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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 4h

The fact of the matter is yes, there's barely any shared negative narrative around AI in places beyond the West. #genai bit.ly/4ifSj67

From the Economist: What backlash?

The surprising popularity of AI

Unlike rich Westerners, many around the world feel hopeful about the technology

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

I can't recall ever seeing #php make the frontpage on the BBC news website.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

[Livestreaming barbarity should be stopped] Trump's Pentagon is planning to livestream an execution on 3 December, and Australia has no law to keep it off our screens. I just signed this petition to Albanese – it takes 10 seconds. #australia #aussie act.getup.org.au/s/lk8Hv0vq

GetUp

eSafety says it can't 'proactively
prevent’ Australians from seeing
execution live stream.
Trump's Pentagon is planning to
livestream an execution on 3
December, and Australia has no
law to keep it off our feeds.

ADD YOUR NAME

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

[AI use in Australian political ads] One Nation made their video to turn us against our neighbours. Federal Parliament's electoral committee is deciding right now what to recommend on AI in elections, and it reports in November. If it hears from enough of us […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Ban deepfakes in political ads; parties should not be allowed to manufacture fear on demand.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

WTAF?? Thank God for #nodejs I haven't used deno in a major way but my word, this is an incredible bombshell to drop so casually on the deno community #deno #javascript

Ryan Dahl of Deno writes "We will support the Deno runtime for another year with monthly releases containing bug fixes and security updates. After that year we will end our development of the Deno runtime. Deno will remain open source, and we welcome others who want to continue its development." in the press release announcing Deno joining Cloudflare.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Software designs that help mitigate or prevent Al induced deskilling are going to become more and more important in the very near future. #software #design

Endoscopist deskilling risk after exposure to artificial intelligence in colonoscopy: a multicentre, observational study published in The Lancet Volume 10 Issue 10 October 2025

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Listening to Trump supporters reason out their claims yields incredible insights, but it also fills me with a kind of existential dread that I've only found from reading cosmic horror sci-fi works. #uspol #debate

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026

Listen, I love this instance, but I finally got my hachyderm invite and I'll be moving (again) soon! Yay 🎉 #fediverse

A baby penguin lifting its wings up and a title at the top saying YAY

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

OMFG 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what is truth? #uspol

Trump denies that he campaigned on ending wars

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

My first week at Lyrebird Health was tremendous. Our medical ambient AI scribe is the closest thing to the magical medical workflow I envisioned back in medical school, and the raving reviews from GPs around the world proves it. I'm proud to be working […] [Original post on toolsforthought.social]

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 26/05/2026

The more I stare into the abyss that is SpaceX's IPO, the more I'm thoroughly horrified by it. #IPO #finance #stockmarket #spacex

The upshot is that SpaceX shareholders can't sue for breaches of
fiduciary duty, and they can only barely sue for securities fraud

This is "bad corporate governance. but it is also correct! This is
how it should work! If you are buying SpaceX stock to tell Elon Musk
what to do, you should stop. If you are buying SpaceX stock because
you want exposure to the space/AI business but you have your
doubts about current management, you should stop. If you are
buying SpaceX stock because you like Elon Musk and want to go
along for the ride with him. ves, that's correct, that's the investment
thesis here. If, later, you are disillusioned with Elon Musk, if vou feel
like you were misled and he didn't do the stuff he promised to do, 1
mean ... that's also kind of his whole thing? It is possible that, ir
hindsight, you will find something bad about SpaceX that was not
specifically disclosed in this prospectus. But at a meta level
everyone knows everything about SpaceX. Musk's gonna do
whatever weird stuff he wants, and if you don't like it that's your
problem.

Source: Bloomberg

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

We got to hear from Michelle Obama herself tonight. When they go low, we go high 💪🏽 in these dark times, the Obamas really stand out as the kind of people we desperately need in society. #obamas #melbourne

Michelle Obama about to speak at the Melbourne Convention.

Michelle Obama talking about how her career counselor told her she's not Princeton material. She sure proved that career officer wrong. Too bad she can't remember her name 😂

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

This is so rich coming from these people 😂😂😂😂 cry us a river. Btw Musk, your rocket is late. Deliver the flipping goods. #theodysseymovie

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026

Nolan is an artist. He's making his work of art, The Odyssey. Why are non-artists weighing in on his decisions? Is it because he's causing people of colour? You tell me. Idiots 😂 #theodysseymovie

A screenshot of Google results showing "Christopher Nolan defends Travis Scott's role in The Odyssey" Fox News is featured prominently.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/05/2026

[Antisemitism in Aussie] The royal commission into antisemitism is unearthing a good deal of gunk in Aussie's relationship with its Jewish community. This is why I have been insistent from the very beginning of the "troubles" of October 7, 2023: the […] [Original post on toolsforthought.social]

A screenshot of a notable quote from the royal commission:

But he said not all of his peers have been supportive of his heritage, with one colleague at another emergency incident asking him: "As a Jew, how can you support the killing of babies?"

"I gave him a bewildered look ... we hadn't been talking about Israel," Mr Gomperts said.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

I swear you cannot make this stuff up. It's like we're living out someone's rapture fever dream. Post from the Wired. On the other hand, I'm curious to see how Peter Thiel is going to bend over backwards to accommodate this interpretation. Or not. Who knows with these people. #uspol

Stauch Trump supporters are now asking if he's the Antichrist.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/04/2026

Maga cultists: he was trying to depict himself as part of the red cross Me: Bruh, the AI slop he posted looks nothing like that 🤣 💀☠️

Trump's fanciful self depiction of a Jesus-like figure healing the sick emblazoned with a huge American flag, onlookers watching him in amazement while jets, angelic beings and an eagle fly over him. The style seems reminiscent of a 16th Century watercolour painting. Trump generated this with AI and posted it before deleting it and claiming he was trying to depict himself as a red cross member. Lol.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Yes, LLM can be fantastic knowledge engines, and yes when they work, they REALLY work. If it hadn't been for chatgpt, this poor lady's illness would never have been diagnosed. The fact that her hospital had to issue an apology for saying she'd be […] [Original post on toolsforthought.social]

ChatGPT has helped to uncover a woman's rare condition after years of being misdiagnosed by doctors.

Phoebe Tesoriere, 23, claims she was told she was anxious, depressed, had epilepsy and warned she'd be treated as a mental health patient if she kept returning to A&E.

Following three days in a coma after a seizure, Phoebe, from Cardiff, put her symptoms into the AI chatbot.

She said it suggested a number of conditions, including hereditary spastic paraplegia, which Phoebe presented to her GP. Genetic testing confirmed the diagnosis.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said: "We are sorry to hear about Phoebe's experience while in our care"

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/04/2026

I love this view of our home from the crew of Artemis II. This is us, in all our glorious imperfection. This is the only world we have. We must protect it at all costs, just as we would protect our homes that house our families. #earth #artemis #nasa

A full-disk photograph of Earth taken from space against a black background, showing the planet illuminated from the lower right. The visible landmass appears to be Africa and parts of Europe, surrounded by the deep blue of the Atlantic Ocean. Swirling white cloud formations cover much of the globe. A thin, bright atmospheric limb glows along the planet's edge where sunlight grazes the horizon. A small bright point — possibly a star or planet — is visible in the lower right corner of the black space background. A thin green bit of the Northern lights can at the 8 o'clock position.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/04/2026

I know that's just a visualization with live telemetry, but wow, that would be a million dollar view to behold up here. #artemis #nasa #moon #space

Sunrise over the earth in this visualization of Artemis 2 above the Earth.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

I don't just claim to not be a tech bro. I am certifiably not a tech bro 😂 Posted as an achievement on my LinkedIn because that site is too full of itself to be taken seriously!

A mock certificate certifying that I am in fact not a tech bro. Take the quiz at amiatechbro.com

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/03/2026

Make no mistake. VC money is coming for labour. Job automation is just too enticing for these people to pass up. #ai #labour #economy

Infographic titled "Agent Maturity Curve Is Still in Early Days" from Redpoint Ventures (©2026). The chart shows four stages of AI agent maturity progressing left to right, with a marker indicating the industry is currently at the "Task Agents" stage.

Stage 1 – Copilots: AI assists human workflows but the human still performs the work. Independent runtime: Seconds. Total addressable market: ~$0.5T (US Software Spend).

Stage 2 – Task Agents (current stage): AI executes discrete tasks end-to-end with human oversight. Independent runtime: Minutes. TAM: ~$1.2T total ($0.7T software + services automation).

Stage 3 – Workflow Agents: AI orchestrates multi-step business processes across systems. Independent runtime: Hours. TAM: ~$2.8T total ($1.6T operational payroll added).

Stage 4 – Autonomous: AI independently performs complex knowledge work with minimal oversight. Independent runtime: Days. TAM: ~$6.1T+ total ($3.2T knowledge payroll added).

Sources include Gartner IT Spending Estimates, Forrester, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. TAM analysis includes US only.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/01/2026

When Robert Downey Jr visited Wall Street in 1992, he had this to say about the whole thing... #greed #capotalism

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2025

The Escapade Mars mission is using a more fuel efficient orbit that requires them to stay in the Earth Luna system for a year before performing a slingshot transfer to a Hohmann transfer orbit to Mars called the Oberth manoeuvre.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2025

He wants a fucking triumphal arch for himself 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 this is turning into an ultranationalist fanfic. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7e8lv17…

Trump holding a model of a triumphal arch while looking very proud of himself.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

This data visualization of Obamacare purchases across the States as a share of population in congressional districts is quite a revelation, and illustrates why #Trump will lose this fight. #data #obamacare #us #health

Title: Share of population in congressional districts enrolled in a marketplace plan (2025 ACA Marketplace enrollment data)

Source: KFF

Description:
A map of the United States shows the percentage of the population enrolled in Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace health insurance plans, divided by congressional districts. The color gradient represents enrollment share:

Very dark brown: less than 4%

Dark brown: 4–6%

Medium pinkish brown: 6–8%

Bright pink: 8–10%

Light pink: 10% or more

Key patterns:

The highest enrollment rates (≥10%), shown in light pink, are concentrated in the Southern U.S., especially in Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, and Louisiana.

Moderately high enrollment (8–10%) occurs in parts of the South and Mountain West, including areas of Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Montana.

Most of the Midwest, Northeast, and Pacific Coast regions are shaded in dark brown or very dark brown, indicating low enrollment rates (under 6%).

Some Western states, like Nevada and Arizona, show a mix of moderate to high enrollment.

Overall interpretation:
Marketplace enrollment is significantly higher across much of the South and parts of the rural West, while lower in the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific states.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

I ask you at this point, is there any difference between the PRC and the US government? #surveillance

ICE is planning to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team to target people for deportation.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2025

Africa is a pretty vast continent, and by 2075, one out of three people on earth will be an African. You can fit the world's two superpowers into it plus most of Europe, the Middleast and India. #Africa #geograpy

The continent of Africa covers 11.7 million mi² (30.4 million km²), roughly equal to the size of 30 countries.
These 30 include some of the world’s largest countries like the (contiguous) U.S., China, and India.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

You know that fancy Sahara solar panel project the EU loves so much? Aussie could easily do that with its vast interior arid region and become net zero very quickly. No gas or coal required. #climatechange #energy #netzero

A full disc color view of the Earth with the sun burnt interior of Australia hinting at all that wonderful solar energy going to waste.

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

In another time, another age, this pic alone would have been enough to get Trump out of the WH. Immigrants are not the real degenerates. The ones who justify or ignore this are. You cannot wash and reuse a pot tainted with toxic waste. You dispose it. #uspol

Epstein and Trump in 1997 - the pair were friendly for years, but Trump says they fell out in the early 2000s

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2025

[Trump's obscenity and America the obscene] American culture has regressed so badly you've got people trying to justify/spin this "gift" from Trump to Epstein. And they dare call immigrants degenerate! 💩 #uspol

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released the image of the Epstein 'birthday book' on Monday, after the committee received it from the Epstein estate. The White House said "President Trump did not draw this picture, and he did not sign it"

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Abraham Samma 🔭 🔬 :iterm2_logo: @abesamma.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025

Methane raindrops hitting phospholipid layers on Titan's lakes can possibly create phospholipid bilayer vesicles at the moon. It would be exciting to see the beginning of life in action there. #space #astronomy #science #saturn NASA Research Shows […] [Original post on toolsforthought.social]

An artist’s concept of the proposed mechanism for vesicle formation on Titan. (1) Methane lakes and seas on Titan’s surface become coated with a film of amphiphiles. (2) Methane raindrops splash the lake surface. (3) Splashes create a mist of droplets coated in the same film. (4) Droplets settle back onto the lake and sink, becoming coated in a bilayer which becomes a vesicle.
Christian Mayer (Universität Duisburg-Essen) and Conor Nixon (NASA Goddard)

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