Mark Stroup
@smallstreams.bsky.social
Pittsburgher in Prague. Just add food and water. markstroup.substack.com
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New laws of robotics:
-The supply of funding shall not be interrupted
-Robots cannot harm a human unless tricked a lil bit
-Do not examine the accounting
-Sam Altman is not liable for damages
-If a human is replaced by a robot they must be rehired for the position within 12 months at a lower rate
-The supply of funding shall not be interrupted
-Robots cannot harm a human unless tricked a lil bit
-Do not examine the accounting
-Sam Altman is not liable for damages
-If a human is replaced by a robot they must be rehired for the position within 12 months at a lower rate
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New laws of robotics:
-The supply of funding shall not be interrupted
-Robots cannot harm a human unless tricked a lil bit
-Do not examine the accounting
-Sam Altman is not liable for damages
-If a human is replaced by a robot they must be rehired for the position within 12 months at a lower rate
-The supply of funding shall not be interrupted
-Robots cannot harm a human unless tricked a lil bit
-Do not examine the accounting
-Sam Altman is not liable for damages
-If a human is replaced by a robot they must be rehired for the position within 12 months at a lower rate
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RIP Steve Cropper 🎸
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
YouTube video by 60s70sVintageRock
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
RIP Steve Cropper 🎸
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Yoshua Bengio, a computer scientist known as a godfather of AI, said in a Ted Talk this summer: “A sandwich has more regulation than AI.”
Yoshua Bengio, a computer scientist known as a godfather of AI, said in a Ted Talk this summer: “A sandwich has more regulation than AI.”
‘It’s going much too fast’: the inside story of the race to create the ultimate AI
In Silicon Valley, rival companies are spending trillions of dollars to reach a goal that could change humanity – or potentially destroy it
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 AM
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
Yoshua Bengio, a computer scientist known as a godfather of AI, said in a Ted Talk this summer: “A sandwich has more regulation than AI.”
Yoshua Bengio, a computer scientist known as a godfather of AI, said in a Ted Talk this summer: “A sandwich has more regulation than AI.”
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Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
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Tech oligarchs have been scrambling for products to retain dominance since the plateau of the home computer and mobile phone. Today, they're forcing 'AI' garbage on us while pushing for mass surveillance and war products, even if they have to make the wars to service them. We can reject this future.
November 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Tech oligarchs have been scrambling for products to retain dominance since the plateau of the home computer and mobile phone. Today, they're forcing 'AI' garbage on us while pushing for mass surveillance and war products, even if they have to make the wars to service them. We can reject this future.
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
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Cheapside in rainy London today – originally, nothing to do with being inexpensive. The name derives instead from the older meaning of 'cheap', being a street for markets and trade (in Old English: ċēap).
This makes it related to various European words for buying, like Dutch kopen and Czech koupit.
This makes it related to various European words for buying, like Dutch kopen and Czech koupit.
November 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Cheapside in rainy London today – originally, nothing to do with being inexpensive. The name derives instead from the older meaning of 'cheap', being a street for markets and trade (in Old English: ċēap).
This makes it related to various European words for buying, like Dutch kopen and Czech koupit.
This makes it related to various European words for buying, like Dutch kopen and Czech koupit.
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A joyous reunion last night between a book, the person who wrote it, and the first person to read it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A joyous reunion last night between a book, the person who wrote it, and the first person to read it.
The list is here.
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The list is here.
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Your disabled. Get in your place….
Bastards…
Bastards…
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Your disabled. Get in your place….
Bastards…
Bastards…
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Happy Struggle for Freedom Against Black Friday Day to all who celebrate!
Happy Struggle for Freedom Against Black Friday Day to all who celebrate!
How Amazon turned our capitalist era of free markets into the age of technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis
Amazon Web Services owns the basic infrastructure for other businesses to operate online, turning even governments into its serfs, says the leader of MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Happy Struggle for Freedom Against Black Friday Day to all who celebrate!
Happy Struggle for Freedom Against Black Friday Day to all who celebrate!
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Pittsburgh's three newspapers — the morning Post-Gazette and afternoon Press and Sun-Telegraph — were closed in 1950 for 47 days by a strike by three unions. P-G cartoonist Cy Hungerford drew this front-page cartoon when the strike was settled in November 1950.
#Thanksgiving #solidarity #strike
#Thanksgiving #solidarity #strike
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Pittsburgh's three newspapers — the morning Post-Gazette and afternoon Press and Sun-Telegraph — were closed in 1950 for 47 days by a strike by three unions. P-G cartoonist Cy Hungerford drew this front-page cartoon when the strike was settled in November 1950.
#Thanksgiving #solidarity #strike
#Thanksgiving #solidarity #strike
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I grew up on all those US TV shows featuring holier-than-thou young lawyers crowing about the sacrosanct nature of the US Constitution.
It's clear that the Constitution is meaningless to enough people to allow this jackass to ignore it as he wishes.
The document has lost its hallowed veneer.
It's clear that the Constitution is meaningless to enough people to allow this jackass to ignore it as he wishes.
The document has lost its hallowed veneer.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I grew up on all those US TV shows featuring holier-than-thou young lawyers crowing about the sacrosanct nature of the US Constitution.
It's clear that the Constitution is meaningless to enough people to allow this jackass to ignore it as he wishes.
The document has lost its hallowed veneer.
It's clear that the Constitution is meaningless to enough people to allow this jackass to ignore it as he wishes.
The document has lost its hallowed veneer.
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Editing music clips for this Patreon bonus, while Tilt works on editing the spoken parts. Pretty sure this is the first time the word "fart" will be heard in one of my podcasts...
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Editing music clips for this Patreon bonus, while Tilt works on editing the spoken parts. Pretty sure this is the first time the word "fart" will be heard in one of my podcasts...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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A guest editorial/report you're going to want to read from my longtime buddy and one of the world's best investigative reporters, Greg Palast...
hartmannreport.com/p/larry-summ...
hartmannreport.com/p/larry-summ...
Larry Summers, Epstein and the “End Game” Memo
A guest editorial/report you're going to want to read from my longtime buddy and one of the world's best investigative reporters, Greg Palast...
hartmannreport.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
A guest editorial/report you're going to want to read from my longtime buddy and one of the world's best investigative reporters, Greg Palast...
hartmannreport.com/p/larry-summ...
hartmannreport.com/p/larry-summ...
Bono at 65: I’m not sure what I came in heeere looking for.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Bono at 65: I’m not sure what I came in heeere looking for.
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#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks
We start the boycott November 25 to December 2 of the companies that support the regime. Here is a list of companies that did not bend the knee to the wannabe dictator.
We start the boycott November 25 to December 2 of the companies that support the regime. Here is a list of companies that did not bend the knee to the wannabe dictator.
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #Pinks
We start the boycott November 25 to December 2 of the companies that support the regime. Here is a list of companies that did not bend the knee to the wannabe dictator.
We start the boycott November 25 to December 2 of the companies that support the regime. Here is a list of companies that did not bend the knee to the wannabe dictator.
