Daniel Cardoso Llach
@dcardo.bsky.social
Critical histories and practices of automation and computing in design/architecture. Other stuff too. Associate Prof. @CarnegieMellon. Books: Builders of the Vision, Designing the Computational Image. http://www.dcardo.com
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The fight against fascism is also a fight for a shared sense of reality. We see demagogues twisting the facts and blatantly lying, while legacy media are keen to present every story as a matter of conflicting interpretations. With social media drowning in #AIslop, this is only going to get worse
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January 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
The fight against fascism is also a fight for a shared sense of reality. We see demagogues twisting the facts and blatantly lying, while legacy media are keen to present every story as a matter of conflicting interpretations. With social media drowning in #AIslop, this is only going to get worse
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Let's fight the spread of misinfo + disinfo by creating a Bluesky Culture of Context for imagery.
Please make a good faith effort to name the SOURCE, even if you don't link to an evil media empire.
For video and photos, CREDIT the creator. No exceptions!
BONUS points: give Date | Time | Location
Please make a good faith effort to name the SOURCE, even if you don't link to an evil media empire.
For video and photos, CREDIT the creator. No exceptions!
BONUS points: give Date | Time | Location
I'm trying to encourage better Bluesky practices to avoid these ↓↓ and limit spread of mis/disinfo:
context-less images
theft from indy journos
covering watermarks or adding new ones
incorrect description
no sources
photos uncredited
MisIDs
As a start, I'm asking if people could name sources. 🙏🏼
context-less images
theft from indy journos
covering watermarks or adding new ones
incorrect description
no sources
photos uncredited
MisIDs
As a start, I'm asking if people could name sources. 🙏🏼
January 10, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Let's fight the spread of misinfo + disinfo by creating a Bluesky Culture of Context for imagery.
Please make a good faith effort to name the SOURCE, even if you don't link to an evil media empire.
For video and photos, CREDIT the creator. No exceptions!
BONUS points: give Date | Time | Location
Please make a good faith effort to name the SOURCE, even if you don't link to an evil media empire.
For video and photos, CREDIT the creator. No exceptions!
BONUS points: give Date | Time | Location
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my grandparents were born in western germany in the early 1930s. they were kids and early teenagers. my grandma was made homeless in the bombing of mannheim. she was a middle schooler. in their twenties, they had a daughter and decided they had to leave germany. they went to england
January 8, 2026 at 5:39 AM
my grandparents were born in western germany in the early 1930s. they were kids and early teenagers. my grandma was made homeless in the bombing of mannheim. she was a middle schooler. in their twenties, they had a daughter and decided they had to leave germany. they went to england
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Human brains feed off of negativity. Negative thoughts are easily digested and play in a loop in your mind all of the time. The reality, however, is that there is also A LOT OF GOOD happening every single minute. You have to do more work to pay attention to the good but it's worth it.
January 7, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Human brains feed off of negativity. Negative thoughts are easily digested and play in a loop in your mind all of the time. The reality, however, is that there is also A LOT OF GOOD happening every single minute. You have to do more work to pay attention to the good but it's worth it.
Sancocho had a cameo in Mamdani's speech. Right on!
Mamdani: Where else can you hear the sound of the steel pan, savor the smell of sancocho, and pay $9 for coffee on the same block? Where else could a Muslim kid like me grow up eating bagels and lox every Sunday?
January 7, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Sancocho had a cameo in Mamdani's speech. Right on!
The Reviewer Who Loved Me
Make a Bond movie academic:
The Researcher with the Golden Identification Strategy
The Researcher with the Golden Identification Strategy
Make a Bond movie academic:
The Grant Is Not Enough
The Grant Is Not Enough
December 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Reviewer Who Loved Me
this looks fantastic
just an fyi for portland ppl, this ursula exhibition is going on until february, it's free, and has a ton of her maps. plan for spending over an hour if you really want to take it all in
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
www.oregoncontemporary.org/a-larger-rea...
December 18, 2025 at 10:49 PM
this looks fantastic
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
We are about 0.3 news cycles from Mamdani-is-the-same-as Trump becoming centrist Democrats' main line of attack against the left.
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We are about 0.3 news cycles from Mamdani-is-the-same-as Trump becoming centrist Democrats' main line of attack against the left.
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«Extruding a text or an image using an AI service can appear as a smooth, frictionless transaction only because the space, energy, and water these require are removed from users’ experience.» www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Technoecologies - Daniel Cardoso Llach - The Mississippi Colossus
Boxtown is a neighborhood in South Memphis established in 1863 by emancipated former slaves. Since 2024, it is also the home to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, property of Elon Musk’s artif...
www.e-flux.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
«Extruding a text or an image using an AI service can appear as a smooth, frictionless transaction only because the space, energy, and water these require are removed from users’ experience.» www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Today in E-flux, a piece I wrote on the spatial and environmental politics of AI in the United States. In great company as part of the Technoecologies series curated by Nathalie Bredella and Grayson Bailey. www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Technoecologies - Daniel Cardoso Llach - The Mississippi Colossus
Boxtown is a neighborhood in South Memphis established in 1863 by emancipated former slaves. Since 2024, it is also the home to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, property of Elon Musk’s artif...
www.e-flux.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Today in E-flux, a piece I wrote on the spatial and environmental politics of AI in the United States. In great company as part of the Technoecologies series curated by Nathalie Bredella and Grayson Bailey. www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Nothing to see here.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Nothing to see here.
I would consider calling Fetterman (I am a PA resident) if I didn't honestly think he, in a troll-like fashion, feeds off the energy people spend arguing with his positions.
Some have said some of those numbers don’t work🤔 IF that is the case you can always call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121.
November 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I would consider calling Fetterman (I am a PA resident) if I didn't honestly think he, in a troll-like fashion, feeds off the energy people spend arguing with his positions.
It's the end of one of those fifteen hour days and I'm fix und fertig but there's a new single by King Hannah which is absolutely perfect.
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It's the end of one of those fifteen hour days and I'm fix und fertig but there's a new single by King Hannah which is absolutely perfect.
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#CfP: Submit your abstract for a special issue on “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI”, which seeks interdisciplinary contributions on the cultural, ethical & social legacies of Joseph Weizenbaum’s chatbot.
📅 Submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025
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📅 Submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025
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November 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#CfP: Submit your abstract for a special issue on “Celebrating 60 Years of ELIZA? Critical Pasts and Futures of AI”, which seeks interdisciplinary contributions on the cultural, ethical & social legacies of Joseph Weizenbaum’s chatbot.
📅 Submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025
More: buff.ly/A8ejM8C
📅 Submission deadline: 17 Nov 2025
More: buff.ly/A8ejM8C
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"Mit der maschinellen Sprachverarbeitung verschwimmen die Grenzen zwischen Schrift & Rede." Große Freude über die schöne & wohlwollende Rezension der "Zukunft des Lesens" in der heutigen FAZ @faznet.bsky.social
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui... (Paywall)
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui... (Paywall)
Christoph Engemann „Die Zukunft des Lesens“: Über Online-Oralität
KI-Tools zerlegen Texte in Häppchen, Videoclips dominieren das Internet: Der Medienwissenschaftler Christoph Engemann befürchtet, dass in Zukunft nur noch eine kleine Elite in der Lage sein wird, Büch...
www.faz.net
October 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Mit der maschinellen Sprachverarbeitung verschwimmen die Grenzen zwischen Schrift & Rede." Große Freude über die schöne & wohlwollende Rezension der "Zukunft des Lesens" in der heutigen FAZ @faznet.bsky.social
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui... (Paywall)
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui... (Paywall)
He actually pulls off a pretty decent accent.
¡La secuela que Nueva York tanto ha estado pidiendo por fin está aquí! ¡Puedes votar temprano hasta el Domingo y el día de las elecciones es el Martes 4 de Noviembre!
Juntos vamos a construir la ciudad que merecemos!
Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
Y con tu ayuda, voy a seguir aprendiendo español 😉
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
He actually pulls off a pretty decent accent.
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This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
A corollary is that Republicans have been quite successful at tarnishing climate and lgbt rights as irrevocably doomed political issues.
The actual finding here is that a huge percentage of the population believes things that are not true. Democrats objectively did not spend significant time on climate change or LGBTQ issues in the last election campaign.
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A corollary is that Republicans have been quite successful at tarnishing climate and lgbt rights as irrevocably doomed political issues.
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I see that AECOM is engineering the new White House ballroom.
Xltn conversation btw @hawthorne.bsky.social + Aaron Cayer abt Cayer's 📘 on AECOM, a huge, faceless, ethically ?-able conglomerate that designs electrical grids, military bases, highways, airports; they discuss why it's imptnt to study such work + methods for doing so amidst gov't + corp secrecy
The architectural-imperial complex
A conversation with Aaron Cayer about how AECOM rose from humble SoCal roots to become a powerful, secretive player in global politics
www.punchlistmag.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I see that AECOM is engineering the new White House ballroom.
Kind of funny to see Madrid and London here.
October 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Kind of funny to see Madrid and London here.
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Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
October 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hell yes, Pittsburgh. Love Yinz. No Kings.
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Building a federal government -- totally fascinating. And Peter Kastor's website/ investigative tool is very cool and may wreck your morning commitment to processing email just saying.
creatingafederalgovernment.wustl.edu
creatingafederalgovernment.wustl.edu
October 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
October 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
I just learned that Isamu Noguchi and Buckminster Fuller shared a key collaborator, the architect Shoji Sadao. According to this fine text by Matthew Kirsch, Sadao "oversaw the nuts-and-bolts details that made Fuller and Noguchi’s grand visions possible." (!) www.noguchi.org/isamu-noguch...
Shoji Sadao - The Noguchi Museum
An indefatigable facilitator for both Isamu Noguchi and R. Buckminster Fuller, architect Shoji Sadao designed, engineered, and oversaw the nuts-and-bolts details that made their grand visions possible...
www.noguchi.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I just learned that Isamu Noguchi and Buckminster Fuller shared a key collaborator, the architect Shoji Sadao. According to this fine text by Matthew Kirsch, Sadao "oversaw the nuts-and-bolts details that made Fuller and Noguchi’s grand visions possible." (!) www.noguchi.org/isamu-noguch...