Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Why I'm Not Getting Work Done Today: COVID and Flu shots. Painful, relentless muscle ache. 150
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why I'm Not Getting Work Done Today: This is happening literally right outside my home office window. 120
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I've had a really hard time getting back into the swing of foresight work this year, and I've come to recognize that it's because so many of the people with massive wealth and extensive power have chosen to limit, control, and extinguish our futures, all without accountability or consequence. 140
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Every now and then it’s nice to see life just going on. A mourning dove nested on our porch light. This morning I found that it has two chicks. 050
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is a great breakdown of the flood/debris flow event in Nepal. But it's not just a description of what happened, Critical Latitude goes into how the scientific understanding of what happened evolved, and what can be done to monitor for the underlying conditions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPcI...youtube.comEverything We Know About Nepal's Flood - And What Everyone Got WrongYouTube video by Critical Latitude 120
Reposted by Jamais CascioStrangers in a Tangled Wilderness @tangledwilderness.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Guess what? 1) You can 3D print a crow and squirrel feeder that looks like a Flock camera 2) Crows are extremely good at pattern recognition 3) People are fucking hilarious and creative and I hope every Flock camera gets its own personal murder (of crows) www.printables.com/model/180491...printables.comFlock Camera with chamber; squirrel and bird feeder V2 by David | Download free STL model | Printables.comDesigned to look like a Flock camera, hollow with chambers and a removeable hatch for putting treats for your friends | Download free 3D printable STL models 171073519
Reposted by Jamais CascioTade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton passed. I was a fan of her music, but also a fan of her as a person. Particularly her kindness. And her work on literacy. And her stance on vaccination. And animal rights. And... She used her powers for good. She wasn't perfect, but she damn sure tried to be. RIP, Dolly.static.klipy.comSweet Cháa: Playful SipAlt: Dolly Parton sipping tea 1240469
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 13/08/2026So, completely non-important question: In the new season of Ted Lasso, a character is named "Alice Chilton." Is that a reference to the 1960's musician and/or the 1987 Replacements song? A subtle wink? A deep reference to pay off later? Or just a coincidence? There's nothing out there about it. 210
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Post you from a different era in your life College in the 1980s 230
Reposted by Jamais CascioChristopher S. Rice, Ph.D. @badfutures.com · 27/07/2026@cascio.bsky.social I don't know what we're doing to Google's AI Summaries today, but it's wonderful.static.klipy.comIrving's Threat: Burn This Place to the Ground (Severance)ALT: Irving's Threat: Burn This Place to the Ground (Severance) 111
Reposted by Jamais CascioAlan Fisher @amfisher.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Because bookies have a bit of old cachet to them, a hint of mafia and maybe even a touch of cool, while Kalshi and Polymarket are nerds manipulating markets. 121
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Why don't we refer to Kalshi and Polymarket as "Bookies?" As far as I can tell, there seems to be little real-world difference between wagering on a sporting event at a bookmaker and making a "prediction" about that same event at a prediction market. 332
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 06/07/2026If an ethical norm Makes you need to conform That's a "more." 130
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 04/07/20264th of July, 2026 From "What If?" (1977), #44 (came out in 1984). By Peter B. Gillis (writer) and Sal Buscema (artist) 064
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 01/07/2026And "Memetic Shock (n): Culture Shock and Future Shock, with a twist of Paradigm Shift. [from] Transhuman Devil's Dictionary, 2097." 000
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 01/07/2026The big one is "Social Transition Stress Disorder" -- STSD. "...a broad range of psychological effects arising from rapid, discontinuous social change. Known triggers for STSD include significant economic disruption or transitions, encounters [...] with new technologies, and paradigm shifts." (p55) 020
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Example: "There is no greater accomplishment than disrupting a society's memespace. Once the traditional hierarchy of ideas is overturned, all memes become equal, even the most ludicrous or hysterical. *Especially* the most ludicrous or hysterical, as a point of fact." (p16) 120
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 01/07/2026So I'm reading over the text of the Transhuman Space game book I wrote in 2002, "Broken Dreams." Again, 2002. And if you set aside the conceit that it's set in 2100, it's remarkable how much stuff I hit on back then that's highly relevant now. 250
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Well, *that* was depressing. I got pinged yesterday on LinkedIn by someone looking to fill a Director-level role doing the integration of foresight and strategy, but as a remote/global position. He referenced things I've been working on, so it seemed at least plausible. Nope. Just more spam. 050
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Got up at 12:30 AM to do a talk to a German audience from 1 AM to 2:30 AM, then went back to bed. I'm pretty sure it really happened, but it feels entirely like I dreamt it. 020
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Watching WWDC26, and I'm amused at just how slow SiriAI seems to be. There's a surprising amount of dead air waiting for it respond. 010
Reposted by Jamais Casciofae⁷ @onthistangent.eurosky.social · 25/05/2026"The Al is not just telling you what you want to hear. It is training you, one conversation at a time, to need less friction, expect more agreement, and become slightly less capable of handling a situation where someone pushes back on you—" Do not outsource your cognitive skills to the yes-machine. 35831
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Today is the last day to tell the FCC to reject the proposal to require a warning label for TV programs that talk about transgender, non-binary, and gender identity topics. GLAAD has a good summary here, and a direct link to comment: glaad.org/fcc Here's what I posted (text copied in alt): 010
Reposted by Jamais CascioOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/05/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s national intelligence director 2527437
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Russia has so far lost more war dead -- *dead* -- in Ukraine than the United States lost in all of World War II. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NwH...youtube.comRussian Casualties are Becoming UnsustainableYouTube video by WarFronts 153
Reposted by Jamais CascioBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Imagine being stressed out about life and the state of the world and then you walk outside to clear your head and see this 16164951171
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I want to make it abundantly clear, in case there is any confusion, that I am not responsible for this Ebola outbreak. 030
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 11/05/2026"The only thing that's preventing us from turning our leaders' dystopian technology against them is us choosing not to do it." Robot dogs commonly used by many police and military operations can be ridiculously easily hacked. And that's not the worst part. 24m. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA8W...youtube.comRobot Dogs Are A Security NightmareYouTube video by Benn Jordan 010
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I’m told that the most dangerous aspect of taking the DC Metro system is the presence of Super-Mutants and Feral Ghouls. The payment system works well though. 240
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 06/05/2026You can transmit an earworm purely in text. At least, that’s what someBODY once told me. 43410
Reposted by Jamais CascioJess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I really doubt that the press is going to show much sympathy for the millions of us who take SSRIs. Serious depression is not something that the press deems an issue worth examining. But it is not an overstatement to say that SSRIs are the difference between living and dying for millions of us. 22490187
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 30/04/2026For those of you out there who find this kind of thing interesting: Here's comparison of the first generation MacBook Air (1.6GHz Intel Core Duo, 13" screen, 2GB/120GB) with the latest MacBook Air (10 core Apple M5, 15" screen, 16GB/1TB). 020
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Somehow, whenever someone takes a picture of me giving a talk, it ends up looking weird. Maybe I don't give them any other options. 230
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I always find it highly suspicious when an anonymous black SUV parks in front of my house. 220
Reposted by Jamais CascioJohn Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Happy Confederate Surrender Day from Minnesota where we still have your goddamn flag and we’re not giving it up. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Vi... 14381481893
Reposted by Jamais CascioKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0... 6175521912
Reposted by Jamais CascioJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 07/04/2026The White House Correspondents Association is planning to "honor" Trump at its dinner three weeks from now. No way. It was egregious before. Now it's obscene. 25054521143
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 07/04/2026This moment is so utterly without precedent that I suspect many global organizations and leaders are waiting to respond because they simply cannot believe that it is happening. Call it "suspension of belief" -- an unwillingness to accept the reality we see because it is so absurd and out-of-bounds. 260
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Apropos of nothing. Honest. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM1R...youtube.com"When that Man is Dead and Gone" (1941) Anti-Hitler Song by Irving Berlin - Live at Joe's PubYouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen 020
Reposted by Jamais CascioMo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 02/04/2026This worship of efficiency kills creativity. Every transcript I have, every piece of research, I go over again & again, looking for detail, pattern, illuminating anecdote. It’s not efficient. I flail sometimes! But it’s essential. It’s how I learn to tell the story to myself, so I can tell it to you 31236292
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 01/04/2026It's hard to be hopeful right now, everything is a mess. But seeing the Artemis II launch successfully is surprisingly emotional for me. I really want this to work. I'm old enough to have seen Challenger explode, and the tension I feel during the first few minutes of launch never really goes away. 083
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Big hugs to all of my trans friends on today's Trans Day of Visibility! I see you and am very happy to know you. 000
Jamais Cascio @cascio.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Sometimes it's fun to think big. www.iftf.org/projects/ift...iftf.orgIFTF Urgent Future Forecast Perspective: A Civilization Backup On The Moon 111