Reposted by David BahryKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 07/10/2026Wynn's Law remains undefeated. 1291516188
Reposted by David Bahryrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said 373471793
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026it'd mean more if it had been someone other than @xriskology.bsky.social's post. we already know you two say it 110
Reposted by David BahryJoanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This is an important article. The authors argue: What we’ve seen is reversible—but only if we have two parties that commit to defending democracy. 1526081
Reposted by David BahryMike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Just saw someone say their AI runs their fantasy football team and I can’t stop laughing. Like, I’m sure everyone’s doing it or something but it’s very funny to me that pretending to be a team manager was so hard that you needed to pretend to pretend to be a team manager 214104341652
Reposted by David Bahryemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is a better post about Rufo than Chait's, promise. emptywheel.net/2026/10/04/c...emptywheel.netChristopher Rufo Whines about Being Named as the Propagandist Who Rationalized Alleged Klan Act Violence - emptywheelThe lawsuit by Renee Good's family likens the mask Jonathan Ross wore the day he killed Renee Good to hooded Klan terrorism prohibited by the Klan Act. 8305122
Reposted by David BahryPatrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026new wolfenstein looks like shit 298125182467
Reposted by David BahryBugs, Yaoist @bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026that's an awfully hot wookiee cock 514721
Reposted by David Bahryjae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 03/10/2026i hate digger and i love how much i hate digger. i am going to see the movie again in two days with more friends. it is climate change freddy got fingered 2524238
Reposted by David BahryAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 31/10/2025So the administration has demonstrated its strategy centered on repeatedly breaking the law & violating people's rights. Will any official face any accountability for this crime spree? 620665
Reposted by David BahryWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The rabbi telling Anthropic that he thinks what they’re doing is fine, because Claude is just a machine to him, but if they’re right (and it is conscious), then they’re world historic monsters, is really interesting. 2075068
Reposted by David BahryInnsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The fool is beguiled by the AI Eminem lyrics... the wise man is beguiled by AI Facebook posts about how a troop asked for his autograph and he said "only if I can have YOURS" 1656
Reposted by David BahryWolf Conservation Center 🐺 @nywolforg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's officially pumpkin season, which happens to be a special treat for our ambassador wolves this time of year! 🎃🐺 Although wolves are classified as carnivores, they can sometimes have an omnivorous diet. Along with meat and eggs, wolves may also enjoy fruits like pumpkins. #wolffact 4231851237
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Mirror life would be like life through the looking glass: every handed molecule a mirror image of the natural one. It'd be hard to engineer this, but not impossible But it would be risky. An escaped mirror bacteria could grow, living off of symmetrical food molecules, but evade our immune systems 110
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Many biological molecules are "handed." Think how a left handed glove won't fit your right hand. So if Alice goes into the looking glass, and tries to play baseball, her catcher's mit won't fit her dominant hand anymore This includes immune system molecules 110
Reposted by David BahryZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This isn't a court at all. They're literally not even reading the fucking briefs before making "decisions". 13978229
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think it's ok for an American journalist to write a book about American crimes 100
Reposted by David Bahryrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"he says that he will never die..." [screen turns dark] "... but let's look at his record." 315117
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Don't build the torment nexus. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgConfronting risks of mirror lifeBroad discussion is needed to chart a path forward 100
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the Washington Sun source article had quotes both from Platner and from Wood. One of the Wood quotes, Reed mistakenly attributes to Platner. (The Needle itself mistakenly claimed that the source had no Platner quotes at all, but it did, and Reed quoted it correctly.) 1142
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the bit that did more to make me take this seriously is the straight vs curly marks analysis (evidence of pasting, though not on its own proving where it was pasted from) 140
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026*misattribute a Wood quote to Platner. Platner was also quoted elsewhere in the source (which The Needle missed). The source paragraph for the Wood quote just said "he" instead of "Wood," so this example on its own could easily be human sloppiness. bsky.app/profile/davi... 120
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026it's not proof of where it was pasted from (and e.g. pasting into an LLM for proofreading then pasting back would also do this, not just LLM writing) but yeah the Needle was more thorough in trying to show it than my first glance impression 100
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I don't myself trust stylistic analyses like length or complexity of writing (I don't really trust pangram either, this is more just a check on agreement vs disagreement than an answer). The evidence of pasted content and aligning that with the release of Opus is the more interesting argument to me 110
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Here's what it says about the one that The Needle argues has 99.8% of its words inside fully pasted paragraphs 100
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026hm, actually Pangram does say it detects AI in some other articles. Though interestingly, in this one the bits where it says it detects AI don't include the paragraph The Needle cites on the basis of straight marks 100
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the straight vs curly apostrophes argument is interesting. (though btw @janembrigham.bsky.social, your reproduction of the passages accidentally erased the difference!) 120
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Needle does point out some actual quotation errors, but then makes its own quotation errors, so human sloppiness seems to be common. (One quote Reed attributes to Platner was really from Wood; but the source did also give a direct quote from Platner, which The Needle incorrectly says it didn't.) 1110
Reposted by David BahryJulie Rei Goldstein @julierei.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Given the rise of the new generation of conversion therapists through groups like Genspect, SEGM and Therapy First; it’s only a matter of time until parents sue when their child transitions and cuts off contact after they spent tens of thousands of dollars on the practice. Those lawsuits I support. 113724
Reposted by David BahryMichael "Fallen Coffee Pot of Shadows" Senters the Sigillite:ABD @mikesenters.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is the best piece I've seen on the role that Heritage Foundation has played in the assault on public education. This did not come out of nowhere; it was a plan that was decades in the making, the seeds planted a long time ago and it's been the Trump admin that has allowed them to flourish.civildefenseinstitute.orgHow the Heritage Foundation Promotes Christian Nationalist Schooling — Civil DefenseTracing Heritage and Kevin Roberts’s ties to a growing network of classical Christian schools—and the policies steering public money their way. 36727
Reposted by David BahryRegina Fairbanks @reginafairbanks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fight isn't over yet! Please keep calling, emailing, and making your voices heard. Suggestions for action items can be found here - save-the-academy.org Ecologists, evolutionary biologists, botanists, etc - please distribute throughout your professional networks!save-the-academy.orgSave the Academy of Natural SciencesDon't mourn — organize. The museum's last public day is Sunday, Sept 27. Ten things you can do today. 01212
Reposted by David BahryMaciek Hamela @maciekhamela.bsky.social · 26/09/2026With the Strait of Hormuz closed, Iraq has resorted to moving its oil across the desert to Syria in hundreds of tanker trucks, in true Mad Max style. From there, it will be shipped to worldwide markets. 1511977558
Reposted by David BahryClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I’m sorry, what? This piece was not a joint publication/ reporting job (as some are). It was @propublica’s alone and the Times followed with a summary. This is so indicative of NYT. If they don’t ignore proper credit, they just go for stolen valor. 623738732
Reposted by David BahryBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Literally happening right now www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig... 616157
Reposted by David Bahryslate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026iced coffee is junior level. the real power move is bringing a corn on the cob to your interview 1392845333
Reposted by David Bahryghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026did anyone take the iced-coffee-unprofessional, hot-coffee-professional lane yet on the interview thing? 4327110
Reposted by David Bahrybrad @bradiscranky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026errybody post nyc skies now 1425244
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026hey @duckworth.senate.gov he doesn't want to save face, he wants to wage war on US democracy with impunity. 021
Reposted by David BahryWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Embrace “weird but I don’t care” thought. 832829
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Ok. Then it seems you mostly agree with both me and Will at least as far as this thread goes 110
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Whether or not you think current LLMs have freedom and self responsibility, do you think that in theory a sufficiently advanced robot *could* have freedom and self responsibility? 100
David Bahry @davidbahry.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It raises them if you believed souls exist and are needed to do intelligent stuff and AI challenges that If you were already a physicalist or functionalist anyway then it doesn't 2140
Reposted by David BahryJoe Hanly @hanliconius.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I hate to do this with real data, but this is a persistent data vis issue in chromosome synteny riparian plots that we Need to get better at. Left, a synteny plot published today. Right, a rearranged version with exactly the same gross arrangement but with reordered chromosomes: 29639
Reposted by David BahryMicah @rincewind.run · 19/09/2026anyway congratulations to Calvin’s Dad on diesel prices 131760294
Reposted by David BahryErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 17/09/2026A new wave of anti-trans attack ads targeting millions of voters appears to have launched on Sep. 14. Dems targeted include Brown, Peltola, Turek, El-Sayed, and Talarico. It is driven by Elon Musk's America Pac with a $100M ad spend planned for this election. Subscribe to support our journalism.erininthemorning.comNew Round Of Anti-Trans Attack Ads Blankets The Airwaves This WeekNew ad spends have gone up targeting Talarico, Peltola, El-Sayed, Turek, and Brown, among other Democrats. 23586185
Reposted by David BahryKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 17/09/2026have I mentioned lately that oligarch-owned media consolidation is badhollywoodreporter.comUniversal Is Getting Cold Feet on Releasing the Elon Musk Documentary (Exclusive)The Comcast-owned studio is not yet committing to rolling out Alex Gibney's movie that it paid millions to acquire for non-North American release before the political winds shifted. 382372675