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Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
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"How is it that in recent years Europeans have continued to 'grovel' before 🇺🇸, even as 🇺🇸hostility, ignorance, and contempt for Europe rises to new heights? The answer, Keating says, has to do very much with a lack of confidence, which can be explained by a decades-long American cultural domination."
The roots of Europe's confidence problem
Dave Keating's new book The Owned Continent traces the roots of Europe's dependency on America, with a focus on how Europe's become a cultural colony
pederschaefer.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
"How is it that in recent years Europeans have continued to 'grovel' before 🇺🇸, even as 🇺🇸hostility, ignorance, and contempt for Europe rises to new heights? The answer, Keating says, has to do very much with a lack of confidence, which can be explained by a decades-long American cultural domination."
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Iso-Art Token Preview #192 - Dragon-Spider
January 26, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Iso-Art Token Preview #192 - Dragon-Spider
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Was honored to get the call to be one of The Guardian’s Big Interviews in G2. A thorough and thoughtful piece that digs into the real fundaments of the AI bubble narrative.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, he’s no longer the outsider he once was
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Was honored to get the call to be one of The Guardian’s Big Interviews in G2. A thorough and thoughtful piece that digs into the real fundaments of the AI bubble narrative.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Canada’s AI Minister “has been accused of naively embracing AI rather than working to mitigate its harms, and of listening mostly to voices from the tech sector—those who stand to benefit most from rapid AI adoption.”
Good article on the issues with Evan Solomon’s approach to tech and AI.
Good article on the issues with Evan Solomon’s approach to tech and AI.
Evan Solomon Wants Canada to Trust AI. Can We Trust Evan Solomon? | The Walrus
The journalist-turned-minister says the tech will make us richer and regulation should be “light”
thewalrus.ca
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Canada’s AI Minister “has been accused of naively embracing AI rather than working to mitigate its harms, and of listening mostly to voices from the tech sector—those who stand to benefit most from rapid AI adoption.”
Good article on the issues with Evan Solomon’s approach to tech and AI.
Good article on the issues with Evan Solomon’s approach to tech and AI.
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The cities that built the most new housing consistently saw the biggest price drops in older rental units. What can it mean?!?1?
www.statesforum.org/january-book...
www.statesforum.org/january-book...
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The cities that built the most new housing consistently saw the biggest price drops in older rental units. What can it mean?!?1?
www.statesforum.org/january-book...
www.statesforum.org/january-book...
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An incredible and beautiful short documentary by Nicolas Gouralt who interviewed online workers from Venezuela, Kenya and the Philippines who annotate images to train A.I. systems.
Here is as gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
Here is as gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
January 4, 2026 at 7:52 AM
An incredible and beautiful short documentary by Nicolas Gouralt who interviewed online workers from Venezuela, Kenya and the Philippines who annotate images to train A.I. systems.
Here is as gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
Here is as gift link.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o...
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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merry christmas 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
merry christmas 🎄
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
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Not far from my hotel is the absurdly blingy 18th century Late Baroque private chapel Asamkirche, home to a golden skeleton brandishing scissors to cut the cord of life..!
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not far from my hotel is the absurdly blingy 18th century Late Baroque private chapel Asamkirche, home to a golden skeleton brandishing scissors to cut the cord of life..!