C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Whatever is happening to us nowadays, I'll describe it in a Jamiroquai song: VIRTUAL INSANITY. If you haven't heard of the song, give it a go. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Same worries - the centralization of power amongst the few. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 16/09/2026uk.pcmag.com/security/167... Although, 3 US states were mentioned in the article. It is still a big question here in the UK but I am hoping we still got sane heads in the government and question this kind of encroachment to the user's privacy.uk.pcmag.comYour Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You LiveNew state laws are pushing age verification into macOS and Windows. By 2027, logging in might require a facial scan or government ID. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Sadly, its not available in the UK. ☹️ Would love to watch this one. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I thought that if you are taking up Computing and IT will make you stare at so many screens because coding, building etc. It turned out the opposite for me as the academic years go on - I , now tend to read more books, like more than in my previous psych degree, 20 odd ish years ago. 110
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 14/09/2026youtu.be/OYwJz-Pypvo?...youtu.beThe AI Resistance is FormingYouTube video by Cal Newport 000
Reposted by C. PinedaTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much. 192029659
Reposted by C. PinedaNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comNaomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascismIn a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other 341536607
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 13/09/2026youtu.be/5GDKpDkieh0?... An enlightening discussion about how technologies and political ideologies intersect and accelerate apocalyptic agendas. Naomi Klein's books are highly recommended.youtu.beIs the End of the World Now on the Table? | The InterviewYouTube video by The Interview 001
Reposted by C. PinedaDr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Took one second of research to prove this article is utter rubbish www.csis.org/analysis/wha...csis.orgWhat to Know About Chinese AI ModelsChinese AI models are rapidly closing the gap with U.S. frontier systems. This analysis examines what their growing capabilities, lower costs, and open-weight strategy mean for global AI competition a... 094
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Not that surprised because it has been a race towards doom. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Read Kate Crawford's Atlas of AI as a companion book for my major subject in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (TM358) last academic term. (1/7) 241
Reposted by C. PinedaJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/08/2026Sending this out to whoever needs to see it: It's okay if you read slowly, there's no great victory in being able to read quickly, everyone kind of has their own reading speed, and that's perfectly fine. I'm just really happy you're reading. I hope it gives you joy at any pace. Thank you! 19867991120
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 04/08/2026www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comLongitudinal effect of early social media use on standardized learning outcomes during school career - Nature Human BehaviourAnalysing data from 5,227 students from northern Italy, this article finds causal evidence that early engagement with social media adversely affects learning outcomes. 010
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 30/07/2026My family couldn't afford one because it was so expensive back then in the Philippines. But a couple who lives next door have their own encyclopedia. Whenever we come over, I promptly ask to have a browse in their set. I make sure to spend some good time there. I also do this in the school library. 041
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Reading up on AI companies, specifically Anthropic, buying books by the pallet, especially the rare ones. And then do the most horrible form of cultural murder by chopping off book spines, scan the pages then ditch them. Utmost disrespect to the humanity and the trees that made up its pages. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 29/07/2026If there is any true winner here, that will be Homer. It has been more than 2000 years and yet, we are still talking about his work. 😅 100
Reposted by C. PinedaThe Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026We know you're having trouble accessing StudentHome to view results. We're fixing it fast! Updates at 12:00. More info: status.open.ac.uk 053
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Tomorrow's Results Day at @openuniversity.bsky.social Waiting for my results in my two modules - TM358 (Machine Learning and AI) and TM354 (Software Engineering). I am just as anxious as the other students and I must say, I have that ball in my throat for a few days now. LOL 110
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Studying under this kind of heat surely makes me doze off.static.klipy.comCat Cooling Off with Fan on a Hot DayALT: Cat Cooling Off with Fan on a Hot Day 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Misinformation exploits outrage to spread online | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgMisinformation exploits outrage to spread onlineWe tested a hypothesis that misinformation exploits outrage to spread online, examining generalizability across multiple platforms, time periods, and classifications of misinformation. Outrage is high... 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 01/07/2026www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...foxglove.org.ukSign the petition to Andy Burnham: If you become our next Prime Minister, please get Palantir out of our NHS.ADD YOUR NAME NOW! 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Ever since I studied Computing and IT, I consumed more philosophy material than ever before. Jared Henderson's philosophy channel comes highly recommended. Here's an episode discussing the new Luddites. youtu.be/vhYS1diXZMM?...youtu.beThe Revolt Against TechnologyYouTube video by Jared Henderson 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 21/06/2026youtu.be/2jJeSgO_MGo?...youtu.beIs it Possible to Block Childrens' Access to Social Media? - ComputerphileYouTube video by Computerphile 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comIs AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not goodReliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 16/06/2026This is furthering mass surveillance and invasion of privacy rights. Why penalize the users when you can penalize social media companies like X and Meta for dishing out manipulative algorithms, harvesting data from users, enabling disinformation and misinformation and encouraging riots. 110
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 14/06/2026ai-project-website.github.io/AI-assistanc...ai-project-website.github.ioAI Assistance Reduces Persistence and Hurts Independent PerformanceCausal evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and impairs unassisted performance across math reasoning and reading comprehension tasks. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 10/06/2026X, as a platform should be banned and dismantled. Far right and folks with extreme and violent nationalist ideas should be deplatformed. What Musk and other figures like Yaxley-Lennon is basically enabling domestic terrorism. 010
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Happy to take on a month-long rest for June, after a gruelling EMA and remote exam on my last 2 modules. This will be my first proper rest since 2023. Looking forward to do non-computing stuff for the meantime! 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 25/05/2026An insightful list - see how can we define our futures as people. The AI resist list is headed by Karen Hao, author of Empires of AI airesistlist.org#resist-listairesistlist.orgThe AI Resist ListA living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for. 010
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Pope Leo's Magnifica Humanitas, an encyclical letter on the advent and development of AI. Read from this link: www.vatican.va/content/leo-...vatican.vaEncyclical Letter of His Holiness Leo XIV Magnifica Humanitas (15 May 2026)ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________ 010
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 23/05/2026youtu.be/TTppvBU2rU4?... So nice to see Jaron Lanier on this episode.youtu.beThere Is No AI Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron LanierYouTube video by StarTalk 010
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 13/04/2026youtu.be/_7otmig_7Co?... New episode from Open University's Beyond the Books series.youtu.beWhy People Believe Misinformation: The Psychology of Fear | Beyond the BooksYouTube video by The Open University 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Ministers are exploring triggering the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. I've signed the open letter to Wes Streeting calling on him to get Palantir out of the NHS. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/we...foxglove.org.ukWes Streeting: Trigger the break clause and get Palantir out of the NHS - FoxgloveWes Streeting: trigger the break clause and kick Palantir out of our NHS. ADD YOUR NAME NOW! 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 04/04/2026New issue from the TMB (Technology, Mind and Behavior), Volume 7, Issue 1. Open access articles as well. Link here: psycnet.apa.org/PsycARTICLES... 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 30/03/2026youtu.be/Z1B__Efqacc?...youtu.beNaomi Klein & Karen Hao: The Empire of AI and the Fight for Our Future | Chan Centre InsightsYouTube video by Chan Centre for the Performing Arts 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 20/03/2026youtu.be/I967o8DCpH8?... I am glad that Open University has started doing this kind of content. :)youtu.beIs Ai Just Predictive Text on Steroids? | Beyond the BooksYouTube video by The Open University 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 07/03/2026NO TO PALANTIR. nopalantir.org.uknopalantir.org.ukNo Palantir in our NHSAdd your name now to call for US data company Palantir to be dropped from the NHS – and for the future of health data to keep faith with patient trust. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 21/02/2026www.youtube.com/live/CyyL0yD...youtube.comThis is not the AI we were promised | The Royal SocietyYouTube video by The Royal Society 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Palantir taking over our public services!Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The world today is so overwhelming. The internet is enshittified. We are bombarded constantly and it is intentionally done by bad actors. So its okay to step out of this chaos once in a while - to save some dose of sanity and escape. Fascism wants you to be overwhelmed so resist. 100
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Further proof that despite having tons of money, it just cannot buy: 1. Class 2. Principles 3. Happiness 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 29/01/2026youtu.be/rJrhtZjNWto?... Another insightful video from Adam Conover.youtu.beHow to Reclaim Your Attention with D. Graham Burnett and Peter SchmidtYouTube video by Adam Conover 000
Reposted by C. PinedaKristen Radtke @kristenradtke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.comtheverge.comI grew up with Alex PrettiThe kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend. 496171906829
Reposted by C. PinedaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Cartoon by Adam Zyglis 13662072320
Reposted by C. PinedaAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time. 236119515850
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Fascism implemented using AI enabled technologies. Technofascism, that is. 000
C. Pineda @crispy404.bsky.social · 25/01/2026It is okay to disconnect, to collect yourself and reflect. The last few days / weeks have been really heavy. We are bombarded by the constant stream of violence, hate and idiocy from people with disconnected, apathetic realities. We cannot allow this flooding to hijack our nervous systems. 001