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@trashfuture.bsky.social@trashfuture.bsky.socialThis week we speak with Jay, a union organizer in the UK hospitality industry that is notoriously hostile to collective action. But first, Nate, Hussein and November talk 'Super Intelligence', Grok waxing poetic and hawkish by turns, and Trump's ever expanding horizon of semiotic warfare.
@trashfuture.bsky.socialWe had a chance to speak with @gregk.co.uk of Blood Work about recent... legal happenings in the UK. Where we're not allowed to say things in specific terms. But you'll get the drift.
@inthesedeserts.bsky.socialReposted by @trashfuture.bsky.sociallook it's my job and also i'm biased but this episode was fantastic (i wasn't on it but i'm on it in spirit because i tried to polish the living daylights out of it in post-production) trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/e/preview-lo...
@trashfuture.bsky.socialGet geared up for silly season
@gregk.co.ukReposted by @trashfuture.bsky.socialThis week’s BW was heavy so if you’d like something more ‘Silly Season’ check out this week’s premium TF where we work very hard to not be in contempt of court.
Thanks again to @raaleh.bsky.social, @postoctobrist.bsky.social, @hkesvani.bsky.social and @inthesedeserts.bsky.social for having me on.
@trashfuture.bsky.social@trashfuture.bsky.socialRiley and Hussein are joined by Hesse Deni (subbing in for Nova this week) to look at the unravelling of “A.I. safety” as a largely posting based discipline. Let’s all update our priors together and gesture at the crux of the issue. Also, Riley brought the most Ohio item home from a wedding in same
@trashfuture.bsky.socialLegal AI tech is a booming industry and apparently the surest way to market it is to convince lawyers that they will get to be the cool guy in “Suits." We're not making this up.
@inthesedeserts.bsky.socialReposted by @trashfuture.bsky.socialThe second is about legal practice in the UK employing weird AI tools, some of which have obvious use cases (analyzing documents in discovery), some of which are odd but low-stakes (small-claims court filings), and some of which are... worrisome www.patreon.com/trashfuture/...
@inthesedeserts.bsky.socialReposted by @trashfuture.bsky.socialI wrote and hosted both @trashfuture.bsky.social episodes this week, which I'm going to feature here. The first is about the Piddington "referendum," but also about the way European governments aim to make migrant boat crossings as deadly as possible www.patreon.com/trashfuture/...
@trashfuture.bsky.socialNate and Hussein are joined by Nathan Akehurst for a cursed Anglovibes special to discuss the Piddington secession movement, gammon omakase and, for a jarring shift in tone, stories from the frontlines of Europe's war on migration.
@trashfuture.bsky.socialWill Gluck has managed to make a movie that pleases no one but, despite its outward appearances, he's also made a film about how it’s better to wait for marriage and enjoy a quirky existence under…biofascism? We’re not exaggerating.
@trashfuture.bsky.socialWe've brought on friend of the show @ugarles.bsky.social to discuss Trump’s single-minded obsession with his ballroom and its...unusual dimensions.
@ugarles.bsky.socialReposted by @trashfuture.bsky.socialThis was a really good time. I've been wanting to sit with the @trashfuture.bsky.social team for a while. I think there are at least three - and maybe four - terrible Trump impressions in this.
@trashfuture.bsky.social@trashfuture.bsky.socialA recent article claimed @doctorow.pluralistic.net theory of tech's continual worsening is actually fake, and that people actually love their phones and apps more than ever. Cory wasn't going to read it, but we got him on and let him respond. Let's just say there are some holes in the logic.
@inthesedeserts.bsky.socialReposted by @trashfuture.bsky.socialwe had the chance to welcome @ugarles.bsky.social on @trashfuture.bsky.social to talk about Trump's ballroom, the Supreme Court getting even worse, and the notion that gold is "God's favorite metal" www.patreon.com/trashfuture/...
@trashfuture.bsky.socialCory came and hung out with us again, this time specifically about two things: 1. Rebutting Andreesen Horowitz's Culture columnist's stupid article about why "you love enshittified platforms actually" 2. Reframing recent mystical discussions about AI that it's all EXPLAINABLE
@trashfuture.bsky.socialWhy did a family of restaurateurs from the Reading area suddenly become critical to every phone sold in the UK? You might assume it's low-stakes corruption, but we have a different theory…