Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Why campaign on contentious life/death topics such as abortion, healthcare, gun control and climate change when you can just spout AI doomerism and get tons of cash from billionaires bankrolling a doomsday cult? 000
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. 11363116
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026How did they handle the name difference when you went before? i always assumed tickets were locked to one name and couldn’t be change 100
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Omg ur getting kidnapped for sure 🤣 - they’re trying to keep you sweetmedia.tenor.coma star wars character is saying `` it 's a trap '' .ALT: a star wars character is saying `` it 's a trap '' . 110
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 · 09/08/2025They probably mean they’re using to find relevant web pages via semantic search - this is a solid use case 100
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. 131696220
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
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 10/04/2025media.tenor.coma man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is smiling in a labALT: a man wearing glasses and a leather jacket is smiling in a lab 000
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I specifically talk about how people have inadvertently run away from nuclear power towards more reliance on fossil fuel! Like Germany. France resisted this fear based thinking and get 70% of energy from nuclear. Same thing playing out with lab grown meat 110
Louis Anslow @louisanslow.bsky.social · 10/04/2025YES. All roads lead to optimism - though active, pragmatic optimism - rather than complacent. 010
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 · 03/03/2025The screen-time depression/anxiety thing is deeply misleading. These studies don’t control for ADHD, those people have more compulsive behaviours and more prone to anxiety/depression. This moral panic distracts from actually helping those kids 020
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. 1063143955
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
