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Max Fenton

@maxfenton.bsky.social
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Web developer. Helped in the past with some startup stuff, some publishing stuff, and some art stuff. Big into patterns, networks, and kairomancy. he/him/they/them letterboxd.com/maxfenton mas.to/@maxfenton maxfenton.com

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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 2h
A 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"
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 7h
My 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.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 8h
`mf said gravy` kind of a day
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Kybosh @kybosh.bsky.social · 14h
I like seeing the dev of the SNES core on the Pocket actually telling one of these dudes off. Holy shit.
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Experimental MSU-1 streami. #123
nasonliu wants to merge 2 commits into a
agg23 commented yesterday
If it works, that's pretty cool; I didn't think
would ever see this implemented (I also didn't
expect LLMs to exist).
However, this is not something you can PR
here, or anywhere. You sent me a nearly 50k
line diff, unasked for, completely LLM built, and
you somehow expect me to review it. There is
SO MUCH unrelated garbage here. Never
minding all of the docs and Python, you've
somehow touched basically all of the upstream
HDL, which already had MSU1 support, so idk
what in the world you're doing.
This kind of behavior is not acceptable. You are
infringing on the time and brainpower of people
by pushing "your" content that little/no of your
brainpower went into; completely unrequested.
I hope for the sake of all responsible
maintainers that you do not do such a thing
again.
Again, I think it's cool that you and your LLM
supposedly got this to work. It has no place in
my world.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I thought it was an X-Men spinoff so I didn't watch it
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
thesimpletruthorganic.com is the real site
thesimpletruthorganic.com
Simple Truth Organic Website: USDA-Certified Organic Foods
Discover Simple Truth Organic’s wide selection of USDA-certified organic produce, pantry staples, plant-based products, and more.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I 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.
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henry ✷ @strange.website · 05/10/2026
it'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.codes
Dark Forestry
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 05/10/2026
Getting in trouble for calling AI agents "minions"
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 03/10/2026
Meta 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.com
Muse Creates Detailed Profiles of All Your Friends and Family
Millions have downloaded Meta’s AI agent Muse. But getting it to do your bidding comes with privacy costs.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It hits different now, too
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
$4.19 (ergo $40), not $419
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I 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.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I've got 7 years on mine and no loss of battery capacity
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
2019 Kia Niro PHEV but I'd look at at a Sportage or a Hyundai Tuscon.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adding to watchlist
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
More like stuporintelligence
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
💯
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Ash Ponders is looking for quick photo gigs @ashponders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A 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.press
To protect your sources, protect your address book
Source 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...
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Maggie Vail @magicbeans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It'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.com
Limited edition crewneck sweatshirt - CHIRLA fundraiser from Bikini Kill
Limited edition crewneck sweatshirt - CHIRLA fundraiser from Bikini Kill
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But holding the party back is why they get paid
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Landed in Texas and hit the great firewall. Took a Tunnelbear to get on here. Wild times.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Things 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
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 02/10/2026
Passed 500/1000 copies sold this week, Bluesky really does sell books
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Whereas: Chappie is a solid all-star ACAB embodiment-of-mind blockbuster that makes me want to spraypaint things hot pink
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I 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
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Noting as a thing that shook something deep within
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Usually 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.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The way I do airplanes is Airpods Pro under Bose over-ear headphones. Double noise cancelling.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Hoping not to earn a block for saying Chappie is a whole lot better than Donnie Darko
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cut off a Maybach because I could
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Social media makes us legible to machines" – James Bridle (C. 2012)
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
oh no it’s a new lightsaber gwp night
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A 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?
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
via 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 right
secretlyironic.beehiiv.com
"What's your job, uncle Aaron?"
When you can't answer a child's questions
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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.net
Commodified Intelligence
This is a website, which means it sometimes goes offline
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wow, 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.
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
whenever 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
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Counterpoint: 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.edu
Data Driven
A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh, I got some kind of fast food on the way to pinball. Success!
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If I think about it for the next two hours, I could even have dinner tonight
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You can just get those for free at restaurants
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No 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.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An airbed and breakfast? In this economy?
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Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026
There 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
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
neuromatch.social/@jonny/11732...
neuromatch.social
jonny (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...
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hard to explain just how bad this is github.com/sneakers-the...
github.com
GitHub - sneakers-the-rat/muse-skills: an automated hourly snapshot of muse's skills
an automated hourly snapshot of muse's skills. Contribute to sneakers-the-rat/muse-skills development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On 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.
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Max Fenton @maxfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
On 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.social
jonny (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...
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