Sending lots and lots of love!!

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.

1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.

www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

the overwhelming degree of unfettered evil that the past few years has revealed in all institutions of the world has done a real number on me. I never thought any of them were paragons of morality, but I somehow had an idea there were levels they wouldn’t stoop to.

Happy birthdaaayyy!!!

Oh yeeesss love that for you 🔥🔥
Apparently there is a sequel coming out this year??

Me to my team: I'll be out of office for two weeks, but nothing major should happen dw
The one thing allowing IT systems all around the world not to get hacked at every turn: [BRUTALLY DISAPPEARS]

OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.

So it’s over then, works for me

French Senator Claude Malhuret: "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine. (...) We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor" #3E #EndOligarchy

Mais QUOI

A customer today: "Could you use AI for that?"
Me: "I suppose one could, but I don't think it's necessary so I certainly won't"
C, laughing: "That's not what I expected the AI expert to say"
Me: "That's why I'm the AI expert and not the AI salesperson 🤓"

BREATHING HARD

Did I catch up on Interview with a Vampire just to get roasted?

Please don’t even talk to me in the morning until I’ve had my coffee, 27 hours of alone time, several months by the seaside to ease my agonies, and many decades to wander the earth until the fabled blade of my ancestors can finally be reforged

DON'T SPOOK ME FURTHER MARGO
(the ride sure is wild huh)

We're watching Yellowjackets at the moment and this episode was too spooky for me to go to sleep
Clearly the answer is to watch another episode
... which is sure to be less spooky
....... right?

(Hilariously he also spent the whole intermission in the Caitlyn/Vi tag of AO3, with that specific poker face reserved for M-rated fics)

Went to see Hadestown the musical. At the end the guy seated next to us stood up, declared "I WEPT" and left, which I feel is an fine summary of the show