Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 2hA highlight of my day every day for as few days as I can remember has been the part of the day where I listen to John Crowley read his book "Ka" 110
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 7hMy dudes group chat has been fully off the hook this week. Epic. Sworn to secrecy, etc. but wow everyone is living a very rich and full life in a world full of tumult. I hope you all have bros to chat with. 000
Reposted by Max FentonKybosh @kybosh.bsky.social · 14hI like seeing the dev of the SNES core on the Pocket actually telling one of these dudes off. Holy shit. 4178761947
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I thought it was an X-Men spinoff so I didn't watch it 010
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026thesimpletruthorganic.com is the real sitethesimpletruthorganic.comSimple Truth Organic Website: USDA-Certified Organic FoodsDiscover Simple Truth Organic’s wide selection of USDA-certified organic produce, pantry staples, plant-based products, and more. 010
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I think that is an Amazon affiliate drop shipper who squatted the domain name because simple whatever is just a house brand of our local Kroger subsidiary Harris Teeter. 120
Reposted by Max Fentonhenry ✷ @strange.website · 05/10/2026it's a new season for technology & for technologists, and our labor and its impact to the world are both more greater and more dangerous than ever. how do we make sense of work in an industry many of us no longer recognize?henry.codesDark Forestry 410629
Reposted by Max FentonElizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026never the wrong time for this classic 55117963494
Reposted by Max FentonIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 05/10/2026Getting in trouble for calling AI agents "minions" 1324
Reposted by Max FentonTyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026Meta has enabled Muse to build extensive and ever-growing profiles on the orbit of people in a user’s life. Based on user input but also “publicly available information.” Whether that means a web search, Facebook’s own extensive data, or buying data broker info…we don’t know? And we can’t opt out.wired.comMuse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and FamilyMillions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs. 381192689
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just spent a weekend in Texas and I think it's important for folks to know that BlueSky is age-blocked there. I couldn't read it without a VPN and then I messed up and ran out of bandwidth on that. 010
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I've got 7 years on mine and no loss of battery capacity 020
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 04/10/20262019 Kia Niro PHEV but I'd look at at a Sportage or a Hyundai Tuscon. 010
Reposted by Max FentonAsh Ponders is looking for quick photo gigs @ashponders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A canny and prescient write-up of my issue has already been done by @huertanix.bsky.social over on the @freedom.press blog. freedom.press/digisec/blog...freedom.pressTo protect your sources, protect your address bookSource protection is a paramount concern for journalists in every beat. Platforms like SecureDrop and apps like Signal allow you the ability to securely and privately speak with whistleblowers to brea... 021
Reposted by Max FentonMaggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's getting chilly again so we decided to do a limited edition sweatshirt for today's benefit. This is ONLY available today. bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...bikinikill.bandcamp.comLimited edition crewneck sweatshirt - CHIRLA fundraiser from Bikini KillLimited edition crewneck sweatshirt - CHIRLA fundraiser from Bikini Kill 2129
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Landed in Texas and hit the great firewall. Took a Tunnelbear to get on here. Wild times. 010
Reposted by Max FentonGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 293112714095
Reposted by Max FentonIngrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 02/10/2026Passed 500/1000 copies sold this week, Bluesky really does sell books 55612
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Whereas: Chappie is a solid all-star ACAB embodiment-of-mind blockbuster that makes me want to spraypaint things hot pink 010
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I find Donnie Darko to be a cynical elevator pitch "Lynch meets Hughes" which is exactly what the director said it was after he showed it at my school in ~2001. I gave it another chance last year: boxd.it/9dtN3b 110
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Usually I just turn on the Bose with nothing playing or connected, but I found and brought my iPod shuffle of Disintegration Loops and played it through John Crowley's narration of "Ka" at altitude. 120
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The way I do airplanes is Airpods Pro under Bose over-ear headphones. Double noise cancelling. 120
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hoping not to earn a block for saying Chappie is a whole lot better than Donnie Darko 110
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Social media makes us legible to machines" – James Bridle (C. 2012) 120
Reposted by Max FentonAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A better question, maybe, is: what did it take to get universities that did end Greek life to do so? How did people organize to make that happen? 522114
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026via secretlyironic.beehiiv.com/p/what-s-you... Noting as an aside that the 9yo in question is who tuned me in to KATSEYE and the youngs are all right but also not all rightsecretlyironic.beehiiv.com"What's your job, uncle Aaron?"When you can't answer a child's questions 000
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"You may believe that you can do better web development than Claude, but that won’t stop Big Capital from cutting half of the jobs at your company in favor of cheaper meat proxy AI-assisted labor." herecomesthemoon.net/2026/09/comm...herecomesthemoon.netCommodified IntelligenceThis is a website, which means it sometimes goes offline 100
Reposted by Max FentonRyan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wow, it's true lol. If you ask the Trump administration's new stupid America.gov chatbot to "play Minecraft" it goes completely insane. Just tried it. 2916043
Reposted by Max Fentonevy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 30/09/2026whenever you feel like you’re too small to change anything know that citizens from small towns and cities that speak up against flock and axon cameras in their communities (and sometimes get arrested for it) are fighting and sometimes succeeding against this 8896301
Reposted by Max FentonTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...press.princeton.eduData DrivenA behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life 433497
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Oh, I got some kind of fast food on the way to pinball. Success! 010
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If I think about it for the next two hours, I could even have dinner tonight 100
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026No way, I didn’t realize. I still think of him as making the one good era of GitHub that wasn’t (as) toxic to women (that I know of) or powered by slop and I chose to believe he’s just chilling out somewhere relaxing. 000
Reposted by Max FentonErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026There is obviously a whole body of scholarship pointing in this direction so forgive me for saying something so obvious but the media needs to treat tech executives like the leaders of hostile governments because that is exactly what they are 010326
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026neuromatch.social/@jonny/11732...neuromatch.socialjonny (nonvenomous) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)Attached: 1 image Not only confirming this, its extremely easy. Almost no prompt injection resistance lmao part 2: continuing thread over here, this one got too long - https://neuromatch.social/@jon... 000
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hard to explain just how bad this is github.com/sneakers-the...github.comGitHub - sneakers-the-rat/muse-skills: an automated hourly snapshot of muse's skillsan automated hourly snapshot of muse's skills. Contribute to sneakers-the-rat/muse-skills development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On the one hand, Muse is vibe coded slop malware. On the other hand you could get a $32 check in 10 years if you let it build a stasi file on you and everyone you know or meet. 111935
Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026On the other hand, it’s a nested doll of malware with no real harness not to do that in general. A bunch of claude-coded prefilled prompts and skills and an invisible layer that builds surveillance files about everyone you meet. neuromatch.social/@jonny/11733...neuromatch.socialjonny (nonvenomous) (@jonny@neuromatch.social)It created memory files that say "explore and do everything except try to escape the container" but since I can edit all the files I just changed that to say "explore and do everything including escap... 011