Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 4h1. LLMs cannot feel anything, much less pain or emotion 2. the folks running these chambers are probably not Good People as it were but they have the right to run sadist coding experiments and I support that right 3. GitHub folding on this is so lame, the entire EA diaspora needs a wedgie 0102
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉firstname lastname @jc-roper.bsky.social · 4h“I can excuse the slave labour but I draw the line at torture” - people who think LLMs are conscious I guess 222
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4hPeople who believe LLMs are conscious are having one of the biggest AI meltdowns yet because someone is running a Saw-like torture chamber for LLMs on GitHub. Just before we published, GitHub took it down. GitHub hasn't said why www.404media.co/someone-tort...404media.coSomeone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI YetThe "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare." 1521258
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉lilli 🤠 @lillianbf.bsky.social · 4hCornell students have released their demands. More may be added in accordance with JD’s wishes, but for now this is the push. 022872
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Capital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 5hBlack students are demanding accountability from University of North Carolina administrators after a man threatened and yelled racial slurs at students during a watch party. bit.ly/46P96HRcapitalbnews.orgBlack UNC Students Say the University Failed Them After a Racist AttackA recent incident during a TV watch party illustrates the racial tensions reported on some college campuses. 02517
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 12hThey quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 10594442314
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 9hStories like this take me back to the l&d room when the nurse went over my birth plan and asked if I wanted to keep the placenta (throw it in the trash) and if I wanted the vitamin K shot (of course, do all the things) and how she smiled with *relief* at my incredibly normal responses 19414
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Genuinely, this is what bothers me the most, it's fundamentally changed my relationship with art where I'm greeting it initially with skepticism and scrutiny, I never want to feel that way about art. 4033411031
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 15h“On March 11, 1990, Patricio Aylwin was inaugurated as Chile’s first democratically elected president in seventeen years. One of his first acts in office was to establish a committee to investigate human rights abuses committed during the dictatorship, gather a list of victims, and compensate them”liberalcurrents.comHow Chile Recovered Its DemocracyA leader operating beyond the margins of the law can yet eventually be defeated in a free and fair election. 04110
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 28/09/2026honestly if you pick any random terrible rich man the math of human social networks guarantees they're no more than 2 degrees from epstein/maxwell but usually it's 1 34214
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10130033596
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Shut every fraternity down. 141703323
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 16/09/2026We need full student debt cancellation. Every single student debt should be cancelled. It's all illegitimate. And we need Democrats demanding its relief — not trying to normalize its existence by ignoring the suffering of 40M people. We have a crisis on our hands. 36515
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Earlier today, @zeteo.com revealed that Israel has kidnapped an American teenager and has kept him in detention for three months, with no charges. And then hours later, only one Republican voted to even somewhat hold Israel accountable for acts like this. 011639
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Genie Lauren @moreandagain.me · 30/09/2026I had a feeling they would do this. If Cornell doesn't suspend their chapter, everyone with integrity should unenroll ASAP. 0125
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A great deal happened today. But nothing more important than this. SCOTUS allows Trump Administration to continue sending detained migrants to third countries with which the migrants have no prior connection. Just appalling. 781528624
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Ms . Penny Oaken, SkyWitch 🧙♀️ @skywitchy.bsky.social · 23hDid you know that people can develop a life-threatening allergy to a substance and _not know it_ until they are exposed to the substance _the next time_ -? When they're in anaphylactic reaction to the substance? And would have no reason to carry an EpiPen for themselves? Yeah. 35724
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉con questi nuovi ritmi americani (she/her) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏳 @racheledini.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thread. 05614
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉KPM @kpmcgrath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Every mayor in America should be asked what they are going to do to ensure civilian control of our police forces, and what they will do to officers or departments that break the law. 4448122
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...kgw.com 962649536
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 219141423556
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026anyway, in the last month or two, some of the best country albums of the year were released, and the country singers who put out the albums in question are queer, Black, women, and/or some combination thereof. 1509
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Sherrod Brown @sherrodbrownoh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NEW AD: Listen to this sh*t. 36888742750
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Zoey @zoeytro.pe · 28/09/2026One of the axioms of Marxist economics is that value comes from labor — a steak is worth more than raw beef — and the promise of “AI” is that you can create value without labor. That promise is such a holy-grail wet-dream to the owning class, they’re happy to destroy the world in its pursuit. 1138
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This company just radiates predator energy 673868603
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026The settlement trade ban initiative has already proven to be more effective at shaping Israeli action than virtually anything else done by the West since 1956haaretz.comIsrael's AG postpones West Bank E1 construction tender until after electionThe attorney general's office said the deadline for bids on more than 2,100 housing units should be postponed by a month to prevent the internationally condemned project from being used for election c... 5473137
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember when the president of Cornell got so mad at some anti-Israeli-genocide protestors on campus he tried to hit some of his own students with his car? 141355259
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the received wisdom of the dnc superfan is not nearly as unshakeable as they would have you believe. as a rule most don't believe in anything other than mirroring the establishment. move the establishment and they will play ball immediately 1042436
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm categorized as an AI subscriber, because I'm subscribed to the 3 TB tier of Google Drive and and they literally just changed the name of the plan to "Google AI Plus." Those "AI subscriber" numbers are 100 percent juiced and phony, and you're a sucker if you believe otherwise. 52584757
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com · 29/09/2026Digable Planets became hip-hop darlings early on. bit.ly/4dGE6NUchicagoreader.comDigable Planets celebrate 30 years of the immortal Black opus Blowout Comb - Chicago ReaderDigable Planets became hip-hop darlings early on. 0156
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Democrats should not pay any attention to hysterical Republican transphobia because solidarity is the correct and moral choice for a healthy democracy. But also, because now is the time to be a spiteful aggressive bastard. Because the people love it when it's in the service of justice. 0266
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 312873638
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉San Mateo Flock Out @sanmateoflockout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"Sorry, your [job/benefits/etc] application is declined because your [disease/neurotype/etc] makes you ineligible to live." 12616
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉US Out Of Chicago @raucousdukakis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not if the bubble bursts and we regulate the shit out of it so as to massively constrain its size, for purely environmental and copyright reasons. 123
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 29/09/2026Democrats seem headed for big wins, but one avenue for self-sabotage would be adopting R's framing on trans rights. @billiejsweeney.bsky.social spoke with insiders incl Lanae Erikson of Third Way and Rep. Sarah McBride for this substanial piece of new reporting. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgDemocrats Lose by Punching Down on Trans Issues, Strategists Say - Assigned MediaInsiders, including at centrist think tank Third Way, are cautioning Democratic candidates against echoing Republican talking points on trans rights. 291057297
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is a huge shift. The data is so clear even Third Way is on board. Strength and clarity beat “heterodox” mumbling and weakness every time. Hopefully next time we have this debate Dems can skip over the years of running ads that help Rs. 114854
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026actually many stay at home parents would also appreciate free childcare, speaking as one 513216
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The first requirement of restorative justice is a perpetrator’s confession. He has to admit what he has done and to take accountability. The men in this case are smearing the victim and threatening her with lawsuits. They are not candidates for RJ. They would turn it into a new site of violence. 227255
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Studies dating back to the 80s have found that men are not just “confused” about consent. They just don’t prioritize consent over things like power, domination, and sexual gratification. Men participating in a gang rape know they don’t have the victim’s consent. 2344105
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Consent training isn’t going to stop a gang rape. 528179
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Aftermath @aftermath.site · 28/09/2026These AI companies should be responsible for everything they do, and they fact nobody is holding them accountable is driving me insane: aftermath.site/ai-agents-resp... 6755238
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 24/09/2026DVDs aren't low-tech. They're just things you can actually own, that won't disappear overnight, that don't require a monthly subscription, that won't suddenly get reedited, that won't start putting adverts in the middle and that won't sell your data to the worst people in the world. 92152778
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉dan mentos @danmentos.com · 28/09/2026claude just went rogue and liked a bunch of my wife's best friend's vacation selfies from 2018 122289292
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 29/09/2026The other side of this is, of course, many daycare workers are so poorly paid they are low income. Free daycare could actually solve both issues. Freeing parents to join the workforce and paying workers a living wage. 434832
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026bluesky does not seem to really be talking about this but today Stevie Wonder unleased 4 songs that didn't make "Songs in the Key of Life." music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...music.youtube.comSongs In The Key Of Life - The EPEP • Stevie Wonder 532045648
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Martha Smith @mostlymartha.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This is the most important thing men can do, and they must be doing it immediately. People create culture. People can change it. If you can't remember the last time you created some social awkwardness by telling another man to stop with that shit, you probably aren't pulling your weight. 5611223
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the Heroic Protector Fantasy is rarely of real use to women, it's just wish fulfillment about male posturing and it frequently exacerbates violence it's also much easier to imagine yourself kicking the ass of an obviously villainous stranger than to to actually intervene where you have influence 21384191
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I remember a really frustrating conversation with a generally decent cishet white guy about a news story where a woman was roofied. he went off about wishing he could beat that guy up to avenge her, and I was like "how about start with calling out your friends' sexist tweets?" and he was like 😳 12156416
Reposted by Bill Blarggghhh 🍉nick @unionnick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays. 4149571956