Marx and Lenin fail to consider human nature. There is not one section of the communist manifesto that describes someone scrolling on their phone for 12 hours feeling sad
September 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Marx and Lenin fail to consider human nature. There is not one section of the communist manifesto that describes someone scrolling on their phone for 12 hours feeling sad
Maybe we need more than just stern words to avoid war crimes
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Maybe we need more than just stern words to avoid war crimes
Who called it “filming a workout” and not “gymming the camera”?
September 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Who called it “filming a workout” and not “gymming the camera”?
“Nobody should be killed for their political beliefs” vs “every child in Gaza is potentially a terrorist” is a fun contrast
September 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“Nobody should be killed for their political beliefs” vs “every child in Gaza is potentially a terrorist” is a fun contrast
We are all going to die
September 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We are all going to die
Things that are acceptable to Meta:
- Flirting with a child
- Arguing black people are dumber than white people
Things that are unacceptable to Meta:
- Sharing information about the genocide in Gaza
www.reuters.com/investigates...
- Flirting with a child
- Arguing black people are dumber than white people
Things that are unacceptable to Meta:
- Sharing information about the genocide in Gaza
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Things that are acceptable to Meta:
- Flirting with a child
- Arguing black people are dumber than white people
Things that are unacceptable to Meta:
- Sharing information about the genocide in Gaza
www.reuters.com/investigates...
- Flirting with a child
- Arguing black people are dumber than white people
Things that are unacceptable to Meta:
- Sharing information about the genocide in Gaza
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Teachers are under so much stress and have so little time that integrating AI into the classroom is almost certainly going to make things "better" but damn if I'm not worried it's going to shock and awe kids into outsourcing their thinking completely
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Teachers Have Become AI Super-Users
The chatbot takeover of education is just getting started.
www.theatlantic.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Teachers are under so much stress and have so little time that integrating AI into the classroom is almost certainly going to make things "better" but damn if I'm not worried it's going to shock and awe kids into outsourcing their thinking completely
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
We always knew there was no difference but side by side it is just so obvious
April 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We always knew there was no difference but side by side it is just so obvious
We could be a proper country again
April 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We could be a proper country again
New from me: predicting an earthquake is a white whale for seismologists, but AI is helping them find smaller quakes that went under the radar. The more they find, the more lives can be saved.
"We are living a revolution in understanding the Earth."
"We are living a revolution in understanding the Earth."
April 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
New from me: predicting an earthquake is a white whale for seismologists, but AI is helping them find smaller quakes that went under the radar. The more they find, the more lives can be saved.
"We are living a revolution in understanding the Earth."
"We are living a revolution in understanding the Earth."
New from me: In defiance of an executive order that wiped reams of data from U.S. government websites, volunteers are reversing "this act of official vandalism" and ensuring open access to the censored climate, LGBTQ+ and health stats.
And you can access it all too
www.context.news/digital-righ...
And you can access it all too
www.context.news/digital-righ...
Volunteers on 'right side of history' fight Trump data purge | Context
U.S. volunteers restore health and climate data deleted by Trump administration - for everyone to use
www.context.news
April 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New from me: In defiance of an executive order that wiped reams of data from U.S. government websites, volunteers are reversing "this act of official vandalism" and ensuring open access to the censored climate, LGBTQ+ and health stats.
And you can access it all too
www.context.news/digital-righ...
And you can access it all too
www.context.news/digital-righ...
When Assad was toppled, Syrian tech folks in Silicon Valley, like Jude Khouja, didn’t just sit there. They pulled off SYNC '25 in Damascus by February—Syria’s first open tech conference in ages www.context.news/digital-divi...
Syria's tech experts ignite hope for future after Assad, civil war | Context
After decades of Assad's rule, the tech sector offers hope to Syrians, but sanctions and a weak economy are obstacles to growth
www.context.news
March 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
When Assad was toppled, Syrian tech folks in Silicon Valley, like Jude Khouja, didn’t just sit there. They pulled off SYNC '25 in Damascus by February—Syria’s first open tech conference in ages www.context.news/digital-divi...
When the manosphere is rising, online platforms are censoring women’s health information.
We need people talking about this now more than ever.
www.context.news/big-tech/adv...
We need people talking about this now more than ever.
www.context.news/big-tech/adv...
Explicit or educational: Is Big Tech censoring women's health? | Context
Women's groups worry Big Tech algorithms suppress words and products related to women's health
www.context.news
March 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
When the manosphere is rising, online platforms are censoring women’s health information.
We need people talking about this now more than ever.
www.context.news/big-tech/adv...
We need people talking about this now more than ever.
www.context.news/big-tech/adv...
Reposted by Adam Smith
Continuing the apocalypse theme—I had a lot of fun editing this Tiffany Ng story on Virgil Dupras, who's built an operating system designed to run on scavenged hardware in a post-collapse society. An OS for the end of the world.
www.wired.com/story/forth-...
www.wired.com/story/forth-...
The Best Programming Language for the End of the World
Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation.
www.wired.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Continuing the apocalypse theme—I had a lot of fun editing this Tiffany Ng story on Virgil Dupras, who's built an operating system designed to run on scavenged hardware in a post-collapse society. An OS for the end of the world.
www.wired.com/story/forth-...
www.wired.com/story/forth-...
The hypocrisy is absolutely astonishing
March 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The hypocrisy is absolutely astonishing
Big tech and - shock - Elon Musk are all getting into fintech
So DOGE fired all the technologists investigating how AI and algorithms might exploit US consumers
Here’s what’s they had to say
https://www.context.news/big-tech/tech-experts-trump-fired-from-us-watchdog-say-consumers-at-risk
So DOGE fired all the technologists investigating how AI and algorithms might exploit US consumers
Here’s what’s they had to say
https://www.context.news/big-tech/tech-experts-trump-fired-from-us-watchdog-say-consumers-at-risk
Tech experts Trump fired from U.S. watchdog say consumers at risk | Context
Experts, former staff say consumers face greater risks from tech and financial firms after Trump fires technologists at watchdog
www.context.news
February 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Big tech and - shock - Elon Musk are all getting into fintech
So DOGE fired all the technologists investigating how AI and algorithms might exploit US consumers
Here’s what’s they had to say
https://www.context.news/big-tech/tech-experts-trump-fired-from-us-watchdog-say-consumers-at-risk
So DOGE fired all the technologists investigating how AI and algorithms might exploit US consumers
Here’s what’s they had to say
https://www.context.news/big-tech/tech-experts-trump-fired-from-us-watchdog-say-consumers-at-risk
my piece on archival efforts to save US government data, picked up by NBC www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
As Trump hits delete, the race is on to save LGBTQ and climate data
Thousands of government web pages are being altered or deleted following executive orders targeting “gender ideology extremism” and environmental policies.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
my piece on archival efforts to save US government data, picked up by NBC www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
The fact that nobody is sure what will happen to TikTok despite the ruling is another reminder that the law does not work like physics.
Just because something is legal or illegal does not mean any government has to do anything. Cause and effect does not exist.
Just because something is legal or illegal does not mean any government has to do anything. Cause and effect does not exist.
January 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The fact that nobody is sure what will happen to TikTok despite the ruling is another reminder that the law does not work like physics.
Just because something is legal or illegal does not mean any government has to do anything. Cause and effect does not exist.
Just because something is legal or illegal does not mean any government has to do anything. Cause and effect does not exist.
Would love to see more companies do this because Google sucks and Bing is worse
www.context.news/big-tech/eur...
www.context.news/big-tech/eur...
European search engines seek domestic control, taking on Google | Context
Europe's Ecosia, Qwant unite to create their own search index, targeting Google as it grapples with anti-trust legislation
www.context.news
January 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Would love to see more companies do this because Google sucks and Bing is worse
www.context.news/big-tech/eur...
www.context.news/big-tech/eur...
My new piece on how LGBTQ creators are bracing for a double-edged sword under Zuck’s new rules.
While their content may be boosted by fewer ‘political’ restrictions, it could mean more abuse and lost brand deals
https://www.context.news/big-tech/lgbtq-creators-brace-for-metas-pro-trump-changes
While their content may be boosted by fewer ‘political’ restrictions, it could mean more abuse and lost brand deals
https://www.context.news/big-tech/lgbtq-creators-brace-for-metas-pro-trump-changes
LGBTQ+ creators brace for Meta's pro-Trump changes | Context
LGBTQ+ creators on Facebook and Instagram brace for attacks after changes to community standards
www.context.news
January 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My new piece on how LGBTQ creators are bracing for a double-edged sword under Zuck’s new rules.
While their content may be boosted by fewer ‘political’ restrictions, it could mean more abuse and lost brand deals
https://www.context.news/big-tech/lgbtq-creators-brace-for-metas-pro-trump-changes
While their content may be boosted by fewer ‘political’ restrictions, it could mean more abuse and lost brand deals
https://www.context.news/big-tech/lgbtq-creators-brace-for-metas-pro-trump-changes
the public want to know about the issues
January 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
the public want to know about the issues
Reposted by Adam Smith
NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit”
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
Leaked Meta Rules: Users Are Free to Post “Mexican Immigrants Are Trash!” or “Trans People Are Immoral”
Facebook now allows attacks on immigrants and trans people, and posts like “Mexican immigrants are trash!” and “I’m a proud racist.”
theintercept.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
NEW: I've obtained internal Meta docs revealing an array of sample posts that are now allowed under new hate speech rules. Examples include calling children "trannies," “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians," and “immigrants are grubby, filthy pieces of shit”
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...
theintercept.com/2025/01/09/f...