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James Dunbar
@jamesad.bsky.social
architect, phd student (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL), traveler, photographer, future architectural historian, part-time punk (semi-retired), critiques of ISM
"What is a few people and Grok?" sounds like the answer in the form of a question to "who was responsible for the end of the world?"
December 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I arrived at a university archive (where I was told "we don't have much") and saw a cart full of material that hadn't been touched in decades. Nothing was organized, let alone digitized. It was lovely to pour through the archive, though, and I sorted and grouped what I could (for my return).
December 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
it's also incumbent of any passerby to smash the windows of these parked cars because of the cries of the animals inside (I swear I heard a dog barking!)
December 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by James Dunbar
Obviously this is being done without congressional approval.
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Reposted by James Dunbar
There’s still no clear plan for where these programs or scientists go, how the work continues, or how disruptions are avoided. Congress could intervene but for now, this is a deliberate move to dismantle core public-safety science under the banner of ideology.
December 19, 2025 at 3:22 AM
it's the larger issue of (visionary left) futures effectively captured/co-opted by the system (the hegemonic apparatus appeasing capital accumulation and its appetites).
It is Graeber's flying car question erased from collective consciousness; imagination's death.
resistance + hope + vision = future
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I would appreciate a response.
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I was reading 'Bifo' Berardi's work a couple years ago and I remember what he'd said about algorithms (paraphrased):
that capitalism's exploitation and extraction will just become that much more precise...
The algorithm just needs access to your bank account to set prices for the day, thank you.
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
fish in the microwave is punishable only by exile
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
reading through Levitas, Bloch, & Marx today:
how can LLM's imagine the world as becoming, or the world as not-yet? or imagine a realm of possibility? or both the desire and anticipation to produce change in the world?
as 'the old world is dying', AI can only consume the old world
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In California, sans serif fonts are required by state law (and also federal law in the Americans with Disabilities Act).
The California Building Code says that fonts "shall be" in sans serif for all required signs and display sign text. Some signs also require raised text (sans serif) and braille.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM