Dan Elton
@delton.bsky.social
Science enthusiast and researcher. Founder @metascienceobs.bsky.social . I write about science, metascience, progress studies, AI, and other topics.
speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.
http://moreisdifferent.blog
speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.
http://moreisdifferent.blog
Sign this petition to @mayorwu.boston.gov - Allow @waymo.bsky.social in #Boston!!
Selfish unions are supporting a ban. Waymo cars are more climate friendly and safer! They also have the potential to reduce congestion dramatically.
www.change.org/p/approve-th...
Selfish unions are supporting a ban. Waymo cars are more climate friendly and safer! They also have the potential to reduce congestion dramatically.
www.change.org/p/approve-th...
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Sign this petition to @mayorwu.boston.gov - Allow @waymo.bsky.social in #Boston!!
Selfish unions are supporting a ban. Waymo cars are more climate friendly and safer! They also have the potential to reduce congestion dramatically.
www.change.org/p/approve-th...
Selfish unions are supporting a ban. Waymo cars are more climate friendly and safer! They also have the potential to reduce congestion dramatically.
www.change.org/p/approve-th...
In certain fields, manuscript submissions are way up due to researchers using AI to help do data analysis and writing.
Manuscript Submissions Are Up! That’s Good, Right? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/11/04/m...
Manuscript Submissions Are Up! That’s Good, Right? - The Scholarly Kitchen
Publishers have led themselves into a mess by focusing on rising submissions as a positive indicator of journal performance.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In certain fields, manuscript submissions are way up due to researchers using AI to help do data analysis and writing.
PSA: the next online Ekkolapto salon will feature a discussion with Jim O'Shaughnessy & Atman Pandya on new mechanisms for science funding. RSVP here to join the Zoom call: luma.com/oshaughnessy...
November 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
PSA: the next online Ekkolapto salon will feature a discussion with Jim O'Shaughnessy & Atman Pandya on new mechanisms for science funding. RSVP here to join the Zoom call: luma.com/oshaughnessy...
PSA for Boston-area folks - special event Monday Nov 10th on the future of AI and humanity. RSVP Here: www.aicamp.ai/event/eventd...
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
PSA for Boston-area folks - special event Monday Nov 10th on the future of AI and humanity. RSVP Here: www.aicamp.ai/event/eventd...
PSA: tomorrow afternoon (Oct 30th) ekkolapto is hosting an online (Zoom) Salon w/ Niko McCarty from AsimovPress, a one-of-a-kind magazine about scientific progress in biology. Should be really interesting and a great chance to ask Q's to Niko! RSVP here luma.com/asimovpress?...
The Future of Research–In & Out of Academia w/ Niko McCarty from Asimov Press | Computational Philosophy Online Salon · Zoom · Luma
WHAT ⭐️:
• Niko McCarty (Asimov Press) (Substack) (Asimov Press on X) (LinkedIn)
• Join us as we have an open salon-style discussion on the future of research…
luma.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
PSA: tomorrow afternoon (Oct 30th) ekkolapto is hosting an online (Zoom) Salon w/ Niko McCarty from AsimovPress, a one-of-a-kind magazine about scientific progress in biology. Should be really interesting and a great chance to ask Q's to Niko! RSVP here luma.com/asimovpress?...
Mind First Foundation Chief Scientist Preston Estep has published a review of "If Anyone Builds it Everyone Dies". A key point is that we need more rigorous scientific study of Steve Omohundro's emergent AI drives! Furthermore, AI scientists may help us craft safe AI.
s-rsa.com/index.php/ag...
s-rsa.com/index.php/ag...
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Mind First Foundation Chief Scientist Preston Estep has published a review of "If Anyone Builds it Everyone Dies". A key point is that we need more rigorous scientific study of Steve Omohundro's emergent AI drives! Furthermore, AI scientists may help us craft safe AI.
s-rsa.com/index.php/ag...
s-rsa.com/index.php/ag...
Reposted by Dan Elton
'Wrong to weigh in': GOP senator condemns FCC chair's 'absolutely inappropriate' move
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'Wrong to weigh in': GOP senator condemns FCC chair's 'absolutely inappropriate' move
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September 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
'Wrong to weigh in': GOP senator condemns FCC chair's 'absolutely inappropriate' move
Reposted by Dan Elton
Today, 9/21/2025, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner to discuss Euro-Transhumanism, a vision that emphasizes a culturally nuanced, ethical, and inclusive approach to technological enhancement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJUA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJUA...
U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Stefan Lorenz Sorgner – September 21, 2025
YouTube video by G. Stolyarov II
www.youtube.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Today, 9/21/2025, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner to discuss Euro-Transhumanism, a vision that emphasizes a culturally nuanced, ethical, and inclusive approach to technological enhancement.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJUA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJUA...
5,290 papers at #NeurIPS this year, out of ~23,000 submissions.
5,290 papers will be published at NeurIPS this year. If you could still get the proceedings in a book, it would be like 50,000 pages long. That’s 14.5 papers a day to read each and every day until the next NeurIPS
September 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
5,290 papers at #NeurIPS this year, out of ~23,000 submissions.
Trump is starting to ramp up an unprecedented assault on the First Amendment. Everyone should be paying attention to what's happening right now, and be ready to speak up for your rights!
September 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Trump is starting to ramp up an unprecedented assault on the First Amendment. Everyone should be paying attention to what's happening right now, and be ready to speak up for your rights!
An absurdly comprehensive treatment of the (relatively negligible) effects AI has on the environment.
I took a moment to organize everything I've written about AI and the environment into a single clear landing page: andymasley.substack.com/p/ai-and-the...
September 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
An absurdly comprehensive treatment of the (relatively negligible) effects AI has on the environment.
Not a good look... 😬 (www.thefp.com/p/students-c...)
September 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Not a good look... 😬 (www.thefp.com/p/students-c...)
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I am having a hard time reconciling "Charlie Kirk was a fierce advocate of open dialogue and free expression" with "we must identify and persecute everyone who is insufficiently mournful"
After Charlie Kirk's death, teachers and professors nationwide fired or disciplined over social media posts
At least a dozen faculty and staff have faced fallout over insensitive comments online.
www.nbcnews.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Great news today from Jim O'Neill, ChatGPT is available to all workers at HHS!
September 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Great news today from Jim O'Neill, ChatGPT is available to all workers at HHS!
Great example of the Streisand effect 😆🤣
Reports: USTA asks U.S. Open broadcasters to censor crowd reactions to Trump reut.rs/3V4rCpO
Reports: USTA asks U.S. Open broadcasters to censor crowd reactions to Trump
The United States Tennis Association asked U.S. Open broadcasters to censor any reaction or protest to President Donald Trump during his appearance at the men's singles final Sunday, according to reports.
reut.rs
September 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Great example of the Streisand effect 😆🤣
🤦♂️ And the worst part is all the taxpayer $ being wasted on a lot of these sites...
When I have to randomly put a bunch of dots on a map, I too copy paste clusters and rotate them around to make it look like they are actually different
September 6, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🤦♂️ And the worst part is all the taxpayer $ being wasted on a lot of these sites...
Bill and Liz have some great ideas on a new approval pathway at the FDA! You can join the YouTube livestream today (Sunday, August 17) from 4 - 6 pm ET and ask questions in the chat => www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9px...
August 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Bill and Liz have some great ideas on a new approval pathway at the FDA! You can join the YouTube livestream today (Sunday, August 17) from 4 - 6 pm ET and ask questions in the chat => www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9px...
PSA for Boston-area folks!!
The 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝 will be held at the MIT Media Lab on August 23rd. Come see the products & projects that are pushing intelligence augmentation, bio-interfaces, longevity, consciousness, and more! I’ll be attending along w/ a bunch of @Ekkolapto folks!!
The 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝 will be held at the MIT Media Lab on August 23rd. Come see the products & projects that are pushing intelligence augmentation, bio-interfaces, longevity, consciousness, and more! I’ll be attending along w/ a bunch of @Ekkolapto folks!!
August 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
PSA for Boston-area folks!!
The 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝 will be held at the MIT Media Lab on August 23rd. Come see the products & projects that are pushing intelligence augmentation, bio-interfaces, longevity, consciousness, and more! I’ll be attending along w/ a bunch of @Ekkolapto folks!!
The 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙰𝚞𝚐𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚂𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝 will be held at the MIT Media Lab on August 23rd. Come see the products & projects that are pushing intelligence augmentation, bio-interfaces, longevity, consciousness, and more! I’ll be attending along w/ a bunch of @Ekkolapto folks!!
🚨🚨Parts of the Constitution were just casually deleted from Congress's official Constitution website. 😬 The parts deleted involve habeas corpus rights, forbidding titles of nobility, & forbidding foreign emoluments (salaries/gifts) for US officials. See for yourself: web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
August 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🚨🚨Parts of the Constitution were just casually deleted from Congress's official Constitution website. 😬 The parts deleted involve habeas corpus rights, forbidding titles of nobility, & forbidding foreign emoluments (salaries/gifts) for US officials. See for yourself: web.archive.org/web/diff/202...
Clearest evidence yet Trump is a wannabe dictator with no comprehension of or respect for the Constitution.
Unfortunately, I suspect many ppl aren't aware of what's going on since people have been screaming "fascist!", etc for about nine years over every little thing, which causes ppl to tune out..
Unfortunately, I suspect many ppl aren't aware of what's going on since people have been screaming "fascist!", etc for about nine years over every little thing, which causes ppl to tune out..
July 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Clearest evidence yet Trump is a wannabe dictator with no comprehension of or respect for the Constitution.
Unfortunately, I suspect many ppl aren't aware of what's going on since people have been screaming "fascist!", etc for about nine years over every little thing, which causes ppl to tune out..
Unfortunately, I suspect many ppl aren't aware of what's going on since people have been screaming "fascist!", etc for about nine years over every little thing, which causes ppl to tune out..
New on my Substack. If you find value in my posts, consider subscribing. You can also give a one-time donation here: coff.ee/moreisdiffer.... I am thinking of quitting my job to focus on writing full-time for a period. open.substack.com/pub/moreisdi...
July 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New on my Substack. If you find value in my posts, consider subscribing. You can also give a one-time donation here: coff.ee/moreisdiffer.... I am thinking of quitting my job to focus on writing full-time for a period. open.substack.com/pub/moreisdi...
Periodic reminder of this article by @jacobtref.bsky.social: blog.jacobtrefethen.com/10-technolog...
July 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Periodic reminder of this article by @jacobtref.bsky.social: blog.jacobtrefethen.com/10-technolog...
Meanwhile in the UK - government goons are bragging about how they are arresting people for non-violent, non-threatening speech. It's terrible what’s been happening in the land of John Stuart Mill.
July 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Meanwhile in the UK - government goons are bragging about how they are arresting people for non-violent, non-threatening speech. It's terrible what’s been happening in the land of John Stuart Mill.
Election denialism and tin foil hat conspiracy theories exist on the left too - this viral Substack post alleges that Elon Musk used Starlink to manipulate voting machines, LOL, together with Palantir. Also, Trip Lite UPS machines had "backdoors" and were network integrated with voting machines..
July 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Election denialism and tin foil hat conspiracy theories exist on the left too - this viral Substack post alleges that Elon Musk used Starlink to manipulate voting machines, LOL, together with Palantir. Also, Trip Lite UPS machines had "backdoors" and were network integrated with voting machines..