Jon Evans
@rezendi.com
engineer / novelist, occasional journalist / CTO / archivist / peripatetist; see https://rezendi.com/
It's depressing seeing so many unquestioning reskeets of this false claim (including by @greatdismal.bsky.social , disappointingly.) Our side is supposed too be the side of evidence, facts, reality, skepticism, and words meaning things, isn't it?
The sign on Kristi Noem's podium reads "One of ours, all of yours." The reader will recall that this was a fascist rallying cry in the Spanish Civil War. What it means is that one of "our" people is worth all of "your" people.
January 14, 2026 at 6:47 AM
It's depressing seeing so many unquestioning reskeets of this false claim (including by @greatdismal.bsky.social , disappointingly.) Our side is supposed too be the side of evidence, facts, reality, skepticism, and words meaning things, isn't it?
Wow, the Trump admin is *really* pro crypto
Bessent: "For individuals who want to wire money out of the country, they're gonna have to tick a box whether they are or are not on public assistance. Then we're going to start pushing over the coming days and weeks that if you're on public assistance, you cannot wire money out of the country."
January 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Wow, the Trump admin is *really* pro crypto
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Ten days to go til my book talk at @stanfordhai.bsky.social with @adambecker.bsky.social and @rezendi.com! RSVP here: hai.stanford.edu/events/adam-...
Adam Becker & Jon Evans | Book Talk: “More Everything Forever” and “Exadelic” | Stanford HAI
Join HAI Policy Fellow Riana Pfefferkorn for a conversation about the potential future(s) of AI and humanity with Adam Becker, author of More Everything Forever, and Jon Evans, author of Exadelic and ...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Ten days to go til my book talk at @stanfordhai.bsky.social with @adambecker.bsky.social and @rezendi.com! RSVP here: hai.stanford.edu/events/adam-...
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I think so many of people’s lack of media literacy and unwillingness to consider moral complexities that aren’t strict black/white dichotomies comes from parents not teaching kids how to read as God intended: with books kids are far too young to read kept within in easy reach of an 8 year old.
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I think so many of people’s lack of media literacy and unwillingness to consider moral complexities that aren’t strict black/white dichotomies comes from parents not teaching kids how to read as God intended: with books kids are far too young to read kept within in easy reach of an 8 year old.
"Yet federal laws are ironically making A.I. model safety more difficult." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
Opinion | There’s One Easy Solution to the A.I. Porn Problem
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January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"Yet federal laws are ironically making A.I. model safety more difficult." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
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a lot of people are being radicalized by ICE this week so please remember that the most important thing when someone comes to any kind of radical politics is to immediately scold them for doing activism wrong as someone who has been doing it much longer
January 12, 2026 at 1:12 AM
a lot of people are being radicalized by ICE this week so please remember that the most important thing when someone comes to any kind of radical politics is to immediately scold them for doing activism wrong as someone who has been doing it much longer
Yep. "I would not respect myself and my intelligence if my idea of software and society would impair my vision: facts are facts, and AI is going to change programming forever." -Antirez, the Italian creator of Redis antirez.com/news/158
Don't fall into the anti-AI hype - <antirez>
antirez.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Yep. "I would not respect myself and my intelligence if my idea of software and society would impair my vision: facts are facts, and AI is going to change programming forever." -Antirez, the Italian creator of Redis antirez.com/news/158
"Governments are better at supporting companies in established markets where innovation takes place slowly & incrementally. This is likely why state-backed efforts have found it easier to be competitive against aerospace companies than Silicon Valley" worksinprogress.co/issue/how-ai...
How Airbus took off - Works in Progress Magazine
Airbus is an example of successful industrial policy and the rare European company that is better than its American rival. Could its success be copied elsewhere?
worksinprogress.co
January 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"Governments are better at supporting companies in established markets where innovation takes place slowly & incrementally. This is likely why state-backed efforts have found it easier to be competitive against aerospace companies than Silicon Valley" worksinprogress.co/issue/how-ai...
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San Francisco skyline tonight after sun sets. Taken from Emeryville, California.
#sunset #nature #eastcoastkin
#sunset #nature #eastcoastkin
January 11, 2026 at 1:40 AM
San Francisco skyline tonight after sun sets. Taken from Emeryville, California.
#sunset #nature #eastcoastkin
#sunset #nature #eastcoastkin
“From the moment we become aware and start working, all young people want to leave; there’s almost no food, and it’s very hard to get anything” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘History will tell’: as US pressure grows, Cuba edges closer to collapse amid mass exodus
Disillusioned with the revolution after 68 years of US sanctions and a shattered economy, one in four Cubans have left in four years. Can the regime, and country, survive the engulfing ‘polycrisis’?
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:48 AM
“From the moment we become aware and start working, all young people want to leave; there’s almost no food, and it’s very hard to get anything” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
I for one welcome, etc.
I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
January 10, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I for one welcome, etc.
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"You have a collect call from 'goingoutafterschoolbehomeat7.' Will you accept the charges?"
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
"You have a collect call from 'goingoutafterschoolbehomeat7.' Will you accept the charges?"
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The alternative explanation is that one agent who had been previously injured by a car in an altercation with a target, whether because of PTSD or rage or a little of both, had an unhinged reaction to a car getting too close, while everyone else behaves normally because there's no actual threat.
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The alternative explanation is that one agent who had been previously injured by a car in an altercation with a target, whether because of PTSD or rage or a little of both, had an unhinged reaction to a car getting too close, while everyone else behaves normally because there's no actual threat.
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Another image that sums up the protest.
January 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Another image that sums up the protest.
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sysadmin hits different now
January 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
sysadmin hits different now
This (from Matt Levine today) is absolutely amazing www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
7 U.S. Code § 13-1 - Violations, prohibition against dealings in motion picture box office receipts or onion futures; punishment
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January 8, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This (from Matt Levine today) is absolutely amazing www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...
"the technological paradox I noted above: more capabilities, more broadly distributed, has tremendously enriched the world on an absolute basis; the end result, however, has been the dramatic expansion of our comparison set, making us feel more immiserated than ever." stratechery.com/2026/ai-and-...
AI and the Human Condition
AI might replace all of the jobs; that’s only a problem if you think that humans will care, but if they care, they will create new jobs.
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January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
"the technological paradox I noted above: more capabilities, more broadly distributed, has tremendously enriched the world on an absolute basis; the end result, however, has been the dramatic expansion of our comparison set, making us feel more immiserated than ever." stratechery.com/2026/ai-and-...
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As you wish (generated here: zachmu.github.io/yardsign/).
November 1, 2023 at 5:19 PM
As you wish (generated here: zachmu.github.io/yardsign/).
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I’m developing a game where you have to go back to assassinate Adam. It’s a first person shooter.
January 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
I’m developing a game where you have to go back to assassinate Adam. It’s a first person shooter.
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The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.
I see plenty of developers insisting AI coding tools are overhyped and error-prone.
But I’m also starting to see the opposite, people who’ve fully embraced them and now find they’re so good it’s triggering a real crisis of confidence.
I see plenty of developers insisting AI coding tools are overhyped and error-prone.
But I’m also starting to see the opposite, people who’ve fully embraced them and now find they’re so good it’s triggering a real crisis of confidence.
January 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.
I see plenty of developers insisting AI coding tools are overhyped and error-prone.
But I’m also starting to see the opposite, people who’ve fully embraced them and now find they’re so good it’s triggering a real crisis of confidence.
I see plenty of developers insisting AI coding tools are overhyped and error-prone.
But I’m also starting to see the opposite, people who’ve fully embraced them and now find they’re so good it’s triggering a real crisis of confidence.
One day we'll have some kind of automated microbial protection against tooth decay and everyone will be "can you believe in the twentieth century people used to rub goop all over their teeth every day? How weird and gross is that?"
January 7, 2026 at 4:27 AM
One day we'll have some kind of automated microbial protection against tooth decay and everyone will be "can you believe in the twentieth century people used to rub goop all over their teeth every day? How weird and gross is that?"
I will not be lining up for "Untitled Jesse Eisenberg musical comedy," but everything else here looks ... super interesting, actually? Let's hope so, 2025 was - SINNERS, WEAPONS, and KPOP DEMON HUNTERS aside - not a great cinematic year. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... (I quite disliked OBAA)
Narnia! Dune! Charli xcx! The 2026 films Guardian writers are most excited about
From much-anticipated sequels to music mockumentaries to auteur returns, the next 12 months offers up a wide variety of intriguing new movies
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I will not be lining up for "Untitled Jesse Eisenberg musical comedy," but everything else here looks ... super interesting, actually? Let's hope so, 2025 was - SINNERS, WEAPONS, and KPOP DEMON HUNTERS aside - not a great cinematic year. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... (I quite disliked OBAA)
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AND I think that framing prevents good regulation. If your position is 'this shouldn't exist at all and I won't tolerate anything less than the technology not existing,' it's harder to advocate for 'here are the specific features and practices that should be required/prohibited.'
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
AND I think that framing prevents good regulation. If your position is 'this shouldn't exist at all and I won't tolerate anything less than the technology not existing,' it's harder to advocate for 'here are the specific features and practices that should be required/prohibited.'