Paul Armstrong
@paularmstrongtbd.bsky.social
Emerging Technologies Advisor (TBD Group). Also: tech/startup writer, speaker, author of ‘Disruptive Technologies’. Optimistic sceptic.
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Clap for that pun, people.
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The self driving taxi revolution is here (but not India where we will need to wait for superintelligence before robots can navigate the roads) www.economist.com/who-will-win...
The self-driving taxi revolution is here
It’s Waymo complicated than it looks
www.economist.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Clap for that pun, people.
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Diesel sales are plummeting in Europe, as EVs, hybrids and PHEVs take off.
Plug-In Hybrids Are Outselling Diesel Cars In Europe For The First Time
The days of the oil burners are numbered, as fewer and fewer companies keep them in their lineups.
insideevs.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Diesel sales are plummeting in Europe, as EVs, hybrids and PHEVs take off.
Errr.
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Read more from @benjaminriley.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Errr.
Oh no, only $49 billion left.
The Softbank selloff has meant Masayoshi Son has dropped to eighth on Forbes’ real-time list of Asia’s richest people, down from third at the start of this month.
Masayoshi Son’s Fortune Drops Nearly $5 Billion Amid Softbank Selloff Over OpenAI Concerns
The Softbank selloff has meant Masayoshi Son has dropped to eighth on Forbes’ real-time list of Asia’s richest people, down from third at the start of this month.
www.forbes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Oh no, only $49 billion left.
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This is the hard hitting news I need.
Most people know that binge drinking, especially when it’s frequent, is dangerous for health. But is it still risky if you drink rarely, or not at all, for most of the year? We asked experts.
Is It OK to Binge Drink Occasionally?
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This is the hard hitting news I need.
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Google is a near-$4tn monument to monopoly power on.ft.com/4oi7mNC
Google is a near-$4tn monument to monopoly power
As threat from ChatGPT recedes, users are searching more with the market leader and monetisation seems to be intact
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Google is a near-$4tn monument to monopoly power on.ft.com/4oi7mNC
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Ultraprocessed foods, like breakfast cereals, frozen meals and processed meats, have been linked to colorectal cancer and other digestive conditions. Here's what to know.
How Do Ultraprocessed Foods Affect the Gut?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Ultraprocessed foods, like breakfast cereals, frozen meals and processed meats, have been linked to colorectal cancer and other digestive conditions. Here's what to know.
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UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
UPDATE: We've added 5 more staffers to our DOGE tracker, taking the total to 114.
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
This is everyone who we've confirmed has worked for DOGE ⤵️
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G20 defies Trump as leaders press on without the US on.ft.com/3XQegP2
G20 defies Trump as leaders press on without the US
Agreements at G20 and COP30 show how America’s absence has not demoralised world leaders
on.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
G20 defies Trump as leaders press on without the US on.ft.com/3XQegP2
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I've given up on pointing this out, but it is 100% true. The list of "new discoveries" about platforms that I literally filed public affidavits about in 2010 or testified on live TV about in 2012 is... really long.
We could skip a bunch of bullshit by looking at what is already public.
We could skip a bunch of bullshit by looking at what is already public.
The biggest source for any DSA investigation into addictive design features might not be platforms' risk assessments, but the more than 6 million documents that are part of the pretrial discovery process in the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Massive Legal Siege’ Against Social Media Companies Looms
Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to land in US courtrooms, threatening the future of the biggest...
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I've given up on pointing this out, but it is 100% true. The list of "new discoveries" about platforms that I literally filed public affidavits about in 2010 or testified on live TV about in 2012 is... really long.
We could skip a bunch of bullshit by looking at what is already public.
We could skip a bunch of bullshit by looking at what is already public.
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How kids’ smartwatches led to anxiety, addiction, and crime
machinesociety.ai/p/how-kids-s...
machinesociety.ai/p/how-kids-s...
How kids’ smartwatches led to anxiety, addiction, and crime
The world needs to learn from China’s bad example.
machinesociety.ai
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How kids’ smartwatches led to anxiety, addiction, and crime
machinesociety.ai/p/how-kids-s...
machinesociety.ai/p/how-kids-s...
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Increasingly museums have found themselves facing the conundrum of how to guard the safety of their works in the event of a climate-related catastrophe.
1843 goes behind the scenes of curators’ decision-making processes
1843 goes behind the scenes of curators’ decision-making processes
The grab list: how museums decide what to save in a disaster
Billions of dollars’ worth of art is imperilled by climate change. Curators will have to make sacrifices
econ.st
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Increasingly museums have found themselves facing the conundrum of how to guard the safety of their works in the event of a climate-related catastrophe.
1843 goes behind the scenes of curators’ decision-making processes
1843 goes behind the scenes of curators’ decision-making processes
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The guy on TikTok playing random fellas at Connect 4 is the most wholesomely British thing I’ve seen on the app all year 🥲
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The guy on TikTok playing random fellas at Connect 4 is the most wholesomely British thing I’ve seen on the app all year 🥲
That and there’s no damn need to have legit masked ‘immigration’ officers in this day and age
You know who contributes billions to the economy? Immigrants. You know who doesn’t? Immigrants too scared to leave their homes (via Bloomberg Opinion)
Defending Masked Immigration Agents Is a Losing Battle
California passed a pair of laws that would prohibit immigration agents from wearing masks or hiding their identities while detaining people they suspect of being undocumented immigrants. It didn’t take long for the Trump administration to not only sue, but to refuse to comply.
bloom.bg
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
That and there’s no damn need to have legit masked ‘immigration’ officers in this day and age
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It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given surprising new insight into the online “America First” movement.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
trib.al
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It’s all a sham and a foreign influence operation as we have been saying on @pivotpod.bsky.social for a while now.
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Social psychology gave us trendy takeaways like power poses and “ego depletion.” Then the replication crisis hit — killing some of the flashiest findings but leaving the field stronger.
The Research That Launched a Thousand Airport Books Got a Reality Check. What Holds Up?
Social psychology gave us trendy takeaways like power poses and “ego depletion.” Then the replication crisis hit, killing many findings but leaving the field stronger.
bloom.bg
November 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Social psychology gave us trendy takeaways like power poses and “ego depletion.” Then the replication crisis hit — killing some of the flashiest findings but leaving the field stronger.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Seems like whenever the world goes bad, a Kirby game appears.
Kirby is always there for us
Kirby returns to remind us: “Life is short, eat the cake.”
www.theverge.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Seems like whenever the world goes bad, a Kirby game appears.
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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Personalized mRNA Vaccines Will Revolutionize Cancer Treatment—If Federal Funding Cuts Don’t Doom Them www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Personalized mRNA Vaccines Will Revolutionize Cancer Treatment—If Federal Funding Cuts Don’t Doom Them www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...
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But imagine if they, er, like, did? Mad times!
If you want to run a subscription business, you have to learn subscription marketing. All these people expecting Substack and Patreon to market their subscriptions are setting themselves up to fail
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
But imagine if they, er, like, did? Mad times!
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This looks like an Emmerdale new cast member announcement created by a previous-generation LLM.
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This looks like an Emmerdale new cast member announcement created by a previous-generation LLM.
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Sundar Pichai has set Google on the path to AI consumer dominance
Sundar Pichai Is Google’s AI ‘Wartime CEO’ After All
There was a time everyone seemed to have a take on why Open AI’s ChatGPT beat Google to market in November 2022.
bloom.bg
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Sundar Pichai has set Google on the path to AI consumer dominance