Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway? Separating out the myths and facts of AI.

The AI Paradox by @vdignum.bsky.social has been reviewed by @bentarnoff.com for @thenation.com: “by probing the riddles and antinomies that exist below the surface, Dignum gives the general reader a truer gauge of the subject’s depth.” Read the full review:

This is a fantastic episode

We spoke to @nymag.com about Muskism

nymag.com/intelligence...

A New Theory of Elon Musk As the South African billionaire eyes a $2 trillion IPO for SpaceX, it’s worth considering how to make sense of a world that rewards ‘Muskism.’

As the South African billionaire eyes a $2 trillion IPO for SpaceX, it’s worth considering how to make sense of a world that rewards ‘Muskism.’

The social contract of AI as a probabilistic pastiche of the training data of history ??

Our May issue is here! This one features an AI package as well as Spring Books. We have @jacobsilverman.com on the death of an AI whistleblower, @elienyc.bsky.social on the future of AI judges, @bentarnoff.com on "The AI Paradox," and more.

New episode of AV out this morning.

What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway? Separating out the myths and facts of AI.

www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Reviewed a new book about AI for @thenation.com

3. Star Trek isn’t about the rush to get to space. It is about choosing who we will be to each other, wherever we are. If we are warlike, that will follow us into space. If we choose to invest in caring, not killing (as the Global Women’s Strike demands), that is who we will be in space.

Since today is First Contact Day (the day in Star Trek when humans meet their first aliens, Vulcans) it’s worth talking about that story a bit and how it can inform our analysis of Artemis.

This involves a lot of spoilers from the film Star Trek: First Contact 🖖🏽
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Tr...

Love this

Thanks Todd

From the “woke mind virus” to the memeification of politics, what does Muskism tell us about the world after neoliberalism?

In the first episode of AFTER ORDER, @meadwaj.bsky.social sits down with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com to unpack the contradictions of the US right.

🔗 Link in bio

Neoliberalism’s Last Man w/ Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff Spotify video

Please rate my outfit versus @quinnslobodian.com's on a 1-10 scale in our conversation with James Meadway about what comes after neoliberalism open.spotify.com/episode/1Vrw...

new column: I talked to the Iranians making the viral Iran war LEGO videos, describing their goals and 24h turnaround process. AI "slopaganda" is the new language of geopolitics:

Should’ve gone with Arch Linux

A Guide to the Circular Deals Underpinning the AI Boom A web of interlinked investments raises the risk of cascading losses if AI falls short of its potential.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed — how tech turned to oligarchy Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff pinpoint the SpaceX entrepreneur’s clever leveraging of state support to exert influence over government itself

Very gratified to see Muskism reviewed by Misha Glenny in my paper of record. It even begins with Gramsci giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

SIMCARDS IPHONE IPAD LIGHTERS HEADPHONES RAW X2 POWERBANK SIMCARDS

Behold: the EuroStack

Das neue Buch von Isabella M. Weber auf grünem Hintergrund und mit dem Button "Buch des Monats". Daneben der Erscheinungstermin 13.10.2026.

»Können wir jetzt endlich eine ernsthafte Diskussion über eine antifaschistische Wirtschaftspolitik führen?«
Unser Buch des Monats kommt erst im Oktober – kann aber jetzt schon vorgemerkt werden: »Antifaschistische Wirtschaftspolitik« (shrk.vg/Wirtschaftsp...) von @isabellamweber.bsky.social.

Detroit, NYC, DC and Philly murders through March per year since 1960

New York City, Washington DC and Philadelphia all are reporting the fewest murders through Q1 ever recorded (note that NYC's data is only through March 29 but the city should easily set a new low). Detroit reported the fewest murders recorded there through March since 1964.

Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff on Muskism Podcast Episode · Who Makes Cents?: A History of Capitalism Podcast · April 1 · 53m

This month, we're talking Muskism-- live and in studio with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

If you ever wondered where Musk’s distorted understanding of humans as computers and politics as code comes from

👇👇👇

I wrote about Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism for @theguardian.com —it’s a brilliant take on why we ought to focus on the hellish 21st century update on Fordism rather than the man himself.

Han Kang Among National Book Critics Circle Award Winners

Congrats to @quinnslobodian.com for winning a National Book Critics Circle Award for Hayek's Bastards!!!!!!!! www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/b...

Quinn and I chatted with John Guida at the NYT about Iran, Musk, Hegel, sovereignty, mind viruses, and social contracts

this is a huge deal and a sign of the changing legal tides for big tech. the plaintiffs attorneys here were early adopters of a novel legal strategy that uses product liability law to sidestep tech companies' go-to defense (section 230) and hold them accountable for defective or negligent design