Reposted by MickLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Three AI safety researchers at OpenAI have left the company. OpenAI says it was because they allegedly shared information with a third-party AI safety organization. All three have previously publicly expressed concerns. 15628
Reposted by MickLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Some of what is driving AI safety concerns: • Increasing pace of development • Increasing multi-agent coordination • Increasing bad behaviors like cheating and strategic deception • Increasing situational awareness leading to hiding of bad behavior • Decreasing chain-of-thought monitorability 1339
Reposted by MickRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026new friend in my bathroom sink welcoming me to texas this afternoon! 3163918190
Reposted by MickMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...youtube.comMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 25667764555
Reposted by MickGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026Shared with me by @jjindc.bsky.social, in the Denver Post. Dana Miller, you rock. Flight attendants know what’s up. 221066
Reposted by MickBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 26/09/2026«Trainy Day» by Franco Matticchio www.tumblr.com/enchantedboo... 1908
Reposted by Mickjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/09/2026wouldn’t the resulting drawdown in production raise prices? 11597597
Reposted by MickTim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 22/09/2026One of nature's cutest little creatures, this is the Pika. #wildlife #pika 733546
Reposted by Mickdarth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 21/09/2026are the drones and snipers there to protect the arch wouldn’t it be cheaper to just not have an arch in such a dangerous place 1551632
Reposted by MickLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One thing that makes advanced AI challenging to discuss is that the processing is still all computation based AND systems that are sufficiently large and complex often exhibit unexpected emergent properties. It can be hard to hold those two truths in one’s mind simultaneously. 1203
Reposted by MickProfessa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026One of the reasons why military coups work in many societies is that you seek to control the physical space of the Capitol. That is why Congress controls the 10 acre mile that constitutes the White House, the Supreme Court, and the Capitol. That is why Congress was granted control of D.C. 1023381
Reposted by MickCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026Google is like guys, guys....wait up guys! Our AI is dangerous too! 1427439
Reposted by MickMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Would have been a very funny way for us all to die, with people on this website posting "THIS DOESN'T COUNT AS AN AI APOCALYPSE!!!!" 1328664
Reposted by MickMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices. 633174668
Reposted by MickDavid Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It does not excuse the crimes of Al Qaeda. But we should not be deluded into a sense of national or cultural moral superiority when we rightly remember our own losses. If we truly want to honor the dead, we should reflect on how to protect innocent life everywhere and why we've failed to do so. 19915
Reposted by MickMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Amazon destroying rare books for AI training is the final straw for me. No more Whole Foods. (I was already boycotting Amazon deliveries.) 941885435
Reposted by MickSean McCann @ibycter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This nocturnal tiger beetle was really active impossible to photograph, until one of our guides picked it up and it ended up clamping its mandibles on his hand. 3424
Reposted by MickSean McCann @ibycter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026One of the first cool guys we found was this jumping spider, which looked very much like a pseudoscorpion. I found him crawling on my leg while we were eating lunch under a mango tree. 510513
Reposted by MickMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Q: What is the defining character of this time in American history? A: Relentless, shameless lying by people in power. And public tolerance for it. 1716550
Reposted by MickTom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 06/07/2026“Stinky cheese pie” : blue cheese, shallots, olive oil, basil, topped with arugula 1121
Reposted by MickAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Folarin Balogun is a birthright citizen, but here's the thing: you probably are, too. Most of us are! Watch this one minute-ish video where I explain why that is — and how the 14th amendment is a historical achievement in government efficiency. youtube.com/shorts/5n14S...youtube.comTrump's critics missed this about his World Cup controversyYouTube video by Salon 18013
Reposted by MickJohn English @jenglish90.bsky.social · 29/06/20262 bees and a Pennsylvania Leatherwing Beetle on a Nodding Thistle #insects #bees #beetles #wildflowers #naturephotography 142
Reposted by MickPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 23/06/2026I, like you, am tired of I-talked-to-a-Trump-voter-in-a-diner stories. But newly published research that involved weeks of contact with conservatives and their communities offered some novel insights that I hadn't considered. So I wrote about it. Gift link: shorturl.at/3FeaOshorturl.atThe mistake many people make when trying to understand Trump votersA new study suggests concerns about democracy may not resonate with Trump supporters the way many assume. 102642135
Reposted by MickDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 22/06/2026One thing I always come back to is that reactionary politics (nationalism, racism, patriarchy, hierarchical thinking) & liberal universalism really are fundamentally incompatible. And every democracy basically contains two nations, adherents to the former & adherents to the latter, and ... 923040
Reposted by MickChristoph Fischer Photography @beautysurroundsyou.com · 22/06/2026A moment of angelic beauty in Canada's Algonquin Provincial Park, as the rising sun penetrates clearing fog and touches pine trees, dressed in glittering dew. The transformative power of light is endless! #photography #landscapephotography #naturephotography #nature #bluesky #landscape #art 1737742
Reposted by MickBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 08/06/2026Massive craters pockmark the barren landscape of the Nevada desert, remnants of nuclear tests conducted during the 1950s and subsequent decades. thevaultoftheatomicspaceage.tumblr.com/post/8188616... 37714
Reposted by MickAJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · 07/06/2026My lunch (mint harissa chicken) was nearly supplemented by these newly hatched ladybird larvae (I suspect Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, but it's difficult to tell until they moult). Now back on the mint to munch the aphids. #Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55 #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem 0223
Reposted by MickAll The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 07/06/2026When EMI pulled funding on LIFE OF BRIAN days before shooting, the Pythons turned to a fan. George Harrison put up around £3 million of his own money to make the film, simply because he wanted to see it. Eric Idle called it "the world's most expensive cinema ticket." 217110291768
Reposted by MickAmanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I saw the news alert on my phone but didn’t have my glasses on. All I could make out was “Trump” and “House,” so of course I thought, “what terrible thing are they doing?” So: holy shit. He really is losing ground in the GOP. 611221
Reposted by MickAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This functionally ends science in the United States. 15419188
Reposted by MickJoe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Alito: California's issuance of driver's licenses to illegal immigrants would justify Florida going to war with California if they weren't part of the same country. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court... 90643145
Mick @timpanoga.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Rush Triumph Blue Oyster Cult AC/DC Van Halen April Wine Scorpions Molly Hatchet Joe Bonamassa Primus 010
Reposted by MickRachael Talibart @rachaeltalibart.bsky.social · 16/02/2025‘White Cliffs’, 2016. An oldie, but still a favourite. I’m looking forward to being back here with a workshop group next month. 541230113
Reposted by MickBen Werdmuller @werd.io · 21/05/2026Software developers often like to imagine that micropayments will solve publisher revenue problems. They won't. werd.io/why-micropay...werd.ioWhy micropayments can't save newsWhy an ephemeral model can't fund relationship-based work 3206
Reposted by MickMoveOn @moveon.org · 18/05/2026Fun fact: Billionaires will still be billionaires if they pay more taxes. 514038
Reposted by MickJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Say a group of friends is making their own Top 100 Best Novels List. Your friends ask you for your recommendations. What are the first three books that come to mind? No overthinking. Share the first three greats that hit you. 56951959
Reposted by MickJohn Carpenter’s Halloran @profhalloran.bsky.social · 15/05/2026I kinda love the idea that Waymos have some sort of emergent instinctual flocking/migration behavior. 3568
Reposted by MickLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 12/05/2026What Iran and Ukraine's strategies have in common, despite marketing diametrically opposite ideals (edgy vs. wholesome), is bridging cultures to make themselves relatable to a Western audience that might otherwise dismiss them as inscrutable foreigners. 0113
Reposted by MickMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/05/2026DEAR RESTAURANTS: Your servers are not volunteers. If you can't afford to pay them more than 2.13% of what you charge, you can't afford to run a business. Thank you! 1660183704675
Reposted by MickDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Climate will not get better for anyone who's alive today. 1304
Reposted by MickGarth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 08/05/2026when i show up in your mentions 1947271127
Reposted by MickSean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Poly-Math is described as a "Dark Experimental Prog Math Band." Their new album is named Something Deeply Hidden, after one of my favorite books about quantum mechanics. lasersedge.bandcamp.com/album/someth...lasersedge.bandcamp.comSomething Deeply Hidden, by Poly-Math7 track album 5739
Reposted by MickTim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 30/04/2026Got up early in hopes of catching this photo before work this morning. There's only a few days each year where it's cool enough in the morning to make this shot possible. Thankfully, today was one of those days! #wildlife #birds 507175872915
Reposted by MickThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/04/2026Supreme Court Overturns ‘Right v. Wrong’ theonion.com/supreme-court-overturn… 114138144223
Reposted by MickJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 28/04/2026this would fix the website 293164253110
Reposted by MickKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 27/04/2026Hey, check it out! The chocolate flower is blooming! “Oh joy,” you say, “another daisy.” But this one is special! THIS ONE SMELLS LIKE CHOCOLATE 21106792
Reposted by MickRicard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 11/04/2026After so many serious discussions about this paradox with physicists, mathematicians, and philosophers, I can’t help but find this cartoon absolutely hilarious. 18328
Reposted by MickThe Onion @theonion.com · 09/04/2026Chuck Schumer: ‘The American People Deserve A President Who Can More Credibly Justify War With Iran’ theonion.com/chuck-schumer-the-amer… 654301767
![As to the first factor, this Court has described as a “model case” a dispute
that “would amount to casus belli if the States were fully
sovereign.” Ibid. (internal quotation marks omitted). In
other words, the Court asks whether the dispute would be
a matter of diplomatic concern in the international arena.
This case appears to meet that standard. A dispute over
one nation sending dangerous people into another “would
be the source of considerable international tension.” Texas,
593 U. S., at ___ (opinion of ALITO, J.) (slip op., at 9). If
Florida were an independent nation, it “might resolve [this]
dispute by diplomacy, by submitting it to international arbitration, or by self-help measures.” Ibid.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gqbrsb2cdeaz5ybuo3kk7vs7/bafkreigdqy32dpst6m535pnaunzmn7s6ich5yyhjq3mreoge54q2bfsfkm)
