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@cyberlass.bsky.social
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In tech and tech is in me. Ethics in biohacking. ❤️ InfoSec. Writer. Cyborg/human augmenter/grinder. Here to help. She/her. Makes it rain during a brainstorm.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 10/10/2026
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The psychedelic brain looks like chaos—underneath, there's order
Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.
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cyberlass.bsky.social @cyberlass.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Call it what it is, that's slop coded not vibe coded.
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Jane Thurber @thurberteam.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Tom Gauld cartoon about LLM robots are tools, not trying to destroy humanity, but the humans who build them are kinda iffy.
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cyberlass.bsky.social @cyberlass.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
"acting on their own" - news outlets need to drop the distancing language. Don't anthromorphosize products to reduce the responsibility and liability of these companies.
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Eric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now THIS is how you write a story. Devastating.
Screenshot from this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/us/politics/fort-hood-execution-streamed-public.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVE.Rw7O.Sj-0_s5YONzL&smid=nytcore-android-share
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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
animals-crushing-pumpkins season is actually so important to me. spiritually www.tiktok.com/t/ZTyVBE2hL/
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Any suggestions for middle grade books with arab protagonists? My kid just said they dont like being arab because "we're always the bad guys."
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 04/10/2026
“The first step to doing good in an effective manner is to be honest about our cognitive limitations—and to take seriously the ever-present danger that even the most well-meaning and thoroughly “researched” interventions may prove to be counterproductive.”
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The Problem with Effective Altruism
A partial defense.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Making rolled omelets Original post
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEW: DHS agents tracked people observing ICE arrests, photographed them, ran their plates, pulled personal information, and added them to a Palantir database, according to newly unsealed court filings. w/ @regret.bsky.social
wired.com
ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a Palantir-built database, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...
nytimes.com
National Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress
The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know they think this is a cultural difference but it is just a stochastic parrot that things it’s funny — a syntax perfect for an agent. But as I pointed out repeatedly, most people don’t speak in a way that works for an agent. Learning to speak this way comes with social costs.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...
404media.co
Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified
Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...
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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 27/09/2026
Seward Cafe is the oldest cooperatively run restaurant in the United States, and they’re still about 12k short of the funds they need to stay open. It’s such a special place, and that’s honestly not that high a number! Let’s all pitch in to save the community center!
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Buy Seward Cafe a Coffee
Become a supporter of Seward Cafe today!
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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...
cmarmitage.substack.com
Big Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six States
Fired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee.
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Animystic 🎑 @animystic.net · 24/09/2026
*Screaming externally*
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP 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.”
APStylebook @APStylebook
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peter Thiel has the wheel: “US Deputy Secty of Defense Stephen Feinberg has drafted a memo directing Defense Department subordinates to purchase up to $243.9 M in services from…[Thiel’s] Palantir…without a competitive bidding process…The memo’s subject line is called ‘Funding Palantir’.” 8/11/26…1/
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Give Palantir up to $244M through 2028, says internal Defense Department memo
Draft memo taps AI data analysis biz for help with military production efficiency
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James West @jamespwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The quotes in this are totally bonkers. We sued OpenAI. Now, court documents are revealing what AI execs apparently knew and when—about the meaning and scale of their “astonishing theft" (their words), and what it would do to publishers. 👀
motherjones.com
AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”
Documents from our lawsuit reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Joe Romm gave one of the most memorable talks I’ve ever heard at Columbia many years ago. Among other things, he said, “Sustainable development is like teenage sex. Everybody says they're doing it, very few people actually are, and those who are doing it are doing it badly.” RIP legend.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Agents of the Department of Homeland Security have been ordered to unlawfully access state voting records to carry out the department’s escalating elections-related probes, an anonymous federal whistleblower recently disclosed to Sen. Alex Padilla. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
democracydocket.com
Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges
The searches likely resulted in "thousands of violations of state laws," Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said.
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge concludes that DHS leaders arbitrarily decided to cut FEMA staff by 50% even though it damaged the agency's ability to fulfill its mission — and leaders hid their comms about it on auto-delete Signal chains. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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cyberlass.bsky.social @cyberlass.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nope, but nice of them to prime them for the colors.
27 spray cans lined up 5 rows so all the colors on the caps are seen. Uses to indicate people should use them to add color and patterns to the toys
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Let's be honest about what JD Vance is really doing here. He assumes keeping El-Sayed tied up in a dispute that highlights his Muslim heritage is an automatic plus for the GOP. This is complicated for El-Sayed, but there's a way to turn it to his advantage: newrepublic.com/article/2149...
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
lol I just realized Trump is treating the voters like his construction crews on a building project. Tell them to do a job and then stiff them on the promised compensation.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The ethnic cleansing campaign (via retraction of protected status and then deportation) continues, with the goal of making America whiter.
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Robert P. Jones @robertpjones.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Really enjoyed this interview with @christianpaz.bsky.social about my new book BACKSLIDE, just published yesterday. I talk about the particular responsibility white Christians have in the Trump/MAGA era, especially ahead of the consequential midterm elections.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 08/09/2026
Earlier: “I feel embarrassed and ashamed that our state isn’t doing what it should to investigate these deaths. How are they going to meaningfully find a solution? They are not holding themselves accountable.”
texasobserver.org
Texas Maternal Mortality Committee's Next Report Will Skip Post-'Roe' Deaths. Lawmakers Suspect Political Influence.
And one Texan says the body’s decision “retriggered” the pain of losing his wife, who counts among the preventable deaths that soon followed the state’s abortion bans.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/09/2026
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
404media.co
A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The number of people still seemingly unaware that Substack has a Nazi problem means it’s apparently worth mentioning yet again that Substack has a fucking Nazi problem.
theguardian.com
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 07/09/2026
A reminder on Labor Day that Reagonomics scam stole $79 Trillion from the bottom 90% and redistributed it to the top 1%, which is why wealth inequality now is worse than it was after the Great Depression. Stop defending billionaires. Start abolishing them. www.qasimrashid.com/p/9-facts-on...
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9 Facts on Labor Day Legacy Media Won't Mention
This Labor Day, a reminder that the USA ranks worse than Russia and China on economic inequality—without immediate change, we all but ensure economic catastrophe
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.” The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 08/09/2026
A significant portion of my work, for several months now, has been focused on AI. Specifically, understanding use of AI in healthcare and in public benefit determinations. So I've extensively used 'frontier models' from Anthropic and OpenAI as well as the Chinese models. I've used Grok a bit. 🧵
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Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 06/09/2026
Status report, "Just Mentioning This..." Redux: I note an uptick in recent days in Discourse on alternative YA material about wizardry. So if you're interested, please note: the 9-book package of these are on #sale! 🙂bit.ly/YWNMESET
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YW New Millennium 9-Volume Box Set
Our New Millennium Editions box sets are optimized for each of the devices appearing under the price listing. Please click on one to choose the format you prefer.The New Millennium Editions of So You ...
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It is pretty concerning that the Neo-Nazi Nate Hochman is Secretary of State Marco Rubio's chief speech writer. He was fired from the DeSantis campaign for his Nazi antics, buy landed an administrative job. Racism is a qualification for these folks, not something to avoid.
nytimes.com
For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept. (Gift Article)
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.
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Dr. Liz: Life in the Aftertimes @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Hitchcock made films today.
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hegelian vs predator @reachrachelkahn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Dogs' eyes track human faces the same way humans' eyes do, focusing primarily on the left side of the face. But they don't have the same gaze bias when looking at other animals, which means dogs are explicitly reading our faces for emotional context in spite of/including the species differences.
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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
(A short thread about my story:) bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 04/09/2026
And now, for your Friday reading pleasure, a list of the eleven weirdest, most bizarre, or otherwise most cringeworthy things a judge has ever said in my presence, in no particular order.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/09/2026
this is horrifying, unnecessary capitulation by an institution that absolutely knows better than this and both @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @governor.ny.gov should be imposing consequences on mount sinai at the state level as a result
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Great news! Last week, a federal district court ruled that Trump’s attempt to cut farm worker wages is illegal. This is a huge victory for farm workers. Watch the video to learn more.
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