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Artist, long engaged in the internet and technology in the landscape, networks and remote projects. Founding member Electronic Disturbance Theater and C5. Teaching […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@stalbaum, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

I think it raises a fair question. Was the Tennessee Department of Corrections conspiring to murder Christina Pike in her hospital bed? "Pike was declared brain dead on Monday night and her team was informed that life support would be removed the next day, her lawyers said. “But on Tuesday, to […]

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I think it raises a fair question. Was the Tennessee Department of Corrections conspiring to murder Christina Pike in her hospital bed? "Pike was declared brain dead on Monday night and her team was informed that life support would be removed the next day, her lawyers said. “But on Tuesday, to […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10h

I live in a #California desert state park, actually quite verdant (mesquite has access to a shallow aquifer) and just full of life year round. Including rodents of very many kinds: hares, rabbits, pack rats, regular (Norwegian) rats that die over the hot summer, kangaroo mice, field mice, pocket […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Here is a thing that the fastest growing economy in the #USA is doing that actually helps people find their way in a changing economy . SMART. #Democrats, you can't run on #Trump's failures alone, you have to be a viable economic alternative that gives citizens a chance to thrive. I will say […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I mean, isn't this "of course" reporting by #politico? Even #Democrats know they are going to blunt their own success because fundamentally, Democrats are afraid to lead and #Republicans, for all their incompetence, are not. #Dems are barely comfortable with proper crime scene cleanup as we saw […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I mean, isn't this "of course" reporting by #politico? Even #Democrats know they are going to blunt their own success because fundamentally, Democrats are afraid to lead and #Republicans, for all their incompetence, are not. #Dems are barely comfortable with proper crime scene cleanup as we saw […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Actually NOT totally totally unheard of but daytime temps in my nearby city of El Centro California are forecast to be close to 110F (43C) mid week next. Happy October everyone! @ai6yr

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The United States is complex and varied, really 50 countries in a federal union. And so much of my country is ghoulishly performative and utterly incompetent. Angry and stupid has not played out well here, see also #MAGA. The fault is in the character of the American People. #uspol #deathpenalty […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

The United States is complex and varied, really 50 countries in a federal union. And so much of my country is ghoulishly performative and utterly incompetent. Angry and stupid has not played out well here, see also #MAGA. The fault is in the character of the American People. #uspol #deathpenalty […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

A bigger deal that we would like to think. The #Trump retreat, or cut and run if you will, is on. #Iranwar www.npr.org/2026/09/30/g-s1-145604/…

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I have kicked #trump for his deluded #iranwar, but let me $#!+ on the #IRGC too. You write a 25 page open letter to the American People. 25 pages. A people who is just starting, barely, to turn their attention to the high price of a Big Mac as the major midterm election issue. Who can barely […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

I have kicked #trump for his deluded #iranwar, but let me $#!+ on the #IRGC too. You write a 25 page open letter to the American People. 25 pages. A people who is just starting, barely, to turn their attention to the high price of a Big Mac as the major midterm election issue. Who can barely […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

This is such bull$#!+. #OpenAI and Sam Altman want you to believe that they are too incompetent to airgap a research experiment. This is intentional and marketing for the Monopoly (or approved #oligarchs) allowed to research and market #AI. The truth is that this kind of agent system is good […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

This is such bull$#!+. #OpenAI and Sam Altman want you to believe that they are too incompetent to airgap a research experiment. This is intentional and marketing for the Monopoly (or approved #oligarchs) allowed to research and market #AI. The truth is that this kind of agent system is good […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Iran’s president says ‘we will never bow our head’, I will say it again fuck #Iran there is no room for #theocracy dressed up as a Democracy a civilized world. (USA culture needs a similar bracing dose of separation of church and state.) But having said that, I also do not want the USA to […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

In #uspol this is wildly controversial because it is angrily rejected by all political parties. But it is turning out to be true and in retrospect, an obvious outcome (yes you can scroll me and find out.) Donald #Trump is doing more and FASTER for the #green movement through his incompetence […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

In #uspol this is wildly controversial because it is angrily rejected by all political parties. But it is turning out to be true and in retrospect, an obvious outcome (yes you can scroll me and find out.) Donald #Trump is doing more and FASTER for the #green movement through his incompetence […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Fuck #Iran anyway (I view #theocracy of all flavors as ghoulish), but if #Trump follows through on these unveiled threats of #nuclear annihilation of an entire civilization then it is simply the duty of every #USA citizen to capture and turn this monster over to The #Hague for a fair trial. And […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Fuck #Iran anyway (I view #theocracy of all flavors as ghoulish), but if #Trump follows through on these unveiled threats of #nuclear annihilation of an entire civilization then it is simply the duty of every #USA citizen to capture and turn this monster over to The #Hague for a fair trial. And […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Let just occasionally mark how clearly we knew what was going on so that #genX and #millennials can't lie to our children about not knowing. #trump #Iranwar #tariffs #idiocracy #uspol youtu.be/UIvc4-6O1Wo?is=DmbbctvZkKO…

1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

The #beeple work (I have not seen yet) seems like completely mainstream computer art, in fact, not really an #AI artwork at all. Rage is falling upon it. I'm going to call it, this is much more about poor art education with some AI rage bait actually serving it […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

As an artist, we have largely been left out of federal funding (as a function of individual grants from the NEA) for decades. My whole long career, scientists have been demanding we compete with them on grants to show our value to the University. We have no NSF, NIH. So losing the #Kennedy […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

As an artist, we have largely been left out of federal funding (as a function of individual grants from the NEA) for decades. My whole long career, scientists have been demanding we compete with them on grants to show our value to the University. We have no NSF, NIH. So losing the #Kennedy […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Two new #Iranwar memes. One is that the Iranian/Houthies takeover of the Bab al-Mandab is a "Tet Offensive" moment for the United States and #Israel. One that screws all the world. Two is that Donald Trump partying at his convention as global shipping changes irrevocably is a sort of Jim Jones […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Two new #Iranwar memes. One is that the Iranian/Houthies takeover of the Bab al-Mandab is a "Tet Offensive" moment for the United States and #Israel. One that screws all the world. Two is that Donald Trump partying at his convention as global shipping changes irrevocably is a sort of Jim Jones […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I don't have a lot of sympathy for the #Saudi government, I really don't. But as a traditional ally, long time friend, the United States does not have their back here. Just another on a long list of countries mine has made promises to, but then we abandoned them. #USA #USPolitics […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

I don't have a lot of sympathy for the #Saudi government, I really don't. But as a traditional ally, long time friend, the United States does not have their back here. Just another on a long list of countries mine has made promises to, but then we abandoned them. #USA #USPolitics […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Long awaited news, mixed news for many probably, but interesting to me! #Waymo is taking rides in San Diego! I remember almost two years ago as Los Angeles burned and our friends who came to speak at the #Getty had their talks cancelled. We enjoyed the most cognitively dissonant of all weekends […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026

Long awaited news, mixed news for many probably, but interesting to me! #Waymo is taking rides in San Diego! I remember almost two years ago as Los Angeles burned and our friends who came to speak at the #Getty had their talks cancelled. We enjoyed the most cognitively dissonant of all weekends […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

A few #WW3 tips beyond the obvious. First, the situation is different everywhere on the planet. A close examination of what you need on a daily basis. What are your blind spots? #GPS and time is something that orgs should look into very closely. #Internet, buy a map of your area, activate the […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I just want to run this by my shared intersection of #linux and #nba fans out there. Kawhi Leonard for the win? A poster with Steve #Ballmer under the jockstrap? Yeah? 👍 Always happy when an #oligarch $#!+$ themselves and #journalists win. #pablotorrefindsout

1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

I just want to run this by my shared intersection of #linux and #nba fans out there. Kawhi Leonard for the win? A poster with Steve #Ballmer under the jockstrap? Yeah? 👍 Always happy when an #oligarch $#!+$ themselves and #journalists win. #pablotorrefindsout

1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

This is very interesting about the United States Strategic Petroleum reserve. It was geologically special, and we have basically almost ruined it through overuse attempting to control markets. youtu.be/j5g0Ud8i0C0?is=PRtd0tsM1ye…

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

With #ICE and #MAGA and #conservatism in general, cruelty is part of the ideology. Part of the reasoning. #USpol www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/se…

1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026

With #ICE and #MAGA and #conservatism in general, cruelty is part of the ideology. Part of the reasoning. #USpol www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/se…

1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Perhaps a bit out of the #Mastodon overton window, but anything that helps restore nutrition, medicine and education in #Venezuela is a good thing. The bad kind of #socialism left this county so weak that the #Trump admin was able to fairly trivially walk past #Cuban military guards who were […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

The pathetic self-made purgatory that John Roberts has created for himself might cleanse his soul, but it will not relieve his permanent place as an utter stain on U.S. history. www.rawstory.com/john-roberts-26778…

John Roberts blisters colleagues in scathing dissent as Trump's ballroom gets green light

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump to restart construction on his controversial White House ballroom project — but Chief Justice John Roberts is not happy about it.Roberts joined with the three liberals in a dissent against his conservative colleagues, outlining what he...

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

#Iran is bunkered up and using decoys just as everyone does. (I don't have a source, but I have watched Ukraine.) #Trump claims he is going to hit them hard but you don't have to have passed your freshmen year at West Point to know that part of asymmetrical war is bait targets. There is a […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

#Iran is bunkered up and using decoys just as everyone does. (I don't have a source, but I have watched Ukraine.) #Trump claims he is going to hit them hard but you don't have to have passed your freshmen year at West Point to know that part of asymmetrical war is bait targets. There is a […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

I have been predicting #Trump would walk away from the #Iranwar and build a monument to his victory. (And probably rename EVERY body of water America and every ship and base Trump...) But another very real possibility is a long cold war that sees the Persian Gulf slowly open through pipelines […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

I have been predicting #Trump would walk away from the #Iranwar and build a monument to his victory. (And probably rename EVERY body of water America and every ship and base Trump...) But another very real possibility is a long cold war that sees the Persian Gulf slowly open through pipelines […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

I did just have gpt-oss:120b write me a genuinely useful python utility program that would have taken me at least an hour to write. This is local #AI, running on a laptop with #Ollama. But I had to be a thoughtful systems analyst to describe the spec. And it was with very common python […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Neither #Democrats or #Republicans have a $#!+ chance of addressing actual economic need and dramatic choices that have to be made. The pain of many decades of failure ranging from health care to disastrous tariffs and deregulation, union busting, wild deficit spending and a #billionaire […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Neither #Democrats or #Republicans have a $#!+ chance of addressing actual economic need and dramatic choices that have to be made. The pain of many decades of failure ranging from health care to disastrous tariffs and deregulation, union busting, wild deficit spending and a #billionaire […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

#Meta agrees to 17 billion settlement over killing teens and girls, so that Zuck and execs don't have to testify. To think I left #Facebook in 2017 over Cambridge Analytica, and to think so many stayed on after they knew of this child murder rampage. No wonder the nation, including Biden Admin […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026

#Meta agrees to 17 billion settlement over killing teens and girls, so that Zuck and execs don't have to testify. To think I left #Facebook in 2017 over Cambridge Analytica, and to think so many stayed on after they knew of this child murder rampage. No wonder the nation, including Biden Admin […]

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1337 $#!+ I did that @stalbaum.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@stalbaum/116303020… Did someone write this back on, March 27th? #Iranwar

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