Hackers' Pub

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`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
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`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Jonathan Schofield @urlyman@mastodon.social

2/8/2026, 7:57:08 AM

Public

LLM tech is pulling out livelihoods and cognitive capability from the top of the Jenga tower while capitalism is pulling out resource stability from the bottom of the tower. And AI is helping capital degrade stability faster https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/113934355227272646

Guess what happens

(Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jenga_distorted.jpg)

A highly asymmetric tower of wooden Jenga blocks balancing on a single block in the bottom layer. There are 24 precarious layers above it. The tower stands on a wooden floor bathed in a warm orangey light.

Jonathan Schofield @urlyman@mastodon.social

2/8/2026, 8:11:16 AM

Public

…AI is a go-faster stripe on extractivism. To be bundled with other go-faster tech like I-Pulse.

“Shit, resources are depleting. Shall we slow down and ‘think different’?”

“Nah, faster and furiouser, bruvv”

Until everyone is just furious with everybody else that everything is stopping

https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/115999968331249124

Jonathan Schofield (@urlyman@mastodon.social)

…Despite seeing just how perilous our trajectory is, his ‘solution’ set is still centred on MOOOOOORE and “here’s how to do it” with “no climate impact”. His how is: I-pulse https://www.ipulse-group.com/ To radically increase mining efficiency G-pulse https://www.ipulse-group.com/our-businesses/g-pulse-pulsed-power-drilling/ “Pulsed power drilling to unlock the enormous potential of geothermal energy”

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