Andrew
@andrew991116.bsky.social
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Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Thanks to @sioldridge.bsky.social @nickoldridge.bsky.social & the team for their monumental efforts in pulling together yesterday’s National Emergency Briefing www.nebriefing.org on climate change. Thanks also go to those MPs, journalists & others who attended.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Info on its energy gobbling should be in every news story about AI. It is newsworthy. It is inseparable from the tech itself.
It's all fun and games until …
"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Professor Gina Neff of Queen Mary University London told the BBC #ChatGPT is "burning through energy", and the data centres used to power it consume more electricity in a year than 117 countries."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
ChatGPT action dolls: What are the concerns?
As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI's energy and data use.
www.bbc.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Info on its energy gobbling should be in every news story about AI. It is newsworthy. It is inseparable from the tech itself.
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Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
April 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
It’s always Joe that’s causing shit 😂
Joe Russo says AI use is common in Hollywood, but people are afraid to admit it. Not him or Anthony Russo, though — per a recent interview, the brothers used AI for voice modulation in The Electric State (which reportedly had a $320 million budget).
The Russo Bros Aren’t Afraid to Admit That Their Robot Movie Used AI
Joe Russo says AI use is common in Hollywood, but people are afraid to admit it. Not him or Anthony Russo, though — per a recent interview, the brothers used AI for voice modulation in The Electric State (which reportedly had a $320 million budget).
www.vulture.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It’s always Joe that’s causing shit 😂
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1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
March 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
1. What you see here is clearest illustration why things are so messed up and why it cannot get any better until this asymmetry is addressed.
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
Put simply: the right-wing has narrative dominance.
My org @mmfa.bsky.social did this study and has been sounding this alarm for years. Some thoughts...
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The first AT Protocol conference is happening March 22 & 23rd in Seattle! If you’re a developer interested in building on the protocol, hope to see you there.
ATmosphereConf Seattle 2025 · Luma
An in-person conference focused on AT Protocol that powers Bluesky and the wider ATmosphere. Join us in Seattle, March 22nd & 23rd.
Our venue is Oak Hall at…
lu.ma
March 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The first AT Protocol conference is happening March 22 & 23rd in Seattle! If you’re a developer interested in building on the protocol, hope to see you there.
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Netflix has 4748 movies right now. Subtract the "originals" nobody cares about and there's 2503.
How many of those are worth watching? The average blockbuster had twice that. @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social has 150,000.
Fuck streaming & paying forever. When I wanna see a movie, I'm getting it on disc.
How many of those are worth watching? The average blockbuster had twice that. @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social has 150,000.
Fuck streaming & paying forever. When I wanna see a movie, I'm getting it on disc.
March 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Netflix has 4748 movies right now. Subtract the "originals" nobody cares about and there's 2503.
How many of those are worth watching? The average blockbuster had twice that. @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social has 150,000.
Fuck streaming & paying forever. When I wanna see a movie, I'm getting it on disc.
How many of those are worth watching? The average blockbuster had twice that. @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social has 150,000.
Fuck streaming & paying forever. When I wanna see a movie, I'm getting it on disc.
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Pilot season was the best R&D/farm system. all those pilots that DIDN'T get made put new great actors & writers on the radar for execs/producers to make an even BETTER bet on the next one. And all those artists/crews improved their craft/made a living.
The system now? Penny wise and dollar foolish.
The system now? Penny wise and dollar foolish.
Studios are SO unwilling to take any risks. Instead they spend YEARS developing, making creators go back to the drawing board OVER & OVER instead of trusting and taking a risk. Then, by some miracle when these shows finally debut & aren't hits, things get worse. You need more shows to get more hits.
In animation we hear "We want the next Bluey". The cost of doing business used to be making a hundred shows to get a Spongebob. All the other shows? A lot will still make money, and the talent who worked on them could give you the next Bluey.
March 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Pilot season was the best R&D/farm system. all those pilots that DIDN'T get made put new great actors & writers on the radar for execs/producers to make an even BETTER bet on the next one. And all those artists/crews improved their craft/made a living.
The system now? Penny wise and dollar foolish.
The system now? Penny wise and dollar foolish.
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Tired: Musk wants to run the government like X, which goes down a lot lol
Wired: Musk wants to run the government like X, which he redesigned to promote only reactionary conservative thought with the express purpose of hurting those he disagrees with regardless of what he has to break to do so.
Wired: Musk wants to run the government like X, which he redesigned to promote only reactionary conservative thought with the express purpose of hurting those he disagrees with regardless of what he has to break to do so.
March 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Tired: Musk wants to run the government like X, which goes down a lot lol
Wired: Musk wants to run the government like X, which he redesigned to promote only reactionary conservative thought with the express purpose of hurting those he disagrees with regardless of what he has to break to do so.
Wired: Musk wants to run the government like X, which he redesigned to promote only reactionary conservative thought with the express purpose of hurting those he disagrees with regardless of what he has to break to do so.
It’s so overreaching they accidentally banned all efforts towards Voter ID laws
The Trump regime expands its discouraged (BANNED) words across federal agencies. The list is long
Gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It’s so overreaching they accidentally banned all efforts towards Voter ID laws
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So apparently the AP Human Geography site is culling some of its "daily videos" for class use. A teacher tells me the videos on redlining and white flight are gone. In the screenshot below, you can see the Daily Videos start with no. 2 (no. 1 on this page was redlining, and it's gone now).
March 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
So apparently the AP Human Geography site is culling some of its "daily videos" for class use. A teacher tells me the videos on redlining and white flight are gone. In the screenshot below, you can see the Daily Videos start with no. 2 (no. 1 on this page was redlining, and it's gone now).
Just saw a old white Swedish lady’s phone go off—her ringtone is the Boondocks theme.
March 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Just saw a old white Swedish lady’s phone go off—her ringtone is the Boondocks theme.
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I'm still kind of processing the loss of Monolith as an entity. Like, obviously the biggest concern is with those who lost their jobs today, but that company had a storied history full of amazing titles across various genres and just... Poof. Fourth quarter earnings said fuck your institution.
February 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I'm still kind of processing the loss of Monolith as an entity. Like, obviously the biggest concern is with those who lost their jobs today, but that company had a storied history full of amazing titles across various genres and just... Poof. Fourth quarter earnings said fuck your institution.
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This is not a free press.
February 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is not a free press.
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James Cameron reportedly told attendees at an event in New Zealand that AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH will open with a title card, after the 20th Century and Lightstorm logos, stating that “no generative A.I. was used in the making of this movie.”
Source: x.com/joshharding7...
Source: x.com/joshharding7...
February 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
James Cameron reportedly told attendees at an event in New Zealand that AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH will open with a title card, after the 20th Century and Lightstorm logos, stating that “no generative A.I. was used in the making of this movie.”
Source: x.com/joshharding7...
Source: x.com/joshharding7...
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All HP Lovecraft stories begin like “I will try and relay the events as best as I can manage, though what I encountered that September night may not be able to be expressed in human language, nor be comprehended by the human mind” and then the story boils down to ‘I saw a building that was large’.
February 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
All HP Lovecraft stories begin like “I will try and relay the events as best as I can manage, though what I encountered that September night may not be able to be expressed in human language, nor be comprehended by the human mind” and then the story boils down to ‘I saw a building that was large’.
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The point is *all* films - whether consciously or not - are in some way necessarily "political" by default, just by virtue of being made in a specific culture at a specific time and in a specific place. There's no such thing as culturally (and thus politically) neutral filmmaking - its impossible.
This shit makes me so angry. Like, have a basic understanding of how your chosen field of art functions, dipshit: whether you consciously want to be political or not, nothing - not even horror films - are made in a vacuum. Everything, somehow, will always reflect the context within which it is made
Tell me you dgaf about marginalized populations without telling me you dgaf about marginalized populations
February 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The point is *all* films - whether consciously or not - are in some way necessarily "political" by default, just by virtue of being made in a specific culture at a specific time and in a specific place. There's no such thing as culturally (and thus politically) neutral filmmaking - its impossible.
Apparently there’s 2 cuts of Den of Thieves 2?
January 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Apparently there’s 2 cuts of Den of Thieves 2?
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The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
library.gamehistory.org — Now in early access
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are.
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...
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What he's announcing is a concentration camp. A deeply illegal, unconstitutional, anti-human rights atrocity. Anyone who supports this is complicit. Anyone in any federal service, military or otherwise, is morally obligated to refuse to carry out any orders related to this deeply criminal act.
Trump announces an executive order authorizing a 30,000 capacity migrant detention center in Guantanamo.
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
"Some of them are so bad we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back, so we're going to send them out to Guatanamo Bay."
January 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
What he's announcing is a concentration camp. A deeply illegal, unconstitutional, anti-human rights atrocity. Anyone who supports this is complicit. Anyone in any federal service, military or otherwise, is morally obligated to refuse to carry out any orders related to this deeply criminal act.
It’s funny that every single Wikipedia entry in the later half of the Terminator franchise has a “cancelled sequel trilogy” section
January 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It’s funny that every single Wikipedia entry in the later half of the Terminator franchise has a “cancelled sequel trilogy” section
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Feel some type of way about Emilia Perez getting almost the most noms in history and Jane and I Saw the TV Glow getting absolutely zilch! That was the rawest, most honest (and unique!! In craft and content!) shit I’ve seen in recent memory
January 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Feel some type of way about Emilia Perez getting almost the most noms in history and Jane and I Saw the TV Glow getting absolutely zilch! That was the rawest, most honest (and unique!! In craft and content!) shit I’ve seen in recent memory
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"Homicide and most other violent crimes have dropped below levels seen before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide social justice protests of 2020, according to a new study of crime trends in 40 American cities...by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ)."
But most Americans don't know.
But most Americans don't know.
January 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Homicide and most other violent crimes have dropped below levels seen before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide social justice protests of 2020, according to a new study of crime trends in 40 American cities...by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ)."
But most Americans don't know.
But most Americans don't know.