Reposted by MLFRev. Angela Denker @angeladenker.bsky.social · 13hThou shalt not kill. *A reminder for the same political party campaigning to post the 10 Commandments everywhere.* #AbolishtheDeathPenalty 1202
MLF @marklfilteau.bsky.social · 14hObvious truth to everyone but small minded no tab bigots who never grew up. 010
Reposted by MLFCommand & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 14hAnd this isn’t just an inclusion argument. It’s an adaptation argument. Future war rewards epistemic diversity: people who think across domains, break assumptions, find failure fast & tell powerful people the model is wrong. COCOM integration doesn’t happen in institutions allergic to expertise. 1223
Reposted by MLFHoward Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Friends, international law is not a buffet. You don't get to choose only those bits that appeal to you. 4283
Reposted by MLFHannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward 10131183649
Reposted by MLFAjuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 11/07/2026There is no way to use ChatGPT responsibly. 10363108
Reposted by MLFOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/09/2026> Capitalist elites hate workers and despise worker expertise. [I] have decades of experience, sitting in rooms with (mostly) men who [...] hated that a wage servant possessed technical expertise they needed, but were too lazy, arrogant or stupid to grasp. — @cloudquistador.eurosky.socialmonroelab.comThe Tech Industry: An AutopsyThe tech Industry, and the fields that grew from it, are dead. The Industry, which, as Yasha Levine details in his book, ‘Surveillance Valley’, was always a tool of oppression, and never R… 59037
Reposted by MLFCaptain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Excellent thread! There *are* rewards for being A Good Guy Who Speaks Up even if they are not immediately obvious or publicly bestowed. First, integrity is its own reward. Maybe you didn’t save the world or change hearts & minds. But if you held the line on not making it worse, that’s something. 8719204
Reposted by MLFDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on. 3249462723
Reposted by MLFderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor. 1146543892
Reposted by MLFDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Interesting! Cardinal McElroy arguing for voting out those who promote mass deportation as a course of action during his Mass today. 03910
Reposted by MLFPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The idea of a "tech industry" has always relied on "computer" being a special kind of medium, akin to alchemy. And if tech demands to be king, AI hype has now elevated LLMs to a king of kings. But the solipsism has hit a dead end. The only way forward is to recognize that computers are not special.productpicnic.beehiiv.comLLMs are just normal technology. But tech is just a normal medium.The more we focus on a particular technology, the more we lose sight of what normal people actually care about. 1034096
MLF @marklfilteau.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Good thread of the "why history is important to science/tech/engineering students". 000
Reposted by MLFGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/09/2026Mass layoffs kill people. Thousands of quiet tragedies follow every billionaire's predatory decision. Never forget. 51477391
MLF @marklfilteau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's the heroes who say "no" we owe the most thanks to. Happy Stanislav Petrov day, from those who are still here because of him. 000
Reposted by MLFSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov day! He saved the world from nuclear annihilation on this day in 1983. My freshman year in college would have been so much worse without his courage.🧵 5599186
Reposted by MLFTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Please try to reclaim your precious precious attention, at all costs. Do puzzles. Take walks without a phone. Dear god, try to read, almost anything that isn’t a manifesto will really do. You are going to need your brain. 52522658
Reposted by MLFFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026It’s really stunning how the USA has so swiftly shifted from being one of the most techno-optimistic and tech-industry-loving countries on earth, to a country where most people seem to assume - not incorrectly, at least in many cases - that tech is out to get them. 641585292
Reposted by MLFJoel @sentantiq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"In this wildly unpredictable world, if you have a friend who made your life better, take the time this weekend to let them know." sententiaeantiquae.com/2026/09/25/w...sententiaeantiquae.comWhen Two Come Home Together: Twenty Years of Collaborating on HomerThis post is a continuation of Painful Signs, a series of posts on the Iliad. The full list of posts is here. New posts will be added on various books, with an emphasis on new projects and highligh… 1123
Reposted by MLF"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So we've now discovered the magic new technology of ::checks notes:: patriarchy...in allowing wealthy male elites to seem super-productive by also appropriating the cognitive labor of women who remain mostly uncredited. 🎉 Everything is Gender, Exhibit Eleventeen Billion. 126820
Reposted by MLFMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 24/09/2026It's both their birthdays this week, so we must share this classic from our archives... buff.ly/F7QhXVLbuff.lyBruce Springsteen or Stephen King?1. You take Mary out for a nice drive. Disaster ensues. 2. Bit by bit, this town is killing you. 3. Two remorseless killers careen across a deser... 011149
Reposted by MLFChris Mihos @chrismihos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I get really annoyed seeing so many people say "Since everyone uses AI to write papers..." or "Referee reports now are just written by AI..." Look: Everything I have written has, for better or worse, been my own writing. Don't project your cynical expectations on my work. Seriously, screw gen-AI. 1454195
Reposted by MLFNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Japanese used bookstores are reporting a massive uptick in bulk purchases of used Japanese books by overseas buyers, seemingly without any regard to their contents. The only logical conclusion is that these books are being stripped, scanned, and discarded to train AI models. 416896
MLF @marklfilteau.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I love this short thread of examples very, very much. 👍👏🤩 000
Reposted by MLFWikipedia @wikipedia.org · 23/09/2026Introducing: Wikipedia affirmations. All direct quotes from Wikipedia articles, just taken a little bit out of context. Feel free to put one on your wall or suggest another. 26831
Reposted by MLFLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it 362857523
Reposted by MLFImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people 16886342300
Reposted by MLFClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women 6138753686
Reposted by MLFIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’ll take this a step further and say, I believe we should be able to support an average-sized family on a single income at what we determine to be the minimum wage. A lot of Boomers got this. But for whatever reason, we’re considered ridiculous for proposing it. 21165350
Reposted by MLFToo Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 19/08/2026These posters just went up all over every courthouse in New York State, and, man, what an excellent policy. 7251821312
Reposted by MLFCoach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 19/09/2026Fear is contagious, but so too is courage. If we are afraid together, then let us be brave together. Witness our courage take root and grow, and watch as our challenges crumble at the sight of our glory. 317157
Reposted by MLFFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 18/09/2026right, we saw how the Republicans are Weird narrative actually seemed to be working during the 2024 election. I think it is high time we tried the "they're weird" tactic to fight back against big tech. 316344
Reposted by MLFThe Alternate Historian @althistorian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Colonel Petrov taught us it's bad to unquestionably trust a computer. 3236
Reposted by MLFAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Kākāpō numbers pass 300 for the first time in 75 years. New Zealand’s flightless, nocturnal parrot now totals 325 birds, after a record 90 chicks fledged this season, built on the Department of Conservation’s recovery programme, which started with just 51 birds in 1995. DOC buff.ly/7YIOBd9doc.govt.nzKākāpō population reaches new milestoneThe official population of the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a recovery-era high of 325 birds. 9688239
Reposted by MLFPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've spent a lot of years studying a lot of collapses, and the truth of the matter is that they're always mundane: mild climatic shifts that reduce crop yields, a dumbass in power who makes some terrible decisions, neglecting things that obviously matter but the will to fix them can't be summoned. 292563610
MLF @marklfilteau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Nature is beautiful. 🙂 www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...nikonsmallworld.com2026 Small World in Motion CompetitionView the winning entries from the 2026 Small World in Motion Competition 000
Reposted by MLFCZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If EVER a cat needed a merch line for the safety of the cat’s own species and the dopes determined to bring one home, this baby needs plushies, right now. 35324
MLF @marklfilteau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026You can't just approach AI as an engineering issue. With any tool, there are human interactions involved. At this scale, IR gives a way of understanding how the world works and existential concerns. What keeps the tools under control, how do we balance responsibility with survival or movement? 010
Reposted by MLFSeva @seva.bsky.social · 17/09/2026hegemon.substack.comWe’re all going to die? What does IR theory say?global politics in the shadow of existential risk 2173
