Food shortages coming. End of summer

“The people who make this stuff are losers. They’re not artists. They’re not creative...And they’ve wanted their whole lives to be special. And they’re not special. So, they’re trying to rob real creative people of our gifts. And you can’t. And even if you try, you will never be cool."

As a writer, receiving feedback graciously is a vital skill Cartoon by Reza Farazmand

"But AI can transcribe quickly for me!" The lack of time for transcription in the archives is not natural, it is created. The time to transcribe, which is also time to read and think about material, has been taken from us by those with the power to fund our work. Now they want it without funding it.

Because women are 20% cheaper. They are paid less.

we don’t do enough to deal with the bad actors independently of the tool

You know why those pretty smart people are against it? Because they're smart enough to know that although we could theoretically limit AI to only its useful functions, the world we live in is full of bad actors who would weaponise it.

William Shenstone said this in the 1700s. Fits our times rather well.

“A man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” Mark Twain

WE DON'T NEED PETROLEUM-BASED PLASTICS ANYMORE! "The [bamboo plastic] outperforms most commercial plastics and bioplastics in mechanical and thermo-mechanical metrics while maintaining full biodegradability in soil within 50 days and closed-loop recyclability with 90% retained strength."

The most dangerous thing happening in America right now isn’t hatred. It’s the insistence that you ignore obvious patterns unfolding right in front of your face.

Putin's goal -

Oil is in for some really interesting times. About july I expect supplies to bottom out, causing oil to skyrocket. Scuttlebutt from someone I know in the oil industry is that our oil is not moving, so storage is hitting capacity.

The reason 🍊 said 425k in retirement makes you rich, is to get people that aren't rich to be worried when people criticize the rich.

“To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain forever a child.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 BC) #Sculpture, ancient Rome.

No state shall...make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of debts;....

Nobody is prepared for what is coming down the line.

My god. What have we done.

When our daughter was a year old she had heart transplant A gift given to us in our darkness by a stranger in their own She was given back to us, not fixed but better. Every day after that has been a gift, every day a day we shouldn’t have had #Poetry #Poemoftheday #giftoflife #donatelife

Hope’s always crushed over a long enough timeline.

We cannot have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.

Retailers are warning that food prices are going to keep rising thanks to Brexit, the Iran war, & energy costs. Always, nationalism, violence, & authoritarianism result in higher prices & lower living standards. Doubtless, the higher prices will drive people to authoritarianism & nationalism 🤷‍♂️.

Have heard it from IRL friends in science. It's bad. And for no good reason but Project 2025.

A fool does not suffer wisdom willingly.

AI can’t produce original research. Academic journals only publish original research. Therefore …. Hold on a moment…

Breaking News: Man who tells Ozymandius to invest in people instead of ephemeral structures placed on list for being buzzkill.

Telling friends about the search engine I use instead of Google: Ecosia. They hadn’t heard of it, so I thought I’d better the spread the word. It’s based in Germany and uses profits for environmental projects. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosia

If you use AI to generate a book cover, I'm automatically assuming you used AI to write the book and I just won't read it. 🥰

How to get a leftist to defend Nazis: Say you want to ban Nazi books.

it is easier to change what we do, than it is to change who we are.

I think so many problems of today could be solved by people being comfortable with saying, "you know what, I am not an expert on that, let me do some reading and get back to you."

I told you so really doesn’t give me the same kick anymore.

In totally unsurprising news, Richard Dawkins is developing AI psychosis. Paywall bypass: archive.is/6RdK9

I wonder what the world would be like if people listened to the wise.

It is a distraction a roman circus.

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I want a pen pal.

It's time to talk about that thing I spent most of my PhD studying: OPEC! This is going to be a bit of a messy situation though I think, overall, this is a positive development for energy transition so here goes my take on what to expect. 1/x #EconSky #EnergySky #ClimateSky #Greensky

We are all just brains piloting bags of meat. It’s odd how caught up we are in the shapes and colors of said meat.

"Almost every major climate model points to El Niño arriving by May, with average sea surface temperatures on track to rise 1.5°C by early summer. This would constitute a “strong” El Niño, which would have serious implications for global temperatures & weather patterns. But it could be even worse"👇

I like people who can say 'I don't know' without flinching. They tend to know the most interesting things.

I have a book that I need to get edited and realized that nobody takes physical manuscripts anymore. However I don’t want it touched by AI… How screwed am I #amediting