Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 28/05/2026Rebuttal to the text image: The fuck I am (ALT for the text image: A fellow asserting anyone who is a working writer these days is using "AI" because it is both seductive and valuable) 1747937
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 23/04/2026Washington Metro @wmata.com board this morning unanimously approved the agency's $913 million plan to automate the Red Line, which will also include platform screen doors at 20 of 27 stations. Automation could come online by 2032 at the earliest. The plan needs federal funding support.wjla.comMetro board greenlights moving forward with Red Line train automation, platform doorsWMATA Board of Directors is scheduled to vote on a proposed budget that would allocate more than $900 million toward modernizing the Red Line. 620333
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialD'Archangel @darch.horse · 02/04/2026Networking nerd: The Internet is an internet. 21183
brianlove.bsky.social @brianlove.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Farewell, DC Streetcar. You deserved so much more than what you got - extensions east to Benning Road and west to Georgetown, as well as dedicated lanes that would have provided great benefits to the District. 100
brianlove.bsky.social @brianlove.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Pathetic. If only Microslop spent their time making products people liked (hint: Windows 7 with modern security/internals) and not wasting their time with slop generators. www.windowslatest.com/2026/03/02/m...windowslatest.comMicrosoft gets tired of “Microslop,” bans the word on its Discord, then locks the server after backlashMicrosoft blocks the word Microslop on its Copilot Discord, bans users, and locks channels after backlash, showing tensions around its AI push 000
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/02/2026Well, this sucks. Bezos could fully staff this thing and get it back into profitable fighting trim with what for him would be pocket change. www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...npr.orgBezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security. 6865162
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 27/10/2025arstechnica.comSuing a popular YouTuber who shimmed a $130 lock—what could possibly go wrong?It’s still legal to pick locks, even when you swing your legs. 18719
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialDaniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 21/09/2025LLMs should never be used in any application where it is important that they be accurate. They are only appropriate for situations where it doesn't matter whether the task fails. 36412
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption. Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow. People have power. Ask Target 17555859813269
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Colbert’s & Kimmel’s firings are a reminder that corporate media consolidation is a key battery for the creation of state media. State media = authoritarianism State media ≠ democracy Once we scrape the Mad King & his crew out of office, let’s break up media conglomerates. 33667154
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialMartin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · 17/09/2025NEWS: The D.C. Council just passed an emergency bill allowing anyone to get a COVID-19 vaccine without a doctor's prescription, which have been requested recently due to changes in federal vaccine recommendations. (And some D.C. residents have had to go to Maryland or Virginia.) 201460424
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/08/2025Also bsky.app/profile/alex... 321831
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 27/08/2025Tennessee's governor sent the state's National Guard to DC. Apparently it wasn't about DC's crime rate: Both Memphis and Nashville have higher violent crime and property crime rates than DC does. 05510
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 26/08/2025arstechnica.comAuthors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class actionAdvocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry. 5476
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/08/2025I assure you that I don't need to be cautioned that LLMs are not sentient. That said, LLMs have the "bear-proof garbage can" quandary, which is that the apparent intelligence of the best LLMs significantly overlaps the actual intelligence of the most willfully stupid humans. 36685114
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 21/08/2025This is your reminder that no one in Congress should be trading stocks. Who’s with me? 25678001384
brianlove.bsky.social @brianlove.bsky.social · 20/08/2025The sooner this so-called "AI" bubble bursts, the better. 000
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/08/2025100% certain my work was copied, in more than one language, which means that in addition to my work, the work of translators was copied, so that's a double theft right there 251116249
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialSecond Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 18/08/2025This is ultimately my concern with "free" transit. There's always a limited pot of money for transit investments, and dropping the fare to $0 means other elements of bus service are at risk. 7607
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialSecond Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 14/08/2025If Birmingham had the same murder rate it has year to date but the same population as NYC, they’d be up to 2200 murders this year. NYC has recorded 188 murders this year. 1336
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Americans are being conditioned to think of crime as an urban issue. Ask why. Alabama's murder rate is far higher than New York City's. Urban crime is not worse than rural crime. It's just more visible. In cities everything is more visible. So be careful what you blame city leaders for. 421497417
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialDaniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Or maybe it’s a shitty tool and you shouldn’t spend money on it. 612419
brianlove.bsky.social @brianlove.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Fantastic news and a great step towards improving democracy in the District! Thank you to all the councilmembers who supported implementation of Initiative 83 and all the activists who helped this happen. Let's keep that support up for the final budget vote! 000
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 19/06/2025ChatGPT will do for your ability to think what GPS and navigation software did for your ability to remember a map of your city. 511019
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialInfrastructure Weak @infrastructureweak.bsky.social · 05/06/2025This needs to be nipped in the bud. Doesn't matter if you're pro or anti, or whether you think they're viable. We can agree that robot cars must meet a safe systems standard that does not imitate human aggression, scofflawing, or "oopsies." 412327
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 03/06/2025When Lyft or Uber asks you to contact elected officials to "keep rideshare affordable" remember that they profit from undermining public transit and increasing congestion. Use them where necessary, but don't let them use you. 15875195
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialCalifornians for Electric Rail @calelectricrail.org · 21/05/2025The Del Mar Tunnel CEQA comment process is now open, but NIMBYs want to shut down the US's #2 rail corridor instead of saving it from falling into the sea. Tell SANDAG by June 30th to support the fast Crest Canyon alignment and #LeaveRoomForCatenary! @ridesd.org docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comCEQA comment SANDAG Del Mar Tunnel Alignments CTACall to Action: Support Electrified, high speed service & alignment options in Del Mar Tunnel CEQA Process Updated Notice of Preparation for Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) Comment period en... 59833
brianlove.bsky.social @brianlove.bsky.social · 20/05/2025More slop, but from an (alleged) news organization 000
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20/05/2025While I have sympathy for the newsroom having to deal with fuckery from the ad side of the organization, the problem with this is that the Sun-Times' name is there in the header and it's not immediately clear where editorial ends and "advertorial" begins. Imprimatur implies responsibility. 33885109
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!” 287315096577
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialThe True American @thetrueamerican.bsky.social · 14/05/2025No additional commentary needed. 391034265
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 15/05/2025While I'm on the general subject of "AI," let me just say that it's a real dickheaded maneuver to tell an actual artist that their work "looks like AI." Their work doesn't look like "AI" because they're aping what "AI" does; it looks like "AI" because the "AI" company fucking stole from them. 523609712
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialChristopher Berry @cplberry.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Using a LLM to write a term paper is useful in a similar way t using a forklift for weightlifting at the gym. Yes, it may be efficient in completing the task, but the value is in the hard work 19613146
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return. 805812267925542
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialSenator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Californians continue to strongly support high speed rail. The decades-long propaganda campaign against it simply hasn’t worked. People know it’s absurd that California doesn’t have a true statewide rail system. That’s going to change. We’re working to make it much easier & faster to get it done. 1024242
brianlove.bsky.social @brianlove.bsky.social · 16/04/2025This is such a delightful post that was actually quite informative for something I'm working on this week. I especially loved the bit at the end about Molex connectors being a reliable way to supply power that doesn't melt 😆 000
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Normally I reassure myself that something like this is just a presidential request, not an actual budget, but the end of the article has a chilling possibility (in screenshot) for it becoming reality by circumventing Congress. arstechnica.com/space/2025/0... 29323
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved. * very unconstitutional 1457580498440
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialohhleary @ohhleary.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Sean Duffy is the living, breathing version of Conservative Guy Scared of Cities. 1309
brianlove.bsky.social @brianlove.bsky.social · 04/04/2025There's a lot of good stuff in here. There are certainly still improvements to be had, and ideally the parkway would be replaced with just a two-lane local (not commuter) road, but plans for widening the trail, ending the bizarre reversible lanes, and putting in more roundabouts are all fantastic. 000
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialMike Duncan @mikeduncan.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Wrote this into the Martian Revolution back in Dec when I was concerned people wouldn't accept a character being *that* stupid. 39996176
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics. Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops. 22857134315004
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto... 401888603
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialHakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Pete Hegseth must resign or be fired immediately. 52128430317575
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 24/03/2025The NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER added the EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC to a PRINCIPALS COMMITTEE TEXT CHAIN set up for the DEFENSE SECRETARY about PLANNED MILITARY STRIKES. Here's a thread of involved parties talking about the need for secure communications (when Dems are involved): 347128733794
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 22/03/2025The Twin Cities’ $505 million Gold Line BRT opens today. It will run every 10 to 15 minutes on a mostly dedicated right of way, allowing speed and reliability. It will extend to downtown Minneapolis in 2027 along I-94. 41125
Reposted by @brianlove.bsky.socialStreetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · 20/03/2025Secretary Duffy now has a whole extra month to read Streetsblog's coverage of how congestion pricing is benefiting New Yorkers -- and working better than predicted. 🧵 1429565
