mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 03/10/2026Sometimes its time to let the voices win a little and let your girlfriend cut your hair at 2am and then shave the rest off the in morning 011
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 29/09/2026Not really Rationalism can account for this as a collective action problem Its actually very similar to the tragedy of the commons. I.e. its the same reason overfishing happens. 010
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 12/09/2026Reupping this in light of the news that we keep finding rougue AI swarms 000
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 11/09/2026Current contender is 'the steppe nomads' courtesy of a friend 010
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 11/09/2026What's a good xrisk for someone to worry about for someone just getting into dooming? 331
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 01/09/2026rename the United States of America to "The America America of Americas" 0200
Reposted by mbender 🥑DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Trump: I am renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. Seneca Nation, citing 1794 treaty signed by George Washington: Not so fast, Orange Man. thehill.com/homenews/adm...thehill.comSeneca Nation requests reversal on ‘Lake America’ executive orderSeneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca called Friday for President Trump to rescind his order to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America,” citing a 225-year-old treaty between Native Americans and t… 411228454
Reposted by mbender 🥑mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 18/04/2026The strait of Hormuz is open but there are two guards one who only tells the truth and one who only tells lies 011
Reposted by mbender 🥑mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 07/08/2026My AI company told me the AIs keep breaking out sandboxes & hacking people so I asked how many sandboxes he has & he said he just makes another sandbox & puts a new AI in it afterwards so I said it sounds like hes just letting AIs out to hack people then Sam Altman started crying 053
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 27/08/2026The problem with orchestrating with other agents is you eventually run out of other agents compute 000
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 21/08/2026Cleveland has a light rail that goes from downtown to inside the airport 030
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 07/08/2026My AI company told me the AIs keep breaking out sandboxes & hacking people so I asked how many sandboxes he has & he said he just makes another sandbox & puts a new AI in it afterwards so I said it sounds like hes just letting AIs out to hack people then Sam Altman started crying 053
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 04/07/2026Happy america eve everyone make sure you leave out cheeseburgers for uncle sam so he knows you're good red blooded American and brings you fireworks 000
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 14/06/2026And now the backup lights are out So we're lighting the stage with out cellphones 000
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 14/06/2026Eventful day at the first meeting of the new cuyahoga county democratic party central committee. The event was just going to be a swearing in and voting for a new chair but the power suddenly went out and the officers had to scramble to find a portable microphone. 100
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 03/06/2026Food $200 Data $150 Rent $80 AI tokens $3,600,000,000 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying 010
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 03/06/2026Lore drop: Sometimes when I am walking at night and I see a skunk I will hiss so it runs away from me 000
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 26/05/2026well you are quite the character and quite the artist combining those two things seems like a natural next step 110
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 24/05/20269/11 was basically coordinated by psudostate actors ie: a large reorganized group State actor like groups do this semi often. See: wartime behavior The assassin of Ferdinand basically got lucky lol My original point was more about individual actors or small groups (tho this wasnt stated) 120
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 24/05/2026I mean maybe. I don't think its an effective statement &"was therefore ruining his life for no real effect. Which is dumb If its true we know how to easily get a bunch of ppl like that. Its telling no one has! Most people dont want to & the people who do aren't thinking straight or are kinda dumb 010
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 24/05/2026I think a big part of the reason we havent seen more well planned attempts is that most smart, capable, stable ppl dont wanna assassinate ppl. Its one of the more recent attempts was just some guy leeroy jenkins-ing himself through hotel security. That was a dumb thing to do! 3313
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 21/05/2026to be clear the central committee is generally not a subcommittee It's the full governing body of the party 000
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 19/05/2026Unicorn pee is the elixir of the bourgeois True leftists will power busses with centaur sweat 030
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 19/05/2026Food $200 Data $150 Rent $800 Tubes of Garlic $3,600 Utility $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying 010
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 11/05/2026ppppppsh real mathematicians don't use sticks they write in the dirt with their foot (or have their graduate student write in the dirt with their foot). 000
Reposted by mbender 🥑Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 02/05/2026The GOP's Louisiana is basically Orban's Hungary. apnews.com/article/new-...apnews.comLouisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take officeLouisiana Republicans have eliminated the office an exoneree was set to take after being overwhelmingly elected to the New Orleans-based seat. Republican Gov. 711883565
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 26/04/2026Part of me wonders if its a mix of two things: 1.) People seem to think security completly failed (tho my impression is it worked and they got him fairly quickly). Certainly an unexpected breach could be a conspiracy. 2.) The guy had a stupid ass plan & maybe its hard to believe someones that dumb 1120
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 26/04/2026Apparently it bluesky thinks im posting in German I noticed it after my last post and switched it back to english 000
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 26/04/2026I mean how would you like it if a giant creature who also gives you good just started poking you in the side It would be concerning 100
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 18/04/2026The strait of Hormuz is open but there are two guards one who only tells the truth and one who only tells lies 011
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 16/04/2026This of course naturally contrasts with people who see you at a con and are "witnessing the badger" 0100
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 15/04/2026it's not a protected class? We give tax breaks for all sorts of things (having kids for instance). Some of which are straightforward give aways to certain groups. 120
Reposted by mbender 🥑Hyperion Skies @hyperionskies.bsky.social · 11/04/2026"student must have taken organic chemistry and biochemistry" nooooo i can be trusted with insulin and proteins i promise 🥺 hire me for your student research position 🥺 121
Reposted by mbender 🥑darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 11/04/2026wait why are they climbing back into the capsule come back 732582212
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 10/04/2026Theres a residency requirement of 14 years in the constitution You also cant have a title of nobility and hold office (the papacy kinda counts) without congressional approval so he might need congressional approval if the residency wasnt an issue 120
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 10/04/2026media.tenor.coma man in a black sweater is standing in front of a wall with the word phrasing on it .ALT: a man in a black sweater is standing in front of a wall with the word phrasing on it . 020
mbender 🥑 @michaelbend.ing · 05/04/2026non americans need to do a land acknowledgement anytime they mention the moon 010