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@kcvellum.bsky.social
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Liberal, tech nerd, writer, never done anything interesting ever. Takes a lot of work to be this boring. Newsletter at www.kevinvellum.com

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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 54m
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 50m
The Hamburglar has been grinding polling data for weeks.
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 3h
We are ruled by people that don't like humans. open.substack.com/pub/kcvellum...
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The Anti-Humanity of Imitative AI Hypsters
I once, when trying to learn some obscure point of Android app messaging programming that I have never, ever, ever used in a meaningful professional setting (look, I am a nerd.
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 17h
Troy Johnson @troyjohnson

You: "I'm only 35, I have my whole life ahead of me."

Sports Broadcaster: "Here comes the oldest player in the league. He's 32. A miracle."
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DrawPlayDave @thedrawplay.com · 17h
*The Chargers spike it* Commanders: Wait you can do that
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Patrick Daugherty @rotopat.bsky.social · 20h
NFC East winless in a week where two of its teams were playing each other
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21h
Feels pretty well established at this point that getting death threads from right wing actors is treated as just a cost of existing in this world, even though they do in fact murder people, and anyone on the left who uses vaguely harsh rhetoric is accused of "raising the temperature."
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Mike Tanier @miketanier.bsky.social · 22h
The Colts don't settle for field goals. They cherish them.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Avi Steinberg
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon
Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good." 

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues  "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
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More silence

"Professor?"
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Chuck @ivychat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Kevin Warren announces the Bears board is unanimous in their pursuit of Indiana as a burial place for Mike Ditka.
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yall wanna see a puppy with hiccups getting mad
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This is Nazi rhetoric, full stop. It's not only a call to instigate a race war in the United States, but it's reminiscent of historic European justifications used to incite pogroms against Jews. People who say things like this are incredibly dangerous, as there is nothing they won't eventually do.
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I think Ossoff isn't progressive enough on policy, but he really does seem like he's not going to take prisoners and maybe thats what we need in a President right now. Ossoff hates these terrible people, as he should, and doesn't care if they know it.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The American Dream is amazing: within just a few years you can go from being the child of Cuban immigrants to the great-grandson of Spanish settlers.
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Josh Rosenau @joshrosenau.org · 08/10/2026
I’m voting No on the hateful initiatives I26-001 and 638 because I don’t want evil people taking pictures of my daughter, and using their magic transvestigation powers to decide they get to root around in her panties.
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Gee, which one is the boy?

Photo of some teenagers in running gear.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 08/10/2026
you’re not letting us work three days a week, you’re all going to start competing for who has the most trillions of dollars instead of billions of dollars while spending significant portions of it to make sure that any taxes that could be used to that end never come to pass
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Most of AI (in business terms) is driven by a false belief that TECHNOLOGY is what drove the internet and telecommunications booms of the last two decades. Technology unlocked better communication and business processes. THOSE then drove the boom. Tech was a means to an end, not the end in itself.
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
they did the thing
an october 11 2025 post from me reading: every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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cara giaimo @cjgiaimo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
i was fortunate enough to profile Margaret Hamilton in 2019. A really kind and curious person. This was my favorite story she told me:
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man, reading to your kids is about reading to your kids -- spending time with them and improvising with them, not just repeating something in your voice. It astonishes me how many in tech -- my world -- just don't want to be human.
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Scott Powers @scottpowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Blackhawks defenseman Sam Rinzel's struggles last season were challenging for him. With a little adversity to start this season, he's already shown he's in a much better headspace to handle them. My story on Rinzel's development on and off the ice: www.nytimes.com/athletic/766...
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Sam Rinzel brings new perspective to development with Blackhawks this season
Last season was rough for the young defenseman. This time around, coach Jeff Blashill has noticed a very different mindset already.
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Dr Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
About half an hour ago, I passed my viva and became Dr Lindz McLeod. I don't post a lot of selfies but this is the slightly teary face of someone who busted their butt for three years (while working! while writing multiple other books!) to earn this degree.
A white person with blonde hair and round glasses smiles at the camera with teary eyes. They are wearing a brown satin shirt. The wall behind them is a peaceful sage green.
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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026
ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/10/2026
This is a good illustration of how so much of AI theft isn't indirect (ie, data sucked into a model to train the chatbot) - it's actually **direct** copying, but *enabled* by GenAI. Of course it is: chatbots absolutely suck at creating good, new stuff.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
AI has completely changed the game on calendar invite spam. I wake up every day to fake legal notices and meetings from hacked strangers that take up my entire calendar which I then must manually delete. Nothing has ever made me more #efficient than the beautiful future created by #AI.
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You can't win an argument you don't participate in. open.substack.com/pub/kcvellum...
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The Value of Taking a Stand
This is much more purely political than other posts, but it is also shorter.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 07/10/2026
If they are denied the right to dominate & oppress you, then you have gained liberty and they have lost it. It's zero sum.
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FR🎃 V🎃 @frovo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BARTENDER: another round JIMMY OLSEN: no we’re done thanks BARTENDER: *removes glasses from bar* LOIS LANE: omg it’s superbar
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Second City Hockey @secondcityhockey.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Best period of the season, eh?
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is an excellent, excellent work. Really loved it. (small review if you are interested here, but really, it's just really good: www.kevinvellum.com/p/feeling-gr... )
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/10/2026
Rescue kittens with names like Turkey Leg and Mouth Trap got to explore the aquarium at the Mall of America in Minnesota, watching in awe as fish soared by just out of reach.
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Orphaned kittens meet sharks and stingrays on an aquarium field trip at the Mall of America
Rescue kittens with names like Turkey Leg and Mouth Trap got to explore the aquarium at the Mall of America in Minnesota, watching in awe as fish soared by just out of reach.
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I am so sorry.
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A secret third thing @secretthirdthing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"chatGPT thinks I am a genuis" is just the modern version of "I think this stripper is in love with me"
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We could hear the boss yelling at him through the door and he said "people come here to drink not to be surprised with Hand Job Yelp reviews" and I tucked that away in my brain and laugh about it often
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There's probably a regular in there named Butch or Moochie having a brown drink, the kind of guy that calls all the waitresses darlin in a not creepy way that can tell you about what used to be where the Walmart is now and whether or not a front is coming in this week. It is, by the way.
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Scott Powers @scottpowers.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Blackhawks lines in morning skate Kantserov-Nazar-Kane Bertuzzi-Frondell-Teräväinen Donato-Moore-Lardis Smith-Greene-Greenway
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Me when my parents rented DEEP IMPACT from Blockbuster
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 06/10/2026
as an Alpha White Male Western Civilization Defender I know what to do when someone talks shit about me online: start crying and tattle to the teacher
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“every time someone is sleeping on a subway bench in a city, the rest of america can sort of say ‘ugh, look at these cities.’ but we are holding a lot of your people who you failed to love and take care of.” 👏 👏 👏
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Mark Lazerus @marklazerus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
PK promise, Lardis' surprising struggles, blue-line (im)balance and more in our breakdown of the Blackhawks' less-than-stellar season-opening three-game road trip: www.nytimes.com/athletic/765...
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Breaking down the Blackhawks’ opening trip: Standouts, slumps and subpar stats (Gift Article)
While the Blackhawks still haven't won a game, they found heart in an improved performance in a 4-3 loss to the Sabres on Saturday.
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Found the perfect screengrab to use the next time someone tries to tell me I’m missing out on important discourse by not using Elon Musk’s mircoblog site
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yeah, good point.
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Doesn't it kinda say that the Dems think MI is in play?
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Formerly Known As No Display Name @kcvellum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We are worried about the wrong kind of AI doom. open.substack.com/pub/kcvellum...
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How Imitative AI Will Really Ruin the World
Skynet is not coming.
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