Paul Saffo

Silicon Valley futurist, comments on human absurdities here, post my serious work elsewhere.

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

Oh, the irony... an extravagantly energy-wasting "patriotic" display hung on a dam holding back a dead lake reduced to irrelevance by drought and urban water over-use... Ozymandias, anyone?
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https://t.co/8VSyqEHJCO

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

Thank god the crews parachuted out safely, but you are looking at $150 million+ going up in smoke, not in battle, but during a publicity run...

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

Footage of the mid air collision between a pair of Navy Super Hornets/Growlers during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base moments ago.

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

The mega-rich to the rest of us: "You are the little people - we will crush you like bugs..."
https://t.co/EB2tuAJF8X

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

We lost Peter Neumann early this morning. A mighty oak has fallen in the computational forest...
https://t.co/nthynWmIBU

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

Robo-Rush-hour here in Silicon Valley. If the vehicle next to you isn't a robo-car, it's robo-car research platform...

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

This is a fascinating quiz to take (and note, they do not store your answers - it is completely confidential):
https://t.co/02V0wUa5oA

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

What does a Billionaire do after their rapacious President and compliant Supreme Court guts the Constitution? Why, buy a copy to hang over their mantel like the trophy head of some endangered elephant they gunned down on safari!

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

I know where this is headed..., 'bots will be demanding frequent flyer miles - or hijacking flights!
https://t.co/cFHZ80HVZD

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

My take on life with AIs in 2035:

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

Morning cappuccino at the espresso bar in the Apple Store at Apple's Cupertino mother ship HQ:

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

Another morning out here in the California hellscape...

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

The next shoe falls in Trump's corrupt attempt to sell off the SF Presidio and turn it into a tech bro Network State...
https://t.co/lX2j4MEQmy

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

My mood, reflecting upon the precipice that the vain murderous folly of one deranged man has brought the World to...

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

Time to start an initiative in California!

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United.

No Supreme Court ruling or constitutional amendment needed.

Here's how it works.

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

The Orange Menace was also a baseball hero - I had no idea!
https://t.co/fZnErGArvS

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

A wonderful remembrance here in the Bay Area:
https://t.co/VowOxZZOru

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

Under Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, attacking civilian infrastructure - in particular a nuclear power plant - constitutes a war crime.

[Paul Saffo @psaffo]

Hours-old new crescent Moon in Pisces: