Reposted by Miguel GómezPatrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 4hnew wolfenstein looks like shit 14760831189
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is “interest over time” something that can be measured in percentages? 032
Reposted by Miguel GómezAndrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's insane how many ppl even entertain the idea of data fabrication as being good for research. 311240
Reposted by Miguel GómezKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026This is funny but also truly I think there's a huge number of people who've developed such a serious dependency and driven off such a serious cognitive cliff that I don't think they could get through a normal workday 1723357
Reposted by Miguel GómezColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The humanities have been calling out genAI theft since the jump, while STEM has rallied around “discovery potential”. I am *ONCE AGAIN* reminding EVERYONE that science is not the sacred cow, STEM isn’t the exception. They are going to steal our IP, too. We aren’t special. 8371150
Reposted by Miguel GómezJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is bonkers. It’s worth remembering that dozens of outdoor industry firms, including REI who have apologized, endorsed Burgum Because they didn’t see all his other bullshit as a problem as long as they could make money. They helped this happen. recreationroundtable.org/news/outdoor...recreationroundtable.orgOutdoor Recreation Roundtable Supports Nomination of Governor Doug Burgum for Secretary of the Interior - Outdoor Recreation RoundtableOutdoor Recreation Roundtable (ORR), the nation’s leading coalition of outdoor recreation associations, has expressed its support for the nomination of North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum to serve as th... 413024
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, hear the lamentation of their women 000
Reposted by Miguel GómezDr Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Apparently episode one was first broadcast on the BBC 50 years ago today. Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius 2032694
Reposted by Miguel GómezYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026static.klipy.comDarth Vader Alter The DealALT: Darth Vader Alter The Deal 1138352
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026 Is this what those Epsilon-minus semi-morons mean when they wring their hands and say AI is going to wipe out humanity? 010
Reposted by Miguel GómezMarc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hello, Good Morning, and welcome to another episode of What The Fuck Is Wrong With You? 97711
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It’s a big problem that so many left leaning people in the USA don’t understand how our politics work or how political power is wielded. Give people hell about specific positions in the primaries. Rally around your side in the general election. Otherwise the other side gets power. 010
Reposted by Miguel GómezAdria @adriaandthepriors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Fred works on a chimney and smokes like one too. Best thing you will see today. 22452114
Reposted by Miguel GómezMegan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Such a smart and useful thread here 095
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Yeah, the obvious slippery slope here. In the US, we already do this with the elderly. A lot more happens under the banner of hospice than simple palliative care. 010
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My buddy woke me up shortly after the first plane hit the WTC. We were listening to NPR when the second plane hit. We didn’t have TV (very rural) so I drove to my mom’s house in time to see the towers collapsing. I still want to know what the story was with the reports of car bombs in DC that day. 001
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This could have been the message a long time ago 020
Reposted by Miguel GómezDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026when you say how you use LLMs just for this thing or that thing I think of dead teenagers. www.startribune.com/adam-raine-c...startribune.comPerry: How can AI be used ethically when it’s been linked to suicide?"It’s not on us, on you and me, to use AI ethically or responsibly. It’s on the companies to build safe, reliable, ethical products," David M. Perry writes. 324281
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Can we also just observe that Anthropic is in no meaningful way capable of making these kinds of economic forecasts, and bullshit, like 32% GDP boosts, should be treated as such. 100
Reposted by Miguel GómezBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026SPECIAL REPORT Last month, Alpha School invited people to follow student social media accounts "if curious about life in our high schools." I accepted their offer. What I've found shocks me. Forget the AI and ask instead: Is Alpha Schools a cult? Follow along for a summary of my findings.buildcognitiveresonance.substack.comSPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha SchoolWhat is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp? 481006385
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Sometimes I worry I’m on the wrong side of the debate, and then stuff like this reassures me. 031
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I feel like when fascists are destroying our country, it’s a bad time to fan the flames of inter-party nonsense within the opposition and recycle month-old news. Seriously, try harder to do better. 030
Reposted by Miguel GómezEL PAÍS @elpais.com · 03/09/2026TRIBUNA | "La contribución de Gloria Steinem fue práctica y cotidiana, aunque no siempre justamente valorada por las siguientes generaciones del feminismo". Por Elizabeth Duvalelpais.comGloria Steinem: haz con tu vida lo que te apetezca | TribunaLa contribución de esta icónica feminista fue práctica y cotidiana, aunque no siempre justamente valorada por las siguientes generaciones del feminismo 0135
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Definitely this. Also, why do we need a remake of Harry Potter? Are we fresh out of new material? 030
Reposted by Miguel GómezYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 31/08/2026MONDAY MORNING TOON: future tech innovations (note: I am familiar with the torment nexus meme, no need to fill my mentions with that one all week! thanks.) www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comFuture tech innovationsA cartoon by Tom Tomorrow. 27358100
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I hate the AI slop. I also hate that the recurrent weird peasant discourse has screwed up almost all reasonable discussion of the peasants, to the point where people feel the need to affirm that “yes the peasants were starving”, when mostly they were not. 110
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This is a weird headline. The woman is an arch conservative, has been for a while. There are both left and right Catalan nationalists. These are the right. 000
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tells you all you need to know about the destination gas station trend. 020
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 24/08/2026How is this guy so good at this? And how are there not dozens of copy cats trying to figure it out? 0328
Reposted by Miguel GómezAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 24/08/2026happy first day of school! teaching college does not get easier. below are some resources for solidarity, courage, inspiration, collaboration first: assignment ideas, syllabus language, memes and more for the pro-learning classroom against-a-i.comagainst-a-i.comAGAINST AI - 522880
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I love how this saga is exposing the academic weirdos and creeps. Also why is it always social scientists? 010
Reposted by Miguel GómezElliot @nameoftheyear.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Oh I fuckin hate it out here. Yesterday I had to search Gmail for the quotation-enclosed string “code of conduct” and Gmail showed me every email that contains the word “of” 32131195
Reposted by Miguel GómezSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026One literally could not have built a more efficient agnotology machine if one tried, which is its chief political purpose. 15112
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026What the hell is with all these AI enthusiasts who cannot produce one specific use case for the technology they are so committed to defending? 100
Reposted by Miguel GómezAnne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The fact that the Trump administration does not want Americans to vote should *strengthen* citizens' resolve to do so. Don't wait until Election Day. Vote early and in person. www.ms.now/news/electio...ms.nowElection officials prepare for nightmare scenarios: Ballot seizures and violenceFive state officials described legal preparations for federal agents at polling places — and said the potential for violence worries them more. 0125
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Since we are doing the “tyranny of the nine month contract” thing again, some thoughts— 1) professors don’t get paid an hourly or monthly wage, we get an annual salary 2) it is definitely true that balancing teaching and research (to say nothing of service) is very tough and requires the summer… 110
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Weird little creature on a 13th c floor tile from Limerick. 000
Reposted by Miguel GómezBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I think the ultimate test of this is actually Boris Johnson. Boris *was fired from his first job* for making up stories, only to go on to be hired into a prestigious role at the Telegraph and spend years lying about the EU at Brussels. And I mean literally lying here; not bad punditry. 312478568
Reposted by Miguel GómezSociety for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East @latineast.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Happy #ManuscriptMonday with this wonderful view of Jerusalem from Konrad Grünenberg, Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem (ca. 1487). Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibliothek Cod. St. Peter, pap. 32, fol 35v-36r. 054
Reposted by Miguel GómezKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/08/2026I cannot emphasise strongly enough that you should NOT be making submission using a third party that uses AI to generate text and then puts your name on it as a formal submission Never, ever, ever ever do this. Man, this is a total disaster in the works, I guarantee it. bsky.app/profile/cara... 28021
Miguel Gómez @prplmnkydw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Kind of nothing OK about the whole Arday affair. Just bad. 020
