Stuart Nolan
@nolans.bsky.social
💭 PhD in Mentalism & Empathy 💭 Speaker 💭 Performer 💭 Facilitator 💭
Interesting piece on "flag wars".
Five things we can learn about current English ‘flag wars’ from Germany in the 1920s and 1930s | Historical Transactions
blog.royalhistsoc.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Interesting piece on "flag wars".
Next week, I’ll be at France Digitale inside the stunning Musée des Arts Forains in Paris.
I’ll be talking about my book,
How To Train An Empath: Lessons From A Professional Mindreader.
I'm looking forward to teaching mindreading and meeting cool people.
If you're there, come say hello.
#FDDay
I’ll be talking about my book,
How To Train An Empath: Lessons From A Professional Mindreader.
I'm looking forward to teaching mindreading and meeting cool people.
If you're there, come say hello.
#FDDay
September 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Next week, I’ll be at France Digitale inside the stunning Musée des Arts Forains in Paris.
I’ll be talking about my book,
How To Train An Empath: Lessons From A Professional Mindreader.
I'm looking forward to teaching mindreading and meeting cool people.
If you're there, come say hello.
#FDDay
I’ll be talking about my book,
How To Train An Empath: Lessons From A Professional Mindreader.
I'm looking forward to teaching mindreading and meeting cool people.
If you're there, come say hello.
#FDDay
I used to read minds.
Now I teach people to read each other.
My book, How to Train an Empath: Lessons From a Professional Mindreader, turns stagecraft into a practical, physical method for training and managing empathy.
Get the book or book the training here: www.stuartnolan.com
Now I teach people to read each other.
My book, How to Train an Empath: Lessons From a Professional Mindreader, turns stagecraft into a practical, physical method for training and managing empathy.
Get the book or book the training here: www.stuartnolan.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I used to read minds.
Now I teach people to read each other.
My book, How to Train an Empath: Lessons From a Professional Mindreader, turns stagecraft into a practical, physical method for training and managing empathy.
Get the book or book the training here: www.stuartnolan.com
Now I teach people to read each other.
My book, How to Train an Empath: Lessons From a Professional Mindreader, turns stagecraft into a practical, physical method for training and managing empathy.
Get the book or book the training here: www.stuartnolan.com
Proof copy. Publication imminent 🙂
August 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Proof copy. Publication imminent 🙂
This reminds me of the book Technology As Magic by Richard Stivers.
Truth is deeper than mathematics | Joanna Kavenna
iai.tv
August 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This reminds me of the book Technology As Magic by Richard Stivers.
"Are Small Boat Migrants Really 24x More Likely to Go to Prison?
Spoiler: No. But here’s how the media got suckered by bad data and worse assumptions."
Spoiler: No. But here’s how the media got suckered by bad data and worse assumptions."
Are Small Boat Migrants Really 24x More Likely to Go to Prison?
Spoiler: No. But here’s how the media got suckered by bad data and worse assumptions.
monkdebunks.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"Are Small Boat Migrants Really 24x More Likely to Go to Prison?
Spoiler: No. But here’s how the media got suckered by bad data and worse assumptions."
Spoiler: No. But here’s how the media got suckered by bad data and worse assumptions."
Reposted by Stuart Nolan
Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University.
That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable
hub.jhu.edu
June 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University.
That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
"ChatGPT got absolutely wrecked on the beginner level," Caruso wrote. "This was after a conversation we had regarding the history of AI in Chess which led to it volunteering to play Atari Chess. It wanted to find out how quickly it could beat a game that only thinks 1-2 moves ahead."
ChatGPT "Absolutely Wrecked" at Chess by Atari 2600 Console From 1977
Despite all its advances, ChatGPT still, seemingly, is less smart than an Atari simulator on beginner mode.
futurism.com
June 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"ChatGPT got absolutely wrecked on the beginner level," Caruso wrote. "This was after a conversation we had regarding the history of AI in Chess which led to it volunteering to play Atari Chess. It wanted to find out how quickly it could beat a game that only thinks 1-2 moves ahead."
Reposted by Stuart Nolan
NEW: Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead.
A one-two punch: DOGE gets access to your data, but the public is restricted from getting information about DOGE.
Today, at Law Dork:
A one-two punch: DOGE gets access to your data, but the public is restricted from getting information about DOGE.
Today, at Law Dork:
Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead
A one-two punch: DOGE gets access to your data, but the public is restricted from getting information about DOGE.
www.lawdork.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
NEW: Conservatives on SCOTUS give DOGE the go-ahead.
A one-two punch: DOGE gets access to your data, but the public is restricted from getting information about DOGE.
Today, at Law Dork:
A one-two punch: DOGE gets access to your data, but the public is restricted from getting information about DOGE.
Today, at Law Dork:
Looking for solid research on how many of those who break this particular glass ceiling feel they have performed culture switching (cultural frame switching (CFS)) to do so.
Social Mobility and the “Class Ceiling” in the UK - JSTOR Daily
People from working-class backgrounds in the UK bump up against a "class ceiling" analogous to the glass ceiling women face in the workplace.
daily.jstor.org
June 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Looking for solid research on how many of those who break this particular glass ceiling feel they have performed culture switching (cultural frame switching (CFS)) to do so.
"An A.I. that works like magic can have a spooky persuasive power, but an A.I. we know how to control should be subject to the same suspicion (not to mention political contestation) as any newspaper or cable channel."
Regarding "white genocide,"
If you liked Brooklyn Bridge Claude, you'll love White Genocide Grok
maxread.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"An A.I. that works like magic can have a spooky persuasive power, but an A.I. we know how to control should be subject to the same suspicion (not to mention political contestation) as any newspaper or cable channel."
Interesting analysis.
The real story isn’t young men supposedly voting far right. It’s what young women are up to | Cas Mudde
There is an opportunity staring centre-left parties in the face – if they reject the male gaze distorting our politics, says political scientist Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Interesting analysis.
“Children, pets, and magicians might find pleasure in the clever use of such shiny-object tactics. But a court of law should not be so easily distracted.”
The "contract case" wrench that SCOTUS conservatives gave DOJ to defend Trump
The Justice Department is using a jurisdictional shadow docket decision to try and prevent rulings on the merits in lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions.
www.lawdork.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:36 AM
“Children, pets, and magicians might find pleasure in the clever use of such shiny-object tactics. But a court of law should not be so easily distracted.”
Reposted by Stuart Nolan
Not a big surprise that the US Copyright Office has come out with a report about generative AI training data claims casting doubt on the fair use defenses of commercial developers. Endorses new theory of market harm.
May 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Not a big surprise that the US Copyright Office has come out with a report about generative AI training data claims casting doubt on the fair use defenses of commercial developers. Endorses new theory of market harm.
I only just found this interesting summary. I began making performances about tech and mentalism in 2012, including Parry, a performance about training a "superstitious" AI (www.stuartnolan.com/parry) and a TEDx talk about how organisations are as susceptible to Forer statements as individuals.
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
May 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I only just found this interesting summary. I began making performances about tech and mentalism in 2012, including Parry, a performance about training a "superstitious" AI (www.stuartnolan.com/parry) and a TEDx talk about how organisations are as susceptible to Forer statements as individuals.
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Hayden during my time as a Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress. A fantastic person and a truly inspirational librarian.
“Dr. Hayden has devoted her career to making reading and the pursuit of knowledge available to everyone. Be like Dr. Hayden.”
“Dr. Hayden has devoted her career to making reading and the pursuit of knowledge available to everyone. Be like Dr. Hayden.”
thehill.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Hayden during my time as a Kluge Fellow at the Library of Congress. A fantastic person and a truly inspirational librarian.
“Dr. Hayden has devoted her career to making reading and the pursuit of knowledge available to everyone. Be like Dr. Hayden.”
“Dr. Hayden has devoted her career to making reading and the pursuit of knowledge available to everyone. Be like Dr. Hayden.”
“The prospect of having your mind changed by something that doesn’t have one is deeply unsettling.”
‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’
The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.
www.theatlantic.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:38 AM
“The prospect of having your mind changed by something that doesn’t have one is deeply unsettling.”
"TheAgentCompany, an extensible benchmark for evaluating AI agents that interact with the world in similar ways to those of a digital worker: by browsing the Web, writing code, running programs, and communicating with other coworkers."
TheAgentCompany: Benchmarking LLM Agents on Consequential Real World Tasks
We interact with computers on an everyday basis, be it in everyday life or work, and many aspects of work can be done entirely with access to a computer and the Internet. At the same time, thanks to i...
arxiv.org
May 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"TheAgentCompany, an extensible benchmark for evaluating AI agents that interact with the world in similar ways to those of a digital worker: by browsing the Web, writing code, running programs, and communicating with other coworkers."
Just bought this in a secondhand bookshop. The owner had quite deliberately displayed it in the window next to JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy.
April 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just bought this in a secondhand bookshop. The owner had quite deliberately displayed it in the window next to JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy.
“The findings shock the conscience. Cessation of U.S. aid will lead to people in poor countries dying, in genocidal proportions, of preventable and treatable diseases.”
The numbers of potential deaths are astonishing.
The numbers of potential deaths are astonishing.
Count the Dead by the Millions
From HIV and tuberculosis infections to millions of dead children, the deadly impact of Rubio, Musk and Trump’s agenda has been quantified.
www.rollingstone.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
“The findings shock the conscience. Cessation of U.S. aid will lead to people in poor countries dying, in genocidal proportions, of preventable and treatable diseases.”
The numbers of potential deaths are astonishing.
The numbers of potential deaths are astonishing.
"In a world where autocracy is on the rise, how can we foster traits in people that promote appropriate forms of resistance?"
Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here’s the psychology
Good resistance fighters aren’t scared to take risks.
theconversation.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
"In a world where autocracy is on the rise, how can we foster traits in people that promote appropriate forms of resistance?"
History: itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself...
Joseph McCarthy in Wheeling, West Virginia: Annotated - JSTOR Daily
Senator Joseph McCarthy built his reputation on fear-mongering, smear campaigns, and falsehoods about government employees and their associates.
daily.jstor.org
March 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
History: itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself, itself...
