How come AI is treated as inevitable and something we must adapt to and accept, but renewable energy technology, sustainable infrastructure and electric cars aren’t treated with the same urgency or certainty?

Elke hitteperiode is het weer hetzelfde. Het boeit de varkensboer niet. Het boeit de transporteur nog minder. Het boeit het slachthuis helemaal niks. Vlees- en barbecue verslaafd Nederland evenmin.

The fact that generative AI has created a fundamental doubt in reality. We now pause to check if an artwork, video, or design is even human-made before we can fully appreciate it. It has really damaged the instinctive joy of it. It’s sickeningly tragic.

First time seeing this, it hits so well 👀

Dire Straits 🎼Money For Nothing & Sting Live Aid Wembley Stadium, London 1985 (72,000 people)🎸🎵

The space battle finale in Return of the Jedi (1983) remains a masterclass in practical effects filmmaking. 🚀

“Mijn dochter is een kostenpost.” Dat schrijft Jonas, op de dag dat politici van coalitiepartijen de bezuinigingen op gehandicaptenzorg verdedigen. Zij stellen dat het ‘effectiever’ kan en de zorgvraag ‘ongebreideld’ is. Het contrast is pijnlijk. 💔 ad.nl/binnenland/dit-is-anna…

In 2017, I stepped onto the Facebook campus in Menlo Park. They took us to the Oculus VR lab first. A geeky engineer gave us a demo of the VR features and ended on the haptic gloves that let you "feel" virtual objects without touching anything real. Then he paused, voice almost reverent: “Imagine connecting anyone in the world… real social interaction… without ever leaving home.” The demo was amazing but I walked out with a strange feeling. This guy is "solving for humanity" and is excited about a world no longer needs physical human connection We passed a long hall of developers. One guy—Black, friendly—leaned over his monitors and asked where the group of us (mostly Africans) was from. We chatted. His desk had big screens, half-eaten snacks, the faint smell of takeout lingering. His neighbor, paler watched curiously but, too timid to join. The desks were comfortable, the food smell everywhere, as it was available in every corner. It all felt… contained. Like this campus was its own sealed ecosystem, where the world outside was just data to optimize. Fast-forward to 2020. I work at Andela, where we placed remote engineers with Silicon Valley teams. Some companies flew their leads over to meet the "remote" teammates in person. When they visited the Kigali campus I went to dinner with them. They were 5. Of this dinner I vividly remember 2 conversations. One guy launched into how "all humans are actually lactose intolerant after infancy… we're the only species that keeps drinking milk." They all nodded, confessed their own intolerances like it was a quirky universal truth. Then came the photos: a dog's birthday party. Balloons, cake, friends invited. The owner beamed like it was his kid's party. I love dogs. But something twisted in my chest. These are the people shaping the tools billions use every day—yet their version of care, connection, family… felt redirected, abstracted. Now it's 2026, and Sam Altman says training an AI costs less than "raising a human"—because it takes "20 years of life and all the food you eat during that time before you get smart." He compared childhood—first steps, heartbreaks, scraped knees, bedtime stories, learning trust—to server racks and electricity bills. I think back to that VR promise of connection without leaving home… to offices smelling of food and isolation… to dogs celebrated like children while real human messiness gets optimized away

The AI Slopacalypse is near.

The hallway turned into a cathedral when these three students took on Mozart. 🏛️✨ Pure acoustic magic as they brought the Lacrimosa to life! 😮 👏 🎼

Vandaag mag @StAmbulancewens de 25.000 ste wens vervullen. Voor 1 keer trending worden op X zou een leuk cadeautje zijn, helpen jullie mee met een RT ?

I try to remind myself of this often...

Blind Melon performing “No Rain” Live on the 10th of November, 1993 for Dutch TV Show “2 Meter Sessions”

For all you who live by the Bible… Funny how y’all pick and choose what you live by. But hey freedom right??

In 1992, Jenny Joseph modelling for the Columbia Pictures logo.

Perspective.

This. This. THIS. Every word of this. This is the way. This is how you talk to people. This is how you reach them. @PeteButtigieg is just so damn good at this.

RT @baskettt_case: why green day deserved the headliner spot and how they're influential ;🧵