timko
@timko.bsky.social
researcher at 東京大学 | space, anthropology; space anthropology, technology, the future, etc. | previously @ARIESanthro at @jagiellonskiuni
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Every service is building its own “autonomous” systems. Without shared standards, they may as well be speaking different languages in combat.
Without a Standard for Autonomy, the U.S. Military Will Get Lost in the Fog of War
Popular culture often distorts autonomy into science fiction caricatures. This framing obscures the real challenges and opportunities facing the U.S.
warontherocks.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Every service is building its own “autonomous” systems. Without shared standards, they may as well be speaking different languages in combat.
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Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Palantir update via www.wired.com/story/alex-k...
circling back with some research contacts from my fieldwork in new space to find so many now work at defence companies, and so many of those fledgling new space companies are now more explicitly defense companies
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
circling back with some research contacts from my fieldwork in new space to find so many now work at defence companies, and so many of those fledgling new space companies are now more explicitly defense companies
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Als je beter wilt begrijpen welke financiële, juridische, publieke en technologische krachten er achter de giga beurswaarde van Tesla zitten - het fundament van de rijkdom en macht van het zgn. 'genie' Elon Musk.
Vandaag gepubliceerd (open access):
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Vandaag gepubliceerd (open access):
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Als je beter wilt begrijpen welke financiële, juridische, publieke en technologische krachten er achter de giga beurswaarde van Tesla zitten - het fundament van de rijkdom en macht van het zgn. 'genie' Elon Musk.
Vandaag gepubliceerd (open access):
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Vandaag gepubliceerd (open access):
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
Google to build data centre on Christmas Island
The search engine giant signed a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year to build the facility, whose details remain secret, on Christmas Island.
www.afr.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence this year, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and interviews with officials www.afr.com/technology/g...
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next.
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How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Curious about the role of VC influence in defence but no time to read my full research artice? I have a shorter version of the @finandsoc.bsky.social article on VC and military AI up now with @theconversation.com. Check it out! theconversation.com/the-silicon-...
The Silicon Valley venture capitalists who want to ‘move fast and break things’ in the defence industry
Enormous sums of venture capital money and influence is pouring into a defence industry which is being reshaped in the image of Silicon Valley.
theconversation.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Curious about the role of VC influence in defence but no time to read my full research artice? I have a shorter version of the @finandsoc.bsky.social article on VC and military AI up now with @theconversation.com. Check it out! theconversation.com/the-silicon-...
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"Tap water isn’t drinkable. Power outages are common. The national average annual wage is $2,200. Yet rising on Jakarta’s outskirts are giant, windowless buildings packed inside with Nvidia’s latest artificial-intelligence chips." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/its-...
It’s Not Just Rich Countries. Tech’s Trillion-Dollar Bet on AI Is Everywhere.
As part of “AI decolonization,” developing nations aim to ensure that the boom enriches more than just Silicon Valley.
www.wsj.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"Tap water isn’t drinkable. Power outages are common. The national average annual wage is $2,200. Yet rising on Jakarta’s outskirts are giant, windowless buildings packed inside with Nvidia’s latest artificial-intelligence chips." www.wsj.com/tech/ai/its-...
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"The beam reflected by these satellites is very intense, four times brighter than the full Moon."
Scientists Oppose Huge Array of Mirrors in Space That Shines Nighttime Sunlight on Wealthy Customers
The astronomical community is horrified at plans made by a for-profit company to flood the night sky with sunlight.
trib.al
October 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"The beam reflected by these satellites is very intense, four times brighter than the full Moon."
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反物質と物質の違い、日米などの研究で検証 素粒子ニュートリノ解析 - 日本経済新聞 www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
反物質と物質の違い、日米などの研究で検証 素粒子ニュートリノ解析 - 日本経済新聞
高エネルギー加速器研究機構と米国の研究機関などが入った国際研究グループは23日、初期の宇宙に存在していたものの消えてしまった「反物質」と現在の宇宙に存在する「物質」の性質の違いに関する研究成果を英科学誌「ネイチャー」で報告した。素粒子の一種「ニュートリノ」を使った実験の結果を分析した。宇宙の大きな謎の一つに「なぜ宇宙は物質で満たされているのか」という問いがある。当たり前に思えるが、宇宙が誕生し
www.nikkei.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
反物質と物質の違い、日米などの研究で検証 素粒子ニュートリノ解析 - 日本経済新聞 www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
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The object’s fall to Earth highlights the growing problem of space junk – and how humanity is dealing with it.
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How does a flaming piece of space junk end up on Earth? A space archaeologist explains
A piece of a suspected rocket found on fire in Western Australia highlights the growing problem of space junk – and how humanity is dealing with it.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The object’s fall to Earth highlights the growing problem of space junk – and how humanity is dealing with it.
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We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like?
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
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In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like?
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
🧵
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
🧵
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An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.
A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signal
An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.
n.pr
October 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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The first article of the Silicon Valley special issue I’m editing is out! @mrshoward.bsky.social shows how contrarianism isn’t genuine dissent but a performative strategy rooted in venture capital. The piece develops negative mimesis, how dissent is aestheticized, repackaged & stripped of politics.
August 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
The first article of the Silicon Valley special issue I’m editing is out! @mrshoward.bsky.social shows how contrarianism isn’t genuine dissent but a performative strategy rooted in venture capital. The piece develops negative mimesis, how dissent is aestheticized, repackaged & stripped of politics.
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SIX postdoc jobs (!) going at the new Leverhulme Centre for Space and Humanity at the University of Leicester, directed by @andrewfutter.bsky.social If you're in the social sciences/humanities and working on outer space, have a look!
Research Associate in Humanity and Space in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View details and apply for this Research Associate in Humanity and Space vacancy in Leicester.
The Leverhulme Centre for Humanity and Space (LCHS), based at Space Park Leicester, is seeking up to...
jobs.le.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
check this out!
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Susannah Glickman on the rhetoric of the defense-tech sector and the reality of defense industrial policy
The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman
Last October, on a Martin Luther–inspired website called www.18theses.com, a software executive named Shyam Sankar published a four-thousand-word polemic
buff.ly
October 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Susannah Glickman on the rhetoric of the defense-tech sector and the reality of defense industrial policy
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Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Amazing title slide I have to share before even watching @scriptingjapan.bsky.social
youtu.be/TElWjeFmtl4?...
youtu.be/TElWjeFmtl4?...
X the Ancient Japanese Art of Y: The Mobilization of Linguistic Fantasies in Self-Help Books
YouTube video by Scripting Japan
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Amazing title slide I have to share before even watching @scriptingjapan.bsky.social
youtu.be/TElWjeFmtl4?...
youtu.be/TElWjeFmtl4?...
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"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."
America is now one big bet on AI
It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy
www.ft.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Book tour!📕 Whoever said crime doesn't pay, never had any good cryptocurrency
Crime does pay--as long as it's paid in Bitcoin
In my new book, the devil takes bitcoin—we take a deep dive into how crime propelled an academic exercise into a powerful currency.
tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/us-book-to...
Crime does pay--as long as it's paid in Bitcoin
In my new book, the devil takes bitcoin—we take a deep dive into how crime propelled an academic exercise into a powerful currency.
tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/us-book-to...
US Book Tour! 📕 The Devil Takes Bitcoin 😈 (**UPDATED**)
The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japan Connection is out October 14 in the US. Get an early look with two pre-release events in Seattle and Philadelphia!
tokyopaladin.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Book tour!📕 Whoever said crime doesn't pay, never had any good cryptocurrency
Crime does pay--as long as it's paid in Bitcoin
In my new book, the devil takes bitcoin—we take a deep dive into how crime propelled an academic exercise into a powerful currency.
tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/us-book-to...
Crime does pay--as long as it's paid in Bitcoin
In my new book, the devil takes bitcoin—we take a deep dive into how crime propelled an academic exercise into a powerful currency.
tokyopaladin.substack.com/p/us-book-to...
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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture is teaming up with partners in Luxembourg on Project Oasis, which aims to identify and take advantage of water ice and other resources on the moon. www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-or...
Blue Origin and its partners in Luxembourg unveil Project Oasis to map lunar resources
Blue Origin is working with partners in Luxembourg on a campaign called Project Oasis, which aims to identify valuable resources on the moon.
www.geekwire.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space venture is teaming up with partners in Luxembourg on Project Oasis, which aims to identify and take advantage of water ice and other resources on the moon. www.geekwire.com/2025/blue-or...
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I spent some time wandering around SF with some kids who read minds, raise millions, and subsist on Celsius nymag.com/intelligence...
The AI Kids Take San Francisco
Brilliant, workaholic teenagers are flooding the city — and reshaping our future in their image.
nymag.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I spent some time wandering around SF with some kids who read minds, raise millions, and subsist on Celsius nymag.com/intelligence...
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"Layered both literally and figuratively on top of the future pathway of the Google internet infrastructure, the sugarcane railway tracks evoke the longevity of colonial infrastructures as well as the ideologies underlying them." – @emmaquilty.bsky.social datasociety.net/points/confr...
September 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Layered both literally and figuratively on top of the future pathway of the Google internet infrastructure, the sugarcane railway tracks evoke the longevity of colonial infrastructures as well as the ideologies underlying them." – @emmaquilty.bsky.social datasociety.net/points/confr...
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This is a super helpful resource if you're trying to figure out public finance, geoeconomics, and international financial institutions. Open access and well assembled by @bsrbarab.bsky.social @c-westermeier.bsky.social and Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
www.cambridge.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This is a super helpful resource if you're trying to figure out public finance, geoeconomics, and international financial institutions. Open access and well assembled by @bsrbarab.bsky.social @c-westermeier.bsky.social and Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...