Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 10/09/2026FWIW I don’t think that AI is an existential threat, nor on track to become one. I do however think that the leaders of the biggest AI companies, AI’s strongest boosters, and some of the folks who are most adept at using it to exploit others are actively hastening along OTHER existential threats. 492150413
Herbert Snorrason @anarchism.is · 02/09/2026It was never public, though. It’s always been controversial in Iceland for that precise reason. 120
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"Hi! I see you're trying to build the Torment Nexus from my book, Do Not Build the Torment Nexus. I told you not to do that. How much clearer do I need to be, punk?" 413319
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Pundits: "Don't speak ill of the dead." Historians:static.klipy.comObama - What? Come On Man, Really?ALT: Obama - What? Come On Man, Really? 573085393
Herbert Snorrason @anarchism.is · 11/07/2026There's a really simple fact underlying a ton of problems that have been getting worse lately, which is that a lot of our social structures actively harm people who show empathy. Worse, the advocacy for change that has actually worked is always "well, these people should be less empathetic, then". 000
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonAlasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Has the government considered how much more cool going on the internet will be for kids when it's a crime? 281594310
Herbert Snorrason @anarchism.is · 14/01/2026Swedish soldiers on Danish territory ... and they're _not_ invading? That really is unusual. 000
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 12/09/2025I seriously don't know how to explain to people that it is not in fact a sign of maturity and democracy to peacefully debate whether certain groups of people should be allowed to exist 453664918
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonSpacePrez @spaceprez.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Marco Rubio just made the argument, bold faced, not a mistake an intentional statement, that at any time the US can revoke your visa and then you are instantly here illegally and they can arrest you, deport you, torture you, all without any due process. That means the United States is simply unsafe 548173565030
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonMatt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 20/03/2025i think we should be more alarmed about this kind of thing as an ideological data point indicating who is actually running the country 743278
Reposted by Herbert Snorrasonutopia deferred @utopia-defer.red · 20/03/2025we are under an admin that is full throated in stating that e.g. "if you so much as joke about our legitimacy and supremacy, then you are are functionally a terrorist who deserves to be gulag'd" so i struggle to see how decorum of speech on a microblog is a serious issue to debate right now! 16310
Herbert Snorrason @anarchism.is · 07/03/2025I was struck by a thought that honestly terrifies me: Isn't the CDC in Atlanta one of the targets of the DOGE cuts? Isn't that also where they're storing variola? 111
Herbert Snorrason @anarchism.is · 06/03/2025These threats remind me of something I've read about before, but I keep being told drawing parallels with 80–100 years ago is unhelpful. 010
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonFlorence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 06/03/2025“Sex work can’t be work because it’s exploitative and is has so much violence.” Wait until you hear about working under capitalism, you’ll flip your shit. 926260
Reposted by Herbert Snorrasongrimely.bsky.social @grimely.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I am so fucking mad that knowing what /pol/, GamerGate, and the Dark Enlightenment are makes me genuinely informed on the policy making decisions of the federal government. These people weren't supposed to leave the computer! 231547
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/02/2025Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain 201147202872
Reposted by Herbert Snorrasonrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 25/02/2025i think "an effective altruist is personally denying twenty million people their HIV medications despite a court order telling him to send the money" is a pretty good summary of effective altruism as a real world philosophy 713799773
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonBill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 21/12/2024I think @goldwagnathan.bsky.social was the person who made this point but because we have collectively accepted Nazism is The Worse Thing in the World (correctly!) this means that clearly it's not mainstream and no one important could support it, and if you accuse them of such you're a hysteric. 319315
Reposted by Herbert SnorrasonTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 12/12/2024The clearest evidence to me that human brains have some irreconcilable differences comes from the popularity of the idea that the only button a microwave oven needs is +30 seconds and how that doesn't fit at all with how much I would hate such a microwave with a passion. 14996036
Herbert Snorrason @anarchism.is · 08/12/2024I can't help but wonder if the name they have is something obviously fake, like Daniel Cooper. 040