Jes Parent
@jesparent.bsky.social
Let's build a future informed by folly of present and past, rather than escapism from it.
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Research @JOPRO-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social
Links @ www.jesparent.com/Links
Research @JOPRO-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social
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Prove you are a human so you can share ai slop with other people who agreed to let Sam scan their eyeballs.
OpenAI Working on Social Media Network That Could Require Creepy Eye Scans: Report
Signing up for the bot-free platform will reportedly require submitting some biometric data.
gizmodo.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Prove you are a human so you can share ai slop with other people who agreed to let Sam scan their eyeballs.
Hi, let’s just use Bluesky.
January 28, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Hi, let’s just use Bluesky.
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The rules-based order has given way to a vibes-based order. That's what those in flagrant breach would have us believe. I tried to unpack my many feelings about international law, accountability and isolationism. Grateful for essential perspective from Lavanya Rajamani & @sivathambisetty.bsky.social
💡 Spotlight | Carbon Brief unpacks what a landmark oceans treaty “entering into force” means and, at a time of backtracking and breach, speaks to experts on the future of international law.
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DeBriefed 23 January 2026: Trump’s Davos tirade; EU wind and solar milestone; High seas hope - Carbon Brief
At Davos, Trump’s false charge at China’s windfarms was factchecked, wind and solar overtook fossil-fuel power generation in the EU in 2025.
www.carbonbrief.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:11 AM
The rules-based order has given way to a vibes-based order. That's what those in flagrant breach would have us believe. I tried to unpack my many feelings about international law, accountability and isolationism. Grateful for essential perspective from Lavanya Rajamani & @sivathambisetty.bsky.social
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For all our future focus, we have yet to address longstanding problems.
It baffles me that, rather than addressing them or exploring them more fully, many simply give up and turn to non-complex domains of study, lamenting or whining how they are more tractable.
It baffles me that, rather than addressing them or exploring them more fully, many simply give up and turn to non-complex domains of study, lamenting or whining how they are more tractable.
January 23, 2026 at 5:55 PM
For all our future focus, we have yet to address longstanding problems.
It baffles me that, rather than addressing them or exploring them more fully, many simply give up and turn to non-complex domains of study, lamenting or whining how they are more tractable.
It baffles me that, rather than addressing them or exploring them more fully, many simply give up and turn to non-complex domains of study, lamenting or whining how they are more tractable.
Guys need to know, and see, other ways.
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Guys need to know, and see, other ways.
I keep feeling pulled to get into the "masculinity" discussion and I probably will more ahead. A friend showed this to me, we talked about its recurrence.
We're in a moment where men are taught that being harsh and dismissive is "Strength"
www.youtube.com/shorts/dFhID...
We're in a moment where men are taught that being harsh and dismissive is "Strength"
www.youtube.com/shorts/dFhID...
some brave man in the crowd decided he wanted to participate! I love my job 💓
YouTube video by Leslie Liao
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I keep feeling pulled to get into the "masculinity" discussion and I probably will more ahead. A friend showed this to me, we talked about its recurrence.
We're in a moment where men are taught that being harsh and dismissive is "Strength"
www.youtube.com/shorts/dFhID...
We're in a moment where men are taught that being harsh and dismissive is "Strength"
www.youtube.com/shorts/dFhID...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
January 23, 2026 at 5:10 AM
"Mr Jeffrey said that at a time when there was mass unemployment, being with Fullerton and his gang gave the young men a sense of power."
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Peaky Blinders: Who were the real Billy Boys?
The Glasgow razor gang are making their mark in the latest season of Peaky Blinders.
www.bbc.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 AM
"Mr Jeffrey said that at a time when there was mass unemployment, being with Fullerton and his gang gave the young men a sense of power."
www.bbc.com/news/uk-scot...
www.bbc.com/news/uk-scot...
@jopro-org.bsky.social Futures Center will essentially become one of these Houses of Sense Making.
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
@jopro-org.bsky.social Futures Center will essentially become one of these Houses of Sense Making.
IMF of the 21st century as US Tech? Interesting
January 16, 2026 at 5:53 PM
IMF of the 21st century as US Tech? Interesting
STEM education not teaching the history or development of its field and social political contexts is having some consequences of late.
January 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
STEM education not teaching the history or development of its field and social political contexts is having some consequences of late.
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There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Here I Am (Kaskade Remix)
YouTube video by David Morales - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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"However, as we lack a ground-truth understanding of how these complex models work, it can be hard to tell if our tools provide meaningful insights."
There's a disconcerting divergence between prediction accuracy and "explanation", broadly construed.
There's a disconcerting divergence between prediction accuracy and "explanation", broadly construed.
Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs, writes @marcusghosh.bsky.social.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/theoretical-...
Not playing around: Why neuroscience needs toy models
Amid the rise of billion-parameter models, I argue that toy models, with just a few neurons, remain essential—and may be all neuroscience needs.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"However, as we lack a ground-truth understanding of how these complex models work, it can be hard to tell if our tools provide meaningful insights."
There's a disconcerting divergence between prediction accuracy and "explanation", broadly construed.
There's a disconcerting divergence between prediction accuracy and "explanation", broadly construed.
"the contexts and disciplines that can identify problem spaces more robustly and across developmental states are going to become [...] increasingly indispensable"
CC @jopro-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social #education #AI #learning #teaching #research
CC @jopro-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social #education #AI #learning #teaching #research
January 14, 2026 at 4:51 AM
"the contexts and disciplines that can identify problem spaces more robustly and across developmental states are going to become [...] increasingly indispensable"
CC @jopro-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social #education #AI #learning #teaching #research
CC @jopro-org.bsky.social @orthogonal-lab.bsky.social #education #AI #learning #teaching #research
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Reminder that we have a free virtual workshop coming up, co-hosted with the folks at Identity 2.0! Join us in sharing, exploring and archiving our everyday moments of AI resistance.
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tix here: luma.com/46m6hul0
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tix here: luma.com/46m6hul0
Possible Futures: Crafting resistance with zine making · Luma
Join Identity 2.0 and DAIR for ‘Possible Futures: Crafting resistance with zine making’ - an online workshop mapping our everyday moments of resistance to…
luma.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Reminder that we have a free virtual workshop coming up, co-hosted with the folks at Identity 2.0! Join us in sharing, exploring and archiving our everyday moments of AI resistance.
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tix here: luma.com/46m6hul0
🗓 Thursday 29th January
⏰ 18:30pm - 20:30pm GMT / 10:30am - 12:30pm PST
📍 Online
🎟 Tix here: luma.com/46m6hul0
How to get involved with helping out with these events - would love to cohost or coorg, including anything IRL in the boston area! cc @jopro-org.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
How to get involved with helping out with these events - would love to cohost or coorg, including anything IRL in the boston area! cc @jopro-org.bsky.social
Proud of our work at @jopro-org.bsky.social that is supporting these efforts, and thanks to our partners and colleagues who have made this path even more clear.
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Proud of our work at @jopro-org.bsky.social that is supporting these efforts, and thanks to our partners and colleagues who have made this path even more clear.
The coming generations are severely disinterested in the truth-as-partisan-point-scoring approach,
and interested in real solutions to real problems, rather than empty clout and over-hyped silver bullets.
It's happening now, in the ashes of what 2025 has offered.
and interested in real solutions to real problems, rather than empty clout and over-hyped silver bullets.
It's happening now, in the ashes of what 2025 has offered.
December 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The coming generations are severely disinterested in the truth-as-partisan-point-scoring approach,
and interested in real solutions to real problems, rather than empty clout and over-hyped silver bullets.
It's happening now, in the ashes of what 2025 has offered.
and interested in real solutions to real problems, rather than empty clout and over-hyped silver bullets.
It's happening now, in the ashes of what 2025 has offered.