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I write about technology politics. Please read Horrific/Terrific for anti-capitalist analyses of tech & society www.horrific-terrific.tech I also produce Computer Says Maybe: www.saysmaybe.com/podcast georgiaiacovou.com

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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 27/09/2026
Just putting this above the light switch for my bathroom so I can think about how to make the fash look foolish every time I take a shit
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 09/09/2026
Oh look they’re making a sequel to Practical Magic, full title Practical Magic 2: Women from the 90s who don’t age and also all new ideas stopped after 2016 variety.com/2026/film/re...
variety.com
‘Practical Magic 2’ Review: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman Don’t Quite Cast a Spell in an Overlong, Predictable Sequel
With Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, Susanne Bier's 'Practical Magic 2' rehashes what earned the first film a fandom, but fails to correct its flaws
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tech companies don't even tell you what they do anymore, they just look at you like this
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 04/09/2026
OpenAI president says we're in the AGI era now. Thank you for telling us. What's AGI again? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
OpenAI’s next big AI model has ‘entered the AGI era’
According to OpenAI president Greg Brockman, we’ve likely entered the AGI era.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 02/09/2026
Let their imminent deaths be a lesson to you all
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 28/08/2026
Maybe the end of Woke 1 was when Reply All couldn't finish their series on Bon Appetite...
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 25/08/2026
Why did mortality have to come for Dolly too this sucks
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 21/08/2026
I lurked in AI writing subreddits for a couple of weeks, before and after Anthropic announced their watermark, and let me tell you: they all lost their damn minds. I wrote about it here www.horrific-terrific.tech/p/you-cannot...
horrific-terrific.tech
You Cannot Optimise the Thing you Love
The pirates have made their own piracy label
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 17/08/2026
I'm making a thing that emulates how posts get made and shared across different online platforms. Each symbol is one post and each colour represents a different platform. The trailing ones are reposts; the ones that grow big have a lot of engagement. Can you guess which is which?
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 14/08/2026
Amazon will now use Twitch streams to train their AI and it's opt-out, because no one would ever opt-in. How much longer is this going to last lolol? We weren't put on this earth to train AI so it can make worse versions of what we already do very well aftermath.site/twitch-ai-am...
aftermath.site
Twitch Says Quiet Part Out Loud: Amazon AI Is Opt Out Because ‘Nobody Would Opt In’
"If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in. That’s honestly the answer"
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 13/08/2026
I was looking for something in my blog and I found this thing I wrote like a year ago where I complained about dumb phones for some reason. This is why having a blog where I write about anything I want is good and healthy www.horrific-terrific.tech/p/why-is-my-...
horrific-terrific.tech
Why is my phone the wrong shape?
Here are some devices that give you magic permission to go to the beach
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 13/08/2026
It's not writers block, it's just 35 degrees outside ffs
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 13/08/2026
I have felt so weird for the past 2-3 weeks and I would like it to somehow be the fault of a major celestial event rather than anything I might be doing wrong
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 06/08/2026
feel so sorry for the copywriters at M&S who came up with 'This is not just food...' because that just sounds like AI now
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Asperas Bompar @asperasbompar.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Wakanda tariffs going to get doubled now
bbc.com
US government lists fictional nation Wakanda as trade partner
Officials say it was an error to add the fictional nation from Black Panther to the list.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 29/07/2026
Cut to drones dropping hot soup on people’s heads
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 27/07/2026
Wtf is this, it’s like we’re going backwards
A bus showing an ad ‘the weight is over’ with a hand holding a small pill and the product name ‘voy’
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 25/07/2026
I saw someone post this earlier, lost the post, then went mad going into the Writing With AI subreddit, and now I've screenshotted a bunch of ridiculous posts that illustrate the kind of things people talk about on there...
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 23/07/2026
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 20/07/2026
Sony are discontinuing physical game discs which is making gamers question the notion of ownership and making me laugh at the fact that PlayStation’s motto is ‘play has no limits’ open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
open.substack.com
Monopoly Round-Up: Video Gamers Rebel Against Sony, Microsoft, and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Sony will no longer ship physical copies of games, prompting widespread anger from customers at how their ownership rights are being stripped by powerful monopolies. Plus, SpaceX craters...
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 19/07/2026
The bbc advert they just played at half time made me want to pay for six tv licences at once
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 17/07/2026
While writing this piece I realised that in techno-solutionism, I'm much more afraid of the solution than I am of the problem -- because the problem is as much of a fantasy as the solution is www.horrific-terrific.tech/p/the-age-of...
horrific-terrific.tech
The Age of Manure
I’m not afraid of problems; I’m afraid of solutions
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 16/07/2026
Another example of how 'open source' in AI isn't really a thing. Thinking Machines say AI shouldn't be controlled by a handful of companies -- but also their model "needs to run on a cluster of specialized chips". Which effectively doesn't feel very open. www.wired.com/story/thinki...
wired.com
Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model
Inkling, a 975-billion-parameter open source model, was trained to understand video and audio. It could help Thinking Machines establish itself among competitors like Anthropic and OpenAI.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 15/07/2026
Tbh this makes sense, Robert Kennedy looks like the vitamin density of any vegetable would kill him
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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
New case for the Xteink just dropped. I love makers.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 13/07/2026
Sorry to give more attention to a ridiculous story but this is basically like ‘fake inventor is upset that another fake inventor stole their fake invention’ www.cnbc.com/2026/07/10/a...
cnbc.com
Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, says scheme was 'at every level'
The two companies entered into a high-profile partnership in 2024 when ChatGPT was integrated into the iPhone's operating system.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 13/07/2026
Maintainers of open source repos are now overrun with bullshit vibe-coded PRs -- 'democratisation'? www.ft.com/content/cec8...
ft.com
Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party?
Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 13/07/2026
We're iterating like men in a billionaire group chat over here
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 09/07/2026
why don't we just call AGI what it is? E.g. a conspiracy theory
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
@benwhitelaw.bsky.social thanks for the shoutout! and nice to be mentioned alongside the legend that is @georgiaiacovou.com
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open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I saw the best minds of my generation produce high quality content for startups that laid them off on a zoom call
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 16/04/2026
I love working on a podcast; the guests give such amazing reading recommendations. Literally this is the list from @naomiaklein.bsky.social's episode. I’ve been doing this for two years now so I’ve collected A LOT of reading lists, have added some recent bangers in this thread
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.
A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 08/04/2026
is there a way we can scrub this information from the internet so my girlfriend is never tempted to buy this www.dezeen.com/2026/03/26/l...
dezeen.com
Lego to mark Sagrada Familia completion with largest ever set
Toy brand Lego is reportedly set to release a model of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, which will be the largest set ever created.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 03/04/2026
Why is everyone always picking on @taylorlorenz.bsky.social who literally is using those 17 hours to work hard and report on stuff no one else is 😭
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
So many “social media victims” are just LGBTQ kids whose parents blame IG for their kids sexuality or gender or not conforming to societal norms. Trans girl Brianna Ghey was stabbed to death in a hate crime and her mom said she was **murdered first by social media**
independent.co.uk
Esther Ghey: Brianna was addicted to social media – teenagers need to be protected
Exclusive: The mother of Brianna Ghey is calling for tighter controls on smartphones and access to social media for young people in the wake of her daughter’s murder
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Sam @sunlightafterdark.com · 25/03/2026
simpsons lionel hutz meme where he's accepting war and condemning war
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 25/03/2026
Maybe if we convert the entire US defence complex to Catholicism they will stop doing war
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Gaius (from Tribunate) @gaius.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Dying empire embroiled in a quagmire of its own making attempts outlandish conquest to restore faith
The
WHITE HOUSE
The White House *
@WhiteHouse
The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay.
AMERICA WILL NEVER
GIVE UP THE MOON AGAIN.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 25/03/2026
In Dec 2025 Disney decided to add $1bn to the raging furnace that is generative AI with their OpenAI Sora deal and it turns out the money furnace is burning so hard that it's eating itself and Sora is already dead and Disney will just have to rely on humans for their movies again ahahaha...
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 19/03/2026
This is the best use of AI I’ve ever seen youtu.be/cJER6WtOkjk?...
youtu.be
Irish Zionism
YouTube video by Conner O'Malley
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 18/03/2026
I loved working on this interview because @adambecker.bsky.social really does just use the power of physics to explain why the dreamy AI futures of Silicon Valley men are literally scientifically impossible -- thank you!
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 17/03/2026
I know everyone’s talking about Louis Theroux’s Manosphere but honestly I think I got all I need from this deep dive on Clavicular youtu.be/ODPO3ifTjIw?...
youtu.be
The Clown World of Clavicular | Kick's Most Corrupted Looksmaxxer
YouTube video by j aubrey
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 02/02/2026
Me here: I still exist Me on Linkedin: Thrilled to annouce that I still exist
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Christie Malry ☭ 🔻 @christiemalry.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
an isreali billionare died, no wait stop laughing, theres more...
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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I've said it before and I'll say it again: twitter is literally just /pol with a better UI now, and it has exponentially more reach and users than /pol ever had.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 12/01/2026
Also define ‘sexual’ and also what was the point in that online safety act then
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 12/01/2026
Ah that’ll stop it from happening then news.sky.com/story/ofcom-...
news.sky.com
Creating AI sexualised images to become criminal offence this week
Media watchdog Ofcom says it will examine whether X has breached UK law over reports Grok was used to create and share sexualised images of children.
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 12/01/2026
Tech man walks into a room of investors and says, "AI". Investors erupt into applause and now won't stop throwing money at him. www.ft.com/content/02d4...
ft.com
Alphabet hits $4tn valuation on AI hopes
Latest Gemini artificial intelligence model has fuelled investor optimism over competitiveness with OpenAI’s ChatGPT
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copy of Georgia_final_v2 (FINAL!!) @georgiaiacovou.com · 02/01/2026
I hate the phrase anti-aging, that’s just not a real thing. It’s like anti-gravity. It’s like telling us to feel bad if we can’t float. Like come on
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