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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"big surprises coming up" from Russ Vought. this is exactly what I DON'T WANT. how about you?

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

it's pretty clear that the current administration hates science. they seem averse to *knowing things* in any capacity

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 05/10/2026

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 06/10/2026

Our language has been completely warped by Big Tech's algorithms, from a generation that's grown up saying "unalive", to the way everyone's censored themselves talking about the Cornell rapists. It's time to fight back against billionaire control of free speech. www.anildash.com/2026/10/06/k...

anildash.com

We are going to kill “unalive” - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 06/10/2026

It's arrived!! I gave this book everything I had and I hope there's something in here for you. It's not officially out until 10/20, but @yalepress.bsky.social seems to be shipping orders now. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

A white woman with dark hair holds a book called Seeing Like a Supply Chain: The Hidden Life of Logistics, by Miriam Posner

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

…. the late Bruno Latour remarked that “Brazil is today what Spain was in 1936, during the civil war: it is where everything that will be important in the next decades is visible.” read our litlte magazine phenomenal world in English and Portuguese: phenomenalworld.org/interviews/b...

phenomenalworld.org

Brazil and the World System

An interview with Brazil's Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the USA is finally adopting the metric system!! 🤣📏

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

“infinite personalized music” produced by AI sounds like hell on earth. the wet dream of a guy who has no friends to go to out to a show with

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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

When I’m hypomanic and I drop my pills

A bunch of dudes rolling out a red carpet, looking like they’re looking for pills on the ground

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 29/09/2026

the new America.gov AI site has a konami code easter egg that changes it to 1983 mode

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dear @erc.europa.eu , we DO already have common standards & frameworks. 'AI' likes to pose itself as 'special' but we do not need to reinvent the wheel. We already have established codes of conduct for research integrity. We just need to apply them. See below + more resources in thread🧵

Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles
We must protect and cultivate the ecosystem of human knowledge. AI models can mimic
the appearance of scholarly work, but they are (by construction) unconcerned with truth
— the result is a torrential outpouring of unchecked but convincing-sounding “informa-
tion”. At best, such output is accidentally true, but generally citationless, divorced from
human reasoning and the web of scholarship that it steals from. At worst, it is confidently
wrong. Both outcomes are dangerous to the ecosystem.
Olivia Guest, Iris van Rooij, Marcela Suarez, et al. (2025, n.p.)
Knowledge production is supposed to be safeguarded by (inter)national codes of conduct for research
integrity (ALLEA 2023; KNAW et al. 2018). Such codes forbid, for instance, fabrication of data,
falsification of results, plagiarism, and, generally, distortion of the scientific record. Many argue that
new rules are required to regulate academic AI use, but pre-existing guidelines fit the bill (cf. Tafani

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

look, i work for a giant music network, and I have no idea what song you all are talking about. Rolling Stone needs to realize that anyone on staff is like 5 sigma out of the norm on awareness of the music biz

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

once again, choosing not to comment my true thoughts on the increasingly outrageous circumstances the country is in (reading comprehension being what it is, and all, I mostly don't want to be misinterpreted)

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

sitting in front of this screen hoping to get more done today is amazingly ineffectual

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

has anyone seen Mitch's face actually move? Or is that rictus of righteousness frozen permanently onto his face now?

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

maybe it took all three months to build the animatronic MitchBot?? I mean, prototype development is pretty fast these days, but it's still pretty hard to get the hair and skin just right.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18/11/2025

sam altman only has three looks: i see a ghost, processing bad news, and jackass

sam altman, a middle aged white guy in a blue suit, holds a microphone in one hand while his other makes a kind of claw-like gesture. his face looks like he's just seen a ghost

seated on a red couch, sam altman leans pensively and stares off into the distance as if processing bad news

sam altman in a black hoodie holds two cups of probably coffee, he has short spiky hair and is looking off to the side with a jackass smile

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is the most Stalinist b.s. I've seen from trump yet

Soviet poster of Stalin as god/father of the country, inheritor of Lenin's glorious legacy

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/09/2026

I have seen a couple people suggest in the Anthropic settlement that you should try to get the publisher’s share back from the publisher once it has been sent through one mechanism or another, and I feel it incumbent upon me to remind everyone.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 10/09/2026

Freedom, openness, and interoperability defined the internet's promise 25 years ago. Today a handful of centralized platforms control our data and set the rules. Join our livestream with Q&A on 9/17 at 11AM PT to talk about a different model. eff.org/livestream-...

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Yoel Roth @yoyoel.com · 09/09/2026

Apple quietly dropped a ton of detail about the Apple Watch’s new always-on don’t-call-it-transcription feature and it is FASCINATING. support.apple.com/en-us/148354

Like all of our products and features, Audio Intelligence on Apple Watch was built from the ground up to protect your privacy.
• Audio is not recorded or stored. Audio Intelligence features don't create audio recordings. No audio can be accessed by the operating system, apps, you, or even Apple.
There is no recording to share, forward, or produce if requested by any party, because no recording exists.
• Raw audio is never accessible. Audio flows into a protected buffer inside the S11 chip's Secure Exclave — a hardware-isolated compartment built into the silicon of Apple Watch and iPhone that processes sensor data separately from the rest of the system. Data that is processed and analyzed in the Secure Exclave can't be accessed by the operating system, apps, you, or even Apple. Once processed, this data is immediately deleted.
• Siri Recap and Live Rewind help jog your memory, not provide a detailed record. Siri Recap doesn't produce a transcript. It generates a brief, high-level summary — comparable to notes you might jot down after a conversation. Live Rewind shows a text snippet of what was just said in the last 15 seconds, so you can catch something you missed.

• No speaker attribution. By design, Audio Intelligence features don't identify and attribute speakers. Siri Recap may contain names if mentioned in the conversation, but doesn't directly attribute speakers (for example, "John said..." or labeling as "Speaker A" versus
"Speaker B"). Similarly, Live Rewind may transcribe what someone said word-for-word, but does not attribute quotes to speakers.
• Audible and visible signals for Live Rewind.
When activated, an audible chime plays from the speaker on your Apple Watch, even if your Apple Watch is on silent or you have headphones connected. A full-display animation and microphone indicator appear on the display, and a distinct double-press gesture is required to activate Live Rewind. This is to alert those nearby that the feature has been activated.
• Omitted content. Siri Recaps are designed to omit potentially harmful content, such as language that promotes self-harm or hateful speech, and sensitive information, such as financial data, government-assigned identifiers, authentication data, and certain personal identifiers.
• Be mindful of those around you. While audio is not recorded and stored, and no speakers are attributed, consider those around you where conversations might be private or sensitive.

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

what's your personal estimate of p(aella) ?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Mamdani is doing something interesting, which is investing a huge amount of his political capital into the nuts and bolts of governing. That is really unusual! If he succeeds, other politicians might focus more on implementation, correcting a huge blind spot for them! bsky.app/profile/mayo...

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Here’s Michael Knowles and Katie Miller wishing that more women were unemployed — and they wonder why the Republican Party is bleeding female voters.

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

there just aren't any good analysis jokes, unless you get started with clear boundaries.

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hardy, Zygmud, and Fefferman walk into a bar. "I'll take one of everything" they say. I'll keep the tab open, says the barman?

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Fourier and fourier!" cried Atlas

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

two series diverged in a snowy wood, and I could not sum them both

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

looks like the nazi sympathizers are winning all around, these days. this is not a good look, people.

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

you do NOT want google doing this for you. outsourcing your private life to a global information retailer is a recipe for disaster.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

reminder: the explicit USPS rule (*currently blocked in court*) is that USPS will not deliver *any and all* mail ballots to voters in states that refuse to provide the fed gov with lists (lists that, even if they wanted, states can't do in time at this point) not technicalities — mass non-delivery

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

wasn't too long ago that the fox-news crowd were terrified that the 15-year-olds were going to get pregnant. But now? There aren't enough babies, gosh-darn-it

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

President Orange Shitgibbon* is signing more ridiculous executive orders. * we signed the order officially renaming him just this morning

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Since he's big into renaming things to suit him, I feel like this strategy should be open to all of us. So we just rename him President Orange Shitgibbon, right?

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Danielle Ryan (Lestat Era) @danirat.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

be transgressive be a weird little freak be trashy and proud be whoever the hell you want to be and put everything into what you love just try to laugh at yourself along the way

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Cliff Stoll being eminently himself at defcon this year, taking us back 40 years to that first hacking incident. I was at LBL way back when, and got to hear him tell it as it was wrapping up youtu.be/656058JxTM0

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DefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff Stoll

YouTube video by DEFCONConference

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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

first it was spreadsheets, now powerpoints, tomorrow we go for teams users

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

oh lord. really? REALLY?!? how do such a small number of complete doofuses get so much airtime and ruin everything for everyone?

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hard to say you were "smeared as a racist" when you're out there saying Black people are inherently inferior under your own government name, even before we get to the whole "whipping up a digital lynch mob" thing

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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Don't forget that the Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight! It's one of the best of the year, with maybe 50 per hour visible. I wrote all about how to watch it for the 2023 shower; the basics still all apply. www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...

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Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See

All you need to see one of the year’s best meteor showers is a clear, dark sky—and patience

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Dr. Non Linear @tswaterman.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I keep running across huge gaps in people who I should know about. There is more to see and learn than is dreamt of

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