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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · 17d

Delete your news app. Subscribe to something.

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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 19d

The internet's in a bad place. We're not winning. How can we turn things around? We need money.

What parts of the internet 1) are still under democratic control and 2) are in a position to produce significant revenue? It's mostly down to Wikipedia.

But there's more… 🧵

How Wikipedia Can Save the Internet With Advertising | TechPolicy.Press

Robin Berjon explores how principled advertising on Wikipedia could fund a democratic digital future.

www.techpolicy.press

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · Aug 25

My "Worldbuilding for Science Fiction and Fantasy" class at ASU starts again today! Can't wait. This fall's reading list:

THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS by Ursula Le Guin
THE FIFTH SEASON by N.K. Jemisin
WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON by Erika Swyler
BLACK SUN by Rebecca Roanhorse
EMBASSYTOWN by China Miéville

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Aug 1

Curious how your right privacy with ChatGPT changes depending on if you're in the U.S. or Europe? Check out this side-by-side comparison: app.copyleaks.com/dashboard/v1... via @copyleaks.bsky.social

Copyleaks: AI & Machine Learning Powered Plagiarism Checker

Copyleaks plagiarism checker is the best free online plagiarism checker tool. Contact us for any inquiries about our plagiarism detection services.

app.copyleaks.com

Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Jul 9

“Whatever nightmare pressed people to leave home…their arrival unleashes torrents of human dynamism. The movement of people, even or especially under duress, is inextricably tied with human progress.” — @polgreen.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/o... via @nytimes.com

Opinion | Something Extraordinary Is Happening All Over the World

www.nytimes.com

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 9

An absolutely monumental piece from @polgreen.bsky.social this morning. Appreciate the research, array of sources, and nuanced thinking on the complicated issue of migration.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/o...

Opinion | Something Extraordinary Is Happening All Over the World

www.nytimes.com

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Jul 3

"I’m still optimistic that we figure it out eventually. A world where we get to see people create great works, provide quality curation, and in turn being duly rewarded for it."

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Jul 3

@simondlr.com Just finished reading this old blog you wrote and would love to chat: sceneswithsimon.com/p/token-cura... I'm specifically interested in the closing lines:

Token-Curated Registries in 2023 and A Problem With Price Signals

Also: Super-Optimism & LK-99, The Boys of Summer, and The Struggles of Fiction Mags

sceneswithsimon.com

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Simon de la Rouviere 🇿🇦🇺🇲 @simondlr.com · Jun 29

New Sunday Edition is out. People are talking about the decline of literary fiction again.

sceneswithsimon.com/p/sunday-edi...

Sunday Edition #4 - The Discourse of Literary Fiction

Also: Querying, AI vs GeoGuessr, and Kevin Can F**K Himself

sceneswithsimon.com

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Jun 20

Do I love this? Yes, yes, I believe I do

Lili Saintcrow @lilithsaintcrow.com · Jun 20

A retelling of Beauty & the Beast, complete with a curse, a rose garden... and a magical library. ROSE & THUNDER is $1.99USD in ebook through these retailers until June 24. books2read.com/rosethunder

ROSE & THUNDER is $1.99USD in ebook until June 24.

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Blaine @blaine.bsky.social · Jun 13

It's more a question of power and who has authority. "Good governance" for some is "tyranny" for others. Bluesky's concern that a future version of their own organization is their biggest threat model is very apropos here.

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Jun 13

Here’s an application in Bittensor that nicely competes with ChatGPT: chutes.ai Chutes | Serverless AI Compute

Chutes | Serverless AI Compute

Deploy, run and scale any AI model in seconds. Try directly through our platform, or use our easy-to-use API in seconds.

chutes.ai

Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Jun 13

Meet decentralized AI: bittensor.com Bittensor

Bittensor

Internet-scale machine learning

bittensor.com

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AI Now Institute @ainowinstitute.bsky.social · Apr 22

NEW REPORT: The rush to advance an "AI arms race" is being used to justify militarizing AI systems without applying the rigorous standards that have historically governed other high-risk technologies like nuclear weapons. Read our new safety report: ainowinstitute.org/general/new-...

New Report on the National Security Risks from Weakened AI Safety Frameworks

The AI Now Institute has released a new report, Safety Co-Option and Compromised National Security: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Weakened AI Risk Thresholds, sounding the alarm on how today’s AI sa...

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · May 20

@wang.social I finally had a chance to watch this! "No one here is anyone else's enemy" is inspiring! I'm DMing Skyseed with an earlier pitch I sent you and would love to finally connect! :)

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AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · Mar 25

An overview of Skyseed Fund, Peter Wang @wang.social @skyseed.fund

Peter goes into why he started the fund, what he sees coming, including AI that is open source and preserves human agency

#ATmosphereConf

Skyseed Fund Peter Wang ATmosphere Seattle 2025

YouTube video by AT Protocol Development

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · May 20

I can't wait to be able to elegantly move from network to network on the AT Protocol! Let's make it happen!

AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · Mar 25

An overview of Skyseed Fund, Peter Wang @wang.social @skyseed.fund

Peter goes into why he started the fund, what he sees coming, including AI that is open source and preserves human agency

#ATmosphereConf

Skyseed Fund Peter Wang ATmosphere Seattle 2025

YouTube video by AT Protocol Development

youtu.be

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Janet Novack @janetnovack.bsky.social · May 5

Excellent summary of why Trump's threat to the tax exemption held by Harvard (and others) is so dangerous. www.forbes.com/sites/howard...

Why Trump’s Efforts To Revoke Tax Exemptions Are So Dangerous For Democracy

Trump’s threats to revoke the tax-exempt status of organizations that disagree with him have troubling implications for the tax system and for democracy.

www.forbes.com

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Apr 28

Update on this. Apparently the bill just passed the House... 409-2.

So, uh, yeah. A ton of Dems just gave the Trump FTC more power to censor the internet. Great job guys.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · Apr 28

Take It Down Act is a total censorial mess. And yet, a ton of "progressive" Dems are supporting it, even as it will enable the highly politicized and weaponized FTC to go after websites and demand content be removed from the internet. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/c...

Congress Moving Forward On Unconstitutional Take It Down Act

Here’s a puzzle: How do you write a law that’s so badly designed that (1) the people it’s meant to help oppose it, (2) the people who hate regulation support it, and (3) everyone …

www.techdirt.com

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Apr 19

Bitcoin is the antidote to the Monetary Nationalism bitcoin patron saint Friedrich von Hayek warned against. From The Bitcoin Standard by @saifedean #borderless

Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Apr 19

Bitcoin patron saint Ludwig von Mises knew well that you can’t advocate for hard money AND closed borders. From The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous

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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · Apr 17

Have your clinical trials been delayed or otherwise impacted by the cuts at FDA? We at @Forbes.com want to talk with you. Signal amyfeldman.33

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Amy Feldman @amyfeldman7.bsky.social · Apr 18

The peer-reviewed journal CHEST publishes research in pulmonary care and sleep studies. Why is Trump’s DOJ sending it a letter about “competing viewpoints” ?

My latest @Forbes.com

www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

Trump’s DOJ Is Going After Medical Journals For Being Too Woke

The peer-reviewed medical journal CHEST publishes research in pulmonary care and sleep medicine. Why is the DOJ sending it a letter about its acceptance of “competing viewpoints”?

www.forbes.com

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Michael del Castillo @delcastillo.bsky.social · Apr 18

It’s VERY cool that @forbes.com is making this @bsky.app push! More MSM needs to do the same!

Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · Apr 9

And or more scoops on breaking news, money in politics, tech, education, wealth, and more, please follow my amazing colleagues @forbes.com!

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · Apr 8

New: The independent House Ethics Office can't launch any investigations until it has a board—

✅ Dems named their picks

✅ Two Republicans are ready to return

❌ But Speaker Johnson hasn’t named anyone

House Ethics Office Stymied As Johnson Delays Board Appointments—Even With Two Republicans Willing To Serve

The House’s independent ethics office can’t launch new investigations until its board is appointed—Democrats have named their appointees, and two Republicans are willing to return, but Speaker Johnson...

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