Gary Singh
@gary-singh.bsky.social
Newspaper columnist at Metro Silicon Valley for 20 years. Author at History Press. Sober vagabond. More words at Alta Journal, Hidden Compass, Atlas Obscura, IEEE Computer Graphics, AAWW & more.
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Best exchange of the day, so far.
December 7, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Best exchange of the day, so far.
“AI does not have free will, it doesn't want to do anything. If young people are not finding jobs because they're being automated by tech — realize that this is not AI taking a job. *A CEO* has decided not to backfill a role or hire young people or create new roles.”
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NOTES FROM THE EDGE of Artificial Intelligence
Listen to the second episode of KALW's new show Notes from the Edge with Jeff Chang. Jeff brings you notes from the edge of AI with journalist Karen Hao, tech ethicist Rumman Chowdhury and DJ Shadow,
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December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“AI does not have free will, it doesn't want to do anything. If young people are not finding jobs because they're being automated by tech — realize that this is not AI taking a job. *A CEO* has decided not to backfill a role or hire young people or create new roles.”
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OK, I see three in this list I've read this year. Jeff Chang, Kaila and Katie Kitamura. Maybe a few more I'm missing ...
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
OK, I see three in this list I've read this year. Jeff Chang, Kaila and Katie Kitamura. Maybe a few more I'm missing ...
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Man, I've been waiting for someone to write a story like this. I keep bringing up the Dada artists, who originally organized during WWI, and showed that ridicule could be effective in dislodging the fascists, but in this piece, she went with the Surrealists. I am still reading ...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”For the Surrealists, the slide from military horror to full fascism took a couple decades, and even longer for the imperial boomerang to return. Now there are no delays, everything is synchronous.” www.equator.org/articles/sur...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Man, I've been waiting for someone to write a story like this. I keep bringing up the Dada artists, who originally organized during WWI, and showed that ridicule could be effective in dislodging the fascists, but in this piece, she went with the Surrealists. I am still reading ...
Yes.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Yes.
"But if history teaches us anything, it’s that bubbles don’t pop harmlessly; they burst outward. And when they do, the people who had nothing to do with inflating them are usually the ones who end up paying the biggest part of the price."
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What Happens When the AI Bubble Blows Up on Main Street?
When this bubble bursts, the collapse won’t hit Google’s coders — it’ll hit the electricians, nurses, teachers, retirees, renters, and low-income families who never got a penny from the boom…
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November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"But if history teaches us anything, it’s that bubbles don’t pop harmlessly; they burst outward. And when they do, the people who had nothing to do with inflating them are usually the ones who end up paying the biggest part of the price."
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
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Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
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Peter Thiel Gets Out of Dodge
Yesterday, I published on "Great AI Bubble". Today, Silicon Valley's Dr Evil dumps his stock
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November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
NEW: Peter Thiel has blinked. Yesterday, I posted an article about the "Great AI Bubble". And today, we find out that he's bailed on the market.
Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
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Has he cut & run? Or is this some 3-D chess-type voodoo? Thoughts please.
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The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
From my friend Don Lattin, who covered the Jonestown massacre.
I covered the Jonestown massacre. Donald Trump is giving me flashbacks www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I covered the Jonestown massacre. Donald Trump is giving me flashbacks www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I covered the Jonestown massacre. Donald Trump is giving me flashbacks
OPINION: As we approach the anniversary of the Jonestown massacre, I can’t help but see ominous echoes of Jim Jones in President Trump, former reporter Don Lattin writes.
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November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
From my friend Don Lattin, who covered the Jonestown massacre.
I covered the Jonestown massacre. Donald Trump is giving me flashbacks www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I covered the Jonestown massacre. Donald Trump is giving me flashbacks www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
"gluttons for clichéd dross who...head to the Instagram page will find several generic AI-generated videos of stubbly cowboys looking like factory-reject Ben Afflecks walking on snow-covered train tracks, lifting weights and holding their hats under the rain."
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Breaking Rust: Can you tell the difference between real and AI music?
An AI-generated music persona has topped the US Billboard charts for the first time, at the same time as a “first-of-its-kind" study from French streaming service Deezer reveals that 97 per cent of pe...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"gluttons for clichéd dross who...head to the Instagram page will find several generic AI-generated videos of stubbly cowboys looking like factory-reject Ben Afflecks walking on snow-covered train tracks, lifting weights and holding their hats under the rain."
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A quick run-through, if you need it.
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Emails reveal Jeffrey Epstein and associate discussed ‘girls’ and travel
Revelation comes despite US justice department downplaying possibility that other men involved in Epstein’s abuse
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November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
A quick run-through, if you need it.
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Ennio Morricone - The Sicilian Clan
YouTube video by serge1232
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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
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BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
BREAKING: Grijalva has signed the Epstein Files discharge petition. It doesn't appear that Mace or Boebert have removed their names.
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Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album, “Horses” on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/dir-xex2u...
Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album, “Horses”
Patti Smith’s album “Horses” came out fifty years ago, on November 10, 1975, launching her to stardom almost overnight. An anniversary reissue came out this year, to rapturous reviews. Yet being a roc...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album, “Horses” on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/dir-xex2u...
It was an amazing speech, certainly better to watch not read. But here's the transcript.
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Zohran Mamdani: “Hope Is Alive”
A full transcript of the mayor-elect’s victory speech to supporters.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It was an amazing speech, certainly better to watch not read. But here's the transcript.
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Prop 50 was called as soon as the polls closed.
I made the most direct voter contact I ever have in this election. So I wasn’t even remotely surprised.
We are a great state.
I made the most direct voter contact I ever have in this election. So I wasn’t even remotely surprised.
We are a great state.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Prop 50 was called as soon as the polls closed.
I made the most direct voter contact I ever have in this election. So I wasn’t even remotely surprised.
We are a great state.
I made the most direct voter contact I ever have in this election. So I wasn’t even remotely surprised.
We are a great state.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
Another job I've done for 20+ years, in case you didn't know...
I'm so honored to have my art featured on the cover of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications - my very first science drawing that marked the beginning of my #SciArt journey! Read the cover story here: ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/111...
A huge thank you to the journal and @gary-singh.bsky.social!
A huge thank you to the journal and @gary-singh.bsky.social!
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Another job I've done for 20+ years, in case you didn't know...