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David C. Brock

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Works at the Computer History Museum, but everything here is solely my fault.

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James E. Dobson @jeddobson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is sure to be another landmark event in the development of Critical AI Studies.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm going to be speaking with Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code, at this CHM Live event on September 23rd at the Computer History Museum. Should be interesting! computerhistory.org/events/in-co...
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In Conversation with Boris Cherny, Creator of Claude Code
In-person attendance is currently full. Join the waitlist or register to watch the livestream below. What does it take to help shape one of the most consequential revolutions in tech history? Join Bor...
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
9,500 years old! And still intact! A Mesolithic woven baskets from Spain’s Cueva de los Murciélagos (“Cave of the Bats”) are Europe’s oldest known basketry. Thanks to the cave’s near‑zero humidity, organic materials didn’t decay, preserving several baskets for more than 9,000. 🧵/1/2 📷 me
Woven cylindrical basket displayed against a black background, with a wide rim and rounded base illuminated by a spotlight.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There is an open curator position here at the Computer History Museum! computerhistory.org/jobs/curator/
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Curator
Details Classification: Exempt, Regular, Fulltime Location: Mountain View, CA The Computer History Museum (CHM) is the world’s leading institution exploring the history and ongoing impact of computing...
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Genuine question: Is it correct that an OpenAI "agent" is equivalent to one ongoing session using a full instance of a model?
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I love how this is fair use, but controlled digital lending is somehow a problem. www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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JP Ahonen 🇪🇺 @jpahonen.eurosky.social · 11/08/2026
I think this graph is perhaps the most important to consider when trying to understand the failures of our energy policies.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Can't wait to explore some new-to-me spots. Pioneer Valley Bookstore Crawl 2026 highfivebooks.org/pages/pvbc26
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pvbc26
📚✨ A local independent bookstore and creativity center for all families in Florence, MA. Explore our inclusive curated selection, attend book events & support local authors.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Fun! www.theregister.com/security/202...
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Word worm crawls into Copilot, spreads chaos
Researcher says months of coordination with Microsoft have yet to produce a robust mitigation
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Open curator position at the Computer History Museum. computerhistory.org/jobs/curator/
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Curator
Details Classification: Exempt, Regular, Fulltime Location: Mountain View, CA The Computer History Museum (CHM) is the world’s leading institution exploring the history and ongoing impact of computing...
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
A video of bees enjoying themselves in a field poppy plant, Western Massachusetts, July 25, 2026.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I finally had the chance to watch Zeynep Tufekci's keynote "Are We Having the Wrong Nightmares about AI?" and I found it extremely interesting and insightful.
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zeynep tufekci @zey.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
My Princeton AI and society team is at the AI Safety summit in Paris. My Neurips keynote for our approach: slideslive.com/39055698/are... Our paper: ai.sociology.princeton.edu Say hi especially if you are *utterly* unimpressed by the current doom or hype models. Wrong nightmares!
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Zeynep Tufekci · Are We Having the Wrong Nightmares About AI? · SlidesLive
Professional Conference Recording
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The Register @theregister.com · 20/07/2026
Frontier LLMs couldn't help Hugging Face fight off evil agents
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Frontier LLMs couldn't help Hugging Face fight off evil agents
Chinese open-weight model GLM 5.2 happily obliged
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
ICE murdered a 26 year old father in Biddeford, Maine. It's the second ICE murder in less than a week—and just the latest in a series of attacks from Trump’s thugs. Horrific. Abolish ICE now.
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Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ICE is using the same playbook of lies & propaganda for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo as it did for Renee Goode & Alex Pretti. I support the demands of the Salgado family for a full & transparent investigation. You are not alone and we will stand with you to demand justice & accountability.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Uh, have the owners remove them?
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Fundraiser for a cool project to create a film on an important development in the history of chatbots. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sma...
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Searching for SmarterChild - A feature documentary
Two millennials on a quest to apologize to a robot.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
"Out Online: Trans and Queer Community on the Early Net" A great discussion with Avery-Dame Griff and Joshua K. Reason at the Computer History Museum. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qSZ...
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CHM Live | Out Online: Trans and Queer Community on the Early Net
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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Kevin Driscoll 📳੯‧̀͡⬮ @kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026
🎉 tomorrrrrrowww! >> OUT ONLINE featuring @apdamegriff Trans and Queer Community on the Early Net June 23 at 7:00 PM Pacific (UTC-7) In person and streaming computerhistory.org/events/out-onli… #internet #history #queer #trans
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Out Online
Preorder the book, The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet, for pick-up at the event here. How did the early internet help shape today’s transgender identity and activism? Join CHM Book Prize winner and scholar Avery Dame‑Griff as he uncovers the digital origins of a movement that began long before today’s social platforms existed. Drawing from […]
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Trans and Queer Community on the Early Net Tomorrow! Hybrid event introducing Avery Dame‑Griff's new book "The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet." Congratulations, @adamegriff.bsky.social! Tuesday Jun 23, 2026 7:00 pm (Pacific time)
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Avery Dame-Griff @adamegriff.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I'll be at the CHM tomorrow for a chat about my book. Feel free to share, and hopefully I'll see some of y'all in person or online!
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Really great hybird event tomorrow from the Computer History Museum. Please share. computerhistory.org/events/out-o...
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Out Online
Preorder the book, The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet, for pick-up at the event here. How did the early internet help shape today’s transgender identity and activism? Join CHM ...
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Has any journalist looked at the enormous crisis in the supply of HRT medicines? Seems like a huge deal to me.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Very exciting free event coming up at the Computer History Museum on June 23td at 7PM Pacific. In-person and On-line. Here's a preview of the discussion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc_3...
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Out Online - An Event Exploring Trans and Queer Community on the Early Net
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Computer History Museum is hiring for an Oral History Program Manager. We are partnering with PNP Staffing Group for this search. Please send resume and cover letter to Wade Savitt, Executive Recruiter via Yael Sharon ysharon@pnpstaffinggroup.com computerhistory.org/jobs/oral-hi...
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Oral History Program Manager
Details Classification: Exempt, Temporary (3–4 year term, with full benefits), Fulltime, Hybrid (minimum 40% onsite) Location: Mountain View, CA Department: Collections & Exhibitions (Artifacts, Archi...
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Trump's proposed budget eliminates the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Take action today at SaveIMLS.org #library #libraries #libraryfunding #fundlibraries #saveimls #imls #read #reading #book #books
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EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Did you know that libraries are visited over 1.3 billion times a year, which is 10 times more than MLB (68 million), NFL (17 million), NBA (22 million), Hockey (21 million), and Nascar (4 million) combined?
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But, Nobody Uses Libraries Anymore...
One of the things we always hear while campaigning for libraries is that nobody uses libraries anymore. But check out the data and you'll see something completely different.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Can’t someone just make an index fund that excludes SpaceX, Open AI, and Anthropic?
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Monday June 1st is the deadline for applying for one of the Computer History Museum's new research travel grants. Have a look. computerhistory.org/access-and-r...
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Research Travel Grants
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
An open and new position at the Computer History Museum with a lot of creative potential. Have a look. computerhistory.org/jobs/foundin...
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Founding Director, AI Initiative
Details Classification: Exempt, Regular, Full-time, Hybrid Location: Mountain View, California Department: Collections & Exhibitions – (Curatorial) About The AI Initiative & Why This Role Now The Comp...
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'd like to alert you to an upcoming event from the Computer History Museum on June 23 at 7pm Pacific: "Out Online." Featuring Avery Dame-Griff to talk about his book "The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet." More info and registration link: computerhistory.org/events/out-o...
computerhistory.org
Out Online
How did the early internet help shape today’s transgender identity and activism? Join CHM Book Prize winner and scholar Avery Dame‑Griff as he uncovers the digital origins of a movement that began lon...
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 29/04/2026
The ICE agent who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis—and then called her a “fucking bitch” moments before she died in her car—was only placed on three days of administrative leave and continues to work for the agency in another state. trib.al/C3bEEAM
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ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good in Minneapolis Gets Cushy New Job
Jonathan Ross is still avoiding accountability months after he shot and killed Renee Good.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
THIS IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I wonder if the guy who shot Renee in the face and the guys who shot Alex in the back are enjoying their weekends.
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Frank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
“The $2 trillion private credit market is a black box, grown in the regulatory shadows to facilitate high-risk corporate loans that traditional banks were forced to abandon after the passage of Dodd-Frank.” newrepublic.com/article/2091...
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The Financial Product That Blew Up the Global Economy Is Back
As if the economy isn’t already in enough chaos, the banks are reviving credit default swaps. Hold on to your butts!
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Question: Is there no signal that Anthropic could detect in the use of Mythos between malicious hacking and cybersecurity work? Are these uses indistinguishable?
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Happy 413 Day! There’s no place like Western Massachusetts, and I am grateful to partner with the people and institutions that make it special.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Is it too early to call today's Hungarian elections a disappointing failure for the left?
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Software Heritage @softwareheritage.org · 09/04/2026
The Source Code Exhibition is at the Sorbonne until April 25. The collection includes the RSA T-shirt, ELIZA & more in celebration of the first decade of Software Heritage. Details: shorturl.at/aocnu Visit the exhibit online: shorturl.at/keffF #SWH10
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Beverly Bullock @bcbnyc.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Page 56 of Trump’s proposed budget for 2027 calls for the closure of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The ONLY source of federal funding for libraries. Send a postcard today to stop this attack! bit.ly/48xmMZ3 via @everylibrary.bsky.social #fundlibraries #saveimls
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Stop Trump's Proposed Elimination of IMLS!
Page 56 of Trump’s proposed budget for 2027 calls for the closure of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The ONLY source of federal funding for libraries. This small but essential federal
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'm delighted to let you know that the Computer History Museum now has a travel grants program. computerhistory.org/access-and-r...
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Research Travel Grants
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Joanne Stocker @joannestocker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A chatbot did not kill those children. People failed to update a database, and other people built a system fast enough to make that failure lethal. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I get a fight-or-flight reaction when someone says to me “I’ll have adjust my priors.”
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Software Heritage @softwareheritage.org · 20/03/2026
The Source Code Exhibition in Paris closes March 26. It’s a rare chance to see code as a cultural relic rather than just a digital product. tinyurl.com/y7nwb3ex
Large panel of text with robot mannequin looking on.
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
My wonderful colleague Hansen Hsu organized this walking tour of the first Apple facilities with some of Apple's first employees. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCV...
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Historic Apple Buildings Walking Tour with Early Employees
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A short documentary by the Computer History Museum on my colleague Al Kossow's incredible work to recover an essential version of Unix from a tape found at the University of Utah. youtu.be/-xlq_MPWNKk
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Computer History Museum Recovers Rare UNIX History
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
An absolutely incredible event on the history of Apple at the Computer History Museum. The launch of David Pogue's new book, "Apple: The First Fify Years." www.youtube.com/live/w8wt0LB...
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Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
> @covie93.bsky.social
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David C. Brock @dcbrock.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This is how he gets the public bailout.
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