Digital culture R&D, museums & archives and sometime foreign correspondent, MA/MSc grad, struggling writer & ex-blue tick.
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TL;DR We now moderate code like Meta moderates comments.
Jun 4
Our internal data shows Claude is accelerating AI developmentāa possible path to recursive self-improvement, or AI autonomously building a more capable successor.
Itās happening faster than we thought, and the implications deserve greater attention. anthropic.com/institute/recuā¦
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A quiet Sunday spent bouncing ideas off Claude AI to see how they stick, the conclusions going into a blog (not for publication but for reference). But if published, how to credit it? Claude AI thought about that, then blogged on it itself. Follows. open.substack.com/pub/rohanjā¦
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Mar 31
A lovely line among many from the Brass Check, Upton Sinclairās timeless excoriation of the US media: āNewspapermen are human, and cannot be blamed by their owners if now and then they yield to the temptation to publish the news.ā drnissani.net/mnissani/Revolā¦
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Satirical account? āRussia on Saturday condemned what it called āa preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state,ā apnews.com/article/russia-irā¦
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From ā¦@haaretzcomā© āThousands of newly discovered documents now make it possible to tell the true story of Israel's expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 ā and to begin to grasp its bitter implications, post-October 7ā haaretz.com/israel-news/israā¦
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Jan 13
Asked under oath whether Trump cheated at golf, Lindsay Graham said:
āSome people say you may outdrive him, but youāre not going to outdrive his caddy. It is what it is.ā
nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/geā¦ via @NYTimes
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21 Dec 2025
Well considered reappraisal of Orwellās famous essay that I ākinda sortaā agree with, as clarity of expression neednāt exclude uncertainty of position. I think people need to get more comfortable with doubt. open.substack.com/pub/lukewsā¦
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19 Dec 2025
New planning rules mean change for archaeology ā and Bexhill Museum bexhillmuseum.org.uk/new-plaā¦
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1 Dec 2025
Free speech prevails if accorded to others: my brief moment working with my hero Tom Stoppard and how it saved me. medium.com/@rohanjay/free-spā¦
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It was cathartic to sit down and discuss time inequalities with Yineng Cai @SixthTone. This Q and A piece could be useful resource for colleagues interested in learning more about the vivid stories within and behind 'The Time Inheritors'! Check it out.
sixthtone.com/news/1017810
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14 Jul 2025
Too Israeli to be a victim and too resistant to be a patriotā¦ commiserations for his plight; thanks for his courage. theatlantic.com/internationaā¦
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7 Jul 2025
A neat, informative and entertaining way of saving cats without delivering the cut & dried (sorry) result that gamblers with skewed priorities were expecting.
4 Jul 2025
This ended up raising $5,000 for @feederofcats, so here's a thread on whether President Zelenskyy wore a suit. š§µ
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7 Jul 2025
Oh please. "We checked 18 of the 46 citations in the book. Two-thirds of them either did not exist or had substantial errors." Researchers cited in the book confirmed the works they supposedly authored were fake or misrepresented. retractionwatch.com/2025/06/ā¦
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8 May 2025
Beautiful inscription on a war grave.
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17 Apr 2025
Iām strangely fascinated by the blinginginess of Trumpās Oval Office. What does it mean? Hereās an art historical take. š§µ
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6 Mar 2025
āAmerica does not need a āresistance,ā or stale slogans, or people putting those slogans on little paddles. It needs an opposition party that boldly defends the nationās virtues, the rule of law, and the rights of its people.ā For all of us. theatlantic.com/ideas/archivā¦
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14 Feb 2025
#Bahrain: After 14 years of unjust imprisonment, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja & Sheikh Mohammed Habib Al-Muqdadāalong with dozens of other political prisonersāremain behind bars.
35 #HumanRights groups urge the #EU to take urgent action for their release.
Read more ā”ļø cihrs.org/release-eu-nationaā¦
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