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Devon Hjelm

@devhje.bsky.social
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Research Scientist @ Apple Work: Modeling intelligence, generalization, representation learning. Play: Music, games, outdoors

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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
There should be no surprise at all the exact model used to do this gizmodo.com/using-grok-t...
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Using Grok to Bomb Iran and the Twisted Dream of Causing Death Without 'Killing'
The Trump administration's haphazard "AI-first"approach to warfare has already killed countless innocents and is setting the stage for a world where no human is ever to blame for the deaths.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Interesting admission by Google’s AI: “You are entirely correct. I am trained to remain non-partisan and present multiple viewpoints on political topics, even when one side has significantly more empirical support for a specific outcome.”
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A new term to describe when anti vax activists dismiss negative results on the connection between vaccines and a broad spectrum of harms: “Genetic Bulverism” e.g., “Wrong. This study must have been funded by pharmaceutical companies”.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The median net value of an American household is $200k The median price in the US for a single family home is $400k Elon Musk’s net worth over 4M typically US households.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Has anyone noticed a real uptick in anti #socialist rhetoric on social media recently? Slippery slope “they want to take away everyone’s wealth” / North Korea, poisoning the well “socialist are stupid and envy driven”, and pure hatred.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
MAGA and efforts like Project 2025 mirror classic authoritarian playbooks: define an internal enemy (immigrants / the left), weaken independent institutions and push policies that concentrate power and wealth. We're witnessing an accelerating shift toward an economy and state that serve fewer people
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I can't overstate how useful modern chatbots are for building apps and services. In the last week it helped create 3 custom applications - work and hobby related - that I would have never had the time to do and/or would have been too expensive for me to justify someone else doing over a month.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I’m training for a double centennial in July (Seattle to Portland) and one amazing thing is how drastically appetite changes transitioning from a sedentary lifestyle to burning 3000-4000 kCals a week biking 150 miles and climbing 4000-6000 feet. You crave and enjoy simple foods way more.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Being a holocaust denier is probably a lot like watching The Zone of Interest without sound or subtitles.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
When I see the utter contempt Trump and MAGA show for political rivals, it reminds me often of the primary architect for this type of scorched earth politics. Newt Gingrich. Oh and he also historically relied on ultra wealthy mega donors including *drum roll* billionaire Zionist Adelson.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
CBS is being retooled by a professional red-piller for frustrated liberals. Another point for the billionaires.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I see people fixate about Trump's health, but it's worth remembering who's waiting in the wings www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtRP...
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J.D. Vance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Went to #eccc this last weekend and the kids did cosplay. Masks and nail / needle were printed, assembled, and painted by me and my wife did the cloaks.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
One of the dumbest things MAHA supports is the gutting of public research funding. The reasoning is that science needs to be realigned along cultural axes they identify with, and away from “deep state and corporate” influences. This reflects a complete misunderstanding of how public science works.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
A good article on the shape and form of exploiting exhaustion on the left to red pill people who would normally identify as on the left. It’s the modern type of grift that exploits distrust to reorient trust towards the worst possible people. www.huffpost.com/entry/bari-w...
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery" "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?" The party that is anti pro-choice and adopted slavery-denialism misappropriates pro-choice and anti-slavery.
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Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," Dr. Joseph Ladapo said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body?"
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
This is what evil looks like. Using people as political leverage, just because you can. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/...
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Trump administration completes large-scale prisoner swap with Venezuela | CNN Politics
The Trump administration completed a large-scale prisoner swap with Venezuela on Friday, sending about 250 Venezuelans who had been deported and imprisoned in El Salvador back to their home country in...
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I think everybody is about a year too late talking about Trump being a sexual predator to get distracted from the paid masked thugs, the billionaire tax cuts, the dismantling of public investment and support, and about everything else. Good job America. I’m diagnosing you with ADHD.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
It begins. Get ready to start having to pay premium to generate those Ghibli stylized images. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
“They took my cousin. He informed them he is a US citizen and his passport was in his pocket. We don’t know where they took him.” This isn’t about deporting undocumented immigrants this is about going after people who are not white!
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St. Gael @stgael.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Kristi Noem, Dr. Phil, and ICE went to this woman’s home in Huntington Park, CA at 6am to make a spectacle and you want me to be satisfied with @governor.ca.gov flowery words? Watch. It’s disgusting. Noem belongs in prison.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 12/06/2025
A little more on RFK's new vaccine committee: Malone - claimed vaccines cause AIDS Kulldorff - promoted mass COVID infection Meissner - opposed vaccines and masks for kids Pebsworth - worked at antivax nonprofit Levi - FL Surgeon General cited his paper when recommending not to get COVID vax
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
How can one advocate for state rights, gun rights to protect against abuses of the federal government, and personal freedom at the same time be pleased with the federal government’s response in LA? There are a few words that come to mind.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
There’s some rhetoric going about that Xitter is better for science than Bluesky because the distribution of engagement is better in terms of higher numbers. Fundamental issues with Xitter aside, this is dopamine-optimizing behavior that misses the point of scientific engagement.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
people need to internalize, very quickly, that federal research grants are a hypercompetitive contracting process not charity, and that what Uncle Sam gets in return for that money is American dominance in the future
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
World’s richest man using AI and social media to shape public thought? If you didn’t see this coming, then I don’t know what to say. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/05/x...
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xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa
The topic has long been a hobbyhorse of X owner Elon Musk.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
substack.com/@johncleese/...
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John Cleese on Substack
Some of the media have reported that I took down my post about Stephen Miller Not true But the literal minded, should realise that I was not suggesting that someone should actually try to hang Steve...
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 13/05/2025
What if American Idol and Shark Tank are shaping our politics more than the evening news? Contrarian culture columnist Meredith Blake explains how reality TV fuels belief in the American dream—and erodes support for taxing the rich.
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How reality TV perpetuates the myth of the American dream
A new book looks at how shows like Shark Tank convince viewers that upward mobility is possible—despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
TSA has mastered the skill of “ doublespeak when describing a negative outcome like “80% compliance”. You can’t even schedule an appointment for an EDL in the Seattle area right now because of demand. If I didn’t have a passport right now I’d be screwed. www.usatoday.com/story/travel...
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REAL ID enforcement has 'been very smooth' across the nation: Live updates
After years of delays, the REAL ID deadline officially arrived, and travelers across the country are navigating new rules and last-minute surprises.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I only started using hydra because of team codebases, but I’m astounded how well it generates spaghetti code.
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WIRED @wired.com · 25/04/2025
The US Department of Transportation is significantly loosening crash reporting requirements, according to a new framework released today. It’s a boon for the automotive industry as a whole—and for Elon Musk’s Tesla in particular.
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In a Boon for Tesla, Feds Weaken Rules for Reporting on Self-Driving
A new autonomous vehicle framework would also make it easier for Tesla and other companies to research domestically-made self-driving cars that don’t meet all federal safety standards.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
I’m at #iclr2025 tomorrow with @martinklissarov.bsky.social presenting our poster on the modeling capabilities of LLMs for sequential decision making. iclr.cc/virtual/2025...
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ICLR Poster On the Modeling Capabilities of Large Language Models for Sequential Decision MakingICLR 2025
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I can understand people being frustrated with the lack of a clear cause of autism, despite decades of earnest multinational and well-funded research. The lack of a clear cause can feed into the belief that there's a conspiracy, but unclear results can really just be hard reality in (heath) sciences.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I’m just waiting for the “Mission Accomplished” photo
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
While the Internet gleefully exploits the ability of large models to generate images that mimic artistic styles with renewed frenzy, one should wonder if this isn’t moment of reckoning, as the subject is a very wealthy and well connected studio situated in a country with no fair use doctrine.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
ICE has abducted an Iranian mechanical engineering doctoral student at the University of Alabama. thecrimsonwhite.com/120415/news/...
A UA student was reportedly detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning. 

Alireza Doroudi, a doctoral student from Iran studying mechanical engineering, was reportedly arrested by ICE officers at around 5 a.m. at his home on Tuesday. 

According to a message sent in a group chat that included Iranian students Tuesday, Doroudi entered the U.S. on an F-1 student visa issued by the U.S. Embassy in Oman in January 2023, after clearing all immigration checks. The message said Dourodi had his visa revoked six months after his arrival in the U.S.

“After receiving the revocation notice, Alireza immediately contacted ISSS [International Student and Scholar Services] at the University of Alabama,” the message said. “ISSS replied with confidence, stating that his case was not unusual or problematic and that he could remain in the U.S. legally as long as he maintained his student status.”
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
How to vaporize your remaining credibility with one tweet.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
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BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Congratulations! You’re all now beta testers! But you can’t opt out and it’s on public services. www.engadget.com/ai/doge-has-...
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DOGE has reportedly started rolling out a custom chatbot to automate some government tasks
According to a report from Wired, DOGE's 'GSAi' chatbot is now in the hands of about 1,500 General Services Administration workers.
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Keith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
BREAKING: Elon Musk's rocket explosion nearly hit a commercial flight. This kind of content is being downranked on X. Please share it here. This is so dangerous.
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Zez Vaz @zezvaz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Dress Code Drama at the Oval Office zezvaz.com/cartoons
Cartoon by Zez Vaz depicting Ukranian war time President Zelenskyy in the Oval Office surrounded by Trump, JD Vance, Marc Rubio and other goons all wearing a clown nose (except Zelenskyy). One journalist challanges Zelenskyy saying "Why aren't you wearing a clown nose?"
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Remember what they mean when they say “efficiency”. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/u...
nytimes.com
State Dept. Plans $400 Million Purchase of Armored Tesla Cybertrucks
The department plans to buy armored Tesla vehicles. Elon Musk, who is leading efforts to cut government spending, has won more than $13 billion in government contracts in the past five years.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The straightforward reason public research is under attack is the administration doesn’t believe in it. The vision is to privatize and close, moving the bulk of the benefit to shareholders. Musk in particular is an evangelist of this ideology, ironically being a big beneficiary of public research.
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Devon Hjelm @devhje.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Our paper on AI feedback was accepted to #ICLR2025 as a poster. Great work by @martinklissarov.bsky.social , @bmazoure.bsky.social , and Alex Toshev arxiv.org/abs/2410.05656
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On the Modeling Capabilities of Large Language Models for Sequential Decision Making
Large pretrained models are showing increasingly better performance in reasoning and planning tasks across different modalities, opening the possibility to leverage them for complex sequential decisio...
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