Reposted by When Leggettdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12771111698
Reposted by When Leggettmr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 09/09/2026another researcher accuses OpenAI of training on conversations and then claiming a breakthrough 18446151
Reposted by When LeggettRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Please read..... #BookSky 310110453762
Reposted by When Leggettceej @ceej.online · 31/07/2026ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil 3666151247
Reposted by When LeggettRude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 30/06/2026Bluesky’s statement deriding Threads users as “guinea pigs” is not representative of Blacksky Algorithms, the atproto ecosystem or the open social web more broadly. Communities form around communication networks. And communities should never be trolled for whatever tool helps them find each other. 522244
Reposted by When LeggettEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 24/06/2026We also have the potential to help put things right, as many people are through nature conservation, rewilding, or other positive inputs. As a species, we have immense capacity for radical, rapid change. Let's never forget that. 0184
Reposted by When Leggettaslynn is just a ghoul 👻 @aslynnromano.com · 11/06/2026Watching people spend millions of dollars on more accurate psychiatric diagnosis w/ AI when making sure people have food, shelter, safety, and meds if they want them is the real answer It’s painful to watch suicide prevention reduced to math We need to be better at improving QOL, not at taxonomy 24513
Reposted by When LeggettJed Reads X-Men 🔺️ @jedreads.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I can't unsee this now. Thanks @xplainthexmen.bsky.social... 351630227
When Leggett @whenthetimeca.me · 15/05/2026One of the things I hate most about our current AI overload. 000
Reposted by When LeggettDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 30/04/2026Kind of weird that the president is a rapist, and a court reaffirmed it, and everyone knows it, and we're all just going about our days like normal. 450104572514
Reposted by When LeggettAndrew Guthrie Ferguson @profferguson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026The narrow constitutional question — whether the government needs a judicial warrant to find your location may turnout to be one of the most consequential Fourth Amendment cases of the decade. 2/12 www.scotusblog.com/cases/chatri...scotusblog.comChatrie v. United States (25-112)Supreme Court case (25-112) — tracked on SCOTUSblog. 1196
Reposted by When LeggettBinfire Era @binfire.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Happy Miss Congeniality Day to all who celebrate! 232842937
Reposted by When LeggettJoni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The only good thing about Palantir is that they are too arrogant to hide what they are. They are insecure technofascists who want to control the world through surveillance and AI, and they are ready to harm anyone who stands in their way. Europeans cannot trust Palantir 33843283
Reposted by When LeggettMemento Mori @mementomori4950.bsky.social · 22/04/2026One way to reign in the tech incels 😏 984038739
Reposted by When LeggettNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 22/04/2026The implicit media consensus is that urban voters should not be able to overrule rural voters, but that rural voters should be able to overrule urban voters, an assumption so axiomatic and unquestionable that nobody even understands they're making it. 9469971822
Reposted by When LeggettEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Could it possibly be time to reform our chronically dysfunctional farming model to another that *isn't* utterly disastrous for nature, the climate, and consumers? 312927
Reposted by When LeggettRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/04/2026A jury has ruled that Live Nation-Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly. A judge will determine whether or not to break the company up, in addition to other damages. This is a big deal. Remember that the Trump admin tried to settle the lawsuit with a slap on the wrist — but state AGs said no way. 583117739
Reposted by When LeggettNick Dearden @nickdearden.bsky.social · 14/04/2026“If you criticise Palantir’s platform one more time, you are going to lose your job.” Solidarity to all NHS workers opposing this toxic corporation. Shame on those bullying them. But they won’t stop us. We’re going to ditch Palantir. www.ft.com/content/ff70...ft.comSenior NHS officials warned staff over criticising rollout of Palantir platformEthical objections and uneven adoption have made the tech group’s contract a divisive issue within English health service 244104873597
Reposted by When LeggettHazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 14/04/2026If I had to identify a list of skills in high impact engineers, it would include: - ecological awe - intellectual humility - respect for the complexity of unfamiliar problems - cross functional communication - resilience engineering - marketing and sales (“Technical skills” aren’t in my top ten) 1222240
Reposted by When LeggettAbilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 14/04/2026We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify water—all without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them. 11569211934
Reposted by When LeggettSunrise Movement @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026BREAKING: 300+ New Yorkers have taken over the offices of Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer demanding no more weapons for Israel. Tell Congress: Fund people, not bombs. 22865441732
Reposted by When Leggettdapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 13/04/2026i like some of the tools for atproto, but i feel like everyone really downplays how serious the "everything is public data" features are yeah, foursquare for atproto would be cool, but do you know how many creators have to worry about stalking 0759
Reposted by When LeggettAlyssa Long @measuredandslow.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I am always so mystified when other parents don’t go to the library. What do you…do with them??? Mine killed two hours there today, and then we came home with 10 books each that is going to buy me hours of peace. Why are you not quietmaxxing your parenthood lol 61608146
Reposted by When LeggettRude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 13/04/2026Anarchy == no hierarchy Anarchy != chaos & disarray 49723
Reposted by When LeggettMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect. 886275366162
Reposted by When LeggettDax, sapphic fantasy author @daxaeterna.ink · 10/04/2026"sex doesn't belong in YA books" Listen, I learned more about birth control, menstruation, and how to get and give consent to different acts from Tamora Pierce books than I did from my school. There's a huge difference between smut and showing teens what healthy sexuality is. 1583611168
Reposted by When LeggettKiran @kirancodes.me · 08/04/2026Ran into one of my old college buddies today dude was one of the most cracked devs I knew. like reverse engineer a os from binary cracked found out she transitioned. I asked her why, and this hit me like a ton of bricks, "kiran, a computer contains no techbros, but millions of trans sisters" 16855142
Reposted by When LeggettMichael F. DuBois @michaelfdubois.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I wrote and posted this to Instagram a couple of days ago and it became my most-read poem ever. I’m honored I get to feel big feelings alongside you all. I’m posting it here too and want to use this space more consistently. Hello friends ❤️ 29583262288
Reposted by When LeggettLisaLisa @lisalisa42.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Congress is completely useless at this point. 1318303557580
Reposted by When LeggettRude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂ @rude1.blacksky.team · 08/04/2026I think a successful, Black-led, open source software project that is primarily shaped, and governed by an active user base of Black members regardless of technical ability can and should exist. I did not have an example to point to before myself. 521830
Reposted by When LeggettKraven Lupei - Toothy 'n Tasty @kravenlupei.bsky.social · 07/04/2026posting this 'ol thing again for no reason 59114493311
When Leggett @whenthetimeca.me · 07/04/2026Honestly everyone, now that AI has solved computers, I think it’s time to launch my music career. Unfortunately I’m hearing AI also solved music. So here’s my debut of whatever this is. Good luck AI - I’ll see you on the battlefield. #cats #pizza #pizzacatsfromspace 000
When Leggett @whenthetimeca.me · 07/04/2026Woke up to snow today. <sigh> At least it’s a good excuse to wear this Dolly Parton Christmas sweatshirt! 010
Reposted by When Leggetttef @tef.bsky.social · 02/04/2026much like crabs and carcinisation, software naturally gravitates to a three column interface due to similar evolutionary pressures 1526
When Leggett @whenthetimeca.me · 30/03/2026I hate polymarket, but let this post represent my bet that the SpaceX IPO uses $SEX for the ticker symbol and sets itself up for an initial $69 share price. It’s just too Elon to resist. 000
Reposted by When LeggettAnil Dash @anildash.com · 27/03/2026You must picture Sam Altman holding a knife to Tim Berner-Lee's throat. We are in a truly existential level of danger when it comes to the survival of the open web, across every front. This year is when it all comes to a head. www.anildash.com/2026/03/27/e...anildash.comEndgame for the Open Web - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 917064
Reposted by When LeggettN. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social · 26/03/2026A Texas school district has banned HOW LONG TIL BLACK FUTURE MONTH, along with over 1500 other books. Mine was kicked bc it's labeled for adults, which is true. But so are every one of my books, which are available in most schools. That's the only one with "Black" in the title, tho. 151226342
Reposted by When LeggettHonza Dvorsky @czechboy0.dev · 24/03/2026If you give an LLM full access over your primary computer, I'd love to study your brain. apple.news/Ay19QSmUuRTO...apple.newsAnthropic's Claude Can Now Control Your Computer — CNETThe developer is boosting Claude's agentic capabilities in an apparent effort to compete with platforms like OpenClaw. 5451484
Reposted by When LeggettMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Meta is shutting down its VR metaverse on June 15th. 6716745995
Reposted by When LeggettOpen Risk @openrisk.eu · 07/03/2026If you consider how many people are passive "consumers" of news and large "accounts" are only interested in distribution, serious RSS clients would seem like the only workhorse we ever really needed Fancy #atproto and #activitypub protocols are a sort of RSS++, much ado for not all *that* much gain 1235
Reposted by When Leggettmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 01/03/2026world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that. 141116753775
Reposted by When LeggettCian McCarthy @arealmofwonder.bsky.social · 26/02/2026To echo the sentiments of G.K. Chesterton, fairy tales do not tell children that monsters exist — because they know that already. But rather more importantly, fairy tales tell them (and us) that the monster can be killed. And such stories must never ever go out of fashion. 361138239