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really awesome episode
Tech companies have plenty of bad ideas they say will improve transportation — but the car remains a menace.
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways cars harm society and why that must change.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/301_...
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social and @sgoodyear.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss the many ways cars harm society and why that must change.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/301_...
November 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
really awesome episode
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People who rarely interact with anyone even resembling an average skilled worker claim some bullshit
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
People who rarely interact with anyone even resembling an average skilled worker claim some bullshit
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As a neuroscientist, I’d suggest there is a profound disconnect between what *some* computer scientists think is representative of “intelligence”, cognitive ability, or descriptions of consciousness from some in AI work.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
As a neuroscientist, I’d suggest there is a profound disconnect between what *some* computer scientists think is representative of “intelligence”, cognitive ability, or descriptions of consciousness from some in AI work.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
LLMs are not how neural systems process information, nor how brains function.
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Top 10% by income now getting half of all consumption
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Top 10% by income now getting half of all consumption
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.
OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs
OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.
www.rollingstone.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.
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From “don’t be evil” to abetting a genocide for profit: that’s what it means to be “googley” today.
Google email shows it ruled Israel’s ads claiming ‘There is food in Gaza’ aren’t misleading
An internal Google email said it received many complaints about Israeli government YouTube ads about food access in Gaza, but ruled they could remain online.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
From “don’t be evil” to abetting a genocide for profit: that’s what it means to be “googley” today.
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High street slot machine shops, owned by Merkur, are paying their staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose.
Companies chase profits by spreading misery, exploiting vulnerable people
Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites.
Companies chase profits by spreading misery, exploiting vulnerable people
Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites.
High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose
Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
High street slot machine shops, owned by Merkur, are paying their staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose.
Companies chase profits by spreading misery, exploiting vulnerable people
Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites.
Companies chase profits by spreading misery, exploiting vulnerable people
Gambling Commission must shut down these parasites.
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A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.
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This whole section really.
September 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This whole section really.
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CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
October 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't
CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.
ISILDUR: true
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This is the point I am constantly repeating, and that AI booster seek to obscure; every single “ability” demonstrated by an LLM is there because humans already put enough examples of it online.
In all the endless discussions of LLMs, there’s a point that is, on one level, obvious, but that I feel does not get sufficiently foregrounded: LLMs are transforming material that people have put up on the internet.
October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is the point I am constantly repeating, and that AI booster seek to obscure; every single “ability” demonstrated by an LLM is there because humans already put enough examples of it online.
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I have a new piece on the politics of discounting in the latest @nybooks.com, hopefully of interest to some.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Price of Tomorrow | Geoff Mann
The current discount rate means that the government views the long-term future of humanity as not metaphorically but literally worthless.
www.nybooks.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I have a new piece on the politics of discounting in the latest @nybooks.com, hopefully of interest to some.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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Athletic Club Bilbao hosted Palestinian refugees at San Mames Stadium in a moving tribute followed by a standing ovation.
October 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Athletic Club Bilbao hosted Palestinian refugees at San Mames Stadium in a moving tribute followed by a standing ovation.
such a good episode
New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...
Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper
Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...
www.thedigradio.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
such a good episode
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This sweeping discussion is focused on the US, but there's so much that's directly relevant to the UK's dysfunctional political economy. Covers so much ill have to listen twice I think.
New @thedigradio.bsky.social: first of two w @melindacooper.bsky.social on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. How neoliberalism remade US capitalism into an engine for endless asset appreciation, and the attendant reactionary politics www.thedigradio.com/podcast/coun...
Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper
Featuring Melinda Cooper on Counterrevolution: Extravagance and Austerity in Public Finance. Neoliberalism remade the American economy into an engine for the appreciation of assets stretching from the...
www.thedigradio.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This sweeping discussion is focused on the US, but there's so much that's directly relevant to the UK's dysfunctional political economy. Covers so much ill have to listen twice I think.
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NEW: UK asked Apple to backdoor iCloud encryption.
Backdoors create a massive target for hackers & criminal groups.
Dictators will inevitably demand that Apple do the same for them. 1/
www.ft.com/content/d101...
Backdoors create a massive target for hackers & criminal groups.
Dictators will inevitably demand that Apple do the same for them. 1/
www.ft.com/content/d101...
October 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW: UK asked Apple to backdoor iCloud encryption.
Backdoors create a massive target for hackers & criminal groups.
Dictators will inevitably demand that Apple do the same for them. 1/
www.ft.com/content/d101...
Backdoors create a massive target for hackers & criminal groups.
Dictators will inevitably demand that Apple do the same for them. 1/
www.ft.com/content/d101...
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If you work for the Labour Party and have just enough of a human soul left in you to be embarrassed by this then you should simply quit your job and state publicly your reasons for doing so rather than engaging in anonymous but salaried whinging about how people - rightly! - do not like you anymore
October 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you work for the Labour Party and have just enough of a human soul left in you to be embarrassed by this then you should simply quit your job and state publicly your reasons for doing so rather than engaging in anonymous but salaried whinging about how people - rightly! - do not like you anymore
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They started talking about mortality at one point and it was GOOD for the energy in the booth.
If you weren’t watching Bengals/Broncos and wanted to know how it is going, Joe and Troy were just talking about the moon midway through the third quarter
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
They started talking about mortality at one point and it was GOOD for the energy in the booth.
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Italy was on strike in solidarity with Palestinians last Monday.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
September 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Italy was on strike in solidarity with Palestinians last Monday.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.
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A BBC investigation finds asylum seekers trapped in dilapidated hotels, spending years in administrative limbo, indebted to criminal gangs and yes, moved arbitrarily so that they have to take taxis across the country for routine GP appointments.
Government response? Stop the taxis.
Government response? Stop the taxis.
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A BBC investigation finds asylum seekers trapped in dilapidated hotels, spending years in administrative limbo, indebted to criminal gangs and yes, moved arbitrarily so that they have to take taxis across the country for routine GP appointments.
Government response? Stop the taxis.
Government response? Stop the taxis.
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🔴 NEW: Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
A former PM, Trump's 'CEO of everything' and NHS data - what could go wrong?
democracyforsale.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🔴 NEW: Larry Ellison’s £257m bet on Tony Blair
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
Our investigation with @lighthousereports.com reveals how the Tony Blair Institute has been accused of pushing the interests of tech tycoon Ellison — Trump’s “CEO of everything” — and his company Oracle
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...
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Far right discourse is already the norm in the UK. Here is Nick Robinson trying to find a middle ground with people who have called for the death of asylum seekers while making no mention - not once - of the 1000 or so people arrested for supporting Palestine Action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Far right discourse is already the norm in the UK. Here is Nick Robinson trying to find a middle ground with people who have called for the death of asylum seekers while making no mention - not once - of the 1000 or so people arrested for supporting Palestine Action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...