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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

These people first convinced themselves that the second coming was at hand, then went looking for a technology to hang their beliefs on, changing messiahs in mid-stream when LLMs became the next shiny thing, somehow switching from one tech to another without rethinking any assumptions.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2026/09/can-...

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Yudkowsky repeatedly pictures himself, implicitly and explicitly, as a messianic figure. He's a chosen one slaying vampires, a new Harry Potter, a preternaturally wise child explaining the world to his elders.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I assume the check from Thiel followed almost immediately.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I know this is an odd detail to focus on but it would be highly unusual to have a "math teacher" in 2nd grade. Given that Musk style self mythologizing in Silicon Valley is as common as measles in PA, it's important that we take a hard skeptical look at these strangling snakes in the crib stories.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For a narcissistic sociopath, this has got to be better than heroin. From Rolling Stone: observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2021/05/musk...

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The result? Even Claude says this defense of continuing to pour 100s of billions into models like Claude doesn't hold up.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Shouldn't the the bond market, for lack of a better term, lose its shit over this?

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Tell me Prof. Drechsel, what happens when the president pressures the Fed?

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

NYT stands up to the GOP: "At times they stretched the truth."

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

From Semafor. For those who had massive taxpayer payouts to tech companies on their bingo cards.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Perhaps the worst part, but it's a competitive field.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Sadly representative example we pointed out a few years ago: observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2021/02/musk...

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In addition to saving Musk from financial ruin, this whole rotten SolarCity affair (particularly the faked demo), played a key role in convincing much of the MSM that Elon really was the messianic figure he pretended to be. observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com/2021/02/musk...

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Is $35trn a lot? It sounds like a lot.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Patrick Boyle's latest is not reassuring. youtu.be/wTiYaWFP59Q?...

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I'm not going to link to this (it's bad enough that I clicked on it). Instead, check out this Cal Newport debunking of the whole OpenAI's model went rogue hysteria. youtu.be/S0u78gg26vU?...

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Here is perhaps the key number for understanding the entire Politico piece. Of the group this report describes as MAHA supporters, 31% could not explain what it was, and 16% had never even heard of it.

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markpalko.bsky.social @markpalko.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Not sure remarkable is the word I'd use to describe a random assortment of sci-fi tropes from old movies, books he lied about reading, and half-remembered Thunderbirds reruns.