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@christianerobb.bsky.social
Perpetually enamored w/the complexities of it all: culture/tech/climate/sentience - it just keeps going, no?
Post-Disciplinary:
Director/Producer; Fmr. Professor_Media Studies/Director-Digital Interarts, Curator/Programmer.
My views are my own.
Post-Disciplinary:
Director/Producer; Fmr. Professor_Media Studies/Director-Digital Interarts, Curator/Programmer.
My views are my own.
I’ve been not making friends in various corners of Silicon Valley, including at Meta, saying that within 3-5 years, this [world models, not LLMs] will be the dominant model for AI architectures, and nobody in their right mind would use LLMs of the type that we have today”
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/yann...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/yann...
He’s Been Right About AI for 40 Years. Now He Thinks Everyone Is Wrong.
Yann LeCun invented many fundamental components of modern AI. Now he’s convinced most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models.
www.wsj.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’ve been not making friends in various corners of Silicon Valley, including at Meta, saying that within 3-5 years, this [world models, not LLMs] will be the dominant model for AI architectures, and nobody in their right mind would use LLMs of the type that we have today”
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/yann...
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/yann...
A # of Teen Vogue’s journalists were let go.
= a serendipitous op to #MSNOW = a show for Gen Z+MSNOW NOW
@maddow.msnbc.com
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
@nicollewallace.bsky.social
@stephruhle.bsky.social
@ChrisHayes.bsky.social
@velshi.com
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
= a serendipitous op to #MSNOW = a show for Gen Z+MSNOW NOW
@maddow.msnbc.com
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
@nicollewallace.bsky.social
@stephruhle.bsky.social
@ChrisHayes.bsky.social
@velshi.com
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A # of Teen Vogue’s journalists were let go.
= a serendipitous op to #MSNOW = a show for Gen Z+MSNOW NOW
@maddow.msnbc.com
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
@nicollewallace.bsky.social
@stephruhle.bsky.social
@ChrisHayes.bsky.social
@velshi.com
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
= a serendipitous op to #MSNOW = a show for Gen Z+MSNOW NOW
@maddow.msnbc.com
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
@nicollewallace.bsky.social
@stephruhle.bsky.social
@ChrisHayes.bsky.social
@velshi.com
@aliciamenendez.bsky.social
@jacobsoboroff.bsky.social
“In all those stories about people who sold their souls to the devil, I never quite understood why the devil was the bad guy. They got what they wanted: fame, money, love, whatever—though usually it turned out not to be what they really wanted or expected.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“In all those stories about people who sold their souls to the devil, I never quite understood why the devil was the bad guy. They got what they wanted: fame, money, love, whatever—though usually it turned out not to be what they really wanted or expected.”
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It takes a lot for me to be horror-struck by anything a major media outlet writes or does these days, given the absolutely appalling state of journalism, but after what I have seen from the NYT, the Economist, FT and Condé Nast today, I just want to say,
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It takes a lot for me to be horror-struck by anything a major media outlet writes or does these days, given the absolutely appalling state of journalism, but after what I have seen from the NYT, the Economist, FT and Condé Nast today, I just want to say,
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My quote of the day
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
Jonas Salk
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
Jonas Salk
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
My quote of the day
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
Jonas Salk
Hope lies in dreams, in imagination, and in the courage of those who dare to make dreams into reality.
Jonas Salk
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Ira Sachs’s film “Peter Hujar’s Day,” starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, is “a requiem for Hujar and for the many other members of the downtown art scene lost to AIDS,” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TLoPBB
“Peter Hujar’s Day” Gives the Past a New Life
Ira Sachs’s film, starring Ben Whishaw as the renowned photographer and Rebecca Hall as his interviewer, is a personal memorial for the protagonist and his milieu.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Ira Sachs’s film “Peter Hujar’s Day,” starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall, is “a requiem for Hujar and for the many other members of the downtown art scene lost to AIDS,” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TLoPBB
They get it:
“Gen Z women aren't playing around.”
“Gen Z women aren't playing around.”
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
They get it:
“Gen Z women aren't playing around.”
“Gen Z women aren't playing around.”
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Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
Auburn University requires faculty to review courses to comply with anti-DEI law
Auburn's provost office posted a web site on how to comply with state and federal DEI mandates on Oct. 31.
www.al.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
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Snuck out for a quick photo of tonight's hazy full Moon in #SantaBarbara right before #Mamdani took the stage. Good thing I did then too because I can barely see it now!
What an incredible day this has been!
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
What an incredible day this has been!
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Snuck out for a quick photo of tonight's hazy full Moon in #SantaBarbara right before #Mamdani took the stage. Good thing I did then too because I can barely see it now!
What an incredible day this has been!
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
What an incredible day this has been!
#MoonPhotography #MoonPhotos #MoonShots #Photography
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Wow.
Today is only the beginning.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Our time has come, New York. Our time is now.
Today is only the beginning.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Wow.
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I was really not prepared for a timeline in which the national publications with the political journalists we most respected to be Teen Vogue, Wired, and Rolling Stone, but that's the timeline we've been in for years.
Sad to see Teen Vogue folding into general Vogue.
Sad to see Teen Vogue folding into general Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I was really not prepared for a timeline in which the national publications with the political journalists we most respected to be Teen Vogue, Wired, and Rolling Stone, but that's the timeline we've been in for years.
Sad to see Teen Vogue folding into general Vogue.
Sad to see Teen Vogue folding into general Vogue.
Fascinating inversion, no?
KSA is building solar power infrastructure that can deliver $0.01/kWh electricity.
“The kingdom is aware that fossil fuels, the source of its fabulous wealth, are on their way out. Its leaders want to have a modern electro-state in place when the pumps fall idle.”
“The kingdom is aware that fossil fuels, the source of its fabulous wealth, are on their way out. Its leaders want to have a modern electro-state in place when the pumps fall idle.”
With China's Help, Saudi Arabia is Deploying Solar Power Faster than any Country in History
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - Jeffrey Beyer and Stephen Gitonga of the UN Development Program present an overview of Saudi Arabia's full court press to get 50% of its electricity from renewables by 2...
www.juancole.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Fascinating inversion, no?
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oh cool an extra hour of 2025, exactly what everyone wanted
November 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
oh cool an extra hour of 2025, exactly what everyone wanted
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If you are wearing Ray-Bans these days you’re going to get your fair share of side-eye in the street. And now that you can disable the recording light, I won’t talk to you if you’re wearing Ray-Bans. Great product — who doesn’t want more social alienation and distrust!
“I'm not saying these are glasses for creeps, but I can't help but feel like one while wearing them.”
Reader, they are for creeps.
Reader, they are for creeps.
I Can't Help Feeling Like a Creep Wearing Meta's New Gen 2 Glasses
Meta's new display-less smart glasses are quite good, but the vibes are off.
www.wired.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you are wearing Ray-Bans these days you’re going to get your fair share of side-eye in the street. And now that you can disable the recording light, I won’t talk to you if you’re wearing Ray-Bans. Great product — who doesn’t want more social alienation and distrust!
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AI companies are moving to a paid service for erotica/porn this proves AI is not profitable and is a bubble: www.forbes.com/sites/johnko...
AI Porn Is Coming To ChatGPT In December
“As we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our 'treat adult users like adults' principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults."
www.forbes.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
AI companies are moving to a paid service for erotica/porn this proves AI is not profitable and is a bubble: www.forbes.com/sites/johnko...
Snap!
TAPPER: Do you agree that the US is at risk of a recession?
BESSENT: I believe we are in a transition period here. I think we're in good shape, but there are sectors of the economy that are in recession
BESSENT: I believe we are in a transition period here. I think we're in good shape, but there are sectors of the economy that are in recession
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Snap!
Uh-oh.
Researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center reveal that COVID-19 vaccines based on mRNA may act as broad immune stimulants and improve outcomes for cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy.
The Cancer-Fighting Surprise Inside COVID-19 Vaccines - Profolus
Scientists found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines can boost the effects of cancer immunotherapy.
www.profolus.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Uh-oh.
First came the Chinese , then ….
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
Opinion | A.I. Is Deciding Who You Are
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
First came the Chinese , then ….
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
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Toshiko Takaezu worked tirelessly to build a career in a field dominated by White men. For six decades, she created primarily nonfunctional ceramic forms aligned with the natural world. Many of these vessels are maps of her touch.
Toshiko Takaezu’s Clay Vessels Will Fill You With Awe
She melds the art world, the internal realm of the human spirit, the ancient origins of clay forms, and the forces of nature in her ceramics.
hyperallergic.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Toshiko Takaezu worked tirelessly to build a career in a field dominated by White men. For six decades, she created primarily nonfunctional ceramic forms aligned with the natural world. Many of these vessels are maps of her touch.
($300M) “suggests a total project cost of $3,333 per sq.ft.
Assuming other, so-called soft costs of 20% for fees, construction expenses for T’s ballroom would run about $2,666 per sq.ft. That’s far above typical govt. construction costs of $426-$844 per sq.ft.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Assuming other, so-called soft costs of 20% for fees, construction expenses for T’s ballroom would run about $2,666 per sq.ft. That’s far above typical govt. construction costs of $426-$844 per sq.ft.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump's 90,000-Square-Foot Ballroom Plan Puzzles the Experts
His planned space would be much larger than luxury banquet halls in the US capital and a departure from traditional presidential style.
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
($300M) “suggests a total project cost of $3,333 per sq.ft.
Assuming other, so-called soft costs of 20% for fees, construction expenses for T’s ballroom would run about $2,666 per sq.ft. That’s far above typical govt. construction costs of $426-$844 per sq.ft.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Assuming other, so-called soft costs of 20% for fees, construction expenses for T’s ballroom would run about $2,666 per sq.ft. That’s far above typical govt. construction costs of $426-$844 per sq.ft.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Ruth Gordon (Photo by Cecil Beaton)- BOTD
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ruth Gordon (Photo by Cecil Beaton)- BOTD