Reposted by Aaron StriegelJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 8hStill trying to understand how Napster got shut down, but Anthropic is going public and still hasn’t paid us authors yet after stealing our work. 713322733
Reposted by Aaron StriegelSteph Brown @stephjayb.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Don't get to teach Shakespeare much anymore but I always liked talking through the "most of the members of the Wu-Tang Clan have a more varied vocab than Shakespeare" chart with students who assumed artists today are more limited. No way you get this distribution without rappers who read widely. 422648
Reposted by Aaron StriegelKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“It’s a promising development, though because shingles is typically rare in people younger than 50, the data can’t prove whether the protection will last as they age, Bartelt said. Still, the new data suggests potential lifelong benefits of chickenpox vaccination.” h/t @jackiantonovich.bsky.socialnbcnews.comShingles cases dropping among people who got chickenpox vaccine, data showsThe virus that causes chickenpox can reactivate during adulthood, causing the painful, itchy rash known as shingles. 24717
Reposted by Aaron StriegelJuan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026says the Secretary who lost the HQ of the 5th Fleet in Manama to Iranian missiles 14113
Aaron Striegel @adstriegel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Finally got rid of Spark today. Bummer as it was a pretty great tool up until it got overly infused with "helpful" AI features. Over the past six months, it became basically unusable. Very nice to see Mailbird behaving reasonably now on my Mac so that will be the next tool. 000
Reposted by Aaron StriegelAaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good 🧵. This is Cleverest Little Boy syndrome. Smartest kid in class goes to college or enters the workforce and can't accept that they aren't the smartest anymore, leading to any number of strange rationalizations from reactionary politics to doomer rabbit holes. 427346
Aaron Striegel @adstriegel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lately, we have been trying to flex Claude a bit more for some of our early stage work (yes - I am keenly aware of the downside given the recent news cycles). Basically, could there be a there there, doing simulations to see if it might be worthwhile expending actual lab experiments. 800
Reposted by Aaron StriegelElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Russell Vought cannot be given the power to decide what science is funded. He knows nothing about science; in fact, he seems to hate it and everyone who does it. And he has all of the worst characteristics of humanity. The Republican Congress is a fucking disease.arstechnica.comRussel Vought will reportedly be given veto power over all NIH grantsPending move comes over the objections of the NIH director. 39735294
Reposted by Aaron StriegelErica Windisch @ewindisch.ontological.observer · 19/09/2026In 2024, I found indicators that I could likely escape OpenAI's sandboxes. I did not demonstrate an escape because I felt there was significant enough information to make a responsible report. I was told that this was not of interest to their bounty program and they closed my report. 29315
Reposted by Aaron StriegelSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So that's the thing. I grew up Mormon. And there are ~progressive poly folks~ who insist "Oh but haha we're not doing it BAD like those crazy Mormons did, we're GOOD people!" and then merrily describe doing shit that "oppressed Mormon sister wives in the 1860s" 100% would not have put up with. 758989
Reposted by Aaron StriegelSE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?) (alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory) 1013240776
Reposted by Aaron StriegelPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 16/09/2026My summary of the AI apocalypse discussion. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 727433
Reposted by Aaron StriegelKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not. 733132802071
Aaron Striegel @adstriegel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Outstanding catch there, the tweet about AI doom landed 18 minutes after the Wall Street Journal article was published. Hmmm..... pivot-to-ai.com/2026/09/10/j...pivot-to-ai.comJacob Coxon: how to run an AI doomsday media campaignThe AI doomsday is the idea that one day, an artificial intelligence will get so smart it takes over the world! And it’ll kill all the humans, just as a side effect! Pretty scary, huh. You might be… 010
Aaron Striegel @adstriegel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026So I have been tinkering a bit with Claude (the $20 paid tier) for assisting with lit surveys and acting as a proxy grumpy reviewer. Basically, find me a list of things, fetch all the papers for me to read / review. On some things, kind of neat. On others, not just kind of bad, really bad. 400
Reposted by Aaron Striegelsepoy @sepoy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is an insane detail in this report on cheating! nymag.com/intelligence... 122955
Reposted by Aaron StriegelKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 09/09/2026In this thread from a few months back I had a stack of replies from Claude addicts explaining how they can basically now generate a new piece of software every time they need something, and they did not see that as a bad thing at all As always: they're making digital single-use plastic 936692
Reposted by Aaron StriegelPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 30/08/2026If you're under the age of 25, the first time you encounter *any* of these companies it's them offering dogshit. Like, if you are under 25 your experience with Bethesda has been Starfield, your experience with Facebook the Metaverse bullshit, your experience with Google its dogshit genAI, etc 72843887
Reposted by Aaron StriegelMatthew R Francis @bowlerhatscience.org · 26/08/2026as a theoretical physicist and a professional writer, I can tell you from personal experience that the ideas are *always* the easiest thing. I can generate lots and lots of ideas! But like insects that lay hundreds of eggs, most of those ideas will be eaten before they reach adulthood. 320756
Reposted by Aaron StriegelNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Replacing human opinion writers with AI will result in predictable pieces that say the same thing over and over. by David Brooks 551562232
Aaron Striegel @adstriegel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Once more with feeling. Companies, if you think an AI agent is helpful that is chirpy / happy but doesn't actually seem to make forward progress or wastes a bunch of time, it makes me grumpier than waiting on the phone. 301
Reposted by Aaron StriegelNicholas Weaver @ncweaver.skerry-tech.com · 13/08/2026A talk I need to write and give. Getting it on the calendar so I have a forcing function: AI is (mostly) Bullshit 181
Reposted by Aaron StriegelB. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Since this is getting some interest, I'm going to thread links to some work I've done on this here. 212113
Reposted by Aaron StriegelKarl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 07/08/2026News flash: most professors are too busy and stressed to hang out in the faculty lounge, spouting "zany exotica." (And lots of colleges or universities don't even have a faculty lounge.) 4123
Reposted by Aaron StriegelDr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This is INCREDIBLE news 7424130
Reposted by Aaron StriegelJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Let me tell you, having chronicled Pentagon-style war game on attacking Iran nearly 25 yr ago, every single "surprise," "darkening turn," "narrowing option," spreading warfare," "rising casualties," "no easy exit," etc that comes drip-by-drip is EXACTLY why GHWB WJC GWB OBAMA BiDEN did NOT do this 632320776
Reposted by Aaron StriegelAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 30/07/2026When Justice is blind, bad guys take the fifth. When justice is corrupt, good guys take the fifth. Feel free to share. 337197406803
Reposted by Aaron StriegelLiz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 29/07/2026I literally worked on Google Books scanops SRE, ama the same guy who ran Google Books now has the equivalent job at Anthropic and I can promise you that all of us handled every library book with the utmost care, returning them with not even a single ripped page or ding. but destructive scanops... 514613
Reposted by Aaron StriegelMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Key thing to understand about "remigration" is that it doesn't mean "send immigrants home." He's an immigrant, Peter Thiel is an immigrant, etc. It's not even a white nationalism project, it's a trans-Atlantic white continentalism project, nations themselves aren't important, only race matters. 391532445
Reposted by Aaron StriegelMichael Feola @feolski.bsky.social · 26/07/2026The world’s richest man, at it again. Reminder: “remigration” is far right code for the forced expulsion of ethnic “undesirables” in order to “purify” the nation. 1142313456
Reposted by Aaron StriegelKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go. 2361117132524
Reposted by Aaron StriegelJames Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A 3-year-old girl watched ICE murder her father yesterday. We all watched Sebastian Guerrero’s final moments through our phones. We can scroll away — but Sebastian’s 3-year-old daughter cannot. 375174146228
Aaron Striegel @adstriegel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Absolutely outstanding article open.substack.com/pub/programm...open.substack.comThe political economy of billionaire derangementThe passions are devouring the interests 000
Reposted by Aaron Striegeldarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 15/07/2026it has not even been a year 736259
Reposted by Aaron StriegelKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Exactly. The president is going to spin some incredible lies about the 2020 election and the media -- and every single Democrat in the country -- has to be ready to smack this bullshit down immediately. Not a mealy-mouthed fact check or, golly, this is weird. Call it out as an assault on democracy. 9440881199
Reposted by Aaron StriegelChristina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Come work with me and Rachel and our great colleagues here at Notre Dame! 0239
Reposted by Aaron StriegelElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Righteously right from @dandrezner.bsky.social. 0359
Aaron Striegel @adstriegel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I remain mystified by the notion that data centers in space are a brilliant idea. 000
Reposted by Aaron StriegelSilverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 07/07/2026@propublica.org: I can answer this: "Current and former CHMR personnel said it’s impossible to know whether a more robust prevention team could’ve helped the military avoid civilian casualties in Yemen and Iran." Because I was the person whose job it was to check potential targets at CENTCOM. 1/ 317780
Reposted by Aaron StriegelDr Tom Pickerell @tomolamola.bsky.social · 05/07/2026The ocean has buffered us from the full force of climate change for decades. But that service is not limitless. I’ve written a short piece on what the latest ocean indicators are telling us, and what we need to do next. www.linkedin.com/pulse/ocean-...linkedin.comThe ocean is telling us the climate story most clearlyLast week, ironically during London Climate Action Week, the UK broke its June temperature record, with a provisional 37.7°C recorded in Norfolk, more than 2°C above the previous June record set in 19... 16660297
Reposted by Aaron StriegelDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/07/2026…Oh. They're literally trying to say The Libs™ did it; which I guess makes sense since Milli Vanilli cancelled, and they literally CAN'T Blame It On The Rain. 😃 722929
Reposted by Aaron StriegelAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/07/2026If you're an FBI analyst surging to Atlanta to review records, reach out to me. I'll keep you anonymous. Signal in bio. Please share this post widely. 9088975641
Reposted by Aaron StriegelElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026With this ruling, the birthright issue is not going away. The right hasn't really begun *organizing* around getting rid of the citizenship clause. Like Roe, this will be their fight for a generation. And if the Democrats just say "we won" and ignore it, like Roe, the Republicans will eventually win. 9268982497
Reposted by Aaron StriegelNoam Ross @noamross.net · 23/06/2026Thousands of biomedical studies are stuck in limbo as NIH drags out renewals months after annual budgets expire. Since 2025, the rate of overdue renewals has TRIPLED. This leaves scientists unable to plan, keep staff employed, or maintain long-term research. grant-witness.us/posts/2026-0... #NIH 🧪grant-witness.usOverdue Grant Renewals at NIH and AHRQ – Grant WitnessThe government’s delays renewing in-progress research are leaving researchers in limbo. 4201138
Reposted by Aaron Striegelmax power 🌌 @sneptech.bsky.social · 24/06/2026holy shit bsky has a water sealant expert that predicted the reflecting pool failure mode perfectly 423157933
Reposted by Aaron StriegelAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/06/2026Oh. So Tulsi Gabbard wrote a report showing that voting machine vulnerabilities didn’t flip any votes. And now she’s not the DNI anymore. Hmm. www.reuters.com/world/white-...reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: White House delays release of US voting machine study as midterms nearThe report does not say the vulnerabilities have led to votes flipping. 323148325873