William Alderwick
@williamalderwick.bsky.social
Trypanohyncha ocellus & the Xenomorph are the Pinky & the Brain we deserve
September 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Trypanohyncha ocellus & the Xenomorph are the Pinky & the Brain we deserve
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Not really a surprise that machine learning (not AI) is having problems when faced with complexity
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Cutting-edge AI models ‘collapse’ in face of complex problems, Apple study finds
‘Pretty devastating’ paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which systems match human intelligence
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Not really a surprise that machine learning (not AI) is having problems when faced with complexity
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Randomly decided to watch Star Wars in Japanese. Seemed appropriate given how much of an influence Kurosawa was on the films.
Did not disappoint.
Did not disappoint.
May 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Randomly decided to watch Star Wars in Japanese. Seemed appropriate given how much of an influence Kurosawa was on the films.
Did not disappoint.
Did not disappoint.
Going to start calling it ‘Assisted Intelligence’
May 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Going to start calling it ‘Assisted Intelligence’
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Branko Milanovic. jacobin.com/2025/03/what...
What Comes After Globalization?
The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close.
jacobin.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Branko Milanovic. jacobin.com/2025/03/what...
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Owen Hatherley on the Manic Street Preachers:
‘With any teenage obsession, you can usually date the exact moment the spell is broken…’
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‘With any teenage obsession, you can usually date the exact moment the spell is broken…’
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Owen Hatherley, Mislaid Plans — Sidecar
On the Manic Street Preachers.
newleftreview.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Owen Hatherley on the Manic Street Preachers:
‘With any teenage obsession, you can usually date the exact moment the spell is broken…’
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
‘With any teenage obsession, you can usually date the exact moment the spell is broken…’
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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"humans are by nature political animals, whose freedom can only be realized and maintained through collective self-determination—or what we call democracy. Communism is the aspiration to take this democratic ideal as seriously as possible and is, as such, a vision of freedom" @sorenmau.bsky.social
Communism is Freedom
Ideas about a future society won't in themselves bring us to a better future, but ideas can function as points of orientation for collective struggle. What should the communism we fight for look like?
www.versobooks.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"humans are by nature political animals, whose freedom can only be realized and maintained through collective self-determination—or what we call democracy. Communism is the aspiration to take this democratic ideal as seriously as possible and is, as such, a vision of freedom" @sorenmau.bsky.social
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seen in the Petworth neighborhood of DC
March 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
seen in the Petworth neighborhood of DC
“Modernism came before the Atom bomb; Brutalism came after, inspiring monuments with the will to endure of a nuclear fallout shelter.”
#whitneymallet
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#whitneymallet
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The Brutalist
Zionism and Dream Homes
open.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“Modernism came before the Atom bomb; Brutalism came after, inspiring monuments with the will to endure of a nuclear fallout shelter.”
#whitneymallet
open.substack.com/pub/whitneym...
#whitneymallet
open.substack.com/pub/whitneym...
Ahead of the Oscars and in general awards hype season is worth revisiting this from @helmetgirl.bsky.social on Anora by Sean Baker
lareviewofbooks.org/article/unde...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/unde...
Under the Table | Los Angeles Review of Books
Sam Bodrojan considers “Anora” and the emasculated sadism of Sean Baker.
lareviewofbooks.org
February 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ahead of the Oscars and in general awards hype season is worth revisiting this from @helmetgirl.bsky.social on Anora by Sean Baker
lareviewofbooks.org/article/unde...
lareviewofbooks.org/article/unde...
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ubuweb remains one of the great inspirations in my life and work. their curatorial return is such great news.
the work of trustworthy knowledge sharing takes many forms and we can’t be afraid when the method must change. to make cultural touchstones visible is to change cultural imagination.
the work of trustworthy knowledge sharing takes many forms and we can’t be afraid when the method must change. to make cultural touchstones visible is to change cultural imagination.
February 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
ubuweb remains one of the great inspirations in my life and work. their curatorial return is such great news.
the work of trustworthy knowledge sharing takes many forms and we can’t be afraid when the method must change. to make cultural touchstones visible is to change cultural imagination.
the work of trustworthy knowledge sharing takes many forms and we can’t be afraid when the method must change. to make cultural touchstones visible is to change cultural imagination.
Great conversation between @paglen.studio and @joshuacitarella.bsky.social Paglen defining psyops capitalism: “I’m going to manipulate your mind and extract value from you”
Doomscroll: Trevor Paglen
Welcome to Doomscroll. I’m excited to announce episode #05 with guest Trevor Paglen. This program has had an amazing response so far. I’m glad we are able to bring these conversations to a new and wid...
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January 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Great conversation between @paglen.studio and @joshuacitarella.bsky.social Paglen defining psyops capitalism: “I’m going to manipulate your mind and extract value from you”
Benjamin Noys: “Can we think any other moment than the present moment? ... If we can only think the present moment, that moment is now a prison. We live in a perpetual present that constantly mutates but never changes.”
On Fredric Jameson’s Inventions of a Present - Notes - e-flux
Benjamin Noys reviews Fredric Jameson’s new essay collection, Inventions of a Present.
www.e-flux.com
January 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Benjamin Noys: “Can we think any other moment than the present moment? ... If we can only think the present moment, that moment is now a prison. We live in a perpetual present that constantly mutates but never changes.”
“…when we consider the degree to which the technology of writing contributed to our linear understanding of time, why wouldn’t this age of neural media enable us to experience time differently? Why wouldn’t it enable us to experience a new level of “the real”? Perhaps it already has.”
Hallucinating sense in the era of infinity-content
This essay for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue traverses arthouse cinema, Shein, and streaming to explore how the ‘technical image’ is changing the nature of meaning-making
www.documentjournal.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“…when we consider the degree to which the technology of writing contributed to our linear understanding of time, why wouldn’t this age of neural media enable us to experience time differently? Why wouldn’t it enable us to experience a new level of “the real”? Perhaps it already has.”
“What if a generation of writers grew up with nobody to criticize them?”
And, re the birth of the book review: “‘A crowd of literary men found employment in writing about books rather than in writing them… and the literature of Criticism became a power.’ This power was instantly corrupting.”
And, re the birth of the book review: “‘A crowd of literary men found employment in writing about books rather than in writing them… and the literature of Criticism became a power.’ This power was instantly corrupting.”
Like This or Die, by Christian Lorentzen
The fate of the book review in the age of the algorithm
harpers.org
January 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“What if a generation of writers grew up with nobody to criticize them?”
And, re the birth of the book review: “‘A crowd of literary men found employment in writing about books rather than in writing them… and the literature of Criticism became a power.’ This power was instantly corrupting.”
And, re the birth of the book review: “‘A crowd of literary men found employment in writing about books rather than in writing them… and the literature of Criticism became a power.’ This power was instantly corrupting.”
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'We are living through the nightmare edition of "Great Men Make History."'
Mike Davis's final published essay:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Mike Davis's final published essay:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Mike Davis, Thanatos Triumphant — Sidecar
Does hegemony require a grand design?
newleftreview.org
November 7, 2024 at 3:39 PM
'We are living through the nightmare edition of "Great Men Make History."'
Mike Davis's final published essay:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Mike Davis's final published essay:
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...