Writer, artist and musician. Queer. Critic of technology. Grad student (Information Studies at McGill). (He/him)
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Yan Basque
always complete this checklist before leaving the house
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Can't seem to figure out when is a good time to post or how to get people to read things I write.
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It's about Arthur Russell, queer longing, how difficult it is to write, and why I hate AI.
Can't seem to figure out when is a good time to post or how to get people to read things I write.
I'm just gonna leave this here again. If this resonates with you, say hello. Maybe subscribe.
It's about Arthur Russell, queer longing, how difficult it is to write, and why I hate AI.
The net retained earnings from SpaceX and Tesla combined is in the *negative* $5 billion range. Musk's other ventures assuredly combine to make billions more in accrued losses.
Musk, Inc has been around for 2 decades and never generated positive returns on capital. It's all an illusion, even now
Scaffolding's not just the stage or screen; it's the main event!
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www.e-flux.com/architecture...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Catbus
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Rude Law Dog
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Mais l’IA va éliminer le cancer !
Lololol
Marilou
"We're shipping so much more code with AI!"
"Good, stable code?"
"Oh heavens no. No no no. not at all. We couldn't possibly"
Teams have to wash and steam #WorldCup shirts to remove shoulder bulges.
"Nike boasted about the use of 'computational design'… driven by performance data that incorporated elements of AI to work alongside the company’s designers as they crafted the kits."
How could they even ship these?! Shame.
"The AI engineering impact data shows that output is up. It also shows that the work required to ensure that output is safe, correct, and maintainable has not decreased. It has increased substantially."
Aye, if only any of us had been saying this from day one 🤡
www.faros.ai/blog/ai-acce...
Watching workers erect scaffolding, as fascinating as it is, doesn’t quite provide the same catharsis as watching workers take down a dictator’s name from a building.
Shannon Mattern
After acknowledging an issue with bulging shoulders in the shirts’ March debut, the company offered a solution that comes down to different treatment
Turned some recent musings into a blog post. Read it here and/or sign up for my newsletter. www.yanbasque.com/the-sky-is-r...
Turned some recent musings into a blog post. Read it here and/or sign up for my newsletter. www.yanbasque.com/the-sky-is-r...
Turned some recent musings into a blog post. Read it here and/or sign up for my newsletter. www.yanbasque.com/the-sky-is-r...
Citizen.Coping
What two years of telemetry data from 22,000 developers reveals about AI's real impact on developer productivity, code quality, and business risk in 2026.
Over the past few days, I've been listening to Arthur Russell's "Close My Eyes" a lot and singing along. I'm trying to understand why the line "I know the sky is ready" is the one that always makes me...
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Over the past few days, I've been listening to Arthur Russell's "Close My Eyes" a lot and singing along. I'm trying to understand why the line "I know the sky is ready" is the one that always makes me...
Over the past few days, I've been listening to Arthur Russell's "Close My Eyes" a lot and singing along. I'm trying to understand why the line "I know the sky is ready" is the one that always makes me...
