Louis Anslow
@louisanslow.bsky.social
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A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out?
The Reform UK conference gives a standing ovation to "special guest" Lucy Connolly, who pled guilty to stirring up racial hatred after she called for asylum hotels to be set on fire with people inside them.
September 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out?
Donald Trump isn’t a POPULIST, he’s an UNPOPULIST.
His actions are designed to pander as much as they are to polarize and provoke.
His actions are designed to pander as much as they are to polarize and provoke.
September 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Donald Trump isn’t a POPULIST, he’s an UNPOPULIST.
His actions are designed to pander as much as they are to polarize and provoke.
His actions are designed to pander as much as they are to polarize and provoke.
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"When a technology is truly transformational, it’s probably safer to bet on premature optimism than to prematurely dismiss it out of hand," @mcmegan.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3HBftFu
Opinion | Are we in an AI bubble that’s getting ready to pop?
The promised AI revolution isn’t here yet. But it’s a smart bet that productivity gains will follow.
wapo.st
August 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"When a technology is truly transformational, it’s probably safer to bet on premature optimism than to prematurely dismiss it out of hand," @mcmegan.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3HBftFu
The Online Safety Act is exactly the kind of thing I warned about in my April @theguardian.com article.
Big Brother isn’t Going to Prevent Techno-Dystopia.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Big Brother isn’t Going to Prevent Techno-Dystopia.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Online Safety Act is exactly the kind of thing I warned about in my April @theguardian.com article.
Big Brother isn’t Going to Prevent Techno-Dystopia.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Big Brother isn’t Going to Prevent Techno-Dystopia.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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What happened when the internet suddenly allowed low cost/free international phone calls? Well, incumbents tried to stop them! We explore in our latest post.
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-war-on...
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-war-on...
The War on Internet Phone Calls
When long distance telephone companies tried to thwart online telephony
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org
April 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
What happened when the internet suddenly allowed low cost/free international phone calls? Well, incumbents tried to stop them! We explore in our latest post.
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-war-on...
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-war-on...
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📜 Most Americans Opposed the Moon Landing
> After President Kennedy’s 1961 declaration to put man on the lunar surface by the end of the decade a Gallup poll revealed only 33% supported, compared with 58% opposed
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
> After President Kennedy’s 1961 declaration to put man on the lunar surface by the end of the decade a Gallup poll revealed only 33% supported, compared with 58% opposed
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
Most of America Opposed the Moon Landing
July 20th, 2025 marks the 56th anniversary of the moon landing.
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org
July 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📜 Most Americans Opposed the Moon Landing
> After President Kennedy’s 1961 declaration to put man on the lunar surface by the end of the decade a Gallup poll revealed only 33% supported, compared with 58% opposed
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
> After President Kennedy’s 1961 declaration to put man on the lunar surface by the end of the decade a Gallup poll revealed only 33% supported, compared with 58% opposed
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...
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Hey, Republicans! You know what would really make Elon Musk super mad? If you restored science funding, foreign aid, and thousands of government jobs. He’d be so owned.
June 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hey, Republicans! You know what would really make Elon Musk super mad? If you restored science funding, foreign aid, and thousands of government jobs. He’d be so owned.
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I'm sad that the Observer is moving to Tortoise, but I will be glad when its chronic #MoralPanic decamps the Guardian.
‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?
Recent research suggests our brain power is in decline. Is offloading our cognitive work to AI driving this trend?
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I'm sad that the Observer is moving to Tortoise, but I will be glad when its chronic #MoralPanic decamps the Guardian.
‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future. A well crafted piece with elements of hope, fears, and hypocrisy.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future. A well crafted piece with elements of hope, fears, and hypocrisy.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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If it makes no different whether you're an optimist or a pessimist, you might have a better time being an optimist.
If it does make a difference, if we become what we dream, why wouldn't you be an optimist?
(cf. Political satire)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
If it does make a difference, if we become what we dream, why wouldn't you be an optimist?
(cf. Political satire)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
If it makes no different whether you're an optimist or a pessimist, you might have a better time being an optimist.
If it does make a difference, if we become what we dream, why wouldn't you be an optimist?
(cf. Political satire)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
If it does make a difference, if we become what we dream, why wouldn't you be an optimist?
(cf. Political satire)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I watched maybe half a dozen episodes of Black Mirror before I stopped. It was too depressing, and if I wanted that I could've watched the news. Pessimism Porn is an absolutely accurate description of that show.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I watched maybe half a dozen episodes of Black Mirror before I stopped. It was too depressing, and if I wanted that I could've watched the news. Pessimism Porn is an absolutely accurate description of that show.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I've been saying this for a long time. Black Mirror is just small-c conservative pessimism, and the better episodes are precisely those which stray from this unrelenting, po-faced, finger-wagging misery. Caveman Sci-Fi, without the self-awareness.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Black Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis Anslow
A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I've been saying this for a long time. Black Mirror is just small-c conservative pessimism, and the better episodes are precisely those which stray from this unrelenting, po-faced, finger-wagging misery. Caveman Sci-Fi, without the self-awareness.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Idiot
Sen. DURBIN: Fentanyl often gets to our kids and young people through the internet.
Section 230 absolves social media companies from any responsibility. “That has got to end.”
Section 230 absolves social media companies from any responsibility. “That has got to end.”
March 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Idiot
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My latest: Has RFK changed his tune on vaccines? Not so fast. His measles statements are chock-full of anti-vax code words, signs of how he intends to transform recommendations for, availability of, and trust in vaccines.
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
How to Decode RFK Jr.’s Dog Whistle Messages on the Measles Vaccine
To some, it might have looked like the notoriously anti-vax Health and Human Services secretary was finally moderating in the face of the measles outbreak. Nope!
newrepublic.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My latest: Has RFK changed his tune on vaccines? Not so fast. His measles statements are chock-full of anti-vax code words, signs of how he intends to transform recommendations for, availability of, and trust in vaccines.
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
newrepublic.com/article/1923...
The other half are lying sifted.eu/articles/fou...
More than half of founders experienced burnout last year
Startup founders tell Sifted they are 'exhausted', run down and lacking in hope in survey on mental health
sifted.eu
February 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The other half are lying sifted.eu/articles/fou...
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Oy. Copyright cops go full tabloid. Ironic, as the odious Daily Mail does just what it accuses AI of doing: reading and regurgitating others' reporting. AI does it to train the machine to speak. The Daily Mail uses it to make clickbait...like this.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
February 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Oy. Copyright cops go full tabloid. Ironic, as the odious Daily Mail does just what it accuses AI of doing: reading and regurgitating others' reporting. AI does it to train the machine to speak. The Daily Mail uses it to make clickbait...like this.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Don’t slop shame!
Sure looks like Google News caught the Latin Times using a large language model to write an article picking up on my latest report
February 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Don’t slop shame!
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This is embarrassingly stupid. This is literally Senate Dems handing censorship power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. WTF are they thinking?
There’s an active fascist takeover going on. Let’s check in with the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary committee to see how they’re resisting it.
Oh… oh I see. They’re trying to blow up Section 230 and open the floodgates for Trump to censor the Internet. Inspiring!
Oh… oh I see. They’re trying to blow up Section 230 and open the floodgates for Trump to censor the Internet. Inspiring!
February 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This is embarrassingly stupid. This is literally Senate Dems handing censorship power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. WTF are they thinking?
It just clicked.
This is about daddy issues.
Trump is Elon’s surrogate papa.
This is about daddy issues.
Trump is Elon’s surrogate papa.
February 20, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It just clicked.
This is about daddy issues.
Trump is Elon’s surrogate papa.
This is about daddy issues.
Trump is Elon’s surrogate papa.
Wow impressed- more tasteful than I expected
Maybe the most shocking-but-not-really-shocking thing about DOGE is that Treasury runs its books using UI from the Aqua era of MacOS, circa 1999.
At the introduction of Aqua, Steve Jobs noted that “… it’s liquid, one of the design goals was when you saw it you wanted to lick it”.
At the introduction of Aqua, Steve Jobs noted that “… it’s liquid, one of the design goals was when you saw it you wanted to lick it”.
February 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Wow impressed- more tasteful than I expected
People with a scarcity mindset can comprehend abundance without redistribution
🚨As leaders gather for the Paris #AIActionSummit, they must confront a stark reality: rapid deployment of AI in the public sector is deepening inequality, expanding mass surveillance, & violating human rights.
Our analysis in @techpolicypress.bsky.social 👇
Our analysis in @techpolicypress.bsky.social 👇
AI as Double Speak for Austerity | TechPolicy.Press
Amnesty Tech's Likhita Banerji and Damini Satija say the Summit should prioritize people and communities over the whims of corporations.
www.techpolicy.press
February 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
People with a scarcity mindset can comprehend abundance without redistribution
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What is a "European super-platform"? According to Ulrich Wilhelm, BR Intendant and former Merkel spokesperson, it would be "a kind of European YouTube with elements of Facebook for direct exchange with users as well as elements of Google, especially a good search function" kurier.at/kultur/eine-...
"Eine Art europäisches YouTube"
ARD-Vorsitzender Ulrich Wilhelm über US-Konkurrenz, eine europäische Super-Plattform und öffentlich-rechtliches Programm.
kurier.at
February 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Elon promised Trump Mars-a-lago for sure
February 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Elon promised Trump Mars-a-lago for sure
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Once again, the US government owning TikTok would have profound First Amendment implications...
www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
Trump signs executive order to create sovereign wealth fund
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Once again, the US government owning TikTok would have profound First Amendment implications...
www.reuters.com/markets/weal...
www.reuters.com/markets/weal...