Bernie Sanders Falls for Mathy-Maths and Doomer Gloom • Buttondown:
As Alex put it: “They do this bullshit analysis, but then the people that they quote approvingly are certified enemies of the working class. Why are you taking these people at their word, when you shouldn’t?”
Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous - Ars Technica:
“Why do the models give these attackers what they want 90% of the time but the rest of us have to deal with ass-kissing, stonewalling, and acid trips?”
AI doomsayers funded by billionaires ramp up lobbying - POLITICO:
The similarly named Center for AI Policy and Center for AI Safety both registered their first lobbyists in late 2023, raising the profile of a sprawling influence battle that’s so far been fought largely through think tanks and congressional fellowships.
TESCREALism — meaning the worldview that arises from this bundle — is simple enough: at its heart is a techno-utopian vision of the future in which we re-engineer humanity, colonize space, plunder the cosmos, and establish a sprawling intergalactic civilization full of trillions and trillions of “happy” people, nearly all of them “living” inside enormous computer simulations. In the process, all our problems will be solved, and eternal life will become a real possibility.
Regulatory Capture in AI: How Fear of Competition Drives Policy - Blog | Pragmatic AI Labs:
Leading AI companies are increasingly advocating for government regulation that would constrain their competitors while preserving their market advantages. Recent statements by OpenAI and Anthropic reveal a pattern of using national security concerns to push for regulatory barriers that would primarily benefit established players.
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) is a manipulative propaganda tactic used in technology sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling, and cults. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information and is a manifestation of the appeal to fear.
Microsoft used the FUD strategy against open source to help build its software monopoly.
Has Hank Green ever platformed a non-white male in tech?
After writing Hank Green And The Fantastical Tales of God AIs and watching a lot of tech related videos on his channel, I noticed something odd: I can’t find a single video where Hank Green has platformed, or even spoken about, a non-white male in the tech discourse.
This may not be such a big deal if Hank wasn’t platforming people like Nate Soares, or if Hank didn’t speak about tech and AI as much as he does.
In the past two or there years, there’s been a flood of great books, essays, and studies about the tech industry—harms caused, strategies revealed, etc, by non-white males. So much so, that I made a quick list just from memory.
When you look at Hank’s peers, someone like Adam Conover, you see a lot of these names and faces below because these people have worked the YouTube channel circuit.
But I can’t find one example of any women, Black or brown folks in tech that Hank’s platformed, or even mentioned. I’m sure there’s at least a few examples in the past few years. Right?
Sarah Wynn-Williams ex-Public Policy Director at Facebook and author of Careless People (2025)
Timnit Gebru prominent computer science expert, co-author of Stochastic Parrots.
Frances Haugen: Data Engineer and Facebook whistleblower.
Karen Hao: Tech Journalist and author of Empire of AI (2025)
Kyle Chayka: Journalist and author of Filterworld (2024)
Marietje Schaake Cyber Policy Director and author of The Tech Coup (2024)
Taylor Lorenz: Tech journalist and author of Extremely Online (2023)
Yanis Varoufakis: Politican and author of Technofeudalism (2023)
Liz Pelly: Journalisr and author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist (2025)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy:
The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as “Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun to Be With. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing devision of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation as “a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes
What a fantastic book.
I bought three books at a local bookstore that I walked to so, I should hear from the ethical consumption awards any moment now.
Savannah, I’m here. Made great time. Stopped to pee only once. I have the whole day to get into trouble.
First stop, the coffee shop across from the Savannah Theatre. Hope to get some writing done while I munch on this blueberry scone. All of this is my happy place—vibes, sweets, prose, I love it.
I’m so excited. Tomorrow, I take a trip to Savannah Georgia where I’ll stay in the historic district for a few days. It’s a little writing retreat. A personal mini-vacay.
Pro tip: sometimes you can get hotels dirt cheap the days leading up to Thanksgiving. I’m staying in a beautiful hotel in downtown for so cheap.
It was at that moment, the venture capitalists believed that data centers would be the foundation of the American economy.
Crisis of faith - by rayne fisher-quann - internet princess:
Her Facebook account has been deleted; all the messages are gone, most of the record of our communication since I was a little girl. In our chat log, her name has been replaced by Unknown user and her profile picture with that blank grey silhouette, formless and genderless.
Google’s Sundar Pichai warns of “irrationality” in trillion-dollar AI investment boom - Ars Technica:
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told reporters at a private dinner in August that investors are “overexcited” about AI models and that “someone” will lose a “phenomenal amount of money.”
These are threats, not warnings.
Researchers question Anthropic claim that AI-assisted attack was 90% autonomous - Ars Technica:
“Why do the models give these attackers what they want 90% of the time but the rest of us have to deal with ass-kissing, stonewalling, and acid trips?”
Can someone pass this along to Hank Green? Because he has gone full AI-doomer.
These cranberry things are so damn good. I want a barrel of them that I can dunk my head into and eat like a ravenous horse.
Spike Lee explains why he shows Black and Puerto Rican unity in his films - TheGrio:
“Black people and Puerto Rican intermarried, man,” Spike Lee recalled. “It’s like, it was all love.”
I come from a Newyorican family. The Black community welcomed Puerto Ricans when no one else would. I love Spike Lee for always giving us a spot in his films, even and especially now.
Every morning, I step outside and within 30-seconds or so my crow friends fly up to the fence and patiently wait for me to serve them peanuts.
One crow always lands first. His name is Gus. Then, Marcelo, Phil, Caroline, etc. (I haven’t named the all yet).
After four months of feeding a murder of crows, they finally left me my first gift— the tip of a corn cob, placed on my patio where I leave their peanuts. Life is good.
Threads targets podcasters with new features:
Meta explained it’s interested in the podcast community because it sees the potential in becoming the de facto place for people to talk about shows and engage with creators.
Wow, sounds like the beginnings of the same strategy that almost killed news blogs. If TechCrunch is only willing to repeat Meta’s press releases, and not contextualize the claims with Meta’s past behavior, what’s the point of reporting?
Hot take: I miss the MacbookPro Touch Bar. I love my M1, and having my function keys back, but I keep looking for that Touch Bar in a lot of my casual workflows.
Can’t we have both??
Shout out to Clipse for their 5 Grammy nominations, including Best Hip-Hop Album, and Album of The Year.
I’m so happy. Let God Sort’em Out was such a fantastic album and an unexpected dose of my younger years.
OpenAI Made a $12 Billion Loss Last Quarter, Microsoft Results Indicate:
The figure was up 490% from a year earlier and implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, which would mark one of the largest single quarter losses for a tech company in history.
oop.
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