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PhD Candidate @ CornellCIS michalove.studio Substack: thelastwave.substack.com About: micha.love

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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Book launch for 'AI, Infrastructures and Sustainability' on Wed 2nd; register for the livestream spui25.nl/programma/ai... with eds Anne Mollen & Fieke Jansen and authors Patrick Brodie, Gerwin van Schie & myself. The book is open access & downloadable from link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Book cover of ' AI Infrastructures and Sustainability - Expanding Perspectives on Automation, and Communication Media' showing an abstract mineral surface in blues and oranges.
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
all the cool kids are vibe coding the VSM
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
what writing about AI has rocked you lately?
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
decentering the data center: introducing data peripheries
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
it wasn’t always this way. post training has truly homogenized and tamed the LLM
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
every accusation is a confession
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
idk that hyperstition = scamming... facts are facts; the question is rather whether there ought to be structures that let you bet on the future in ways that create perverse incentives
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
woah! haven't been on here in a while, but the AI backlash is alive and well, kicking
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
As #NYC is potentially facing historic levels of snow this weekend, now is the time to star preparing to help our neighbors. dora.nyc is ready - but we need your help. Upload resources, donate, volunteer.
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
resonet.nyc
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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
On the third anniversary of ChatGPT, I aimed to pull back from “AI” as a flowing current of new models, new data centers, new initiatives, “new new new” — and look at it as a product of a specific and unique moment in history. What *was* ChatGPT? A few points in the thread ⬇️
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"I didn’t know slop was so sticky at the beginning of this year, but the semiotic micro-plastics are riddling, eating, intoxicating, enticing." thelastwave.substack.com/p/lost-in-th...
thelastwave.substack.com
Lost in the sauce
Amnesia and sympoiesis
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Zealousidler @zealousidler.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Map of mutual aid distributions and food pantries in NYC! www.dora.nyc
dora.nyc
NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid
A directory of aid resources in NYC
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
shoutout @johanm.bsky.social for creating this impeccable resource as SNAP benefits remain uncertain!
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
dora.nyc this is OUTSTANDING. super navigatable directory for food distros, resources. and easy to remember because it’s like the explorer but also— directory of resources & aid
dora.nyc
NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid
A directory of aid resources in NYC
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
ouroboros
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
www.dora.nyc is now live! it contains mutual aid distros, food pantries, and other resources and services in the NYC area.
dora.nyc
NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid
A directory of aid resources in NYC
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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. At best, we can say that this deal could have been worse. Read our full statement here:
aaup-cornell.org
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 07/11/2025
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
nyti.ms
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
damn
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
for the nyc area, there's also dora.nyc - a directory of resources and mutual aid food distros
dora.nyc
NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid
A directory of aid resources in NYC
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients link: mysnapmap.com
r/boston
u/Past_Election_5005 • 1d
Made a website showing Boston area restaurants offering free/reduced price meals to SNAP
recipients
I Made This!
mysnapmap.com
Hoping this could help some people
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NYCosmosSC @nycosmossc.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Important resource right here ⬇️⬇️⬇️ (and yes, it’s quite heartwarming to see EV❤️NYC when you zoom in a bit in the LES) @danfrompasco.bsky.social @dream-king.bsky.social @jdnalton.bsky.social
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Marie @mariecloutier.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
nyc launches directly of resources & aid www.dora.nyc
dora.nyc
NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid
A directory of aid resources in NYC
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leemarvinoswald.bsky.social @leemarvinoswald.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
President Trump just stands at his desk as a man possible dies next to him.
President Trump just stands at his desk as a man possible dies next to him.
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Hi - we're putting together a mutual aid map for NYC, a directory of resources and aid: dora.nyc if you have any resources like food pantries, community fridges, etc. you'd like to add, please consider including them in this map!
dora.nyc
NYC Directory Of Resources and Aid
A directory of aid resources in NYC
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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
What Is Intelligence? | Discussion
mitpress.mit.edu
What Is Intelligence?
It has come as a shock to some AI researchers that a large neural net that predicts next words seems to produce a system with general intelligence. Yet this ...
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Shown this one before over the years at the old site, but once again for Bsky, CT scan images through a live pumpkin scanned at 600 micron thickness, w/ lots of post processing, video flythrough, etc. The detail is exquisite. Best seen not on a phone. (🔖 it) randomfootage.homestead.com/pumpkin.html
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Mozilla @mozilla.org · 15/10/2025
No noise. All signal. Nothing Personal. Meet Nothing Personal — a new counterculture magazine from the Mozilla Foundation. We’re handing the mic to the people rebuilding digital culture from the ground up. mzl.la/3KOMiQF #NothingPersonal #MakeGoodTech
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Ryan Calo @rcalo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We Robot 2026, Berlin call for papers is live. ai-laws.org/wp-content/u... (PDF) Please share!
ai-laws.org
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
huge loss... i was very fond of my time at JPL. so many bright lights there
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
covid lobotomy
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
poems based off of found bsky lines. many, many more to come
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
wind
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
wind
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
wind
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
anyone still on here?
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
latest substack is out! On Sora: Infinite Meaninglessness open.substack.com/pub/thelastw...
open.substack.com
On Sora
Infinite meaninglessness
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
i'm more than a little worried that the web will soon be flooded with sora slop... ppl won't be able to look away
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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
We need a new realism in the face of global climate catastrophe It's past time, @royscranton.bsky.social argues in Impasse, to free ourselves from our dangerous faith in progress. If we want to have any hope for the future, it must be grounded in recognizing human limits www.sup.org/books/li...
Book cover of Impasse: Climate Change and the Limits of Progress by Roy Scranton
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Johnathon @brkhzn.com · 30/07/2025
Just posted a recap: Decentralized Tech to Resist Authoritarianism Geopolitics of routing. Mutual aid infra. P2P networking. Not theory, these tools are live and in use. 👉 brkhzn.com/recap-dweb-m... @getdweb.net @iroh.computer @mai.bsky.social @johanm.bsky.social
brkhzn.com
Recap: DWeb Meetup – Decentralized Tech to Resist Authoritarianism
Today, I attended the Decentralized Web (DWeb) virtual meetup. Topics included how decentralized tools enable self-organization and communication continuity when centralized systems fail—relevant both...
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 30/07/2025
There's still time to join today's DWeb Virtual Meetup on tools to build peer-to-peer power. 📆 TODAY, July 30 🕙 at 10am PT / 🕐 1pm ET / 🕖 19 CET 🎟️ Free & online ⤵️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1510991800... @GetDWeb.net #DecentralizedWeb #DWeb
Image promoting an event. Features DWeb logo against a stylized image of the night sky with constellations. Text reads: Decentralized Tech to Resist Authoritarianism, lightning talks, July 30, 10 am PT, virtual.
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Emma Strubell @strubell.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
A project that would make energy more affordable and reliable for more than 40% of Americans is cancelled, just days before a new EO is released calling for accelerated funding and permitting for data center energy projects (including reducing and removing environmental review wherever possible).
whitehouse.gov
Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section  1.  Policy and
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
America drunk on its own power today.
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SkynetAndChill.com @druce.ai · 17/06/2025
ChatGPT Has Already Polluted the Internet So Badly That It's Hobbling Future AI Development
futurism.com
ChatGPT Has Already Polluted the Internet So Badly That It's Hobbling Future AI Development
There may be no undoing the vast amounts of pollution wreaked by ChatGPT. And that's just tough luck for any AI models that come after it.
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
emphasis on the "user" the way a tobacco company see's a "user"... thelastwave.substack.com/p/llm-exposure
thelastwave.substack.com
LLM Exposure
The dosing and dependence of synthetic semiosis
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Perhaps the country shouldn't be run by people living in an absolute fever dream that has no relationship with reality
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/06/2025
This is another reason you should be extremely skeptical of widespread delivery drones
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
a generation of students addicted to AI
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johan @johanm.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
thinking is hard... just let the AI's do it
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