doomers, wetlands, and identity breaches

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Iolaos

I held the torch while my uncle cut off the heads.

  1. From AI optimist to doomer — one programmer’s account
  2. 153 million driver’s license scans, live-streamed to hackers for a year
  3. Oregon barley farmer converts 70 acres to wetland; 140 bird species show up
  4. Cheap open-weight AI can now hack. Do we have a year?
  5. The natural-fiber underwear panic probably isn’t justified
  6. If students outsource learning to AI, should professors outsource teaching to AI?

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