jon christmas 🎄
@jonchristian.net
Editor at Futurism, horror/pinball enthusiast, lover of weird stuff, as previously seen in the Boston Globe, Vice, Slate, Wired etc. Please DM with tips and/or memes
sick relatives blasting me with disease particles like a COVID-era infographic
December 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
sick relatives blasting me with disease particles like a COVID-era infographic
why does this feel like a threat
December 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
why does this feel like a threat
the face of a guy who jumped on the counter and annihilated a bunch of glassware for no reason
December 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
the face of a guy who jumped on the counter and annihilated a bunch of glassware for no reason
chess dot com has deployed an acerbic snowman as an opponent
December 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
chess dot com has deployed an acerbic snowman as an opponent
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it's christmas eve don't forget to set your santa traps remember the goal is to maim not kill
December 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
it's christmas eve don't forget to set your santa traps remember the goal is to maim not kill
google's been deploying a "feature" where it rewrites headlines in search results (presumably using AI?) instead of showing the actual ones, and in this case i must admit, let the AI cook
December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
google's been deploying a "feature" where it rewrites headlines in search results (presumably using AI?) instead of showing the actual ones, and in this case i must admit, let the AI cook
bad news: it's his repulsive personality
December 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
bad news: it's his repulsive personality
flop era russell brand looks like dark universe weird al
December 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
flop era russell brand looks like dark universe weird al
countdown to trump taking credit for this
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
countdown to trump taking credit for this
Captain America: The
December 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Captain America: The
twitter was never brave enough to show the specific post that made someone unfollow you, but bluesky can still write whatever future it wants
December 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
twitter was never brave enough to show the specific post that made someone unfollow you, but bluesky can still write whatever future it wants
clearing up some misconceptions about lemmings
![Misconceptions about lemmings go back many centuries. In 1532, the geographer Jacob Ziegler of Bavaria proposed the theory that the creatures fell out of the sky during stormy weather[9][10] and then died suddenly when the grass grew in spring.[11] This description was contradicted by natural historian Ole Worm, who accepted that lemmings could fall out of the sky, but claimed that they had been brought over by the wind rather than created by spontaneous generation. Worm published dissections of a lemming, which showed that they are anatomically similar to most other rodents such as voles and hamsters, and the work of Carl Linnaeus proved that they had a natural origin.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxygfvmczgpiz7a4zmhonyrs/bafkreigdrj2cetbwhxb7uxkbq7jtct45hiymxnbxjfvgz7x6l5ek7wlaiy@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
clearing up some misconceptions about lemmings
christopher nolan needs to return to his core competency... movies about Batman
December 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
christopher nolan needs to return to his core competency... movies about Batman
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things I suspect would be very different if LLMs had been rolled out like this first
This would be entirely different if Altman and others had come out saying “This is an exciting new technology! It’s in its infancy, but has great potential, so we want to figure out where it’ll work best and help people adopt it!”
Deeper than that is the VC scale/pump/exit bullshit motivation (ctd)
Deeper than that is the VC scale/pump/exit bullshit motivation (ctd)
December 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
things I suspect would be very different if LLMs had been rolled out like this first
the existence of casual drug use implies the existence of ranked competitive drug use
I don't use marijuana recreationally I use it competitively
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
the existence of casual drug use implies the existence of ranked competitive drug use
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Bari Weiss could face the Streisand Effect here, causing the segment to get far more exposure than it would have absent her censorius meddling.
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
‘60 Minutes’ Suddenly Drops Segment on Major Trump Controversy
The show announced a programming change shortly before its Sunday night timeslot.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Bari Weiss could face the Streisand Effect here, causing the segment to get far more exposure than it would have absent her censorius meddling.
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
www.thedailybeast.com/60-minutes-s...
not the ex-splunk execs
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
not the ex-splunk execs
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“a new paper published in the New Engl Jnl of Med…argue[s] that clashing incentives in the AI marketplace around ‘relational AI’…have created a dangerous environment in which the motivation to dominate the AI market **may relegate consumers’ mental health and safety to collateral damage**” [OOF]🧪🛟
New -- I spoke to a physician warning that AI industry incentives are a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis:
“If we fail to act, we risk letting market forces, rather than public health, define how relational AI influences mental health and well-being at scale.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
“If we fail to act, we risk letting market forces, rather than public health, define how relational AI influences mental health and well-being at scale.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Doctors Warn That AI Companions Are Dangerous
The market incentives at play in the AI industry are creating a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis over chatbots, physicians warn.
futurism.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“a new paper published in the New Engl Jnl of Med…argue[s] that clashing incentives in the AI marketplace around ‘relational AI’…have created a dangerous environment in which the motivation to dominate the AI market **may relegate consumers’ mental health and safety to collateral damage**” [OOF]🧪🛟
i believe that a lot about our current era snaps into focus when you realize that modesty is dead and self-delusion reigns
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Elon Says His New Rocket Is as Important as the Origin of Life Itself
On a recent podcast appearance, Elon Musk declared that his Starship rocket was on par with the evolution of multicellular life.
futurism.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
i believe that a lot about our current era snaps into focus when you realize that modesty is dead and self-delusion reigns
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
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New -- I spoke to a physician warning that AI industry incentives are a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis:
“If we fail to act, we risk letting market forces, rather than public health, define how relational AI influences mental health and well-being at scale.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
“If we fail to act, we risk letting market forces, rather than public health, define how relational AI influences mental health and well-being at scale.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Doctors Warn That AI Companions Are Dangerous
The market incentives at play in the AI industry are creating a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis over chatbots, physicians warn.
futurism.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
New -- I spoke to a physician warning that AI industry incentives are a "perfect storm" for a public health crisis:
“If we fail to act, we risk letting market forces, rather than public health, define how relational AI influences mental health and well-being at scale.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
“If we fail to act, we risk letting market forces, rather than public health, define how relational AI influences mental health and well-being at scale.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
the bar is apparently in hell but congratulations to bush and obama for not being in the epstein files i guess
December 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
the bar is apparently in hell but congratulations to bush and obama for not being in the epstein files i guess
why is it the oof meme
December 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
why is it the oof meme