I cannot stress how much I loathe Sony as a company. Incidentally, Sony (or, rather, one of Sony's infosec people cosplaying as a lawyer) once threatened to sue me when I was at TNW. I wish I saved a copy of my response, as I was extremely rude and very funny.

If @edzitron.com's Friday premium newsletter contains highly specific anatomical details about gander, I take full responsibility. I do not, however, apologize. I'm just that committed to my job as a researcher/editor.

I'm from Liverpool. I fucking hate football.

It's so hot that my Internet went down. My router just... fell over. No problem. I'll just tether my laptop to my phone. Oh, wait. It's so hot my phone is now refusing to charge itself.

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's so hot. So, so fucking hot.

Remember, if you think you have a communications problem you have an actual problem

As another UK prime minister bites the dust, a contradictory tech legacy remains

UK peeps: How are we handling the heatwave? It's going to be 40 degrees in London later this week, I believe.

meant to write a piece about the end of Keir's premiership but sort of wrote about grief and the endurance of pointless hope instead: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel

My latest newsletter makes the case that the Online Safety Act was politically poisonous to Starmer and the Labour Party, and had an outsized effect on their respective unpopularity. www.whatwelo.st/p/everyone-h...

every two words is an entire Dickens novel

If I wrote a newsletter with the title of “I’d rather drink a colostomy bag like a Capri-Sun than use generative AI for my work,” would I be going too far?

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

The new world is dying, and the old world struggles to be reborn

Morning ladm8s

The most dangerous thing about AI is not that the machines might one day think. It is that we are being trained, by men with enormous financial gains riding on our acquiescence, to stop thinking for ourselves.

I will say: as someone who has been given shit for being Scouse all the time I’ve lived in the UK, the idea of a Liverpudlian prime minister is very, very fucking exciting.

Jesus. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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New newsletter: Generative AI is becoming the new crypto and multi-level marketing scam, promising non-techies that they can vibe-code their way to prosperity, without being candid about the costs and risks. www.whatwelo.st/p/generative...

Anthropic and OpenAI are dangerous and unsustainable companies that shouldn’t be taken public. The AI bubble is a con and retail investors are the marks. AI doesn’t have ROI, it’s nothing like AWS or Uber, and it’s got no post-bubble recovery story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbKD...

That an app 'Fits on a Floppy' is still a useful measure in 2026 https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/05/29/that-an-app-fits-on-a-floppy-is-still-a-useful-measure-in-2026/5247224 In a world of mass-produced bot-slopware, small is more beautiful than <- by me on #theregister

look. is everything more expensive now? yes. but you have to look on the bright side too. now every time you open a computer, it doesn't work

UK people: How are you handling the heatwave?

The Internet was thriving and then AI slop killed it.

Counterpoint: No I will not

Introduce yourself with 10 bands/musicians you've seen live The Barenaked Ladies GoGo Penguin Death Cab For Cutie The Jezabels Julien Baker William Fitzsimmons Sidney Gish Lucy Dacus Taylor Swift Kina Grannis

The SpaceX S-1 is undeniably the funniest thing I’ve read this year.

One of the saddest things about consistent GenAI use by engineers is how quickly it lowers your standards. It works - kinda - ship it. No craft, no pride. Just on to the next prompt. #fuckai

My latest newsletter is about why the fatal flaw at the heart of generative AI isn't just the economics, but the fact that it's deeply uncool and hated. www.whatwelo.st/p/generative...

Anyone still playing Pokemon Go? I know it’s cringe, but exercise makes me feel less shitty. Which has been a recurrent theme of late. If anyone fancies adding me, my trainer code is below! 560107404381

Climbing out of my depression hole to say hello! It's been a while.

Sorry, another thought about this. The current model of shareholder-driven capitalism fucking sucks. China's overtaken the west because it doesn't just spunk money on dividends and buybacks at the same pace as the West. It hasn't cannibalised its workforce with WITCH consultants.

The funniest thing about that is that it’s completely oblivious to the reality of the modern Chinese economy. China makes good shit! Huawei makes excellent phones. Every new car I see on the road is a BYD, Jaecoo, or Omoda. Many Western EV companies use Chinese batteries because they’re better!

GREAT NEWS EVERYONE!

People in the UK with dogs: How are yours holding up? (Context for those not from the UK: It's currently bonfire night. Lots of fireworks. Mine are fucking petrified.)

Foresights of the impact of technofeudalism (w/ AI in particular) on employment, society and economy

New newsletter klaxon! Suppose that generative AI does ultimately kill the job market. What happens next? I argue that the tragic lessons of the Thatcher era can serve as a warning. www.whatwelo.st/p/whats-past...

I think an OpenAI IPO could be unintentionally one of the funniest moments in tech history, and I genuinely hope it releases a S-1. If you thought the WeWork one was special, you ain't seen nothing yet.

THE FUNNIEST THING.

Australia has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.

Australia has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.