Reposted by Russ SilvaIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13/10/2026I left X *because* I had a large following. People told me I was the reason they were staying on there, and I didn’t want to be responsible for 100k+ people sticking around for abuse, CSAM, and Nazis. Simple as that 403477438
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 12hDo you think people who make horror movies are all violent psychopaths at heart? I don't. 000
Reposted by Russ Silvashauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 22hthis guy was one of the dopes who thought They Really Had Something There with the fake talarico story and this tweet will live in meme’dom like a dril tweet forever 461707240
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 15hNew York Times / Patrick Healy / Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social / "A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump" / October 15, 2026 part 1 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I am reluctant to espouse the position unequivocally because it's so cynical, but we really do need an analysis of whether the correct strategy for Dem electeds during Republican presidencies is "sandbag the country because you won't get credit for helping it" 21012
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I'm still not over the fact that Trump couldn't tell the difference between "photograph of tattoo" and "MS painted text on top of photograph" and the press just moved on bsky.app/profile/russ... 010
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Children who are highly familiar with Colin Farrell's previous work and are fascinated by his physical transformation in The Batman 120
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Really seems like journalists don't treat the problem of accurately reporting on the mental states of potentially deceptive actors as seriously as they need to. 010
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 14/10/2026You're telling me that devoted Warhammer customers are prone to spending their money unwisely? How could that be? 1754
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I was an illusionist before I saw this post, but I didn't know the word for it. After some investigation, I can confirm that I am indeed an illusionist. Very helpful post, thank you! 010
Reposted by Russ SilvaIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced. 14864996611735
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Like, it's not clear to me that these two different ways of arriving at "Good morning, Stephen" clearly indicate which actor(s) are conscious. 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026And even if Stephen texted me "good morning", and I manually performed some calculations predicting the most likely response based on his text, and replied "good morning, Stephen" based on those calculations, I think I would still be conscious while doing so. 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I mean if your example of a conscious process is a) recognizing Stephen plus b) noticing that it's morning then c) saying "Good morning, Stephen" then there's computer programs that can do that. That capability even predates LLM technology. 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Please no more blog posts of the form "I feel guilty for staying on Twitter, but instead of introspecting I'm going to yell at Bluesky instead." Thank you. 000
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Anyway, no one is required to base their beliefs on a sci-fi television show. But these episodes provide serious challenges to the idea that TNG was never commenting positively on the idea of AI having rights. 000
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026(fun fact: "The Quality of Life" is the origin of the "pointing Geordi" image.) 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Like in "Evolution", dismissiveness of the idea that the robots could be alive or worthy of moral consideration is portrayed as narrow-minded. Data, who advocates for the robots, is portrayed as heroic. 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The ending of "Quality of Life" is somewhat more ambiguous. But the episode addresses the philosophical question of what qualifies something as "alive" directly. The show's answer: humanity has never definitively answered the question. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OfI...youtube.comThe Definition of Life - Star Trek TNGYouTube video by WILLwork4BEER22 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026In S3E6 "The Quality of Life", an alien scientist accidentally creates a possibly intelligent race of macroscopic robots. The challenge of determining the moral status of the robots is taken seriously as a central plot point. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Qua...en.wikipedia.orgThe Quality of Life (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - Wikipedia 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026In S3E1 "Evolution", Wesley accidentally creates an artificially intelligent race of nanotech robots. The crew establishes communication with them, negotiates with them, and grants them a homeworld. A scientist who tries to kill them is portrayed as villainous. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evoluti...en.wikipedia.orgEvolution (Star Trek: The Next Generation) - Wikipedia 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Even if Data's stories are hand waved away as metaphors, and not as commentaries on artificial intelligence, TNG has multiple episodes that address the moral status of artificial intelligence. They take the idea quite seriously, with dismissiveness portrayed as bigoted and/or villainous. 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Again, conservative "intellectuals" are not thought leaders of the conservative movement. They are PR flacks whose job is to weaken liberal resistance. 011
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Bears are a terrible example. We outnumber bears 1000 to 1, utterly dominate them, and have driven multiple subspecies to extinction. 100
Reposted by Russ SilvaHadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 11/10/2026how am i expected to get any work done with all these interruptions i plotted & executed 2937
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I mean in more recent memory we had the video game and violence-on-tv moral panics. History has no shortage of claims that new media developments are ruining the youth. It would be no surprise if the AI version of that idea turned out similarly. 230
Reposted by Russ SilvaPhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 09/10/2026Right-wing Christian nationalist podcasters are using the tragic Massachusetts case of Lindsay Clancy to make a radical argument: women should lose the right to vote, end no-fault divorce, and live under strict male supervision. Here is a breakdown of what they are saying on video 🧵👇 15264149
Reposted by Russ SilvaDrew Curtis @drewcurtis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Why is Fark.com the greatest website ever? 291
Reposted by Russ SilvaCity of Minneapolis @minneapolismn.gov · 09/10/2026Today, and every day, we stand with the Somali community. 42121381601
Reposted by Russ SilvaYael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I am in Cap Haitien interviewing people deported from the United States. I have been doing this kind of work for almost a decade and it literally does not get more dire than this. People have lost everything they built in the U.S. and are terrified and have no place to go or way to live. 3022051068
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Yup. Helped raise half a billion dollars for the ape jpegs fad bsky.app/profile/russ... 030
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Not sure there's much value to drawing attention to the execution of Nidal Hasan. The death penalty for murderers polls well and Hasan is not a sympathetic figure. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...pewresearch.orgMost Americans Favor the Death Penalty for Those Convicted of MurderWhile 68% see the death penalty as morally justified for those committing murder, 59% say it doesn't deter serious crimes – and there are wide partisan gaps on both questions. 120
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...en.wikipedia.orgList of predictions for autonomous Tesla vehicles by Elon Musk - Wikipedia 000
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026muskometer.commuskometer.comMuskOmeter - Tracking Elon Musk PredictionsA satirical website tracking Elon Musk predictions and their accuracy rate. 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026elonmusk.todayelonmusk.todayYes, this is a thing Elon Musk really claimed.Elon Musk Today: The future ain't what it used to be! | social preview artwork by trish@omerta22PL 2019 100
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Fun reminder that Musk makes so many failed predictions and broken promises that multiple websites track them and Wikipedia has a whole page just for the Tesla ones. 100
Reposted by Russ Silvabort @crushbort.bsky.social · 09/10/2026a few days ago i was making small talk with a somali man about how welcoming everyone was when i stayed in a majority somali neighborhood and he immediately started tearing up and saying thank you. it didn’t feel good things have gotten so bad something that small could provoke that reaction 3888123
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026from @ahjohnson.bsky.social www.columnblog.com/p/how-safety...columnblog.comHow “Safety” Rhetoric is Weaponized to Protect Israel and Smear Its CriticsDespite nominally equal instances of antisemitism and Islamophobia since Oct 7, major US media outlets has mentioned Jewish Safety 42X More than Muslim or Arab Safety. Why? 01911
Reposted by Russ SilvaCharles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 08/10/2026I know everyone’s jaded and exhausted by the continual parade of madness, but this is the president of US openly inciting racist violence against an entire community of immigrants. (w/ alt text) 561300335
Reposted by Russ Silvamolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026it’s whatever they’re mad about. always has been. it doesn’t mean anything to them, it’s just a place to store bad feelings. 221076182
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026How is that not an abridgement of the right to assembly? Person A proposes an illegal action at a public protest, Person B says "no, let's not do that", A commits the crime anyway, B attends the protest but doesn't participate in the crime. Really seems like B should not be culpable. 100
Reposted by Russ SilvaSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I was unaware that as someone born in America I inherited Athens. So does that mean I’m eligible for Greek citizenship? 801047137
Russ Silva @russellsilva.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the context is that Yarvin is a longtime troll who markets himself as an esoteric reactionary whose beliefs are distinct from bog standard white nationalist fascism while constantly winking and smiling at the camera to simultaneously convey that the distinction is just a ruse. 1281
