Jules
@julian-can.bsky.social
CEO | Tech | Marathon runner | Bees | Greek history, democracy & leadership Trying to understand modern problems with ancient perspective 🇨🇦 🇬🇧
Its not what rudeness or cruelty does to the chair. The question isn’t whether the machine can suffer. It’s what repeated projected cruelty does to the character of the person practicing it.
Business Insider@businessinsider.com · yesterday"Being rude to Claude is like being rude to a chair, or a desk," Joseph Carlson, founder of Qualtrim, said. https://bit.ly/4yHA0Ob
Great news. It’s not just the creep factor of these things. AI glasses can change how a place feels. We should be able to sit in a coffee shop, cycle or walk down the street without wondering if we’re being filmed for media content. Being able to exist without scrutiny matters for our mental health
Reuters@reuters.com · 5d agoNorway to propose temporary ban on AI glasses in some public places reut.rs/4zbUkqB
Ironically those frames, without a built-in camera, give an early warning.
TechCrunch@techcrunch.com · last wk.California governor vetoes bill banning use of ‘pervert glasses’ to secretly record people
Not a reason to resent AI. It’s a reason to have complete disdain for people who used it with horrifically bad taste and a complete absence of human empathy.
SKF advert review – let’s hope this dull AI Greta Garbo is not the future
Swedish-American actor exhumed for bizarre, humourless 99 seconds that give us another reason to resent AI
theguardian.com
Not a reason to resent AI. It’s a reason to have complete disdain for people who used it with horrifically bad taste and a complete absence of human empathy.
SKF advert review – let’s hope this dull AI Greta Garbo is not the future
Swedish-American actor exhumed for bizarre, humourless 99 seconds that give us another reason to resent AI
theguardian.com
Absolutely terrific stuff at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie. Including a small bit really original exhibition on Berlin between the wars, far beyond usual Otto Dix etc. This little piece by Jeanne Mammen from 1931 is titled “Transvestite Bar.” Berlin had 170 specifically queer bars then.
It’s not even about quality. It’s about human connection. Knowing there’s a person behind the words. Someone with a story, experiences, doubts and intentions changes how we engage with what they’ve written. Reading isn’t just data transfer. It’s one human mind connecting with another. 🎁 Article
Don’t let AI kill the author
The perils of machine-made prose
economist.com
We should embrace technology and ethical AI, but not discard valuable skills. Handwriting slows thought, calms the mind and strengthens memory. In a fast-moving, pressured world, the global rise of journaling, I think suggests that putting pen to paper is more valuable than ever. 🎁 Article
Is it still worthwhile to teach cursive in school?
The comeback of joined-up handwriting reflects research as well as culture
economist.com
"Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other." ― Oscar Wilde
I just want to say this is an all-time great headline
The Londoner@the-londoner.bsky.social · last mo.Goldie Saloon was one of London's hottest queer bars. Then it mysteriously shut and its social media was taken over by an Essex dog groomer. Finding out why took months, and revealed an insane saga of mummified cats, secret deals and a man called “the demon twink”.
I don't follow Formula One, but good on them for using subtitles for the hard of hearing… 
US Representative Salud Carbajal: I would tell Trump: continue to support Ukraine,quit slow-walking the assistance that Congress passed. I would tell Putin to go f*ck himself again.And I would tell Mr.Zelenskyy keep the faith because there is a significant amount of bipartisanship in the Congress.
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But it doesn't make sense, these two seasoned diplomats with their years of experience in diplomacy, you would have thought would have done so much better.
NOELREPORTS@noelreports.com · last mo.Ukrainian MP Anna Skorokhod claimed Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner brought Kyiv worse peace terms after visiting Moscow, including demands for constitutional changes and recognition of territories. She said the information was obtained unofficially and declined to disclose other details. #Ukraine
I'm not hugely convinced Kushner or Witkoff get this...
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · last mo.Canadian PM Mark Carney: I’ve met Putin in the past, multiple times. He only understands strength and directness. And the message would be simple: get out of Ukraine, give back all of Ukraine to Ukraine, end this war, which is killing more than 30,000 of your people every single month.
They're just Russian's messengers. This isn’t negotiations, it’s pressure on Zelensky to accept the crumbs Putin has offered to slide across the table. Zelensky will be blamed by MAGA if he doesn't accept what Putin has told him to accept through these clowns.
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · last mo.Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Kyiv.
George Kennan understood during the Cold War, the Kremlin is impervious to reason but sensitive to force. Russia doesn't negotiate, it advances until resistance stops it. Negotiation actually give that advance momentum... But I'm sure Witkoff/Kushner, with their experience in real estate know this.
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · last mo.The Russian Telegram channel "Nezygar," citing a "diplomatic source," described the Kremlin’s alleged position regarding the Ukraine negotiations and the visit by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner:⤵️
