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And what are you, reader, but a Loose-Fish and a Fast-Fish, too?
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Read somewhere that we are on the earth, not of it.
Which would make << all >> of us immigrants.
There -- problem solved.
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Read somewhere that we are on the earth, not of it.
Which would make << all >> of us immigrants.
There -- problem solved.
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This video arose from a very brief written op-ed piece that was published today, in even more succinct edited form, in Semafor (link below). But I'm including the full, unedited version of my original thoughts here in the attached image. www.semafor.com/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This video arose from a very brief written op-ed piece that was published today, in even more succinct edited form, in Semafor (link below). But I'm including the full, unedited version of my original thoughts here in the attached image. www.semafor.com/arti...
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"The report finds that between 2019 and 2023,
electricity use by California data centers increased by 95%..."
<< ninety five >> percent.
www.next10.org/publications...
"The report finds that between 2019 and 2023,
electricity use by California data centers increased by 95%..."
<< ninety five >> percent.
www.next10.org/publications...
An Assessment of California Data Centers’ Environmental and Public Health Impacts | Next 10
While data centers have long existed in California, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly increased demand for new data centers over the last five years, and the pace is expected ...
www.next10.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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"The report finds that between 2019 and 2023,
electricity use by California data centers increased by 95%..."
<< ninety five >> percent.
www.next10.org/publications...
"The report finds that between 2019 and 2023,
electricity use by California data centers increased by 95%..."
<< ninety five >> percent.
www.next10.org/publications...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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The bank calculates an at least $5 trillion tab that could climb as high as $7 trillion".
Let me see if I understand this correctly --
we can not afford healthcare, and we can not afford food --
but we << can >> afford artificial pornography generators?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The bank calculates an at least $5 trillion tab that could climb as high as $7 trillion".
Let me see if I understand this correctly --
we can not afford healthcare, and we can not afford food --
but we << can >> afford artificial pornography generators?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI’s $5 Trillion Cost Needs Every Debt Market, JPMorgan Says
The furious push by AI hyperscalers to build out data centers will need about $1.5 trillion of investment-grade bonds over the next five years and extensive funding from every other corner of the mark...
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"
The bank calculates an at least $5 trillion tab that could climb as high as $7 trillion".
Let me see if I understand this correctly --
we can not afford healthcare, and we can not afford food --
but we << can >> afford artificial pornography generators?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The bank calculates an at least $5 trillion tab that could climb as high as $7 trillion".
Let me see if I understand this correctly --
we can not afford healthcare, and we can not afford food --
but we << can >> afford artificial pornography generators?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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In the Arctic (the 15 million km² area above the Arctic Circle), October was the warmest on record: 4.5°C above the 1981-2010 average, that's over 5°C above pre-industrial temperature!
It's not every day that both poles set new monthly temperature records (see my earlier post). Last month also observed the warmest October on record for the #Arctic Circle. Not great!!
Data provided by doi.org/10.24381/cds....
Data provided by doi.org/10.24381/cds....
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
In the Arctic (the 15 million km² area above the Arctic Circle), October was the warmest on record: 4.5°C above the 1981-2010 average, that's over 5°C above pre-industrial temperature!
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Here is a map view of the record high temperatures in October 2025 across the #Antarctic. Compare this blob of anomalies greater than 5°C with the Arctic from my earlier post. Yikes!
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here is a map view of the record high temperatures in October 2025 across the #Antarctic. Compare this blob of anomalies greater than 5°C with the Arctic from my earlier post. Yikes!
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
Data from doi.org/10.24381/cds... using a 1981-2010 reference period.
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The algorithm failed music
The algorithm failed music
True music discovery has suffered.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The algorithm failed music
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Remember that story, couple months ago, about 'the numbers' for data-centers just not adding up?
It gets worse:
"Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia Corp.’s hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity."
Remember that story, couple months ago, about 'the numbers' for data-centers just not adding up?
It gets worse:
"Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia Corp.’s hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity."
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
'
Remember that story, couple months ago, about 'the numbers' for data-centers just not adding up?
It gets worse:
"Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia Corp.’s hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity."
Remember that story, couple months ago, about 'the numbers' for data-centers just not adding up?
It gets worse:
"Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia Corp.’s hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity."
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If you dare to look 'under the hood' with 'vibe' coding -
- you will find results like this for any 'non-trivial' project.
"Overall I would say it was a horrible experience"
It is ALL shinola, a con, gaslighting masquerading as "progress".
Software is not just text.
github.com/jackdoe/pico...
If you dare to look 'under the hood' with 'vibe' coding -
- you will find results like this for any 'non-trivial' project.
"Overall I would say it was a horrible experience"
It is ALL shinola, a con, gaslighting masquerading as "progress".
Software is not just text.
github.com/jackdoe/pico...
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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If you dare to look 'under the hood' with 'vibe' coding -
- you will find results like this for any 'non-trivial' project.
"Overall I would say it was a horrible experience"
It is ALL shinola, a con, gaslighting masquerading as "progress".
Software is not just text.
github.com/jackdoe/pico...
If you dare to look 'under the hood' with 'vibe' coding -
- you will find results like this for any 'non-trivial' project.
"Overall I would say it was a horrible experience"
It is ALL shinola, a con, gaslighting masquerading as "progress".
Software is not just text.
github.com/jackdoe/pico...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Interesting essay that may provide some context on how eight companies ended up with a market capitalization north of twenty _trillion_ dollars.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...
www.technologyreview.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Interesting essay that may provide some context on how eight companies ended up with a market capitalization north of twenty _trillion_ dollars.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1...
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics) #FullMoon
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Marcella Giulia Pace, Italian astrophotographer who took ten years to capture 48 colours of the moon #WomensArt (via Amazing Physics) #FullMoon
Who pays tariffs?
YOU do.
Taxation -- without going through Congress -- is about as explicitly 'taxation without representation' as it gets:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
YOU do.
Taxation -- without going through Congress -- is about as explicitly 'taxation without representation' as it gets:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
What’s at Stake in the Supreme Court Tariffs Case
If the Court blesses the president’s use of emergency powers to evade Congress, the consequences would be profound.
www.brennancenter.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Who pays tariffs?
YOU do.
Taxation -- without going through Congress -- is about as explicitly 'taxation without representation' as it gets:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
YOU do.
Taxation -- without going through Congress -- is about as explicitly 'taxation without representation' as it gets:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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In case you missed our conversation on the Gates climate memo yesterday, the recording is now available!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In case you missed our conversation on the Gates climate memo yesterday, the recording is now available!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUAX...
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November 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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AI "is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, ecо-destroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins."
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social
LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social
LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
November 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
AI "is a thieving, hallucinating, biased, data-scraping, ecо-destroying, surveillance bot that will never be able to reconcile the receipts of its unethical origins."
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social
LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
—A Psalm for the Analog @melaniedusseau.bsky.social
LOOMING: drive.proton.me/urls/JE8JPJR...
www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-tech...
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Wondering how things got so polarized?
Then you may be interested in this research, exploring that very question....
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Wondering how things got so polarized?
Then you may be interested in this research, exploring that very question....
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Why more social interactions lead to more polarization in societies | PNAS
Over the past two decades, the number of close social connections increased substantially,
at least by a factor of two. At the same time, societal ...
doi.org
November 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
:
Wondering how things got so polarized?
Then you may be interested in this research, exploring that very question....
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Wondering how things got so polarized?
Then you may be interested in this research, exploring that very question....
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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When your business plan is --
“We will create God and then ask it for money.”
What happens when you run out of shovels?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
When your business plan is --
“We will create God and then ask it for money.”
What happens when you run out of shovels?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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When your business plan is --
“We will create God and then ask it for money.”
What happens when you run out of shovels?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
When your business plan is --
“We will create God and then ask it for money.”
What happens when you run out of shovels?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...