rob pike @robpike.io · 29/09/2026Invest in our company so you can profit from your own destruction! While we lose money hand over fist! What the actual F is going on here? (Rhetorical question. Don't answer.) 211423
Reposted by rob pikeKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 28/09/2026I hope we keep writing docs for people who want to understand and build things without using AI. 1430950
Reposted by rob pikeLinotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Thanks very much. Yes this is a very entertaining read, hall of fame paper. 🩵 011
Reposted by rob pikeSophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 26/09/2026On this day 12 and a half years ago I saw the coolest ever iceberg. Never seen one like it since. Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón, #Iceland 1668988
Reposted by rob pikeDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Happy Kicked In The Head By A Horse Day, to all who celebrate. It's the 7th anniversary of this absolute banger. 442223724
Reposted by rob pikeleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli 5356151266
rob pike @robpike.io · 24/09/2026A huge part of surgery is pain mitigation and the relief of suffering. It's called care. It's called humanity. It's called empathy. it's called stewardship. These AI asshats have lost all of that, and they should be suffering for it, not us. 46015
Reposted by rob pikeChris @cjthered.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Also - for reasons not really understood yet - the shingles vaccine appears to reduce dementia risk. By a lot. Honestly you could call it a dementia vaccine that also prevents shingles and not be very wrong. sciencedaily.com/releases/202...sciencedaily.comShingles vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia riskOlder adults who received the Shingrix shingles vaccine were 24% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over four years in a study of more than 500,000 people. Researchers estimate the difference c... 217677
Reposted by rob pikeMiguel de Icaza @migueldeicaza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026From twitter bad_pote 511730
Reposted by rob pikeLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970102255
Reposted by rob pikeBart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves. 10380912791
rob pike @robpike.io · 23/09/2026As with Pandora's Box (in the Greek myth it's actually a jar), the Fall is just a way to give the power of knowledge to men while making women take the blame for the problems it brings. 0210
Reposted by rob pikeScott Teplin @steplin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My father in law gave me this tiny drawing he made today. 🥰 1393
rob pike @robpike.io · 23/09/2026My radiologist looks like Doogie Howser, only younger. The nurse said he's "super smart" and I believe it. Good doc, great manner. 0200
Reposted by rob pikeCedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Every innovation and change in business these days is either: We took this product you like and turned it into a subscription We took this subscription you begrudgingly pay and added some ads We took these ads you found annoying and found more ways to find you 15710217
Reposted by rob pikec0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 13/04/2024Let's talk about the bristlemouths, 13 species of bioluminescent deep-dwelling ocean fish in genus Cyclothone. There are a lot of them. Like, a lot. Specifically, our best guess is there are a million billion (1E15) bristlemouths on Earth. Making them the most populous vertebrate on the planet. 1741293
Reposted by rob pikeLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Still holds up today #MontyPython1975 IG: @thecinevoidclub www.instagram.com/thecinevoidc... 448112463434
Reposted by rob pikeMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Today in 1982, in a posting made to a Carnegie Mellon bulletin board, Professor Scott Fahlman proposes the first known use of emoticons While they became famous in 1980s & beyond, their origin remained unknown until 2002, when the original message was retrieved from backup tape. Original post 26117
Reposted by rob pikeThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 335185375058
Reposted by rob pikeKelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 21/09/2024At this point I'm willing to pay more money for appliances with zero smart features and physical controls for everything. 2760281
Reposted by rob pikePrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026a very effective presentation of androgen insensitivity (& indirectly, non-cell-autonomy, a core principle in development & evolution of multicellularity) in many situations, the cells in your body get external signals that tell them who they are & what they do, rather than knowing it internally 13912
Reposted by rob pikeAdam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Nice to see this getting some attention. It's completely true, and I dearly wish more journalists understood where these common narratives about AI actually come from. 10815226
Reposted by rob pikeBWJones @bwjones.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This Abbott and Costello routine probably used 100 gallons of water and could power a household for a month. And again, the interface for AI is all wrong. It should not be programmed to give definitive answers. The model for this case should be the Librarian in Neil Stevenson’s Snowcrash. 5305
Reposted by rob pikePhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In case you were in any doubt physics' holy trinity is Einstein, Newton, and Maxwell. A Great Man trope, yes, but also a way to convey Maxwell's real status. 5268
Reposted by rob pikePhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I wonder if this might be a turning point. I'd like to think so. Because this declaration speaks to so much about the problem with AI in such contexts. If it can be of help in, say, drug discovery, that's fine. But it's precisely because maths doesn't have those stakes that the message is powerful.. 26715
Reposted by rob pikeTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422052924
rob pike @robpike.io · 11/09/2026Current Guardian headline: "Australia news live: One fight cancelled every three days due to staff shortages; ASX set for worst week since US-Iran war began" I didn't know we had scheduled any! 0111
Reposted by rob pikeL. D. Lewis, Sea Witch Apologist 🧜🏾♀️ @ldlewiswrites.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026I call this piece Hubris In Blue: Fountain Pen On An Airplane 59511
Reposted by rob pikeBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Mathematics only makes sense as a gift economy. It has no trade secrets. Substituting a monetizable ersatz culture for the one evolved through historical experience is a particularly insidious form of knowledge collapse.” Mathematician Michael Harris on the AI companies coming for math:bostonreview.netKnowledge CollapseAI companies are racing to mechanize mathematics. Where does that leave human understanding? 1355121
Reposted by rob pikeMatthew Sparkes @sparkes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Terence Tao says AI companies are harming mathematics by dropping new results without engaging with academia. “These companies are dumping carcasses of raw meat onto our table and saying ‘here you go, I solved your food problem’ and then they just leave." www.newscientist.com/article/2588...newscientist.comTerence Tao: AI companies are harming mathematics | New ScientistAI companies are making new mathematical discoveries at a rapid pace but not sticking around to help unpick the new proofs. That is not the way to advance our understanding, says mathematician Terence... 413153
Reposted by rob pikeTara Murphy @taramurphy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We are offering a new round of 4 Physics Foundation PhD scholarships @sydney.edu.au Available in any area of #physics or #astronomy. Please send to any students (domestic and international) who may be interested. Deadline 18th October. ⚛️ ☄️ www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...sydney.edu.auPhysics Foundation ScholarshipA stipend scholarship to support PhD students who are undertaking research within School of Physics, Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney. 02119
Reposted by rob pikeTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8576732174
Reposted by rob pikeCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 09/09/2026Really need folks to get that spending $22M is loose change for these guys, and it has nothing to do with the $1M prize. This is about optics. This is about perception. This is about being the 'most intelligent guy in the room' because that leads to influence, power, opportunity. See: Elon Musk. 16417
Reposted by rob pikeJack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A brilliant @philipcball.bsky.social review, with a sensitive discussion of how hard it is to talk honestly about Hawking www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comHawking by Graham Farmelo review – the dark side of geniusA biography of the physicist recognises his achievements, but also reveals the selfish narcissist underneath 24821
Reposted by rob pikePhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 07/09/2026As my review of Graham Farmelo's biography of Stephen Hawking in the Guardian seems to be drawing attention, I figured I'd post the review that I mention therein of Hawking's last book, in its original form before being bowdlerized by New Scientist. homunculusmusic.wordpress.com/2026/09/07/h...homunculusmusic.wordpress.comHawking’s last bookThis is my review of Stephen Hawking’s last book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions (2018). I’m posting it here now because I mention it in my review of the new biography of Hawking by… 1347
rob pike @robpike.io · 07/09/2026Krakatoa is not east of Java. It's pretty much due west. Keep that in mind as events unfold. 1131
Reposted by rob pikeBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 04/09/2026Amazon's own balance sheet presents the most compelling evidence that we are stuck in the Enshittocene, the era in which everything is turning into a pile of shit, because the worst ideas of the worst people now make the most money. 1/ 211542651
Reposted by rob pikeCooper Lund @cooperlund.online · 09/06/2025Every article about the inevitability of AGI 1164631300
rob pike @robpike.io · 04/09/2026I love this line delivered to the Home Secretary in Legends: "I've never wanted to enter this world, your world. It is a world without true danger, without true risk, where weak people battle for power without accountability." A perfect summary of how I feel about politicians, especially nowadays. 1180
rob pike @robpike.io · 03/09/2026There's the adage the power corrupts, but also the stronger one that power reveals one's true nature. Ditto for money. 2484
Reposted by rob pikeAsteroid Institute, a program of B612 @b612-asteroid.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Congratulations to Dr. Brian May, astrophysicist, Queen guitarist, and #AsteroidDay cofounder, on receiving the National Space Society’s 2020 Space Pioneer Award. He joins B612 cofounder and Apollo 9 astronaut #RustySchweickart, who received the award in 2009 for Historic Space Achievement. 0418
Reposted by rob pikeamerica.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026😅😅🔥🇨🇦 #Canada #LakeOntario 46129983137
Reposted by rob pikeFlora Graham @floragraham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026“I hope this moment encourages people to look beyond the political rhetoric and learn whose lands and waters these have always been,” says Chief Margaret Sault of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation in Brandi Morin's excellent newsletter.indigenousinsider.substack.comColonizer-in-Chief Tries to Erase an Indigenous NameA trade war he’s losing, an executive order, and an Indigenous name Trump thought was his to take. 193