And as I’ve said before, if you disagree with the project of the state of Israel then surely you must be very positive about Jewish people who are making our lives outside Israel.
Netanyahu is deliberately stress-testing that hypothesis and proving it false. Antisemitism does his work for him.
I know people who can help you with this in Bath.
Wow wow wow
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @naomialderman.bsky.social
Check out the work of
- Katy Gero, U of Sydney, also a contributor to First Encounters with AI!
- Kyle Booten, UConn, coming to Berkeley soon,
- Karin Kukkonen, U of Oslo, with a new book from Oxford UP &
- Roger Beaty, Penn State, reigning at the intersection of creativity and cog. neuroscience
Inspired!
Black background, red icons. A Wheelchair in motion, 2 crossed spoons and a skull. Slightly splattery, messy feel.
Online playtest of TTRPG "Killer Crips 3000"
A game of Disabled Rage using the "Eat The Reich" system.
Set in a fantasy world where disabled people fought & won a war against an ableist regime but something ripped open the seams of reality leaking horrors.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-t...
Close-up of a person wearing a dark T-shirt with the text "I edit Wikipedia", with the word "edit" highlighted in blue. Text reads: Wikipedia is needed now more than ever, 25 years on. "The online encyclopedia is an antidote to an increasingly poisoned information ecosystem. Researchers should help to nourish it". Nature Magazine. 28 January 2026.
As social media algorithms amplify misinformation, Wikipedia's model is now more important than ever. A "Nature" writer calls it an antidote to a poisoned information ecosystem. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)
Recommended re AI safety or lack thereof:
This case study in hiring a book publicity firm is both laugh-out-loud funny and highly informative. Few people share these poor experiences due to shame and embarrassment.
If you're thinking of hiring *anyone* to help you with book publicity, this is a must-read.
Love that cover!
Yes please.
LOOK! Very good. @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social @naomialderman.bsky.social
‘A friend in London talks about the mystifying phrase she keeps hearing these days: “This is not America, this is not who we are.” But this is America, this is life, and this is how human beings behave. American exceptionalism will not save us.’
Yiyun Li on the blog.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...
This is the stranger’s case,
And this your mountainish inhumanity
This is the biggest targeted training programme since Harold Wilson started the Open University (note).
Open to all UK adults online, taking as little as under 20 minutes, the courses will give
founding partners - Accenture, Amazon, Barclays, BT, Google, IBM, Intuit, Microsoft, Sage, SAS and Salesforce to take the Al Skills Boost programme to the next level and upskill 10 million workers with Al skills by 2030.
The government’s suggestion that rolling out 20 minute courses on writing “AI“ prompts, sponsored by Google, Microsoft and Amazon, is somehow comparable to the founding of the Open University (the Wilson government‘s, & Jennie Lee’s, proudest achievement), is an insult to our human intelligence.
Brilliant piece just out on “Inappropriate AI” by Colin Milburn & @ritaraley.bsky.social. A critique of higher ed’s legitimation quest for policies of “appropriate” AI use despite fact that LLMs are by nature inappropriate. They "appropriate" all edu and other materials. uchri.org/foundry/inap...
We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...
Adelaide and the crisis of free speech iandunt.substack.com/p/adelaide-a...
what is a "classic"? A classic is any work where the free sample of the ebook is taken up entirely by an introduction and you don't get to read any of the actual book before deciding if you want to buy it
Me in 2025: Don't use AI note takers in meetings because they can lead to unchecked errors and unfair and discriminatory outcomes
Me in 2026: Don't use Grok in military planning unless you want to accidentally start a war
Not a fan of this rate of change
The first half of this film is as close to perfection as you’ll ever find (and the second half is a lot of fun too.) It also contains one of the sexiest scenes ever filmed. It involves a shoe. If you haven’t seen it, do not miss.
FINALLY
This is an excellent if daunting overview:
Extract from Rob Reiner's Wikipedia Filmography 1986 - Stand By zme 1987 - The Princess Bride 1989 - When Harry Met Sally 1990 - Misery 1992 - A Few Good Men
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
He’s been with me since my childhood when All in the Family was regular uncomfortable hilarious weekly viewing.
Can’t believe this news. Porter, you will be missed by so many people.
Very proud of my friend @naomialderman.bsky.social who has followed the release of a brilliant and timely book with this brilliant and culturally very significant move observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
Such a great Start the Week! Do have a listen via the link below:
