Oskar Maria Grande
@musha68k.bsky.social
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the tech oligarchs crossed the pond for keir starmer to kiss the ring of silicon valley
September 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
the tech oligarchs crossed the pond for keir starmer to kiss the ring of silicon valley
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Concept Art and process work for Rogue One. I worked on this sequence from early concept art to the set build - based (very) loosely around a Ralph McQuarrie sketch from the original trilogy. This shot was so spot-on the concept art that I remember gasping audibly during the screening.
June 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Concept Art and process work for Rogue One. I worked on this sequence from early concept art to the set build - based (very) loosely around a Ralph McQuarrie sketch from the original trilogy. This shot was so spot-on the concept art that I remember gasping audibly during the screening.
can you imagine ms and nvidia taking down the world economy? no runaway crash like it before
July 4, 2025 at 6:47 PM
can you imagine ms and nvidia taking down the world economy? no runaway crash like it before
9th day with covid again; still testing slightly positive and still ye old subtle-yet-not-so-subtle swing of sledgehammer; after 5 years+ of learnings afaik no novel acute / chronic treatments in sight? yes, i should have boostered this year; not forgotten my mask on public transport week prior
July 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
9th day with covid again; still testing slightly positive and still ye old subtle-yet-not-so-subtle swing of sledgehammer; after 5 years+ of learnings afaik no novel acute / chronic treatments in sight? yes, i should have boostered this year; not forgotten my mask on public transport week prior
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Grim news from Germany. A black family, who had previously experienced several incidents of racial harassment, was the victim of a suspected arson attack on Monday. One child is dead, the other is in critical condition. A fundraiser for them is here: www.gofundme.com/f/unterstutz...
June 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Grim news from Germany. A black family, who had previously experienced several incidents of racial harassment, was the victim of a suspected arson attack on Monday. One child is dead, the other is in critical condition. A fundraiser for them is here: www.gofundme.com/f/unterstutz...
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Interesting article here including a test of the average response time of the Switch 2 screen. The results are awful. It's about as slow an LCD as one could imagine in the modern era.
chimolog.co/switch-2-pan...
chimolog.co/switch-2-pan...
June 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Interesting article here including a test of the average response time of the Switch 2 screen. The results are awful. It's about as slow an LCD as one could imagine in the modern era.
chimolog.co/switch-2-pan...
chimolog.co/switch-2-pan...
Cumulative damage due to Covid reinfections is still ongoing. I non-ironically wonder how much of the current state of the world can be traced to actual brain damage.
How does #COVID impact the brain? From bench to bedside, my presentation with @davidjoffe64.bsky.social for the
@thewhn.bsky.social is available on YouTube now:
youtube.com/watch?v=soJX...
#NeuroCovid #LongCovid
@thewhn.bsky.social is available on YouTube now:
youtube.com/watch?v=soJX...
#NeuroCovid #LongCovid
How COVID Impacts the Brain: Danielle Beckman and David Joffe
YouTube video by World Health Network
youtube.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Cumulative damage due to Covid reinfections is still ongoing. I non-ironically wonder how much of the current state of the world can be traced to actual brain damage.
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in minecraft
AI is powerful and dangerous (in minecraft).
In my new video, I demonstrate that all LLMs are willing to build cathedrals and utopias, and bombs and torture chambers. Here is o3-mini-high, destroying a village it had just enhanced🧵
In my new video, I demonstrate that all LLMs are willing to build cathedrals and utopias, and bombs and torture chambers. Here is o3-mini-high, destroying a village it had just enhanced🧵
February 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
in minecraft
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Don’t trust anyone who is rude to the serving staff
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
February 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Don’t trust anyone who is rude to the serving staff
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Not disputing the role of tech, but since 2016, the pandemic is definitely a factor, long before AI became a phenomenon, many of us who were teaching noticed students' memory and cognition impacted by COVID. Of course we are all pretending that it isn't, because the pandemic is "over", apparently.
Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says. I should add to that that repeating the same complex working memory task in a similar population now leads to worse performance than in 2016... www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Are the Internet and AI affecting our memory? What the science says
Search engines, GPS maps and other tech can alter our ability to learn and remember. Now scientists are working out what AI might do.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Not disputing the role of tech, but since 2016, the pandemic is definitely a factor, long before AI became a phenomenon, many of us who were teaching noticed students' memory and cognition impacted by COVID. Of course we are all pretending that it isn't, because the pandemic is "over", apparently.
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The fantastic game jam @ludumdare.com is sadly not running any events in 2025 as host Mike Kasprzak is struggling financially.
While Mike isn't specifically asking for donations, he does have a Patreon which helps cover the jam's expenses.
Perhaps we can help? www.patreon.com/c/mikekasprz...
While Mike isn't specifically asking for donations, he does have a Patreon which helps cover the jam's expenses.
Perhaps we can help? www.patreon.com/c/mikekasprz...
Get more from Mike Kasprzak on Patreon
creating Ludum Dare, videos, and more
www.patreon.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The fantastic game jam @ludumdare.com is sadly not running any events in 2025 as host Mike Kasprzak is struggling financially.
While Mike isn't specifically asking for donations, he does have a Patreon which helps cover the jam's expenses.
Perhaps we can help? www.patreon.com/c/mikekasprz...
While Mike isn't specifically asking for donations, he does have a Patreon which helps cover the jam's expenses.
Perhaps we can help? www.patreon.com/c/mikekasprz...
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I've been meaning to read this paper on mass extinctions (pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...), and today, I came across this great write-up about it in VoxDev (voxdev.org/topic/energy...).
It's a great paper. I am glad I found the time to read it.
Below is a short thread.
It's a great paper. I am glad I found the time to read it.
Below is a short thread.
January 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I've been meaning to read this paper on mass extinctions (pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...), and today, I came across this great write-up about it in VoxDev (voxdev.org/topic/energy...).
It's a great paper. I am glad I found the time to read it.
Below is a short thread.
It's a great paper. I am glad I found the time to read it.
Below is a short thread.
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"I have said it before, and I will say it again—OpenAI may well become the WeWork of AI," @garymarcus.bsky.social writes in a new commentary piece for Fortune. fortune.com/2025/01/27/a...
China just redefined the global AI race—with massive implications for OpenAI, Nvidia, and foreign policy
Silicon Valley’s initial advantage in LLMs evaporated quickly despite export controls, writes AI expert Gary Marcus.
fortune.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"I have said it before, and I will say it again—OpenAI may well become the WeWork of AI," @garymarcus.bsky.social writes in a new commentary piece for Fortune. fortune.com/2025/01/27/a...
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January 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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When I scheduled this episode, I hadn’t even considered what day it would be dropping. Anyway, here’s @danmcquillan.bsky.social talking about AI as fascistic solutionism.
AI is a form of “fascistic solutionism” that diverts us from serious problems and presents tech that classifies and surveils as a solution.
Up next in our premium interviews from DATA VAMPIRES is @danmcquillan.bsky.social!
Become a Patreon supporter to listen: www.patreon.com/posts/fascis...
Up next in our premium interviews from DATA VAMPIRES is @danmcquillan.bsky.social!
Become a Patreon supporter to listen: www.patreon.com/posts/fascis...
January 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When I scheduled this episode, I hadn’t even considered what day it would be dropping. Anyway, here’s @danmcquillan.bsky.social talking about AI as fascistic solutionism.
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I wrote 'Resisting AI' (subtitled 'An Anti-fascist approach to Artificial Intelligence') to help preempt the kind of convergence of far right politics and the tech sector that we are waking up to today. The struggle against fascistic solutionism continues. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai
Resisting AI
Resisting AI - An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed. Calling for the restructuri...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 6, 2024 at 1:03 PM
I wrote 'Resisting AI' (subtitled 'An Anti-fascist approach to Artificial Intelligence') to help preempt the kind of convergence of far right politics and the tech sector that we are waking up to today. The struggle against fascistic solutionism continues. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai
Tune into the 1981 BBC LOTR radio play to drop out for a little while:
archive.org/details/lord...
archive.org/details/lord...
1981 BBC Lord Of The Rings : J.R.R. Tolkien : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Tolkiens great masterpiece done better than ever before or since.
archive.org
January 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Tune into the 1981 BBC LOTR radio play to drop out for a little while:
archive.org/details/lord...
archive.org/details/lord...
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The revolutionary Xerox Alto computer (1973) started GUI computing, Ethernet, the optical mouse, laser printing, and visual word processing. We came across a password-protected Alto disk so I cracked the password. @tubetime.bsky.social looks at the contents:
bsky.app/profile/tube...
bsky.app/profile/tube...
today we fired up the old Xerox Alto (the earliest computer with a graphical OS) and dumped a disk pack that we hadn't imaged before.
January 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The revolutionary Xerox Alto computer (1973) started GUI computing, Ethernet, the optical mouse, laser printing, and visual word processing. We came across a password-protected Alto disk so I cracked the password. @tubetime.bsky.social looks at the contents:
bsky.app/profile/tube...
bsky.app/profile/tube...
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Still astounded how people think that the government force-closing a social network that's literally used by 170 million people in the US is just fine or even good.
It would not surprise me if they go after VPNs next.
They tried this already: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESTRIC...
It would not surprise me if they go after VPNs next.
They tried this already: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESTRIC...
RESTRICT Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Still astounded how people think that the government force-closing a social network that's literally used by 170 million people in the US is just fine or even good.
It would not surprise me if they go after VPNs next.
They tried this already: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESTRIC...
It would not surprise me if they go after VPNs next.
They tried this already: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESTRIC...
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David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.
January 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
David Lynch gave us the language we needed to better articulate the indescribable strangeness of our shared reality. “Lynchian” is so overused because it’s a viscerally understandable word without any known synonyms. I can’t imagine a more beautiful artistic legacy than that.