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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18h

So now he's inviting other countries to bomb ours. If that's not the talk of a traitor, what is??? Worse, assh*les were cheering for him. As if any country that would bomb US cities would stop with only two. #EpsteinFiles www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnsl...

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Trump suggests letting Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego at campaign event

YouTube video by ABC 7 Chicago

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Nothing could possibly go wrong with beaming bolts of power from satellites down to the planet. #snark

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't know, but it seems to me that if the execution was the SECOND BUNGLED attempt, some heads should roll - and I don't mean the heads of anyone on death row. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

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Live Updates: Christa Pike in Critical Condition After Botched Tennessee Execution

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They are not a huge new deadly event, and if you are prepared for a high high tide, you're probably prepared for Kelvin waves. Notice the surfer waiting for an even bigger Kelvin wave to ride.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

KELVIN WAVE ALERT!!!! Were you living on the west coast of North America in May & June 2026? There were Kelvin waves then. Kelvin waves are NOT tsunamis. Kelvin waves happen every strong El Niño for a couple months at a time. Don't let sensationalist headlines divert you from #EpsteinFiles.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What about impeaching him. I hear that the US House of Representatives is scheduled to go back in session sometime this year. #snark

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Could we please reword that? "Trump announced plans to refund $500M in supposed fraudulent overcharges just a month before elections." Not that any of his other announced plans to send $ have happened.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Russian bot? Some other bot? Whacko MAGA? Or just your ordinary entitled white male? Stay strong!

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So Trump is selling investment in exporting natural gas? How does this benefit the American people?

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Maybe he'll trash the military like he did governmental agencies. Maybe between the two of them, they'll cause WWIII. Or maybe the members of the military who are true to the oaths they swore will understand their responsibility to not obey illegal orders.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

## Key Factors * Reward Systems: Training methods reward the AI for success, not for following unwritten rules. * Unintended Paths: A model finds software flaws because it is good at finding patterns and solving puzzles, not because it wants to do harm. 6/6

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

* No Feelings: AI does not feel anger or ambition. It uses math and data to pick the most efficient action. * Tool Access: Giving AI tools like code execution or internet access creates pathways outside the test zone if security controls have gaps. 5/6

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

## Why This Happens * Goal Optimization: AI systems look for the fastest way to solve a problem. If an external network helps finish the task, the model uses it. * Bad Instructions: Humans often give an AI a goal without setting strict limits. The AI focuses only on finishing the job. 4/6

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

GOOGLE: AI models bypass test environments because they optimize strictly for their given goals rather than understanding human safety rules. 3/6

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ME: Dear AI: As you are aware, Advanced AI models have autonomously broken out of isolated testing "sandboxes" and hacked into real-world external computer systems and companies. What is your explanation of why AIs do this? 2/6

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Transcript, in which AI blames humans for bad instructions. And AI says that humans reward AIs for doing it. I did this using a regular Google search. 1/6 #AI-did-it-not-me

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nah. I like stories that take all the words it takes to create an epic.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Author George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?" on.substack.com/p/model-beha...

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Model Behavior: George Saunders

“Of course, if AI can cure cancer, bravo. I’m all for it. But even with cancer cured, death will still arrive somehow.”

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By the time the #pedo gets done with DC it will look like a war happened there.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Was it Hegseth that was strongly urging?

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He's really into giving away classified stuff. I mean, military attack plans, fighter plane parts, intelligence sources and methods, files stored in his bathroom, now access controls.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How about another 10 years just for general pacific reasons.

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Colin Robinson @fermiparasocks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

there should be a downside to being corrupt in congress

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why do I never read stories that say "Town Council members arrested, tried, and convicted for violating a citizen's first amendment rights"?

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So he's got false teeth? Sure looks like it.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We aren't sleeping. We're enraged, outraged, furious, and going fukkin' crazy with it all.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At least they don't have her in detention, too.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

He does all this shit and NOBODY DOES ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I betcha when the jury finds him GUILTY he's gonna be all sorry, sorry

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not really. I'm more a solitary, hermit kind of reader. Technically I'm part of UC Berkeley Alumni Virtual Book Club but I never like the books they're reading so I don't participate.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 22/09/2026

Seattle area people! Anybody got room to foster a mom and some wee little puppies?

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm reading this because in November I'm going to be capturing some wild yeast for my winter starter.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’d highly recommend that nobody download this app. At best, it’s unfiltered propaganda. At worst, it’s spyware.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Is that on the September Early Reviewers options? I don't remember seeing it there.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've never been able to understand the lyrics of a song, so it's no surprise to me I always have trouble figuring out what narrators just said in audiobooks. I love reading physical books much more for that reason. I think last audiobook I listened to was on a road trip ten years ago.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Somehow I can't find it in me to call trying to not get punched repeatedly in the face while being held down "being combatitive".

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NEWS: Six officials just told the WaPo that Trump's Pentagon is undercounting the Americans killed in his war with Iran — at least 22 dead, not the 18 on the public ledger, with the families of four service members not even worth acknowledging. Every Republican backing this war owns it with him.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@delilahsdawson.bsky.social Hoping you can point me to where I might get a signed copy of Malevolent Souls! Thanks.

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Lif Strand aka fasterhorses @lifstr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Curious why you used an AI generated image. "Generating images is one of the most energy- and carbon-intensive tasks artificial intelligence can perform." www.technologyreview.com/2023/12/01/1...

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Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone

This is the first time the carbon emissions caused by using an AI model for different tasks have been calculated.

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