Daniel Abraham
@abraham.bsky.social
Novelist, screenwriter, and the James half of James SA Corey. Will block on tone.
He/him
[email protected]
He/him
[email protected]
Without a coherent explanation for the existence of subjective experience, this “superintelligence“ talk seems naive.
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Without a coherent explanation for the existence of subjective experience, this “superintelligence“ talk seems naive.
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"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Millions of full-time workers are struggling to afford a place to live. Here’s why
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
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“We shed as we pick up, like travelers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those left behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.”
— Tom Stoppard
— Tom Stoppard
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“We shed as we pick up, like travelers who must carry everything in their arms, and what we let fall will be picked up by those left behind. The procession is very long and life is very short. We die on the march. But there is nothing outside the march so nothing can be lost to it.”
— Tom Stoppard
— Tom Stoppard
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Sounds like we need smarter executives who aren't so lazy.
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Sounds like we need smarter executives who aren't so lazy.
[watches a trailer for an upcoming movie]
My trouble with erotic thrillers is seducing the audience and the characters both without coming off like cheap porn. It would be better off keeping the absolute minimal amount of sex and playing the attraction and anticipation instead.
My trouble with erotic thrillers is seducing the audience and the characters both without coming off like cheap porn. It would be better off keeping the absolute minimal amount of sex and playing the attraction and anticipation instead.
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
[watches a trailer for an upcoming movie]
My trouble with erotic thrillers is seducing the audience and the characters both without coming off like cheap porn. It would be better off keeping the absolute minimal amount of sex and playing the attraction and anticipation instead.
My trouble with erotic thrillers is seducing the audience and the characters both without coming off like cheap porn. It would be better off keeping the absolute minimal amount of sex and playing the attraction and anticipation instead.
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Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Starbucks baristas are on strike and the No Kings Alliance stands with them. Don’t shop at Starbucks while workers fight for fair pay, better staffing, and an end to union-busting: nocontractnocoffee.org/#pledge
The Man in Bogotá by Amy Hempel is an astonishingly good story and shorter than you’d think for something that packs that much punch.
November 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Man in Bogotá by Amy Hempel is an astonishingly good story and shorter than you’d think for something that packs that much punch.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
Metallica/Guns n Roses
Leonard Cohen
Pink Martini
Cracker
Thompson Twins
Metallica/Guns n Roses
Leonard Cohen
Pink Martini
Cracker
Thompson Twins
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
pet shop boys
kraftwerk
tom jones
jean-michel jarre
metallica
pet shop boys
kraftwerk
tom jones
jean-michel jarre
metallica
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
Arrested Development opening for En Vogue (really)
Jamila Woods
Xzibit/Phife/Goodie MoB
Lilith Fair
Terrence Blanchard
Arrested Development opening for En Vogue (really)
Jamila Woods
Xzibit/Phife/Goodie MoB
Lilith Fair
Terrence Blanchard
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you attended
Metallica/Guns n Roses
Leonard Cohen
Pink Martini
Cracker
Thompson Twins
Metallica/Guns n Roses
Leonard Cohen
Pink Martini
Cracker
Thompson Twins
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I'm looking forward to reading and considering, along with my fellow judges, the works of art and fiction that will be coming in. I've even cleared an entire bookcase! 📚😁📚😉📚
2026 World Fantasy Awards Judges Announced locusmag.com/2025/11...
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm looking forward to reading and considering, along with my fellow judges, the works of art and fiction that will be coming in. I've even cleared an entire bookcase! 📚😁📚😉📚
BING!
It's a bad tool, but at least it's helped me clarify my opinions about Searle's Chinese Room paper.
It's a bad tool, but at least it's helped me clarify my opinions about Searle's Chinese Room paper.
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
BING!
It's a bad tool, but at least it's helped me clarify my opinions about Searle's Chinese Room paper.
It's a bad tool, but at least it's helped me clarify my opinions about Searle's Chinese Room paper.
Folks forget that the ACA *was* the compromise position. It was never full on heal reform so much as health insurance reform, but it was what the political reality of the time permitted.
That said, Medicare for all, and let the shareholders answer to God.
That said, Medicare for all, and let the shareholders answer to God.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Folks forget that the ACA *was* the compromise position. It was never full on heal reform so much as health insurance reform, but it was what the political reality of the time permitted.
That said, Medicare for all, and let the shareholders answer to God.
That said, Medicare for all, and let the shareholders answer to God.
I feel weird every time I agree with Joe Walsh, and I agree with Joe Walsh.
In the end, it didn’t cut government spending, and there was no promised “savings.” In the end, DOGE destroyed countless lives, ravaged American soft power, killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world (soon millions), & stole your data.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
Elon Musk should be on trial.
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I feel weird every time I agree with Joe Walsh, and I agree with Joe Walsh.
I could be wrong, but I feel like the immigration debate spends too little attention on why decades of bipartisan consensus has encouraged a huge pool of under-protected, easily-exploited labor.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I could be wrong, but I feel like the immigration debate spends too little attention on why decades of bipartisan consensus has encouraged a huge pool of under-protected, easily-exploited labor.
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Maybe tune in to PBS NewsHour tonight to see this excellent piece on how front-line hunger-fighters like @dccentralkitchen.bsky.social are taking on the rising tide of hunger across the US, from urban centers to rural & tribal communities. Consider helping! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUvU...
Budgets blown and inventory drained, food banks are struggling to feed their neighbors
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Maybe tune in to PBS NewsHour tonight to see this excellent piece on how front-line hunger-fighters like @dccentralkitchen.bsky.social are taking on the rising tide of hunger across the US, from urban centers to rural & tribal communities. Consider helping! www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUvU...
[reads headlines]
a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup and the word dude is on the bottom
Alt: a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup and looking confused and the word dude is on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
[reads headlines]
Something something fucking mop…
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Something something fucking mop…
I’ve only met a few people with perfect names:
Julianna Damewood
Nathan Randall Holt
Deliverance Benedict
Great names. Just lovely.
Julianna Damewood
Nathan Randall Holt
Deliverance Benedict
Great names. Just lovely.
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’ve only met a few people with perfect names:
Julianna Damewood
Nathan Randall Holt
Deliverance Benedict
Great names. Just lovely.
Julianna Damewood
Nathan Randall Holt
Deliverance Benedict
Great names. Just lovely.
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Academic intros that go hard
November 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Academic intros that go hard
It's a bad tool
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 AM
It's a bad tool
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Inspired by a different conversation:
I will be impressed by AI and superintelligence when it can run a decent D&D campaign.
I will be impressed by AI and superintelligence when it can run a decent D&D campaign.
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Inspired by a different conversation:
I will be impressed by AI and superintelligence when it can run a decent D&D campaign.
I will be impressed by AI and superintelligence when it can run a decent D&D campaign.
Came across the argument that ai isn’t actually a bubble because, since everyone is aware of the risk, the risk is already baked into the market’s evaluation.
I understand this as saying “that many people can’t be stupid at once.”
Meeting with my retirement fund guy today….
I understand this as saying “that many people can’t be stupid at once.”
Meeting with my retirement fund guy today….
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Came across the argument that ai isn’t actually a bubble because, since everyone is aware of the risk, the risk is already baked into the market’s evaluation.
I understand this as saying “that many people can’t be stupid at once.”
Meeting with my retirement fund guy today….
I understand this as saying “that many people can’t be stupid at once.”
Meeting with my retirement fund guy today….
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Really ties all the threads together, this one
Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Really ties all the threads together, this one
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This really feels like we are at the Bored Ape stage
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This really feels like we are at the Bored Ape stage
[Fair warning: working blue today]
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
[Fair warning: working blue today]