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Seán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I was tempted to pirate HP, curiosity and all that. But @jessiegender.bsky.social is right - think of the amount of times HBO commented on GOT leaks and downloads, just as an example. They DO track these things, and even that drives interest. Let this show die. Trans people deserve better.

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

this is by far the best "I quit my AI job over safety concerns" essay yet because it is the first one that is able to talk about safety concerns in practical terms and that understands "safety" as a topic with extensive literature in analogous fields www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Two changes are urgently needed. First: AI companies need to rely more on the safety expertise that already exists in other fields. And second, before we create systems significantly more capable than the ones we have today, we need new science to ensure that more capable models (and their successors) will make safe choices when we aren’t looking.

Given today’s risks, frontier labs need to run like nuclear-power plants or busy airports, with layers of redundancy and careful, time-consuming planning, so that the occasional and inevitable human error does not open a door to disaster. Right now, AI companies don’t know how—but other people do. In a nuclear-power plant, the technical systems and rules people follow are set up so that, if equipment breaks or someone pushes the wrong button, we still won’t risk a meltdown. OpenAI and other labs are growing and deploying frontier AI with far less redundancy and rigor than this, even though the harm from an irreversible loss of control would be much greater than the harm from any single meltdown. Even short of a full loss of control, we could see autonomous swarms of AI agents that act without human permission. Imagine “rogue” agents that work like teams of hackers (for example, holding hospital computer systems for ransom) but never need to sleep.

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You should notice that the in industry people doing the AI doomerism are primarily executives (marketing) and researchers (untethered from reality). I'm in Ops and I'm not worried because I've actually tried to do real things with LLMs and the story is guardrails guardrails guardrails

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I strongly doubt this, simply because I have observed in my own mind that the verbalization of thoughts is an entirely separate process from abstract thinking. The thought is realized, and then you have to spend a bunch of effort translating it into words after the fact, this is non-obvious

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So I think there is a very subtle but fundamental mistake with the way we /teach/ physics and determinism. Things can be based entirely on deterministic, mathematical laws and still not be computable, I.e. that there does not exist any formula or algorithm that can give you the answer

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Michael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New literature review on housing ladder spillovers: When rich tech workers move in, low-end rents go up. So does it follow that adding high-end homes would reduce them? Yes. Changes at the top of the ladder can propagate down and affect prices at the bottom. 1/

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Michael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Takeaway: affordable housing policy should "do both" and promote both market-rate and subsidized housing: 1) upzone and get high-end housing for free; this indirectly improves low-end rents. 2) use tax revenue to directly fund low-end social housing. 7/7

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Crip Dyke @cripdyke.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I've written about anti-trans Dems and how cis ppl should respond repeatedly over the last few weeks. I have multiple threads recommending this action by BHF. Some have taken to yelling at trans ppl who lash out in pain and grief and betrayal. That's not helpful. This is.

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SCARE-old Jaff-EEK! @hrjaffe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This article clearly and cogently addresses: • the Democratic candidates caving on trans issues • the response from trans people and their allies • the backlash from people (mostly cis) who are angry at trans people for theoretically hurting those candidates' chances Well worth a read!

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Micah @rincewind.run · 14/09/2026

and this is why I think this push will also come with a push to massively restrict the open source models “we don’t have to spend even more hundreds of billions on capex but don’t let open source models gut our profits” is the ideal scenario here for the major players

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

To put it another way: if these numbers move you, you should move heaven and earth to install traffic (speed) cameras and get congestion pricing

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 12/09/2026

you may think i am joking but i am not. they’re talking about AI the way protestant zealots talked about the end times. in both cases we are hearing people talk about themselves — their desires, their lust for destruction, their yearning to trample their rivals underfoot.

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I work with LLMs every day, specifically in Operations, and I have the same questions of basic things like "why would you hook an LLM up to physical devices without any safety guardrails?"

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I was watching five legislative primaries in Rhode Island. In each, a left-wing incumbent who was part of a wave of progressive wins in recent cycles faced a challenger, and a business group was trying to oust them. They all won. Three easily; two in tighter races.

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'd say overall I'm AI-neutral (some applications are garbage trash slop and for others it's amazing), but the AGI stuff gets to me. They literally are not capable of perception, there are no qualia. Consciousness is a continuous time domain phenomenon and will never be replicated with a clock cycle

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 07/09/2026

A crew of progressive state senators in Rhode Island frequently clashed with the Senate’s moderate leadership, demanding expanded abortion access or higher taxes for the wealthy. Four of them face challengers Wednesday.

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The 40 Elections to Watch This September - Bolts

The 2026 primaries are reaching the end: The four remaining states that have yet to hold theirs are taking center stage in September. A pair of statewide elections—Seth Moulton’s challenge... Read More

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I think the funniest way for him to go would be for the midterms to be such a humiliating loss that he just keels over in shame-rage

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Dr Susannah Lydon @susieoftraken.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

There is a plant which can mimic the leaves of other plants - including plastic ones - and the best explanation for this ability is that it has some form of vision. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Boquila trifoliolata mimics leaves of an artificial plastic host plant

Upon discovery that the Boquila trifoliolata is capable of flexible leaf mimicry, the question of the mechanism behind this ability has been unanswered. Here, we demonstrate that plant vision possi...

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yeah, Americans getting weird about this are actually giving away some internalized American Exceptionalism as far as I am concerned. Was the change dumb and stupid? Yes Should a tech company be taking sides in naming disputes? Fuck no

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026

re: everyone yelling about Google Maps - Maps just ingests the official data source for each country, which is GNIS in this case, and most other online maps will follow for American users nobody at Google is making an active decision to go in and change names in Maps directly

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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 30/08/2026

Think of it like the Prime Directive for map companies. Every specific case sounds ridiculous on its own, but the minute you make an exception you've suddenly caused a galactic war.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026

correct, they will also do this for border disputes! which is where you start to see why this policy exists, because if you think for a minute you can probably figure out why “someone at Google manually decides whether Chine or India is right about a border dispute” is a bad idea

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026

yes, this is the point - when there is a dispute over the name of a landmark and one country says it’s X and another country says it’s Y, they’ll show X in one country and Y in the other one based on the official sources obviously Canada hasn’t changed the name, so it stays Lake Ontario there

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Micah @rincewind.run · 30/08/2026

this is how they treat geographical and naming disputes for every country, rather than having someone decide “this is stupid and we are going to manually override the decision because we think it’s stupid” unfortunately we elected a stupid man with the power to order GNIS to change names

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Holy shit. No wonder Carney told the US to pound sand.

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Buddhist Monk: "You cannot call this cup half full of half empty, or a cup, what is it?" The Cook: *Dumps the cup on the Monk's head*

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"cap their profits" Maybe, just maybe, things you are required to consume in order to exist (housing, food, utilities, healthcare) simply shouldn't be for-profit industries

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I think impeachment odds in 2027 just went up significantly

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I was very firm in getting my niblings nice wooden toys (Melissa and Doug, usually) when they were little. Even now I tend to stay away from anything electronics Legos, art supplies, NatGeo rock and fossil kits, books. Things to help them grow as humans, not electronic pacifiers

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/08/2026

decades of solitude and misery is a much nastier outcome for the MAGA ultra-rich class

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 17/07/2026

The Taco Bell finger pointing is a psyop to redirect attention from the real culprit, the deregulation and lack of oversight in our food supply

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Mark Misoshnik @misoshnik.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Also if you were at the Stud Alley parties, I'd love to hear from you, especially if you were present at the 2nd one. You can DM me or message me on Signal @misoshnik.13

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

"People being unhoused and dying due to lack of proper healthcare or food is fine." This is a 'moderate' opinion (insane, psychopathic neutrality)

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

”The Director of National Intelligence was acting at the direction of an obscure Hindu cult you’ve never heard of” is up there with “DOGE was led by a teenager involved in a Nazi-Satanist child abuse network” in terms of True Facts That Will Make You Sound Unhinged If You Say Them Out Loud

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Robert Belafonte @bobdazla.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

If your in Nocal please sign this petition to stop a data center in Pittsburg, Ca. c.org/SRSFkf7B

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Sign the Petition

Stop the data center from coming to Pittsburg CA

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Addison Bierman @mundas.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Nothing brings community together like an AI data center being constructed in their backyard. Hundreds of people packing Pittsburg CA City Hall. Love to see it!

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J.D. Buffington @jdbuffington.com · 13/06/2026

This whole thread, up to within hours ago, over days, is a feat of human compassion and benevolence. It’s what we should strive for—just, help something or someone else feel safe if they’re vulnerable. Nature is harsh and cruel and we somehow developed kindness to help make life worth living.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

a reminder that the USPS has new rules that make it very important to not put your mail ballot in a normal mailbox in the final days: boltsmag.org/usps-postmar...

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Yeah the word has gotten out to not use the mail after mid-May, everything's going to vote centers or drop boxes (including one in DTLA that was torched). I think the vote will not take as long on the back end as usual, but it will be inconclusive tonight.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

So basically, prepare for a late night. And prepare for very inconclusive California numbers tonight, especially because we know Dem voters have sent in their mail later than usual, facing more strategic considerations.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 01/06/2026

Breaking: Kalshi gave Becerra’s gubernatorial campaign $39,200 just days before the primary, while giving the former attorney general a three-in-four chance of winning the office. cal.news/4dXLFPA 📸 Miguel Gutierrez Jr.

Former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra speaks to the press before a gubernatorial forum hosted by the Californa Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel in Sacramento on April 14, 2026. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 01/06/2026

NYPD should be brought to heel, and be forced to serve under civilian control. Their insubordination is so rampant, and so routine, that it doesn’t even get commented on anymore. That would be actual law and order.

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This is roughly where I've been, but add to this that they need to over build the capacity so the local community has better access to water and cheaper utility bills

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Mx Mippy 🏳️‍⚧️⚧️ @mxmippy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

e-gender e+gender μ-gender μ+gender τ-gender τ+gender No, I'm not doing the neutrinogenders

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