Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 3hTurkey on a mural alert! Kendall Sq, Cambridge @haus53.bsky.social 193
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 7hThinking of the time we were at a local hotel and asked have the TV switched so we could watch an Aston Villa game. This dude sitting with his family thanked us for asking, and then went on to share that his wife was an influencer, he was a Man City fan, and he also rooted for the Yankees. 🤑🤮🤢 000
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 17hI know, I know…static.klipy.comSpidey Points at SpideyAlt: Spidey Points at Spidey 000
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 17hOh man, the camera cuts to the crowd and I remember how much I don’t like Yank fans. 😈 020
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 19hThis is so sad. Growing up in Framingham, my father and I went to the original location of Talk of the Town barber shop, which was located in the Edison Building. It’s one of my first memories of Roxbury. 😪 000
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordSara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He imposed Shania Law 14975221450
Reposted by Conrad Crawfordmattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 28/09/2026Recent Events have me once again considering: the cube 171692247
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22h“…Muse can be easily prompted to compile dossiers on Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to members of vulnerable groups – including undocumented immigrants, transgender teachers, poll workers, Iranian dissidents, and women who said they had ordered abortion pills in states with abortion bans”hntrbrk.comDox for Me, O MuseMuse AI can leverage Facebook data to build lists of people in vulnerable groups on request for ordinary users. 615373
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Tired. Recalling when I interrupted a teacher’s review of the African map to correct his misnaming Zimbabwe’s capital as Salisbury, not Harare. Thinking back on it, it must have been a straight up jump scare, having a pre-Cosby-era Black kid correct you. I see that others learned differently. 010
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordAftermath @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... 5747235
Reposted by Conrad Crawfordhuck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026bad news babe a rogue openai agent must have hacked our refrigerator last night and drank 15 beers 4161691277
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordJosh Lappen @jlappen1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026belatedly: I think it's a mistake to spend subnational dollars electrifying long-haul trucking routes rather than spending those dollars electrifying short-haul and drayage. Short-haul trips harm communities more, and are harder to mode-shift than long-haul. www.latimes.com/environment/...latimes.comElectric heavy-duty trucks will be able to run from Baja to Canada, West Coast leaders pledgeThe West Coast is home to one of the busiest freight corridors in the United States, and it's getting cleaner. 6365
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being 202705407
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The corollary to this is that progressive urbanism must also be at least a little bit libertarian to be liberatory; to get organic, informal networks you need to allow the uncontrolled and unpredictable, whether that's different and novel housing or jobs or amusement. 813424
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I am thinking about poasting (yes, poasting) this on LinkedIn. 010
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Box? Try V66, which was operated within a pink building along the Mass Pike in Framingham: www.lifeonthev.com/the_story.htmllifeonthev.comV66 the Story, Life on the VLife on the V, VJs, music video television, V66, New England, documentary, independent film, rock music, interviews, Boston 010
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordAlerts from NWS Boston/Norton MA (UNOFFICIAL) @bos.nws-bot.us · 26/09/2026🚨 Storm Warning issued September 26 at 12:26PM EDT until September 27 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA 🚨 Additional Details Here.(2/2) 001
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordAlerts from NWS Boston/Norton MA (UNOFFICIAL) @bos.nws-bot.us · 26/09/2026🚨 Storm Warning issued September 26 at 12:26PM EDT until September 27 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA 🚨 Additional Details Here. (1/2) 001
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordBrian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My column from Monday. The emerging consensus to drop Alabama’s grocery tax (yes, non-Alabamians, we tax food) is a reminder that Alabama is only a low-tax state if you own a forest or reside in the top federal income tax bracket, and that we need top-to-bottom tax reform.alabamareflector.comCommentary: The grocery tax must go. But Alabama's tax system needs a complete overhaul. | Alabama ReflectorAlabama taxes people based largely on how important the state government views them. And that makes life in this state more expensive. 13366115
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordGraham Webster @gwbstr.com · 24/09/2026The journalistic abdication is incredible. An important, powerful person with a vested interest says something just wild—and you don’t figure out how to check it out and contextualize? 211623
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6336761439
Reposted by Conrad Crawfordcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026how did this happen? well we forgot to tell them not to do that 2666598
Reposted by Conrad Crawfordbarefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026hell of a day to post like this when the AP Stylebook account just came out swinging against the anthropomorphization of AI. "Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics." 15917
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 24/09/2026guys please stop falling for this, this is not “rogue AI” it’s “environments with lax cybersecurity controls” 431651428
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordJay Luker @jluker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026look i’m not against cold weather, i’m just saying this process is moving too fast and not everyone was notified. 011
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Brings to mind Lady Leshurr’s Rachel Dolezal lyric in “Queen’s Speech 4” Which one’s which? (not sure!) 000
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordInfrastructure is politics @rational.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Lina Khan has pointed out that have robust and well-developed theories of product liability law. What we are missing is *enforcement* www.commondreams.org/news/ai-liab...commondreams.orgAI Firms Can and Must Face Liability for 'Dangerous, Unvetted Products,' Says Lina Khan | Common DreamsFormer FTC Chair Lina Khan demands action on dangerous AI, calling for accountability for companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. Should lawmakers impose regulations to prevent AI from causing harm? The ... 1282100
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886362297
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordHoustorian @houstorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Today in 1973, Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match in the Astrodome. 0123
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The world’s largest battery-electric aircraft flew for the first time on the 12th of August, a 27-minute test flight over upstate New York that cost about five dollars in electricity. Heart Aerospace’s 30-seat prototype is a big step toward a commercial version. buff.ly/i3f0PhR #ShareGoodNewsTootechspot.comThe largest all-electric plane ever flew for 27 minutes, on $5 of electricityHeart's X1 demonstrator flew for 27 minutes from a regional airport in upstate New York, running on battery power the entire time. The aircraft reached 1,100 feet... 191042292
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Guy who is obviously on drugs: I built a supercomputer that is God and now I need subsidies 22295399
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordCashmere Thoughts @imaginaryplayer504.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The Iran War making the Texas A&M oil company alumni so much money that they honored Pete Hegseth before the game should be a bigger story. 15928
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026i'm tired of seeing “escalating ai capabilities” reported as if it is a fact. let's be clear this claim does not rest on transparent, well-defined, independently validated metrics, but is inferred from model behaviours elicited by humans and measured through opaque, poorly designed evaluations 213450
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordTina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 19/09/2026There is one thing we should be clear-eyed about right now: AI developers aren’t above the laws we have currently on the books. They can and should be prosecuted and held liable if they break the law and their products harm us. 617935
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I learned this week that the New York Times was founded 175 years ago. There is a useful set of pieces floating around on this for journalism history buffs. But what struck me is that means the Times was founded 25 years *after* the black press which will celebrate its 200th birthday in a few months 71013258
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordPorter Square Books in Cambridge & Boston @portersqbooks.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Deep engagement with books is one of (maybe the) best ways to inoculate your mind against our (almost aggressively) toxic intellectual environment. So, we've been doing these micro-courses on BlueSky to help with that engagement. Look for the next one on Friday morning!!! 0439
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Since Verhoeven is in the news (for the right reasons) I’ll share this background on the Robocop one-liner delivered in deadpan by the great Clarence Boddicker. youtu.be/31rrZeTH9HI?...youtu.beRobocop - Bitches Leave Villain Scene ExplanationYouTube video by Brian Chalfin 000
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 15/09/2026static.klipy.comJive Turkey Meme: It Ain't CoolAlt: Jive Turkey Meme: It Ain't Cool 221
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Anyone out there want to help me plan the ceremonial executions of a gas powered blower and weed cutter? I could use some ideas for the ritual. Half-seriously 🥳 000
Conrad Crawford @crawdadding.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Is it goldenrod bloom day around Eastern Mass or what? 010
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordFrankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 14/09/2026What I find so preposterous about the claims that “everyone” uses generative AI is no they don’t. Not only have I never once used generative AI in any capacity, I have every single AI setting turned off that I possibly can on every platform I use. 322057
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordTracy O’Connell Novick @tracynovick.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I rewatched the speech today that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social did eleven days before last year’s election, about being a Muslim and a New Yorker, about being able to be both and not be in the shadows, about being treated with dignity. Democratic candidates, there’s your position on trans people. 132
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordCorinne Green @ket.bsky.social · 14/09/2026can those of you mad because you think trans whining on microblogs will depress support for dem politicians please imagine for one second how dem politicians spouting transphobia on enormous mainstream platforms depresses support for trans people 152189591
Reposted by Conrad CrawfordTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026@alondra.bsky.social is 100% correct to call me out here because she fought tooth and nail running OSTP and I just erased her with this post. 331940
