David Hamilton
@davidneilhamilton.bsky.social
Consulting software engineer. Politically homeless; radical centrist; anti-fascist; advocate of electoral reform. Collector of cognitive biases + reasons why world is messy.
Pinned
Poor people: “We don’t understand: we’ve given rich people everything they wanted. But life still sucks for us.
What happened?”
Rich: “No idea. Everything’s great for me. Maybe it’s the migrants?”
Poor: “Migrants you wanted as cheap labour so you could avoid training people?”
Rich: “Yeah, them”
What happened?”
Rich: “No idea. Everything’s great for me. Maybe it’s the migrants?”
Poor: “Migrants you wanted as cheap labour so you could avoid training people?”
Rich: “Yeah, them”
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A propos my last post…
Bloomberg's X account has more than 800k followers. Their most recent post was shared five times
It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse
It would basically come at close to zero cost for outlets like Bloomberg to delete their X accounts, and "We don't want to use a non-consensual deepfake abuse app as a comms platform" is a fine excuse
January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
A propos my last post…
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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“No one teaches the Western canon anymore!”
“Look, Plato’s Symposium is right here on my syllabus!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa—not that!”
“Look, Plato’s Symposium is right here on my syllabus!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa—not that!”
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:58 AM
“No one teaches the Western canon anymore!”
“Look, Plato’s Symposium is right here on my syllabus!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa—not that!”
“Look, Plato’s Symposium is right here on my syllabus!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa—not that!”
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The Mercataur only appears to have a huge head because of the projection...(current topic on @mrjamesob.bsky.social )
January 7, 2026 at 11:08 AM
The Mercataur only appears to have a huge head because of the projection...(current topic on @mrjamesob.bsky.social )
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Most of the London-crime chat is just code for racism. They don't really mean that an area is dangerous. They mean that it contains black people/Muslims and want to insinuate that this entails danger.
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Most of the London-crime chat is just code for racism. They don't really mean that an area is dangerous. They mean that it contains black people/Muslims and want to insinuate that this entails danger.
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In July 2024, I warned that if Trump were re-elected, "The age of multilateralism would be over, and something much worse will take its place. The UK and Europe will need to find the means of defending ourselves".
I was called "hysterical".
Well, here we are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I was called "hysterical".
Well, here we are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I never thought I’d argue for rearmament. But a looming Trump presidency changes everything | George Monbiot
A Putin-friendly president would pose a grave danger to Europe. Like it or not, this calls for greater defence, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
In July 2024, I warned that if Trump were re-elected, "The age of multilateralism would be over, and something much worse will take its place. The UK and Europe will need to find the means of defending ourselves".
I was called "hysterical".
Well, here we are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I was called "hysterical".
Well, here we are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Joint statement on Greenland.
January 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Joint statement on Greenland.
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And then there's this video, of officers talking with each other about what they just witnessed.
"We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."
"We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
And then there's this video, of officers talking with each other about what they just witnessed.
"We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."
"We didn't have a chance," one officer said. "[Trump] was still giving his speech, and I just had to leave, because he's basically just telling people to come down here and rip this place down."
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This is humiliatingly weak and pathetic.
The dominant national ethos has become one of weak insecurity. It’s like if Frank Burns was a white nationalist.
The dominant national ethos has become one of weak insecurity. It’s like if Frank Burns was a white nationalist.
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
This is humiliatingly weak and pathetic.
The dominant national ethos has become one of weak insecurity. It’s like if Frank Burns was a white nationalist.
The dominant national ethos has become one of weak insecurity. It’s like if Frank Burns was a white nationalist.
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A deeply reported data dive by @andrewvandam.bsky.social uncovers a disturbing trend:
Malnutrition deaths are surging in America, driven by deaths among people who are 85 and older
Malnutrition deaths are surging in America, driven by deaths among people who are 85 and older
Column | Why are malnutrition deaths soaring in America?
According to data, malnutrition deaths have jumped in the United States, especially among those 85 and older. Here’s why the numbers suddenly started to rise.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A deeply reported data dive by @andrewvandam.bsky.social uncovers a disturbing trend:
Malnutrition deaths are surging in America, driven by deaths among people who are 85 and older
Malnutrition deaths are surging in America, driven by deaths among people who are 85 and older
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Can be just go back to using “LLM” and “ML” and the like? It was more descriptive of what we’re actually doing
We really need to come up with a different word than "intelligence" for this. Something to replace the "I" in "GenAI"
"GenAI is the futu--
January 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Can be just go back to using “LLM” and “ML” and the like? It was more descriptive of what we’re actually doing
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Trump administration says it's vital for US security to take Greenland. And yet
-Denmark has offered US anything it wants in boosting US military presence
-The US already has the sole military base
-US has reduced its footprint from a 10,000+ peak to fewer than 200 right now.
-Denmark has offered US anything it wants in boosting US military presence
-The US already has the sole military base
-US has reduced its footprint from a 10,000+ peak to fewer than 200 right now.
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Trump administration says it's vital for US security to take Greenland. And yet
-Denmark has offered US anything it wants in boosting US military presence
-The US already has the sole military base
-US has reduced its footprint from a 10,000+ peak to fewer than 200 right now.
-Denmark has offered US anything it wants in boosting US military presence
-The US already has the sole military base
-US has reduced its footprint from a 10,000+ peak to fewer than 200 right now.
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The thing is, to be pragmatic, the government won't even stop posting on X whilst it is actively generating illegal deepfakes and CSAM so why should X worry about enforcement?
This is really bad; Grok is now going into is third day of regularly producing nonconsensual deepfake pornography and nobody is doing anything about it. The "Mechahitler" and "white genocide" episodes were stopped much more quickly. I suppose this tells us all about relative priorities.
January 6, 2026 at 11:51 AM
The thing is, to be pragmatic, the government won't even stop posting on X whilst it is actively generating illegal deepfakes and CSAM so why should X worry about enforcement?
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The Germans deliberately helped Lenin back into Russia to cause disruption.
The 2nd nuclear bomb was meant for Kokura not Nagasaki but they messed up the mission and had to go for the secondary target.
More people died at Leningrad than all Americans in every foreign war in its history.
The 2nd nuclear bomb was meant for Kokura not Nagasaki but they messed up the mission and had to go for the secondary target.
More people died at Leningrad than all Americans in every foreign war in its history.
Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
As someone who wrote a dissertation on that damnable Frenchman; one can only hope.
January 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The Germans deliberately helped Lenin back into Russia to cause disruption.
The 2nd nuclear bomb was meant for Kokura not Nagasaki but they messed up the mission and had to go for the secondary target.
More people died at Leningrad than all Americans in every foreign war in its history.
The 2nd nuclear bomb was meant for Kokura not Nagasaki but they messed up the mission and had to go for the secondary target.
More people died at Leningrad than all Americans in every foreign war in its history.
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Translated from the original German
Stephen Miller goes on a rant defending Trump's imperialist aggression against Venezuela: "We’re a superpower… we are going to conduct ourselves as a superpower."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
Jake Tapper: "I don't even know what you're talking about right now."
January 6, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Translated from the original German
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I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
January 6, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I just want people to remember that what this was was transparently obvious at the time and universally condemned. Hold on to that fact and don't let people change it under you.
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Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
As someone who wrote a dissertation on that damnable Frenchman; one can only hope.
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
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The worst world events filtered through the worst AI imaginable by the worst people on earth overseen by the worst man on earth
www.404media.co/groks-ai-csa...
www.404media.co/groks-ai-csa...
Grok's AI CSAM Shitshow
We are experiencing world events like the kidnapping of Maduro through the lens of the most depraved AI you can imagine.
www.404media.co
January 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
The worst world events filtered through the worst AI imaginable by the worst people on earth overseen by the worst man on earth
www.404media.co/groks-ai-csa...
www.404media.co/groks-ai-csa...
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Breathtakingly good
"Autism doesn’t destroy families. Ignorance does." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy
Our 11th most-read article of 2025. - - -Dear Mr. RFK Jr., (The “dear” is tradition. Don’t mistake it for affection.) You said autistic children a...
buff.ly
January 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Breathtakingly good
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When Joshua Clemans posted these, he was a partner at New Founding, which is backed by Peter Thiel ally Marc Andreessen who also backs Pronomos Capital with Thiel & with New Founding co-founder Nate Fischer. Pronomos aims to build crypto colonies around the world. 1/
January 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
When Joshua Clemans posted these, he was a partner at New Founding, which is backed by Peter Thiel ally Marc Andreessen who also backs Pronomos Capital with Thiel & with New Founding co-founder Nate Fischer. Pronomos aims to build crypto colonies around the world. 1/
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ICE is furious because the Hilton cancelled their reservation because of ICE’s immigration enforcement activities.
January 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
ICE is furious because the Hilton cancelled their reservation because of ICE’s immigration enforcement activities.