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@childofthecave.bsky.social
Just a random guy who used to live in Hong Kong - former user of twitter to follow news and international politics.
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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"It took the conservative Tory Party a decade to end up neck and neck with Reform UK, a far-right party led by known Russian asset Nigel Farage. It took the Starmer-led Labour Party much less time to alienate the many UK voters who want nothing more than a major party to stand up to the fascists"
A Blaring Warning For The Democratic Party From Across The Pond
Popularism has been tried in the UK, and failed.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:47 PM
"It took the conservative Tory Party a decade to end up neck and neck with Reform UK, a far-right party led by known Russian asset Nigel Farage. It took the Starmer-led Labour Party much less time to alienate the many UK voters who want nothing more than a major party to stand up to the fascists"
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Someone told me this morning Japan is accepting these costs because it judges that—
Being deeply entangled with an unpredictable ally is still safer than being exposed to an openly hostile regional hegemon.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Being deeply entangled with an unpredictable ally is still safer than being exposed to an openly hostile regional hegemon.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Trump announces LNG and critical minerals projects under US-Japan trade deal
https://www.europesays.com/2786700/
The first set of investments under a $550 billion US-Japan trade deal will involve three energy and critical…
https://www.europesays.com/2786700/
The first set of investments under a $550 billion US-Japan trade deal will involve three energy and critical…
Trump announces LNG and critical minerals projects under US-Japan trade deal - EUROPE SAYS
The first set of investments under a $550 billion US-Japan trade deal will involve three energy and critical minerals projects, President Donald Trump
www.europesays.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Someone told me this morning Japan is accepting these costs because it judges that—
Being deeply entangled with an unpredictable ally is still safer than being exposed to an openly hostile regional hegemon.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Being deeply entangled with an unpredictable ally is still safer than being exposed to an openly hostile regional hegemon.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
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This is funny!
February 18, 2026 at 1:10 AM
This is funny!
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The legitimately innovative thing about AI is that it is a completely bottomless pit. It's swallowed up:
- all energy sources
- all our data
- all investment dollars
- all new jobs
- all capex
- all attention
- and now, all hardware components
with absolutely no end in sight. Nothing will satisfy.
- all energy sources
- all our data
- all investment dollars
- all new jobs
- all capex
- all attention
- and now, all hardware components
with absolutely no end in sight. Nothing will satisfy.
the AI junk that nobody - including the people making it - have enough real uses or profitable demand for is screwing up all the things that have real uses and decades of profitable demand
p.s. added alt text for the quoted post's screenshot into my alt text
p.s. added alt text for the quoted post's screenshot into my alt text
February 17, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The legitimately innovative thing about AI is that it is a completely bottomless pit. It's swallowed up:
- all energy sources
- all our data
- all investment dollars
- all new jobs
- all capex
- all attention
- and now, all hardware components
with absolutely no end in sight. Nothing will satisfy.
- all energy sources
- all our data
- all investment dollars
- all new jobs
- all capex
- all attention
- and now, all hardware components
with absolutely no end in sight. Nothing will satisfy.
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boy, looking at the AI boyfriend subreddit freaking out over the model change, and it really was a grossly irresponsible act to create a technology for lonely and suffering people to project onto without supervision or control.
www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfrien...
www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfrien...
From the MyBoyfriendIsAI community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the MyBoyfriendIsAI community
www.reddit.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:02 AM
boy, looking at the AI boyfriend subreddit freaking out over the model change, and it really was a grossly irresponsible act to create a technology for lonely and suffering people to project onto without supervision or control.
www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfrien...
www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfrien...
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Feel like the whole ‘reversing growing public confidence crisis’ is a decade too late, honestly
Alice Wu holds the Hong Kong government accountable for 2025: drinking water safety, Kai Tak dramas, premium taxis debacle, the Tai Po tower fire horror. "The government’s processes and practices need a major overhaul to reverse a growing public confidence crisis." www.scmp.com/opinion/hong...
Opinion | Government must reflect on its failures as we enter Year of the Horse
The past year has been a difficult one and it is important for the administration to assess its performance and embrace change.
www.scmp.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Feel like the whole ‘reversing growing public confidence crisis’ is a decade too late, honestly
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And here's the whole Chinese zodiac, but protest
Source: Telegram (Jan 2020)
Source: Telegram (Jan 2020)
February 16, 2026 at 6:39 PM
And here's the whole Chinese zodiac, but protest
Source: Telegram (Jan 2020)
Source: Telegram (Jan 2020)
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Another attempt to kill off the UK higher education sector. I blame Tony Blair for introducing student fees, David Cameron for increasing them, and Boris Johnson for not safeguarding universities against court cases like this. God knows we did our best. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Another attempt to kill off the UK higher education sector. I blame Tony Blair for introducing student fees, David Cameron for increasing them, and Boris Johnson for not safeguarding universities against court cases like this. God knows we did our best. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: Australia's Department of Defence Cyber Warfare division has quietly signed the agency's biggest ever contract with controversial tech company Palantir.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
www.crikey.com.au/20...
February 17, 2026 at 1:01 AM
NEW: Australia's Department of Defence Cyber Warfare division has quietly signed the agency's biggest ever contract with controversial tech company Palantir.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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It drives me insane that Elon Musk basically did a Holodomor on the third world and it's not treated like a bigger deal. This should be the number one thing that people know him for. This should be in the first paragraph of his Wikipedia entry. This is a history book scale atrocity.
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
www.cnn.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:57 AM
It drives me insane that Elon Musk basically did a Holodomor on the third world and it's not treated like a bigger deal. This should be the number one thing that people know him for. This should be in the first paragraph of his Wikipedia entry. This is a history book scale atrocity.
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Thai friends... Niao has now got to the part of the Hong Kong 5 demands thread that touches on the Thai 2020 protests.
In Oct 2020, the 5 Demands evolved once again. Well, kind of.
Source: Telegram (Oct 2020)
Source: Telegram (Oct 2020)
February 15, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Thai friends... Niao has now got to the part of the Hong Kong 5 demands thread that touches on the Thai 2020 protests.
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Netanyahu and Putin are old buddies from the 90’s; while they are the heads of Israel, Russia, and the United States they also work for a syndicate of transnational organized oligarchs. It’s not that they gather for secret meetings but their finances and crimes are all intermingled. It’s a hydra.
February 16, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Netanyahu and Putin are old buddies from the 90’s; while they are the heads of Israel, Russia, and the United States they also work for a syndicate of transnational organized oligarchs. It’s not that they gather for secret meetings but their finances and crimes are all intermingled. It’s a hydra.
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There are several reasons large pro-Russia accounts are taking over online coverage of the Epstein files:
1. Control narrative.
2. Disassociate Russia from Israel.
3. Funnel legitimacy to their networks.
4. Destroy legitimacy of the files by mixing fakes & conspiracy theories.
1. Control narrative.
2. Disassociate Russia from Israel.
3. Funnel legitimacy to their networks.
4. Destroy legitimacy of the files by mixing fakes & conspiracy theories.
February 16, 2026 at 6:19 AM
There are several reasons large pro-Russia accounts are taking over online coverage of the Epstein files:
1. Control narrative.
2. Disassociate Russia from Israel.
3. Funnel legitimacy to their networks.
4. Destroy legitimacy of the files by mixing fakes & conspiracy theories.
1. Control narrative.
2. Disassociate Russia from Israel.
3. Funnel legitimacy to their networks.
4. Destroy legitimacy of the files by mixing fakes & conspiracy theories.
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The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
“Seven schools and a nursery have reported more than 60 suspected cases of measles in an area of north London, and labs have confirmed 34 cases since January 12. Some children have been treated in hospital.”
archive.md/2026.02.1...
archive.md/2026.02.1...
February 15, 2026 at 10:19 PM
The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
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I’d ask “what’s going on in Australia,” but the real question is “what’s going on in a lot of police forces in a lot of places?”
Women, leave Queensland. #auspol
Queensland police refused to discipline officer accused of domestic violence against pregnant partner
Police decided there was ‘no tangible benefit’ to conducting disciplinary action against the officer and opted not to investigate
Queensland police refused to discipline officer accused of domestic violence against pregnant partner
Police decided there was ‘no tangible benefit’ to conducting disciplinary action against the officer and opted not to investigate
Queensland police refused to discipline officer accused of domestic violence against pregnant partner
Police decided there was ‘no tangible benefit’ to conducting disciplinary action against the officer and opted not to investigate
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I’d ask “what’s going on in Australia,” but the real question is “what’s going on in a lot of police forces in a lot of places?”
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hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
Romance alert: Trump's reckless tariffs have Valentine’s Day costs up across the board:
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
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This Thursday verdict is due on Lèse-majesté & computer crimes case against Eight activists, for speeches given at protest on Nov 29th 2020. Amongst them is someone I respect a lot, Pimsiri Petchnamrob. This case been ongoing since Dec 2020 😖
#FreeOurFriends
#FreeOurFriends
February 15, 2026 at 12:04 AM
This Thursday verdict is due on Lèse-majesté & computer crimes case against Eight activists, for speeches given at protest on Nov 29th 2020. Amongst them is someone I respect a lot, Pimsiri Petchnamrob. This case been ongoing since Dec 2020 😖
#FreeOurFriends
#FreeOurFriends
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A new Saturday post is out, read "They have made a martyr of Jimmy Lai, and I hate it" on Patreon for free: www.patreon.com/posts/150754...
They have made a martyr of Jimmy Lai, and I hate it | RazvenHK
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February 14, 2026 at 9:33 AM
A new Saturday post is out, read "They have made a martyr of Jimmy Lai, and I hate it" on Patreon for free: www.patreon.com/posts/150754...
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“.. I suppose I could have simply, unilaterally, ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor there or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."
(via No Lie with BTC)
(via No Lie with BTC)
February 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
“.. I suppose I could have simply, unilaterally, ordered the military to go into some red state and harass and intimidate a governor there or cut off funding for states that didn't vote for me... but that is contrary to how I think our democracy is supposed to work."
(via No Lie with BTC)
(via No Lie with BTC)
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There is no way to fix the core problem, which is that the statistical production of symbols by definition is not based on their meaning
Would be interesting to compare the results on more recent models - but this problem won’t go away. LLMs are always going to be extrapolating from what has already, and often, been thought, which is why they aren’t windows to the future but anchors to the past.
Neat demonstration of how artificial so-called intelligence is taking us backwards.
"ChatGPT produced content most consistent with the 1960s and DALL-E 3 in the late 1980s and early '90s."
#AI - see @shannonvallor.bsky.social's work for important thinking on this
phys.org/news/2026-02...
"ChatGPT produced content most consistent with the 1960s and DALL-E 3 in the late 1980s and early '90s."
#AI - see @shannonvallor.bsky.social's work for important thinking on this
phys.org/news/2026-02...
February 7, 2026 at 2:38 PM
There is no way to fix the core problem, which is that the statistical production of symbols by definition is not based on their meaning
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Would be interesting to compare the results on more recent models - but this problem won’t go away. LLMs are always going to be extrapolating from what has already, and often, been thought, which is why they aren’t windows to the future but anchors to the past.
Neat demonstration of how artificial so-called intelligence is taking us backwards.
"ChatGPT produced content most consistent with the 1960s and DALL-E 3 in the late 1980s and early '90s."
#AI - see @shannonvallor.bsky.social's work for important thinking on this
phys.org/news/2026-02...
"ChatGPT produced content most consistent with the 1960s and DALL-E 3 in the late 1980s and early '90s."
#AI - see @shannonvallor.bsky.social's work for important thinking on this
phys.org/news/2026-02...
New study uses Neanderthals to demonstrate gap between generative AI and scholarly knowledge
Technological advances over the past four decades have turned mobile devices and computers into the world's largest library, where information is just a tap away. Phones, laptops, tablets, smartwatche...
phys.org
February 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Would be interesting to compare the results on more recent models - but this problem won’t go away. LLMs are always going to be extrapolating from what has already, and often, been thought, which is why they aren’t windows to the future but anchors to the past.
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Think about what that library could do with an extra $2 million a year
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
www.axios.com/local/boulde...
CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access
Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.
www.axios.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Think about what that library could do with an extra $2 million a year
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.