Alan Toth
@alantoth.bsky.social
I'm a writer, filmmaker and photographer based in San Francisco. I was using em dashes before robots thought they were cool. http://www.alantoth.net
I had a great time writing this piece on @ken-goldberg.bsky.social for @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social. Goldberg’s artistry and good old-fashioned algorithms are helping robots make a real-world impact. engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2026/05...
The art of grasping - Berkeley Engineering
Redefining robot manipulation with creativity and code
engineering.berkeley.edu
As negatively disruptive generative AI has been to the surface of reality and people's ability to think... this will only get worse, and in more ways than we can imagine. Now is the time to ditch it.
SSL leads the auroral imaging instrument for NASA's forthcoming CINEMA mission, which will explore the connection between auroras and Earth's magnetotail. 👇Read more here: ssl.berkeley.edu/cinema-missi... 🙏 @jhuapl.bsky.social, @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social and also @vincentledvina.bsky.social
I spent much of 2025 speaking with transportation experts with the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social Institute of Transportation Studies on the future of mobility in California and wrote 10 stories for the Mobility 10x research magazine.
RIMI 10x Research Magazine: Accelerating Transportation Innovation in California - UC Institute of Transportation Studies
Authors: Susan Shaheen, UC ITS RIMI Director, Professor-In-Residence, UC Berkeley; Laura Podolsky, Executive Director, UC Institute of Transportation
ucits.org
What's a Compton telescope? John Tomsick, PI of COSI, explains.
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow
AI is asbestos in the walls of our tech society, stuffed there by monopolists run amok. A serious fight against it must strike at its roots
theguardian.com
Happy New Year! 🎉 Walking into 2026 like Victor Laszlo ... 🗃️ #HATM www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOli...
Victor Laszlo Gets a Crowd To Sing "La Marseillaise" (Clip) | Casablanca (1942) | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
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My story on Lining Yao and the Morphing Matter Lab was recently published by @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social in Berkeley Engineer magazine.
UC Berkeley Engineering@berkeleyengineer.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe new issue of Berkeley Engineer magazine is out now! Our cover story highlights how science meets shapeshifting at the Morphing Matter Lab. Other features cover medical innovations, an at-home diagnostic test and a new color "olo." Read the issue: engineering.berkeley.edu/magazine
