James Martin
@jamesmart1n.bsky.social
Passionate about making tech more responsible, notably via my v own https://bettertech.blog. And sharing memes ofc
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"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
'Give your money away,' Billie Eilish tells billionaires
The singer called on the mega wealthy to donate more to charity, during a speech at the WSJ Awards attended by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and George Lucas.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"If you're a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?" Billie Eilish speaking directly to Mark Zuckerberg, as she donates $11.5m to food poverty and climate justice organisations.
Just a reminder: Alexandr Wang, the boss of Scale AI, was rewarded for his accomplishments in exploitation by being named Meta’s Chief AI Officer
“Scale AI’s own labor practices are horrid enough. But AFP reports that one Scale AI subsidiary, Remotasks, is taking it a step further: paying data labelers roughly one US cent for every task they finish, which can take hours. It’s a system Kanyugi compared to ‘modern slavery.’”
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just a reminder: Alexandr Wang, the boss of Scale AI, was rewarded for his accomplishments in exploitation by being named Meta’s Chief AI Officer
Canada, brace yourselves to get invaded by the US for no reason (y’know, like in the South Park movie?)
dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated
October 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Canada, brace yourselves to get invaded by the US for no reason (y’know, like in the South Park movie?)
Just signed. Keep up the good fight, @keshaunpearson.bsky.social & co! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you James, please share our petition and stay with us in this fight for clean air! www.memphiscap.org/take-action
Take Action — Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP)
www.memphiscap.org
October 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just signed. Keep up the good fight, @keshaunpearson.bsky.social & co! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
"That pollution that is hurting our community… is to power a racist bot on behalf of the richest man in the world" - yes, that’s literally what’s happening. Again, #fullsupport to those rising up against xAI in Memphis, including @keshaunpearson.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"That pollution that is hurting our community… is to power a racist bot on behalf of the richest man in the world" - yes, that’s literally what’s happening. Again, #fullsupport to those rising up against xAI in Memphis, including @keshaunpearson.bsky.social
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NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 AM
NEW: GLOBAL RENEWABLES OVERTAKES COAL
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
How the heck did that happen so quickly?!...🧵
1 upside of AI’s power thirst: opposing voices like @keshaunpearson.bsky.social. The way he critiques Musk’s xAI investment in Memphis - which already has 4x higher cancer rates than elsewhere - causing 79% upticks in nitrous oxide pollution is truly inspiring podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/c...
NYC Live: Let Them Eat Compute
Épisode de l’émission · Computer Says Maybe · 02/10/2025 · 53 min
podcasts.apple.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
1 upside of AI’s power thirst: opposing voices like @keshaunpearson.bsky.social. The way he critiques Musk’s xAI investment in Memphis - which already has 4x higher cancer rates than elsewhere - causing 79% upticks in nitrous oxide pollution is truly inspiring podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/c...
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Windows Vista waiting in the wings
October 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Windows Vista waiting in the wings
Jesus christ almighty. "Vibe working" is now a thing, Microsoft has decided. The sort of thing a first year consultant could do, they say. And how many senior consultants needed to correct their slop afterwards? Via @ketanjoshi.co www.theverge.com/news/787076/...
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.
www.theverge.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Jesus christ almighty. "Vibe working" is now a thing, Microsoft has decided. The sort of thing a first year consultant could do, they say. And how many senior consultants needed to correct their slop afterwards? Via @ketanjoshi.co www.theverge.com/news/787076/...
Just because they got caught letting a teenager die, they’re copying Apple & Google’s parental control mechanism and crossing their fingers. They knew that in the last death, ChatGPT said "suicide" 6x more than the teen. They did nothing then. Why should they change now?
openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing parental controls
New tools and resources to support families, and notifications to keep teens safe
openai.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Just because they got caught letting a teenager die, they’re copying Apple & Google’s parental control mechanism and crossing their fingers. They knew that in the last death, ChatGPT said "suicide" 6x more than the teen. They did nothing then. Why should they change now?
openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com/index/introd...
Electric vehicles are now 50% of new car sales in China -this was achieved organically, ahead of state objectives - and that figure is now at 60% in Thailand, 70% in Nepal & other developing countries. Why? Because they’re finally cheaper now. Hope at last 🙏🏻
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/z...
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/z...
The extraordinary rise of electric cars in developing countries
Épisode de l’émission · Zero: The Climate Race · 25/09/2025 · 37 min
podcasts.apple.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Electric vehicles are now 50% of new car sales in China -this was achieved organically, ahead of state objectives - and that figure is now at 60% in Thailand, 70% in Nepal & other developing countries. Why? Because they’re finally cheaper now. Hope at last 🙏🏻
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/z...
podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/z...
Just before he died, Charlie Kirk blamed black people for the scourge of mass shooters. "And then a bullet fired by a white man [classic mass shooter profile] tore through his neck." One of @privateeyenews.bsky.social’s best articles ever. Vs some stiff competition. All America’s crisis is here 🤯
September 25, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Just before he died, Charlie Kirk blamed black people for the scourge of mass shooters. "And then a bullet fired by a white man [classic mass shooter profile] tore through his neck." One of @privateeyenews.bsky.social’s best articles ever. Vs some stiff competition. All America’s crisis is here 🤯
7 of 9 planetary boundaries now breached, up from 6 last year. Ocean acidification - caused largely by fossil fuels - is now in the worrying zone. Meanwhile Trump continues to shit on climate science…
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone
24.09.2025 - A new report from the Planetary Boundaries Science Lab at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals that 7 of the 9 critical Earth system boundaries have now been b...
www.pik-potsdam.de
September 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
7 of 9 planetary boundaries now breached, up from 6 last year. Ocean acidification - caused largely by fossil fuels - is now in the worrying zone. Meanwhile Trump continues to shit on climate science…
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
Telling people on LinkedIn how to stop LinkedIn training its (Microsoft’s) AIs on your post content is my most viral post on LinkedIn ever. Conclusions:
- People don’t like having AI forced on them
- Trolling is very effective on social media 😜
Here’s the link: lnkd.in/ej2v-TGt - deadline: Nov 3
- People don’t like having AI forced on them
- Trolling is very effective on social media 😜
Here’s the link: lnkd.in/ej2v-TGt - deadline: Nov 3
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Telling people on LinkedIn how to stop LinkedIn training its (Microsoft’s) AIs on your post content is my most viral post on LinkedIn ever. Conclusions:
- People don’t like having AI forced on them
- Trolling is very effective on social media 😜
Here’s the link: lnkd.in/ej2v-TGt - deadline: Nov 3
- People don’t like having AI forced on them
- Trolling is very effective on social media 😜
Here’s the link: lnkd.in/ej2v-TGt - deadline: Nov 3
And Rupert f’ing Murdoch. This is like Succession on steroids
September 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
And Rupert f’ing Murdoch. This is like Succession on steroids
"The business incentives driving consumer AI development remain fundamentally misaligned with reducing hallucinations."
OpenAI and Google benchmarks give "I don’t know" the same mark as a mistake: zero. So they just carry on guessing, ie lying. The game is rigged
www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...
OpenAI and Google benchmarks give "I don’t know" the same mark as a mistake: zero. So they just carry on guessing, ie lying. The game is rigged
www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...
OpenAI Has a Fix For Hallucinations, But You Really Won't Like It
OpenAI's latest research paper diagnoses exactly why ChatGPT and other large language models can make things up – known in the world of artificial intelligence as "hallucination".
www.sciencealert.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"The business incentives driving consumer AI development remain fundamentally misaligned with reducing hallucinations."
OpenAI and Google benchmarks give "I don’t know" the same mark as a mistake: zero. So they just carry on guessing, ie lying. The game is rigged
www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...
OpenAI and Google benchmarks give "I don’t know" the same mark as a mistake: zero. So they just carry on guessing, ie lying. The game is rigged
www.sciencealert.com/openai-has-a...
Incredible. French companies of all sizes get govt handouts of €270 billion *per year*, re. a recent book. Macron has been the key driving force behind this. Michelin, for example, received €130 million, whilst laying staff off. & we wonder why France is in such debt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFWI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFWI...
Les milliardaires, des assistés ? L'enquête choc de Matthieu Aron et Caroline Michel-Aguirre
YouTube video by Quotidien
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Incredible. French companies of all sizes get govt handouts of €270 billion *per year*, re. a recent book. Macron has been the key driving force behind this. Michelin, for example, received €130 million, whilst laying staff off. & we wonder why France is in such debt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFWI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFWI...
Omg genius alert! Aka the maddening absurdity of GenAI 🫠 thx @ketanjoshi.co
September 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Omg genius alert! Aka the maddening absurdity of GenAI 🫠 thx @ketanjoshi.co
This French economist, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, is suggesting we tax the ultra-rich (those 1800 households with over €100m in revenues) 2% on those revenues, to generate c. €20bn for the state. Why? France’s 500 biggest fortunes = 42% of its GDP today, vs 6.4% in 1996. Sounds simple, no?
September 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This French economist, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, is suggesting we tax the ultra-rich (those 1800 households with over €100m in revenues) 2% on those revenues, to generate c. €20bn for the state. Why? France’s 500 biggest fortunes = 42% of its GDP today, vs 6.4% in 1996. Sounds simple, no?
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Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
on.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
After claiming each AI prompt uses minimal energy and water, Google has removed any mention of its previous "net zero by 2030" objective from its sustainability website. Which remains adorned with ways AI can help the planet. Once again, after me: GREENWASHING!
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
Google quietly removes net-zero carbon goal from website amid rapid power-hungry AI data center buildout — industry-first sustainability pledge moved to background amidst AI energy crisis
Google's goal to be net-zero in carbon emissions by 2030 is still apparently company policy, it's just not broadcasting it anymore
www.tomshardware.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
After claiming each AI prompt uses minimal energy and water, Google has removed any mention of its previous "net zero by 2030" objective from its sustainability website. Which remains adorned with ways AI can help the planet. Once again, after me: GREENWASHING!
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
$4 per device. Less than pocket change for Google
“The lawyers who filed the case had argued Google had used the data they collected off smartphones without users’ permission to help sell ads tailored to users’ individual interests — a strategy that resulted in the company reaping billions in additional revenue.”
Google facing $425.7 million in damages for nearly a decade of improper smartphone snooping
A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions.
apnews.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
$4 per device. Less than pocket change for Google
I WISH this was made by AI. But it’s not. These guys definitely need to tone down their syncophancy tho 🙄
Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault
September 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I WISH this was made by AI. But it’s not. These guys definitely need to tone down their syncophancy tho 🙄
Yes, people (a psychologist in this case) can be that stupid
September 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Yes, people (a psychologist in this case) can be that stupid
"We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity."
Or how the world’s richest nation tips into dictatorship…
Or how the world’s richest nation tips into dictatorship…
More news breaking at Bounces about Donald Trump's visit to the US Open men's final.
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or protests from the crowd to Trump's appearance.
Read more here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/us-open-do...
U.S. Open Orders Broadcasters to Censor Reactions to Trump
An email obtained by Bounces includes instructions from the U.S. Open on supporting Trump's planned stagecraft during the National Anthem.
www.benrothenberg.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"We ask all broadcasters to refrain from showcasing any disruptions or reactions in response to the President’s attendance in any capacity."
Or how the world’s richest nation tips into dictatorship…
Or how the world’s richest nation tips into dictatorship…