The Rival Theologies of Artificial Intelligence
Recently, the Vatican and Anthropic have shown a united front on artificial intelligence. But are they actually aligned? The Rival Theologies of Artificial Intelligence appeared first on Palladium.
Pluralistic: Criticizing the everything machine (06 Jun 2026)
Today's links Criticizing the everything machine: It slices, it dices, it even makes paperclips! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Parliament v DRM; Colbert's commencement; C
Help Me Create the Ultimate Playlist of Songs about American Life
Today is Open Mic Day at The Honest Broker
Saturday discussion post
AI’s Black Friday
Some thoughts on what just happened
The Empire Still Wants to Destroy the Cuban Revolution
As tensions between the US government and Cuba’s leadership continue to escalate in tandem with continued talk of back-channel discussions between the two, we are receiving a confusing picture of the
What 100 Lives Is
On what individuals can do
An AI Scale for Writers
1. Oh man, things are getting hot. The Hinternet Foundation will be hosting a symposium on AI, literacy, art, and the humanities in Paris this coming November, and we are beginning to fear that by the
A Remarkably Short History of Canada’s Petrostate
In his concise yet comprehensive history of petroleum, politics, and the modern world, Don Gillmor argues that oil’s geopolitical dominance is entering its twilight years: Gillmor’s conclusion to see
Why Does Life Feel Like a Roller Coaster?
C.S. Lewis & the Law of Undulation
Saturday links: in the present moment
Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out...
Hormuz, Trump, & the $140/bbl. Question: CHART OF THE DAY
The Strait of Hormuz is closed, oil is climbing, and both sides insist the other will blink first. Iran’s leaders think they have found a structural advantage over Washington: they can...
The CIA Is up to No Good in Mexico
The premise was something out of a B-grade thriller. At 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 19, a car plunged into a ravine in Chihuahua, the sprawling Mexico state that borders Texas and New Mexico, killing four
Comments on a Freaky Friday
Today my head talks alone
Federal agency to open tens of thousands of acres of Colorado wilderness to oil drilling
Wildlife habitat, endangered animals, and recreation could all be at risk in the state’s biggest public land sale in modern history.
The Radical History of New York City's Jewish Women
In the early twentieth century, Jewish immigrant women on New York’s Lower East Side were at the forefront of some of the most militant labor actions in American history. Most had fled poverty and per
Return to the Center of the Maze
I asked to face my terror again. I got a surprise.
Reading List 06/06/26
Chatbots replacing realtors, Chinese synthetic diamonds, Australian batteries, Meta’s data center tents, and more
Chartbook 451 What times are these? Crying fire in a Berlin lecture theatre.
In Berlin last week, it was a panel with good, sensible people, making proposals that I largely agree with.
Links 6/62026
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Michael Hudson: Geopathology and the Econopathology Behind it
How pervasive behavioral disorders among what passes for elites are destructive not just to the social order but ultimately to them too.
Top Links 1124 Comparing yields. Avoidable deaths. The tshukudu's of Goma & poetry from the factory floor.
Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze
Two roads diverged, and I chose the one that takes me forever to explain
3 years in, the obvious road I prepared for, and the weird one I chose instead
The Roots of the U.S.-Russia Rivalry
A deep dive into the history of US-Russia relations.
Why Europe should put up trade barriers against Chinese goods
There are benefits far beyond protectionism.
What it is like to daydream about Proust
This is the second piece in a series of experiments about reading Proust.
Suggested Readings
A few recommendations by Figs in Winter for your reading pleasure
How Nature Imagined the Figment of You
It is there like a constant whisper, like a ceaseless gust of thought rustling through the canopy of the collective mind: the haunting sense that ours is a particularly difficult time to be alive, tha
My Recent Surgery Hat Trick
a few experiences from the last two years
No, Anthropic did not call for a pause on AI development
Not really
Discuss Among Yourselves
Federally subsidized "comments" degrees
Of Course This is a Coordinated Ratfucking of Graham Platner
let's be adults here, please
CROSSPOST: Jason Koebler: Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
What Colonial Williamsburg can teach us about the trades revival
Everyone is vulnerable except for the mantua-maker.
Live with Phillips P. OBrien and Adam Kinzinger
A recording from Phillips P. OBrien's live video
Newly Discovered Four-Winged Dinosaur Didn’t Need to Fly to Hunt Birds
The discovery of Jian changmaensis solved a mystery The post Newly Discovered Four-Winged Dinosaur Didn’t Need to Fly to Hunt Birds appeared first on Nautilus.
Working class neighborhoods are resisting data centers at 5 times the rate of wealthy ones
And other key insights about the data center protest movement. Plus, Bernie Sanders' AI sovereign wealth fund proposal, Ted Chiang's argument against AI consciousness, and much more.
Pluralistic: Refining humanity (05 Jun 2026)
Today's links Refining humanity: What our technology is shows us what we're not. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: GNU Radio; France v "follow us on Twitter"; Aaronsw vindica
DRAFT: Enlarging the Bounds of Human Empire: 10.3: The Kingdom of Friedrich Engels's Utopian Dreams that Did Not Come, 1900-1945
Friedrich Engels saw socialized production clearly—but missed the ethnonational maps that would colonize the workers’ heads. Ernst Gellner’s theory of nationalism and Charlie Maier’s theory of...
The AI Trade is Global
Stocks in South Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan are going nuts. The post The AI Trade is Global appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...
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