Reposted by Louis AnslowLouis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This meeting is being organized by the Future of Life Institute TESCREAL doomsday cult. An org that was exposed funding Nazis as a means to an end. They’re dangerous and will do anything to ‘save humanity’ from the end times. expo.se/nyhet/elon-m... 034
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This meeting is being organized by the Future of Life Institute TESCREAL doomsday cult. An org that was exposed funding Nazis as a means to an end. They’re dangerous and will do anything to ‘save humanity’ from the end times. expo.se/nyhet/elon-m... 034
Reposted by Louis AnslowPessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"The possible consequences of developments in nuclear physics were easier to predict in 1939, than are the possible consequences of gene transfer in 1974." (The Daily Telegraph, 1974) 181
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 15/06/2026We need better myths and fables for technology www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comBlack Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis AnslowA new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future 000
Reposted by Louis AnslowJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 23/04/2026In two days of testimony to Congress, RFK Jr. has blamed Mennonites, immigrants and other countries for the resurgence of measles in the U.S. Does he accept "any responsibility" for this crisis, after years of pushing disinfo on vaccines? Today he all but said no. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-me...huffpost.comRFK Jr. Refuses To Say If He Takes ‘Any Responsibility’ for Measles CrisisThe HHS secretary instead blamed immigrants, Mennonites and other countries for the measles outbreak in the U.S., not his own vaccine disinformation. 11364117
Reposted by Louis AnslowAdil Ray @adilray.bsky.social · 06/09/2025A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out? 78923341
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Donald Trump isn’t a POPULIST, he’s an UNPOPULIST. His actions are designed to pander as much as they are to polarize and provoke. 2523
Reposted by Louis AnslowWashington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 17/08/2025"When a technology is truly transformational, it’s probably safer to bet on premature optimism than to prematurely dismiss it out of hand," @mcmegan.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3HBftFuwapo.stOpinion | Are we in an AI bubble that’s getting ready to pop?The promised AI revolution isn’t here yet. But it’s a smart bet that productivity gains will follow. 142
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 09/08/2025The Online Safety Act is exactly the kind of thing I warned about in my April @theguardian.com article. Big Brother isn’t Going to Prevent Techno-Dystopia. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comBlack Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis AnslowA new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future 020
Reposted by Louis AnslowPessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025What happened when the internet suddenly allowed low cost/free international phone calls? Well, incumbents tried to stop them! We explore in our latest post. newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-war-on...newsletter.pessimistsarchive.orgThe War on Internet Phone CallsWhen long distance telephone companies tried to thwart online telephony 221647
Reposted by Louis AnslowJms Dnns @jmsdnns.bsky.social · 31/07/2025📜 Most Americans Opposed the Moon Landing > After President Kennedy’s 1961 declaration to put man on the lunar surface by the end of the decade a Gallup poll revealed only 33% supported, compared with 58% opposed newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...newsletter.pessimistsarchive.orgMost of America Opposed the Moon LandingJuly 20th, 2025 marks the 56th anniversary of the moon landing. 182
Reposted by Louis AnslowMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Hey, Republicans! You know what would really make Elon Musk super mad? If you restored science funding, foreign aid, and thousands of government jobs. He’d be so owned. 131697220
Reposted by Louis AnslowJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I'm sad that the Observer is moving to Tortoise, but I will be glad when its chronic #MoralPanic decamps the Guardian. ‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.com‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence?Recent research suggests our brain power is in decline. Is offloading our cognitive work to AI driving this trend? 2178
Reposted by Louis AnslowBrian H Mathison @allthingstox.com · 11/04/2025A new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future. A well crafted piece with elements of hope, fears, and hypocrisy. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comBlack Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis AnslowA new progressivism embracing construction over obstruction must find new allegories for technology and the future 011
Reposted by Louis AnslowSteve Being @stevebeing.me · 10/04/2025If it makes no different whether you're an optimist or a pessimist, you might have a better time being an optimist. If it does make a difference, if we become what we dream, why wouldn't you be an optimist? (cf. Political satire) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comBlack Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis AnslowA new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future 121
Reposted by Louis AnslowKyle Johnson @kyleejohnson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I watched maybe half a dozen episodes of Black Mirror before I stopped. It was too depressing, and if I wanted that I could've watched the news. Pessimism Porn is an absolutely accurate description of that show. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comBlack Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis AnslowA new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future 031
Reposted by Louis AnslowAlexander Hay @alexanderhay.myatproto.social · 10/04/2025I've been saying this for a long time. Black Mirror is just small-c conservative pessimism, and the better episodes are precisely those which stray from this unrelenting, po-faced, finger-wagging misery. Caveman Sci-Fi, without the self-awareness. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comBlack Mirror’s pessimism porn won’t lead us to a better future | Louis AnslowA new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future 031
Reposted by Louis AnslowMelody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 06/03/2025My latest: Has RFK changed his tune on vaccines? Not so fast. His measles statements are chock-full of anti-vax code words, signs of how he intends to transform recommendations for, availability of, and trust in vaccines. newrepublic.com/article/1923...newrepublic.comHow to Decode RFK Jr.’s Dog Whistle Messages on the Measles VaccineTo some, it might have looked like the notoriously anti-vax Health and Human Services secretary was finally moderating in the face of the measles outbreak. Nope! 418172
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 27/02/2025The other half are lying sifted.eu/articles/fou...sifted.euMore than half of founders experienced burnout last yearStartup founders tell Sifted they are 'exhausted', run down and lacking in hope in survey on mental health 010
Reposted by Louis AnslowJeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Oy. Copyright cops go full tabloid. Ironic, as the odious Daily Mail does just what it accuses AI of doing: reading and regurgitating others' reporting. AI does it to train the machine to speak. The Daily Mail uses it to make clickbait...like this. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article... 1257
Reposted by Louis AnslowMike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/02/2025This is embarrassingly stupid. This is literally Senate Dems handing censorship power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. WTF are they thinking? 671934455
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 20/02/2025It just clicked. This is about daddy issues. Trump is Elon’s surrogate papa. 110
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025People with a scarcity mindset can comprehend abundance without redistribution 010
Reposted by Louis AnslowMike Masnick @masnick.com · 03/02/2025Once again, the US government owning TikTok would have profound First Amendment implications... www.reuters.com/markets/weal...reuters.comTrump signs executive order to create sovereign wealth fundU.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the U.S. Treasury and Commerce Departments to create a sovereign wealth fund. 2228049
Reposted by Louis AnslowRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/02/2025NYTimes adding insult to injury in this tragedy. The “treatment” was for autism, which isn’t a thing, and was being done by someone with no medical training who charges cash for expensive bogus therapies. And now a 5-year-old is dead because of the grift. 1063144955
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 02/02/20251929 campaign against artificially generated music 000
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Someone can just build a bluesky bot to repost lol 000
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Waiting for him to walk into White House with a sink 000
Reposted by Louis AnslowTom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 31/01/2025People on the left have slowly been driven mad 11667437
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Deepseek is interesting because it means the left can embrace AI without feeling like they’re supporting Silicon Valley, western capitalist hegemony or accelerating energy use. - It came from China - It is open & free - It ‘threatens’ Silicon Valley - It is very energy efficient 010
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 18/12/2024This means homeless people can now access CHATGPT using change and a pay phone. tcrn.ch/3VOFxktcrn.chOpenAI brings ChatGPT to your landline | TechCrunchOpenAI's AI-powered ChatGPT is coming to phones. No, not smartphones — landlines. 000
Reposted by Louis AnslowMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/12/2024It’s completely enclosed and has a gas-powered engine. So my question is… where’s the exhaust pipe guys 4361
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Helll yeah. Crazy that Lex named checked me this year and gave shout out to @pessimistsarc.bsky.social 000
Reposted by Louis AnslowElad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 29/11/2024The last year should have taught very well that liberals, progressives, and the left are not immune to misinformation. And if you think you’re immune, you are by definition more susceptible. 2463599
Reposted by Louis AnslowPessimists Archive @pessimistsarc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Scientific American on Chess, 1859: “Chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while at the same time it affords no benefit whatever to the body.” 3298
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Worth noting: Community Notes does not spare Donald Trump (or Elon) 021
Reposted by Louis AnslowChris Ferguson @cjferguson1111.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I have arrived on blue sky. Let the party begin! 241
Reposted by Louis AnslowWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 21/11/2024some of what folks love about bluesky has to do with the particular ways it is built and run, and with any luck those virtues will endure. some of what folks love about bluesky has to do with it being relatively small and niche, and if the site grows as its fans hope, those virtues will not endure. 7501
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I forgot i tweeted, absolutely disgusting genius 000
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 21/11/2024That progressives are so quick to dismiss Elon Musk’s roll in the success of his companies is a sign that government is inefficient not only due to lack of competition, but a naivety on the part of progressives/left. 010
Reposted by Louis AnslowRichard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 19/11/2024Attacking these schedules will not just have consequences in the public health infrastructure. Healthcare workers have already been fighting an uphill battle when encouraging patients and parents to get vaccines. If antivax rhetoric is coming from the head of HHS vaccine hesitancy will skyrocket. 57427
Reposted by Louis AnslowThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/11/2024If Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as health secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s immunization recommendations and delay the development of new vaccines. Here are five things he could change.nytimes.comFive Ways R.F.K. Jr. Could Undermine Lifesaving Childhood VaccinesIf he is confirmed as H.H.S. secretary, the longtime vaccine critic would be in a position to change the government’s immunization recommendations and delay the development of new vaccines. 84570179