Nivolet
@nivolet.bsky.social
Little bird went angry. Trying butterfly.
Proudly competing with AI in the emptiness of global social networks. This is not the least of my contradictions.
Situated observer.
Proudly competing with AI in the emptiness of global social networks. This is not the least of my contradictions.
Situated observer.
Pinned
Nivolet
@nivolet.bsky.social
· Aug 8
When I scroll through my US newsfeed, I want to scream, "What are you doing in America? How can you let this happen?"
And then I switch to my French newsfeed.
Then I go out to tidy up the garden.
And then I switch to my French newsfeed.
Then I go out to tidy up the garden.
De la puissance intemporelle des brèves de comptoir...
au café un vieux monsieur blanc dit à sa femme
"il y a un vrai féminisme avec lequel je suis d'accord et un faux féminisme qui m'emmerde"
je crois que cela explique très bien comment le vrai et le faux s'articulent selon les classes dominantes
"il y a un vrai féminisme avec lequel je suis d'accord et un faux féminisme qui m'emmerde"
je crois que cela explique très bien comment le vrai et le faux s'articulent selon les classes dominantes
November 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
De la puissance intemporelle des brèves de comptoir...
Growth serves greed, entropy for accumulation and ruin. Multi-scale expansion cycle.
Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth
There is no economic growth on a dead planet
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
There is no economic growth on a dead planet
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Mitigation efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and meet the Paris Agreement have been offset by economic growth - Communications Earth & Environment
Global carbon dioxide intensity declined from 2015 to 2024 following the Paris Agreement, but total emissions still increased due to economic growth, according to a global analysis of population, gros...
www.nature.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Growth serves greed, entropy for accumulation and ruin. Multi-scale expansion cycle.
AI TEK : Ancestral Intelligence and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
The Paradox of Proximity book, Preventing Urban Loneliness, is online.
Editor Bloxhub | Cities for better health | PYNT
My text: Urban Proximity Is More Than a Short Walk—It’s Connecting
“We need another kind of AI for our cities: ancestral intelligence"
Happy proximity
bloxhub.org/wp-content/u...
Editor Bloxhub | Cities for better health | PYNT
My text: Urban Proximity Is More Than a Short Walk—It’s Connecting
“We need another kind of AI for our cities: ancestral intelligence"
Happy proximity
bloxhub.org/wp-content/u...
November 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
AI TEK : Ancestral Intelligence and Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
History has seen its share of demented emperors, but technology has magnified their destructive reach beyond anything the past could imagine.
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
History has seen its share of demented emperors, but technology has magnified their destructive reach beyond anything the past could imagine.
It goes without saying, though it’s better to have it in writing...
A new study by Centre researchers Agnes Pranindita, Ingo Fetzer and Lan Wang-Erlandsson, published in Nature Water, shows croplands in 155 countries rely on other nations forests for up to 40% of the precipitation, crucial for production.
Learn more: www.stockholmresilience.org/5.7fd7a22f19...
Learn more: www.stockholmresilience.org/5.7fd7a22f19...
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It goes without saying, though it’s better to have it in writing...
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Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
Know. Name. Disrupt.
Occult tectonics describes the hidden forces of control actually driving observable chaos.
I wrote about the fault lines between five deviant beliefs shaking the planet: Trumpism, Millerism, Christian Dominionism, Billionaire Nihilism, and Putinism.
www.mind-war.com/p/occult-tec...
I wrote about the fault lines between five deviant beliefs shaking the planet: Trumpism, Millerism, Christian Dominionism, Billionaire Nihilism, and Putinism.
www.mind-war.com/p/occult-tec...
Occult Tectonics: Five Deviant Beliefs Shaking the Planet
The fault lines between Trumpism, Millerism, Christian Dominionism, Billionaire Nihilism, and Putinism
www.mind-war.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Know. Name. Disrupt.
The propensity for violence and cruelty among idle humans should not be underestimated.
What is already happening is quite the opposite. Cut off people's livelihoods and exterminate them.
What is already happening is quite the opposite. Cut off people's livelihoods and exterminate them.
Musk keeps saying this and I really think it’s his most egregious lie:
October 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The propensity for violence and cruelty among idle humans should not be underestimated.
What is already happening is quite the opposite. Cut off people's livelihoods and exterminate them.
What is already happening is quite the opposite. Cut off people's livelihoods and exterminate them.
"Il existe énormément de recours légaux, encouragés par les institutions, qui ne produisent pas de rapport de force. Le dernier exemple en date, ce sont les pétitions."
Comment répondre à la violence du capitalisme ? C'est la question centrale de l'essai « Saint Luigi » publié par le sociologue @nicolasframont.bsky.social ( @frustrationmag.bsky.social ). 💭
Entretien 👉 www.socialter.fr/article/nico...
Entretien 👉 www.socialter.fr/article/nico...
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"Il existe énormément de recours légaux, encouragés par les institutions, qui ne produisent pas de rapport de force. Le dernier exemple en date, ce sont les pétitions."
What goes up must come down.
The horror of the situation is that the necessary correction of the financial markets will have catastrophic repercussions on the physical goods markets.
The horror of the situation is that the necessary correction of the financial markets will have catastrophic repercussions on the physical goods markets.
Last month, subprime auto lender and dealer Tricolor went bust. The company, which provided loans to families with poor or no credit, is being seen as a potential canary in the coalmine.
Car loans might amount to a lot of dodgy American debt.
Car loans might be 2008 version 2.
Car loans might amount to a lot of dodgy American debt.
Car loans might be 2008 version 2.
Jamie Dimon warns about 'cockroaches' in the economy
Despite the stock market flying high, the top banker warned there could be trouble lurking beneath the surface.
www.dailymail.co.uk
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What goes up must come down.
The horror of the situation is that the necessary correction of the financial markets will have catastrophic repercussions on the physical goods markets.
The horror of the situation is that the necessary correction of the financial markets will have catastrophic repercussions on the physical goods markets.
"Science sans conscience n’est que ruine de l’âme".
La technique n'est jamais neutre. L'ingénierie est politique.
La technique n'est jamais neutre. L'ingénierie est politique.
October 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Science sans conscience n’est que ruine de l’âme".
La technique n'est jamais neutre. L'ingénierie est politique.
La technique n'est jamais neutre. L'ingénierie est politique.
"Every day the bubble persists, the harms of today and tomorrow increase. We need to burst that bubble as soon as possible."
A beautiful, balanced take on the harmfulness of AI, and how even though it's harmful, in the right ways it can be useful - if you can Centaur it. Cory Doctorow, the creator of the word, "Enshittification", demonstrating his peculiar talent for wordsmithery.
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Reverse centaurs are the answer to the AI paradox
Not what the machine does, but who it does it to.
doctorow.medium.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Every day the bubble persists, the harms of today and tomorrow increase. We need to burst that bubble as soon as possible."
"L'État c'est moi".
La prise de pouvoir des préfets sur l’action territoriale de l’État
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...
La prise de pouvoir des préfets sur l’action territoriale de l’État
Une réforme discrètement entrée en vigueur à la rentrée 2025 a parachevé une prise de pouvoir du corps préfectoral sur l’ensemble des services déconcentrés dans les territoires, leur imposant ainsi l…
www.mediapart.fr
October 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"L'État c'est moi".
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Altman: the next update will *not* tell people to kill themselves in order to attain quantum resonance with god.
Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice
Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.
Everyone: cool, good feature.
Altman: and you can fuck it
Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice
Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.
Everyone: cool, good feature.
Altman: and you can fuck it
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Altman: the next update will *not* tell people to kill themselves in order to attain quantum resonance with god.
Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice
Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.
Everyone: cool, good feature.
Altman: and you can fuck it
Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice
Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.
Everyone: cool, good feature.
Altman: and you can fuck it
Their goal is to blur the lines and flood the zone in order to install paramilitary enclaves with feudal lordships. Political collapse is one of the dark sides of the Great Simplification.
Balaji (a close associate of Thiel & Andreessen) leads the “network state” movement, which encourages tech elites to build their own “countries” by acquiring physical territory w/in host countries & building “parallel institutions” to replace existing ones in media, education, finance, & science 1/
October 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Their goal is to blur the lines and flood the zone in order to install paramilitary enclaves with feudal lordships. Political collapse is one of the dark sides of the Great Simplification.
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Excellent dossier - multinationales.org/fr/enquetes/... - de l’observatoire des multinationales sur l’influence de l’extrême droite dans la Tech. Notamment cet article, sur le grand silence de la French Tech : multinationales.org/fr/enquetes/...
Extrême Tech
multinationales.org
October 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Excellent dossier - multinationales.org/fr/enquetes/... - de l’observatoire des multinationales sur l’influence de l’extrême droite dans la Tech. Notamment cet article, sur le grand silence de la French Tech : multinationales.org/fr/enquetes/...
Il est plus facile de corriger un peu une réalité que l’on a inventée que d'accepter la réalité telle qu'elle est.
October 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Il est plus facile de corriger un peu une réalité que l’on a inventée que d'accepter la réalité telle qu'elle est.
The more time and resources we devote to AI and digital virtual worlds, the more we exhaust the real world, turning away from care and life itself, thus transforming ourselves into zombies.
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report: EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’ The European way of life is being jeopardised by environmental degradation, a report has found, with EU offic...
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report: EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’ The European way of life is being jeopardised by environmental degradation, a report has found, with EU offic...
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The more time and resources we devote to AI and digital virtual worlds, the more we exhaust the real world, turning away from care and life itself, thus transforming ourselves into zombies.
Yes, of course “AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor”. But it is no longer a race for market dominance, it is a race for political control and power, for the most toxic ideology.
Regular reminder that behind damn near every large-scale "Automated" "AI" system is a team of underpaid and otherwise exploited humans. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart
Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Yes, of course “AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor”. But it is no longer a race for market dominance, it is a race for political control and power, for the most toxic ideology.
Cette couverture coche absolument toutes les cases de la communication de propagande : La symbolique des drapeaux, les fleurs, et bien sûr la jeune enfant, sa posture et sa tenue. Le texte est un concentré de pure novlangue, chaque mot compte. Un véritable chef d'oeuvre de détournement sémantique.
- Comment tu écris «fasciste»?
- C, o, n, s, e, r, v, a, t, r, i, c, e.
- C, o, n, s, e, r, v, a, t, r, i, c, e.
September 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Cette couverture coche absolument toutes les cases de la communication de propagande : La symbolique des drapeaux, les fleurs, et bien sûr la jeune enfant, sa posture et sa tenue. Le texte est un concentré de pure novlangue, chaque mot compte. Un véritable chef d'oeuvre de détournement sémantique.
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Today in #LaborHistory September 27, 1962: Rachel Carson's book #SilentSpring was published, ushering in the modern environmental movement & creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
#environment #ecology #activism #books #writer #author #nonfiction
#environment #ecology #activism #books #writer #author #nonfiction
September 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Today in #LaborHistory September 27, 1962: Rachel Carson's book #SilentSpring was published, ushering in the modern environmental movement & creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
#environment #ecology #activism #books #writer #author #nonfiction
#environment #ecology #activism #books #writer #author #nonfiction
"The world is actually using more ‘traditional biomass’ (wood, animal dung, etc.) that it did in 1800 before the fossil fuel age got underway."
reeswilliame.substack.com/p/what-energ...
reeswilliame.substack.com/p/what-energ...
What energy transition?
(will we soon be running on empty?)
reeswilliame.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"The world is actually using more ‘traditional biomass’ (wood, animal dung, etc.) that it did in 1800 before the fossil fuel age got underway."
reeswilliame.substack.com/p/what-energ...
reeswilliame.substack.com/p/what-energ...
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The decline of evidence-based reasoning represents an existential threat to collective problem-solving capability.
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
🧪
#science
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
🧪
#science
August 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The decline of evidence-based reasoning represents an existential threat to collective problem-solving capability.
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
🧪
#science
This erosion is not random but systematic, driven by:
1. Commercial incentives that reward engagement over accuracy
1/3
🧪
#science
Still as pathetic as ever on an epistemological level. A bunch of teenagers playing at being sorcerer's apprentices while their bosses dream of enslaving the world.
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Still as pathetic as ever on an epistemological level. A bunch of teenagers playing at being sorcerer's apprentices while their bosses dream of enslaving the world.