Sanjay Raghavendra
@sanjayrag.bsky.social
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I mean for sure infinity migrants don't currently fit in America but I'll send you the blueprints for building Hilbert's Grand Hotel suuuper don't worry about it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert...
Love set theory. Hate fascism. Oh and also love housing people
Love set theory. Hate fascism. Oh and also love housing people
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I mean for sure infinity migrants don't currently fit in America but I'll send you the blueprints for building Hilbert's Grand Hotel suuuper don't worry about it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert...
Love set theory. Hate fascism. Oh and also love housing people
Love set theory. Hate fascism. Oh and also love housing people
Anybody know why I am seeing "sending information to analytics.tiktok.com...." in my browser's (Firefox) footer during an Alaska Airlines (their website) ticket purchase session?
December 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Anybody know why I am seeing "sending information to analytics.tiktok.com...." in my browser's (Firefox) footer during an Alaska Airlines (their website) ticket purchase session?
Fascinating! Don't know about links between inventiveness and being accident-prone (if true there's still hope for me 😉), but Dr. V S Ramachandran has studied synesthesia, which is far more common amongst "creative" people, it seems)
‘For Rimsky-Korsakov, the key of A was clear pink; for Scriabin, it was green. Duke Ellington read the flight patterns of birds as musical phrases and saw the D notes of his baritone saxophonist as dark blue hessian.’
Susannah Clapp reviews ‘The Madman’s Orchestra’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susannah Clapp reviews ‘The Madman’s Orchestra’.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susannah Clapp · Not Quite Music
In The Madman’s Library, Edward Brooke-Hitching asked if a work of literature written on a shirt could be called a...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Fascinating! Don't know about links between inventiveness and being accident-prone (if true there's still hope for me 😉), but Dr. V S Ramachandran has studied synesthesia, which is far more common amongst "creative" people, it seems)
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Got this part right "AIs aren’t sentient, and can’t hallucinate, any more than a fridge or a toaster can. They also can’t lie, because that involves intention. What they can do is get things wrong."
‘Colossal amounts of money are pouring in. Is it a bubble? Of course it’s a bubble. The salient questions are how we got here, and what happens next.’
Online early: John Lanchester on the AI boom.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Online early: John Lanchester on the AI boom.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Lanchester · King of Cannibal Island
Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Got this part right "AIs aren’t sentient, and can’t hallucinate, any more than a fridge or a toaster can. They also can’t lie, because that involves intention. What they can do is get things wrong."
Harassment by "AI companion" pop-ups offering to write, summarize, catch me up, or recommend other unwanted services reminds me of Bania trying to impress Seinfeld.
December 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Harassment by "AI companion" pop-ups offering to write, summarize, catch me up, or recommend other unwanted services reminds me of Bania trying to impress Seinfeld.
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Hello, we’re Ghost in the Machine, a landmark documentary that’s mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
December 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hello, we’re Ghost in the Machine, a landmark documentary that’s mandatory viewing for anyone thinking about or using AI.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be premiering at #SundanceFilmFestival next month. We hope you’ll join us in person or online, and follow along here.
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To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
December 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
To propose that GenAI can compensate for "archival silences" perverts Trouillot's work. It's is a contradiction to say that a product whose logic exacerbates power imbalances--creating a most-likely guess based on the existing record--can restore absences that are the product of those imbalances.
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
Not mine at all, but a shameless plug on behalf of my 85yr old dad for whom this book was a pandemic project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Not mine at all, but a shameless plug on behalf of my 85yr old dad for whom this book was a pandemic project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
Not mine at all, but a shameless plug on behalf of my 85yr old dad for whom this book was a pandemic project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Not mine at all, but a shameless plug on behalf of my 85yr old dad for whom this book was a pandemic project. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Reserving time this weekend to get through this nearly 2 hr podcast, and would love to hear the comments of @emilymbender.bsky.social, @olivia.science, and other bright minds on this
Henk's @henkderegt.bsky.social book Understanding Scientific Understanding (2017) helped elevate understanding in phil of sci, distinct from what it means to explain something.
We discuss where his ideas have taken him since, like how to assess machine understanding.
braininspired.co/podcast/225/
We discuss where his ideas have taken him since, like how to assess machine understanding.
braininspired.co/podcast/225/
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reserving time this weekend to get through this nearly 2 hr podcast, and would love to hear the comments of @emilymbender.bsky.social, @olivia.science, and other bright minds on this
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Vibe nuclear — let’s use AI shortcuts on reactor safety!
‘GenAI for Nuclear Licensing’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW9l... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251118-vib... - podcast
time: 6 min 24 sec
‘GenAI for Nuclear Licensing’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW9l... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251118-vib... - podcast
time: 6 min 24 sec
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Vibe nuclear — let’s use AI shortcuts on reactor safety!
‘GenAI for Nuclear Licensing’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW9l... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251118-vib... - podcast
time: 6 min 24 sec
‘GenAI for Nuclear Licensing’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW9l... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251118-vib... - podcast
time: 6 min 24 sec
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Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Please believe me when I say that this meaningless, historically suspect slogan is being used to sell "AI." Here it is in the just-released November 2025 report on AI by Microsoft. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
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Behold: you can now see all 23 years of BYTE magazine in all its glory, all at once. Every issue on a single zoomable interface
www.404media.co/byte-magazin...
www.404media.co/byte-magazin...
Visualize All 23 Years of BYTE Magazine in All Its Glory, All at Once
Software engineer Hector Dearman built a zoomable map of every issue of BYTE magazine.
www.404media.co
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Behold: you can now see all 23 years of BYTE magazine in all its glory, all at once. Every issue on a single zoomable interface
www.404media.co/byte-magazin...
www.404media.co/byte-magazin...
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President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other leaders condoled the deaths of 9 people in the blast outside the Red Fort metro station in Delhi
#DelhiBlast #RedFort
#DelhiBlast #RedFort
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other leaders condoled the deaths of 9 people in the blast outside the Red Fort metro station in Delhi
#DelhiBlast #RedFort
#DelhiBlast #RedFort
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Except for the color scheme of its dust jacket I loved @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI. It's a tremendous book and everyone ought to read it regardless of their "AI" persuasion.
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Except for the color scheme of its dust jacket I loved @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI. It's a tremendous book and everyone ought to read it regardless of their "AI" persuasion.
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NPR, don't just quote him. Tell us they're lies.
example:
Trump ranted on Truth Social about Harvard's international students, not understanding that international students pay the full tuition price.
example:
Trump ranted on Truth Social about Harvard's international students, not understanding that international students pay the full tuition price.
May 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NPR, don't just quote him. Tell us they're lies.
example:
Trump ranted on Truth Social about Harvard's international students, not understanding that international students pay the full tuition price.
example:
Trump ranted on Truth Social about Harvard's international students, not understanding that international students pay the full tuition price.
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International students upend their lives to join American science, bringing their novel insights that drive innovation.
Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.
Classic bully behavior.
We Stand Up for International Students.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.
Classic bully behavior.
We Stand Up for International Students.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students
International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
International students upend their lives to join American science, bringing their novel insights that drive innovation.
Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.
Classic bully behavior.
We Stand Up for International Students.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
Now, they are being illegally targeted by Trump, because Harvard won't back down.
Classic bully behavior.
We Stand Up for International Students.
www.npr.org/2025/05/22/n...
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Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection 'Heart Lamp' on Tuesday night became the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London.
May 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection 'Heart Lamp' on Tuesday night became the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London.
Objectively, "objectively" seems to have become the new "literally"
May 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Objectively, "objectively" seems to have become the new "literally"
Yes, please. Call it bullshit in the philosophical sense en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bull... @emilymbender.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Yes, please. Call it bullshit in the philosophical sense en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bull... @emilymbender.bsky.social
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Pahalgam: Rage and grief after 26 killed in Indian-administered Kashmir
Pahalgam: Rage and grief after 26 killed in Indian-administered Kashmir
Families are mourning loved ones killed by gunmen in one of India's most popular tourist destinations.
www.bbc.com
April 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Pahalgam: Rage and grief after 26 killed in Indian-administered Kashmir