Reposted by Mike RiversoJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 3hLet this sink in. Cornell University refused to refund Jane Doe's tuition the semester she was raped. Without this money, she could not transfer to another school. Essentially, she was forced to stay on campus where she saw those seven rapists frequently. Eventually she dropped out of college. 411276435
Reposted by Mike RiversoKat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 2hA truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system 452605544
Reposted by Mike Riversojj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 1hlike i say every time this comes up, the term for what awaits survivors who go through the official system (cops, rape kit at the hospital, the hell of a trial where you as the victim get to be cross examined by yr rapist’s defense) is called “the second rape” 1514137
Reposted by Mike RiversoStella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 1hOK guys this is my perfect lazy weeknight dinner and it’s SO quick and SO easy and you probably have ALL the ingredients in your cabinets RIGHT now. So first we start with Madagascar vanilla paste and salmon foam 1735619
Reposted by Mike RiversoLaTia is a free agent @latiajacquise.com · 28/09/2026well. two months before my four-year anniversary, my role at wizards has been made redundant, and I have been laid off. i have a lot of feelings i'll probably never put words to, except to say that i don't regret a single day and have so much love for anyone else affected and those who remain. 9039145
Reposted by Mike RiversoJordan Hopkins @jordanhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sadly I have been let go from Wizards today as part of a bigger corporate restructure. Obviously I'm gutted and I will miss working on a game I love alongside some really incredible people. I'm glad that I get to look back at my work on MagicCon and Final Fantasy and be proud. 2027718
Reposted by Mike RiversoAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 7hOh, this is amazing. radaronline.com/p/bari-weiss...radaronline.comEXCLUSIVE: Bari Weiss 'Likely Out' at CBS After Paramount/Warner Bros. Merger as 'Anti-Woke' Editor Blamed for Torpedoing '60 Minutes'Bari Weiss has been blamed for 60 Minutes' slide in viewership this season after making sweeping changes to the news network. 4856170
Reposted by Mike RiversoKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 9hMeta's "Muse" launched with a nasty zero day flaw that gave hackers the ability to spy on Mac users, openly gives root access to people pretending to be Muse agents, and invited strangers over to another guy's house without telling himkarlbode.comMeta's Latest AI Product Is A Terrifying And Hilarious MessAuthoritarian-friendly mass surveillance has never been more adorable 341314520
Reposted by Mike Riversokate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 9h“Anita Sarkeesian is to blame for the Cornell 7.” It must be tiring to have this world view. 2531123
Reposted by Mike RiversoHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.engadget.comDots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - EngadgetSure, seems safe. 591064345
Reposted by Mike RiversoEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Other fun facts from the story: 1. nearly a quarter of Anthropic's 2025 revenues came from two customers 2. These numbers *include* the revenue share from Amazon/Google selling their models. 678070
Reposted by Mike RiversoEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17040281336
Reposted by Mike Riversoalexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"wow what a low effort post." yes. exactly. it's a post 351181138
Reposted by Mike RiversoKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18hWe all complain about the media’s failures but organizations like @propublica.org and @texastribune.org are doing the work and deserve our financial support 111032265
Reposted by Mike RiversoLindsey Boylan @lindseyboylan.bsky.social · 17hThis man is a monster. He seeks out women survivors because he hates them. And he hates them because he hates himself. He has harassed me and other women survivors many times over the years. It must end. He should never have a job anywhere. 10269401732
Reposted by Mike RiversoDaniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This week's t-shirt is a very silly joke for fans of linguistics, Ghibli, and milky drinks. #WeeklyTshirt #Ghibli #Boba danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/kiki... 311938
Reposted by Mike RiversoElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 17hYou have to wait until the sixth paragraph of this piece before you learn, in the New York Times reporting on the murder of THEIR OWN EMPLOYEE, that the victim was a trans man who had been abused for being trans by the in-laws who murdered him. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...nytimes.comCouple Accused of Killing Their Son-in-Law in Bay Area Park (Gift Article)Jonathan McKinsey, an engineer who worked in the games department for The New York Times, was fatally shot Saturday in a San Francisco suburb. The police have accused his parents-in-law, both 76. 271699557
Reposted by Mike RiversoKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 17hHoly shit www.wbaltv.com/article/new-...wbaltv.comNew York Times games engineering director allegedly shot and killed by in-lawsA man and woman in their late 70s allegedly shot and killed their son-in-law, a New York Times employee, in the parking lot of a Bay Area park, officials said. 621037
Reposted by Mike RiversoOlivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 17hUnclear what the difference between the Muse Mac app and actual malware is. 2258
Reposted by Mike RiversoStacey Mason @stcymsn.bsky.social · 15/10/2024Formal affordances are the elements that pull a player toward certain actions, they “cry out” for the player to take those actions. Material affordances are the actions a system actually allows the player to take. Agency occurs when the two are in balance. (Mateas 2001) 6915345
Reposted by Mike Riversojj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 29/09/2026AI cannot and will not ever be able to employ contextual judgment the way a person can. it does not have any social adeptness. it does comparative pattern matching, it doesn’t actually KNOW anything in the way a human does 424536
Reposted by Mike RiversoToronto Star @thestar.com · 28/09/2026Opinion: Doug Ford's plan to spend $48 million ripping up Toronto bike lanes has attracted some naysayers. One East York resident texted the premier's cellphone to tell him about his close friend who died in a cycling accident and asked him to reconsider. The response he received included "lmao."thestar.comGraeme Bayliss: His cyclist friend was killed. Why did Doug Ford’s response include ‘lmao’? 75029
Reposted by Mike RiversoBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Going to work now feels like doing homework after the teacher quit and told the class that education is fake. Everyone just coasting on inertia and hoping there's still a point to all this 414466674
Reposted by Mike RiversoCube @prototypecube.bsky.social · 17/03/2025"all empires fall but it's rare you see one jump" 31066145
Reposted by Mike RiversoMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"X is better now than ever." 991644196
Reposted by Mike RiversoJohn Jones @johnmjones.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There is evidence that Gary may have personal issues preventing him from forming meaningful relationships which are totally unconnected to his employer www.wired.com/story/tech-b... 413526
Reposted by Mike RiversoMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The most useless form of news is “CEO says.” Can this tool actually do what it says or is the company just trying to profit off fear? 1132503360
Reposted by Mike RiversoEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 12099782562
Reposted by Mike RiversoTrash @trashxdiscourse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Hey man, if you're out there, if your mom wrote this letter to Abigail Shrier about you, please drop a gofundme and we will get you the fuck out of there. 71768517
Reposted by Mike Riversostrigix @sovereignbeast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026it's wild how every two years democrats run a campaign in Texas which takes for granted that Texans are inherently reactionary and that the democrat party must appeal to that reactionary nature, and every time that strategy fails the conclusion is that Texans were more reactionary than expected. 2277
Reposted by Mike RiversoDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it. 11141291409
Reposted by Mike RiversoHyveMynd @hyvemynd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Just saw a skeet asking if we can erase Trump from history. I get the sentiment, but no. No we can't. Erasing something from history means people don't learn from their mistakes and so do that thing again. Trump needs to be in the history books as an example of what not to do. 5234
Reposted by Mike RiversoDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Elon Musk is shutting down the Catholic Bishops in Brazil account on X to help the right-wing win the election there paydayreport.com/x-blocks-acc...paydayreport.comX Blocks Account of National Conference of Bishops of Brasil As Catholics Back LulaPolls show Catholics backing Lula as the church denounces foreign interference. 571226673
Mike Riverso @mikeriverso.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And torrents remain the best and only way to watch what you want, when you want. 100
Reposted by Mike RiversoSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 04/04/2025when the rich Do Crimes 2557471195
Reposted by Mike RiversoFrances Meh @francesmeh.reviews · 20/08/2026i've been going to a weekly support group called Hope but every once in a while they skip a week 272200307
Reposted by Mike RiversoRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I’m a dual national. I’m not planing on committing any crimes anytime soon, let alone ones with a sentence of 5+ years, but if I ever did I’m not sure why my second passport should disqualify me from facing the same British justice system as everyone else and instead strip me of my citizenship 1430470
Reposted by Mike Riversohorror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The amount of slop on YouTube really is abhorrent, using someone else's login and I realise now how cultivated my experience of it has been 3453
Reposted by Mike RiversoDr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The problem isn't rogue #AI models, it's *negligent companies*. If a biomedical firm put their product in public water supply because they wanted to test it 'in the real world', they'd be treated as criminal at corporate & individual level. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comOpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogueDecision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways 19814321
Reposted by Mike RiversoJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026like I don’t know how you learn Thing One about how LLMs work without immediately seeing that fed on their own output, they just average (narrow) the language band infinitely until it breaks 1406
Reposted by Mike RiversoJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 27/09/2026they keep saying model collapse won’t happen, but the Google and Microsoft docs in the OpenAI case kinda contradict that claim plus the more you understand about how LLMs work, and their attractor states, the more model collapse is like LOOMING in your vision 34913
Reposted by Mike RiversoJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I don’t want to be a dick. But having read a few things by this Yudkowsky guy and now seeing that he left school in middle school and didn’t go to high school or college I think I’m understanding the situation a lot better, or things at least seem to fit. 27108699
Reposted by Mike RiversoMicah @rincewind.run · 26/09/2026you know what? I agree with him my moral and ethical story about how we live together in this moment is we throw all of these assholes out of office and then we put them in jail 522378282
Reposted by Mike Riversoshaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 26/09/2026hi we're a website you have used for 20 years, we have no idea if you are over 18, send us a selfie. let us connect to your camera. can we get a booty pic with panties on and one without them on? can we also get 3 different pics of your boobs any position 3368941772
Reposted by Mike RiversoG. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 25/09/2026Every day we get closer to this: 121457442
Reposted by Mike RiversoPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026JK Rowling's death will be funny as hell because it'll be Charlie Kirk but wizard-themed. The worst and stupidest fucking people you have *ever* seen, dressed as wizards and crying and producing terrible genAI slop of a suspiciously Charlie Kirk-like Harry welcoming her to heaven etc 10989180
Reposted by Mike Riversoevacide @evacide.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Listen, I just think it's weird that the same people who are saying they're worried that AI is going to wipe out humanity are also eager for military contracts that will give AI control of weapons. 431414333