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As you begin to build your 2026 reading lists (which is a thing I assume some people do), consider adding my really very short book on AI and Eugenics.
Disabling Intelligences:Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI has a lot in under 50k words.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Disabling Intelligences:Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI has a lot in under 50k words.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As you begin to build your 2026 reading lists (which is a thing I assume some people do), consider adding my really very short book on AI and Eugenics.
Disabling Intelligences:Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI has a lot in under 50k words.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Disabling Intelligences:Legacies of Eugenics and How We are Wrong about AI has a lot in under 50k words.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Blue sky, sorry for this, but are any of you a city/regional transportation planner, or know someone who is a transportation planner?
My kid is writing a paper, and needs to ask some questions of a transportation planner, and her source fell through
PLEASE let me know ASAP
My kid is writing a paper, and needs to ask some questions of a transportation planner, and her source fell through
PLEASE let me know ASAP
January 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Blue sky, sorry for this, but are any of you a city/regional transportation planner, or know someone who is a transportation planner?
My kid is writing a paper, and needs to ask some questions of a transportation planner, and her source fell through
PLEASE let me know ASAP
My kid is writing a paper, and needs to ask some questions of a transportation planner, and her source fell through
PLEASE let me know ASAP
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January 8, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Britain has talked itself into a flat tailspin. Had weeks of ppl telling me that the country's on the verge of catastrophe. In reality real wages are rising and the economy growing. God alone knows what ppl would say if we went back to the early 80s, 17% interest rates and four million unemployed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Britain has talked itself into a flat tailspin. Had weeks of ppl telling me that the country's on the verge of catastrophe. In reality real wages are rising and the economy growing. God alone knows what ppl would say if we went back to the early 80s, 17% interest rates and four million unemployed.
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Bringing a few workshops and methods together from @acuity.design work on codesign, hope and civic assemblies
Will upload site and more over the next week.
First project soon
Will upload site and more over the next week.
First project soon
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Bringing a few workshops and methods together from @acuity.design work on codesign, hope and civic assemblies
Will upload site and more over the next week.
First project soon
Will upload site and more over the next week.
First project soon
Surely this should be reason for Ofcom to intervene in the UK? What are the sanctions for websites and apps that freely allow publication of CSAM? @ofcom.bsky.social
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Surely this should be reason for Ofcom to intervene in the UK? What are the sanctions for websites and apps that freely allow publication of CSAM? @ofcom.bsky.social
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so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 12:43 AM
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
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Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
Everything Elon Musk promised in 2025, but didn't deliver
Musk is now infamous for his false promises, but even this is excessive.
mashable.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Elon Musk promised a lot of things by 2025
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
- colonists arriving on Mars
- xAI achieving AGI
- Tesla robotaxis serving half the U.S.
- completely driverless robotaxis
- a Tesla Roadster demo
- DOGE cutting trillions
none of them happened
mashable.com/article/elon-mus...
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Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!
December 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Who will stop the Piano Man's reign of terror?!
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In November, we challenged the widely accepted view from the aviation industry that air traffic growth drives economic growth.
The analysis found that this link is actually weaker than commonly claimed in many regions across Europe.
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The analysis found that this link is actually weaker than commonly claimed in many regions across Europe.
8/
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In November, we challenged the widely accepted view from the aviation industry that air traffic growth drives economic growth.
The analysis found that this link is actually weaker than commonly claimed in many regions across Europe.
8/
The analysis found that this link is actually weaker than commonly claimed in many regions across Europe.
8/
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I create resources on Bluesky to help you discover amazing folks building us all a brighter future 💚
Community-Owned Infrastructure SP
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Feeds:
Community-Owned
bsky.app/profile/did:...
third spaces
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Visions for the future
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Community-Owned Infrastructure SP
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Feeds:
Community-Owned
bsky.app/profile/did:...
third spaces
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Visions for the future
bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I create resources on Bluesky to help you discover amazing folks building us all a brighter future 💚
Community-Owned Infrastructure SP
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Feeds:
Community-Owned
bsky.app/profile/did:...
third spaces
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Visions for the future
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Community-Owned Infrastructure SP
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Feeds:
Community-Owned
bsky.app/profile/did:...
third spaces
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Visions for the future
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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I enjoyed doing this interview for El Mundo, especially the last question (English translation of that in this short thread):
www.elmundo.es/papel/histor...
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www.elmundo.es/papel/histor...
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Emily M. Bender: "Las empresas pueden utilizar la excusa de la IA para perjudicar a los trabajadores de muchas maneras"
Emily M. Bender es una de las voces más críticas y lúcidas en el debate sobre la inteligencia artificial actual. Profesora de Lingüística en la Universidad de Washington,...
www.elmundo.es
December 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I enjoyed doing this interview for El Mundo, especially the last question (English translation of that in this short thread):
www.elmundo.es/papel/histor...
🧵>>
www.elmundo.es/papel/histor...
🧵>>
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In September 2023, Lilian Weng, then Head of "Safety" at OpenAI, used her public Twitter account to announce how ChatGPT could be used as a therapist, and encouraged users to also use it as such.
December 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
In September 2023, Lilian Weng, then Head of "Safety" at OpenAI, used her public Twitter account to announce how ChatGPT could be used as a therapist, and encouraged users to also use it as such.
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Newsletter: Terra’s Do Kwon gets 15 years, crypto banks get the green light, and the Trump family’s crypto grift expands even as one of their treasury companies goes off the rails
www.citationneeded.news/issue-98/
www.citationneeded.news/issue-98/
Issue 98 – The world’s most corrupt crypto startup operation
Terra’s Do Kwon gets 15 years, crypto banks get the green light, and the Trump family’s crypto grift expands even as one of their treasury companies goes off the rails
www.citationneeded.news
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Newsletter: Terra’s Do Kwon gets 15 years, crypto banks get the green light, and the Trump family’s crypto grift expands even as one of their treasury companies goes off the rails
www.citationneeded.news/issue-98/
www.citationneeded.news/issue-98/
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It's now that weird time between Christmas and New Year..... So here are some otters in hats.
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's now that weird time between Christmas and New Year..... So here are some otters in hats.
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Learning a lot from neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Learning a lot from neal.fun/size-of-life/
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🗞️ The New World has published a new article exploring the latest findings from the #SmidgeProject, following an in-depth interview with our Scientific Coordinator, Dr. Sara Wilford.
Read the full article here: www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
Read the full article here: www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
Britain’s most dangerous radicals are… middle-aged men
Middle-aged men are being radicalised – and they’re fuelling the spread of extremism, conspiracy theories and political violence
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🗞️ The New World has published a new article exploring the latest findings from the #SmidgeProject, following an in-depth interview with our Scientific Coordinator, Dr. Sara Wilford.
Read the full article here: www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
Read the full article here: www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
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End of year overview of posts on my blog Soft Machines.
Featuring
-the UK's economic stagnation
-why the UK's new nuclear build programme failed
-good & bad reasons for growing UK manufacturing
-scenarios for the future of AI
-Moore's law
-university/R&D policy for hard times
softmachines.org?p=3218
Featuring
-the UK's economic stagnation
-why the UK's new nuclear build programme failed
-good & bad reasons for growing UK manufacturing
-scenarios for the future of AI
-Moore's law
-university/R&D policy for hard times
softmachines.org?p=3218
The Year in Soft Machines – Soft Machines, by Richard Jones
softmachines.org
December 27, 2025 at 10:20 AM
End of year overview of posts on my blog Soft Machines.
Featuring
-the UK's economic stagnation
-why the UK's new nuclear build programme failed
-good & bad reasons for growing UK manufacturing
-scenarios for the future of AI
-Moore's law
-university/R&D policy for hard times
softmachines.org?p=3218
Featuring
-the UK's economic stagnation
-why the UK's new nuclear build programme failed
-good & bad reasons for growing UK manufacturing
-scenarios for the future of AI
-Moore's law
-university/R&D policy for hard times
softmachines.org?p=3218
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The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Thousand of bulldozers on the way to flatten over 5 million acres of forest in West Papua and this is just one ship
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
Such is the rush that even the Indonesia army has been brought in to speed up the deforestation
A shameful day for Indonesia and the world
December 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The present global economic system has only one setting: destruction of everything that has true value for profit.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
Yet if you point this out, you're assailed by smart arses trying to show how clever they are.
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Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
5 perfect movies, no particular order:
- Spirited away
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Nomadland
- Oldboy
- Amelie
- Spirited away
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Nomadland
- Oldboy
- Amelie
5 perfect movies (in no particular order):
-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
-True Grit (2011)
-The Apartment
-Cure
-The Ring
-Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
-True Grit (2011)
-The Apartment
-Cure
-The Ring
5 perfect movies (in no particular order):
-Paper Moon
-High And Low
-All That Jazz
-Miracle Mile
-Broadcast News
-Paper Moon
-High And Low
-All That Jazz
-Miracle Mile
-Broadcast News
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
5 perfect movies, no particular order:
- Spirited away
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Nomadland
- Oldboy
- Amelie
- Spirited away
- The Ballad of Wallis Island
- Nomadland
- Oldboy
- Amelie
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Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️
Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei
Happy holidays!
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Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
December 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Another new a16z idea: giving letters of medical necessity to anybody so they can commit tax fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
Between funding social media bot farms, crypto, and prediction markets, this company represents the new era where tech is mostly just for fraud
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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I wrote this earlier.
"...while there are likely people in China who know how much oil they can store and how much excess storage capacity currently exists, they aren’t sharing that info and we have no real idea. We do have an idea what would happen if China stopped buying this oil next year."
"...while there are likely people in China who know how much oil they can store and how much excess storage capacity currently exists, they aren’t sharing that info and we have no real idea. We do have an idea what would happen if China stopped buying this oil next year."
Gluttons For Punishment: Oil Industry Doubles Down Against Reality
The world is facing a multi-year oil glut where the oil producers will be pumping more oil out of the ground than the world is using. This will keep oil prices at low levels – likely well below the le...
powering-the-planet.ghost.io
December 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I wrote this earlier.
"...while there are likely people in China who know how much oil they can store and how much excess storage capacity currently exists, they aren’t sharing that info and we have no real idea. We do have an idea what would happen if China stopped buying this oil next year."
"...while there are likely people in China who know how much oil they can store and how much excess storage capacity currently exists, they aren’t sharing that info and we have no real idea. We do have an idea what would happen if China stopped buying this oil next year."