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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In my book club we just read The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI. I was surprised you didn't mention in your book this debate going on in AI between LLM (Big Data/Small Mission) and Big Mission/Small Data (see Guardian piece on Song-Chun Zhu 2025). I thought your book was great.
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‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In my book club we just read The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI, ... I was surprised you didn't mention in your book this debate going on in AI between LLM (Big Data/Small Mission) and Big Mission/Small Data (see Guardian on Song-Chun Zhu 16 Sep 25) I thought your book was great.
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‘I have to do it’: Why one of the world’s most brilliant AI scientists left the US for China
In 2020, after spending half his life in the US, Song-Chun Zhu took a one-way ticket to China. Now he might hold the key to who wins the global AI race
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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Testimonies of Abuse & Torture | Francesca Albanese
YouTube video by UN Palestinian Rights Committee
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
However, this was later modified by the Platt Amendment (1901) to protect US interests and allowed the US to reject any laws passed by the Cuban Congress out of hand.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Teller Amendment (1898) was passed to declare that the US would not establish permanent control over Cuba, stating the intention to "leave the government and control of the island to its people".
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The "low-hanging fruit" analogy, mentioned in US Congressional debate, reflects the belief that, due to proximity and the weakness of local institutions, Cuba was essentially an inevitable future acquisition that did not need to be immediately annexed to be controlled.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Following the 1898 Treaty of Paris, the US did not formally annex Cuba—unlike Puerto Rico and the Philippines—but maintained a military occupation until 1902 and imposed the Platt Amendment, which allowed for US intervention.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Reminds us of the US Congress debate in about 1898. Cuba was left out of immediate annexation to the US, only because the US assumed that like any 'low hanging fruit', it could easily be picked off at a later date."
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Donald Trump has announced that he expects to have “the honour” of “taking” Cuba. “Whether I free it, take it — I think I can do anything I want with it,” he said. Characteristically crass and perhaps politically unhinged as this language may seem, Trump said the quiet part out loud. aje.news/e470nm
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Cuba sent doctors. Washington sent a destroyer.
The US blockade is killing not just a failing state, but six decades of a small island extending global solidarity.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Brilliance of Berkeley Lecture - Robert Reich - "The Roots of Trump"
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Francesca Albanese said she stood before the Council with a deep sense of both injustice + resolve: “I have served this council with rigor and in good faith,” yet had faced “relentless personal threats, insults, and reprisals.” youtu.be/mq9L_FGh2kQ?...
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Francesca Albanese Warns UN Human Rights Council: "What Is Lost in Palestine Will Be Lost to Us All"
YouTube video by UN Palestinian Rights Committee
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
When does the world say NO, NO MORE? Since the ceasefire in 10 Oct 2025, Israel has violated the agreement with near-daily attacks in Gaza, killing hundreds of people. Israel violated the agreement at least 2,400 times from October 10, 2025 to today, with attacks by air, artillery and shootings.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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Can the Left Still Win? Varoufakis, Corbyn, Polanski & Blakeley — First Time Together
YouTube video by DiEM25
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC newrepublic.com/post/209035/... via @newrepublic.com
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Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC
Péter Magyar called the payments a “crime” and said his government would stop the funds.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Emergency Prices: How Private Equity Captured the Ambulance Market open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
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Emergency Prices: How Private Equity Captured the Ambulance Market
Emergency service costs have been going up for years, frustrating city officials. One reason seems to be private equity, which bought up ambulance makers and raised prices.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
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The Invention of the Iranian Threat
At the G7 summit in Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, and the U.S. adopted a  joint resolution on Israel's attack on Iran. It states: "Iran
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Lumumba's murder waited 65 years for justice, but his family finally forced a global reckoning with the regime-change strategy of decapitation. The Bilderberg titan on trial: This murder waited 65 years for justice
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Emergency Prices: How Private Equity Captured the Ambulance Market open.substack.com/pub/mattstol...
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Emergency Prices: How Private Equity Captured the Ambulance Market
Emergency service costs have been going up for years, frustrating city officials. One reason seems to be private equity, which bought up ambulance makers and raised prices.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
US before the General Assembly re its actions against Venezuela, including sanctions that have caused significant economic and humanitarian harm. Venezuela and its allies have raised issues in the General Assembly condemning US unilateral coercive measures,
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Romney and Blinken Admit TikTok Ban Sought to Censor Gaza News truthout.org/articles/rom...
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Romney and Blinken Admit TikTok Ban Sought to Censor Gaza News
Biden’s secretary of state said that content shared on the platform had “a very challenging effect on the narrative.”…
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Romney and Blinken Admit TikTok Ban Sought to Censor Gaza News truthout.org/articles/rom...
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Romney and Blinken Admit TikTok Ban Sought to Censor Gaza News
Biden’s secretary of state said that content shared on the platform had “a very challenging effect on the narrative.”…
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JmRoyle #LFC #YNWA #BLM #REJOINEU @myarrse.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Should be in every newsagents window.
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Michael Moore @mmflint.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
These Democratic and Independent Senators Voted to Send More Weapons to Israel to Kill Civilians in Gaza.
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GENOCIDE ARMS DEALERS
These Democratic and Independent Senators Voted to Send More Weapons to Israel to Kill Civilians in Gaza.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Why the Democrats lost from Michael Moore [Note the NYTimes and other "Democratic Leaders" are coalescing around the exact opposite analysis: "We lost because the party has been moving too far to the left ever since President Clinton".] Moore's piece doesn't fit here - find it on my fbook page.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
After 12 years rolling around Mars NASA's Curiosity rover will soon explore a patch of spiderweb-like "boxwork" features on Mars.
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✿Lily cutie ✿ @lilycutie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Pick one carefully. .
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Anti-Zionist Jews and allies shut down the first legislative session of the new year in California State Capital. Ceasefire now. . . No money for Genocide. . . Not in our name. . . Never again means never again for anyone. . . Jews are not safe unless Palestinians are safe. . . Free Palestine.
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This ~ 💯%
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
BREAKING: Autonomous anti-genocide activists bring the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade to a grinding halt after blockading the McDonald’s float for a second year in a row. “Those grinches who thinks they can disrupt the parade: it’s not going to happen,” Mayor Eric Adams said yesterday.
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Wreck'd Noose @lasomnie.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Environmental groups and Christy Morrissey, the Saskatchewan professor whose research was undermined by Bayer, submitted formal scientific objections to the PMRA's approval decision in 2021 raising doubts about the decision's scientific integrity. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/27/n...
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Calls for Canada to ban bee-killing pesticides after damning CNO investigation
Environmental and health protection groups are asking the government to temporarily ban a class of toxic insecticides until an independent expert panel has determined they are safe — following a bombs...
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
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toutopia.bsky.social @toutopia.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The labor organizer Bill Fletcher says that, to protect our constitutional democracy, “the union movement needs to become an anti-fascist movement.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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How We Can Defend Ourselves in the New Trump Era
The labor organizer Bill Fletcher says that, to protect our constitutional democracy, “the union movement needs to become an anti-fascist movement.”
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