; AI-driven layoffs in SF and hiring for AI jobs in Finance in NY.
AI giveth and AI taketh away.
This seems to have been driven by AI in two ways; AI-driven layoffs in SF and hiring for AI jobs in Finance in NY.
AI giveth and AI taketh away.
New York unseats San Francisco as the top market for tech talent, CBRE reports
AI-related roles now account for nearly one-third of all tech-talent job listings in the U.S., per the new CBRE report.
www.cnbc.com
August 21, 2026 at 12:50 PM
For the first time in 13 years of collecting the data, the CBRE has found there are now more tech workers in New York than San Francisco.
This seems to have been driven by AI in two ways; AI-driven layoffs in SF and hiring for AI jobs in Finance in NY.
AI giveth and AI taketh away.
This seems to have been driven by AI in two ways; AI-driven layoffs in SF and hiring for AI jobs in Finance in NY.
AI giveth and AI taketh away.
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"America teaches you this idea of rugged individualism and I believe in collectivism ... All power to the people."
Me for @mozilla.org
Me for @mozilla.org
August 19, 2026 at 8:37 PM
"America teaches you this idea of rugged individualism and I believe in collectivism ... All power to the people."
Me for @mozilla.org
Me for @mozilla.org
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With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it must only be a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy’s truck leaves him too.
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August 2, 2026 at 7:32 AM
With the rise of self-driving vehicles, it must only be a matter of time before we get a country song where a guy’s truck leaves him too.
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Spain is a team of 11 midfielders, and Argentina is a team of 10 bastards and a genius — and it doesn’t make for great telly
July 19, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Spain is a team of 11 midfielders, and Argentina is a team of 10 bastards and a genius — and it doesn’t make for great telly
Argentina is playing so violently.
July 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Argentina is playing so violently.
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“Our AI is so powerful it could destroy humanity and steal all the jobs. It needs to be regulated but not so much it hurts our business” - American AI companies
“Our AI is just as powerful and you can download it for free on Hugging Face” - Chinese AI companies
“Our AI is just as powerful and you can download it for free on Hugging Face” - Chinese AI companies
China just erased America's AI lead
Kimi's K3 model has caught up to the American frontier.
www.axios.com
July 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM
“Our AI is so powerful it could destroy humanity and steal all the jobs. It needs to be regulated but not so much it hurts our business” - American AI companies
“Our AI is just as powerful and you can download it for free on Hugging Face” - Chinese AI companies
“Our AI is just as powerful and you can download it for free on Hugging Face” - Chinese AI companies
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OpenAI’s first hardware device is rumored to be a smart speaker with a human-like AI that can control smart-home appliances, play media, answer questions, and respond to messages.
It sounds like an Amazon Echo device with ChatGPT instead of Alexa. Hard to see this as a meaningful game changer.
It sounds like an Amazon Echo device with ChatGPT instead of Alexa. Hard to see this as a meaningful game changer.
OpenAI’s First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI Companion
OpenAI’s much-anticipated push into consumer devices is slated to begin with a mobile, screen-free smart speaker designed to be a new type of home computer for the AI era, according to people familiar...
www.bloomberg.com
July 15, 2026 at 6:18 AM
OpenAI’s first hardware device is rumored to be a smart speaker with a human-like AI that can control smart-home appliances, play media, answer questions, and respond to messages.
It sounds like an Amazon Echo device with ChatGPT instead of Alexa. Hard to see this as a meaningful game changer.
It sounds like an Amazon Echo device with ChatGPT instead of Alexa. Hard to see this as a meaningful game changer.
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The billionaire co-founder of AirBnB wants you to blame the babies of undocumented immigrants for starter homes being unaffordable.
July 5, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The billionaire co-founder of AirBnB wants you to blame the babies of undocumented immigrants for starter homes being unaffordable.
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The Guardian is reporting neither OpenAI nor its partner NScale visited Cobalt Park, a key Stargate UK site. Only Nvidia did months later.
Also £20B of the £30B investment the UK government touted appears to be hypothetical.
The massive UK data center announcement now seems to be vaporware.
Also £20B of the £30B investment the UK government touted appears to be hypothetical.
The massive UK data center announcement now seems to be vaporware.
OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment
Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypothetical
www.theguardian.com
July 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
The Guardian is reporting neither OpenAI nor its partner NScale visited Cobalt Park, a key Stargate UK site. Only Nvidia did months later.
Also £20B of the £30B investment the UK government touted appears to be hypothetical.
The massive UK data center announcement now seems to be vaporware.
Also £20B of the £30B investment the UK government touted appears to be hypothetical.
The massive UK data center announcement now seems to be vaporware.
Excellent show! I strongly recommend.
Katie Dippold has created one of the biggest surprises in recent memory. What appears to be a workplace comedy becomes one of the most frightening stories I’ve seen in a long time. The cast top to bottom is excellent the writing and direction is fantastic. One of the years best!
July 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Excellent show! I strongly recommend.
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Katie Dippold has created one of the biggest surprises in recent memory. What appears to be a workplace comedy becomes one of the most frightening stories I’ve seen in a long time. The cast top to bottom is excellent the writing and direction is fantastic. One of the years best!
July 1, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Katie Dippold has created one of the biggest surprises in recent memory. What appears to be a workplace comedy becomes one of the most frightening stories I’ve seen in a long time. The cast top to bottom is excellent the writing and direction is fantastic. One of the years best!
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The Trump admin is allowing Anthropic to release Mythos to 100 select companies and also lifting the ban on non-American Anthropic employees from accessing the model.
Combining this with the Trump admin also handpicking who gets access to GPT 5.6, government oversight of access to AI models is here
Combining this with the Trump admin also handpicking who gets access to GPT 5.6, government oversight of access to AI models is here
Trump Admin releases Anthropic Mythos to be used by more than 100 US companies, agencies | TechCrunch
Over 100 companies and government agencies are reportedly authorized to use Mythos 5, including their non-American employees.
techcrunch.com
June 27, 2026 at 2:45 AM
The Trump admin is allowing Anthropic to release Mythos to 100 select companies and also lifting the ban on non-American Anthropic employees from accessing the model.
Combining this with the Trump admin also handpicking who gets access to GPT 5.6, government oversight of access to AI models is here
Combining this with the Trump admin also handpicking who gets access to GPT 5.6, government oversight of access to AI models is here
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CHARLAMAGNE: “Until you hear what Israel has to say about any peace deal with Iran it doesn’t matter. 🇺🇸 is not in control of this situation and I don’t feel like they ever have been. It seems like Trump is Netanyahu’s puppet.”
June 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
CHARLAMAGNE: “Until you hear what Israel has to say about any peace deal with Iran it doesn’t matter. 🇺🇸 is not in control of this situation and I don’t feel like they ever have been. It seems like Trump is Netanyahu’s puppet.”
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We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience
June 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience
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Erin Brockovich has been fighting evil corporations that pollute the environment for so long that there was a Hollywood movie about her starring Julia Roberts back in 2000.
It's a bad sign for the AI industry that she is now on the anti-data center bandwagon.
It's a bad sign for the AI industry that she is now on the anti-data center bandwagon.
Erin Brockovich asks Americans for help as she launches data center map
The activist has launched a website to track community concerns as AI data centers proliferate across the country.
www.newsweek.com
May 27, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Erin Brockovich has been fighting evil corporations that pollute the environment for so long that there was a Hollywood movie about her starring Julia Roberts back in 2000.
It's a bad sign for the AI industry that she is now on the anti-data center bandwagon.
It's a bad sign for the AI industry that she is now on the anti-data center bandwagon.
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the new anker earbuds seem kind of cool and the on-board transcription is neat but i'm sorry i don't respect any business that claims to have a guinness world record about their product. that's an organization only children admire
May 22, 2026 at 11:17 PM
😂😂😂
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A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story:
It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically.
9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵
It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically.
9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵
May 22, 2026 at 8:18 AM
A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story:
It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically.
9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵
It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically.
9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵
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This is what your neighborhood will be like after your representatives sign that Flock contract.
Get involved before it's too late.
Get involved before it's too late.
May 21, 2026 at 6:27 AM
This is what your neighborhood will be like after your representatives sign that Flock contract.
Get involved before it's too late.
Get involved before it's too late.