Nichita Costea
@nichitul.bsky.social
Settled, mobile, mediated sociotechnical imaginaries
MSci Hist Phil Sci Cambridge
feral, balkan, peasant
brooding presence
MSci Hist Phil Sci Cambridge
feral, balkan, peasant
brooding presence
i just remembered this app exists and im so grateful for it
December 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
i just remembered this app exists and im so grateful for it
idle hands are zuckerberg’s workshop
December 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
idle hands are zuckerberg’s workshop
Reposted by Nichita Costea
Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is there anything more anticlimactic than Black Friday, a day that has been happening for weeks?
love how at this point linkedin language has reverse engineered the Romanian communist party’s censored speech - hollow signifiers of emotion, speech filtered through an algorithm, universal praise for dear leader AI/progress/development, etc
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
love how at this point linkedin language has reverse engineered the Romanian communist party’s censored speech - hollow signifiers of emotion, speech filtered through an algorithm, universal praise for dear leader AI/progress/development, etc
just saw a fully AI ad for the first time and I’m increasingly feeling like no matter how much i expect dysopia to come, i can never be fully prepared when the bottom of the barrel proves to be false
October 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
just saw a fully AI ad for the first time and I’m increasingly feeling like no matter how much i expect dysopia to come, i can never be fully prepared when the bottom of the barrel proves to be false
the angloamerican esoteric pinterest girl to orthodox christian pipeline is real and im not here for it
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
the angloamerican esoteric pinterest girl to orthodox christian pipeline is real and im not here for it
crazy how my beard doesn’t connect to my moustache but it does almost connect with the hair on the back of my neck
September 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
crazy how my beard doesn’t connect to my moustache but it does almost connect with the hair on the back of my neck
pay respects to your elders - teach your grandparents how to lower their phone’s brightness
July 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
pay respects to your elders - teach your grandparents how to lower their phone’s brightness
is it just me or the best that enlightened technologists can do is use a bunch of fancy words to revive the technopositivist future?
July 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
is it just me or the best that enlightened technologists can do is use a bunch of fancy words to revive the technopositivist future?
can wait to see, 15 yrs from now, a headline saying that Iran was nowhere close to having nukes, according to declassified files. Of course, this would be drowned out by news around the second yugoslav war, the secession of the PNW, or any doomsday scenario of one's choosing
June 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
can wait to see, 15 yrs from now, a headline saying that Iran was nowhere close to having nukes, according to declassified files. Of course, this would be drowned out by news around the second yugoslav war, the secession of the PNW, or any doomsday scenario of one's choosing
people who think the trump-musk rift is final or important seem to have forgotten that half of his cabinet was a nevertrumper three years ago. just think abt vance… smoke and mirror won’t stop billionaire class solidarity
June 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
people who think the trump-musk rift is final or important seem to have forgotten that half of his cabinet was a nevertrumper three years ago. just think abt vance… smoke and mirror won’t stop billionaire class solidarity
could men in khakis and a blue jacket please stop??
May 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
could men in khakis and a blue jacket please stop??
whodve thunk
WELL WELL WELL www.404media.co/well-well-we...
Well, Well, Well: Meta to Add Facial Recognition To Glasses After All
Meta previously lost its shit at 404 Media when we reported that someone had paired facial recognition tech with the company's smart glasses. Now Meta is building the invasive technology itself.
www.404media.co
May 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
whodve thunk
good to see that openAI is trying to build a search competitor right after its product ruined anyone’s ability to index the internet
May 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
good to see that openAI is trying to build a search competitor right after its product ruined anyone’s ability to index the internet
nothing fits Harland Spinks’ recent commentary on satire being dead better than the new season of Black Mirror. Groundbreaking as it was, techapocalypse humour falls flat when you are visibly in it
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EuwD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EuwD...
Satire Isn't Dead, It's Ineffective
YouTube video by Harland Spinks
m.youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
nothing fits Harland Spinks’ recent commentary on satire being dead better than the new season of Black Mirror. Groundbreaking as it was, techapocalypse humour falls flat when you are visibly in it
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EuwD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EuwD...
just saw an email from some EA org listing grok as one of the mainstream AI services and I’m amused. I guess this is what alignment looks like
April 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
just saw an email from some EA org listing grok as one of the mainstream AI services and I’m amused. I guess this is what alignment looks like
vance is not beating the bloodboy allegations after this one
April 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
vance is not beating the bloodboy allegations after this one
microdosing/exposure therapy to get better at dealing with the fash. horrible quasi relative man acting like a complete dick. as per the breadtube tutorials, you just pop their baloon, they go reeling and shut up. have a very red easter yall
April 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
microdosing/exposure therapy to get better at dealing with the fash. horrible quasi relative man acting like a complete dick. as per the breadtube tutorials, you just pop their baloon, they go reeling and shut up. have a very red easter yall
Reposted by Nichita Costea
Had to think for couple of minutes if Henry Kissinger is really dead or not
April 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Had to think for couple of minutes if Henry Kissinger is really dead or not
trying to set up my life around applying for PhDs for the next year or so - but how is anyone meant to plan their life for the next 5 years when we’re all staring at a cliff coming closer and closer
April 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
trying to set up my life around applying for PhDs for the next year or so - but how is anyone meant to plan their life for the next 5 years when we’re all staring at a cliff coming closer and closer
you know the times are bad not when theres a lot of bad news, but when you know that even the good ones will be overturned by one twitch of the emperor’s brow
A federal judge mostly sided with the Justice Department in a case about online advertising that could reshape the basic economics of running a modern website. via @kqednews.kqed.org
Google’s Ad Dominance Is Illegal, Federal Judge Rules | KQED
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Google is operating an illegal monopoly in online advertising technology.
www.kqed.org
April 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
you know the times are bad not when theres a lot of bad news, but when you know that even the good ones will be overturned by one twitch of the emperor’s brow
Reposted by Nichita Costea
Again: the most prominent use cases are some form of fraud or abuse, and it’s not even close.
The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing 'reverse location search' from photos | TechCrunch
There's a somewhat concerning new trend going viral on social media: people are using ChatGPT to figure out the location shown in a photo.
techcrunch.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Again: the most prominent use cases are some form of fraud or abuse, and it’s not even close.
Reposted by Nichita Costea
happy ten year anniversary to this post
April 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
happy ten year anniversary to this post
facile to say dystopian speedrun… at the very least, interesting to see how this sociotechnical immaginary is finally connecting its aesthetic with its structure. no more cute see through macs and minimalist philosopher technologists
March 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
facile to say dystopian speedrun… at the very least, interesting to see how this sociotechnical immaginary is finally connecting its aesthetic with its structure. no more cute see through macs and minimalist philosopher technologists