Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 2h“If you’re keeping score, the things that are borked if AI encounters a serious problem now include: The entire global stock market Private markets The dollar” 0307
Reposted by Mar Hicks🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 9hOh so a fundamental section of a necessary discovery was recognized by the woman interacting most with it .. not the credentialed “scientists” And it’s being shown that the person with privilege kept lying This isn’t common at allstatic.klipy.comWendy Peter Pan: Internally ScreamingALT: Wendy Peter Pan: Internally Screaming 525365
Reposted by Mar HicksDr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 3hCreate (more or less elaborate) notetaking assignments. 4291
Reposted by Mar HicksEric Dirnbach @ericdirnbach.bsky.social · 06/04/2026NEW ANALYSIS: This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing in the Trump 2.0 era? ericdirnbach.medium.com/state-of-the...ericdirnbach.medium.comState of the U.S. Unions 2026This is my annual roundup of labor data on union membership, elections and strikes. How is the U.S. labor movement doing in the Trump 2.0… 0138
Reposted by Mar HicksEric Dirnbach @ericdirnbach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Now I realize I crave a soft mint experience. 2153
Reposted by Mar HicksMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ok I know nobody asked but if you crave a soft mint experience these are the absolute best 91075
Reposted by Mar HicksElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 15hnever the wrong time for this classic 42101383010
Reposted by Mar HicksJon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 8h“Somebody needs to do something." Marimar Martinez's attorneys insist they have the evidence to charge Border Patrol agent Charles Exum with wrongdoing in her October 2025 shooting in Chicago. From @chicago.suntimes.com on her new lawsuit: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...chicago.suntimes.comChicago woman shot by Border Patrol sues feds — and keeps pushing for criminal chargesMarimar Martinez was labeled a "domestic terrorist" and criminally charged after she was shot by agent Charles Exum last year. Since her exoneration, she has fought the Trump administration's aggressi... 014151
Reposted by Mar HicksScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 7hShe was maliciously shot by CBP agents who proceeded to lie about every single element of the incident and criminally charged her. The charges were dismissed after film and photos showed she was right and they were lying. Now she demands criminal charges against the CBP agents.chicago.suntimes.comChicago woman shot by Border Patrol sues feds — and keeps pushing for criminal chargesMarimar Martinez was labeled a "domestic terrorist" and criminally charged after she was shot by agent Charles Exum last year. Since her exoneration, she has fought the Trump administration's aggressi... 6285110
Reposted by Mar HicksMr. Fahrenheit @mrfahrenheit.bsky.social · 7hArrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools.newyorker.comICE Is Everywhere and Acting with ImpunityICE arrests have reached a record high—nearly fifty-one thousand in August alone—with agents conducting operations nationwide at hospitals, at airports, and outside schools. 02419
Reposted by Mar HicksMichael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 16hRelative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.) 1851751655
Reposted by Mar HicksThe Guy From Yesterday @akma.bsky.social · 17hThe point of a headline used to be to let you know what the article was about; now it has to conceal what the article is about, to make sure you click through. 0257
Reposted by Mar HicksVirginia Scharff @vscharff.bsky.social · 18hI had chickenpox as a kid and still have scars. I had shingles as an adult. Then I got the shingles vaccine. I feel a whole lot better about my future. 2528
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17hIronically a lot of this writing is hyper verbose and wayyy too long. Reminds me of those old stories you’d read sometimes where you could 100% tell that the writer had been paid by the word. Just words on words for the sake of more words. 4352
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17hMore and more, everything sounds like some version of ad copy. And if it doesn’t, people are expected to scroll past. I don’t love what we’re being pushed to become accustomed to. 4333
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 17hOne thing that’s become apparent to me as AI generated text proliferates is how much we’re being influenced by short attention span/clickbait styles of writing becoming the norm—or even the new accepted & desirable standard. 64610
Reposted by Mar Hickspapeekaboo.bsky.social @papeekaboo.bsky.social · 18hZuckerberg toujours du bon côté @histoftech.bsky.social 1122
Reposted by Mar HicksDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026Remember 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.comSam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AIThe OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic. 39703222
Reposted by Mar HicksProPublica @propublica.org · 19hNEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.propublica.orgHow ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 HoursThe reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. 7852312287
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When I bought it my partner said “wow that’s a ton of mints! It’s going to take forever to get through them” It did not take long at all. 151
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Additional info that will be pointless to all but six committed mint fanatics: the old style mints taste different (sweeter, more like candy) vs their new style mints that are marketed as having no artificial coloring (sharper, more like a breath freshener). I hope they keep making the original ones 1210
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026ok I know nobody asked but if you crave a soft mint experience these are the absolute best 91075
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026hey do you still have that plant and can you give me exact dimensions 1880
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is one of the great parts about living in a neighborhood with a culture of giving things away via putting them on the curb—gone within 2-5 hours usually, no need to speak to anyone🤓 6834
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026don’t forget to set your alarms for Monday morning 3516
Reposted by Mar HicksMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Just when you thought “smile you’ll look prettier” couldn’t get worse… 541959
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Ugh, I’m sorry—unfortunately I know a lot of parents who would do this, even if it was explicitly against their kids wishes. 110
Reposted by Mar HicksThomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 04/10/2026100% all the shit that’s going on in tech is always a social problem, usually it’s about consent. 1394
Reposted by Mar HicksKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026What a book. Highly recommend, relevant then, relevant now. I knew and appreciated it (and her work on race and regency!) before I got to know the wonderful @triciamatthew.bsky.social. I'm so sorry for the grief of this anniversary, but so grateful for both book and author. 1237
Reposted by Mar HicksJesse Locker @jessemlocker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Job: Associate Professor of Art and Architecture of the Medieval World at Johns Hopkins University #medievalskyarthist.netAssociate Professor of Art and Architecture of the Medieval World, BaltimoreLauren Crabtree. Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 01.07.2027, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.10.2026 02531
Reposted by Mar HicksSocial Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/10/2026"Agency Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress. The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation's primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...nytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by CongressThe move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 44222
Reposted by Mar HicksEvan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Getting ready for our 10/4 day of action for a statewide data center moratorium in Washington! Find your closest action and join us! @wa-air.bsky.social @troublemakers.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/event_campai... 04013
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That’s good to know. I always assumed that was the way it was, that the recordings were basically under the control of, if not the property of, the individual reporter.  280
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Which also goes to show how long some publications are keeping these recordings past the point of the initial, disclosed use 4363
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Whenever I sleep on the floor, my sleep paralysis demon shows up  3471
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is awful. More outlets are doing things like this—not limiting reporters’ recordings to their intended purpose. I was contacted by one publication, years after an interview, telling me—not asking—that that recording was going to be used in a new, unrelated podcast the publication was doing. 311836
Reposted by Mar HicksNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And that led to my words appearing in a victim-blaming article written by a journalist I have never met about how Jane Doe's story was "inconsistent." 82699225
Reposted by Mar HicksNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5746341386