Mal Maiden

journo of sorts

[Jake @EconomPic]

Amazing how little attention this is getting in the real world.

[Lloyd Blankfein @lloydblankfein]

Was at the WH Correspondents dinner last night, a rare DC trip for me without a subpoena. On the positive side—was exciting, no one was killed, and ended early. I noted a new litmus for status among the gov’t elite—whether you were whisked away by secret service, or left to fend.

[Mal Maiden @MalMaiden]

@DarthPutinKGB c zzyf

[Karol Markowicz @karol]

On the latest episode of Normally, @mkhammer called it that we wouldn't be hearing much from the media about the storming of the church. https://t.co/S9oqK1oyxR

[Sam Altman @sama]

We are hiring a Head of Preparedness. This is a critical role at an important time; models are improving quickly and are now capable of many great things, but they are also starting to present some real challenges. The potential impact of models on mental health was something we saw a preview of in 2025; we are just now seeing models get so good at computer security they are beginning to find critical vulnerabilities.

We have a strong foundation of measuring growing capabilities, but we are entering a world where we need more nuanced understanding and measurement of how those capabilities could be abused, and how we can limit those downsides both in our products and in the world, in a way that lets us all enjoy the tremendous benefits. These questions are hard and there is little precedent; a lot of ideas that sound good have some real edge cases.

If you want to help the world figure out how to enable cybersecurity defenders with cutting edge capabilities while ensuring attackers can't use them for harm, ideally by making all systems more secure, and similarly for how we release biological capabilities and even gain confidence in the safety of running systems that can self-improve, please consider applying.

This will be a stressful job and you'll jump into the deep end pretty much immediately.

https://t.co/bnFRnDE4O7

[alexmassie @alexmassie]

Also: Cameron Green’s agent is a genius.

[alexmassie @alexmassie]

A ridiculous test match which confirms that the has-beens are right when they complain that modern cricketers don’t know how to bat.

[Mal Maiden @MalMaiden]

@_paulrodgers you too Paul.

[Hipstergeddon @hipstergeddon]

The Moreland Hotel has fallen….

[Michael Fullilove @mfullilove]

Wonderful obit of Gwen Robinson, FT foreign correspondent and editor, by ⁦@EdwardGLuce⁩. https://t.co/9nced7EeIv

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

My column on the IOC’s ongoing commitment to not being a good sport

https://t.co/4vd3aWJLBQ

[Mal Maiden @MalMaiden]

@John_Hempton north easterlies⛱️✅

[Mal Maiden @MalMaiden]

@tomgrundy @Deliveroo just briefly, catch me up? who has left?

[Rhett Bartlett @rhettrospective]

Not long to go until footy fans suddenly realise there's no live Saturday footy on free-to-air.

[Bill Ackman @BillAckman]

It is sad that one of the greatest athletes of all time has to share his scan to defend his character. We owe him more than this.

[Novak Djokovic @DjokerNole]

Thought I’d leave this here for all the sports injury “experts” out there.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Missed some other obvious ones:

• Gmail
• ChatGPT
• Anthropic
• Gemini
• TikTok
• Roblox
• Steam
• WSJ
• The Economist
• NBC
• XVideos (fair enough)

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

Just realized something about the TikTok Ban. What if this leads to China turning around and banning a bunch of foreign media and tech such as:

• Facebook
• X/Twitter
• Instagram
• YouTube
• WhatsApp
• Netflix
• Google
• Google Maps
• Google Drive
• Google Docs
• Google News
• Slack
• Tinder
• The Washington Post
• Telegram
• Pinterest
• Snapchat
• Spotify
• Twitch
• Dailymotion
• SoundCloud
• LinkedIn (with restrictions)
• Reddit
• Quora
• Discord
• Medium
• The New York Times
• BBC News
• CNN
• The Guardian
• Reuters
• Flickr
• Imgur
• Vimeo
• Box
• Dropbox
• Hulu
• Yahoo
• IMDb
• Tumblr
• Stack Overflow
• Shutterfly
• Yelp
• New York Post
• Glassdoor
• BuzzFeed
• https://t.co/SGCmAk7PJ8
• Scribd
• GitHub (certain pages restricted)
• DocuSign
• GoFundMe
• Microsoft OneDrive
• Pocket
• Quora
• Goodreads
• Twitch (some functionalities)
• Mailchimp
• Basecamp
• Trello
• Discord
• Stripe
• Wix
• Shopify
• Canva
• Patreon
• Medium
• WhatsApp Business
• Google Podcasts
• Apple Podcasts
• Nextdoor
• Yelp
• Kickstarter
• Indiegogo
• Skillshare
• Udemy
• Khan Academy
• Duolingo
• Coursera
• LinkedIn Learning
• Microsoft Teams

Worth noodling on.

[Daniel Garb @DanielGarb]

So many supposedly socially conscious people remaining silent about these constant attacks on a minority community in Australia, 2025.