Jes Parent
@jesparent.bsky.social
Let's build a future informed by folly of present and past, rather than escapism from it.
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Research @JOPRO-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social
Links @ www.jesparent.com/Links
Research @JOPRO-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social
Hi, let’s just use Bluesky.
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Hi, let’s just use Bluesky.
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The rules-based order has given way to a vibes-based order. That's what those in flagrant breach would have us believe. I tried to unpack my many feelings about international law, accountability and isolationism. Grateful for essential perspective from Lavanya Rajamani & @sivathambisetty.bsky.social
💡 Spotlight | Carbon Brief unpacks what a landmark oceans treaty “entering into force” means and, at a time of backtracking and breach, speaks to experts on the future of international law.
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DeBriefed 23 January 2026: Trump’s Davos tirade; EU wind and solar milestone; High seas hope - Carbon Brief
At Davos, Trump’s false charge at China’s windfarms was factchecked, wind and solar overtook fossil-fuel power generation in the EU in 2025.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The rules-based order has given way to a vibes-based order. That's what those in flagrant breach would have us believe. I tried to unpack my many feelings about international law, accountability and isolationism. Grateful for essential perspective from Lavanya Rajamani & @sivathambisetty.bsky.social
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For all our future focus, we have yet to address longstanding problems.
It baffles me that, rather than addressing them or exploring them more fully, many simply give up and turn to non-complex domains of study, lamenting or whining how they are more tractable.
It baffles me that, rather than addressing them or exploring them more fully, many simply give up and turn to non-complex domains of study, lamenting or whining how they are more tractable.
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
For all our future focus, we have yet to address longstanding problems.
It baffles me that, rather than addressing them or exploring them more fully, many simply give up and turn to non-complex domains of study, lamenting or whining how they are more tractable.
It baffles me that, rather than addressing them or exploring them more fully, many simply give up and turn to non-complex domains of study, lamenting or whining how they are more tractable.
I keep feeling pulled to get into the "masculinity" discussion and I probably will more ahead. A friend showed this to me, we talked about its recurrence.
We're in a moment where men are taught that being harsh and dismissive is "Strength"
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We're in a moment where men are taught that being harsh and dismissive is "Strength"
www.youtube.com/shorts/dFhID...
some brave man in the crowd decided he wanted to participate! I love my job 💓
YouTube video by Leslie Liao
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January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I keep feeling pulled to get into the "masculinity" discussion and I probably will more ahead. A friend showed this to me, we talked about its recurrence.
We're in a moment where men are taught that being harsh and dismissive is "Strength"
www.youtube.com/shorts/dFhID...
We're in a moment where men are taught that being harsh and dismissive is "Strength"
www.youtube.com/shorts/dFhID...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
"Mr Jeffrey said that at a time when there was mass unemployment, being with Fullerton and his gang gave the young men a sense of power."
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Peaky Blinders: Who were the real Billy Boys?
The Glasgow razor gang are making their mark in the latest season of Peaky Blinders.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:26 AM
"Mr Jeffrey said that at a time when there was mass unemployment, being with Fullerton and his gang gave the young men a sense of power."
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@jopro-org.bsky.social Futures Center will essentially become one of these Houses of Sense Making.
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
@jopro-org.bsky.social Futures Center will essentially become one of these Houses of Sense Making.
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There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Here I Am (Kaskade Remix)
YouTube video by David Morales - Topic
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January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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"However, as we lack a ground-truth understanding of how these complex models work, it can be hard to tell if our tools provide meaningful insights."
There's a disconcerting divergence between prediction accuracy and "explanation", broadly construed.
There's a disconcerting divergence between prediction accuracy and "explanation", broadly construed.
Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs, writes @marcusghosh.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
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#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...
Not playing around: Why neuroscience needs toy models
Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"However, as we lack a ground-truth understanding of how these complex models work, it can be hard to tell if our tools provide meaningful insights."
There's a disconcerting divergence between prediction accuracy and "explanation", broadly construed.
There's a disconcerting divergence between prediction accuracy and "explanation", broadly construed.
"the contexts and disciplines that can identify problem spaces more robustly and across developmental states are going to become [...] increasingly indispensable"
CC @jopro-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social #education #AI #learning #teaching #research
CC @jopro-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social #education #AI #learning #teaching #research
January 14, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"the contexts and disciplines that can identify problem spaces more robustly and across developmental states are going to become [...] increasingly indispensable"
CC @jopro-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social #education #AI #learning #teaching #research
CC @jopro-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social #education #AI #learning #teaching #research
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Reminder that we have a free virtual workshop coming up, co-hosted with the folks at Identity 2.0! Join us in sharing, exploring and archiving our everyday moments of AI resistance.
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tix here: luma.com/46m6hul0
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tix here: luma.com/46m6hul0
Possible Futures: Crafting resistance with zine making · Luma
Join Identity 2.0 and DAIR for ‘Possible Futures: Crafting resistance with zine making’ - an online workshop mapping our everyday moments of resistance to…
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January 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Reminder that we have a free virtual workshop coming up, co-hosted with the folks at Identity 2.0! Join us in sharing, exploring and archiving our everyday moments of AI resistance.
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tix here: luma.com/46m6hul0
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tix here: luma.com/46m6hul0
The coming generations are severely disinterested in the truth-as-partisan-point-scoring approach,
and interested in real solutions to real problems, rather than empty clout and over-hyped silver bullets.
It's happening now, in the ashes of what 2025 has offered.
and interested in real solutions to real problems, rather than empty clout and over-hyped silver bullets.
It's happening now, in the ashes of what 2025 has offered.
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The coming generations are severely disinterested in the truth-as-partisan-point-scoring approach,
and interested in real solutions to real problems, rather than empty clout and over-hyped silver bullets.
It's happening now, in the ashes of what 2025 has offered.
and interested in real solutions to real problems, rather than empty clout and over-hyped silver bullets.
It's happening now, in the ashes of what 2025 has offered.
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Start your new year with an online Possible Futures workshop to nurture your imaginative muscle with fellow attendees. Sign up 👇
New virtual workshop alert, co-hosted with www.identity20.org !
Join us for an online workshop mapping our everyday moments of resistance to the unwanted incursion of AI.
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tickets are free here: luma.com/46m6hul0
Join us for an online workshop mapping our everyday moments of resistance to the unwanted incursion of AI.
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tickets are free here: luma.com/46m6hul0
Identity 2.0
A creative studio imagining better digital futures
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December 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Start your new year with an online Possible Futures workshop to nurture your imaginative muscle with fellow attendees. Sign up 👇
After all the bubbles and folly, there are still those looking to build what will endure and last.
December 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
After all the bubbles and folly, there are still those looking to build what will endure and last.
It's remarkable how much #slop there is about so many things now. Trying to find legitimate reviews on products is a new level of strife.
I'm somewhat glad I've left the #HealthTech space proper for this reason, as the abundance of slop and prospecting future tech sounds incredibly tedious.
I'm somewhat glad I've left the #HealthTech space proper for this reason, as the abundance of slop and prospecting future tech sounds incredibly tedious.
December 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It's remarkable how much #slop there is about so many things now. Trying to find legitimate reviews on products is a new level of strife.
I'm somewhat glad I've left the #HealthTech space proper for this reason, as the abundance of slop and prospecting future tech sounds incredibly tedious.
I'm somewhat glad I've left the #HealthTech space proper for this reason, as the abundance of slop and prospecting future tech sounds incredibly tedious.
We can’t just tech wash all our problems away? Go figure.
May mention this in @jopro-org.bsky.social next Society Ethics Tech working group meet.
May mention this in @jopro-org.bsky.social next Society Ethics Tech working group meet.
NEW: Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 68: This is What Algo-cracy Looks Like
Tech bros say automation can strengthen democracy. @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social unpack their flimsy arguments about the democratic process.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Tech bros say automation can strengthen democracy. @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social unpack their flimsy arguments about the democratic process.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
December 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We can’t just tech wash all our problems away? Go figure.
May mention this in @jopro-org.bsky.social next Society Ethics Tech working group meet.
May mention this in @jopro-org.bsky.social next Society Ethics Tech working group meet.
December 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is what we’re dealing with
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This is what we’re dealing with
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YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Surprise background / cafe / work spot music of the week:
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#music #finalfantasy #videogames #study #cafe
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#music #finalfantasy #videogames #study #cafe
Dark City Treno - Final Fantasy IX Music (Extended)
YouTube video by Kirbyeatsyou
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December 9, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Surprise background / cafe / work spot music of the week:
youtu.be/Xcmr_akNXeA?...
#music #finalfantasy #videogames #study #cafe
youtu.be/Xcmr_akNXeA?...
#music #finalfantasy #videogames #study #cafe
some Harvard Men need some more Moral Ambition and grit, perhaps.
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
@abbysgerstein and @JackBReardon report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
@abbysgerstein and @JackBReardon report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks | News | The Harvard Crimson
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
www.thecrimson.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
some Harvard Men need some more Moral Ambition and grit, perhaps.