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If the Trump administration really wanted to put the Epstein Files somewhere absolutely no one could ever find them, they'd save them to OneDrive.
December 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If the Trump administration really wanted to put the Epstein Files somewhere absolutely no one could ever find them, they'd save them to OneDrive.
A wonderful nugget of detail on the statistics of climate change. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
BBC Sounds - More or Less - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of More or Less on BBC Sounds.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A wonderful nugget of detail on the statistics of climate change. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...
Superbly insightful take on the likely trajectory of AI.
This blog post by Helen Toner (well-known by some for a stint on the OpenAI board) is *really really* interesting because it is the first thing I've read by someone in Frontier AI that starts to get to grips with sociotechnical concerns open.substack.com/pub/helenton...
Taking Jaggedness Seriously
Why we should expect AI capabilities to keep being extremely uneven, and why that matters
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Superbly insightful take on the likely trajectory of AI.
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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counterpoint: GPT-5 does this, it says it doesn’t know rather than hallucinate, the world hasn’t fallen apart
The cure is likely to be worse than the disease.
Why OpenAI’s solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrow
The cure is likely to be worse than the disease.
tcnv.link
September 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
counterpoint: GPT-5 does this, it says it doesn’t know rather than hallucinate, the world hasn’t fallen apart
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The #IPCC, established in 1988, is the
United Nations body that assesses the science related to #climatechange.
The #IPCC has 195 member countries & over 200 observer organisations.
Here’s how nations use IPCC reports to shape climate policies in their country.
youtu.be/71jiAm1bGJk?...
United Nations body that assesses the science related to #climatechange.
The #IPCC has 195 member countries & over 200 observer organisations.
Here’s how nations use IPCC reports to shape climate policies in their country.
youtu.be/71jiAm1bGJk?...
How do IPCC reports shape climate policies worldwide?
YouTube video by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
youtu.be
June 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The #IPCC, established in 1988, is the
United Nations body that assesses the science related to #climatechange.
The #IPCC has 195 member countries & over 200 observer organisations.
Here’s how nations use IPCC reports to shape climate policies in their country.
youtu.be/71jiAm1bGJk?...
United Nations body that assesses the science related to #climatechange.
The #IPCC has 195 member countries & over 200 observer organisations.
Here’s how nations use IPCC reports to shape climate policies in their country.
youtu.be/71jiAm1bGJk?...
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Every government technology leader knows a story about a project that accidentally wasted a billion dollars. Here's my take on why this keeps happening, and how we can fix it. www.niskanencenter.org/how-to-save-... @niskanencenter.bsky.social
How to save a billion dollars - Niskanen Center
Every government technology leader knows a story about a project that accidentally wasted a billion dollars. The details vary, but the arc is familiar.
www.niskanencenter.org
April 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Every government technology leader knows a story about a project that accidentally wasted a billion dollars. Here's my take on why this keeps happening, and how we can fix it. www.niskanencenter.org/how-to-save-... @niskanencenter.bsky.social
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This is great news! Redis has ditched the SSPL for the AGPL. Posted some notes here - there are also a bunch of interesting features that have been brought into core under the new license, like Time Series, probabilistic data types and Redis Query Engine simonwillison.net/2025/May/1/r...
May 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This is great news! Redis has ditched the SSPL for the AGPL. Posted some notes here - there are also a bunch of interesting features that have been brought into core under the new license, like Time Series, probabilistic data types and Redis Query Engine simonwillison.net/2025/May/1/r...
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A very enjoyable post from @gilesyb.bsky.social taking issue with claims that the Govt can save £45bn through adopting AI, including looking at what history tells us about tech adoption. Recommend
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/t...
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/t...
The hunt for the £45bn
A month ago I whiled away a lunch break asking BlueSky for the origin of a massive number. The figure £45bn had acquired a kind of solidity-by-repetition in what we pretentious types call “th…
freethinkecon.wordpress.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A very enjoyable post from @gilesyb.bsky.social taking issue with claims that the Govt can save £45bn through adopting AI, including looking at what history tells us about tech adoption. Recommend
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/t...
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/t...
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And now, the only piece of St Patrick's Day content your feed will ever need: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbu...
Danny Boy
YouTube video by Blakwulf
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March 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
And now, the only piece of St Patrick's Day content your feed will ever need: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbu...
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Vance was right on just one thing: Europe lacks a clear positive vision of what it wants to defend.
The answer must be "the things Vance rejects": truth, science, liberal democracy, rule of law, resisting dictators, climate action.
It will have to do that without, & sometimes against, the US Govt.
The answer must be "the things Vance rejects": truth, science, liberal democracy, rule of law, resisting dictators, climate action.
It will have to do that without, & sometimes against, the US Govt.
February 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Vance was right on just one thing: Europe lacks a clear positive vision of what it wants to defend.
The answer must be "the things Vance rejects": truth, science, liberal democracy, rule of law, resisting dictators, climate action.
It will have to do that without, & sometimes against, the US Govt.
The answer must be "the things Vance rejects": truth, science, liberal democracy, rule of law, resisting dictators, climate action.
It will have to do that without, & sometimes against, the US Govt.
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Sometimes wonder what my thoughts would be like if I wasn't reading about various attention-seeking loons/grifters barking nonsense and obscenities all day.
January 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Sometimes wonder what my thoughts would be like if I wasn't reading about various attention-seeking loons/grifters barking nonsense and obscenities all day.
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Sobering discussion on Today of the tech billionaires jostling to buy influence with Trump, so they can gut the regulation of their industries.
It's plutocratic feudalism, with tech-barons fighting to control the court.
The long project to bring economic power under democratic control is in ruins.
It's plutocratic feudalism, with tech-barons fighting to control the court.
The long project to bring economic power under democratic control is in ruins.
January 4, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Sobering discussion on Today of the tech billionaires jostling to buy influence with Trump, so they can gut the regulation of their industries.
It's plutocratic feudalism, with tech-barons fighting to control the court.
The long project to bring economic power under democratic control is in ruins.
It's plutocratic feudalism, with tech-barons fighting to control the court.
The long project to bring economic power under democratic control is in ruins.