Bernard McCarty
@thesolarmancer.bsky.social
My Substack: https://bernardmccarty.substack.com/
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The Transformed: 001 Defection
© Bernard McCarty, 2025
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The first episode from the world of The Transformed is out now!
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
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001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
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For anyone interested in sustainable art made from recycled materials, please check out Pamina Stewart’s amazing creatures.
paminastewart.co.uk
paminastewart.co.uk
Pamina Stewart - Recycled Materials Sculptor | Environmental Artist
Contemporary sculptures from recycled materials and ocean plastics. Birmingham-based environmental artist specializing in sustainable art and eco-conscious installations.
paminastewart.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
For anyone interested in sustainable art made from recycled materials, please check out Pamina Stewart’s amazing creatures.
paminastewart.co.uk
paminastewart.co.uk
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Your handy "print out and keep" AI Bullshit Detector cards for the year ahead.
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AI Bullshit Detector Cards
A set of handy “print out and keep” AI Bullshit Detector Cards
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December 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Your handy "print out and keep" AI Bullshit Detector cards for the year ahead.
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
Your handy "print out and keep" AI Bullshit Detector cards for the year ahead.
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
AI Bullshit Detector Cards
A set of handy “print out and keep” AI Bullshit Detector Cards
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Your handy "print out and keep" AI Bullshit Detector cards for the year ahead.
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
For anyone interested in sustainable art made from recycled materials, please check out Pamina Stewart’s amazing creatures.
paminastewart.co.uk
paminastewart.co.uk
Pamina Stewart - Recycled Materials Sculptor | Environmental Artist
Contemporary sculptures from recycled materials and ocean plastics. Birmingham-based environmental artist specializing in sustainable art and eco-conscious installations.
paminastewart.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
For anyone interested in sustainable art made from recycled materials, please check out Pamina Stewart’s amazing creatures.
paminastewart.co.uk
paminastewart.co.uk
Citing issues with logic, correctness, and security, a new report recommends specific guardrails for AI-generated code. www.infoworld.com/article/4109...
AI-assisted coding creates more problems – report
Citing issues with logic, correctness, and security, a new report recommends specific guardrails for AI-generated code.
www.infoworld.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Citing issues with logic, correctness, and security, a new report recommends specific guardrails for AI-generated code. www.infoworld.com/article/4109...
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An AI Bullshit Detector.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
An AI Bullshit Detector.
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In Ep. 265, Chris returns to Paris to interview @timgould.bsky.social about @iea.org’s flagship World Energy Outlook 2025 report. We clarify what its scenarios actually mean (and what they don’t), and find the global energy transition very much still going strong. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
[Episode #265] – IEA World Energy Outlook 2025 | The Energy Transition Show
Chris returns to Paris to interview co-lead Tim Gould about the new World Energy Outlook 2025 report, and to explore the futures it contemplates.
xenetwork.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In Ep. 265, Chris returns to Paris to interview @timgould.bsky.social about @iea.org’s flagship World Energy Outlook 2025 report. We clarify what its scenarios actually mean (and what they don’t), and find the global energy transition very much still going strong. xenetwork.org/ets/episodes...
An AI Bullshit Detector.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
An AI Bullshit Detector.
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He's not active on here, but one take on AI as enclosure by @thesolarmancer.bsky.social:
The Digital Enclosures
AI billionaires are privatising human creativity, who will stop them?
bernardmccarty.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
He's not active on here, but one take on AI as enclosure by @thesolarmancer.bsky.social:
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Qualcomm is acquiring DIY electronics platform Arduino
Arduino’s under new ownership.
www.theverge.com
October 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Can We Test for Machine Understanding?
Hey, did GPT-5 just create new knowledge?
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October 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Can We Test for Machine Understanding?
Hey, did GPT-5 just create new knowledge?
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October 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Taking a break from howling into the void about #AI and concentrating on some #SciFi short stories. I've got a new one out today, I'd really appreciate a sharing it if you have a moment.
So here it is, I hope you like it.
#MarsNoir #NoirPunk #PunkFi #Ramones
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So here it is, I hope you like it.
#MarsNoir #NoirPunk #PunkFi #Ramones
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Falling Out of the Rainbow
© Bernard McCarty, 2025: "We got a little tear-jerker, for all you lonely hearts out there..."
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August 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The Digital Enclosures
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Brandon North on Future Pathways
This is a key addition to the technofeudalism discourse. Thanks!!
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September 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Digital Enclosures
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The first episode from the world of The Transformed is out now!
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
The Transformed: 001 Defection
© Bernard McCarty, 2025
open.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The first episode from the world of The Transformed is out now!
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
So, about 1/20th of a single day's worth of CO₂?
This would need to scale by a factor of 7300 (= 20 x 365) just to keep current atmospheric CO₂ levels *constant*, not even reducing them (we currently emit ~100,000,000 tonnes *per day*).
Fail.
www.ecoticias.com/en/norway-st...
This would need to scale by a factor of 7300 (= 20 x 365) just to keep current atmospheric CO₂ levels *constant*, not even reducing them (we currently emit ~100,000,000 tonnes *per day*).
Fail.
www.ecoticias.com/en/norway-st...
Norway starts absorbing world pollution — 5,000,000 tons at 8,500 ft under the sea
Norway is looking at a solution to capture and stored away pollution. Approximately 5 million tons of carbon will be stored at a CO₂ storage site.
www.ecoticias.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
So, about 1/20th of a single day's worth of CO₂?
This would need to scale by a factor of 7300 (= 20 x 365) just to keep current atmospheric CO₂ levels *constant*, not even reducing them (we currently emit ~100,000,000 tonnes *per day*).
Fail.
www.ecoticias.com/en/norway-st...
This would need to scale by a factor of 7300 (= 20 x 365) just to keep current atmospheric CO₂ levels *constant*, not even reducing them (we currently emit ~100,000,000 tonnes *per day*).
Fail.
www.ecoticias.com/en/norway-st...
The Digital Enclosures
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
Brandon North on Future Pathways
This is a key addition to the technofeudalism discourse. Thanks!!
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Digital Enclosures
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
The first episode from the world of The Transformed is out now!
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
The Transformed: 001 Defection
© Bernard McCarty, 2025
open.substack.com
August 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The first episode from the world of The Transformed is out now!
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
001 Defection
#sci-fi #sciencefiction #transistorpunk #fiction #shortstories
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
Taking a break from howling into the void about #AI and concentrating on some #SciFi short stories. I've got a new one out today, I'd really appreciate a sharing it if you have a moment.
So here it is, I hope you like it.
#MarsNoir #NoirPunk #PunkFi #Ramones
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
So here it is, I hope you like it.
#MarsNoir #NoirPunk #PunkFi #Ramones
open.substack.com/pub/bernardm...
Falling Out of the Rainbow
© Bernard McCarty, 2025: "We got a little tear-jerker, for all you lonely hearts out there..."
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August 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Betelgeuse is a binary! Maybe!
A second star has possibly been found orbiting the soon-to-be supernova. It still needs to be confirmed (despite a LOT of breathless articles saying it's real) but if it is it'll have implications for how we study Big B.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-second-s...
🧪🔭
A second star has possibly been found orbiting the soon-to-be supernova. It still needs to be confirmed (despite a LOT of breathless articles saying it's real) but if it is it'll have implications for how we study Big B.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-second-s...
🧪🔭
A second star for Betelgeuse?!
Astronomers post a possible binary companion for the soon-to-be supernova
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
July 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Betelgeuse is a binary! Maybe!
A second star has possibly been found orbiting the soon-to-be supernova. It still needs to be confirmed (despite a LOT of breathless articles saying it's real) but if it is it'll have implications for how we study Big B.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-second-s...
🧪🔭
A second star has possibly been found orbiting the soon-to-be supernova. It still needs to be confirmed (despite a LOT of breathless articles saying it's real) but if it is it'll have implications for how we study Big B.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/a-second-s...
🧪🔭
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Big Tech is racing to build a sentient god out of duct tape and venture capital, and I'm told I'm the alarmist.
So I sat down with @edzitron.com to talk about the hype, the bullshit, and the trillion-dollar delusions behind AI.
www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/scre...
So I sat down with @edzitron.com to talk about the hype, the bullshit, and the trillion-dollar delusions behind AI.
www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/scre...
Betting on AI: The Delusion Driving Big Tech - Last Week in AWS Podcast
www.lastweekinaws.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Big Tech is racing to build a sentient god out of duct tape and venture capital, and I'm told I'm the alarmist.
So I sat down with @edzitron.com to talk about the hype, the bullshit, and the trillion-dollar delusions behind AI.
www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/scre...
So I sat down with @edzitron.com to talk about the hype, the bullshit, and the trillion-dollar delusions behind AI.
www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/scre...
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yeah i think there's a chance this all ends with Altman claiming they've "made AGI" and they create a vast, expensive mechanical turk style machine that can only be used by one person at once, it'll be demoed to a reporter who will say "waooawww..." and nothing will change
It’s such little kid marketing. I think the death rattle is going to be the sound of Sam Altman saying “we’ve created AGI.”
July 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
yeah i think there's a chance this all ends with Altman claiming they've "made AGI" and they create a vast, expensive mechanical turk style machine that can only be used by one person at once, it'll be demoed to a reporter who will say "waooawww..." and nothing will change
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Premium newsletter: Based on my research, the majority of SoftBank and OpenAI’s partnership - Stargate and the $3bn-a-year SB OpenAI Japan - does not appear to exist, and as it stands, SoftBank does not appear capable of funding OpenAI’s $30 billion round.
www.wheresyoured.at/softbank-openai/
www.wheresyoured.at/softbank-openai/
Is SoftBank Still Backing OpenAI?
Earlier in the week, the Wall Street Journal reported that SoftBank and OpenAI's "$500 billion" "AI Project" was now setting a "more modest goal of building a small data center by year-end."
To quote...
www.wheresyoured.at
July 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Premium newsletter: Based on my research, the majority of SoftBank and OpenAI’s partnership - Stargate and the $3bn-a-year SB OpenAI Japan - does not appear to exist, and as it stands, SoftBank does not appear capable of funding OpenAI’s $30 billion round.
www.wheresyoured.at/softbank-openai/
www.wheresyoured.at/softbank-openai/
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Newsletter: This is the Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble: genAI is nothing like Uber or Amazon Web Services, there are no profitable genAI companies, agents do not and cannot exist, there is no AI SaaS story, and everything rides - and dies - on selling GPUs.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
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The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
Hey! Before we go any further — if you want to support my work, please sign up for the premium version of Where’s Your Ed At, it’s a $7-a-month (or $70-a-year) paid product where every week you get a ...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Newsletter: This is the Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble: genAI is nothing like Uber or Amazon Web Services, there are no profitable genAI companies, agents do not and cannot exist, there is no AI SaaS story, and everything rides - and dies - on selling GPUs.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...