Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 08/10/2026Like I said... www.reuters.com/business/environmen… 000
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyMark Mullen @mmm.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026Margaret Hamilton, probably the person most responsible for putting a man on the #moon has died at 90. #legend 0211
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 07/10/2026@coreysnipes I started my federal service in 18F! 100
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 07/10/2026And heading off the drive-bys: Yes, I absolutely know and understand the arguments against using AI. The work I'm doing is to mitigate the side-effects of an aggressive and haphazard rollout of AI capabilities into federal agencies, which is already happening. This is harm-reduction work that I […]hachyderm.ioOriginal post on hachyderm.io 101
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 07/10/2026I rarely break cover to talk about work stuff here, but: I did a presentation on the project a colleague and I have been hurling ourselves into so that our federal agency (and others!) can integrate the power of agentic coding tools in federal delivery while mitigating the risks. It's likely […]hachyderm.ioOriginal post on hachyderm.io 111
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026If they are denied the right to dominate & oppress you, then you have gained liberty and they have lost it. It's zero sum. 638432
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 07/10/2026Humans are the fucking worst. bird.makeup/users/amazlngnature/sta…bird.makeupbird.makeup - PostIndonesia’s wildfires put Bornean orangutans at greater risk as flames spread through their shrinking forest habitat Rescuers are finding orangutans suffering from burns, dehydration and smoke exposure, adding further pressure to the already endangered species 200
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 06/10/2026Also, here's the drum and theremin set you didn't know you were looking for music.youtube.com/watch?v=MG5ONmx_y… 000
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 06/10/2026There's this French band that I really like, L'imperatrice, and I always thought they were mostly doing everything in post-production, but no, here they are playing live on the same instruments me and my fellow junior bandmasters play. It's hard to comprehend the sheer variety made possible […]hachyderm.ioOriginal post on hachyderm.io 100
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyAram Sinnreich @aram.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026Every news article about business leaders and/or social strife should mention that a cabal of billionaires and their trillionaire buddy are currently and explicitly trying to accelerate social collapse so they can be neofeudal kings in digital paradise forever. I dunno, seems like important […]aoir.socialOriginal post on aoir.social 118
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026He can just do his cute, cozy, artsy thing, secure in the knowledge that he's not at risk of being wiped out by a single health problem or economic downturn. He's got a fulfilling life without constantly scrabbling to grow & get bigger. Imagine having nice things. 🥲 718520
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 05/10/2026> “Traumatizing the federal work force,” Lewis explains, was more than a cruel, pointless and self-defeating exercise. It was also a challenge to what makes America great […]hachyderm.ioOriginal post on hachyderm.io 000
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 05/10/2026(I have been doing calisthenics lately and cannot do even one part of what the robot did.) 000
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 05/10/2026I'm happy for a whole lot of you! And even more sure I'm overdue to resume therapy. 😓hachyderm.io 000
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 05/10/2026The older I get, the more attractive the idea of transplanting myself into a robot body becomes. youtube.com/shorts/UoHfGhLHRkg?is=V… 100
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/10/2026"Absent policy steering, AI’s modeled effects increase the carbon intensity of the global economy and reinforce fossil fuel incumbency—outcomes that current analytical and governance frameworks do not fully capture."nature.comAI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model - npj Climate Actionnpj Climate Action - AI-driven productivity gains enable more CO₂ emissions than they avoid in a global energy–economy model 414464
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyHenrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026RE: chaosfem.tw/@ellieraejaye/117375856… "To everyone reading this, take care of yourselves. Trans people matter. Trans kids matter. It does not need to be so awful. The world can be a better place, and I’ll never stop fighting for the future we all deserve." […]fedihum.orgOriginal post on fedihum.org 018
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 03/10/2026+83.7% on my insurance premiums, to go with my 0% pay increase. Great to be a Fed. 🙄😩 012
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 03/10/202636 hours. ⏳ THIRTY-SIX HOURS.⏳⏳⏳ Get the word out people! ⏰⏰⏰ 000
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026New: Through a series of complex agreements with cities, the White House built a massive license plate camera database accessible to the feds. The program aggregates data across license plate companies (Flock, Axon, more) & is searchable by many agencies […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 0011
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 30/09/2026RE: masto.ai/@Nonilex/117360286153901859 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED 000
Reposted by Bret Mogilefsky@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026CBS News: [Bigoted] "Trump administration on Monday asked the SCOTUS to revive for now a Bureau of Prisons policy cutting off medical interventions and social accommodations for transgender inmates." #LGBTQ 178
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 28/09/2026@secularrabbi.bsky.social I thought we were past the era when people needed to provide paywall-free links because everyone already knows how to do that themselves!? […]hachyderm.ioOriginal post on hachyderm.io 100
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 28/09/2026This is the way. www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202… 100
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyDan Hon @danhon.com · 27/09/2026this jackpot is going great etc etc bsky.app/profile/cnn.... 171
Reposted by Bret Mogilefsky@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🤦🏻♀️ "US & Russian diplomats...removed provisions to safeguard use of AI in weapons..stripped..requiring syst's to operate in “predictable” & “reliable” manner..removed clause mandating ethical considrt'ns..when using AI weaponry..+requiring humans review milit targets developed by AI before strike"washingtonpost.comU.S., Russia stripped human oversight from global AI weapons pactThe two nations weakened a range of safeguards in a landmark U.N. effort to try to regulate the use of lethal autonomous weaponry. The global negotiations earlier this month marked the furthest progre... 32426
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 26/09/2026This is the only logical response to finding you're dependent on tech companies beholden to a government that doesn't respect international laws. itsfoss.com/news/netherlands-dawo-i… 100
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 26/09/2026RE: cosocial.ca/@deborahh/1173380572609… Incredibly damning. 000
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyChuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026Peter Thiel is another one of those guys who we are told is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth he proves to be an idiot 103
Reposted by Bret Mogilefsky`Da Elf @elfin.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026Flock thinks it's cameras have a legal right to privacy in public. 😂 920121
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 26/09/2026RE: fediscience.org/@ZLabe/117333805306… We're in trouble, fam.fediscience.org 010
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026Class solidarity.hollywoodreporter.comThe Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing. 642162613
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyKatiesaurus @katiesaurusseven.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"The current El Niño is likely to be the largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into an atmosphere in which temperatures are already rising rapidly due to human-caused global heating...2027 is expected to 'blow apart' previous records and become the hottest year ever recorded."theguardian.com‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world 077
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyJenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“You were created to take dominion” - Praxis founder Dryden Brown (It’s in the thread.) 1211865
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyJess👾 @jesstheunstill.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026Trans people and trans kids getting equal rights IS the moderate position. If you want the progressive position, you're going to need to give trans people free healthcare and college and housing and basic income. And cis and non-binary people can have that too. 0111
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyChuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026If Republicans want to cut our earned benefits, the American people deserve for them to tell us that to our faces, rather than weaseling around the job they were elected to do, and for which they earn a handsome salary. This Monday, House Republicans held a hearing focused on creating a […]c.imOriginal post on c.im 002
Reposted by Bret MogilefskyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 24/09/2026Oooh, Copper has released the 2.0 version of Charlie, its electric induction range. It now can plug into a normal 120V outlet! Bigger battery, more power. NYC is gonna buy a bunch of these for public housing, help bring the cost down.copperhome.comCharlie - battery-equipped induction rangeMeet Charlie, a powerful battery-equipped induction range that plugs into 120v and 240v outlets. Ranges are built in the U.S. and installed across the country. 1320734
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 24/09/2026Pitch perfect! bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/pro… (David does not and did not work in oil and gas BTW; he's making an incredibly serious point by making fun of the AI alarmism.) 000
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 21/09/2026@Nonilex For when the time comes: You can have it done at home, in your lap, rather than in the scary vet's office. We did this for our beloved Hugo and I think I'll only ever do it this peaceful, comfortable way for all of our pets from now on. 000
Reposted by Bret Mogilefsky@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is some thread. 👇🏼 0139
Bret Mogilefsky @bret.mogilefsky.me · 19/09/2026This would dramatically improve my quality of life, which has been trashed by pregabalin. I'm grateful to live in an age where medical breakthroughs like this happen so frequently! […]hachyderm.ioOriginal post on hachyderm.io 000