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sometimes it feels like capitalism condemned humanity to long misery amidst ecological devastation just so that 500 billionaires could abuse children like the kings those ghouls love used to do
February 12, 2026 at 4:32 AM
sometimes it feels like capitalism condemned humanity to long misery amidst ecological devastation just so that 500 billionaires could abuse children like the kings those ghouls love used to do
more like last monday i guess
February 12, 2026 at 4:24 AM
more like last monday i guess
I'm still amazed a whole digital humanities came out of scholars being forced to read with computers on computers
February 12, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I'm still amazed a whole digital humanities came out of scholars being forced to read with computers on computers
I don't know man I see a lot of CEOs still out there being huge pieces of shit all by themselves
I feel like there's an unsaid side to this line of discourse.
If we're looking right now at what AI is replacing, broadly defined it's things that need to be replaced. 🧵
If we're looking right now at what AI is replacing, broadly defined it's things that need to be replaced. 🧵
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I don't know man I see a lot of CEOs still out there being huge pieces of shit all by themselves
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ai simply absolutely can't do what they say it can
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
ai simply absolutely can't do what they say it can
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"Starmerism was never about winning elections. It was about destroying the Labour left – and with it, any hope of a socialist government…Starmerism was built by deeply cynical, power-hungry people who would happily lie, cheat, &dissemble to get their way."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-purge-...
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-purge-...
The Purge That Devoured Its Architects
The same shameless tactics that Starmer used to purge the left are now destroying his project from within.
graceblakeley.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:11 PM
"Starmerism was never about winning elections. It was about destroying the Labour left – and with it, any hope of a socialist government…Starmerism was built by deeply cynical, power-hungry people who would happily lie, cheat, &dissemble to get their way."
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-purge-...
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-purge-...
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Meeting all expectations
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Meeting all expectations
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and if you want to read actually good, actually empirically grounded nonanthropomorphizing work on the politics and ideologies of language in LLMs might i heavily suggest this recent paper by Tariq Adely on LLM engineers in Amman, Jordan anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology | AAA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This article analyzes how engineers in Amman, Jordan involved in making large language models (LLMs) conceptualize their labor in relation to language and technology. Specifically, it focuses on clai...
anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
and if you want to read actually good, actually empirically grounded nonanthropomorphizing work on the politics and ideologies of language in LLMs might i heavily suggest this recent paper by Tariq Adely on LLM engineers in Amman, Jordan anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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also the hand-sweeping work that "we" does even as it's appended by the same qualifying asterisk that appends the liberal human subject (#notallhumans)..it's almost like Jennifer Rhee, Atansoski and Vora, and many other feminist STS and Black feminist scholars have written entire books about this
"The existence of talking machines—entities that can do many of the things that only we have ever been able to do—throws a lot of other things into question."
A cement mixer also does work that was unique to humans at one point. But we're not asking general contractors whether they're conscious.
A cement mixer also does work that was unique to humans at one point. But we're not asking general contractors whether they're conscious.
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
also the hand-sweeping work that "we" does even as it's appended by the same qualifying asterisk that appends the liberal human subject (#notallhumans)..it's almost like Jennifer Rhee, Atansoski and Vora, and many other feminist STS and Black feminist scholars have written entire books about this
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This is extremely weird. apnews.com/article/faa-...
FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights
The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.
apnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
This is extremely weird. apnews.com/article/faa-...
It's not so much that chatbot vendors are trying to elevate their little contraptions to sentience status -
It's that they are trying to lower everyone's average thoughts to the level of what the contraption produces so that you can be expended
It's that they are trying to lower everyone's average thoughts to the level of what the contraption produces so that you can be expended
February 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It's not so much that chatbot vendors are trying to elevate their little contraptions to sentience status -
It's that they are trying to lower everyone's average thoughts to the level of what the contraption produces so that you can be expended
It's that they are trying to lower everyone's average thoughts to the level of what the contraption produces so that you can be expended
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"Only two English words rhyme with culture, and these, as it happens, are sepulture and vulture. We don’t yet call museums or galleries or even universities culture-sepultures, but I hear a lot, lately, about culture-vultures (man must rhyme)."
Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams
February 11, 2026 at 1:16 PM
"Only two English words rhyme with culture, and these, as it happens, are sepulture and vulture. We don’t yet call museums or galleries or even universities culture-sepultures, but I hear a lot, lately, about culture-vultures (man must rhyme)."
Raymond Williams
Raymond Williams
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MINNESOTA IS NOT OK. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT MINNESOTA… THEY ARE LITERALLY FEEDING FAMILIES THROUGH UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STYLE ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND APPARENTLY HELICOPTERS AND DRONES FLY OVERHEAD CONSTANTLY EVEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
February 11, 2026 at 12:41 AM
MINNESOTA IS NOT OK. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT MINNESOTA… THEY ARE LITERALLY FEEDING FAMILIES THROUGH UNDERGROUND RAILROAD STYLE ROUTES THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND APPARENTLY HELICOPTERS AND DRONES FLY OVERHEAD CONSTANTLY EVEN THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
I made baby sackbut pure data patch if anyone wants baby sackbut pure data patch
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 AM
I made baby sackbut pure data patch if anyone wants baby sackbut pure data patch
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Speaking of acquiescence, Canadian airlines are now cancelling all flights to Cuba, obviously at the direction of the Carney govt. Other airlines are making fuel arrangements, but Canada is going the extra mile in helping Trump starve Cuban people and destroy their revolution.
The United States - with acquiescence and support from Canada and other allies - is seeking to murder millions of Cubans and destroy the Revolution that has carried and embodied so many of our aspirations for a just world. This is effectively genocide and must be stopped.
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Speaking of acquiescence, Canadian airlines are now cancelling all flights to Cuba, obviously at the direction of the Carney govt. Other airlines are making fuel arrangements, but Canada is going the extra mile in helping Trump starve Cuban people and destroy their revolution.
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Also: don’t let them try to use Google Scholar (for all the social scientists out there)
I need faculty to get on board with helping residents, post docs, phd students, masters students etc understand that you can only do a systematic review in less than 6 months if (a) there's only a tiny amount of evidence and (b) you're not doing anything else for those 6 months.
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Also: don’t let them try to use Google Scholar (for all the social scientists out there)
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I love this. I’ve been yelling to burn your Ring cameras but yeah get that money back
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I love this. I’ve been yelling to burn your Ring cameras but yeah get that money back
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
People who take the time to double post their jokes on twitter and bsky: is it worth it?
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
People who take the time to double post their jokes on twitter and bsky: is it worth it?
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have been looking forward to this series for a while, as Katharine Burr Blodgett has been someone I wanted to learn more about ever since I first started looking into the history of surface science, nanotech & corporate research. grateful they interviewed several real experts & also yours truly!
"She's 100% in command of her science. She is an inspiration, but for the duration of her career, Katharine Burr Blodgett worked in Irving Langmuir’s shadow."
Today's #histSTM & #WomenInSTEM lunchtime listen: The premiere episode of @lostwomenofsci.bsky.social's new season, Layers of Brilliance! 🗃️📜
Today's #histSTM & #WomenInSTEM lunchtime listen: The premiere episode of @lostwomenofsci.bsky.social's new season, Layers of Brilliance! 🗃️📜
Layers of Brilliance – Episode One: The Chemical Genius of Katharine Burr Blodgett
Born to a family with a tragic past, Katharine defies the expectations of her upbringing as an upper-middle class girl to make chemistry and physics the center of her life.
www.lostwomenofscience.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
have been looking forward to this series for a while, as Katharine Burr Blodgett has been someone I wanted to learn more about ever since I first started looking into the history of surface science, nanotech & corporate research. grateful they interviewed several real experts & also yours truly!
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“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
“The climate scientists we surveyed were unambiguous: current economic models can’t capture what matters most – the cascading failures and compounding shocks that define climate risk in a warmer world – and could undermine the very foundations of economic growth.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I think after a certain number of war crimes your military hegemony should get drawn and quartered and abusers should be held accountable but what do i know i just write vampire novels
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
I think after a certain number of war crimes your military hegemony should get drawn and quartered and abusers should be held accountable but what do i know i just write vampire novels
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The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.