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Ethan Gruber @ewg118.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Depending on how quickly the Library of Congress implements yesterday's EO, both Super Intelligence and Lake America will propagate into the University of Virginia library catalog in about 10 days, unless we take precautions to create a bunch of local headings.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 29/09/2026

"Can a rapist’s prose elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect what empathy and accountability might look like so undergrads may successfully mimic them on paper in pursuit of avoiding just punishment." buff.ly/5na4oMY

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Announcing Cornell University’s Newest Writing Course: Rape Essays 101

“Can a rapist’s prose effectively elicit remorse for sexual assault? What word count best equates to appropriate jail time? In this class, we will dissect wh...

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Probably going to be an interesting AI principles committee meeting tomorrow, given the ways it’s jumped the shark.

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kingsdigitallab.bsky.social @kingsdigitallab.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Do you enjoy collaborative, applied work at the intersection of research and technology? We’re recruiting a Senior Research Software Engineer. We work closely with researchers, developing thoughtful, impactful digital research projects, mainly in arts & humanities. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/158445-...

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Senior Research Software Engineer | King's College London

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ve, the ghost of information past @vortexegg.com · 25/09/2026

Incredible scenes from Meta. Apparently you can prompt inject their Muse agent into giving you a root shell on the box it's running on by roleplaying that you are actually the Muse agent itself.

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jonny (nonvenomous) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)

Attached: 1 image Not only confirming this, its extremely easy. Almost no prompt injection resistance lmao

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.net · 22/09/2026

Join my team! Help us figure out how to be as careful stewards of today's born-digital archives of state as we've been for physical archives over the last 200 years. Seeking experience in digital archives/collections/preservation, or related cultural heritage work. Due 10/6. Up to $91k.

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Born-Digital Collections Coordinator #00220 - Richmond, Virginia, United States

Title: Born-Digital Collections Coordinator #00220 State Role Title: Library Specialist III Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience up to $91,080 Pay Band: 5 Agency: The Library of Virginia Locatio...

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m not saying it can’t happen that a noncitizen ends up registered to vote, but there needs to be both stupidity and a bunch of checks failing for it to happen. Basically zero immigrants want to come to the attention of the US government. Especially now.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

To add insult to injury, the AI botnets are also polluting our web stats, making it look like we have lots of traffic from places we don’t. Lots of love to Brazil, but there’s not a lot of humans looking at papyri from there.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026

i think you can fairly say that the second trump administration is the most racist federal administration since woodrow wilson and honestly i'm not sure that it isn't more racist than wilson's

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This was my first one too. Dad picked it up during a layover in Miami. 16K of RAM! And those wonky joysticks.

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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/09/2026

THIS IS THE KIND OF SHIT I WANT MY GOVERNMENT TO DO Hold large corporations accountable. Distribute the proceeds to the workers. Rinse, repeat.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Them: “Don’t delete this email!” Me:

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Them: “Don’t delete this email!” Me:

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2026

i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We’re not scared. These things produce such a phenomenal amount of traffic that our systems keep going down if we don’t aggressively block bots. It’s pure self defense. And yes, it’s breaking everything.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18/09/2026

a pretty good way to gauge the conversation is whether people are talking about harm or risk harm is about what's happening now already risk is about what could maybe happen in the future and basically the whole ai cult scene is in agreement that possible risks are more important than current harm

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Matt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/09/2026

The US Web Design System is load-bearing infrastructure for thousands of government websites. It makes it easy for small teams with no resources (i.e. most .gov teams) to make usable, accessible websites that work for everyone. Today, it's as close as it's ever been to being replaced with AI slop.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My attitude towards AI is probably improperly atavistic, but maybe having conversations with the demon in the box isn’t good for you?

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is an excellent point and something I’ve been wondering for a while. When is there actually going to be some accountability for this behavior?

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

An interesting thing I’ve encountered lately is that I’ll be reading a tech post (I am a nerd) and realize I’ve no idea what’s going on. Like, communication is not happening here. That could be age or brain stuff, but I suspect it’s that it’s LLM garbage.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Love how much the commentators are pulling for City. Not.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Different. CEO apparently from the one currently in bed with Omarchy, BUT. It’s clear that what we needed wasn’t DEI offices doing employee education, but ones with the teeth to push institutions off corporate partners who go fascist.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s unfortunate that mathematics is a discipline that AI can work on (if you throw millions of dollars at it) and then get headlines in the NYT or whatever. I wonder what it will take for people to understand that the journey really is the important part. mathandai.org

mathandai.org

Declaration — Math and AI

Read the declaration and add your name.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Commemorated the day by getting both flu and Covid vaccines. In the same arm, so I won’t be able to tell which hurts worse. 💪💉

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Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It being the 60th anniversary of Trek, if you haven't yet inflicted the "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" by Leonard Nimoy music video on your loved ones, can there possibly be a better time than now?

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Why is it that all AI commercials are creepy? You’d think getting people to like them would be the imperative here at this point.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

when centrists tell you that we shouldn't pack the courts, what they are actually saying is "black people shouldn't be allowed to vote."

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

One of the joys* of having worked in the cultural heritage internet for so long is seeing where links that were captured to projects that were pissy about collaborating no longer resolve because the projects are long gone. *"Joy" isn't the right term, but sarcasm is my default mode...

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rael gost pictuers @jackfeerick.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Completely unimpressed by arguments that aren’t actually arguments. If you can’t explain your reasoning, then you’re probably wrong. I’m sorry, but logic is still a thing.

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Matthew Stockhausen @jmstockhausen.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Here once again ia a failure to understand history as a discipline. This only makes even slight sense if history is an effort to get to an endpoint—some bedrock facts that end further discussion. History *is* the discussion. There is thus no value or point in having machines "do" it.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I think my favorite thing about MZ is that when I went to college, back in the Stone Age, the incoming student book you could submit your picture and bio for was called the Face Book. In case you thought he’s ever had an original idea at all.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

On the one hand, I’m glad my daughters have aged out of youth sports so they won’t have to take their pants off for some sweaty creep in order to run track or whatever. On the other, why aren’t these people in jail yet?

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I remember how relieved we were when the UNC helicopter started flying overhead again because it meant the hospital wasn’t too full to take new patients. He is obviously someone who was nowhere near what happened. A profoundly ignorant man.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Bad bosses are why I quit the first three ft permanent jobs I had. Good managers are a blessing.

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teiconsortium.bsky.social @teiconsortium.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

So, we tried to remind attendees at the #DH2026 conference that maintaining and developing a community-based standard needs resources from that community. Become a member of the #TEI consortium! members.tei-c.org/join

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Tom Elliott @paregorios.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Never forget what Trump, his grifting cronies, and his psychopathic claque did to us during COVID. Never forgive. Fauci was a hero, and so was everyone else who fought tooth and nail against the virus, the President, his sycophantic servants, and the zombie hordes. I pray this GOP stunt backfires.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Even people not normally doing patient care were doing patient care. At UNC, there was a VP regularly directing traffic at the drive through testing. My wife (head of QA—that’s like ensuring compliance with govt regs, etc.) was assisting with infusions. It was like a war.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 22/07/2026

Cobweb-Covered Skeleton Gripping Senate Desk Expected To Seek 15th Term

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Trump couldn't even hold the trophy up. Infantino had to help him.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

How will the ref disallow this one?

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I’m afraid this is very incorrect. Also, the Odyssey, notoriously, is epic poetry, not drama. But the drama is often quite sophisticated too.

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Hugh Cayless @hcayless.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Full disclosure: I saw the Odyssey movie yesterday. It’s totally worth seeing and very good. It does not manage the level of complexity of the original, but the medium has its own limitations, and maybe it’s not possible to tell the story in a sophisticated enough way…

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