Reposted by Eoin HigginsEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 20h[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never met a journalist who legally pantsed Matt Taibbi [JACK SMITH]: No [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Eoin Higgins! [SMITH]: That is Eliot Higgins sir 21713
Reposted by Eoin HigginsJulia Grant Reed @juliareedwa.bsky.social · 3hNo, you’re providing concentration camps that hold people against the law in horrific conditions without access to counsel. 524963
Reposted by Eoin HigginsCatbus @catbus.phd · 8hQuick reminder that Ralph Nader had zero impact on the electoral outcome of the 2000 election, which Bush didn't win anyway He was gifted the presidency by the supreme court, a decision Al Gore immediately accepted for some reason 637945
Reposted by Eoin HigginsThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case 2853405759
Reposted by Eoin HigginsHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The powerful generally do not want a free press to exist. This is not a matter of political partisanship so much as it is an observation of reality. And a more urgent one to acknowledge today, because they are closer to winning. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-free-a...hamiltonnolan.comThe Free and Unfree PressJournalism, and its adversaries. 432085
Reposted by Eoin HigginsJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I would like everyone to read this, from @eoinhiggins.bsky.social eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/there-are-...eoinhiggins.substack.comThere are no “rogue” AI agentsIdentifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook. 720657
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026By giving AI agency it can’t claim, we’ve turned it into a sentient being made of code, one that has hopes, desires, and the capability of deceit.eoinhiggins.substack.comThere are no “rogue” AI agentsIdentifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook. 44411
Reposted by Eoin HigginsEmoji Caresser @lizrummy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good piece, if even just to serve as a honeypot for replies of slop merchants you may have missed a blocking before. 2463
Reposted by Eoin HigginsCarapanã @carapanarana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Quem quiser entender porque teve gente que virou a casaca, basta ler o livro do @eoinhiggins.bsky.social . www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/eoin-...hachettebookgroup.comOwnedA “devastating” (Nation) examination of how a cabal of tech-billionaires is colluding with once-idealistic journalists to create an entirely new media ... 18315
Reposted by Eoin HigginsShaleen Title @shaleen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you have said or written the words “rogue agents” in the past few weeks you must read this important clarification by the excellent @eoinhiggins.bsky.social eoinhiggins.substack.com/p/there-are-...eoinhiggins.substack.comThere are no “rogue” AI agentsIdentifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook. 1397
Reposted by Eoin HigginsLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Eoin’s piece is worth reading in full. The point is that it’s critical to hold the responsible parties to account and certain types of language obfuscate that responsibility. That said, I fear we’re already trying to close the barn door after the fact when it comes to precision of language. 57721
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026illegal protest: peaceful defense of community legal protest: sectarian march meant to spark violence 1353
Reposted by Eoin HigginsDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Troubles in NI arose at least partly because people saw that protests against injustice were not working. In this respect, state-sanctioned unwelcome sectarian marches into a neighborhood is a reminder about which communities have been empowered to impose their values over others. 718235
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026AI isn't going "rogue" because it can't—and we won't get a grip on how companies like OpenAI are playing with fire until we have the language righteoinhiggins.substack.comThere are no “rogue” AI agentsIdentifying them as such only lets companies like OpenAI off the hook. 1238881
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026this strikes me as particularly important when working out severity and risk 0141
Reposted by Eoin HigginsThe Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 26/09/2026Ireland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAIirishtimes.comIreland v Israel: Day of infamy exposes serious lack of leadership in FAIGavin Bazunu has been left brutally isolated as any semblance of squad unity has been utterly sundered 33814
Reposted by Eoin HigginsMarc Normandin @marcnormandin.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Every few months we get people extrapolating from a sports clip to determine some guy in the stands needs to get dumped and his wife/girlfriend to upgrade, and every time there's a post-din reveal that says quite a few of you need to touch grass 1030358
Reposted by Eoin HigginsKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 24/09/2026I wrote about the press' irresponsible AI doomsday coverage:karlbode.comLazy Journalism At The 'End Of The World'U.S. corporate media long ago gave up on accurately describing abject reality. 423976
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026the long awaited antiwar left-right coalition is gonna happen this time I can feel it 21117
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026this doesn't read as "rogue" it reads as no guardrails restricting these actions were in place so the agents completed their task by accessing the information 710822
Reposted by Eoin HigginsLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970102256
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026brutaltherealnews.comGaza’s disabled left behind: 'All our dreams are gone'Champion athletes Rabab Nawfal and Suha Maqat, two of Gaza's disabled people now in broken wheelchairs, on famine, displacement, and being forgotten by the world. 1287
Reposted by Eoin HigginsJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Israel can call itself the "only democracy in the Middle East," but this is not how any legitimate democracy behaves. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comIsrael's elections committee votes to bar all Arab partiesThe decision to ban the UAL, the Joint List and Balad's party leader Sami Abu Shehadeh and Jewish MK Ofer Cassif from Hadash is expected to reach the Israel High Court for review 19729
Reposted by Eoin HigginsSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s not “third-country deportation,” it’s an extraordinary rendition, complete with torture and enforced silence by the “host” country’s thugs. And it’s a direct consequence of never imposing punishment on the CIA for doing this during the War on Terror.nytimes.comA Central African Hotel Has Become a Nightmare Prison for U.S. DeporteesWitnesses say men were hooded and beaten in Equatorial Guinea. The autocratic government there is a partner in President Trump’s deportation program. 3225311032
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026campaign reportedly told volunteers that Jackson will not do any more town halls—if so, it will further restrict his off-the-cuff appeal and continue to reduce visibility 1131
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026In a supporter FB group, Jackson calls the reporting here “inaccurate and full of misconceptions” but declines to address the claims 2203
Reposted by Eoin HigginsHoratio Pornviewer @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A video of Catherine Liu popped up on my IG and I thought “oh I bet this is gonna be some shit about how the most powerful people on earth are liberal arts professors” and yeah it was that, again 81046
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026majorities of libs also want justice for the actions of the Trump administration (and, for the Gaza genocide, the Biden WH) but I have some bad news, the vehicle for that would be the Democratic Party 1503
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 21/09/202631% of libs surveyed publicly told a pollster they would feel positive if Trump was popped during a speech lol 7671288
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Mobland: Fun show but Helen Mirren's "Irish accent" is almost so awful as to make you not want to watch at all 3100
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You’re right—that plane shouldn’t have gone there. That’s my fault, and I should have made sure there wasn’t a terminal in the landing path. Would you like me to call emergency services, or assist with lining up takeoffs? 26082461642
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026me and AIeoinhiggins.substack.comSome thoughts on AI risk and AI politicsRecent writing on the technology and how I’m approaching it in this pivotal moment. 170
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026One of the reasons I'm so pedantic anthropomorphizing about AI "thinking" and acting independently is that when you do that, you end up with what Ezra Klein is saying in one part of his lengthy essay today on the technology.nytimes.comOpinion | This Is What I Fear Most About A.I.Letting A.I. patrol its own frontier is like asking Jesse James to patrol the Wild West. 814129
Reposted by Eoin HigginsGary Grills @communitymartyr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Imagine how powerful he’d be if he read literally any book on the topics he Talks about 5533
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026tbh JFK and Trump have a lot in common, why not name it for both of them 6435
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm committed to AI safety, and that's why I'm encouraging loosening antitrust laws to allow the corporations in charge of the models I'm scared of to collude 1536
Reposted by Eoin HigginsJames Grebey @jgrebes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I had a blast watching Resident Evil; it’s wild how it’s the complete opposite of one of my favorite movies of the year, The Bone Temple www.avclub.com/sympathy-for...avclub.comOur sympathy for the zombie has run dryZombie fans swarming to the theater prefer the comic mayhem of Resident Evil to the empathy of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. 0134
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026this is true and it's what some liberal voices are outright advocating for—including saying we should suspend antitrust laws to allow these corporations to collude on model development 0298
Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026this is a 🚨 indicator, to mefreightwaves.comFreight Market Alert: Why US Tender Rejections Are SkyrocketingThe freight market is showing an unusual tightening with widespread increases in tender rejection rates across the United States. Join us as we dive into 2345