Michele Mauro
@michelemauro.bsky.social
Passionate developer, sometimes professor, sometimes international speaker. Java, Kotlin, Scala (not much 😑). Browncoat, Kitsune🦊, he/him.
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It’s absolutely true that AI is reducing jobs, but not like you think. AI is not *doing* those jobs instead of people, AI speculation is redirecting *investment* away from job-creating businesses to capital-intensive businesses.
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
It’s absolutely true that AI is reducing jobs, but not like you think. AI is not *doing* those jobs instead of people, AI speculation is redirecting *investment* away from job-creating businesses to capital-intensive businesses.
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Il vittimismo dei filoputiniani che gridano alla censura in TV e sui giornali (e si rivelano come i veri censori come è successo a Napoli, ANPI vergognosa)| @fabioavallone.bsky.social @valigiablu.it
Il vittimismo dei filoputiniani che gridano alla censura in TV e sui giornali - Valigia Blu
In Italia la propaganda filorussa convive con una narrazione ricorrente di presunta censura, alimentata da opinionisti e media che godono in realtà di ampia visibilità. I casi Orsini, D’Orsi, Limes e ...
www.valigiablu.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Il vittimismo dei filoputiniani che gridano alla censura in TV e sui giornali (e si rivelano come i veri censori come è successo a Napoli, ANPI vergognosa)| @fabioavallone.bsky.social @valigiablu.it
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American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that?
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
American social media platforms are banned in Russia. Have you noticed Donald isn't sanctioning anyone over that?
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
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Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".
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just great
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
just great
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For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.
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I live here, by the way: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Uniquely evil’: Michigan residents fight against huge datacenter backed by top tycoons
Locals band together in David v Goliath fight against facility they say would jack up bills, increase pollution and destroy area’s character
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I live here, by the way: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
December 16, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The ACM Digital Library, where a LOT of computing-related research is published (I'd say at least 75% of my own publications), is now not only providing (without consent of the authors and without opt-in by readers) AI-generated summaries of papers, but they appear as the *default* over abstracts.
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I love the Theranos woman because she (correctly) deduced that you only need two things to get billions of dollars in investment money from silicon valley venture capitalists:
- one (1) turtleneck
- lies
- one (1) turtleneck
- lies
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I love the Theranos woman because she (correctly) deduced that you only need two things to get billions of dollars in investment money from silicon valley venture capitalists:
- one (1) turtleneck
- lies
- one (1) turtleneck
- lies
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This morning. Again.
December 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This morning. Again.
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Speak for yourself, I'm not running out of ideas. In fact, just last week I came up with the idea of buying like sixteen identical TV remotes, so I can lose a bunch around the house and still not run out.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Speak for yourself, I'm not running out of ideas. In fact, just last week I came up with the idea of buying like sixteen identical TV remotes, so I can lose a bunch around the house and still not run out.
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Per my last re-post, twice this year I've been commissioned to write reviews of harms that can arise from the use of LLMs and then, as we surface the harms, told
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
December 13, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Per my last re-post, twice this year I've been commissioned to write reviews of harms that can arise from the use of LLMs and then, as we surface the harms, told
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
it's not appropriate to be political.
But LLMs are a deeply extractive technology, they are political by design.
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As someone who was personally censored by the Comics Code, and who witnessed that censorship happening to others on a regular basis during my time in the Marvel Comics Bullpen, I look forward to diving in.
I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:
Read Like a Criminal
Big Gay Read 2025 Keynote Speech
stone-soup.ghost.io
December 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
As someone who was personally censored by the Comics Code, and who witnessed that censorship happening to others on a regular basis during my time in the Marvel Comics Bullpen, I look forward to diving in.
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Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Doubly offensive because the architects are never the ones sitting out on the beam
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Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Eight people detained for allegedly protesting in support of Palestine are currently undertaking the largest hunger strike in UK prisons in over 40 years. The strikers need international solidarity to show the world they are not alone.
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: drags out the drum labeled "venture capital is a financial project to appropriate and privatize communal savings vehicles under the guise of 'institutional investment' while socializing and devolving risk and has been since ~1976" and bangs it was gesturing aggressively at this thread :
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
: drags out the drum labeled "venture capital is a financial project to appropriate and privatize communal savings vehicles under the guise of 'institutional investment' while socializing and devolving risk and has been since ~1976" and bangs it was gesturing aggressively at this thread :
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Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
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OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate.
None of this should sound familiar to you
None of this should sound familiar to you
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
OTD in 1994 the First Chechen War began. After incompetent initial assault that failed, Russian army turned to barbarism & crimes against humanity. It stopped when we signed a peace deal we would later violate.
None of this should sound familiar to you
None of this should sound familiar to you
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When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
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I talked about this when the new Virtua Fighter was announced but Sega is literally the reason why Nvidia exists as a company today and that’s not hyperbole.
December 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I talked about this when the new Virtua Fighter was announced but Sega is literally the reason why Nvidia exists as a company today and that’s not hyperbole.
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Health officials in Gaza report 366 Palestinians have been killed and 938 injured by Israeli forces since the October 10 ceasefire.
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Health officials in Gaza report 366 Palestinians have been killed and 938 injured by Israeli forces since the October 10 ceasefire.
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“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
December 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
“And then they made him a fake trophy because he kept whining and moaning and wouldn’t STFU.”
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This is a great example of the need for us to collectively develop critical water media analysis:
a) Why was this segment produced
b) why now
c) who came up with the idea
d) who is the “bad guy” in this take
e) who does that make the “good guy” (extra points if the answer is same as c)
a) Why was this segment produced
b) why now
c) who came up with the idea
d) who is the “bad guy” in this take
e) who does that make the “good guy” (extra points if the answer is same as c)
A cheeseburger uses a lot more water than a ChatGPT request 🍔
Actual farms, not the data center variety, are sucking up groundwater more quickly than surface water, explains @markgongloff.bsky.social 🎥
Actual farms, not the data center variety, are sucking up groundwater more quickly than surface water, explains @markgongloff.bsky.social 🎥
June 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is a great example of the need for us to collectively develop critical water media analysis:
a) Why was this segment produced
b) why now
c) who came up with the idea
d) who is the “bad guy” in this take
e) who does that make the “good guy” (extra points if the answer is same as c)
a) Why was this segment produced
b) why now
c) who came up with the idea
d) who is the “bad guy” in this take
e) who does that make the “good guy” (extra points if the answer is same as c)