And now the punchline: this depersonalisation, the weird relationship to their bodily existence, inability to enjoy things and an internal void that people constantly try and fill with what they're told they should want... all of these things are very similar to the experience of gender dysphoria.
With 47 years of coding under my belt, and still a fascination for the new shiny, obviously I’m interested what role (if any) GenAI is going to play in the future of software. But not interested enough to actually acquire the necessary skills and try it out myself. Someday, someday. Didn’t ma...
We coined a new term on the Oxide and Friends podcast last month (primary credit to Adam Leventhal) covering the sense of psychological ennui leading into existential dread that many …
A position statement for FediForum's unworkshop
The first kākāpō chick of the breeding season has hatched on Pukenui Anchor Island.
Through his hallowed foundation, the world’s de facto public health czar has been a stalwart defender of monopoly medicine.
Receipt 2: COVID vax
How Bill Gates Impeded Global Access to Covid Vaccines
https://newrepublic.com/article/162000/bill-gates-impeded-global-access-covid-vaccines
> When the director of Oxford’s Jenner Institute had funny ideas about placing the rights to its COVAX-supported vaccine candidate in the public domain, Gates intervened.
> A few weeks later, Oxford—urged on by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—reversed course [and] signed an exclusive vaccine deal with AstraZeneca that gave the pharmaceutical giant sole rights and no guarantee of low prices.
Our studies in civil resistance offer insight into the level of popular organizing needed to repel assaults on democracy
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“The key to defeating Trump? Mass non-cooperation
Our studies in civil resistance offer insight into the level of popular organizing needed to repel assaults on democracy
Mark Engler and Paul Engler
The Guardian
2026-01-15
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/15/defeat-trump-mass-non-cooperation
A fake news story about me, a series of AI breakthroughs, and a resignation in the tech world have shown that 2026 could be pivotal for AI.
Casio’s $429 Moflin promised me calm. I got a supposedly lovable robot nuisance.
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