Baldur BjarnasonThis time of year, when the ravens congregate in town before scattering into the countryside for the summer, I tend to stalk their regular hangout spots. #raven #ravens #iceland #nature
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Coryndon Luxmoore
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Product and User Experience Leadership. Creator of Snarcasm
Carole CadwalladrNEW: Is this the broligarchy’s first world war? AI, like war & rape, is a hyper-masculine fantasy of God-like power, a myth at the dark heart of what we’re seeing play out in the Gulf. This war hasn’t replaced the Epstein scandal. It is the Epstein scandal.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Broligarchy's First World ...
The Broligarchy's First World ...
The Conversation U.S.A Wall Street investor recently argued the U.S. poverty line should be $140,000 for a family of four, up from $33,000. But an economist says the real problem isn't where we draw the line – it's that we draw lines at all.
ColossalAmy Gross' lush works tap into her fascination with scale. In her practice, it’s “not about size. It’s about what is most important to you,” she says.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/amy-gross-beaded-flora-mushrooms-sculptures/
kim_harding ✅Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palantir-sues-swiss-magazine-for-accurately-reporting-that-the-swiss-government-didnt-want-palantir/
Please note that Palantir would rather that you didn't share this story, it makes them look even more stupid if you do...
Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir
If you run a company whose entire value proposition is the ability to see patterns, predict outcomes, and connect dots that others miss, you’d think someone in the building might have flagged…
How tenaciously Palantir courted Switzerland
https://www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-tenaciously-palantir-courted-switzerland
The controversial tech company Palantir provides surveillance technology to militaries and intelligence services around the world. In Switzerland, however, its pitches have been rejected by both government authorities and the army. Internal documents have now revealed why.
https://www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-tenaciously-palantir-courted-switzerland
The controversial tech company Palantir provides surveillance technology to militaries and intelligence services around the world. In Switzerland, however, its pitches have been rejected by both government authorities and the army. Internal documents have now revealed why.
What does it feel like to be inside a rainbow? Liz West takes this question as a starting point for her Bristol parking garage installation.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/liz-west-our-colour-bristol-car-park/
CotéHear that? That’s the sound of 1,000’s of slide decks for private cloud products being updated with a new slide. // ‘The cable said the Trump administration was pushing for "a more assertive international data policy" and that diplomats should "counter unnecessarily burdensome regulations, such as data localization mandates."’ https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-orders-diplomats-fight-data-sovereignty-initiatives-2026-02-25/
JA WestenbergEvery AI company knows they're building the wrong thing.
And they can't stop.
Because the competitive structure specifically punishes anyone who slows down long enough to build the right thing.
The race is real. The destination is fake.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/everyone-in-ai-is-building-the-wrong-thing-for-the-same-reason/
Everyone in AI is building the wrong thing for the same reason
Every AI founder I talk to is on an accelerating treadmill, burdened by a nagging suspicion that the entire industry is moving too fast in a direction that doesn't quite make sense, with no idea about how to get off. There is an overwhelming feeling that if everyone stopped and
bird/h