Reposted by Brad ProctorGoldstein (still not a pseudonym) @goldstein.latinsky.app · 03/10/2026How many local models do you run? 2312618377
Reposted by Brad ProctorOh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Gabby Williams: "What up George Lucas? That's pretty cool!" 123738
Reposted by Brad ProctorRachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 02/10/2026regrettably I must admit this is the crossover event of the century 215326
Reposted by Brad ProctorJjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation” 182405829
Reposted by Brad ProctorDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026There are two things to learn from this: 1) Third Way gets to present what the Democratic Caucus plans will be because they're the ones inside the room making them; 2) Dem staffers often don't realize that they're wholly captured by this centrist consultant-industrial complex. It's fish in water. 329745
Reposted by Brad ProctorFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026True story: An influence on Mystery Science Theater 3000. It has a guy trapped in space with robot friends. 4254546
Reposted by Brad ProctorPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 30/09/2026The “super intelligence” thing is useful in the sense that if someone calls AI that you know you are dealing with a TURBO bozo 442786386
Reposted by Brad ProctorJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115352862
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026*(Once again, this is what's called sarcasm, where I say things that aren't true in the hopes they have a dark comedic effect.) 060
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I do so hate being out of compliance with this administration's directives about what words I can and cannot use.* 170
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026But I *just* sent my syllabus with an AI statement to the copy center for tomorrow's first day of class! 382
Reposted by Brad ProctorFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And all the next day Toad played music for his seeds. 038562
Reposted by Brad Proctorgorlock @gorlock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"may i do that?" - Steve urkel after completing my online etiquette course and earning his certification in politeness & gracious concord 1323
Reposted by Brad ProctorSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Roses are red Prepare for defibrillationslivenowfox.comBlood pressure medication recalled nationwide after failing 'dissolution specifications'Over 13,000 bottles of blood pressure medication are the subject of a nationwide recall, according to the FDA. 2228
Reposted by Brad ProctorJessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed 3545201095
Reposted by Brad ProctorTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The absolute disconnect between how most people live and the idea that planning dinner is merely about ingredients is not something I can relate to. 457425
Reposted by Brad ProctorAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 26/09/2026I really wonder about this. Why do so many journalists who write or opine about the university do so from a position of deep hostility to the people who do the teaching and research? Most of these writers are college educated and not stupid. 4325
Reposted by Brad ProctorGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 205189685408
Reposted by Brad ProctorLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970182264
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026(This is what's called sarcasm, where I say things that aren't true in the hopes they have a dark comedic effect.) 050
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not really a problem since my salary has tripled in 7 years. I'm sure yours has, too. 130
Reposted by Brad ProctorJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it's important to arrive at sturdy ethical principles that you can't be annoyed out of. people are annoying as shit 3460341484
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Turns out that my brother in chat at Peacock could fix the issue. My Xfinity friend is wanting to know how easy their chat is. Some inside baseball going on between Deepak and Sagar 010
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Meanwhile, I do that, please type "OK" to keep the chat active." My brother in chat, I assure you I am not going ANYWHERE. We're in this for the long haul. 130
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm not stranded in Iceland but I have been on an active chat with Xfinity for at least 95 minutes trying to activate the complimentary Peacock Premium Account I have had for well over five years that suddenly stopped working when we moved 160
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I have no cats so nothing to share of mine, but do you ever watch any of the influencer accounts of people who live with crazy wild large murder cats like caracals or pumas? 000
Reposted by Brad ProctorA Whole Damn Town! @im.a.whole.damn.town · 22/09/2026Twin Peaks: Margaret Lanterman aka the Log Lady, at a town meeting. 0434
Reposted by Brad Proctorlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026One of the basic points in Mills' The Racial Contract (originally published in 1997!) was that, if nothing else, White Supremacy deserves to be taken seriously as one of the great motivating ideologies of modernity and it's bizarre that political philosophers are so disinclined to treat it as such. 191289283
Reposted by Brad ProctorDr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Join @cjdenial.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and me for a free webinar on Resisting the Use of AI in Education on October 13, 1:00-2:00 pm ET. Register now! olemiss.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 16528
Reposted by Brad ProctorSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026when ai leaves u behind 75260349766
Reposted by Brad ProctorKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:deadline.comDone! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. DiscoveryParamount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD. 16835751395
Reposted by Brad ProctorNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026finally?????!???? 1173246310
Reposted by Brad Proctorjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026beyond bad faith part of what is happening here is that people who think this are basically incapable of thinking historically and see the political world as simply a set of actions and reactions. 333176252
Brad Proctor @bdproctor.bsky.social · 18/09/2026My work's Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication might just be the death of me. Why, when on campus, do I need to re-log-in and then verify my identity just to see if our library has access to a journal?!? 030
Reposted by Brad ProctorDagger John @thesloopjohnm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Treasury Secretary says you can stop paying your taxes because of inflation 86112
Reposted by Brad ProctorSarah Milov @allofmilov.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It was good that nuclear technology was regulated. It is bad that AI is not. Still, I would not hold up the Atomic Energy Commission as a model for AI regs. The AEC cared more about promotion than regulation. This credibility gap caused its demise--and eroded public faith in gov't more broadly. 152
Reposted by Brad Proctorjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026ah working class is when you are a contractor pulling six figures from a business that earns seven, professional is when you pull $40K doing office work 753092445
Reposted by Brad ProctorAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 15/09/2026reporters werent “barred” from recording, the powerful people they are covering asked them not to record and they immediately complied and hid whats happening from their audience 14765791368
Reposted by Brad ProctorHoward Sherman @hesherman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Farewell to costume designer Bob Mackie, a designer of spectacular gowns for great divas, but also the creator of perhaps the greatest costume sight gag in history. 502647640
Reposted by Brad ProctorKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026We’ve all been living a lie! bsky.app/profile/prop... 414916
Reposted by Brad ProctorDr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is just a spectacular unintentional self-own 10065521391
Reposted by Brad ProctorLena of Lune @lena.isextremely.gay · 13/09/2026Yep. I've had to explain this even to blue state trans electeds: here in TN, we *had* the rights to healthcare, accurate ID, playing sports, etc. We lost all of those rights we already had! I was one of the last trans people who could get their gender changed on their driver's license! 0366187