Maureen Blandford, Serendipitus Founder

more of this please. brilliant.

No

“Prose is vital to Democratic societies”

I wrote an entire book about how to get real value out of AI at work and my *first* piece of advice to anyone on this subject is to recognize where AI is *not* appropriate (spoiler -- 95% of what we do) and *avoid* trying to use it there.

Sorry so ummm “the public” is somehow idk … to blame?

so much to solve for

yes ofc. You're describing the important human parts

Perhaps "in-the-loop" feels trite, but to me humans must lead, machines learn, humans learn and modify, machines pick that up etc

The tech direction to date has made it harder for humans to collaborate in all the ways. Love Bertrand's breakdown

why humans-in-the-loop is critical

Thanks for spotlighting this! Not the least of which is because we’re solving for it

We keep accelerating/“optimizing” broken organizational practices, built on failing governance infrastructure.

It… just makes everything worse.

yes ffs please.

Would love if the Dems could run on 5 big topics. Healthcare is critical but so is anti-corruption etc

Life is too short to listen to Mel Robbins Your children want to cut ties? Why not… let them?

Wrote about the flaws, fallacies and flimsy evidence underpinning the Mel Robbins NYT estrangement article, which fundamentally misunderstands modern relationships - and a little bit about my book (on Substack)

sarahmanavis.substack.com/p/life-too-s...

Also I always feel the need to remind people that Sacks was born in South Africa and I believe still has dual citizenship (not sure about that part).

In any case, he is a member in good standing of the apartheid triplets along with Musk and Thiel.

Pete Hagueseth

Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.

once more I am begging everyone to do policy based on evidence, not on vibes from the loudest-shouting pressure groups. What the NHS is leaning towards - targeted screening for those most at risk - is the right way to do this. Blanket screening with an unreliable test causes harm.

All the flowers to @prospectmagazine.co.uk for this fab interview.

If you don't know Cory, you should.

Deeply effective at framing where we are in tech/AI today, the long game business model behind the junk, and plain spoken real truths that come from decades of study.

Balm.

Cory Doctorow: How the internet went to sh*t The journalist and activist visits Prospect HQ to discuss what tech giants have done to the internet—and how to fight back

It's @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod day! This week @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and I were joined by Cory Doctorow, the man who coined the term enshittification to describe what has happened to the internet. It was a delightful, though depressing, conversation
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/podcasts/pro...

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?

It was years ago.

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?

Not in a hurtful way.

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?

Not with intent.

Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?

Not genuine abuse.

😮🫣😬😱 ~AA

Unlearning Cisnormativity - Mozilla Festival 2025 This year at Mozilla Festival, we unlearned the old rules of the internet to imagine new ways to build, connect, and create together. Watch the highlights on-demand.

At #MozFest, we organized a surprise main stage session titled "Unlearning Cisnormativity: Trans Justice is Tech Justice."

The recording is now live, w/ @vektra.bsky.social, Dia Kayyali, Elijah MacKinnon, @alexhanna.bsky.social, and myself:

www.mozillafestival.org/en/2025-high...

@mozilla.org

I get what you're saying, but I spend my life trying to get people to understand you can't analyse any data well if you don't pay attention to how it was produced....

“This wasn’t a showdown. It wasn’t a humiliation. It wasn’t a triumph for either man. It was something far more revealing: a case study in how a bully behaves when he can’t rely on fear, and how a principled politician behaves when he refuses the role of the victim.”

A question for scientists (construed as broadly as you like) of BlueSky: What makes something data?

(Question inspired by a talk I listened to this morning, and of course I have thoughts, but I wanted to throw this out there first.)

The funniest most chilling thing about this is the question of why this has even come up. Who has a burning desire to… display these symbols ?

Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.

@alexhanna.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social The argument "yes AI is a bubble, but it's a special magic bubble different than any other in history" feels like we may have finally summited bullshit mountain: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/o...

He’s compelling to some people because he notices genuine failures. But in my framework these failures come from the collapse of the verification–deliberation–accountability cycle. Fix that and the system can work, ignore it and nothing will.

Standing, applauding

Yarvin sees the hollowed-out version of this and assumes the hollowing is inherent. He ignores how neoliberal incentives, bureaucratic drift, and algorithmic platforms have eroded our truth systems.

If I were sick, I would simply choose to be healthy. Bing bang boom bsky.app/profile/atru...

Just so it’s clear, Cook would be in prison if he lived in Saudi Arabia