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Microsoft is reviewing its Copilot+ integrations, and is saying internally that Microsoft Recall has failed.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

Windows Central: You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

#windows #AI #copilot

Microsoft is reviewing its Copilot+ integrations, and is saying internally that Microsoft Recall has failed.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

it seems #Microsoft might have seen the #ai bubble writing on the wall

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

#ai #microsoft #windows

You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload | Windows Central https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

Windows Central: You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

#windows #AI #copilot

Windows Central: You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

#windows #AI #copilot

Windows Central: You won: Microsoft is walking back Windows 11’s AI overload — scaling down Copilot and rethinking Recall in a major shift

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

#windows #AI #copilot

it seems #Microsoft might have seen the #ai bubble writing on the wall

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

Counting down to RFK Jr. demanding the return of leaded gas. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/

> Scientists at the University of Utah have analyzed human hair samples spanning nearly 100 years and found a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations, concluding that this regulatory action was highly effective in achieving its stated objectives.

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/ #tech

In the 1970s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cracked down on lead-based products including gasoline because of their toxic effects on human health. Now, scientists at the University of Utah have released the findings of a study looking at 100 years' worth of human hair samples, and found that the regulatory action worked. Here's more from @arstechnica.

https://flip.it/sslA6i

#Science #Environment #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency

https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/

In the 1970s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cracked down on lead-based products including gasoline because of their toxic effects on human health. Now, scientists at the University of Utah have released the findings of a study looking at 100 years' worth of human hair samples, and found that the regulatory action worked. Here's more from @arstechnica.

https://flip.it/sslA6i

#Science #Environment #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/

In the 1970s, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cracked down on lead-based products including gasoline because of their toxic effects on human health. Now, scientists at the University of Utah have released the findings of a study looking at 100 years' worth of human hair samples, and found that the regulatory action worked. Here's more from @arstechnica.

https://flip.it/sslA6i

#Science #Environment #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency

A century of hair samples proves leaded gas ban worked https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/a-century-of-hair-samples-proves-leaded-gas-ban-worked/

https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/crowd-control-appeasement-vanguardism-and-the-general-strike-an-analysis-from-the-twin-cities

Absolute 🔥 from @CrimethInc.

"A major Somali shopping center called Karmel Mall closed for the day. Daycare centers were forced to close when their staff demanded the day off. Workers forced a major AT&T call center to close. The biggest nursing home in the Twin Cities metro area held mandatory all-staff meetings to threaten to fire employees who participated, but those scare tactics failed and they faced mass absenteeism. The combined population of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is less than 750,000; that Friday, we saw an estimated 100,000 people take the streets in sub-zero temperatures. It is safe to conclude that at least one out of every eight Twin Cities residents took part in the general strike.

The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The decentralized nature of the rapid response groups has made them durable and agile. The initiative of autonomous fighters in the neighborhoods has enabled people to rise in revolt every time they have shot or murdered our neighbors. The horizontality of our mutual aid networks makes them opaque to the feds while enabling them to feed, clothe, and care for vulnerable families. No official organization would ever dare to call for the countless acts of bravery by which individuals have collectively propelled this movement forward. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength.

To the extent that we allow top-down forces to take control of the movement, we will compromise its structural integrity and set ourselves up to lose. With so much on the line, we can’t afford to let that happen."

https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/crowd-control-appeasement-vanguardism-and-the-general-strike-an-analysis-from-the-twin-cities

Absolute 🔥 from @CrimethInc.

"A major Somali shopping center called Karmel Mall closed for the day. Daycare centers were forced to close when their staff demanded the day off. Workers forced a major AT&T call center to close. The biggest nursing home in the Twin Cities metro area held mandatory all-staff meetings to threaten to fire employees who participated, but those scare tactics failed and they faced mass absenteeism. The combined population of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is less than 750,000; that Friday, we saw an estimated 100,000 people take the streets in sub-zero temperatures. It is safe to conclude that at least one out of every eight Twin Cities residents took part in the general strike.

The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The decentralized nature of the rapid response groups has made them durable and agile. The initiative of autonomous fighters in the neighborhoods has enabled people to rise in revolt every time they have shot or murdered our neighbors. The horizontality of our mutual aid networks makes them opaque to the feds while enabling them to feed, clothe, and care for vulnerable families. No official organization would ever dare to call for the countless acts of bravery by which individuals have collectively propelled this movement forward. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength.

To the extent that we allow top-down forces to take control of the movement, we will compromise its structural integrity and set ourselves up to lose. With so much on the line, we can’t afford to let that happen."

https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/crowd-control-appeasement-vanguardism-and-the-general-strike-an-analysis-from-the-twin-cities

On January 23, 2026, a general strike against the ICE occupation paralyzed the Twin Cities. Seven days later, a second strike took place, on ...

Participants in the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities reflect on the lessons of the strikes of January 23 and January 30, looking for ways to expand and strengthen the movement.
Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike

Absolute 🔥 from @CrimethInc.

"A major Somali shopping center called Karmel Mall closed for the day. Daycare centers were forced to close when their staff demanded the day off. Workers forced a major AT&T call center to close. The biggest nursing home in the Twin Cities metro area held mandatory all-staff meetings to threaten to fire employees who participated, but those scare tactics failed and they faced mass absenteeism. The combined population of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is less than 750,000; that Friday, we saw an estimated 100,000 people take the streets in sub-zero temperatures. It is safe to conclude that at least one out of every eight Twin Cities residents took part in the general strike.

The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The decentralized nature of the rapid response groups has made them durable and agile. The initiative of autonomous fighters in the neighborhoods has enabled people to rise in revolt every time they have shot or murdered our neighbors. The horizontality of our mutual aid networks makes them opaque to the feds while enabling them to feed, clothe, and care for vulnerable families. No official organization would ever dare to call for the countless acts of bravery by which individuals have collectively propelled this movement forward. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength.

To the extent that we allow top-down forces to take control of the movement, we will compromise its structural integrity and set ourselves up to lose. With so much on the line, we can’t afford to let that happen."

https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/crowd-control-appeasement-vanguardism-and-the-general-strike-an-analysis-from-the-twin-cities

Absolute 🔥 from @CrimethInc.

"A major Somali shopping center called Karmel Mall closed for the day. Daycare centers were forced to close when their staff demanded the day off. Workers forced a major AT&T call center to close. The biggest nursing home in the Twin Cities metro area held mandatory all-staff meetings to threaten to fire employees who participated, but those scare tactics failed and they faced mass absenteeism. The combined population of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is less than 750,000; that Friday, we saw an estimated 100,000 people take the streets in sub-zero temperatures. It is safe to conclude that at least one out of every eight Twin Cities residents took part in the general strike.

The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The decentralized nature of the rapid response groups has made them durable and agile. The initiative of autonomous fighters in the neighborhoods has enabled people to rise in revolt every time they have shot or murdered our neighbors. The horizontality of our mutual aid networks makes them opaque to the feds while enabling them to feed, clothe, and care for vulnerable families. No official organization would ever dare to call for the countless acts of bravery by which individuals have collectively propelled this movement forward. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength.

To the extent that we allow top-down forces to take control of the movement, we will compromise its structural integrity and set ourselves up to lose. With so much on the line, we can’t afford to let that happen."

https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/crowd-control-appeasement-vanguardism-and-the-general-strike-an-analysis-from-the-twin-cities

Absolute 🔥 from @CrimethInc.

"A major Somali shopping center called Karmel Mall closed for the day. Daycare centers were forced to close when their staff demanded the day off. Workers forced a major AT&T call center to close. The biggest nursing home in the Twin Cities metro area held mandatory all-staff meetings to threaten to fire employees who participated, but those scare tactics failed and they faced mass absenteeism. The combined population of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is less than 750,000; that Friday, we saw an estimated 100,000 people take the streets in sub-zero temperatures. It is safe to conclude that at least one out of every eight Twin Cities residents took part in the general strike.

The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The decentralized nature of the rapid response groups has made them durable and agile. The initiative of autonomous fighters in the neighborhoods has enabled people to rise in revolt every time they have shot or murdered our neighbors. The horizontality of our mutual aid networks makes them opaque to the feds while enabling them to feed, clothe, and care for vulnerable families. No official organization would ever dare to call for the countless acts of bravery by which individuals have collectively propelled this movement forward. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength.

To the extent that we allow top-down forces to take control of the movement, we will compromise its structural integrity and set ourselves up to lose. With so much on the line, we can’t afford to let that happen."

https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/crowd-control-appeasement-vanguardism-and-the-general-strike-an-analysis-from-the-twin-cities

Absolute 🔥 from @CrimethInc.

"A major Somali shopping center called Karmel Mall closed for the day. Daycare centers were forced to close when their staff demanded the day off. Workers forced a major AT&T call center to close. The biggest nursing home in the Twin Cities metro area held mandatory all-staff meetings to threaten to fire employees who participated, but those scare tactics failed and they faced mass absenteeism. The combined population of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is less than 750,000; that Friday, we saw an estimated 100,000 people take the streets in sub-zero temperatures. It is safe to conclude that at least one out of every eight Twin Cities residents took part in the general strike.

The leaderless character of the resistance to ICE in Minnesota is precisely what has made it effective. The decentralized nature of the rapid response groups has made them durable and agile. The initiative of autonomous fighters in the neighborhoods has enabled people to rise in revolt every time they have shot or murdered our neighbors. The horizontality of our mutual aid networks makes them opaque to the feds while enabling them to feed, clothe, and care for vulnerable families. No official organization would ever dare to call for the countless acts of bravery by which individuals have collectively propelled this movement forward. The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength.

To the extent that we allow top-down forces to take control of the movement, we will compromise its structural integrity and set ourselves up to lose. With so much on the line, we can’t afford to let that happen."

https://crimethinc.com/2026/02/01/crowd-control-appeasement-vanguardism-and-the-general-strike-an-analysis-from-the-twin-cities

On January 23, 2026, a general strike against the ICE occupation paralyzed the Twin Cities. Seven days later, a second strike took place, on ...

Participants in the resistance to ICE in the Twin Cities reflect on the lessons of the strikes of January 23 and January 30, looking for ways to expand and strengthen the movement.
Crowd Control: Appeasement, Vanguardism, and the General Strike

New piece from folks in the Twin Cities reflecting on the lessons of the strikes of January 23 and 30, and how liberal appeasement and authoritarian vanguardism have functioned as obstacles to the growth of the movement.
https://crimethinc.com/2026generalstrikes

“Why care about belonging? Because it is fundamentally useful. It lets us predict a huge slice of the variance in developer productivity. Why care about psychological affordances around teams? Because it is useful. It lets us predict where we will find more effective teams and design for them.”

Gold like this is why I will never stop recommending @grimalkina to software developers. Mind-opening stuff about how to foster a learning culture in yourself and others.

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

New Fight for the Human: about belief systems, changing our minds, extremophiles, and why I will always feel a strong love for Jurassic Park no matter how extraordinarily bad those movies get

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

New Fight for the Human: about belief systems, changing our minds, extremophiles, and why I will always feel a strong love for Jurassic Park no matter how extraordinarily bad those movies get

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

New Fight for the Human: about belief systems, changing our minds, extremophiles, and why I will always feel a strong love for Jurassic Park no matter how extraordinarily bad those movies get

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

New Fight for the Human: about belief systems, changing our minds, extremophiles, and why I will always feel a strong love for Jurassic Park no matter how extraordinarily bad those movies get

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

New Fight for the Human: about belief systems, changing our minds, extremophiles, and why I will always feel a strong love for Jurassic Park no matter how extraordinarily bad those movies get

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

“Why care about belonging? Because it is fundamentally useful. It lets us predict a huge slice of the variance in developer productivity. Why care about psychological affordances around teams? Because it is useful. It lets us predict where we will find more effective teams and design for them.”

Gold like this is why I will never stop recommending @grimalkina to software developers. Mind-opening stuff about how to foster a learning culture in yourself and others.

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

“Why care about belonging? Because it is fundamentally useful. It lets us predict a huge slice of the variance in developer productivity. Why care about psychological affordances around teams? Because it is useful. It lets us predict where we will find more effective teams and design for them.”

Gold like this is why I will never stop recommending @grimalkina to software developers. Mind-opening stuff about how to foster a learning culture in yourself and others.

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

“Why care about belonging? Because it is fundamentally useful. It lets us predict a huge slice of the variance in developer productivity. Why care about psychological affordances around teams? Because it is useful. It lets us predict where we will find more effective teams and design for them.”

Gold like this is why I will never stop recommending @grimalkina to software developers. Mind-opening stuff about how to foster a learning culture in yourself and others.

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

New Fight for the Human: about belief systems, changing our minds, extremophiles, and why I will always feel a strong love for Jurassic Park no matter how extraordinarily bad those movies get

https://www.fightforthehuman.com/science-at-the-edge-of-the-world/

Docusign’s CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts

Docusign’s Allan Thygesen says ‘not providing an AI service isn’t really an option.’

TL;DR: Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen discusses the risks of relying on AI for contract management, highlighting the complexities involved in automating legal processes. With the company employing 7,000 people, he sheds light on the crucial human oversight needed in this technology-driven arena. https://www.theverge.com/podcast/871205/docusign-ceo-allan-thygesen-ai-contracts-e-signature-interview #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Docusign’s CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts https://www.theverge.com/podcast/871205/docusign-ceo-allan-thygesen-ai-contracts-e-signature-interview

TL;DR: Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen discusses the risks of relying on AI for contract management, highlighting the complexities involved in automating legal processes. With the company employing 7,000 people, he sheds light on the crucial human oversight needed in this technology-driven arena. https://www.theverge.com/podcast/871205/docusign-ceo-allan-thygesen-ai-contracts-e-signature-interview #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum

Docusign’s CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts https://www.theverge.com/podcast/871205/docusign-ceo-allan-thygesen-ai-contracts-e-signature-interview #Business #Podcasts #Decoder #Tech #AI

Docusign’s CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts https://thever.ge/pQzh #Business #Podcasts #Decoder #Tech #AI

Docusign’s CEO on the dangers of trusting AI to read, and write, your contracts https://www.theverge.com/podcast/871205/docusign-ceo-allan-thygesen-ai-contracts-e-signature-interview

Epstein, Bannon, 4chan, Trump, Russia -- a cauldron of boiling evil.

https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet

https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet

"Here's how Epstein broke the internet" https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet "His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy"

https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet

Epstein, Bannon, 4chan, Trump, Russia -- a cauldron of boiling evil.

https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet

Here's how Epstein broke the internet
His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy
https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet

Epstein, Bannon, 4chan, Trump, Russia -- a cauldron of boiling evil.

https://www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how-epstein-broke-the-internet

New essay:

Phantom Fluency

Why listening to smart people doesn't make you more thoughtful. You're not bad at remembering podcasts. Podcasts are bad at being remembered.

https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-fluency

new web essay by @tg wondering about all the limitations of podcasts — can’t search them, almost impossible to remember what you learned from one, let alone track it down after you listened to it — and how the structure of podcast apps contributes to these problems.

“writing is dead speech that admits that it’s dead. a podcast is dead speech that sounds alive.”

if you have the opportunity to scroll through this, I would recommend it.

https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-fluency

new web essay by @tg wondering about all the limitations of podcasts — can’t search them, almost impossible to remember what you learned from one, let alone track it down after you listened to it — and how the structure of podcast apps contributes to these problems.

“writing is dead speech that admits that it’s dead. a podcast is dead speech that sounds alive.”

if you have the opportunity to scroll through this, I would recommend it.

https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-fluency

“Writing is dead speech that admits it's dead. A podcast is dead speech that sounds alive.”
https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-fluency

“Writing is dead speech that admits it's dead. A podcast is dead speech that sounds alive.”
https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-fluency

New essay:

Phantom Fluency

Why listening to smart people doesn't make you more thoughtful. You're not bad at remembering podcasts. Podcasts are bad at being remembered.

https://www.terrygodier.com/phantom-fluency

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

#Cinema #Movies #DarrenAronofsky #GenAI #AISlop

Movie length AI slop

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

You can feel Stuart Heritage's joy to dismantle Darren Aronofsky. 😂
"It is, as you might expect, as ugly as sin ... they all have the uncanny dead eyes of people ripped out of The Polar Express ... all the voices are performed by human actors, who presumably needed to feed their families more than they wanted to protect their profession from annihilation." https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

#AISlop #trashMovie #film

"What matters now is that On This Day… 1776 is genuinely very horrible to watch, and everybody involved should be ashamed."

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

Aside from the amorality of Aronofsky using AI (badly, by many reports), Stuart Heritage in the Guardian points out something more obvious: the series is just dreadful viewing.

#DarrenAronofksy #AI #AISlop #film

Requiem for a film-maker: Darren Aronofsky’s AI revolutionary war series is a horror
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#DarrenAronofskyMEWS #FilmMEWS #Ai(artificialIntelligence)MEWS #ComputingMEWS #CultureMEWS #TechnologyMEWS #MEWS
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The once-lauded director of Black Swan and The Wrestler has drowned himself in AI slop with an embarrassing new online seriesIf you happen to find yourself stumbling through Time magaz...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

Movie length AI slop

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

Movie length AI slop

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review

Movie length AI slop

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/darren-aronofsky-ai-revolutionary-war-series-review