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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

LinkedIn added an "AI slop" button. The U-Turn is happening, expect to see a lot more of this from other tech companies.

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Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines

Screenshot of the article
(I'm sorry I don't have time to type this whole thing as alt text my poor thumbs owww)

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Seth Rosenthal @sethrosenthal.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

saw a truck for a company called Absolute Chimneys and I can’t stop saying that to myself as if I’m an English soccer announcer calling a free kick that sailed over the crossbar

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Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Why I don't expect liberal democracy to go away any time soon: My article on the resilience of liberal democracy, published in @jeppjournal.bsky.social. Perfectly timed to the day after Orbáns defeat and a small spike in "democracy-optimism". There are, I argue, good reasons for such optimism.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

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Max Read @maxread.info · 28/02/2026

one way of seeing anthropic vs. the pentagon is as a fissure between the two silicon valley tribes most enthusiastic about ai: "rationalists" and "accelerationists" maxread.substack.com/p/what-anthr...

To start, it seems quite obvious that the Tech Right--a bloc of right-wing, Trump-aligned executives, investors, podcasters, Twitter personalities, firms, and companies, among them Palantir’s Joe Lonsdale and Alex Karp, Anduril’s Palmer Luckey, and, of course, xAI’s Elon Musk--with its extensive links to the administration, has been exerting behind-the-scenes pressure on Hegseth and the Pentagon to sever ties with or otherwise punish Anthropic. It was a Palantir executive, after all, who snitched on Anthropic to the D.o.D., and Hegseth’s speech in January about “objectively truthful AI capabilities” was a close echo of Musk’s ramblings about his “maximally truth-seeking” model Grok.

The Tech Right’s contempt for Anthropic is first and foremost financial in nature. Musk, obviously, would like xAI to be first in line for any government contracts. (Indeed, Hegseth announced a deal with xAI this week to use Grok under the Pentagon’s preferred “all lawful use” terms.) And I suspect Palantir, Anthropic client though it may be, has the same existential fear of Claude as McKinsey or Salesforce or any other consultancy or software-as-a-service provider. If Anthropic is aggressively courting the D.o.D. to contract directly, and if Claude is as good as every thinks, what does Palantir’s future as a data-analytics-in-camo platform actually look like?

This doesn’t necessarily separate him from any other Silicon Valley liberal. But I think it’s good to attend to the valence of his liberalism. Amodei, like most of the Anthropic executives and many people in the A.I. in general, has long been associated with the worlds of Bay Area Rationalism and Effective Altruism--wonkily utilitarian philosophical and philanthropic practices focused on self-described rationalist inquiry and self-improvement.

Bay Area Rationalism is a loose and diverse movement, containing a host of political perspectives, but it’s always had a particular concern with moral philosophy as it relates to the expected development of artificial superintelligence. To be a Rationalist liberal democrat (small-L small-D), e.g., might mean orienting your liberal democrat-ness toward its practical applications around the eschatological scenario of hard-takeoff A.G.I.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 08/10/2023

Where is Iran? Each dot represents an American's guess. pro.morningconsult.com/articles/can... 🌐

This map shows widely dispersed dots representing the guesses of US survey respondents about the location of Iran on a world map. 23% placed a dot in the correct area.

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 20/01/2026

AI Slop is a hot topic, but what do AI coders and developers feel about democracy and their role in creating products that impact it? Out now and Open Access in ICS: "A new digital divide? Coder worldviews, the ‘Slop economy,’ and democracy in the age of AI" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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A new digital divide? Coder worldviews, the ‘Slop economy,’ and democracy in the age of AI

Digital technologies are transforming democratic life in conflicting ways. This article bridges two perspectives to unpack these tensions. First, we present an original survey of software developer...

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A new digital divide? Coder worldviews, the ‘Slop economy,’ and democracy in the age of AI

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A survey of Silicon Valley developers reveals that 74% would implement features restricting human rights if pressured, fueling a "slop economy" of low-quality AI content. The study argues corporate demands override ethics, creating a gap in information quality www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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A new digital divide? Coder worldviews, the ‘Slop economy,’ and democracy in the age of AI

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nicoblar.bsky.social @nicoblar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

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ISA-SAWP Colombo 2026: Call for Proposals

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 15/12/2025

if you control for same type of miles driven, same time of day, same roads, and same make and model of car, the gains tend to evaporate (at least they did when I ran the CADOT numbers). Also it means billions for Waymo to make this claim, so they have every incentive to juice

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 13/12/2025

Just fyi waymo is cooking their books and bit on that data, not comparing apples to apples. They're about as safe as human drivers

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 07/12/2025

Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU. You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 07/12/2025

I would say this because I edited it but @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social's piece on tech bros founding their own for-profit cities really is unmissable reading www.ft.com/content/b127...

ft.com

Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities

They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The World Bank’s latest data shows a quiet global triumph: 93% of people aged 15 to 24 can now read and write. In many regions youth literacy has reached or neared universal levels, marking one of the most successful, least reported stories in development. buff.ly/vnsUhLo #ShareGoodNewsToo

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World Bank Open Data

Free and open access to global development data

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

At 185 mph maximum sustained winds, Cat 5 Hurricane #Melissa is now just 7 mph shy of what @michaelfwehner.bsky.social r.bsky.social & Jim Kossin have defined as the cutoff for a prospective "Cat 6" hurricane: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2322597121

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Waffle 🧇 @wafflecut.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
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Investigation of:
LOSS OF THE SUBMARINE TITAN
IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON JUNE 18, 2023
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Accident No.:
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Interview of:
Co-designer/Pilot
Deepsea Challenger
DCA23FM036
via Microsoft Teams
Friday,
July 26, 2024

INTERVIEW OF
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BY LCDR
11 Q. So how did you get yourself started into submersible
12 operations?
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A.
Well, I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic.
When I
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set down the path to make that film, the first thing that I did
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was arrange to be introduced to the head of the submersible
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program at the P.P. Shirshov Institute in Moscow, a guy named
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Professor
I. I did that through a mutual friend
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of ours, a guy named
, who is one of the preeminent
underwater cinematographers in the world. And had been on a
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submersible expedition out to Titanic the previous year with the
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Russians. And that was organized by a Canadian company that was
22 doing an IMAX film which was released under the title Titanica.

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Word of mouth is important to a book's success. So, if you'd like to see the authors who wrote your favourite stories commissioned to write more, please keep talking about all the #books you love.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/10/2025

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

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Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I relate to quite a bit of Ursula Le Guin's writing schedule, but it's the "very stupid after 8pm" part that seems to hit harder and deeper as the years go on.

5:30 a.m.—wake up and lie there and think.
6:15 a.m.—get up and eat breakfast (lots).
7:15 a.m.— get to work writing, writing, writing.
Noon-lunch.
1:00-3:00 p.m.—reading, music.
3:00-5:00 p.m.— correspondence, maybe house cleaning.
5:00-8:00 p.m.- make dinner and eat it. After 8:00 p.m.—I tend to be very stupid and we won't
talk about this.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

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British Politics' Midlife Crisis

Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

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WIRED @wired.com · 22/09/2025

A snapshot of Silicon Valley in 2025 is Mark Zuckerberg, now a MAGA-friendly mixed martial arts fan who doesn’t worry much about hate speech on his platforms and complains that corporate America isn’t masculine enough.

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I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong

Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.

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Yoshiko Herrera @yoshikoherrera.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Respectfully disagree: 1) in fact it is unusual for a democracy w/ this level of GDP to turn authoritarian & so quickly; 2) the weakness of both institutions (congress & courts) and individuals (Schumer etc) is shocking. Would take less than 10 people in congress or 2 SC justices to stop all this.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 06/09/2025

I have no doubt that the journals are preparing their own lawsuit which gives themselves 1b and all authors free journal access for 45 days

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 06/09/2025

Specific articles don't usually have their own isbns, which are also needed per settlement terms. Would love to be wrong on this since I have 45 articles and only 3 books in database

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 06/09/2025

Needs to be books registered at copyright.gov for the this particular suit, hopefully another suit for articles comes (20m of those vs 7m books)

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 06/09/2025

This is true in general but I think the terms of the suit limit it to registered books only

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 06/09/2025

As far as I understand this is only for books registered at copyright.gov, academic articles are not a part of the suit (hopefully in a future one though)

U.S. Copyright Office | U.S. Copyright Office

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 05/09/2025

Most academic works won't meet the copyright criteria unfortunately..

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

AI "boring history" slop has taken over YouTube and is particularly insidious because it flattens history and drowns out the tireless work of creators who have been integral to legitimizing YouTube as a place for high-quality history videos www.404media.co/ai-generated...

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AI Generated 'Boring History' Videos Are Flooding YouTube and Drowning Out Real History

"These AI videos are just repeating things that are on the internet, so you end up with a very simplified version of the past."

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Macartan Humphreys @macartan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Please share: Seeking seed funding to develop innovations for open science, design, aggregation, transfer..? Call open now with @egap.bsky.social egap.org/our-work/res... @awilke.bsky.social Deadline 31 October

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EGAP Innovation Grants 2025 – EGAP

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Thanks @billmckibben.bsky.social for the kind praise for #ScienceUnderSiege! Due out 9/9, by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly, courtesy of #PublicAffairs / @hachetteus.bsky.social/ #BasicBooks / #ScribePub: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/micha...

“Once upon a time, scientists could assume that people would take their hard work, believe it, and put it to use. No longer—as Michael Mann and Peter Hotez make painfully clear, a concentrated assault by special interests has made the work of science painful and perilous. Science Under Siege is a well-researched guide and offers some powerful ideas about how to fight back.”―Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 23/08/2025

I'm going through the data from CADOT now. According to their figures, over 97% of the injury crashes are on the highway(!). might be safer per mile driven, but that's where the vast majority of injuries are. So this waymo data is only talking about a sliver of the injuries regardless. more soon.

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 23/08/2025

Their argument is that it's nearly ten times safer, which is what concerns me...

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 23/08/2025

looking in to that as well! good points.

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 23/08/2025

couple ways: 1) If we accept Waymo's (juiced?) figs, they have little incentive to improve their models. 2) good to check claims in a bs-heavy industry to see if we are being bs'd. would i take a waymo over my drunk uncle Charlie in Sheboygan? sure. Is it better in all cases? let's find out!

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 23/08/2025

they also aren't comparing to human taxi miles, which are already 30-40% safer than genpop. i get that they want to make data look as good as possible for themselves (it's prob worth hundreds of millions), but calling it 'apples to apples' is a bit suprious..

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Jason Miklian @jasonmiklian.com · 23/08/2025

I'm going to dig into the CA data this weekend and see if that holds up for the human crashes. easy for them to do for the RO, which is them.

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