David Weinberger
@davidweinberger.bsky.social
Writer about how our encounters with tech are changing our ideas and understanding. Long-time affiliation with Harvard Berkman Klein Center. Researcher at Harvard metaLab. Grandpa flush with dopamine.
I am 100% in favor of adding #Trump to Mt. Rushmore ... to enable the iconic moment when the next administration lawfully dynamites it and we get to see it in slow motion over and over again.
(Note that this does not recommend violence against any person or any national monument.)
(Note that this does not recommend violence against any person or any national monument.)
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I am 100% in favor of adding #Trump to Mt. Rushmore ... to enable the iconic moment when the next administration lawfully dynamites it and we get to see it in slow motion over and over again.
(Note that this does not recommend violence against any person or any national monument.)
(Note that this does not recommend violence against any person or any national monument.)
@rupertwegerif.bsky.social, who thinks about dialogic education deeply and passionately, writes:
rupertwegerif.substack.com/p/dialogue-c...
rupertwegerif.substack.com/p/dialogue-c...
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
@rupertwegerif.bsky.social, who thinks about dialogic education deeply and passionately, writes:
rupertwegerif.substack.com/p/dialogue-c...
rupertwegerif.substack.com/p/dialogue-c...
Shakespeare on the immigrant. Performed by Ian McKellan.
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?... via @mathewingram.com
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?... via @mathewingram.com
"There's Nothing I Enjoy More Than Acting In The Theater" - Ian McKellen EXTENDED INTERVIEW
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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February 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Shakespeare on the immigrant. Performed by Ian McKellan.
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?... via @mathewingram.com
youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?... via @mathewingram.com
Trump's skipping the #SuperBowl because he's afraid of being boo'ed? Here's a simple fix:
Bad Bunny, may I suggest you begin your set by asking the crowd to give a cheer for our President who was unable to make it to the stadium in person?
Even better: Green Day does it first & you do it again.
Bad Bunny, may I suggest you begin your set by asking the crowd to give a cheer for our President who was unable to make it to the stadium in person?
Even better: Green Day does it first & you do it again.
February 4, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Trump's skipping the #SuperBowl because he's afraid of being boo'ed? Here's a simple fix:
Bad Bunny, may I suggest you begin your set by asking the crowd to give a cheer for our President who was unable to make it to the stadium in person?
Even better: Green Day does it first & you do it again.
Bad Bunny, may I suggest you begin your set by asking the crowd to give a cheer for our President who was unable to make it to the stadium in person?
Even better: Green Day does it first & you do it again.
How many years before we no longer feel the need to put into scare quotes anything that might imply we think AI is conscious, because we assume the scare quotes are implied?
I say 2 years.
I say 2 years.
February 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
How many years before we no longer feel the need to put into scare quotes anything that might imply we think AI is conscious, because we assume the scare quotes are implied?
I say 2 years.
I say 2 years.
A petition to nominate Minneapolis and its people for a #Nobel Prize. Excellent Idea! actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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Help Minneapolis Get a Nobel Peace Prize
Students protest against ICE during a walkout at the University of Minnesota, on January 26, 2026 (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) The editors of The Nation are formally nominating the city of Minneapo...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:03 PM
A petition to nominate Minneapolis and its people for a #Nobel Prize. Excellent Idea! actionnetwork.org/petitions/su...
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"Breaking news: Kennedy Center will close for 2-year construction project, Trump says" - NYTimes
Not quite a TACO. More like a TAFFY:
Trump Always Fails and Flees, Y'all
Not quite a TACO. More like a TAFFY:
Trump Always Fails and Flees, Y'all
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 AM
"Breaking news: Kennedy Center will close for 2-year construction project, Trump says" - NYTimes
Not quite a TACO. More like a TAFFY:
Trump Always Fails and Flees, Y'all
Not quite a TACO. More like a TAFFY:
Trump Always Fails and Flees, Y'all
Oh no. Catherine O'Hara has died. She was 71. One of the best ever sketch comics. Her talents, especially for non-comic roles, were still being realized. For a sense of her, here's a long interview: www.vulture.com/2026/01/cath...
Catherine O’Hara on Her Career, Sexism in Comedy, and Her Favorite Impressions
“I’ve been allowed to create my own characters and do my own writing and improvise and just create in such a free way,” says the Schitt’s Creek star.
www.vulture.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Oh no. Catherine O'Hara has died. She was 71. One of the best ever sketch comics. Her talents, especially for non-comic roles, were still being realized. For a sense of her, here's a long interview: www.vulture.com/2026/01/cath...
Philip Noel-Baker is the only person to have won both an Olympic medal and Nobel Peace Prize.
(But shhh! Don't tell Trump!!)
(But shhh! Don't tell Trump!!)
January 30, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Philip Noel-Baker is the only person to have won both an Olympic medal and Nobel Peace Prize.
(But shhh! Don't tell Trump!!)
(But shhh! Don't tell Trump!!)
ACT Now to get your opening night seats for “Melania” at a popular Boston mega-theater before they're all left!“ #Melania #vile #humiliating
January 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
ACT Now to get your opening night seats for “Melania” at a popular Boston mega-theater before they're all left!“ #Melania #vile #humiliating
A new essay by, um, me, suggests that we focus more on teaching students how to engage in constructive conversations, than on how to write essays — by mentoring them in having open, curious, skeptical dialogues with AI. lnkd.in/gsKUV3NH
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January 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
A new essay by, um, me, suggests that we focus more on teaching students how to engage in constructive conversations, than on how to write essays — by mentoring them in having open, curious, skeptical dialogues with AI. lnkd.in/gsKUV3NH
Reposted by David Weinberger
It is preposterous for Donald Trump to say he no longer feels an obligation to peace…
Does the FIFA World Cup World Peace award not mean anything anymore?
Does the FIFA World Cup World Peace award not mean anything anymore?
January 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM
It is preposterous for Donald Trump to say he no longer feels an obligation to peace…
Does the FIFA World Cup World Peace award not mean anything anymore?
Does the FIFA World Cup World Peace award not mean anything anymore?
Fun question: I've been getting irked every time a commentator interviewed on a news show begins a sentence with "Look." What exactly does that twitch signal? It's not "Pay attention!"More like: "Hey, I'm about to reset your comfortable expectations: Ducks don't really say quack."
January 19, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Fun question: I've been getting irked every time a commentator interviewed on a news show begins a sentence with "Look." What exactly does that twitch signal? It's not "Pay attention!"More like: "Hey, I'm about to reset your comfortable expectations: Ducks don't really say quack."
Well, the good news is that that the illegal invasion seems to have resulted in relatively few murders.
January 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Well, the good news is that that the illegal invasion seems to have resulted in relatively few murders.
Yes, LLMs can manufacture prose that only sounds thoughtful, but they can also help people with poor communication skills express important thoughts clearly.
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Yes, LLMs can manufacture prose that only sounds thoughtful, but they can also help people with poor communication skills express important thoughts clearly.
Don't tell Trump unless you're ready for the new Cheese Wing of the White House. (via @mathewingram.com newsletter.mathewingram.com)
Andrew Jackson let 1,400 pounds of cheese sit in the White House for a year
And then he threw a party to eat it all.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Don't tell Trump unless you're ready for the new Cheese Wing of the White House. (via @mathewingram.com newsletter.mathewingram.com)
"Today, over 330 billion emails are sent every day. That's 3.8 million per second."[1]
For scale, the total human population of the earth (roughly 8 billion ) produces 9.2 quadrillion blood cells per second.
C'mon Bloodlings! We have to step on the gas if we want to get close to catching up![2]
For scale, the total human population of the earth (roughly 8 billion ) produces 9.2 quadrillion blood cells per second.
C'mon Bloodlings! We have to step on the gas if we want to get close to catching up![2]
What a cool story about how email was invented | Ross Young
What a cool story about how email was invented
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December 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"Today, over 330 billion emails are sent every day. That's 3.8 million per second."[1]
For scale, the total human population of the earth (roughly 8 billion ) produces 9.2 quadrillion blood cells per second.
C'mon Bloodlings! We have to step on the gas if we want to get close to catching up![2]
For scale, the total human population of the earth (roughly 8 billion ) produces 9.2 quadrillion blood cells per second.
C'mon Bloodlings! We have to step on the gas if we want to get close to catching up![2]
As I search for the glasses that are on my head, I think: "Old Age: Can't live with it, can't live without it."
BTW, have any of you seen my glasses? I had them on just a minute ago.
BTW, have any of you seen my glasses? I had them on just a minute ago.
December 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As I search for the glasses that are on my head, I think: "Old Age: Can't live with it, can't live without it."
BTW, have any of you seen my glasses? I had them on just a minute ago.
BTW, have any of you seen my glasses? I had them on just a minute ago.
Articles Published On p. 22 of a Newspaper at the Beginning of a Disaster Movie #2534
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Why Florida Crocs Are Thriving Outside a Nuclear Power Plant
But is the Turkey Point Nuclear Generating Station the reptilian utopia that it seems?
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Articles Published On p. 22 of a Newspaper at the Beginning of a Disaster Movie #2534
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Obvious Thought #4,562:
Cleaning up is just putting smaller things into bigger things.
Cleaning up is just putting smaller things into bigger things.
December 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Obvious Thought #4,562:
Cleaning up is just putting smaller things into bigger things.
Cleaning up is just putting smaller things into bigger things.
In a study of 22.7 million vaccinated & 5.9 million unvaxxed, the vaxxed had 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and no increased risk of death 45 months later.
Me: Obvious hoax. I'm gonna need to see all their birth certificates first.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
PS: Fuck RFK,jr
Me: Obvious hoax. I'm gonna need to see all their birth certificates first.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
PS: Fuck RFK,jr
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In a study of 22.7 million vaccinated & 5.9 million unvaxxed, the vaxxed had 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and no increased risk of death 45 months later.
Me: Obvious hoax. I'm gonna need to see all their birth certificates first.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
PS: Fuck RFK,jr
Me: Obvious hoax. I'm gonna need to see all their birth certificates first.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
PS: Fuck RFK,jr
LPT: Any shoe worn long enough turns into a slipper.
December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
LPT: Any shoe worn long enough turns into a slipper.
Fascinating exploration of machine learning "reward hacking": The ML not only learns how to appear to be accomplishing its task, but generalizes this more broadly. Makes me want to say, as in Jurassic Park, "Clehvah gurl." Hats off to @Anthropicfor the research www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
From shortcuts to sabotage: natural emergent misalignment from reward hacking
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Fascinating exploration of machine learning "reward hacking": The ML not only learns how to appear to be accomplishing its task, but generalizes this more broadly. Makes me want to say, as in Jurassic Park, "Clehvah gurl." Hats off to @Anthropicfor the research www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
Why would anyone want to buy shoes for slipping on boats? Weird category.
November 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Why would anyone want to buy shoes for slipping on boats? Weird category.
A painting by Klimt has at auction sold for $236.4 million.
Ah, a quarter billion dollars so the painting can be enjoyed by one person and their invited guests.
Why isn't this considered for-profit looting of our culture?
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Ah, a quarter billion dollars so the painting can be enjoyed by one person and their invited guests.
Why isn't this considered for-profit looting of our culture?
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Klimt Painting Becomes the Most Expensive Work of Modern Art at $236.4 Million
At Sotheby’s first sale in its new headquarters, it became the priciest work of modern art ever sold at auction.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A painting by Klimt has at auction sold for $236.4 million.
Ah, a quarter billion dollars so the painting can be enjoyed by one person and their invited guests.
Why isn't this considered for-profit looting of our culture?
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Ah, a quarter billion dollars so the painting can be enjoyed by one person and their invited guests.
Why isn't this considered for-profit looting of our culture?
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...