Reposted by David WeingartRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 16hLast 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 922506492
Reposted by David Weingartlaura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 17hIn addition to the names of the Cornell 7 we should also make famous the administrators and law enforcement officers who originally thought an apology letter would be sufficient. 123756
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 13hThe administrators at Cornell that allowed rapists to stay enrolled while refusing to refund Jane Doe’s tuition have names. I’d be interested in learning them, personally. 000
Reposted by David Weingartwes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 13hSo I am doing all of this Title IX training- which is good actually. But when do the administrators get their "How to Do Nothing About Title IX Violations" training? It must be really good. 0579
Reposted by David WeingartMark Histed @markhisted.org · 27/09/2026In a private discussion today this came up: “We need the January 6th Commission hearings, for DOGE.” One could do a lot with NIH and NSF alone. There are clinical trials that ended, patients that died, young people leaving the US… and bad stuff that happened inside the agencies. 26877249
Reposted by David Weingartweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't. 63106452512
Reposted by David WeingartKarishma Manzur, PhD @karishmaforsenate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Closure of Queen City Bridge in Manchester and Veterans Memorial Bridge in Hudson is not inevitable. Let’s demand our taxes are used to improve our communities. 0115
Reposted by David WeingartDoctor Memory @blank.org · 22/09/2026A lot of it is just that he's a bad writer who has never had feedback from a real editor, but at least some of it (h/t @segyges.bsky.social among others) is that he's trying to keep the reader from noticing he's smuggling in far-right race science talking points: segyges.leaflet.pub/3m4yn4yf2lk2dsegyges.leaflet.pubThe Scott Alexander Email: An Explainer 0112
Reposted by David WeingartThomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I want the name of every consultant who convinces a Democrat to run an ad ceding ground to trans hatred, and I want them blacklisted by the party and noted so I can never give a cent to anyone who hires them ever again. 422370584
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Back on my bullshit again (being a low-down, good-for-nothing hombre). 000
Reposted by David Weingartlxigh @dotorion.bsky.social · 13/09/202699% of ruminators quit right before they would have had a life-changing epiphany 02687570
Reposted by David WeingartJen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Fresh round of these spotted on Capitol Hill. That phone number goes to the Heritage Foundation. 😂 217260
Reposted by David WeingartLuke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If the Streisand effect is getting attention because you don’t want attention, the Sheeran effect is getting drawn into politics when you don’t want to be drawn into politics 1026654
Reposted by David WeingartVman29397 @vman29397.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I also want to point this out the term Commonwealth only Exists within english Documents in regards to Puerto Rico within Spanish documentation Puerto Rico is referred to it as Estadio Libre Asociado. This was deliberate by the United States To make puerto ricans feel like they had more freedom 175
Reposted by David WeingartPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Organized people might be heard on some electoral issues but you as an individual will not. 110520
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The solution to the trolley problem is a well-funded OSHA. 010
Reposted by David WeingartMicah @rincewind.run · 13/09/2026the biggest thing that makes these attacks effective is if republicans can successfully frame them as “democrats don’t care about your problems, they care about [insert culture war bullshit here]” if you pivot to people’s actual problems instead of taking the bait that doesn’t work as well 371047
Reposted by David WeingartMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/09/2026For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docsnyc.govSeptember 11 Docs 403265116432
Reposted by David WeingartMx. Tiffany Leigh @tiffanyleigh.northsky.social · 08/09/2026For NYC friends who were detained by Central Booking during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020: There is a class action settlement moving forward for all eligible claimants that opt-in by October 19, 2026. Link is below: centralbookingsettlement.comcentralbookingsettlement.comHome - Central Booking SettlementCapobianco et al. v. The City of New York et al.; Brennan et al. v. The City of New York et al.; and Aboubakar et al. v. The City of New York et al. 15462
Reposted by David WeingartBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026SPECIAL REPORT Last month, Alpha School invited people to follow student social media accounts "if curious about life in our high schools." I accepted their offer. What I've found shocks me. Forget the AI and ask instead: Is Alpha Schools a cult? Follow along for a summary of my findings.buildcognitiveresonance.substack.comSPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha SchoolWhat is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp? 481006385
Reposted by David WeingartSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026All I ask is one mainstream story about Elon Musk funding Republicans foreground his actual, well documented beliefs. 161228234
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Just ate two leftover hot dogs doused in the hottest hot sauce I have in the fridge. Immediately gave me the hiccups and my eyes are leaking involuntarily. I think I may have had too much to drink this evening. 020
Reposted by David WeingartReadingDanger @readingdanger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Do you wish there were a printable pamphlet that quickly explains the Harry Potter boycott to people who are out of the loop? Well now there is! Free to print for non-commercial uses. (TLDR Rowling proudly funds anti rights lawsuits with your purchase.) www.friendlyexplanation.com/storage/329/... 211879
Reposted by David Weingart~Tilda is short for Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantilda Menace @hulcricket.bsky.social · 02/09/2026can we get an endless stream of "voters like someone who defends trans people and reject soulless quislings" thinkpieces after Markey's dominant win last night? 27214
Reposted by David WeingartDan Luu @danluu.com · 01/09/2026How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? danluu.com/zitron/ 1944375
Reposted by David WeingartDEI Speedwagon @myrrlyn.net · 31/08/2026i am in the exact same boat (long time 1p customer, pushed it on my tech resistant family) and like andrew i will be voting with my over a hundred dollars a year subscription about this issue 38211
Reposted by David Weingartmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026oh my god I am so SICK of having to say "hitler" so many times per week, it's nuts how often that's just completely germane to the conversation and quite frankly unavoidable, let's leave that behind!!!! 2066423
Reposted by David WeingartDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Red State Universities: we believe in indoctrination and job training Students: we hate that is there another option? Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training. It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.startribune.comPerry: Republicans fought ‘indoctrination.’ Now they’re telling students what to study.The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota. 251286419
Reposted by David Weingartlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 27/08/2026Fine, I condemn Bong Bong the Clown. I find his japes perfunctory. His balloon animals strike me as vulgar. The bursts of laughter he evokes from children ring hollow to my ears. Now can we please get this city council meeting back on track 353153475
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Possibly the Iran hostage crisis, but I’m not sure if it’s a real memory or if I’m remembering people talking about it later. Definitely Reagan being shot. 010
Reposted by David Weingarthuck mason @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 26/08/2026genuinely cannot imagine anything like this ever happening again. 674481772
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Alright, enough getting angry at the state of the world. Time for chores. 000
Reposted by David WeingartRep. Geoff Smith @missinglynxnh.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This. 100% this. I know people hate hearing about how Dem legislators have to work with Republicans, but they do (especially when it is needed for votes on bills), but that only matters if you can actually work within your own party first, which many of the centrist Dems have refused to do. 051
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026NH-1 Democratic candidates looking to break out could declare that they won’t vote for Jeffries as Speaker if elected. 041
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I’m not sure that targeted abuse of people one perceives as political opposition on a social media platform counts as fighting for freedom. Some might even say it perpetuates unhealthy power dynamics. 040
Reposted by David WeingartAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026its just funny because during obama the debt and “certainty” were the most important things to ever exist for businesses and corporations and the media 381533218
Reposted by David WeingartCollins Watch @collinswatch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"Sen. Susan Collins has supported [Trump's] policies and nominees 96% of the time, and so is also guilty of this assault." #MEpolitics 12913
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 19/08/2026It occurred to me today that Trump’s abuse of the power to pardon might end up increasing support for capital punishment. We’re going to learn about all kinds of horrific crimes in the post-Trump era, but we can’t be certain anymore that a life sentence means anything for someone close to Trump. 120
Reposted by David WeingartCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This was unpinned for a month while I was doing my birthday fundraiser, but don't forget my starter pack of bluesky cat accounts run by real people who use ALT text! go.bsky.app/J8yqxnN 13588123
Reposted by David Weingartnora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 18/08/2026re: whether smut counts as reading 616323
David Weingart @dbw.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Yes. Nancy Pelosi bears far more responsibility for Trump 2.0 than anyone would like to admit. 010
Reposted by David WeingartFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 16/08/2026Our leaders and institutions failure to signal to the American people that January 6th was a hideous act of treason will be viewed as a truly historically-horrible strategic error. 17856199
Reposted by David WeingartU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 15/08/2026If you're headed to the pool with your kids this weekend, put away all distractions. 728960
Reposted by David WeingartBela Lugosi's Dad 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026You know who wasn't hounded to suicide for dodgy academic research? ANDREW FUCKING WAKEFIELD. 201926514
Reposted by David WeingartGOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 14/08/2026i have no idea how many times service members and their families need to hear from trump that he thinks they're all worthless, disposable pissants, but i know this won't be the last time he tells them 1026349
![Feb 2024: "I believe we're reaching the upper limits about what generative AI can do and how accurate its outputs can be."
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March 2024: "Have We Reached Peak AI?"; another prediction that hallucinations mean that AI progress is limited to then-current levels
Wrong
April 2024: "As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data ..."; another prediction that models can't improve because there's no more data
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June 2024: OpenAI growth is stalling (with the implication it will continue to stall), which will lead to some kind of collapse of OpenAI
Wrong (it could be the case that OpenAI will collapse but, if so, it won't be due to any kind of growth stall from 2024)
July 2024: "Generative AI, as I said back in March, is peaking, if it hasn't already peaked. It cannot do much more than it is currently doing, other than doing more of it faster with some new inputs"
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July 2024: "Generative AI models aren’t getting more energy-efficient, nor are they getting more “powerful” in a way that would increase their functionality, nor are they even capable of automating things on their own [July 2024]"
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August 2024: "generative AI is a dead-end technology that has peaked”
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August 2024: re-iteration that the AI bubble has 3 quarters to prove itself (from March 2024) or there will be a collapse
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September 2024: "o1 shows that OpenAI is both desperate and out of ideas", with a re-iteration of the idea that models can't improve due to lack of data
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Oct 2024: OpenAI's forecast of $3.7B revenue in 2024 and $11.6B in 2025 and $100B in 2029 are absurd, "a statement so egregious that I am surprised it's not some kind of financial crime to say it out loud"
Wrong (2025 goal exceeded, 2029 TBD but not an egregious financial crime level of implausible)
Oct 2024: "[OpenAI revenue] growth is already slowing…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2mrgzk6xlemfv6yugn644xxy/bafkreigvfeplyc2h64aigu3v7bryiwedhemivwghrxyqyji4nuqs347tde)
