A mysterious case where the first piece of the first apple galette of the season, along with a scoop of lavender gelato, both jump into my tummy. #FoodSky

A look at all the best newsletter articles I've published over the past year! If you're curious about the sorts of topics I write about (e.g., intellectual history of SV), check this out: www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/realtime-t...

Realtime Techpocalypse Has Its First Birthday!

This newsletter is now a 1-year-old. A look at some of the past year's highlights.

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New article on Dean Ball's risible comments about Kimi K3 and "AI communism," plus some climate change updates! Check it out if you have a moment: www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/dean-ball-...

Dean Ball Rejects "AI Communism" and Gaia Continues to Fight Back

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New article aims to offer a compelling introduction to the TESCREAL concept. I argue that one simply cannot make sense of what's going on in Silicon Valley--including the race to build god-like computers--without some understanding of TESCREALism. Would love to know what you think!

Skeptical of the TESCREAL Acronym? Read This.

Artificial superintelligence, the Silicon Valley worldview, and the narcissism of small differences. (6,100 words)

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Chicken ratatouille in a claypot, with a shallot mustard sauce, mashed yukon potatoes 🥔, plus a delish glass of Godello from España Kudos to Les Secrets Gourmands de Noémie in Paris 17e arr., her courses are highly recommended. #FoodSky

“At one stage I even flew to Australia to get him to answer my questions” Nerve co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on her loooong decade investigating Nigel Farage* *including first raising questions about George Cottrell in 2018 🤔

New article provides a detailed analysis of the TESCREAL acronym--specifically written for skeptics. Please read and share widely. You simply cannot make sense of what's happening in Silicon Valley, including the ASI race, without some understanding of the TESCREAL worldview!

Skeptical of the TESCREAL Acronym? Read This.

Artificial superintelligence, the Silicon Valley worldview, and the narcissism of small differences. (6,100 words)

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GraphCon, July 25 in Seattle -- produced by GraphGeeks! www.graphgeeks.org/graphcon I'm really looking forward to this GraphGeeks conference in Seattle and the amazing line-up of speakers. Only 15 more registrations open before we reach capacity. See you there :) #Senzing

Can machines think—or have qualia? On the "Amazing Academics" podcast, I discuss AI, LLMs, embodiment and consciousness. From 27:30: why dualism and physicalist illusionism may be a false choice—and why robots might have qualia even if humans do not. youtu.be/yZNtazoQUQA #AI #consciousness #qualia

How to make machines think with Prof Ron Chrisley

YouTube video by Amazing Academics

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Results from our croissant making course in Paris today #FoodSky

The names linked to the men jailed for attacks on Keir Starmer’s properties are disturbingly familiar to those of us who warned against Putin’s efforts to disrupt Britain 10 years ago, writes Sergei Cristo www.thenerve.news/p/sergei-cri...

From interference in Brexit to arson attacks on Starmer – then as now, Russia is playing with us

The names linked to the men jailed for attacks on Keir Starmer’s properties are disturbingly familiar to those of us who warned against Putin’s efforts to disrupt Britain 10 years ago, writes Sergei C...

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New article on how transhumanism (and the TESCREAL bundle) is just a recycled version of Christianity. www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/is-transhu...

Is Transhumanism a Religion?

A close look at the similarities between Christianity and the TESCREAL worldview. (6,500 words)

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Watch the recording of 'From Dirty Money to Clean Data: Entity Resolution, Beneficial Ownership & Sanctions in the Fight Against Illicit Finance', the #GraphPowerHour podcast episode I joined last week with @pacoid.bsky.social of Senzing watch.getcontrast.io/register/sen...

Shell companies. Proxy owners. Fragmented registries. As European countries work to implement the EU AML package, I'll be joining @pacoid.bsky.social on the #GraphPowerHour podcast to talk beneficial ownership, sanctions, PEPs and entity resolution. Sign up: watch.getcontrast.io/register/sen...

From Dirty Money to Clean Data: Entity Resolution, Beneficial Ownership & Sanctions in the Fight Against Illicit Finance

With the UK Government's Illicit Finance Summit just weeks away, the pressure to act on beneficial ownership transparency has never been greater. Governmen...

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If you haven't seen it already, here's a community reported map of AI data centers across the US, by Erin Brockovich brockovichdatacenter.com

Brockovich Data Center Reporting – U.S. AI Data Center Awareness & Issue Map

Interactive map of major AI data centers across the United States — built or being built. Understand the community impact and report issues in your area.

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"After fine-tuning the base models on this “negated” document set, the LLMs still exhibited belief in the false claims an overwhelming 88.6 percent of the time, on average." arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/l...

LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they're false

Fine-tuning tests show "bias... toward confidently representing the claims as true."

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“In 2025 in the US, data centre protests have successfully stalled over $100bn worth of projects”: reporter and author @karenhao.bsky.social tells @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about how a coalition of resistance is growing to oppose the new AI ascendancy www.thenerve.news/p/interview-...

Two years ago, by chance we got a culinary herb from Italy called Stridolo (Silene inflata). We live in the coastal woodlands of Sonoma County, California., and this seems to love our climate. I use this in pasta, and would love to hear more from people in Italy who use it regularly. #FoodSky

Late notice: Funded PhD studentship available at Sussex Centre for Consciousnes Science. Deadline May 31st 2026; start date flexible up to May 2027. Candidates propose their own project. Supervisor must be in the School of Engineering and Informatics. How to apply: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/fees-f...

A perky plate of paco's purple pasta, pancetta, and pesto party! Tortelloni made from an ube pasta filled with spinach and ricotta, with a pistachio spinach pesto, plus loads of sautéed pancetta. Disappeared rapidly. Giving my new granite mortar and pestle it's first run. #FoodSky

GPH! V2:E7: "From Dirty Money to Clean Data: Entity Resolution, Beneficial Ownership, and Sanctions in the Fight Against Illicit Finance" featuring @stephenabbottpugh.bsky.social Thu Jun 04, 11:00 US Eastern watch.getcontrast.io/register/sen... #Senzing

Shell companies. Proxy owners. Fragmented registries. Ahead of UK Illicit Finance Summit due at the end of June, I'll be joining @pacoid.bsky.social for an edition of Senzing's #GraphPowerHour to talk #beneficialownership, sanctions, PEPs and more. Sign up: watch.getcontrast.io/register/sen...

From Dirty Money to Clean Data: Entity Resolution, Beneficial Ownership & Sanctions in the Fight Against Illicit Finance

With the UK Government's Illicit Finance Summit just weeks away, the pressure to act on beneficial ownership transparency has never been greater. Governmen...

watch.getcontrast.io

interesting and also understandable. techcrunch.com/2026/05/16/r...

Research repository ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work | TechCrunch

ArXiv is doing more to crack down on the careless use of large language models in scientific papers.

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keep thinking about this paper which i saw because paco posted/shared it on linkedin a couple of days ago arxiv.org/abs/2604.15597

LLMs Corrupt Your Documents When You Delegate

Large Language Models (LLMs) are poised to disrupt knowledge work, with the emergence of delegated work as a new interaction paradigm (e.g., vibe coding). Delegation requires trust - the expectation t...

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My (first!) substack post addresses some recent claims about AI consciousness: open.substack.com/pub/redrocke...

AI consciousness is impossible? Not so fast.

Computation can be crucial for consciousness without being sufficient for it.

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There is a pattern that recurs whenever a ruling class decides that their worldview should override evidence. Historically, it has killed millions. In its updated form, it is receiving billions in venture funding. open.substack.com/pub/monikabi...

THE FUTURISM YOU WERE SOLD WAS A WEAPON

Techno-fascism may seize power through violence. It cannot endure – because its worldview is built on obsolete science.

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For everyone who'll be participating in my ODSC East 2026 tutorial "Leveraging Graphs and Ontology for Better Context Engineering" on Tue Apr 28, requirements for the tutorial are: - download slides at tinyurl.com/odsc-e-2026 - follow the laptop set up instructions on Slides 3-4 #Senzing

For everyone who'll be participating in the KGC 2026 tutorial "How to get started in money laundering?" on Mon May 4, requirements tutorial are: - download slides at tinyurl.com/kgc26-sz - follow the laptop set up instructions on Slide 20 #Senzing

Hear from Chris Prom, Luciana Duranti and @pacoid.bsky.social on May 13 as they consider how artificial intelligence and other tools can make digital archives more accessible. More symposium info here: oida-resources.jhu.edu/oida-nationa...

NEW Stewart Lee column Epstein’s evil legacy destroys everything it touches. Everything except Palantir