Reposted by SalmanBoo-tros Boo-tros Ghoulish @dlbowman76.com · 08/08/2026It is sobering to contemplate that in fewer than five years, the directives of about half a dozen very wealthy men have effectively ruined the most effective research tools ever devised by human civilization. 403001833
Reposted by SalmanElle @elleisanisland.bsky.social · 21/07/2026When you've defeated the cone they put you in the Hannibal Lector 377198403822
Reposted by SalmanLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually." 5560341258
Reposted by Salmantony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026this is some real “lights came on in the club” shit 061
Reposted by SalmanLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 10/06/2026Look at this. This is what politicians here say people are right to have concerns over. 3.4%. Absolute fucking state of all of them. 35816
Reposted by SalmanMichael Mazengarb @michaelmazengarb.bsky.social · 29/04/2026One of the underrated features of Malaysian and Indonesian restaurants is that you can order a cold Milo as a perfectly acceptable drink to have with dinner. 181
Reposted by SalmanAlex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Absolutely incredible Nutella ad. 803934975
Reposted by SalmanEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 07/04/2026 1264
Reposted by SalmanOwen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · 03/03/2026So much effort and care put into creating each letter, each word, each sentence. And now we can just change font at the press of a button and don't think about all the digital work put into enabling this. 043
Reposted by Salman🎃 The AbominaSean 🧟♂️ @sean8urson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026The entire millennial identity is being prepared and groomed for a version of the world that stopped existing by the time we reached it we slammed into a horizon painted on a brick wall like fucking looney tunes 4863361933
Reposted by SalmanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 28/02/2026This is amazing.vimeo.comThe EnshittificatorDigital products and services keep getting worse. In the new report Breaking Free: Pathways to a fair technological future, the Norwegian Consumer Council has delved… 6319130
Reposted by SalmanPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 30/11/2025As someone who works on the interaction layer of software: it's this. Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly. 91066209
Reposted by SalmanJoshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 17/10/2025Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them. 614557
Reposted by SalmanNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today. 4590313534
Reposted by SalmanAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 07/09/2025This is a strong piece. Whenever we talk about immigration, we should emphasise that the economy is heading for broke without it. Rational countries at this point would be rolling out the red carpet for immigrants. Instead, we’re being ridiculous, awful, and self-sabotaging. 710343
Reposted by SalmanGT @granitetide.bsky.social · 22/08/2025we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light 269269747837
Reposted by SalmanRuth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 28/07/2025We have to tackle the part we play in the #ClimateEmergency Aye, wee things like recycling, turning off lights, cycling not driving... But, mainly, by demanding change at government and corporate level. There's no benefit in using a paper straw if a rainforest has been cut down to make it. 0306
Reposted by SalmanDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/06/2025But they will use paper straws on the planes 73857169
Reposted by SalmanKate Bevan @katebevan.com · 24/06/2025Useful discussion about AI energy use (tl;dr: hard to evaluate, for reasons), but also I'd love to see a comparison with other tech use: what's the energy cost of doing a Google search, or a Zoom call, or syncing your pics to iPhoto, etc? Numbers in isolation aren't helpful - they need contextwired.comHow Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t SayingA growing body of research attempts to put a number on energy use and AI—even as the companies behind the most popular models keep their carbon emissions a secret. 6377
Reposted by SalmanAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/05/2025For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned 591527491
Reposted by SalmanLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 15/05/2025Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time) For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand... 11732293
Reposted by SalmanGil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/05/2025The mask is coming off of the Network State cult. Here is Network State evangelist Balaji Srinivasan boosting Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong calling for the creation "10 or so" new tech cities on federal land. Of course, Trump has already announced plans for 10 new cities... 34358190
Reposted by SalmanSam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025This is a terrific and extremely important post by @salome.bsky.social lpeproject.org/blog/the-rig...lpeproject.orgThe Right Understands That All Governance Is Data GovernanceThe tech arm of Trump 2.0 isn't just reshaping government — it's consolidating control over the data infrastructure that makes modern governance possible. By centralizing data flows and gutting public... 13921
Reposted by SalmanLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 12/05/2025Things that are easy: Attacking trans people Things that are hard: Stopping male violence against women Things that are easy: Demonising immigrants Things that are hard: Fixing life for people who already live here 430492
Reposted by SalmanBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Incalculable = when we calculated it, it didn't give us the answer we wanted 4450107
Reposted by SalmanDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 12/05/2025My quick take on Labour's anti-immigration policies, and the inevitable harm which they will cause. Starmer is mirroring Reform, but can never go far enough to appease them. #r4today 514854
Salman @schdhri.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Vibe policy is hands down the best description of UK politics. 010
Reposted by SalmanAlex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Ever since AI took off, I've been trying to nail down one question: what's the climate impact of this technology? The initial impressions are not good. A new IEA report this week is the gold standard and shows emissions from data centres rising significantly: www.economist.com/science-and-... 36630
Reposted by SalmanStef Walter @stephaniewalter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025severance: a closer look into the mid-century, brutalist, and retro-futuristic universe of lumon (10min) if you like interior and office design and that TV show, you’ll love all the references.designboom.comseverance: a closer look into the mid-century, brutalist, and retro-futuristic universe of lumon 0115
Reposted by Salmanmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 10/02/2025every rich guy on earth currently in a coordinated effort to give each living human a new version of Sick Building Syndrome404media.coMicrosoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use. 550882
Reposted by SalmanGordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 07/01/202540 year Internet veteran - can conform I'm normal This list misses document sharing between devices tho 072
Reposted by SalmanJules Birch @julesbirch.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Hard not to read this… 1/2 London hit by record downturn in affordable housing on.ft.com/49UNcU6on.ft.comLondon hit by record downturn in affordable housingHigh inflation, interest rates and building safety costs are driving collapse in construction 4135
Reposted by SalmanJohn Paul Helveston @jhelvy.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Sadly the conclusion from US policy makers is that Chinese firms must have "cheated", justifying massive tariffs instead of forming partnerships to learn from them. The "China bad" strategy to spur climate action doesn't really work. 0144
Reposted by Salmancory hughart @cr0ybot.com · 12/12/2024Not gonna sugar coat it, this is bleak folks. "The Great Design Handoff" indeed. #UXDesign 1165
Reposted by SalmanMark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 02/12/2024This. American economic growth is down to exactly the same reasons as the growth in the value of Premiership sides or the vast overcapacity of luxury apartments in London. Loot has to go somewhere. Until one day… it stops. 091
Reposted by SalmanKatja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 01/12/2024“A decarbonised society means cleaner air. In Europe, the mistaken notion that diesel and wood are relatively climate-friendly fuels has left people living with excessive traffic emissions and in air pollution hotspots from home wood burning.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHow climate policies reduce air pollution saving lives and moneyEarly deaths from air pollution in US could be reduced by between 4,000 and 15,000 a year by 2035, study shows 13310
Reposted by SalmanDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 26/11/2024In thinking about what rich nations owe the developing world, here’s something to keep in mind: The average American emits more CO₂ in one week than an average person in low-income countries does in one year. 15837312