Reposted by LuisAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026what I had to say turned out not to be a columntheatlantic.comSomething Like PeopleA poem 13336102
Reposted by LuisTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026Your favorite Anthropic so-called "whistleblower" said that the rationalists have "specialized minds" that allow them to see that the end is about to be brought on to us by a magical machine god. Parroting the cult leader (of the rationalists, the R in TESCREAL) who says the same about himself. 371603325
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 02/10/2026youtu.be/UVXywuDAZEY Incredible documentary on black Americans immigrating to Mexico. I have definitely noticed the trend in Mexico City.youtu.beWhy are black Americans moving to Mexico?YouTube video by PBS Documentaries 010
Reposted by LuisJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026People who believe LLMs are conscious are having one of the biggest AI meltdowns yet because someone is running a Saw-like torture chamber for LLMs on GitHub. Just before we published, GitHub took it down. GitHub hasn't said why www.404media.co/someone-tort...404media.coSomeone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI YetThe "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare." 1727170
Reposted by LuisMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...youtube.comMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 25667684551
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 21/09/2026There is some irony to the fact that you have inspired me with your hot punk rock whimsy, and yet you have been lacking in inspiration. Maybe it come back ten fold. 110
Reposted by LuisGremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I truly don’t understand this “transplant” nonsense. The whole THING about NYC is that ppl come here from other places to mutate into New Yorkers! TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE KING OF THE HILL, TOP OF THE HEAP! Imho a rando who moved here a year ago is the MOST NY person. Welcome Ohio rando, have a bagel 1835844372
Reposted by Luis404 Media @404media.co · 21/09/2026A Microsoft executive called “an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions,” and the “largest theft of labor in human history.” An internal Microsoft document said generative AI products have created a “doom loop” that is killing “the entire web.” www.404media.co/doom-loop-op...404media.co‘Doom Loop’: OpenAI and Microsoft Admits LLMs Are Destroying the Web and Built on Theft"Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." 13453180
Reposted by LuisTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026I have started being in the habit of asking who their other guests are & sometimes declining press requests after finding because the outlets I'd expect to be politically aligned with have been platforming literal eugenicist cultists to talk about "AI" and asking me to appear with or after them. 447064
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 16/09/2026You know when someone really cool and with a not small number of followers follows you and you feel like maybe you're cool now but then years later you realize they unfollowed and you wonder "was it something I wrote?" 000
Reposted by LuisCrawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Chronicle of millions of deaths foretold: Exceeding human heat tolerance in a warming, ageing world: a global projection modelling study - The Lancet Planetary Health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...thelancet.comExceeding human heat tolerance in a warming, ageing world: a global projection modelling studyOur results suggest accounting for age stratified vulnerability, intolerable heat will be experienced at much larger scales and for longer durations, affecting far more people than previously estimate... 15027
Reposted by LuisBGR @bgrcom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Prime Video's The Peripheral, is based on William Gibson's cyberpunk novel of the same name, which was sadly canceled due to the SAG-AFTRA strike.bgr.comAmazon's Cyberpunk Series Based On A William Gibson Novel Deserved A Second Season - BGR 3136464
Reposted by Luismcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 13/08/2026I obviously love @theverge.com and this is a great deal. 184
Reposted by LuisTQ 🌿 @witchytq.bsky.social · 12/08/2026they know we don't want it. they do not care. 17053322464
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 09/08/2026It's probably been a little over a year.And a half, but I think it's time for another west wing rewatch. My sould needs it. 000
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 08/08/2026I suspect the RAMpocalyse is good for my wallet. Its forced a real evaluation of what tech i actually NEED vs Want. 010
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 08/08/2026Don't ask ChatGPT. Ask a human instead. I am knowledgeable about: - design (creative director for 13 yrs) - consumer tech - Geekery (sci-fi films, TV, and books) - Gamer (RPGs, FPS, Retro Gaming (as in all the way to NES) - History and Politics Drop what people can ask you about #askahuman 010
Reposted by LuisPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I understand 60 Minutes is a huge platform. But NYT sets the agenda for American politics and elite discourse. That gave Ross huge power. And he used it poorly and often disingenuously. Good riddance. 241034115
Reposted by LuisNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Very important and harrowing read about our world on fire. 6315121
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 30/04/2026All these gen z's cosplaying the 90s and not one has gone full 90s eyebrows. 010
Reposted by LuisThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/04/2026"I went on Amazon and bought one of the cheapest, smallest DVD players available," our Wirecutter expert writes. "It was the best purchase I made in all of 2025." nyti.ms/4tUf18xnyti.msMy Favorite Streaming Service Is a DVD Player and My Library CardA small, affordable DVD player can be an easy way to make use of once-beloved discs sitting around your apartment. 621630
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 28/04/2026Searching YT for Mr Blobby at near midnight might have just given me nightmares 😅 010
Reposted by LuisWIRED @wired.com · 13/04/2026As major news outlets including USA Today Co. and the New York Times restrict the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from archiving their stories, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the vast collection of web pages.wired.comThe Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in PerilAs major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages. 5276112
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 13/04/2026open.substack.com/pub/happyfri...open.substack.com# Tiny Happy Friction #4: Why I Broke Up with ChatGPT and Why You Should Too.I don’t trust OpenAI. 000
Reposted by LuisElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/04/2026After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgEFF is Leaving XAfter almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 509148572754
Reposted by LuisAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Sure; you might need a job to buy food and medicine and clothes for your children, but have you ever considered how you losing your job, your house and the ability to feed your children, all owing to AI, is actually a good thing because it makes people like Aravind richer?? HAVE YOU?? 59724
Reposted by Luis404 Media @404media.co · 16/03/2026The CEO of Krafton used ChatGPT to push out the head of the studio developing Subnautica 2 against the advice of his own legal team and failed miserably.404media.coCEO Ignores Lawyers, Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Loses Terribly in CourtThe CEO of Krafton used ChatGPT to push out the head of the studio developing Subnautica 2 against the advice of his own legal team and failed miserably. 15594228
Reposted by LuisRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/03/2026What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works. 355183205096
Reposted by LuisIsaac Chotiner @ichotiner.bsky.social · 14/03/2026New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a... 251661521
Reposted by LuisMother Jones @motherjones.com · 07/03/2026Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.motherjones.comAt Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP ReportsCamp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves. 59792646005
Reposted by LuisMatt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful! 28760773480
Reposted by LuisTaylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026I have a piece out in @theguardian.com today on how the internet is becoming a fully surveilled digital panopticon and why we need to fight back with everything we havetheguardian.comThe world wants to ban children from social media, but there will be grave consequences for us all | Taylor LorenzAge-verification systems require collecting sensitive data to support the biometric information. In no time, the internet will become a fully surveilled digital panopticon, says technology journalist ... 8331125
Reposted by LuisKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/02/2026Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting. You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️ 641709519
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 15/02/2026app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4b18...app.thestorygraph.comReview by gentlemangeek - One Yellow EyeThere is something oddly apt about finishing this book on Valentines Day. It's a holiday that ... 100
Reposted by LuisNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 13/02/2026Unironically yes, LOWER DECKS is about how the response to the disappointments of the post-Cold War era and the complexity of the modern world should not be despair or cynicism but instead a recommitment to the original ideals of liberalism, thank you for coming to my TED talk.nathangoldwag.wordpress.comFrom Undiscovered Country to Nemesis: How Star Trek Reflects SocietyIt is a common cliche that Science Fiction says more about the present than it does the future, and perhaps no franchise embodies that more than Star Trek, which has always openly served as a socie… 15954154
Reposted by LuisDumb Runner @dumbrunner.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I recorded this today, in Portland, Oregon, at a huge march to the ICE facility in SW. The crowd was full of cyclists who had ridden there in memory of Alex Pretti; members of several labor unions; and ordinary citizens of every age, including this little girl. So of course ICE deployed tear gas. 671897868
Luis @gentlemangeek.me · 19/01/2026I am moving away from streaming music and want to utilize my long dormant iTunes library but the music app sucks. Any recommendations for apps to organize a local music library on Windows. #music 010