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Joseph Kohlmann

@jkohlmann.bsky.social
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He / him · #Manhattan #NYC · Staff software engineer · Design+eng, #HCI, #DesignSystems, listening, empathy, #house #music, video #games, #photography, #cats, Black feminism, trans rights, Palestinian liberation, antiwhiteness, broken systems, #union labor

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 15h
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 5h
Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them.
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 2h
I wrote about this kind of thing before: it makes tons of sense for Sharma to go on a PR offensive, both personally and for the business, but journalists simply do not have to help Xbox do it aftermath.site/xbox-intervi...
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Outlets Don't Have To Do Xbox's Work For It
A glowing profile of Xbox in Entertainment Weekly is just PR in a different hat
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 2h
I have so many questions about the "time as your boss" counter www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/a...
While she is away, a large counter in the beige Xbox building on Microsoft’s campus tallies Sharma’s time as chief executive. Over the atrium where employees take their coffee breaks, a banner exclaims “RETURN OF XBOX.”
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AmericanTruckSongs10 @ethangach.bsky.social · 2h
if you work at Microsoft and want to share a picture of the counter I will keep you anonymous 2673263042
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As a design consultant of a certain vintage, this is about my 4th round of some flavor of "everyone will build their own apps".
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2h
it’s amazing to me that first apple invented the least lossy user interface ever (multi-touch) — where you interact with software controls *directly* & instantly and now the next “big thing” is writing text instructions, the slowest, most disintermediated and lossy way possible
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Old DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 2h
A rare fully remote Narrative designer role: www.useparallel.com/app/candidat...
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Narrative Designer at Smile Break | Parallel
Job Summary We are looking for a Narrative Designer to join our fully remote game development team for an unannounced project within a high-profile IP. We are in development on an ambitious, unannounc...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4h
I'm absolutely fascinated by "journalism" that can't seem to tell readers an obvious truth. Like the fact this is absolutely meaningless bullshit designed to pre-empt real oversight
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Trump releases AI accord with tech executives
President Donald Trump released a document on Tuesday that his administration cast as an accord ​on artificial intelligence and which he said earlier was signed by ‌him and tech executives that he met...
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 5h
Meta is using a radical interpretation of a tax credit for “research and experimentation” to get billions of dollars off GPUs for its A.I. data centers. My latest with Jesse Drucker, @elitan.bsky.social and @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 19h
the brand safety panopticon has come to twitch
Streamers, wary of both AI and YouTube’s infuriatingly un-transparent hall of mirrors, are not enthused about this new development.

“Ohhh so that’s why ad revenue dropped,” longtime streamer JP "itmeJP" McDaniel said on Twitter.  

“I’m genuinely worried that the sheer fact that I’m a lesbian will cause the AI to remove ads,” said Vtuber LuminusRed. “In the past I’ve tested it and confirmed that I get less ad money if I had queer-related tags on my stream like ‘lesbian,’ so I am worried this dumb AI monitoring will mean I no longer get money from ads on Twitch.”
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Micah @rincewind.run · 14h
seriously: every western regime should deny any and all relief and sabotage this administration as hard as possible
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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 29/09/2026
This is like a fucking SNL skit where studios keep making hockey shows instead of gay shows
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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 19h
What is wrong with people. How broken do you have to be inside to do this.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 19h
A side-effect of hyperfinancialization or whatever the fuck this is, is that the dominant discourse is rooted in the speculative future rather than grounded in present and historical observable material conditions.
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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 19h
What will happen to truck drivers when self-driving vehicles take over?
The Washington Post November 20, 2013
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 20h
what the fuck is happening
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Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
wake up babe it's a new dystopian management tool for monitoring you at work geekwire.com/2026/meadow-...
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Meadow AI lands $7M to scale ‘digital secret shopper’ platform for physical retailers and restaurants
Meadow AI develops an artificial intelligence "co-manager" platform that gives operators real-time visibility into physical locations. The software ingests video and audio feeds alongside labor and in...
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The GAO says it cannot find assurances that DOGE properly handled Americans’ data. www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/doge…
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Congress’ Watchdog Arm Is Not Assured That DOGE Protected Americans’ Data
Several federal agencies did not answer the congressional auditor’s questions about data security.
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 29/09/2026
The Deepest Dive on Control Resonant is now live! Join @haleyfax.bsky.social, @leovader.com, @jacobgeller.com, and @yozetty.bsky.social as they kick off the best, most thorough discussion about Remedy's new game on the internet. youtu.be/hSHR5neG2js
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Actually, I can’t find confirmation of the exact number in the group chat. But only one said anything—after the fact. The Cornell student newspaper is doing critical work breaking this story & making sure it doesn’t get buried. www.cornellsun.com/article/2026... www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
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Cornell, Chi Phi Sued by Victim of Alleged Gang Rape, Drugging in 2024
A former Cornell student filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that she was gang raped after being coerced into consuming drugs by several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in 2024. 
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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
so BOTh of the two latest “ai” “breakthroughs” came from training on the user data of the people who actually did the work, themselves, and made the fatal error of putting novel research into their claude chats? amazing stuff. they invented auto-cannibalization of their users
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Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 29/09/2026
New York's new active transportation plan lacks the urgency needed to tackle issues of life and death on state-owned streets, advocates said. buff.ly/Nv1wFju
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Gov. Hochul's State DOT Bike-Ped Plan Is All Process, No Promises: Advocates - Streetsblog Empire State
New York's new active transportation plan lacks the urgency needed to tackle issues of life and death on state-owned streets, advocates said.
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That is, the results were already known, the researchers who discovered them put them into Claude, and hence the model "discovered" the results later I don't think this is a sustainable business model, going from stealing all data to stealing your paying customers' data?
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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So, it looks likely that the results on transcription enzymes that Anthropic claimed as their own, were likely also achieved by training on user data
nytimes.com
Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Alpha Chrome Yayo @alphachromeyayo.com · 28/09/2026
"task failed successfully"
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 28/09/2026
These AI companies should be responsible for everything they do, and they fact nobody is holding them accountable is driving me insane: aftermath.site/ai-agents-resp...
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 28/09/2026
Awwww hyphenonline.com/2026/09/28/r...
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Rami Ismail is trying to change who gets to make video games - Hyphen
The Dutch-Egyptian developer is one of the gaming industry's most prominent Muslims — and he's giving others like him a helping hand
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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NEW: In January, I was sent a threatening and absurd email by Bobby Kotick's lawyers It was unsettling I've wanted to tell readers about it, but didn't want to step on Mikhail's toes. Now that his report is out, here's my experience of standing up for my work www.gamefile.news/p/bobby-koti...
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Bobby Kotick’s lawyers sent me a bad email (and later apologized)
Part of a broader strategy by the former Activision CEO to shape press coverage
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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
For nearly two years, I've been investigating a pattern of ominous legal letters sent to journalists by defamation counsel representing Bobby Kotick. That investigation is finally live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
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Joseph Kohlmann @jkohlmann.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hey maybe a government could do something about this??? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready
New models are helping Big Tech shore up its cyber defenses. What about everyone else?
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 28/09/2026
The important thing to know about the Starship launch today is that Elon Musk is directly responsible for an unfathomable number of people dying preventable deaths and has never faced a single consequence for it.
cnn.com
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 28/09/2026
HOST: All right, British Food YouTubers… final challenge! Simply pronounce “Wagyu” correctly even one single time. BRITISH FOOD YOUTUBER 1: Waggoo. HOST: Ah, sorry, that’s incorrect. BRITISH FOOD YOUTUBER 2: Oh! Waggoo! HOST: Incorrect. BRITISH FOOD YOUTUBER 3: *smirking confidently* Waggoo.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah yes the circle of life
• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm
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tante @tante.cc · 28/09/2026
"There is no worthwhile career in AI-anything. The AI industry is designed to dehumanise and commoditise labour. Everyone who has dedicated their life to token servitude has become a dull fungible meat proxy." Leaving them behind
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I'll be Frank with you 🇨🇦 @syncros.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
📍Pedestrian Sunday, Kensington Market #toronto #streetphotography #x100vi
a musician with a lot of synths setup shows a young child how to make some new soundsrichard underhill and friends, busking at Augusta and BaldwinHiMY SyED painting one of his labyrinths, with a sun reflection lighting him up convieniently Maracatu Mar Aberto making their way up Augusta
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Landon Noss @landon.wtf · 28/09/2026
meta keeps showing you exactly what they are: sloppy copycats who will stop at nothing for whatever pathetic sliver of market share they can grasp from last place. stop it.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 28/09/2026
i love that the doxxed guy's response is to tell the chatbot "you gotta never do that ever again"
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026
Another accusation of plagiarism in a paper published by an AI company has surfaced: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/s...
nytimes.com
Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is both (a) the result of carelessness in the guardrails and (b) an unavoidable outcome with *all* AI. You can do better on (a) to mitigate when/how (b) occurs but a probabilistic model built to have essentially unlimited functionality will sometimes go bonkers. That's inherent to to the tech.
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Joseph Kohlmann @jkohlmann.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@remedygames.com Just sending over a huge congratulations on the release to everyone who’s worked so hard on CONTROL Resonant!!! Also, as a New Yorker: “look how they massacred by boy!!!” (complimentary)
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Stephanie Graham @logicaphotography.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This young lady was very cute 🥰 #RedDeer #ukwildlife
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Os Keyes @okeyes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Since we’re doing another round of “AI will destroy humanity” doom-hype, it’s a good time to announce a new paper myself and my postdoc advisor just had accepted by BioSocieties on just this. TL;DR: almost all the “AI can make bioweapons” literature comes ultimately from the Effective Altruists.
ironholds.org
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Even if he wasn’t a smoker before it will make him look cooler which is good for his self esteem.
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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you adopted a feral cat to the inside and he keeps meowing maybe he just really wants to smoke real cigarettes. You don’t know what he was up to before
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gambolloch @gambolloch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Chambers St Station
A subway platform office with a window covered with old graffiti. The window is reflecting the station lights and walls
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Gwen 🌈🌺📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good night! Northern Cardinal 🪶
A red cardinal with elegant tail feathers is on a branch in a leafy green tree.
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
pre-coffee thoughts with Tilly: pants are just tops for your bottom this has been pre-coffee thoughts with Tilly
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being
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Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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