Premium newsletter: My 14.5k word piece, "AI Bubble 2027" - extrapolations of what may happen in the next 18 months, conditions that might accelerate a collapse, and how OpenAI and Anthropic overstate user numbers and revenues while hiding their awful burnrates.
www.wheresyoured.at/ai-bubble-20...
"But what good have all these anti-hero narratives done for us? We’ve been entertained, sure, but it also feels pretty obvious that they’ve normalized an American masculinity that is selfish, abusive, nihilistic, and ultimately self-destructive."
couple people have asked for a source on this, it’s not from her personal website but from the FAQ section of a writing workshop she used to do
www.thegallopingmuse.com
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Sadly, this is a great word to capture the current state of affairs. I want it to catch on but wish it didn't have to.
"At once a source of demystification of AI for the recently concerned and an intervention which encourages veteran sceptics to sharpen their criticism, [The AI Con] serves as a call to action to ridicule AI hype as a consumer, argue against it as a citizen, and resist it as a worker."
I might have lost funding but at least I can do what I want. :) And I want to teach people about AI ethics in 90 second increments! bit.ly/ai-ethics-sy...
Thank you for making all this hard work publicly available. Your resolve in response to the NSF's termination of your grant is admirable & a mark of character.
#BREAKING: An Ontario court has deemed the Ford government's plan to remove bike lanes from Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue as unconstitutional. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1131136...
Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features
Amendment to law will strengthen protection against digital imitations of people’s identities, government says
This will likely be implemented in many countries.
www.theguardian.com/...
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As a reminder: There’s still joy in the world.
Here’s “Weird Al” Yankovic singing “You Can Call Me Al” at Pine Knob last week.
youtu.be/TW4nsoiR_xs?...
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
The photo shows a man with curly hair wearing a white T-shirt with "Marathon of Hope" and a design featuring multiple Canadian maple leaf flags printed on it. He appears to be running or jogging outdoors, with a focused expression. In the background, there is a police car with its lights on, parked near a rocky landscape and some greenery. The scene suggests a determined effort, likely related to Terry Fox's famous cross-Canada run to raise awareness for cancer research.
On this day in 1981, Terry Fox died.
In 1977, he was diagnosed with cancer and had his leg amputated. In 1980, he began his Marathon of Hope. Over $900 million has been raised in his name.
Learn more 👇
canadaehx.com/2020/06/28/t...
I finally figured out why it upsets me so much when US governors and mayors try to appeal to Canadians to get us to come back and be tourists in their cities and states. /1
This is a good thread. I believe the word "equivocation"—switching between two distinct meanings of a word in the middle of an argument—describes the dishonest rhetorical strategy that Parker criticizes. It's useful to recognize & to call that out when we see it.
The disbelief at the collective amnesia is particularly unnerving. A lot of us have seen this script play out before—recently, even! It's unbelievable hearing governments trotting out the same flimsy arguments to start a war with a straight face. How did anyone (older than Gen Z) forget this?
Waldorf and Statler in American Gothic by Grant wood.
duos in american gothic by grant wood: thread
I’m reading C-5 part II (Building Canada Act).
Come along for the ride!
Preamble: mostly pablum. Reaffirms s.35 & UNDRIP (cool, cool — but these aren’t nice to haves). Main points are in last para: regulatory certainty & investor confidence. Look, that matters and given the US situation…
Beaker (who is on fire) in The Scream by Edvard Munch.
muppetized works of art: thread
Yeah, this point is well worth articulating explicitly. The utilitarian defence of immigrants & immigration is misguided (and, more importantly, dehumanizing). Please avoid this framing.
This is the slap back to Stephen Miller’s “arrest everyone” madness. And an admission that Trump is under pressure from multiple industries that rely on migrant workers.
This is huge and important. Keep amplifying the harm done by the Trump/Miller zealous, cruel overreach. Don’t bury this.
Superman (Jon Kent) protests the illegal deportation of refugees in Son of Kal-El #3.
For… no reason, here’s that time Superman (Jon Kent) stood with protesters to stop the illegal deportation of refugees in Superman: Son of Kal-El #3. Art by John Timms.
CDC Table: Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger, United States, 2025
Better save a copy of this now
Reminder that I AM LATINA AND PROUD. I am the product of immigration - my grandmother was undocumented and entered the country from Mexico as a baby. My mother was a fierce, gorgeous Latina woman of Mexican and Spanish descent.
In our land acknowledgements we tell people not to use the term 'stolen land' - because that term serves a white guilt fetish and has nothing to do with us. In this article the Post is shadow boxing with their fantasy of what Native people actually want.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
The image depicts a vintage scene inside a circus tent, featuring several individuals dressed in colorful, theatrical costumes. A central figure, a clown with a white face, red nose, and green-and-pink ruffled outfit, stands holding a small mirror. Surrounding the clown are other performers, including a man in a maroon outfit adjusting his appearance, another clown in a blue-and-red costume, and a person in a top hat and formal attire. In the foreground, a performer in a yellow-and-red outfit is working with a large black cloth or costume piece. The background shows additional circus performers and props, including hanging costumes and a lively, crowded atmosphere. The overall style suggests an old illustration, possibly from a 19th-century circus or theatrical setting.
On July 12, 1855, some drunk clowns got into a massive brawl with a bunch of firefighters at a Toronto brothel.
By the next day, several firefighters were beaten and the circus was burned to the ground.
This is the story of Toronto's Firemen And Clown Brothel Riot.
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