Mastodawn

"But I’ll say this: the AI bubble isn’t predominantly giving off Pets.com or Global Crossing vibes anymore. It’s giving Enron vibes. When the dust settles, we’ll probably see a whole lot of books written about the fancy math games that convinced investors that two companies passing $100 billion back and forth were creating $200 billion in value instead of having a net financial impact of $0."
https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/its-giving-enron?r=eeyg&triedRedirect=true

It's Giving Enron

On the AI bubble, and the various echoes of the dotcom crash

The Future, Now and Then

jryan Oct 6

David Ho Oct 6

The Trump regime’s tariffs and the elimination of the de minimis exemption are hindering interlibrary loans, trapping books in foreign countries. This disruption to international resource sharing hinders academic progress and limits access to information for researchers.

https://www.404media.co/libraries-cant-get-their-loaned-books-back-because-of-trumps-tariffs/

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

404 Media

jryan Oct 6

Matt Blaze Oct 6

Apparently theres a new wave of people joining mastodon, and with them a new wave of self-appointed cops "welcoming" them with long lists of mostly fictitious "rules" they need to follow.

This is a social media platform, with many different ways to use it. It's fine. Mostly, just try to be decent to other people, just like you should try to be everywhere else.

jryan May 18, 2025

Fediverse Top Stories May 18, 2025

Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier." https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/16/scientists-have-been-studying-remote-work-for-four-years-and-have-reached-a-very-clear-conclusion-working-from-home-makes-us-happier/

Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and have reached a very clear conclusion: "Working from home makes us happier."

An Australian study, conducted over four years and starting before the pandemic, has come up with some enlightening conclusions about the impact of working from home. The researchers are unequivocal: this flexibility significantly improves the well-being and happiness of employees, transforming our relationship with work. The tangible benefits of working…

jryan Apr 14, 2025

Hacker News Apr 14, 2025

Harvard's response to federal government letter demanding changes
L: https://www.harvard.edu/president/news/2025/the-promise-of-american-higher-education/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43684536
posted on 2025.04.14 at 14:28:50 (c=1, p=6)

The Promise of American Higher Education

No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue

Harvard University President

jryan Mar 22, 2025

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John Skiles Skinner Mar 22, 2025

There is a quasi-religion in Silicon Valley that views AI as godlike. This faith has always been parallel to Evangelical Christianity: it has salvation (transhumanism), the rapture (the technological singularity), and demons (Roko's Basilisk)

Lately the AI faith has fully fused with Christian Nationalism.

jryan Mar 22, 2025

DOAJ Mar 22, 2025

#DOAJ has now introduced labels as a new feature in our metadata.

The first label is Subscribe to Open (S2O).

You can now easily identify the S2O logo in our journal search results and on individual journal pages.

#DOAJ #Metadata #S2O #ScholComm #OpenAccess #AcademicChatter

https://blog.doaj.org/2025/03/21/launch-of-the-subscribe-to-open-s2o-label/

Launch of the ‘Subscribe to Open’ (S2O) Label – DOAJ Blog

jryan Feb 3, 2025

Mother Bones Feb 3, 2025

Via It's Going Down
@igd‬
Feb 3, 2025, 3:27 AM

"Workers in DC are fighting to block Musk's minions.

About 100 Federal employees and supporters...blocked the doors to...‘data miners’....The small group of young men eventually left without entering after the protesters would not let them near the front doors."

https://dcmediagroup.us/2025/02/02/federal-workers-block-doors-of-admin-building-over-elon-musk-data-breach/

Federal Workers Block Doors of Admin Building Over Elon Musk Data Breach - DCMediaGroup

Nearly 100 Federal employees took part in a protest now into its second day of a takeover by Elon Musk surrogates of the high administration arm of the Federal government. Photo: DCMediaGroup Washington DC—Federal employees and supporters returned to the main Federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) building today in much greater numbers to continue […]

DCMediaGroup

jryan Jan 27, 2025

Molly White Jan 25, 2025

What could contribute more to government efficiency than securing lucrative contracts for your crypto donors to implement inefficient technology that is uniquely suited to solving problems you don’t have?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-25/musk-exploring-blockchain-use-in-us-government-efficiency-effort

#crypto #cryptocurrency #USpolitics #USpol

Musk Exploring Blockchain Use in US Government Efficiency Effort

Elon Musk has initiated conversations about using blockchain technology at the new Department of Government Efficiency, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. It’s the latest sign of the Trump administration’s efforts to bolster the digital asset industry.

Bloomberg

i cant believe ChatGPT lost its job to AI