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1) this isn't going to happen
2) even if it does who cares
3) the thing Amanda really worries about is the prospective wealth of all the capitalist pigs who own AI
4) people are important and worth caring about, machines aren't
2) even if it does who cares
3) the thing Amanda really worries about is the prospective wealth of all the capitalist pigs who own AI
4) people are important and worth caring about, machines aren't
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:19 PM
1) this isn't going to happen
2) even if it does who cares
3) the thing Amanda really worries about is the prospective wealth of all the capitalist pigs who own AI
4) people are important and worth caring about, machines aren't
2) even if it does who cares
3) the thing Amanda really worries about is the prospective wealth of all the capitalist pigs who own AI
4) people are important and worth caring about, machines aren't
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The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
January 24, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The people who'll tell you today's murder victim in Minnesota shouldn't have turned up to a protest carrying a gun are the same people who said Kyle Rittenhouse was perfectly entitled to do the same thing.
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All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
All those people downtown yesterday, no ICE involvement, and not one incident. ICE shows up in a neighborhood and now another Minnesotan is dead. It's pretty obvious who the violent outside agitators are.
This is very good.
‘Reagan imagined Latin America as the place to showcase a restored progressive forward-looking capitalism, a capitalist universalism. For Trump, it’s just a place for target practice.’
Greg Grandin on the podcast. Listen wherever you get podcasts, or here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
Greg Grandin on the podcast. Listen wherever you get podcasts, or here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o...
On Politics: Venezuela and the Trump Doctrine
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 14/01/2026 · 1h 2m
podcasts.apple.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 AM
This is very good.
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One of the most contradictory and frustrating aspects of the first Woke Era was that people talked a lot about structural injustices but seemed way more concerned with policing personal behaviour
January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
One of the most contradictory and frustrating aspects of the first Woke Era was that people talked a lot about structural injustices but seemed way more concerned with policing personal behaviour
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Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter.
The Effects Have Been Negligible
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
The Effects Have Been Negligible
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
niemanreports.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter.
The Effects Have Been Negligible
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
The Effects Have Been Negligible
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
When you look up to Gestapo because white supremacy but you won't give up on McDonald's and taking your car instead of a 10 min walk. :(
January 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
When you look up to Gestapo because white supremacy but you won't give up on McDonald's and taking your car instead of a 10 min walk. :(
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the more I read the less hope I have the more I think the
sadder I get
everything turns into a proof or an argument or a flail
maybe it’s my
so-called academic training all those gentlemen with
lexicons open
‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
sadder I get
everything turns into a proof or an argument or a flail
maybe it’s my
so-called academic training all those gentlemen with
lexicons open
‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anne Carson · Poem: ‘Lieu Vague’
www.lrb.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
the more I read the less hope I have the more I think the
sadder I get
everything turns into a proof or an argument or a flail
maybe it’s my
so-called academic training all those gentlemen with
lexicons open
‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
sadder I get
everything turns into a proof or an argument or a flail
maybe it’s my
so-called academic training all those gentlemen with
lexicons open
‘Lieu Vague’, a poem by Anne Carson:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
They're doing everything they said the woke mob would do lol
The works of Plato are now being banned at schools in the United States.
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Tell me again how censorship is a European problem? 🤔
Plato Has Been Censored; What Next?
PEN America condemns and calls absurd Texas A&M censoring Plato readings and discussions related to race and gender
pen.org
January 9, 2026 at 10:32 AM
They're doing everything they said the woke mob would do lol
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I am sorry, but how is the US going to vote its way out of this?
With an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the
www.eff.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I am sorry, but how is the US going to vote its way out of this?
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The whole situation is of course dire but the silver lining is Machado being discarded by Trump in the blink of an eye while she was obviously counting on being the new leader of Venezuela or at least having a prominent political role.
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The whole situation is of course dire but the silver lining is Machado being discarded by Trump in the blink of an eye while she was obviously counting on being the new leader of Venezuela or at least having a prominent political role.
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Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
December 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
Felt truly represented by the "feminist marxist whores" line in the latest Knives Out movie.
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Felt truly represented by the "feminist marxist whores" line in the latest Knives Out movie.
Genuinely horrified.
It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Genuinely horrified.
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
Blasting Goblin's Suspiria OST as I walk into the office because that's the level of horror I feel.
January 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Blasting Goblin's Suspiria OST as I walk into the office because that's the level of horror I feel.
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If someone wishes you "happy holidays," it doesn't mean they hate Christmas. They're simply acknowledging that there are *many* sacred observances that take place this month, including the anniversary of Muntadhar al-Zaidi throwing a shoe at George W Bush on this date in 2008.
December 14, 2024 at 9:50 AM
If someone wishes you "happy holidays," it doesn't mean they hate Christmas. They're simply acknowledging that there are *many* sacred observances that take place this month, including the anniversary of Muntadhar al-Zaidi throwing a shoe at George W Bush on this date in 2008.
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Meet Rana, a 23-year-old in Gaza battling a rare illness and the horrors of genocide. She dreams of eating without pain, but Israel's genocidal campaign has left her and 26,000 others without access to life-saving treatment.
mondoweiss.net/2024/11/figh...
mondoweiss.net/2024/11/figh...
Fighting a rare illness while surviving genocide in Gaza
Rana Nabeel Baalousha is fighting a rare illness while also struggling to survive the genocide in Gaza. Her only hope of survival is a medical transfer out of Gaza, but Israel won’t allow it. Her stor...
mondoweiss.net
December 13, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Meet Rana, a 23-year-old in Gaza battling a rare illness and the horrors of genocide. She dreams of eating without pain, but Israel's genocidal campaign has left her and 26,000 others without access to life-saving treatment.
mondoweiss.net/2024/11/figh...
mondoweiss.net/2024/11/figh...
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Incredible police work here
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenny: His writings show “suspect does seem to have some ill-will toward corporate America.”
December 9, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Incredible police work here
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For Too Long The Left Has Ceded the Mantle of Populist Assassins to the Right. my latest for Jacobin
December 9, 2024 at 7:14 PM
For Too Long The Left Has Ceded the Mantle of Populist Assassins to the Right. my latest for Jacobin