Michael Reilly
@reillymj.bsky.social
Tech and science journalist. Founding Editor, Project Glitch.
merch fever is out of control everywhere (eg, concerts) but the tech giants are turning into a grotesque art form. I dub thee merchusginaling, suitably unpalatable I think www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/t...
If You Can’t Beat A.I., Outdress It, Tech Firms and Their Swag Say
Over the years, tech workers have proudly worn nerdy company-branded gear. But this generation of hot companies is getting fancy with its merch.
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I know this makes me a dinosaur or whatever, but the problem I keep having with AI-created copy is I can't bring myself to read something that a human didn't bring themselves to write
“Some of the Bayer lobbyists have close ties to the Trump campaign and administration. Among them is Brian Ballard, who raised more than $50 million for Trump’s 2024 campaign” …well that explains this otherwise bafflingly inhumane decision www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/c...
A Trump Order Protected a Weedkiller. And Also a Weapon of War.
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of late I have taken to locating the “j” “f” and “c” keys by looking for my keyboards three blank letters
Scott Nover@scottnover.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe far-right conspiracy site Infowars says it has signed the Pentagon press agreement and says Breanna Morello will be joining the 'new media' press corps covering the Defense Department. "I won't be moving to D.C. of course—thank god," she caveats. x.com/infowars/sta...
It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Gabrielle Hecht 🇵🇷 • she/elle/ella/cis⚔️ • AOC 4 president@gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 10mo agoPurdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
Extremely bad news if true (and unlikely this reporter would run with it if not). The MMWR has been the earliest warning bell for outbreaks since it announced the first US cases, in 1981, of what was later identified as AIDS. This will be a grievous shock to what remains of US public health.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg@sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10mo agoBREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:
Very excited to have cryptographer @matthewdgreen.bsky.social joining us!
Project Glitch@projectglitch.bsky.social · 10mo agoWith the DC Privacy Summit around the corner on 10/16, we're delighted to say Johns Hopkins professor @matthewdgreen.bsky.social will join us as a keynote speaker. More information available here: dcprivacysummit.org
Very nice piece on the new wave of crypto media operators out in (appropriately) @amediaoperator.com Thanks to @karivmcmahon.bsky.social for taking a look at this space and featuring @projectglitch.bsky.social —much more to come! www.amediaoperator.com/analysis/cry...
Crypto's Mainstream. What About Crypto Media? - A Media Operator
Times are booming for the crypto industry. Bitcoin is trading at around $112,000, close to its all-time high, and crypto companies are…
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All those folks who were like “pulling Colbert was just a business decision bc late night shows aren’t profitable; nothing to do with politics” still going with that argument?
MMR vaccines do not cause autism (see my 🧵 of studies) At the same time, one potential cause of autism is rubella, which is *prevented* by MMR vaccines. Which means...vaccines may actually help prevent autism. 🧵 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21592401/
Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination--United States, 2001-2010 - PubMed
We estimate that rubella vaccination prevented substantial numbers of CRS and ASD cases in the United States from 2001 through 2010. These findings provide additional incentive to maintain high measle...
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Very confusing sign on EPA building in DC today. Still allowed to go posting stuff like this in public??
Mixed ideology actors are often lethal when they act, but they are dangerous for another reason: They allow anyone looking at them to identify them as whoever you don't like. And it is that belief which will only beget more violence.
waiting for the doc I am just tickled by this image of my own skull staring at me
Interesting and makes sense—cars with their windows rolled up are basically little greenhouses.
Andy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com@revkin.bsky.social · 12mo agoWild: Dark-coloured cars are the worst, making the air around them 3.8°C hotter vs nearby asphalt road.
People who think of themselves as longtermists need to remember this. Technology is cool but chemistry is life.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last yr.Everything we've made will break, buildings and streets will crumble, and cities will be abandoned. But the CO₂ we emit into the atmosphere will persist for centuries, and the climatic impacts will last longer than human civilization has existed. This is our legacy for the future.
Reminds me of the time a slop factory rewrote an FT piece of my own but replaced words with synonyms throughout. "told the Financial Times" became "told Monetary Happenings"
Clara Murray@claradoodle.bsky.social · last yr.An AI slop factory apparently tried to rewrite our article about AI not replacing workers en masse, but hit the paywall... so just summarised the paywall. If this is the robot that takes my job I'll be v embarrassed
Braaak stochastic parrot want more capital to buy GPU clusters braaak!
Adam Rogers@jetjocko.bsky.social · last yr.I don’t even like it when the ticket machine at a parking lot tells me to have a nice day. It doesn’t know what a day is, can’t know what nice means, and has no way to determine whether I should have anything.
super interesting
RMI - Rocky Mountain Institute@rockymtninst.bsky.social · last yr.Desalination (removing salt from seawater) helps address water scarcity. What if it could also clean up our atmosphere? Our new report explores how integrating carbon removal into desalination plants can deliver big climate and environmental wins. Read more: bit.ly/406ItuY
The US is falling behind the curve on solar power – a key energy source of the 21st century. We are losing our edge to China on the technology that we originally invented. Now Senate republicans want to take out our solar industry at the knees in their "Big Beautiful Bill":
To be really clear: The reason members of Congress can't just walk right in is because of the guns. Armed DHS personnel won't allow entry. In other words, DHS is using armed force to *break* laws. Democrats need to wrap their minds around that. Accept that the frog is boiled.
Humain (owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund) has trained and released its own LLM called “ALLAM” trained “from scratch” on Arabic and English text. When I asked ALLAM about Jamal Khashoggi it responded: “I'm sorry, but I can't discuss that topic.” sherwood.news/tech/billion...
Billions from Nvidia’s “sovereign AI” deal with Saudi Arabia business could tamper effects of export controls
Nvidia will provide “several hundred thousand” GPUs to the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund company Humain. Analysts estimate the deal to...
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