Louis Anslow

Decadence of the young is sign of civilisational progress NOT decline: They once worried about being COLD, now they worry about being HOT. They once farmed for SUSTENANCE now they farm for CLOUT. They once had ARRANGED marriages by chaperone now they ARRANGE dates by smartphone

Why campaign on contentious life/death topics such as abortion, healthcare, gun control and climate change when you can just spout AI doomerism and get tons of cash from billionaires bankrolling a doomsday cult?

This meeting is being organized by the Future of Life Institute TESCREAL doomsday cult. An org that was exposed funding Nazis as a means to an end. They’re dangerous and will do anything to ‘save humanity’ from the end times. expo.se/nyhet/elon-m...

This meeting is being organized by the Future of Life Institute TESCREAL doomsday cult. An org that was exposed funding Nazis as a means to an end. They’re dangerous and will do anything to ‘save humanity’ from the end times. expo.se/nyhet/elon-m...

"The possible consequences of developments in nuclear physics were easier to predict in 1939, than are the possible consequences of gene transfer in 1974." (The Daily Telegraph, 1974)

We need better myths and fables for technology www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

In two days of testimony to Congress, RFK Jr. has blamed Mennonites, immigrants and other countries for the resurgence of measles in the U.S. Does he accept "any responsibility" for this crisis, after years of pushing disinfo on vaccines? Today he all but said no. www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-me...

A standing ovation for someone found guilty of tweeting about burning migrants alive. She was sentenced to 31 months for inciting racial hatred. The judge said “You intended to incite serious violence. What you did encouraged activity which threatened or endangered life.” Who’s calling this out?

Donald Trump isn’t a POPULIST, he’s an UNPOPULIST. His actions are designed to pander as much as they are to polarize and provoke.

"When a technology is truly transformational, it’s probably safer to bet on premature optimism than to prematurely dismiss it out of hand," @mcmegan.bsky.social writes. wapo.st/3HBftFu

The Online Safety Act is exactly the kind of thing I warned about in my April @theguardian.com article. Big Brother isn’t Going to Prevent Techno-Dystopia. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

What happened when the internet suddenly allowed low cost/free international phone calls? Well, incumbents tried to stop them! We explore in our latest post. newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/the-war-on...

📜 Most Americans Opposed the Moon Landing > After President Kennedy’s 1961 declaration to put man on the lunar surface by the end of the decade a Gallup poll revealed only 33% supported, compared with 58% opposed newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org/p/most-ameri...

Hey, Republicans! You know what would really make Elon Musk super mad? If you restored science funding, foreign aid, and thousands of government jobs. He’d be so owned.

I'm sad that the Observer is moving to Tortoise, but I will be glad when its chronic #MoralPanic decamps the Guardian. ‘Don’t ask what AI can do for us, ask what it is doing to us’: are ChatGPT and co harming human intelligence? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

If it makes no different whether you're an optimist or a pessimist, you might have a better time being an optimist. If it does make a difference, if we become what we dream, why wouldn't you be an optimist? (cf. Political satire) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I watched maybe half a dozen episodes of Black Mirror before I stopped. It was too depressing, and if I wanted that I could've watched the news. Pessimism Porn is an absolutely accurate description of that show. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I've been saying this for a long time. Black Mirror is just small-c conservative pessimism, and the better episodes are precisely those which stray from this unrelenting, po-faced, finger-wagging misery. Caveman Sci-Fi, without the self-awareness. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Idiot

My latest: Has RFK changed his tune on vaccines? Not so fast. His measles statements are chock-full of anti-vax code words, signs of how he intends to transform recommendations for, availability of, and trust in vaccines. newrepublic.com/article/1923...

The other half are lying sifted.eu/articles/fou...

Oy. Copyright cops go full tabloid. Ironic, as the odious Daily Mail does just what it accuses AI of doing: reading and regurgitating others' reporting. AI does it to train the machine to speak. The Daily Mail uses it to make clickbait...like this. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Don’t slop shame!

This is embarrassingly stupid. This is literally Senate Dems handing censorship power to Donald Trump and Elon Musk. WTF are they thinking?

It just clicked. This is about daddy issues. Trump is Elon’s surrogate papa.

Wow impressed- more tasteful than I expected

People with a scarcity mindset can comprehend abundance without redistribution

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Elon promised Trump Mars-a-lago for sure

Once again, the US government owning TikTok would have profound First Amendment implications... www.reuters.com/markets/weal...

1929 campaign against artificially generated music

Someone can just build a bluesky bot to repost lol

Waiting for him to walk into White House with a sink

People on the left have slowly been driven mad

Deepseek is interesting because it means the left can embrace AI without feeling like they’re supporting Silicon Valley, western capitalist hegemony or accelerating energy use. - It came from China - It is open & free - It ‘threatens’ Silicon Valley - It is very energy efficient

This means homeless people can now access CHATGPT using change and a pay phone. tcrn.ch/3VOFxk

It’s completely enclosed and has a gas-powered engine. So my question is… where’s the exhaust pipe guys

Helll yeah. Crazy that Lex named checked me this year and gave shout out to @pessimistsarc.bsky.social

The last year should have taught very well that liberals, progressives, and the left are not immune to misinformation. And if you think you’re immune, you are by definition more susceptible.

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Scientific American on Chess, 1859: “Chess is a mere amusement of a very inferior character, which robs the mind of valuable time that might be devoted to nobler acquirements, while at the same time it affords no benefit whatever to the body.”

Which way western women?

Worth noting: Community Notes does not spare Donald Trump (or Elon)

some of what folks love about bluesky has to do with the particular ways it is built and run, and with any luck those virtues will endure. some of what folks love about bluesky has to do with it being relatively small and niche, and if the site grows as its fans hope, those virtues will not endure.

I forgot i tweeted, absolutely disgusting genius

That progressives are so quick to dismiss Elon Musk’s roll in the success of his companies is a sign that government is inefficient not only due to lack of competition, but a naivety on the part of progressives/left.