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The PCR positivity map is out, and national positivity is up from 5.5 to 5.9% per surveillance. Still no real sign of a rise driven by any new variant yet. jamestindall.info/skeuomorpholog… 1/7

What began as a blog post grew into a book. What started as a political analysis of Vibe Coding, evolved into a marxist analysis of AI. creativeapplications.net/theory/predict… Extremely grateful to Filip from CreativeApplications.Net for agreeing to publish it & for tireless assistance getting it done.

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I don't talk about my academic work on X any more, though made an exception for Coca-Cola's recent AI theft of my work. Can I make another exception? My colleague on the PCR positivity map, @Atomless, has a book out. It's also about AI. You can read it here.

I love this news report from B&T about Coca-Cola's AI-facilitated breach of my copyright. It's blunt and to the point. Coke's use of AI here is simply theft. bandt.com.au/coke-ad-blunde…

The PCR positivity map is out, national positivity continues its stuttering rise to 6.32%, and the tale this week's data tells is *almost* a story of West v East. jamestindall.info/skeuomorpholog… 1/9

This is what the map would look like under the current U.S. CDC, which prefers calming cool colors. 1/3

The fascinating history of a pressure group & its repeated rebranding: from ‘The Voluntary Euthanasia Society’ to ‘Exit’ back to ‘the VES’ and then ‘Dignity in Dying’ By The Other Half open.substack.com/pub/otherhalfo…

Powerful intervention from Gordon Brown I hope MPs listen

Been a while since I tweeted any stats based on NOIDs. I find it useful only as a last resort, mostly. But this week is noteworthy: the highest levels since the beginning of November and the end of the autumn wave. (The spike in Jan was delayed Xmas/NYE reporting).