Loki Eliot
@lokieliot.bsky.social
VR/Virtual World enthusiast & Nostalgia Wizard
My latest, on how the British/global media hounded Jason Arday to death. “Given the history of white media’s key role in terror against Black people, at what point do we call such actions of journalism outlets digital terror campaigns? “ karenattiah.substack.com/p/jason-arda...
Jason Arday's Death and the Age of Digital Racial Terror
What Jason Arday's death by media mob says about the old machinery of anti-Black terror in the algorithmic age.
karenattiah.substack.com
VR isn't dead, but it's not growing. It's not just about price either. Comfort being downplayed (or even vilified) poisoned the well and made it less approachable than ever. You can track the decline of hardware adoption 1:1 with comfortable games falling out of the top selling charts.
New from 404 Media: Meta just published a patent showing what it might use for its AI smart glasses. Patent is to use facial recognition to identify specific people, record them, make a highlight reel of your night. Example given is clips from a dinner party. www.404media.co/meta-patents...
Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
A new Meta published Thursday says a system, like its AI glasses, would use facial recognition to identify people, current a series of video clips, then provide you with a highlight reel of your night...
404media.co
I came first in the Clacton by-election! Of the candidates who bothered to turn up for the results. Here is my victory speech!
Thursday 13th Augst 2026 at The VORTEX in #Secondlife #SL 1:40 pm DJ Gemini's pre-show warm up 2:00 pm The Gemini Enfield Experience 4:00 pm DJ Tez plays requests Bundles of fun guaranteed!!! Time: SLT/PDT SLurl: tinyurl.com/4pwhrfec Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Viewing the August 12 partial eclipse in Europe; dangerous dust; Voyager gets a power update. Space Sunday: wp.me/pxezy-IWw
Thursday 23rd July 2026 at The VORTEX in #Secondlife #SL 1:40 pm DJ Gemini's pre-show warm up 2:00 pm The Gemini Enfield Experience 4:00 pm DJ Tez plays requests Bundles of fun guaranteed!!! Time: SLT/PDT SLurl: tinyurl.com/4pwhrfec Crossposted with @openvibe.social
As debates over the incident play out in the AI and cybersecurity spheres, the episode could come to be seen as a turning point in how cybersecurity professionals approach AI-based threats.
OpenAI says its AI agent broke out of testing sandbox to hack Hugging Face
This is day one for cybersecurity in the age of agents," Hugging Face CEO says.
arstechnica.com
After a slight delay, Chris Carter's brand new Director's Cut of THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE, representing the scarier version of the 2008 movie he had originally wanted to make, is releasing in August: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/395982...
R-Rated ‘The X-Files: I Want to Believe’ Director’s Cut Gets New Title and Streaming Premiere Date
After a slight delay, Disney has finally announced a new streaming date for the R-Rated director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe. According to Gizmodo, it’ll also come with a new title. The X-...
bloody-disgusting.com
I understand the loathing that drives AI and data center opposition. I will never understand why the general public does not despise fossil fuel corporations with the same zeal. www.propublica.org/article/okla...
Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...
propublica.org
Art in SL: Mosaic: a Mœbius-inspired installation in Second Life - wp.me/pxezy-I3J - #SL #SecondLife
Only in Second Life will you party to a Disco Singing Elephant Seal
The classic science fiction magazine STARLOG is being rebooted, with io9 founder @annaleen.bsky.social at the helm! The first issue drops later this year: www.andrewliptak.com/starlog-anna...
Legendary magazine Starlog is being resurrected
The classic magazine is being relaunched
andrewliptak.com
Newsletter exclusive: Apple is doing it again, it is coming late to the party. But it will eventually dominate AI because of how it thinks about users and about use cases where rivals consider only technical issues. Subscribe to our newsletter to read this content early!
Siri AI is finally good, and Apple is going to with the AI wars
Apple is doing it again, it is coming late to the party. But it will eventually dominate AI because of how it thinks about users and about use cases where rivals consider only technical issues.
appleinsider.com
Thursday 25th June 2026 at The VORTEX in #Secondlife #SL 1:40 pm DJ Gemini's pre-show warm up 2:00 pm The Gemini Enfield Experience 4:00 pm DJ Tez plays requests Bundles of fun guaranteed!!! Time: SLT/PDT SLurl: tinyurl.com/4pwhrfec Crossposted with @openvibe.social
Both the ARPEGE & UKV models continue to suggest 40-41°C being reached on Wednesday & Thursday. The all time June temperature record is likely to be beaten.. there’s a chance the all time temperature record for the UK will be beaten too, in June. I’m lost for words.
🔥 The density of this morning's air raid on Moscow was simply insane: Ukrainian missiles, AN-196 Lyutyiy and FP-1 strike drones, as well as Shahed-type UAVs were all spotted over the Russian capital, all heading to the Moscow Oil Refinery on official business matters.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2mo ago🔥🛢️ The Moscow Oil Refinery came under large-scale aerial attack early this morning, much larger than the one carried out just two days ago. 📍 The facility processes around 11.6 million tonnes of oil annually and is one of the most important fuel suppliers for the Russian capital.
