Reposted by Ivan Monteirotante @tante.cc · 24/09/2026"And then, finally, and perhaps most importantly, Silicon Valley executives may love over-optimizing their lives and running chatbots like a team of tireless assistants, but I’m just not convinced the general public wants to be a manager." Am I too boring to need an AI agent? 2449
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroThe Onion @theonion.com · 19/09/2026God Horrified To Find Humans Eating Sacred, Omniscient Potatoes theonion.comGod Horrified To Find Humans Eating Sacred, Omniscient PotatoesTHE HEAVENS—Shaking His head in disbelief as the color drained from His face, God, Our Heavenly Father, was reportedly horrified Monday to learn that humans had been consuming the sacred, omniscient p... 231155104
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett. 5330021271
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroNorcross @floridanorcross.bsky.social · 21/08/2026story time: so the NASA site build and re-platforming was a massive undertaking, as one might imagine. in addition to leading the dev team (4 of us total) i was personally tasked with building out the new underlying site architecture and then migrating the existing content. not a big deal, right? 🧵 1256
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 18/08/2026I just typed out a comment to a post, re-read it, thought "Oh, right, I'll look like a fucking creep if I post that" and then deleted it, which is a reminder that the reason I came up with "The failure mode of 'clever' is 'asshole'" is because I need the warning as much if not more than other folks 591963168
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroBender el que Ofende @benderofuscado.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A mí llamadme loco, pero yo aquí veo un patrón. 42815322
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period. 106138755600
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Bluesky should go back to invites, continue aggressive bot bans, create a Craigslist-style marketplace (since you’re more likely to buy/get services from a educated or good person on here than any other social network), and market this place like a walled garden protected from enshittification. 609191142374
Ivan Monteiro @ivanmonteiro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026So... it's a... black hole... sun...?theguardian.comAstronomers discover a new kind of cosmic object – a black hole ‘star’The body is the size of the entire solar system and glows with a brilliant red light billions of light years from Earth 020
Ivan Monteiro @ivanmonteiro.bsky.social · 08/08/2026What do you look at when you walk at night? Brigham Young University study highlights focus differences, further confirming (real and perceived) dangers posed to female use of public spaces 010
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 06/08/2026So the answer to "how did the super spooky all powerful AI go rogue" is that they just let it rip and then went home for the day In a normal world, this would be a story about OpenAI's culture of negligence and half-assery, not how we should all bow down to the AI overlords 271507460
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroNaomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 03/08/2026A great deep dive into the cockroach movement in India. www.opendemocracy.net/india-modi-c...opendemocracy.netCockroaches, Modi and the death of fearIndia’s youthful cockroach protests have defanged the ruling regime’s primary tools of governance: fear, alienation and division 0146
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my... 19761601559
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026This is fantastic. 12727212
Ivan Monteiro @ivanmonteiro.bsky.social · 13/07/2026On the importance of remembering how both point of view and place of speech change one's perspectives 000
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/07/2026“We need to talk about how ludicrous it is to speak of defence in terms of % of GDP. If the UK economy were to massively expand, you wouldn’t suddenly need billions more to protect it. And if it shrank, you couldn’t defend it for less. The expression of a budget as a % of GDP is utterly arbitrary.”podcasts.apple.comSunday School: A Bin-Bin SituationPodcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 12 July · 1hr 2min 1823854
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroDuncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I’d just like to point out that Ukraine’s recent campaign to cut off Crimea from Russian supply has seen close to- Let me double check that… Good lord… FIFTY ships in the Sea of Azov put out of commission over the last FOUR DAYS. FOUR DAYS. FIFTY SHIPS. 💥 1320432
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroL.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 05/07/2026shout it from the rooftops futurism.com/future-socie...futurism.comBosses Horrified as "AI Native" College Graduates Hit the Workplace"AI native" college graduates are hitting the workplace -- and, as experts warned, bosses are finding their performance disappointing. 111132
Reposted by Ivan Monteirosvckr.eurosky.social @svckr.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026Beautiful speech by @alexhanna.bsky.social (echoing thoughts from @tante.cc tante.cc/2025/07/30/f...) Working in tech (fml) and managing & training junior devs I think about how that shit skips past the learning process A LOT.tante.ccFriction and not being touchedThe journalist Karen Hao – who published an absolutely fantastic book about OpenAI called “Empire of AI” recently – coined (as far as I know) one of the best terms for describing modern “AI” systems: ... 0227
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroGreenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · 02/07/2026If companies can't run data centres without polluting our air and water, pushing up energy bills, abusing workers' rights, harming local communities or wrecking the climate – then they shouldn't be allowed to run them A safe climate and healthy environment are necessities – tech bro profits aren'tft.comEU weighs weaker data centre climate rules in win for Big TechPast proposals for strict rules on renewable energy certificates have been dropped after heavy lobbying, draft shows 20158592138
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 30/06/2026There is something that has always felt fishy to me about recent scholarship showing much immigration as a net drain to countries' fiscal health. This may be part of what it fails to account for 0185
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroCinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 29/06/2026Yesterday, for Mel Brooks' 100th birthday, 7,000 fans gathered in the main square of Bologna, Italy, to sing “Happy Birthday” to him. Mel himself replied with a video message, and then the crowd watched Young Frankenstein together. ❤️ #Filmsky 📽️ 17984091596
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026To be absolutely clear, they're saying that the EU must choose between climate goals and no demonstrable ROI with LLMs 283
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroMonteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 21/06/2026My father died in December. He wasn’t a good father, and death didn’t change that. I wrote about it at the time. Reposting it today for everyone who deserved a good father (that’s you) but didn’t get one. And for all the bad fathers who still have a chance to turn it around.buttondown.comHow to bury your fatherThis week’s question comes to us anonymously: How do you lovingly care for an aging parent who treated you like shit? This question has been sitting in my... 2266
Reposted by Ivan Monteiropaulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 20/06/2026'When solar and wind power are combined with battery storage, they can undercut new gas power, challenging one of the fossil fuel industry’s arguments against renewables: that they cannot provide 24/7 electricity when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing.' www.euronews.com/2026/05/08/r...euronews.comWhy batteries are changing the renewables debateThe cost of battery storage has dropped more than 90 per cent since 2010, bringing the cost of renewable energy down with it. 11636611193
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroRhonda 🌊 @silverarticfox.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Can somebody explain to me why the rule is "if you can't make rent, cut out the streaming apps, lattes, and avocado toasts" but it's never "if you can't afford your workers a living wage, cut out the mega-yachts, rockets, and spaceships." 24782752318
Ivan Monteiro @ivanmonteiro.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Agent Orange's T1 phone is a Chinese HTC with a golden layer on top 000
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 14/06/2026 "André," is a collaborative kinetic sculpture created by artists Amora Doris & Jules Bonnot. It functions as a hand-cranked mutoscope, driving a series of 100 ink illustrations that create a delightful animated scene. IG: @amoradorisplasticienne 1285738954
Reposted by Ivan Monteirotante @tante.cc · 10/06/2026A court in Munich declared that Google is liable for their "AI summaries" and all its hallucinations. This brings "AI" slop in line with all other products: "AI" is basically the only product where a provider can deliver unchecked garbage and put all liability on the consumer.the-decoder.comLandmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answersA German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators don't apply to AI overviews. In this case, Google's AI had falsely linked two publishers to fraud and made claims that didn't appear in any of the linked sources. The ruling could set a precedent for AI-generated content liability worldwide. 131343530
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroPaul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The struggle is real 221142982738
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroChris Meder @evcurvefuturist.com · 07/06/2026IKEA didn't build renewable generation to power 1.47 million homes because politicians told them to. They did it because the economics stacked up. With much of the investment already paid off, savings of over half a billion USD per year on electricity costs, the fundamentals become hard to ignore. 234118273401
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroStephen Leahy @stephenleahy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026This is from nearly 2 years ago; costs are even lower: Need-to-Know: Solar is now cheaper than wooden fencing The price of solar panels has plunged 60% in the past TWO years leahy.substack.com/p/1000-nucle...leahy.substack.com1000 Nuclear ReactorsThat's how much solar and wind electricity could be plugged in. 552032673
Ivan Monteiro @ivanmonteiro.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Whenever I think about the AI hype this image comes to mind. 000
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 06/06/2026Entering month 6 of Mamdani's NYC & Robberies are down 11%, Retail theft is down 19%, & Murder is down 21%—all without "Adding 5000 new cops." Instead, he's invested in public safety free childcare, food, and better funded schools. Safer cities come from investing in people—not punishments. 9262911828
Reposted by Ivan Monteiroalexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 05/06/2026"Japan is building a wind and solar hybrid platform in the open ocean — so the two technologies can share a single foundation and generate power around the clock. It produces a more consistent 24-hour electricity output than either technology alone #ActOnClimate #Renewables #ClimateActionNow 32068982087
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026A huge thank you to everyone who's bought tickets over the last 2 days. Just a quick reminder that the special offers end at midnight tonight. Save ~£30 on out-of-hours workshops, and 25x that on the 3-day Code Craft workshop. 1128
Reposted by Ivan Monteirotante @tante.cc · 03/06/2026Another banger by Ted Chiang on "AI": "Employing philosophers might endow LLM companies with an air of respectability that slot-machine makers don’t get from the behavioral psychologists they hire, but in both cases the companies are preying on people’s tendency to see something that’s not there."theatlantic.comNo, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious - The AtlanticTaken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning. 38821
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 01/06/2026This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue www.404media.co/hackers-simp...404media.coHackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It WorkedThe exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI. 27197665108
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroJason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 01/06/2026I don't teach tokenmaxxing. I teach feedbackmaxxing. Join me tomorrow evening at 18:45 GMT+1 for our final Test-Driven Development workshop for self-funding learners. Yes, your boss *should* be paying for it and giving you the time, but here we are ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ www.tickettailor.com/events/codem...tickettailor.comRegister – Essential Code Craft - Test-Driven Development – ZoomEssential Code Craft - Test-Driven Development – Zoom, Multiple dates and times - Our new Essential Code Craft training workshops are aimed at software developers who are self-funding their profession... 11611
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Interesting paper: "What do news readers want" by Gregory J. Martin, Shoshana Vasserman & Cameron Pfiffer. Wonder whether any blue states are considering resurrecting public broadcasting or introducing print media subsidies www.nber.org/papers/w3528... 092
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroThe_Lady_Red @theladyred.bsky.social · 24/05/2026A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable. 9889044344
Reposted by Ivan Monteiroiucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 24/05/2026bringing this one back because they just keep doing it 9650260
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Oh my fucking god I thought they made this up. They did not. I just tried it myself 942456719
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroDave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 22/05/2026A NEW TWIST in Africa's soaring solar story: It's now manufacturing its own panels. The factories use imported Chinese cells, which are 40% of the value of panels, keeping much of the value domestically. 9 GW of cells+wafers in Mar/Apr alone🧵 534489877
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/05/2026A few simple steps can drastically decrease the amount of personal information that’s available about you online. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...ssd.eff.orgHow to: Manage Your Digital FootprintSearch for your name in any search engine and you’ll likely encounter dozens of results, some of which might include personal information like addresses, email accounts, usernames, or family members. Each piece of information is often public and not typically seen as harmful. But together these parts of your identity... 08237
Reposted by Ivan MonteiroJustin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Solar plus storage in India is cheaper than building fossil fuel power plants. So they build the solar.pv-magazine.comIndia installs 15.3 GW of solar capacity in Q1India installed 15.3 GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026 – the highest quarterly addition on record – representing a 143% year-on-year increase, according to Mercom India. 11950821349
Reposted by Ivan Monteiroderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/05/2026terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info 204100602759