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Josh T.

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Karen Swallow Prior @karenswallowprior.bsky.social · 10h
The history of public executions suggests that when they are staged in free countries, they serve to degrade the citizens. religionnews.com/2026/10/12/c...
religionnews.com
Christianity teaches us not to turn executions into entertainment
(RNS) — The history of public executions suggests that when they are staged in free countries, they serve to degrade the citizens.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 8h
"AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO"
businessinsider.com
AI researchers are taking up smoking because they expect AI to cure cancer, says Palantir CTO
Some AI believers expect the technology to make smoking-related health risks like cancer a thing of the past, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 11/10/2026
In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is. Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.
news.berkeley.edu
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
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Alagai 🇺🇲🇺🇦 @alagai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This is RFK Jr's idea of a "gold standard of science". Monsterous.
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Ben Makuh @benmakuh.com · 11/10/2026
You know, I gotta say that while I’m glad people are alarmed about Flock cameras, installing a doorbell camera like Nest or whatever isn’t really any better. That footage can also be used to create a surveillance state, and the companies that own them aren’t better than Flock.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10/10/2026
Large language models are not the sorts of entities that can be held responsible. This lede should read "Using AI agents, Anthropic tried to gain access to a range of government websites...."
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I did not expect this podcast conversation to become even MORE relevant a month later.
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Gail Helt @gailhelt.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Dear Lord save us from the lukewarm pastors who have replaced the Bible with Project 2025 because they seek access to political power.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 09/10/2026
Full story — with additional condemnation from the National Association of Evangelicals — here: religionnews.com/2026/10/09/h...
religionnews.com
Catholic, evangelical leaders condemn public execution plans as promoting ‘a culture of death’
(RNS) — ‘The public execution even of one who has done grave harm will only further undermine the moral fabric of our nation and be a blight on the conscience of its people,’ Archbishop Paul S. Coakle...
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A new lawsuit has been filed opposing the construction of Trump's planned "egregious and unlawful proposed" arch at Memorial Circle. We partnered with @VoteVets and @TCLFdotORG to educate Americans about the controversy surrounding the arch and give a voice to the veterans, Gold Star families, hist
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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“This is one thing when you have people who may be operating with somewhat malicious intentions, or who want to constantly press their image and agenda, it’s another if we’re dealing with a culture that is so divorced from reality that it cannot discern truth from narrative/belief.” Link below
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Total bullshit and corruption of the rule of law.
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Jay Mallow @jaymallow.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is cruel and unusual for the executioners. One of the reasons we don’t do this anymore is it is inhumane to make ANYONE KILL someone purposefully in public. This isn’t just about Hasan it’s about the callous disregard this administration has to the people it is ORDERING to carry this out.
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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“Psychotic bloodthirst” is the most on-point description of Hegseth’s worldview ever.
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Haunted Hannah 👻 🍂🎃 @hannahposts.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A colleague shared that she can't even get students to do actual research using verified sources like Britannica, because even they have an AI bot making shit up. But dw, they tell the kids they're lying to to verify the lies
Britannica AI
Ask a question
AI-generated answers from Britannica articles. AI makes mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.
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Matt Thiessen @mattthiessen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I would literally pay money to have the opportunity to hold my kids and read to them again.
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Very thoughtful thread.
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Jeff Fowler @jefffowler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
He's saying that the alternative to his stupid war would be Iran nuking American cities. Which is perfectly reprehensible, but if you point this out to someone they accuse you of giving Trump the benefit of the doubt. Ask me how I know.
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JoeKnows @joe-knows.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
People don't understand there's a big difference between "sanewashing" and interpreting the communications coming from an addled mind. Understanding them doesn't make them sane.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My guess is that he’s trying to say “even if they nuke places I hate, I’d rain hell on them” It’s fascinating that you all are freaked about *this* after years of far worse, but I guess that’s how social media panics work
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George David Allen @georgedallen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
—because it makes it appear that his critics are acting in bad faith, trying to make the utterly moronic thing he said worse than it actually was. There are overflowing *legitimate* lines of attack against this malefactor, nobody should waste a second on incorrect ones.
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George David Allen @georgedallen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Trump is an idiot and a monster and a public menace and has not a single idea how a POTUS should talk about anything serious—but this particular line of attack on him *is* a misread of what he was (clumsily, stupidly as usual) trying to say. The more it gets pushed, the more it helps him—
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
npr.org
Whatever happened to the new no-patent COVID vaccine touted as a global game changer?
The inventors of Corbevax said it was cheap, easy to make, effective and safe. They hoped it could bring vaccine equity to countries that can't access costlier shots. Has it lived up to its promise?
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The archdiocese of St Louis has become the eighth American diocese to sue the Trump administration over its repression against Catholics. The gravamen this time focuses on the fact that Markwayne Mullin refuses access of priests to ICE facilities to hear confessions and deliver the sacrament.
thecatholicherald.com
Archdiocese sues Trump administration over sacramental access to detainees
The lawsuit says priests are restricted to four-hour weekly visits and are separated from detainees by a glass partition
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Aid and comfort to the enemy
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
What's going on with this plague death in #Russia? Whatever it is, don't count on Moscow to be honest about it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...
theatlantic.com
Russia Needs to Tell the Truth About a Plague Death
After an apparent lab accident in Siberia, Moscow is reverting to its old Soviet ways.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Erik Schmitt creates mesmerizing videos where he cleverly uses perspective and editing to give the illusion of moving cars with just a swipe of his hand. [📹 erik__schmitt] Original post
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
this is my favorite genre of social media post and I am soliciting links or screenshots to your favorites
Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online
King Darius looking down at Daniel in the pit:
Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan....
Man, what are the Lions doing?
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026
Remember when us phil-tech types said effective altruism was just utilitarianism taken to its worst possible extents? This is what we meant: Real harm for unquantifiable potential benefit. "…'we believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology….'"
politico.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
looks like a still shot from a movie about world war II ending ... differently.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint.
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Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
New: Trump’s abrupt announcement to send $90 payments to seniors by dipping into a Medicare fund has rattled Capitol Hill. One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.
washingtonpost.com
Trump announces plan to send $90 payments to millions of seniors
The White House said the one-time payments would be drawn from a fund set up to improve Medicare.
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
technologyreview.com
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
150 Seconds of City Light - A stack of 10 images, 15 seconds each, taken by Anil Menon aboard the International Space Station on September 20th. flic.kr/p/2sDNZ95
Streaks of light from stars (above) and city lights (below). Steaks are interrupted periodically during breaks in the exposures. The atmosphere appears green. Some components of the ISS are seen at the edges.

NASA/ISS/JSC/ESRS/University of Texas at El Paso/Anil Menon/Kevin M. Gill
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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.
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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I liked it better when Musk had broken up with this administration
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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃 🌑 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 01/10/2026
Another week, another “we’re vaguely familiar with the basic premise of the story while at the same time wilfully missing the entire point” moment
Screenshot:

Is this a 3D model?
@IsThisA3DModel

80% of the children who accepted Wonka's Golden Ticket died

Josh Daws
@JoshDaws 
Rejecting Al is like refusing Wonka's golden ticket.
Anything you want to, do it Wanna change the world?
There's nothing to it
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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...
thebulwark.com
The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 01/10/2026
I'm not sure if y'all saw a CNN report on how the US had almost started WW3 with China based on fabricated information generated by a chatbot, claiming that a Chinese vessel was carrying components of nuclear weapons. That was an "existential threat" to humanity www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Lisa Messeri @lmesseri.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
one of the reasons that I warn researchers away from adapting commercial LLMs into their pipeline is that Big Tech has a history of sunsetting popular, usable products and replacing them with worse ones. (i'm trying to ween myself off of google scholar, but it is hard).
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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In the vein of AI making everything better 🙄 today google discontinued their google assistant that we used to verbally add things to a grocery list. Instead you now have to use Gemini which cannot complete the same task. Anyone have a good android list app that allows you to add things by speaking?
I hear your frustration. Google transitioned from Google Assistant to Gemini to provide a more capable, conversational Al partner that can handle complex tasks, reasoning, and context across Google apps.

However, Gemini is still evolving, and certain simple assistant features (like specific smart home integrations or list management quirks) are still being refined.
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Kris Wilson @kriswilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We broke the news of the massive FBI hack and saw the data itself. Here's why this is one of the most significant data breaches probably ever: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrni...
youtube.com
The FBI Was Hacked. We’ve Seen the Data
YouTube video by 404 Media
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
thecut.com
What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Alliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 30/09/2026
Now banned in California. I'd like to see the rest of the country follow.
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