Jim Thomas
@scanthehorizon.bsky.social
Tracking emerging tech, corporate power, food systems, biodiversity and occasional glimmers of hope and humanity. Fan of good lyrics and kickass poetry.
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"The Emperors New App" - An old fable rewritten for new times. tldr: AI is bullshit and the Emperor has no clue. Please share. www.scanthehorizon.org/p/fairytalet...
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AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
While Canadian politicians are still caught up in their AI love affair, panic is rippling through the industry.
Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians.
breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...
Tech expert @scanthehorizon.bsky.social writes that the AI bubble may be about to burst, with massively damaging consequences for Canadians.
breachmedia.ca/ai-bubble-ma...
The AI bubble may be about to burst. Mark Carney must not bail out its Tech Barons ⋆ The Breach
While billionaires bet against the hyped up multi-trillion-dollar AI market, Canada’s government is doubling down
breachmedia.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"The Emperors New App" - An old fable rewritten for new times. tldr: AI is bullshit and the Emperor has no clue. Please share. www.scanthehorizon.org/p/fairytalet...
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"The Emperors New App" - An old fable rewritten for new times. tldr: AI is bullshit and the Emperor has no clue. Please share. www.scanthehorizon.org/p/fairytalet...
another #AI meme proposal: Rename 'Hyperscale Data Centers' as "Hype and Scale data centers" - since thats what drives the AI bubble - ie hype and scaling
July 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
another #AI meme proposal: Rename 'Hyperscale Data Centers' as "Hype and Scale data centers" - since thats what drives the AI bubble - ie hype and scaling
Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!
June 20, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!
At AI summit: Abebe Birhane. « Sometimes what we need is no AI »
Janet Haven : « We can’t rely on AI to solve social problems . @abeba.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social
Janet Haven : « We can’t rely on AI to solve social problems . @abeba.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
At AI summit: Abebe Birhane. « Sometimes what we need is no AI »
Janet Haven : « We can’t rely on AI to solve social problems . @abeba.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social
Janet Haven : « We can’t rely on AI to solve social problems . @abeba.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social
Stickers circulating at the Paris AI Summit.. the French reads ‘ I already hear the sound of bots’ - ‘bruit des bottes’ ( sound of boots) is a French reference to the sound of marching fascist jackboots.
February 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Stickers circulating at the Paris AI Summit.. the French reads ‘ I already hear the sound of bots’ - ‘bruit des bottes’ ( sound of boots) is a French reference to the sound of marching fascist jackboots.
Finally something inspiring, upbeat, truth telling. Thank you AOC.
January 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Finally something inspiring, upbeat, truth telling. Thank you AOC.
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🔊 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🔊
“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier
Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.
Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...
“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier
Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.
Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...
'It's finally over': President Biden Grants Leonard Peltier Clemency - NDN COLLECTIVE
In his final moments in office, President Biden grants executive clemency to Leonard Peltier, the longest-incarcerated Native American political prisoner in American history.
ndnco.cc
January 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🔊 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🔊
“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier
Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.
Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...
“It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier
Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence.
Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...
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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
Luddites! Artificial intelligence! Synthetic Biology! Generative Biology! Financialising nature! tech bro billionaire space cowboys! All the topics in one wide ranging interview with the breaking green podcast globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...
Breaking Green: Artificial Intelligence and Generative Biology with Jim Thomas – Global Justice Ecology Project
globaljusticeecology.org
December 17, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Luddites! Artificial intelligence! Synthetic Biology! Generative Biology! Financialising nature! tech bro billionaire space cowboys! All the topics in one wide ranging interview with the breaking green podcast globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...
Biden to increase data centers, pollution and tech power as his parting shot: “The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...
POLITICO Pro: White House weighing executive action to spur data centers
The exact nature of the action is still under discussion, said two people familiar with the matter.
subscriber.politicopro.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Biden to increase data centers, pollution and tech power as his parting shot: “The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...
I don't know who has put this site together but it seems a very well curated overview and explanation of the agendas driving the techbroligarch takeover in washington #siliconswamp www.vcinfodocs.com
Venture Capital Status
www.vcinfodocs.com
December 11, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I don't know who has put this site together but it seems a very well curated overview and explanation of the agendas driving the techbroligarch takeover in washington #siliconswamp www.vcinfodocs.com
Go at it!... too many good choices...
💥 THE BATTLE BEGINS 💥
The tech industry has had quite a year with its billionaires revealing who they really are for all to see. Who will be the WORST PERSON IN TECH?
🗳️ Voting is now open: forms.gle/XYERvxNFTBV1...
The tech industry has had quite a year with its billionaires revealing who they really are for all to see. Who will be the WORST PERSON IN TECH?
🗳️ Voting is now open: forms.gle/XYERvxNFTBV1...
December 9, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Go at it!... too many good choices...
A nyt piece detailing many of the #broligarchs of the #silicon-swamp - www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
Elon Musk and the Tech Billionaires Steering Trump’s Transition Team (Gift Article)
The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition one of the most potentially conflict-ridden in modern history.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:03 AM
A nyt piece detailing many of the #broligarchs of the #silicon-swamp - www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...
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I'm not saying MAD got this idea from @raynegrimm.bsky.social - I'm just saying you can get stickers. www.etsy.com/shop/FennecF...
December 8, 2024 at 1:43 AM
I'm not saying MAD got this idea from @raynegrimm.bsky.social - I'm just saying you can get stickers. www.etsy.com/shop/FennecF...
Looks like AI resistance has found its hand gesture!
December 8, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Looks like AI resistance has found its hand gesture!
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Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social portrays the CBD #COP16 as a struggle between the interests of the world’s biggest profit makers and the interests of people struggling to safeguard their planet, their food and their economies. He unpacked it all here! 👇🏾
bit.ly/41gzcSs
bit.ly/41gzcSs
Big Finance, Big Tech AI Titans Ride Next Wave of Colonization at COP16
YouTube video by GPEnewsdocs
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December 6, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social portrays the CBD #COP16 as a struggle between the interests of the world’s biggest profit makers and the interests of people struggling to safeguard their planet, their food and their economies. He unpacked it all here! 👇🏾
bit.ly/41gzcSs
bit.ly/41gzcSs
Time to brand Washington as the new Silicon Swamp? Is anyone keeping a running list of the the new silicon swamp creatures ?? www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/12/...
Trump says venture capitalist David Sacks will be AI and crypto 'czar'
David Sacks spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in July and hosted a fundraiser for Trump in San Francisco.
www.cnbc.com
December 6, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Time to brand Washington as the new Silicon Swamp? Is anyone keeping a running list of the the new silicon swamp creatures ?? www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/12/...
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Today Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivered a powerful speech on the Senate floor calling for President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.
December 5, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Today Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivered a powerful speech on the Senate floor calling for President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... Exactly this. Free Leonard Peltier ( and others who don’t happen to be Joe Biden’s son)
Biden could do so much good with pardons. Instead he bailed out his son | Tayo Bero
Hunter Biden cut the line while thousands of people who deserve similar considerations of mercy languish in prison
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:46 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... Exactly this. Free Leonard Peltier ( and others who don’t happen to be Joe Biden’s son)
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Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model.
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
Godot Isn't Making it
Before we get going — please enjoy my speech from Web Summit, Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit? I didn’t write the title.
What if what we're seeing today isn't a glimpse of the future, but the new ...
wheresyoured.at
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model.
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
The results of a collapse could be catastrophic.
wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it
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Let's make this a thing! Folks researching the political economy of food and agriculture. Let me know if you should be added to this list!
go.bsky.app/GykU1LD
go.bsky.app/GykU1LD
December 3, 2024 at 12:57 PM
Let's make this a thing! Folks researching the political economy of food and agriculture. Let me know if you should be added to this list!
go.bsky.app/GykU1LD
go.bsky.app/GykU1LD