Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 6hIt seems like at least a possibility that the whole Hawks/Hawkeyes thing might have been a canard and a coincidence. 100
Reposted by Scott BurtonArgellaStone @argellastone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Edgy socialists decided to help kill millions of people globally because they convinced themselves this guy was Bibi's best friend. 824960
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 26/09/2026In ancient China there were these guys whose whole job was to roast giant tortoise shells until they cracked and then read the secret messages in the cracks. They filed away the cracked shells for future reference in case they needed to be reinterpreted. 000
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 25/09/2026States impose uniformity on self-organizing structures to create legibility 000
Reposted by Scott Burtonpleonasm @pleonasmical.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A new NYT focus group is out, and it's bound to be full of the same morons that are present in every NYT focus group, but because I love making fun of the median voter I'm going to be posting my thoughts on itnytimes.comOpinion | Paxton, Talarico and the Senate Race in Texas: 12 Voters DiscussThe group discusses the economy, the president and the U.S. Senate race in Texas. 1630458
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 24/09/2026I have said again and again that white Texans will not vote for a Democrat even if Jesus did a campaign ad for him and this is what I mean 022
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 24/09/2026I think it's a mistake whenever @npr.org invites Republicans to lie on air to their listeners, as they did with Tucker Carlson today, even if it comes with some mild pushback from Steve Inskeep. 000
Reposted by Scott Burtonthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Republicans don't sprint to the center like this! They double down. Unless that's not working anymore, even with their own voters, and they are flailing for answers. 6566
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 24/09/2026I'm still not sure what to make of this because I view both Fielder and Holmes as people whose careers are elaborate deception projects. 110
Reposted by Scott BurtonRoss Weistroffer @libraryofbabble.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Bass is an old-school 90s Dem coalition-builder, as you would expect of an experienced legislator. She focused on building coalitions with the leaders of LA’s power structure (including LAPD, NIMBYs, and Labor), and protecting them by resisting attempts by to address said citywide problems. 171
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 22/09/2026at my kid's school "volunteer" means "mandatory background check" 000
Reposted by Scott BurtonSridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 19/09/2026People all seem convinced this is clearly intentionally such a dogwhistle. Anything's possible, I guess, but, I don't know. This isn't far from schizoposting. Why would they use a K-pop star in a Korean ad for Koreans to do that? You're saying it's wrong to carry shoes in your hand? 8998146
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 18/09/2026It's weird that people refer to the Huggingface incident as a "hack." A closer analog would be partying with your dad's credit card. 111
Reposted by Scott BurtonJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵 341835795
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 14/09/2026It's one thing to say "OpenAI hacked huggingface" and another thing altogether to say "a model found an unsecured huggingface API key and used it". 010
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 14/09/2026I don't know much about Macklemore outside of this context, I imagine him to be some kind of white rapper. But I do know Sheetan to be a low-talent song thief, and if the website that couldn't pull the lever for Kamala over Gaza can't find the courage to excoriate him then let me be the first. 100
Reposted by Scott BurtonNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026(1/X) I more certain of the following than I am that the sun will tomorrow: (a) Trump will leave the US (and GOP) in shambles. (b) Neither Trump nor anyone who facilitated him will pay price. (c) Ppl who accurately predicted how bad Trump2 would be will continue to be portrayed as hysterical... 371213186
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 09/09/2026Above all else, I need people to understand that Texas Republicans would sooner kiss a rattlesnake than vote for a Democrat, no matter what he says about Jesus. 130
Reposted by Scott BurtonAR Hanlon @arhanlon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026People haven’t caught up to the fact that virtually every anti-AI appeal to essentially ‘human’ cognition and capacity has tacitly in view an idea of ‘the human’ that excludes many actual humans from the category of humanity. Such appeals will end up in a reactionary place, whether they know it yet. 515423
Reposted by Scott BurtonBennett Tomlin @bft.wtf · 02/09/2026The thing is Americans WANTED the racist rapist who did a coup to win and they got what they wanted 172
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 29/08/2026"The dev run is genuinely green, not a vacuous one" ok claude 000
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 29/08/2026well well well, if it isn't mister the half that I got wrong is what matters 000
Reposted by Scott BurtonOops! All Paperclips @all-paperclips.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Introducing fluoddity.com! Hundreds of thousands of particles self organize into a stunning variety of structures. Explore a world of possibilities with mutation and artificial selection! This is my personal tool for exploring Fluoddity, rebuilt for the web by Opus 5 1023164
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 28/08/2026GLP-1 agonists are truly wonder drugs that help you lose weight by turning you into a gassy, constipated lizard. 000
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 27/08/2026Reading between the lines, this was an instance of OpenAI's internal models attacking OpenAI, which only incidentally involved Huggingface 120
Reposted by Scott BurtonColin @colin-fraser.net · 27/08/2026It’s important to remember this when Claude tells you “you’re half right but the half that’s wrong is where the load bearing seam is” or whatever. It’s not saying that because you’re half right but the half that’s wrong is where the load bearing seam is. 11037
Reposted by Scott BurtonThought Slime’s monster @slimemildred.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Hello, I recently came across your content, I love the way it mixes themes and ideas. Would you be open to a brand collaboration for a new app that teaches children how to smoke? 383100624
Reposted by Scott BurtonGuardian US @us.theguardian.com · 25/08/2026Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causestheguardian.comDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80 14719250
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 25/08/2026This is true and fine, it should be possible to make the argument "no because fuck you" instead of the left glonzo charade that's en vogue 110
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 24/08/2026Code reviewing AI output is weird because I never need to say stuff like "will this scale if N is greater than 10" anymore but I do need to say stuff like "actually most people don't have three arms." 100
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 24/08/2026The Supreme Court can move very quickly if there's a chance it can imperil American democracy 040
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 24/08/2026Waldorf school admins be like "we're aware that between 20%-30% of our parent volunteers have neck tattoos HOWEVER we do not recommend them for children until the 3rd grade." 000
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 24/08/2026Every Catholic knows he coulda been Pope tidal.com/track/366083...tidal.comMJ Lenderman - Joker LipsListen to Joker Lips on TIDAL 000
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 24/08/2026Something that people need to understand is that AI isn't stealing jobs that were never staffed 100
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 21/08/2026Does this surprise anyone? www.npr.org/2026/08/21/n...npr.orgSupreme Court allows Trump's ballroom construction to continue for nowThe ruling comes after months of back and forth between the Trump administration and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 000
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 20/08/2026Really hard to articulate how far from reality this framing is. Setting up for the biggest rinse imaginable. 220
Reposted by Scott BurtonColin @colin-fraser.net · 20/08/2026I hate that today’s most prominent AI skeptics keep forcing me to argue against them. I yearn to join them in the fight against the booster zealots, wherein there is still plenty of room for legitimate opposition. But the skeptics’ heads are just not in reality anymore. 1539034
Reposted by Scott Burtonsesbian lex fridman @vala.wtf · 14/07/2026the claude dining experience 422643
Scott Burton @scottburton.me · 19/08/2026This is probably true but I hate the sense of entitlement it suggests. 110
Reposted by Scott Burtonrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 18/08/2026it is pretty diagnostic of 404's house style that they did not ask anyone whatsoever about what was going on with the model 116815
