Panickssery clarifies Newspeak House: no formal vetting or ideological agenda behind Jacob's residency
panickssery · x · 2026-09-10
Amid ongoing AI-community drama around Jacob's "ties to Newspeak House," panickssery clarifies: the London venue/group house is owned by a mild-mannered leftist named Ed; "fellow"/"resident" is just his terminology. There was no formal application, ideological testing, or agenda beyond Ed collecting people he finds interesting—comparable to a hacker house, with residents' stays not even necessarily overlapping. Most people there aren't leftists; Ed just lets a local leftist scene use the venue free.
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