Nick Stenning
@nickstenning.bsky.social
Infrastructure, humans, production operations, security. Oh, and dogs.
honestly i’m just embarrassed for everyone involved here. “philosopher” my foot.
Researchers working with the A.I. system Claude have come to understand that the model’s selfhood, like our own, is a matter of both neurons and narratives. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kEX1vV
February 11, 2026 at 7:51 AM
honestly i’m just embarrassed for everyone involved here. “philosopher” my foot.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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When people look back on this period in 50+ (perhaps less) years time they will be aghast at how we wasted and used so much energy in a time of climate crisis.
"The average cost to mine one Bitcoin is currently...far higher than its current going rate, making it an extremely unprofitable proposition. It’s a massive wipeout as investors continue to sell off their reserves...."
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Bitcoin Is Crashing So Hard That Miners Are Unplugging Their Equipment
Bitcoin's plunge has made it far less economical to mine the digital token. Some companies are starting to unplug their equipment.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 AM
When people look back on this period in 50+ (perhaps less) years time they will be aghast at how we wasted and used so much energy in a time of climate crisis.
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Week 1 - Black History Month 2026
1. You may have seen this image of Black men voting during Reconstruction, and assumed it is a depiction of voting after the passage of the 15th Amendment (which outlaws denying the right to vote based on race).
1. You may have seen this image of Black men voting during Reconstruction, and assumed it is a depiction of voting after the passage of the 15th Amendment (which outlaws denying the right to vote based on race).
February 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Week 1 - Black History Month 2026
1. You may have seen this image of Black men voting during Reconstruction, and assumed it is a depiction of voting after the passage of the 15th Amendment (which outlaws denying the right to vote based on race).
1. You may have seen this image of Black men voting during Reconstruction, and assumed it is a depiction of voting after the passage of the 15th Amendment (which outlaws denying the right to vote based on race).
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i can’t believe the lead nazi is antisemitic
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:08 PM
i can’t believe the lead nazi is antisemitic
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Because they are Fucking Nazis!!!!
January 31, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Because they are Fucking Nazis!!!!
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You could house everyone in need of a home with the money being given to ICE. A society that chooses the latter over the former is truly evil and there's no way to spin that.
January 31, 2026 at 7:37 AM
You could house everyone in need of a home with the money being given to ICE. A society that chooses the latter over the former is truly evil and there's no way to spin that.
This lines up with my experience: those who use language models as unstructured conceptual search engines and intellectual foils do well and learn. Those who use them to do the work without judging their output produce rubbish and atrophy their own skills. www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:58 AM
This lines up with my experience: those who use language models as unstructured conceptual search engines and intellectual foils do well and learn. Those who use them to do the work without judging their output produce rubbish and atrophy their own skills. www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
“the U.S. is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939”
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:17 PM
“the U.S. is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939”
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I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
I mean this is a start, but can we please start talking to these people with the level of respect they deserve? “You’re either a toady, an idiot, or a liar. Which is it?”
RAND PAUL: If a country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, & blockaded our country, would that be considered an act of war?
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
RUBIO: We just don't believe this operation comes anywhere close to the constitutional definition
PAUL: Of course it would be an act of war!
January 28, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I mean this is a start, but can we please start talking to these people with the level of respect they deserve? “You’re either a toady, an idiot, or a liar. Which is it?”
If these arseholes get anywhere close to power when we’re seeing high fidelity previews from the US of what will happen if they do (8-year-olds dying in custody, citizens shot in the street, …) we’re idiots.
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 28, 2026 at 7:27 AM
If these arseholes get anywhere close to power when we’re seeing high fidelity previews from the US of what will happen if they do (8-year-olds dying in custody, citizens shot in the street, …) we’re idiots.
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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One of my most deeply held beliefs is that refusing to name truth makes you stupid--literally degrades your intellect.
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 AM
One of my most deeply held beliefs is that refusing to name truth makes you stupid--literally degrades your intellect.
In case anyone needs it, here is One Cosy Boy refusing to get up on a cold morning.
January 26, 2026 at 7:42 AM
In case anyone needs it, here is One Cosy Boy refusing to get up on a cold morning.
Good morning. Fuck ICE. Impeach Noem. Love to Minnesota from Berlin.
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Good morning. Fuck ICE. Impeach Noem. Love to Minnesota from Berlin.
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Reposting with Alt Text.
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Reposting with Alt Text.
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Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Nuremberg trials for ICE is the moderate position
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This is what love looks like.
It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This is what love looks like.
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Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come
January 23, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Not exaggerating when I say that the collective action in Minnesota will be studied for generations if not centuries to come
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Going to boost this one again. This CYOA ending to the Cave of Time slaps ever harder in this age of 18% Gray AI slop
December 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Going to boost this one again. This CYOA ending to the Cave of Time slaps ever harder in this age of 18% Gray AI slop
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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The wildest thing about these ludicrous boondoggles is there’s no material penalty for having been a booster and no material advantage to having seen it coming. Probably the reverse.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The wildest thing about these ludicrous boondoggles is there’s no material penalty for having been a booster and no material advantage to having seen it coming. Probably the reverse.