Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm a retired engineer, not a scientist. But I'm proud to have been a part of this research. #consci Article: tinyurl.com/mv3nu7cknoetic.orgDoes the Mind Shape Reality? A New Experiment Puts Quantum Consciousness to the Test | IONSHuman consciousness might be the missing piece of the "measurement problem", and its influence might even stretch backward through time. 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 06/08/2026We are the cross product of all our experiences. Life is inherently non-linear. 010
Reposted by Ron ClineSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Unitary evolution is bouba. Wave function collapse is kiki. 3756
Reposted by Ron ClineDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Starting an ongoing thread of off-the-pitch Nice Things at the World Cup. It's gonna get long over the next few weeks. 1. Curaçao. All of it.theguardian.com‘Everyone is welcome with us’: Curaçao want you along for their first World Cup rideThe smallest nation ever to compete in the tournament celebrate the long adventure that got them there, and remember those who cannot be there to enjoy it with them 12515130
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Tech Workers Building A.I. Are Scared of It, Too 051
Reposted by Ron ClineBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Really an excellent video. Should, IMHO, be shared far and wide. newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-a-vietn...newsletter.ofthebrave.orgI’m a Vietnam vet. The ‘Arc de Trump’ is an abomination I cannot stand for.A veteran and patriot sounds off about the desecration of hallowed ground. 13351117
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 25/04/2026A uniquely American story, both beautiful and incredibly sad.nytimes.comThe 85-Year-Old Widow Snagged by Trump’s Immigration Crackdown 032
Reposted by Ron ClineAmarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 14/04/2026"And the chief of staff looks at me, stunned, and says, ‘Wow, I had no idea that USAID did this kind of work. When I think about what USAID does in global health, I just assumed it was just, you know, abortions'.” abcnews.com/video/131975...abcnews.comVideo ‘They didn’t even know what we did’: Former official on DOGE cuts that gutted USAIDABC’s Jonathan Karl spoke with former USAID official Nicholas Enrich about his new book, “Into The Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID,” out Tuesday. 108142
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 03/04/2026theguardian.com‘Payment expected within seven days’: New Zealand doctor invoices US embassy for rising petrol costsShane Dunphy sends bill for almost $3,000, along with letter saying ‘The USA is responsible for this and therefore should be held accountable’ 010
Reposted by Ron ClineEliza @artbyeliza.bsky.social · 01/03/2026For ppl who aren't aware: Old temperate forests are insanely rare nowadays and extremely important ecosystems lost forever once cut. They're not just "old trees" but intricate networks of trees, fungi and all kinds of living creatures. You CANNOT replant this!! Once it's gone it's lost FOREVER!!! 2034752328
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 28/02/2026If we're trying to change hearts and minds in Iran, this is the wrong approach. Who targeted this school? 052
Reposted by Ron ClineRachel Bitecofer @rachelbitecofer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026BREAKING Former ICE agent: On my first day training new cadets, I received secretive orders to teach them to violate the Constitution by entering homes without a judicial warrant. 8602653512616
Reposted by Ron Cline𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Wow. 13133614716658
Reposted by Ron ClineMdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/ 8452172636
Reposted by Ron Clinemid at middle age @denuvian.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I suspect this, people pay more in tax than benefits received, is true for EVERY CLASS of people EXCEPT billionaires. 02610
Reposted by Ron ClineArizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’” 16687653796
Reposted by Ron ClineCato Institute @cato.org · 03/02/2026The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3 8043792251
Reposted by Ron ClineAnita Leirfall @anitaleirfall.bsky.social · 16/01/2026The Mythology Of Conscious AI Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea. | By Anil Seth www.noemamag.com/the-mytholog... #AI #consciousness #philsky #PhilosophySkynoemamag.comThe Mythology Of Conscious AI | NOEMAWhy consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea. 4134
Reposted by Ron ClineDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Woody Guthrie’s “New Years Rulin’s” from 1943: 45420
Reposted by Ron ClineCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Merry Christmas one and all, from the Vaders 🎄 321543248
Reposted by Ron ClineNicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 21/12/2025WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE!? Where is Congress? Where are they? I want to film this for my kids & my grandkids. I want them to see the day democracy died in Washington, D.C. Even George is upset 🦮 & we should all be shocked! No one is here to say this is wrong! I was born here. I'm Andrew Howard. 1/5🧵 23545561966
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 18/11/2025It seems to me that most conservatives and liberals, if you strip away billionaire interests and the extreme positions in the areas of common citizen concern, could agree on a significant subset of goals. Why can't we have two parties that sign on, and compete for the authority to implement? 050
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Choice is the seat of the soul. The one gift God granted us. Frankenstein, 2025 030
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 21/10/2025An observation - 1 in 7 million probability in a normal distribution is more than 5 standard deviations away from the mean. It is empirically remarkable that there was not a single person last weekend who decided to make history through individual violence. History will note it. 030
Reposted by Ron ClineKOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death. 8223812716938
Reposted by Ron ClineAlice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 04/10/2025🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud: “We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.” 321902559
Reposted by Ron ClineAndrea Chalupa @andreachalupa.com · 21/09/2025I went to Twitter just to check that this creepy Brendan Carr tweet is real, and of course it is. Like in Russia, far-right trolls have taken over 1722182
Reposted by Ron ClineMS NOW @ms.now · 20/09/2025EXCLUSIVE: Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.msnbc.comTom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025. 37047001918
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I would simply like to ask the A.I. community why Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics do not apply, fundamentally, to AI research? The positronic brain existed before R. Daneel Olivaw. It's not the body, it's the SW, right? 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I'm just putting this out there, but has anyone considered that AI chat engines are just disembodied robots, and that perhaps they should obey Asimov's three laws as a starter? 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 27/08/2025"Be careful, we're watching you!" Our current president is actually quoting Orwell in the first person. 020
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 20/08/2025This hits close to home. The nearby town of Lexington was founded as a trading post by my great-grandparents in the 1870's. I know the character of people there, and they are not going to be happy about this one whit...dhs.govCornhusker Clink: A New Partnership with DHS and the State of Nebraska to Expand Detention Space | Homeland SecurityThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new partnership with the state of Nebraska to expand ICE detention space by up to 280 beds. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is part... 010
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 13/08/2025My definition of consciousness includes self-awareness. 030
Reposted by Ron ClineClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 12/07/2025ICE detained a hospital chaplain/Imam worked primarily in the NICU, comforting families especially those whose babies were dying. His colleague speaks out www.tiktok.com/t/ZT68UAPXp/tiktok.comChaplain Ayman—Imam Ayman Soliman— has been my colleague for four years. ICE detained him at a routine check-in. Ayman is an asset to our community, and we are demanding his release. #aymansoliman ...TikTok video by elizabethdiop8 191313590
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Today I remember: "Someone you don't know will die." - the classic Twilight Zone with Mare Winningham ... "Button Button". Push the button on the box and get a million dollars -- with that simple catch.youtube.comThe New Twilight Zone - Push The Button - Part 1.flvYouTube video by SandieAngel338 130
Reposted by Ron ClineGrant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. This man has no citizenship now.austinchronicle.comTexas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad DeportedHe has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case 56077363731
Reposted by Ron ClineBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 21/06/2025This is physical bravery. This guy is a patriot. 351487400
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Hover over the circles -- totally intuitive and the data tells an interesting story. 000
Reposted by Ron ClineJacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Ross told me he enlisted in the Marines when he was 17 because he loves his country and to help his parents get a path to citizenship. protesting directly in front of Marines deployed by President Trump he told me "it makes me feel sad... a lot of Marines, they’re all Hispanic." 604417949
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I posted this in the summer of '23, giving an 8-10 year time estimate for the situation posed. Now 2-4 years.medium.comRon’s blogMuch ado was made a while back about whether or not a certain AI system (Google’s LaMDA) was conscious. The architecture, of course, wasn’t… 000
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 12/06/2025DOGE cancelled funding for National History Day. It would not have gone forward this week, if not for people pitching in to take up the shortfall. Perhaps it's time for a citizens' superfund, apolitical, that can work towards the common good.nhd.orgAbout National History Day - National History DayA world leader in history and civics education, National History Day® improves the teaching and learning of history. 010
Reposted by Ron ClineThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11/06/2025WATCH: “Holy f*ck — They literally just shot her point blank… I live here…” @lapdhq shoot a woman trying to get to her apartment at point blank range with a rubber bullet. Alexandria’s page (the woman who helps her): www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo... 1114147617791
Reposted by Ron ClineRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 08/06/2025ICE crossed a line in LA 7822459911913
Reposted by Ron ClineProPublica @propublica.org · 04/06/2025NEW: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating violent extremism.propublica.org“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism PreventionOne year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v... 59235591757
Ron Cline @roncline33.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I remember when "The Peter Principle" came out. Still valid, but it just seems so quaint now... 000
