Benjamin
@benjami.no
art, gamedev, accessibility,
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What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 AM
What’s happening in America is technofascism. It could happen here
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
Peter Thiel's data company is powering ICE operations in the US. In part 2 of the Nerve’s Palantir series, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social argues that the UK will be next - and we map Thiel’s network🧵
www.thenerve.news/p/technofasc...
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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The nazis raided and burned the first gender clinic. The Reagan revolution closed down most of the gender clinics in the US and left coverage uninsurable for decades. We've been here before. We'll get through just as we always have. With strength and resilience in community. They can't eradicate us.
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 PM
The nazis raided and burned the first gender clinic. The Reagan revolution closed down most of the gender clinics in the US and left coverage uninsurable for decades. We've been here before. We'll get through just as we always have. With strength and resilience in community. They can't eradicate us.
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The only surprise is they admit it
Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition.
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
February 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM
The only surprise is they admit it
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Don't love the wording of this - it feels a bit like saying ChatGPT is down, forcing news writers to take a long coffee break.
It is a sign of things to come, though, if we don't change course: power and reliance on fewer and fewer superwealthy companies, that can squeeze you for all you have.
It is a sign of things to come, though, if we don't change course: power and reliance on fewer and fewer superwealthy companies, that can squeeze you for all you have.
Claude Code is down, forcing developers to take a long coffee break. Anthropic is working on implementing a fix, after a major outage has impacted Claude AI models www.theverge.com/news/873093/...
Claude Code is down, forcing developers to take a long coffee break
Anthropic is working on implementing a fix to bring Claude Code back online.
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Don't love the wording of this - it feels a bit like saying ChatGPT is down, forcing news writers to take a long coffee break.
It is a sign of things to come, though, if we don't change course: power and reliance on fewer and fewer superwealthy companies, that can squeeze you for all you have.
It is a sign of things to come, though, if we don't change course: power and reliance on fewer and fewer superwealthy companies, that can squeeze you for all you have.
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Siemens is pumping $1 billion into manufacturing fossil fuel infrastructure on the bet that power demand from ultra-inefficient text, image and video generation based off plagiarised internet content will grow massively in the future
Gift link -->>
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
Gift link -->>
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
Siemens Energy Bets $1 Billion That A.I. Power Demand Will Last
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Siemens is pumping $1 billion into manufacturing fossil fuel infrastructure on the bet that power demand from ultra-inefficient text, image and video generation based off plagiarised internet content will grow massively in the future
Gift link -->>
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
Gift link -->>
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
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this is pretty wild. good argument for lockdown mode if your threat model is one where you might have your phone seized by the Feds: www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
this is pretty wild. good argument for lockdown mode if your threat model is one where you might have your phone seized by the Feds: www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
There's so much rotten in the world. Rejoice for a moment that some justice has been won, that some heroes were saved by their peers.
The world will only become better if we make it so.
Justice for Palestine.
The world will only become better if we make it so.
Justice for Palestine.
I'm not sure people appreciate quite what a blow to Starmer's government the acquittal of the Palestine Action protestors is. It both blows apart the whole proscription idea and demonstrates how out of touch they are.
This was a jury. Juries represent the public.
This was a jury. Juries represent the public.
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
There's so much rotten in the world. Rejoice for a moment that some justice has been won, that some heroes were saved by their peers.
The world will only become better if we make it so.
Justice for Palestine.
The world will only become better if we make it so.
Justice for Palestine.
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the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
the $75 million Jeff Bezos set on fire for that Melania propaganda piece could have funded most independent newsrooms for literally decades
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According to @bluefacts.app, the SciArt Feed is:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
February 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
According to @bluefacts.app, the SciArt Feed is:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
🦋 Bluesky’s #41 most popular Feed
🎨 #4 in art feeds
🧪 #4 in science feeds
The intersection of art & science: a curated Feed of great art by skilled people. And no gen AI.
🐡 Please share, pin & like today so we reach 5,000 subscribers:
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I'm not sure people appreciate quite what a blow to Starmer's government the acquittal of the Palestine Action protestors is. It both blows apart the whole proscription idea and demonstrates how out of touch they are.
This was a jury. Juries represent the public.
This was a jury. Juries represent the public.
February 4, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I'm not sure people appreciate quite what a blow to Starmer's government the acquittal of the Palestine Action protestors is. It both blows apart the whole proscription idea and demonstrates how out of touch they are.
This was a jury. Juries represent the public.
This was a jury. Juries represent the public.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
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"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
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bezos is simply following in the grand rich idiot tradition of gannett, advance publications, and many other private newspaper owners before him. he's merely wealthy enough to sink a more prestigious brand than the times-picayune
February 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
bezos is simply following in the grand rich idiot tradition of gannett, advance publications, and many other private newspaper owners before him. he's merely wealthy enough to sink a more prestigious brand than the times-picayune
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Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
February 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Most of the Washington Post’s tech reporters were laid off today, including me. I have loved my time at the paper, which is where I wanted to work from age 15. I take some consolation in not being among the survivors who will have to work harder with less for fewer readers. On to better things.
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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"mmm i think it should be more like this" warps ass to be larger
February 2, 2026 at 9:40 PM
"mmm i think it should be more like this" warps ass to be larger
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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This is old but I am still feeling this way up to this day.
January 30, 2026 at 12:14 PM
This is old but I am still feeling this way up to this day.
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Quick vid on @globalenergymon.bsky.social's new gas plant tracker update: US planned gas increased 3x, 1/3rd of that is JUST dedicated, off-grid gas plants for data centres!
@mrchrisadams.bsky.social's new term applies perfectly here: PETROTECH
globalenergymonitor.org/report/betti...
@mrchrisadams.bsky.social's new term applies perfectly here: PETROTECH
globalenergymonitor.org/report/betti...
January 29, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Quick vid on @globalenergymon.bsky.social's new gas plant tracker update: US planned gas increased 3x, 1/3rd of that is JUST dedicated, off-grid gas plants for data centres!
@mrchrisadams.bsky.social's new term applies perfectly here: PETROTECH
globalenergymonitor.org/report/betti...
@mrchrisadams.bsky.social's new term applies perfectly here: PETROTECH
globalenergymonitor.org/report/betti...
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Why should I watch something that a director didn't even bother to make?
January 29, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Why should I watch something that a director didn't even bother to make?
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“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world. We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.”
Absolutely damning from @aaronschaffer.com, @willoremus.com, & @nitasha.bsky.social.
To get more data, Anthropic:
* "destructively scanned" millions of books
* downloaded the shadow library LibGen
* hailed another shadow library's arrival as "just in time!!!"
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
To get more data, Anthropic:
* "destructively scanned" millions of books
* downloaded the shadow library LibGen
* hailed another shadow library's arrival as "just in time!!!"
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:58 AM
“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world. We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.”
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It's time to SHORT THAT BABY! 📈
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
It's time to SHORT THAT BABY! 📈
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator is OUT NOW on Steam!
PLUS even more campaigns and content coming out over the next weeks and months! 💚👽
store.steampowered.com/app/3642000/...
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Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.
January 28, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Kansas just passed a monstrous bill enabling criminal penalties and vigilante lawsuits for trans people using the bathroom according to their gender identity and requires them to surrender their current drivers licenses and birth certificates if it does not match their sex assigned at birth.