Robert McKay

open.substack.comHello WorldThere's a Substack about climate tech, finance, literary genre fiction, and operational excellence? Good Lord, Why?

Why? open.substack.com/pub/robertmc...

mobilize.usElection Response Action Workshop · Hands Off NYCThe attacks on our election have already started, and they're deeply tied to the attacks on our communities. This hands-on workshop will prepare you for what it means to take action to defend our elec...

1 Sept

I'm attending Hands Off NYC's event, “Election Response Action Workshop” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/handsoffnyc/...

“a golem of words” ~ @paultremblay.bsky.social

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This book is like the anti-pattern of future BCI ethics and a great argument for why we need folks like @caseyharrell.bsky.social pulling in the other direction.

5 July

“fear and the anxiety of failure and ruin has an aim that is true”

“a golem of words” ~ @paultremblay.bsky.social

“You assume she is a resident of the night city and has fallen prey to those who are in the business of separating people from their shadows” (58).

Dr. Livingstone, I presume (63).

24 June

Real bloodbath for centrist mediocrity in New York tonight.

24 June

@socialists.nyc tonight

results.socialists.nycNYC-DSA Election ResultsLive unofficial results for the NYC-DSA slate.

24 June

results.socialists.nyc

act.clairevaldezforcongress.comPhonebank for Claire! - Claire Valdez for Congress

15 June

Let’s goooo @socialists.nyc sign up and take us all the way! act.clairevaldezforcongress.com/phonebank-fo...

14 June

Look at the first full paragraph on the second column and tell me where you see the slop tells. I see two of them. @financialtimes.com train your models on the writer's actual backlogs and implement skills to filter out this sort of stuff.

14 June

Or maybe it's just that we are all starting to sound like AI, using words like "cleanly" in this context and putting spaces around our em dashes.

11 June

!image.png What does this graphic mean? For Opus, there were diminishing returns with effort that actually turned negative-i.e. the model overthought to the point of self-sabotage

11 June

In Fable, diminishing returns persist (kicking in at higher cost (which is an artefact of pricing so not sure how to apples-to-apples the x-axis) but the key point is marginal returns on spend did not go negative.

11 June

Is this a harbinger of self-improvement, albeit not on an accelerating, exponential scale? What are your thoughts, smarter people?

act.darializaforcongress.comCanvass for Darializa with the Eco-Socialist WG! - Darializa For Congress

6 June

Decided to skip some vibe-code-for-climate stuff from the tail end of #TechWeek & canvass with @socialists.nyc instead. act.darializaforcongress.com/canvass-ecos...

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5 June

Cucked by pronouns and black women in human resources, He-Man must regain his true identity as a homoerotic, metal bikini-clad space hero. #zeitgeisty youtu.be/ZmEx7wQI6RY?...

mobilize.usIntroduction to AI for Campaigns · ArenaJoin us for a practical, hands-on, introduction to AI for campaigns. Whether you have come this far without using an AI tool, or if it is a part of your everyday life, we will meet you exactly where y...

2 May

I'm attending Arena's event, “Introduction to AI for Campaigns” - sign up now to join me! #ArenaAcademy www.mobilize.us/arena/event/...

23 May

Slightly concerning what the level of this workshop implies about where prog campaigns are at on AI adoption and staff upskilling.

23 May

Joining a call in 2026 be like:

act.clairevaldezforcongress.comRally and Canvass for Claire with Mayor Zohran Mamdani! - Claire Valdez for Congress

22 May

When Big Bro Zo tells me to jump on the telescreen, I say “How high comrade sir yes sir!?” act.clairevaldezforcongress.com/rally-and-ca...

mobilize.usMeet the New DNC Playbook · ArenaThe DNC is hosting a briefing on their newly released [Organizing and Political Playbook](https://arena.run/tool/dnc-playbook) — a practical guide covering organizing models, technology pilots, consti...

2 May

I'm attending Arena's event, “Meet the New DNC Playbook” - sign up now to join me! #ArenaAcademy www.mobilize.us/arena/event/...

sfchronicle.comALS took his voice. A brain implant helped him speak to his daughter againIn the research world, Casey Harrell is known by subject name T-15. He’s become a test case, and a point of hope, for people afflicted with ALS to have their voice restored.

27 Apr

Rooting for this family (worked directly under Casey for a couple years & had the honor of knowing the BrainGate team). No, our health system does not support them well. Yes, they have a @gofundme.com (see comments 👇). Thanks for covering, @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

gofund.meDonate to Save Casey Harrell and His Extraordinary Brain, organized by Isaiah SaxonMy name is Levana. My husband Casey Harrell has had ALS (Lou Gherig’s Dise… Isaiah Saxon needs your support for Save Casey Harrell and His Extraordinary Brain

27 Apr

🙏 gofund.me/9dad924a2

25 Apr

Imagine the most arcane polycule structure devised by Bay Area denizens with too much free time. Now throw it into your CRM. Does the data model break? Bracket the question of whether you should try to capture this sort of thing. Could you?

24 Apr

Huh.

23 Apr

Reasons I need to just give up and delete my @bestofnextdoor.bsky.social account. Got a stray email, unsubscribed, changed to new ‘hood, though hey why not update biz page. 15m I won’t get back. Their contempt for product & customers knows no bounds. Tapping things is supposed to make things happen.

19 Apr

This is my new neighborhood. Wild how corrupt this Eric Adams crony repping us in Albany is. Can’t wait to replace her with this dude.

David Orkin@david4queens.com

We've uncovered what might be the biggest case of petition fraud in NYC's history, and now I'm taking my opponent to court.

16 Apr

Is it me or is something funny with @cloudflare.social today?

16 Apr

Which raises the question: "WTF is Cloudflare and what does it do?" Remember when this happened with Fastly?

ft.pressreader.comFinancial TimesNews, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication

15 Apr

Some form of this was inevitable. The US should follow suit when a rational government is back in power. ft.pressreader.com/article/2815...

31 Mar

Poetry.

Matthew Newell 🇺🇦@matthewnewell.bsky.social

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actionnetwork.orgEnd Collaboration With ICE in New York!ICE is running rampant in our communities, tearing apart families, disappearing college students for protesting the genocide in Gaza, and sending hundreds to nightmarish megaprison in El Salvador with...

28 Mar

I just wrote a @socialists.nyc letter: Tell Albany to End Collaboration With ICE! . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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26 Mar

Why smart people believe myths about electric cars open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...

open.substack.comWhy smart people believe myths about electric carsEVs should be having their moment, but misinformation is standing in the way. We spoke to a researcher about how to course correct.

actionnetwork.orgQueens Says No Kings 3 (Forest Hills)Join your fellow comrades and neighbors in The World’s Borough and the most diverse place on Earth on Saturday, March 28th, to rally and march against fascism. Wear your DSA merch and bring your sig...

21 Mar

Round 3 #NoKings #YasQueens @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: (Forest Hills). RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/queen...

20 Mar

There’s a lesson in here somewhere about the way language evolves… “telephone” (*with* the T) was a newfangled buzzword once. “Podcast” is the survivor in this set, wouldn’t you agree?

19 Mar

🗽 Thoughts on @mayor.nyc.gov’s #StPatricksDay address: retelling Irishness, New Yorkerness… & someday soon, Americanness. TL;DR: the implications for the nation are underappreciated, though I think that other malign genius of our times intuits them in his unerring way... substack.com/profile/3935...

17 Mar

Delighted to discover @rudytheelder.bsky.social's interview with @greatdismal.bsky.social just before *Agency* dropped. Some choice outtakes relevant to my own theses:

17 Mar

"...the thing [Gibson] did with Verity is non-standard. She has almost no agency, and little real effect on the story arc... never gets a decisive turnaround moment... a deliberate move, meant to emulate our individual helplessness before... history as generated by criminals and assholes."

17 Mar

Sunnier than Gibson's intent, and than history since? "Eunice is going to open... AI to everyone. Universal agency! Product support by a benevolent god. A ray of hope that the “good internet” represented by Eunice can save stubs from kleptdom. Love it" Very intrigued for post-slopbot Jackpot 3.

bloomberg.comThe Insurance Crisis Is So Desperate People Are Turning SocialistDesperate times call for desperate measures, and Americans seem increasingly desperate about the cost of home insurance.

10 Mar

Spicy @opinion.bloomberg.com piece. #climate #insurance #costofliving #socialism #capitalists www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

open.substack.comThe home insurance crisis is turning people towards socialismCCI has the solutions that can lower costs and build more resilient communities

14 Mar

And of course the smart people at @cplusc.bsky.social have weighed in with some actual challenging thought. open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

12 Mar

When will AI image tools make a user-friendly interface that abstracts away the functions of LORAs, control nets, and all those other things I know exist but have no reason to learn how to use as a non-frequent visual creator?

12 Mar

Like, here’s the figure it thought you wanted, now tweak the limbs like a 3D rendering, maybe in 3D on a phone screen with pressure-sensitive touch? As intuitive to play with as an artist’s wooden anatomical figure.

12 Mar

Is this happening already? Where? And if not, why?

open.substack.comHello WorldThere's a Substack about climate tech, finance, literary genre fiction, and operational excellence? Good Lord, Why?

Why? open.substack.com/pub/robertmc...

I’m starting a very weird Substack. Why? Only one way to find out.

notboring.coThe Electric SlideThe history, 99% decline, and future of the Electric Stack with Sam D'Amico

Taking a bow for being the 1000th liker of this definitional post (I did not just read it but apparently I never liked it; sorry @packym.bsky.social) www.notboring.co/p/the-electr...

10 Mar

As Arnold said: No 💩