Philip Sheldrake

The authoritarians are winning, we can all see that. Maybe, just maybe, it wouldn't be the worst thing if pro-democracy people stopped being ridiculously naive about social media. berjon.com/media-media/

New: You Gov poll. Was Brexit a wrong turn?

@codereport.bsky.social Hi Conor. If the following presses your buttons, let's jump on a call. arxiv.org/abs/2606.04025

I'm pretty excited about this: we're launching a ヽ(^O^)ノ paid ⎝(^O^)ヽ virtual residency at New_ Public for folks with big ideas for making the internet a better place. Got a big idea? 💡✅ Care about people and communities? 💖✅ Please apply and share! newpublic.org/eir

The Nerd Reich has been banned from X and Facebook, and is now being banned from YouTube. For what? Pointing out the fascism of Silicon Valley, those companies as leaders. It'd be a shame if people heard. ¡Muerte al tecnofascismo! www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...

It’s not sufficiently appreciated. Surveillance technology, specifically facial recognition, is one of the most dangerous technologies. It is fascist technology. It will be deployed by well meaning but ignorant people today for use by fascists tomorrow. People will die. It’s as simple as that.

This might be the most blatant example in existence of "rich guy who created a problem attempting to place the blame for that problem on immigrants"

A new paper. A new software paradigm for the LLM age. Human-centred, not AI-centred. arxiv.org/abs/2606.04025

Posting this every time this idea comes up: coralproject.net/blog/the-rea...

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day.

The U.S. Senate must be clear: no war with Iran.

Remember: Donald Trump created this crisis. He walked away from the Iran nuclear deal that was working, promising a "better deal." He didn't deliver. He escalated, abandoned real diplomacy, and has now led us into a conflict that puts us all at risk.

We're still attributing LLMs with qualities they demonstrably lack. The sooner we recognise this, the quicker we can address it. www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

If you haven't been following the developments at Amazon Ring as closely as I have the last 7 years and you're wondering how we got to the current headlines that the doorbell cameras are "eyes for ICE" because of their Flock partnerships--read my report about shakeups at the company from last year.

On his first day in office, the Mayor of New York toured the crumbling apartment of one of his constituents. On his 348th day in office, the President of the United States shops for marble and onyx for a ballroom nobody wants.

First live demo by Matthew Schutte of unyt.co — professional-grade accounting tools for businesses, communities, and peer-production networks. From the @holochain.bsky.social project. youtu.be/Ntvh-S8GqAw

Holochain Horizon: Foundation Forward is live! Read the recap of our first livestream and learn about The Holochain Foundation's strategic shift to a more proactive role. blog.holochain.org/holochain-ho... #Holochain #DecentralizedTech #FoundationForward

Something has gone very wrong with British politics that almost 500 of people have been arrested at a Palestine Action protest, when we should be standing collectively as a society against the cruelty and devastation on the ground in Palestine www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Alex de Waal has worked on humanitarian causes across the globe for over 40 years. “There is no case, over those four decades, of such minutely engineered, closely monitored, precisely designed mass starvation of a population as is happening in Gaza today.”

Among yesterday's arrestees is Deborah Hinton, an 81-year old retired magistrate with an OBE. That's Yvette Cooper's idea of a terrorist. Language has been turned on its head. The law has been turned on its head. Murdering children is righteous. Trying to stop it is terrorism.

AI-augmented software development is challenging. LLMs are producing technical debt and vulnerabilities at an unprecedented rate, else hitting productivity as engineers try to catch it all. @garymarcus.bsky.social would <cough> hint gently at a neurosymbolic resolution. So do we. recognitive.io

Just found "Unlocking the Potential of Generative AI through Neuro-Symbolic Architectures – Benefits and Limitations". You might enjoy it @garymarcus.bsky.social — its classification of NSAI architectures was new to me at least. arxiv.org/html/2502.11...

All your data belong to us @GaryMarcus.bsky.social "#Surveillance is not a neutral tool — it’s an instrument of social control. But we do have more of a choice... And the right time to make better choices for democracy is now." ~ @carissaveliz.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.... #AI

Transition9 works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence in harmony with a new nature-inspired computing architecture. Delighted to say we've just published “Explain it to me like I’m a teenager” 🙂 transition9.ai/explainer.html #ai #dweb #decentralize

@jonathanhaidt.bsky.social Another report for you :-) www.linkedin.com/posts/stamfo...

There have been 8 major evolutionary transitions in all of time. Astonishingly and undoubtedly, there will be a 9th by 2035. How do we want the 9th transition to go? The Transition9 movement works for the natural integration of human and next-level artificial intelligence. #ai transition9.ai

I’ve already moved from Gmail to @proton.me, and I’ve never used WhatsApp, always @signal.org. Today I deleted Google Maps and installed Magic Earth. www.magicearth.com

Zuck said Meta is in a "partnership" with White House; Google is following suit. They are all that stand between you and Trump admin data grabs. Here's a resource collection of non-US services to replace email, search, docs, music, video, backups, and more: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

And there it is. Putin’s lifelong dream. After years of relentless Russian propaganda, now fully embraced by the American president and the world’s richest oligarch, millions of Americans are convinced that this is a good plan because Europe is an enemy and Putin is our friend.

Just got my copy of the new edition of one of my favorite books. Congratulations, @davidbollier.bsky.social

President Zelenskyy has been one of the greatest leaders of our time, guiding Ukraine through the darkest period of its recent history, rising up to Russia’s unwarranted aggression, being an inspiration to the Ukrainian people and ensuring that Ukraine’s voice is heard on the world stage.

Trump could have pushed for an end to the war in Ukraine without becoming actively hostile to Ukraine. Instead, he has imbibed Putin’s lies. Have written about the emergence of a new US/Russia axis, where it comes from and the staggering implications for Europe. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

My aunt texted: "Perhaps now is the time for super shameless promotion of Governable Spaces. The audience won't need any handholding to get it." I don't know if it is true, but see for yourself: ntnsndr.in/govbook

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I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.

Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa: "These platforms are not neutral technologies, they're sophisticated systems designed to exploit our deepest psychological vulnerabilities. They monetize our outrage and hate...and systematically erode our capacity for nuanced thinking, our capacity for empathy."