As I warned back in April, we now are exactly where anyone could have predicted. Hate Speech’s Rise on Twitter Is Unprecedented, Researchers Find. Problematic content and formerly barred accounts have increased sharply in the short time since Elon Musk took over, researchers said. Before Elon Musk bought Twitter, slurs against Black Americans showed up … Continue reading Twitter Code Quality Crashing, Hate Speech Exploding and Unregulated →

People often falsely believe the private sector always delivers better technology than a government. The public sector instead is capable of delivering dramatically better results, if you measure properly (safety). First, let’s just set aside the point that terrible public sector technology is truly terrible. Boston is home to Harvard, MIT and… the MTBA. In … Continue reading Simple Economics Explains Why Gov Tech Safer Than Private Sector →

Twitter is operating like the Titanic, except its new captain is suicidally pushing to sail faster into every iceberg as he pushes his own crew overboard. The chaotic flip flopping of a CEO issuing self contradictory orders gives new meaning to “fail whale”. In the latest dumb twist the company told all its staff to … Continue reading Elon Musk Shuts Down Twitter Offices After Demanding Staff Return to Them →

The definitive study so far of Ukraine air tactics in 2022 against Russia offers many insights. Kudos to Justin Bronk (LSE alum), Nick Reynolds and Jack Watling from the Royal United Services Institute in London. In a nutshell (and with a nod to what to expect in future “robot” wars) humans using creative mobility can … Continue reading How Ukraine Quickly Achieved Air Superiority Against Russia →