James Aylett
@james.tartarus.org
He/him. Working on privacy and responsible AI; usually worried about both. The pandemic isn't over. If I don't follow you it doesn't mean I don't like you. I've built things you've forgotten.
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Heads-up to folks who might still have old dormant LJs that you may want to preserve somehow. Looks like access may end up restricted and then full site collapse in the near future (best to archive now).
Please share this with anyone you know who still uses LiveJournal. It could collapse next week; it could last another two years. I think "next week" is probably too fast and "two years" is probably pushing it, a lot; that's my only prediction.
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Heads-up to folks who might still have old dormant LJs that you may want to preserve somehow. Looks like access may end up restricted and then full site collapse in the near future (best to archive now).
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if you, as a donut place, are closed on new year's day, why would you put on your website that you are open on new year's day, essentially promising and then cruelly denying me donuts. i should be able to sue for breach of contract
January 1, 2026 at 3:32 PM
if you, as a donut place, are closed on new year's day, why would you put on your website that you are open on new year's day, essentially promising and then cruelly denying me donuts. i should be able to sue for breach of contract
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I can't be normal about anything so here is my lucky lemon lotl for 2026
December 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I can't be normal about anything so here is my lucky lemon lotl for 2026
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They're adding more magnets to the LHC and I feel like I should've been notified of this sooner.
I don't oppose it, it's just nice to be kept in the loop—the knowledge loop, not the physical loop in which they collide particles. Being kept in the physical loop is how you become a science ghost.
I don't oppose it, it's just nice to be kept in the loop—the knowledge loop, not the physical loop in which they collide particles. Being kept in the physical loop is how you become a science ghost.
The man taking over the Large Hadron Collider – only to switch it off
Next head of Cern backs massive replacement for world’s largest machine to investigate mysteries of the universe
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:49 AM
They're adding more magnets to the LHC and I feel like I should've been notified of this sooner.
I don't oppose it, it's just nice to be kept in the loop—the knowledge loop, not the physical loop in which they collide particles. Being kept in the physical loop is how you become a science ghost.
I don't oppose it, it's just nice to be kept in the loop—the knowledge loop, not the physical loop in which they collide particles. Being kept in the physical loop is how you become a science ghost.
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A soft, small, hopeful thing.
January 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A soft, small, hopeful thing.
Wait until shrinkflation sets in
we wouldn't need a new year if they didn't keep making them shittier and shittier all the time
January 1, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Wait until shrinkflation sets in
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Celebrate the Old Ways
January 1, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Celebrate the Old Ways
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Today is March 7309th, 2020
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Today is March 7309th, 2020
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so many fireworks going on right now. people must be really happy about bulgarian eurozone accession
January 1, 2026 at 12:01 AM
so many fireworks going on right now. people must be really happy about bulgarian eurozone accession
Hang on, registering Slopagram (I assume Instaslop is already in use)
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Hang on, registering Slopagram (I assume Instaslop is already in use)
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The Slopocalypse
Instagram chief: AI is so ubiquitous 'it will be more practical to fingerprint real media than fake media'
Adam Mosseri offered a notably candid assessment on how AI is upending Instagram.
www.engadget.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Slopocalypse
Welcome, 2026. You probably aren't ready for all the hopes people have. But you don't have a choice. Year up. We're all counting on you.
January 1, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Welcome, 2026. You probably aren't ready for all the hopes people have. But you don't have a choice. Year up. We're all counting on you.
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Submitted in support of the campaign to get a snow plow named "Abolish ICE" in Chicago - last good deed of the year
If we all submit the same name, it's gotta make the cut, right?
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
If we all submit the same name, it's gotta make the cut, right?
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
December 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Submitted in support of the campaign to get a snow plow named "Abolish ICE" in Chicago - last good deed of the year
If we all submit the same name, it's gotta make the cut, right?
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
If we all submit the same name, it's gotta make the cut, right?
www.chicago.gov/city/en/dept...
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Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.
December 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sitting a stewing in frustration isn't nearly as cathartic as just designing a poster. Let's see how often I remember that in 2026.
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Look, one tech bro needs to take one for the team and actually read Lord Of The Rings so he can turn it into a podcast form that the others can understand. This can’t just keep happening.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Look, one tech bro needs to take one for the team and actually read Lord Of The Rings so he can turn it into a podcast form that the others can understand. This can’t just keep happening.
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In contrast, here's a photo that was exceedingly easy. This female golden stag beetle just sat there, posing. But it's such a cool-looking animal that it makes the cut for merely existing (Australia, December 2025).
December 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In contrast, here's a photo that was exceedingly easy. This female golden stag beetle just sat there, posing. But it's such a cool-looking animal that it makes the cut for merely existing (Australia, December 2025).
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RIP 2025
2025-2025
2025-2025
December 31, 2025 at 2:26 PM
RIP 2025
2025-2025
2025-2025
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i'm stupid. put me in the ny times.
December 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
i'm stupid. put me in the ny times.
Wow, really don't want to spend any more time on LinkedIn for the rest of my life.
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Wow, really don't want to spend any more time on LinkedIn for the rest of my life.
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“Prominent artists have started to complain. Kaytranada, a Grammy-winning DJ, has called out stationary crowds. Tyler, the Creator, the rapper who has released four straight No. 1 albums, lamented in July that the threat of constant surveillance was killing dance for his generation.”
Suddenly Everyone Is Scared to Dance at Concerts and Clubs
More partygoers are worrying about looking goofy on camera, prompting some artists to wonder if social media is killing dance.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
“Prominent artists have started to complain. Kaytranada, a Grammy-winning DJ, has called out stationary crowds. Tyler, the Creator, the rapper who has released four straight No. 1 albums, lamented in July that the threat of constant surveillance was killing dance for his generation.”
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Every time this post comes around I have to watch it because he's a MASTER of language and delivery
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
December 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Every time this post comes around I have to watch it because he's a MASTER of language and delivery
WTAF, Windows? (You can minimise the inner window, too.)
December 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
WTAF, Windows? (You can minimise the inner window, too.)
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Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
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My son and I were returning down a street where earlier in the day there had been scaffolding outside a house, and now there wasn’t. We joked maybe we’d slipped through a time portal and should ask someone what year it was. A women walking the other way called out, “1981”, and started laughing.
Please quote this with stories of your minor interactions with non-celebrities, e.g. “I once accidentally bumped into a man in the Wellingborough branch of Holland & Barrett”
December 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My son and I were returning down a street where earlier in the day there had been scaffolding outside a house, and now there wasn’t. We joked maybe we’d slipped through a time portal and should ask someone what year it was. A women walking the other way called out, “1981”, and started laughing.
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I’ll do it. Pay me just a tiny million, promise to do what I say, and I will mitigate all risks by closing the company down and setting fire to all its code.
Sam Altman launches job search to fill ‘critical role’ to guard against AI’s harms
Sam Altman launches job search to fill ‘critical role’ to guard against AI’s harms
New head of preparedness at OpenAI will face daunting in-tray amid fears from some experts that AI could ‘turn on us’
The maker of ChatGPT has advertised a $555,000-a-year vacancy with a daunting job description that would cause Superman to take a sharp intake of breath.
In what may be close to the impossible job, the “head of preparedness” at OpenAI will be directly responsible for defending against risks from ever more powerful AIs to human mental health, cybersecurity and biological weapons. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’ll do it. Pay me just a tiny million, promise to do what I say, and I will mitigate all risks by closing the company down and setting fire to all its code.