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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I haven’t seen the film, but my interpretation of this is that it isn’t “AI slop”. A significant point is that it’s Musk’s actual statements (voice recordings? in print? not sure) paired with some CGI of Musk’s face… I think Gibney is kind of trolling Musk here.

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here are a couple (gift) links that might be relevant. “AI tools to help sync the fake Musk’s facial movements with the real Musk’s voice” www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026... “The team used AI to sync the avatar’s lips with actual statements Musk has made.” wapo.st/4xM2Pre

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Maybe Alex Gibney Did Elon Musk a Favor

For his new documentary about the tech mogul, the director plays by unconventional rules.

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The nerve of this guy! He claims it's a moral issue but he also says that one human therapist can supervise thousands of AI "therapists". This is nothing more than a moral crumple zone!!

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Came here to see if you're on this, and of course, you are. 👍 This is really saying, "We can't afford to pay for real therapy, but we'll pay for AI 'therapy'. Even if it sometimes convinces people to commit suicide, it's better than nothing." 😵

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This sign is a great example for helping to explain why chatbots present such a potent illusion. A probably not short thread 🧵>>

Photo of a sign with a doorbell attached. The printed sign reads:

CURRENT GUGGENHEIM ACCES BY HUSKY CARD ONLY
[Logos for Amazon, FedEx, UPS]
DELIVERIES/VISITORS
PLEASE RING THIS DOORBELL

Delivery hours M-F 9:00am-(obscured)
University of Washington

Taped next to the doorbell is a hand written note that reads:
yes! it rang! Pelase wait 30 seconds before pressing again.
thanks!

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

That’s an astounding amount of rain!! I hope things are ok where you are. (I guess they are, since you’re posting…)

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My favorite bit from Children of Men is the little video vignette on the train, showing worldwide violence and burning cities. “The world has collapsed ... only Britain soldiers on.”

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Nicolai Parlog @nipafx.dev · 15/08/2026

The latest Inside #Java Newscast has news on: * Valhalla * primitive patterns * the JSON API * PQC in LTS * monthly updates * OpenJDK mail search And all that in a true Cyberpunk setting. 🌆 How could you *not* watch?! youtu.be/-4gCNsoPAmQ

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JSON API, Valhalla Progress, LTS ❤️ PQC - Inside Java Newscast #114

YouTube video by Java

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I used WD-40 the other day to unfreeze the index shifters on my bikes. (Followed by a quick spray of light machine oil.)

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Hey, at least the map labeled the Gulf of Mexico correctly!

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Nicolai Parlog @nipafx.dev · 08/08/2026

Wanna have some #Java fun on the weekend? 0. download jdk.java.net/28/ EA 10 1. jshell 2. type `value class Valhallaaaa { }` (vary number of "a"s according to taste)

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OpenJDK JDK 28 Early-Access Builds

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

You’d best watch out… you know what Han Solo’s son did….

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Heh, this is pretty funny!

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Naoto Sato @naotoj.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Now it is a Candidate JEP openjdk.org/jeps/540

openjdk.org

JEP 540: Simple JSON API (Incubator)

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Either that, or a maze of little twisty passages, all different.

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Should already be available for free to everyone on YouTube: youtu.be/ZqGSg4b_cZA

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The Java Story | The Official Documentary

YouTube video by CultRepo

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I thought it was quite well done. But I’m pretty close to the subject, so it’s hard for me to be objective.

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Glad to have been featured (sort of) in the new Java documentary, “Write Once Run Forever”: www.youtube.com/watch?si=X46... Overall very nicely done. Congratulations CultRepo! #java

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The Java Story | The Official Documentary

YouTube video by CultRepo

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Donald Raab @thedonraab.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Read a great blog from @smarks.bsky.social, which reminded me to watch "The Java Story" on my big screen. stuartmarks.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/t.... So good! Well done! 15 years ago I met some the folks in this story for the first time at JVMLS 2011. Proud to be part of the #Java community. 🙏👏

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 02/07/2026

“The message that I always bring when I have a chance is that, when the text that comes out of one of these systems makes sense, it’s because we are making sense of it. This is also in the stochastic parrots paper.”

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What Emily Bender Really Meant by "Stochastic Parrots"

Five years later, its lead author revisits the paper in the age of ChatGPT

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Back on my bullshit, I guess:

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Fortunately, it appears there is no Rute Cozziebear!

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Ha, very cute. Now, wasn’t there a muppet named Rute Cozziebear?

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millifoo.bsky.social @millifoo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This is what I think of Trump holding a UFC cage match on the whitehouse lawn. @ufcmma.bsky.social

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Huh, I didn’t know about Mountain House. They’re still building more sprawl out there as well (“Lennar at Lakeshore”). And super commuting is still a thing. www.reddit.com/r/MountainHo...

reddit.com

From the MountainHouse community on Reddit

Explore this post and more from the MountainHouse community

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

No, mine was Estoril Blue, which is more of a medium blue. Avus Blue is deeper and more saturated, also very nice.

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

At first I thought this was about California Forever, but no it’s about a different development. Amazing that they built this development out in the middle of nowhere, 10mi SW of Patterson, and that they thought they had enough water for a golf course. (Hint: they didn’t.) cc @danak6jq.bsky.social

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Nice!! Looks like Avus Blue.

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Sharat (Shar) Chander - 🟦🌊 @sharatchander.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

May 23, 1995 31 years and still going strong. Happy birthday, #Java! Thx to the #JavaCommunity that continues to keep it vibrant!

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Wow, that’s really terrible. Why would somebody do that? Maybe somebody is getting desperate or something.

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Erik Österlund @eosterlund.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wow you got that fast! Hope you enjoy it! Best experienced with a big cup of coffee.

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Well done, sir. Hard to believe that you need to divide your time between the Russian Embassy and the DOJ.

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Lgd. Viktor Klang @viktorklang.com · 09/05/2026

Weekend musings: what I am most proud of is not the things I’ve built (or helped build) but learning that something I did or said had a meaningful impact on someone else’s way of thinking. I definitely did not see that coming when I started working some 25 years ago.

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

“Leave the light saber. Take the cannoli.”

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

“We’re sorry, but the fee you paid for the ‘window seat’ is for the seat only, and does not include a window, for which there is an additional fee.”

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Period tracking apps! Subject to federal surveillance, of course. And suspicious gaps in a young woman’s sequence of periods will trigger an investigation…

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Lee Vinsel @leev.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

MIT Technology Review asked me to review Stewart Brand's new book _Maintenance: Of Everything_, vol. 1. I went into it with a lot of questions, including about how he'd deal with labor, politics, and social structure. It's a lot worse than I expected. www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/17/1...

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The case for fixing everything

A new book by Stewart Brand, an architect of modern tech culture, asks: How do we prioritize maintenance? And why? But it doesn’t quite have the answers.

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

OMG I still remember the tune and the words to this. Sometimes having too good a memory is a curse.

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Sharat (Shar) Chander - 🟦🌊 @sharatchander.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

The FAMOUS @ted.dev already at @jcon.one representing #Java in the community!

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Sharat (Shar) Chander - 🟦🌊 @sharatchander.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Thank you to @jcon.one and @richard.fichtner.dev for this leadership award. Building out the #Java community has been a career highlight. #JavaTogether

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Stuart Marks @smarks.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

THANK YOU. I know we’re all having fun with making up jokey four-word replies. That reply — six words — is the actual reply as far as I can tell, but the headline says four words. What gives?

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"I dropped my toothbrush on the floor," Tom said, crestfallen.

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