Michael Larkin
@ipanalysis.bsky.social
Researcher, phenomenologist, parent to various creatures, some sort of musician, baker, reader, breaker of stuff, liker of seas and hills, sufferer of Boro.
https://collaborativeresearch.co.uk/
https://collaborativeresearch.co.uk/
Reposted by Michael Larkin
I guess it's thrilling to imagine oneself to be part of a mad chase to the creation of artificial life. But it's not just fun and games when that chase is being used to concentrate wealth & power and involves despoiling the physical & information ecosystems + massive labor exploitation.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I guess it's thrilling to imagine oneself to be part of a mad chase to the creation of artificial life. But it's not just fun and games when that chase is being used to concentrate wealth & power and involves despoiling the physical & information ecosystems + massive labor exploitation.
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That conflation seems quite common now
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
That conflation seems quite common now
That sounds great
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
That sounds great
He's got no bargaining power, has he?
November 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
He's got no bargaining power, has he?
Ha ha, you called it
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Ha ha, you called it
Me too. Many years later, we played a show with The New Year, and I ended up getting to know Chris quite well. He even played a show in our back garden one summer. The things you wish you could tell your younger self!
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Me too. Many years later, we played a show with The New Year, and I ended up getting to know Chris quite well. He even played a show in our back garden one summer. The things you wish you could tell your younger self!
youtu.be/_fCKIR_t8iM?... Another oddity on the 'two people doing bits' theme. Most of the Tarnation stuff is just Paula (and if you sang like Paula you'd tell everyone to get out of the way too) but this a duet and it's brilliant
It's Not Easy
YouTube video by Tarnation - Topic
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November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
youtu.be/_fCKIR_t8iM?... Another oddity on the 'two people doing bits' theme. Most of the Tarnation stuff is just Paula (and if you sang like Paula you'd tell everyone to get out of the way too) but this a duet and it's brilliant
Yesss, that whole LP - a band on fire!
November 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Yesss, that whole LP - a band on fire!
That's it. Lovely!
November 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
That's it. Lovely!