2026-10-22T06:35:24Z https://nostr.now Jeremy Kahn https://nostr.now/npub132zy9r20utdk5vuf80gexut9zhuzvrefrqzn2gljm3l92p5g4qusu4lzj2 https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/accounts/avatars/109/343/313/612/970/291/original/1837f1c189dd42c2.png https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/accounts/avatars/109/343/313/612/970/291/original/1837f1c189dd42c2.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgc5aegk65a98c9450urkn5jehw955ezf3ujwu4p2fmqen86d8teszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj2ct45p Your annual reminder to all the American data science nerds in your life <br/><br/>that 4% jump in day-over-day metrics you&#39;re looking at is called &#34;fall back&#34;; there were 25 hours since the previous 7:30am 2026-11-01T15:29:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxf906r0uqhnac9nqrpf9qkh0lkvlfyuhd7nehcc4kfmwznpvd0hgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjdp0kky I&#39;m binge-watching the entire AHSOKA season and I gotta say it gets better after the first two episodes, when it&#39;s willing to name the moral bleakness of the Stars War<br/><br/>Also, when he finally shows up on screen, Thrawn is very Elon-adjacent 2026-11-01T04:47:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0hgl69w6x07twzk7wzmc07us3vf6zsvtuusp7fqkv7wc643d6uqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj25tgtp Describing a coworker as a &#34;Hanlon&#39;s Law edge case&#34;<br/><br/>#petty 2026-10-22T21:14:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8vdssxp3hnhc6xsjdzdsdqkpe3h7359ttnhs0jerukvaexxarceszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjxxstjw I just walked past a bus stop.<br/><br/>There is a guy strutting around in front of it in a sea captain&#39;s hat ⚓ with all his worldly belongings in a bag on the bench.<br/><br/>He has a lot to say (singing, in a nasal falsetto):<br/><br/>What do you mean 🎵<br/>The brains of a pigeon 🎵<br/>Highly intelligent 🎵<br/>The brains of 🎵<br/>Highly intelligent people 🎵<br/>The brains of a 🎵 piiigeoon🎵<br/><br/>I have fallen into a gritty live-action remake of DON&#39;T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS #grimdark #truestory 2026-10-22T03:23:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9kewmknrm6qdg8qswzkx4taw4l2hcnut7jzyuqnfu96zw9naxlmqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjmdv5pl Move over &#34;this meeting could have been an email&#34;<br/><br/>The new hotness is &#34;this site incident could have been a unit test&#34; 2026-09-18T17:34:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfg4h7y353pxcrvjnpsv40djresh2uwvge76elfy53xrm45frcxjgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rje0zvg2 I have a very senior peer co-worker Donald (not his real name) who&#39;s most useful when sent to yell at misbehaving partner teams. <br/><br/>He is also unpleasant when he comes in turn to yell at my team.<br/><br/>I remarked to a (different) peer that Donald should have a T-shirt that reads <br/><br/>THIS SIDE TOWARDS ENEMY 2026-09-17T03:39:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst7gf70q3zlgj8rgf3dzprmvxhw0qepytan9rqwr8kw36sfph7zhczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj0gahgd &#34;MLM&#34; and &#34;LLM&#34; are separated by a Levenshtein distance of one<br/><br/>…and not much else 2026-09-15T19:55:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9kszkqstv7d4hsypc5kuv5djfcd2r2k82ejsrg9qsn9qpsnwxzmczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjkdcccv Y&#39;all, I know I&#39;m old because I confidently filled this in as CORTANA<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/117/256/115/107/589/570/original/694b553101350a3f.png"> <br/> 2026-09-12T04:14:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0y8psmfmwfazm8v405736u5xqtyqks46wc4uvgzy9q8ar24a3nsszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj4enegu My parents are in a Renaissance music ensemble<br/><br/>My dad was telling me about Der Hundt by Heinrich Isaac<br/><br/>&#34;A secular song about going to run with the hounds&#34;; his sackbut (~ Renaissance trombone) line imitates the baying of the dogs<br/><br/>*****<br/><br/>I am pretty sure that this is the 16th century pre-make of &#34;Who Let The Dogs Out&#34;<br/><br/>Time is a flat circle 2026-09-06T16:21:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxp7eseuucke0hvl5ta23wewmwxaz0asru2xzwmphzmdyzqfrxtqgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj2gw9jz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxs64qvpg8sus5vnw7wryzfktu4qe8q5nlrqc3u3r75vf0jthydwqhrhe48'>nevent1q…he48</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Gonna call GNU/Linux &#34;Stallman&#39;s Monster&#34; and see which hit dogs holler 2026-08-02T18:41:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9p9srrdf4449jzeh7vjh9z9n6jtvnds27fv0mkc07um90ffc9y3gzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjdp3x6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2436qcga77mn6jj0fqttkfnj5tlrxq6vvmt5le22kyv9hsmwtfaq9nqny4'>nevent1q…qny4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think that the US relationship to race and immigration is the unholy synthesis of chattel slavery (via the British-dominated triangle trade) and La Conquista peonage, which is the outgrowth of Euro colonial adventures in (North) Africa<br/><br/>And when Europeans say &#34;we&#39;re not racist like Americans&#34; they usually are focused on *one* of those two but are willfully blind to the other <br/><br/>French liberals overlook their history in Algiers; Belgians overlook Congo; Italians Ethiopia 2026-08-02T17:03:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp6hkp4ws7903d5xk9mute8tn09zrxfund8rjnn98rrxwm7us3guszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj53r2rg Computing before 2000: &#34;a bicycle for the mind&#34;<br/><br/>Modern computing: &#34;a cybertruck for the mind&#34;<br/><br/> all the implications of this metaphor hold up<br/><br/>- public safety<br/>- cardiac health<br/>- availability to ordinary people<br/>- traffic congestion<br/>- home repair<br/>- vendor lock in <br/>- climate change 2026-07-18T18:47:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxumeqcjx6c5w5dzcs0nru53eqlcc5q0aenue9kryr6mnk0xye4gqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjtr8td6 Numismatist alert!<br/>I just found this very old penny in my pocket because it *stuck to my headphone case&#39;s magnetic clasp*<br/><br/>Wait, you say. Isn&#39;t ol&#39; Abe supposed to be copper (or copper and zinc)?<br/><br/>Apparently not in 1943!<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/116/939/421/646/511/910/original/4e56021b0aa94ab7.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/116/939/440/744/649/316/original/c0d0162bd9ef79a8.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-18T06:00:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspw7yzpajpals9rlsq3qlfa9lwnae00q58twce3t5jjn8sdwgkz2szyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj2rhse9 This feels like a postmodern throwing of the gauntlet<br/><br/>If it&#39;s not considered a word, but I can make a meme of it, is it really unmemeable?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/116/935/981/458/090/134/original/da55ce0031c85dc7.png"> <br/> 2026-07-17T15:23:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstsctwnjkgpvljne404ev969epu9jlxxlpqfp835levrrt8rx7j4gzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj6dazqn I see a token famine coming<br/><br/>Centrally planned economies with track records of shooting or rusticating the bearer of bad news (like Stalinist Russia, Maoist China, or Zuckerbergian Menlo Park) are always going to have surprise! resource shortages 2026-07-12T02:16:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf4tfgu950a44xyvfxqa3g3tq4kr254ud2wcuw7x57yh2elklkczgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjulvcyp <a href="https://huggingface.co/spaces/society-ethics/annotated-encyclical">https://huggingface.co/spaces/society-ethics/annotated-encyclical</a><br/><br/>Meg Mitchell, aka Shmargaret Shmitchell, with whom I am proud to be acquainted, has provided an annotation of an AI paper by none other than the Pope<br/><br/>The world is a strange and mysterious place 2026-06-29T04:34:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyxduzke5gdaht635g4zf0vew7hufvxsartxw0gpkrt3tluu9lxtszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjt9rp5c While we&#39;re in chaos anyway, why not try a little mutual-aid anarchy, as a treat? 2026-05-28T05:17:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswgycy3f3xcqetl9x4nnsf5fy5pv020v2uy2rrajyt5wrc60kgxdgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjcuap2c Okay this is a really fun &#34;biowordle&#34; game <br/><br/><a href="https://metazooa.com/">https://metazooa.com/</a> 2026-05-19T19:16:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy383v8fayj5aasmvqf670kprnundzuk9ph0uwzlj2n8pz9cnfvzczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjwvy98z The Butlerian Jihad famously includes the phrase<br/><br/>&#34;Thou shalt not make machines in the likeness of a human mind&#34;<br/><br/>But if I were starting off today, I would say &#34;thou shalt not force the human mind into the likeness of a machine&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116592289675413403">https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/116592289675413403</a> 2026-05-18T00:58:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp9nujv5w9udx6gdx0ghz63tuf4nk79nhg83nl6zqwp8x0r6st9uszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjw40cuv So, GUILLOTINES, then?<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/116/592/417/737/081/548/original/62364335139bf098.png"> <br/> 2026-05-17T23:06:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2qkhlc677555hwdc235743usmzrfcr4950aqrulml09hu5edc0yszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjprgane In the midst of work chaos, I decided to watch KAOS<br/><br/>I&#39;ve now only watched one episode but I&#39;m already mad that there&#39;s only one season.<br/><br/>Goldblum hamming as Zeus is alone worth the price of admission, and *what* a cast. 2026-05-17T06:20:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8qnjkngl4v5ajyjuhjk98jfetqwleqcky29zvc0sckn870npfchgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjymma98 My team of linguists is lamenting the screwed up decisions of our entire industry<br/>---<br/>&gt; so many [people on our team] know so much about so many things<br/><br/>&gt; [But why they gotta] make it so weird for hiring linguists<br/>---<br/>So I gave a little pep(?) talk:<br/>----<br/>I really *do* think these are related<br/><br/>Linguistics people — all of you — are just amazingly well prepared for this LLM dystopia that we are all living into <br/><br/>We&#39;re the Mad Max(in)es of this particular epistemic hellscape<br/><br/>(1/2) 2026-05-02T01:41:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswq49upa8wtm9zy8jv7mqsxkt9l5ulftsxl7ylnenn9jddfse748gzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjrmqxz2 This is a really exciting list of new books<br/><br/>And both Ann Leckie and Martha Wells have entries! Always here for more Radch and Murderbot.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2524887-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-may-2026/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2524887-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-may-2026/</a> 2026-05-01T13:53:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr6lft7ffrs3qe479alzdf09ckadmdfqx47g6een07v5zjvjswccgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjpqj8yw This study&#39;s results suggest that LLM sycophancy amplifies publication bias (the &#34;file drawer&#34; problem)<br/><br/>The LLMs didn&#39;t like to tell the user that their hypothesis was not confirmed by the data <br/><br/>H/t <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1460vhs3g3trtxdj5etzxt42kj2whhrkupmzx5q6d7wufye6v8emqtplvjv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>✨ Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋</span> (<span class="italic">npub1460…lvjv</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@bibliolater/116252085690032777">https://social.vivaldi.net/@bibliolater/116252085690032777</a> 2026-04-19T14:45:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq9kzec643d06dfmdrxxr7yevshan3q4hnn3aez8zxvtqzqmh06mczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rju7r2ae Every paragraph rings true here, at least WRT my experience at work in the last six months. <br/><br/>We&#39;ve killed a lot of sparrows.<br/><br/>The AI Great Leap Forward<br/><a href="https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/">https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/</a> 2026-04-18T23:43:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdz45n4yp3zv0e46vv5ezpyzafjt5msxje23x5whc6u3r0tg9d9qgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj0hg5wy A work friend said this to me today, in the middle of continued reorg chaos <br/><br/>&gt; Piffle. When things blow up I expect you will extend an invitation to build rad slow tech normal ass ML and FST based products for people who need them<br/><br/>Reader, my heart grew three sizes 2026-04-11T01:43:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq0jt9hgdk4vk9yxmzywm8zyq4neh3lngkeg2lfzpefpmr34nvxjgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjdd8247 work director just tried to console us after the layoff <br/><br/>with the parable of the house on fire from the Lotus Sutra, chapter 3<br/><br/>i guess that makes us lowly employees... the children in the burning house? and he has bravely deceived us into running out, by telling us there are toys outside?<br/><br/>i don&#39;t even understand this as a Buddhist parable<br/><br/>but i _definitely_ think it was inappropriate for a director of engineering to say it to a group of colleagues mourning their laid-off friends. 2026-03-28T00:26:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxtarwvku32rdsa77a49lh2ld5h9kygegqjj5cmn0r4pleeyfk66qzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjxrckwq &#34;we had the radical idea to turn off all the stop lights in the city. <br/><br/>The point of transportation, after all, is to go, not stop. We didn&#39;t want to hold our associates and 10x drivers back from their best opportunities to create impact&#34; 2026-03-27T19:51:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstx79senwc6qzethaq3ctlvkgcnercx6tx9qjv79maatwpu23w3wszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjw07ehe Hey it&#39;s <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e2zt6n5m6h6x0a659artfnv700kyl2nsp6v00nzyv2l5en24huustsn97d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex Hanna</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e2z…n97d</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15xvq07ttjr063lkf99nvm62y74w9fgkhqsehg96ynjqpmh37uukqmq0jms" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)</span> (<span class="italic">npub15xv…0jms</span>)</a></span> on the 404 Media Podcast<br/><br/> The Marketing Tricks of &#34;Artificial Intelligence&#34;<br/><br/>Episode webpage: <a href="https://shows.acast.com/the-404-media-podcast">https://shows.acast.com/the-404-media-podcast</a><br/><br/>What a pleasant surprise to hear you come up in my podcasts. <br/><br/>Also shout out to my old classmate Lesley Carmichael; where are you now friend? 2026-03-27T06:01:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ykkp9vvs5q9cyyhzcpdpphqdg4lup8vse94wqrgf2skfn7skp7qzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj2gyzvu Just got the dreadful email from above<br/><br/>&#34;[Entire org of thousands] should work from home tomorrow. More guidance to come tomorrow.&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s Wednesday, and they&#39;ve been leaking hints about a layoff for weeks. <br/><br/>Here we go. 2026-03-25T01:44:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88rx8rp5d56mjuj6hv242kc03mgdc2n05q8eg2lsnsjdrmjhpc3czyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjt3u0qe I&#39;m so angry and disappointed in Cesar Chavez today. <br/><br/>never put *anybody* on a pedestal; it&#39;s the only way forward to a healthy future 2026-03-22T01:52:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdh8e076g6jtzmnssrpp9tjxs27ttz9x40f6e0nl3s8485wax3avgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjfvyynp Got the book by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jhf0njgd4wxygrxar687yz3h7ryluz93s8dxuq4xrldqgdc03lxsxt35pm" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Robert W. Gehl</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jhf…35pm</span>)</a></span> , but I have some competition for getting to it<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/116/236/943/189/390/622/original/54e30c273aa21803.jpg"> <br/> 2026-03-16T04:24:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswjrtnxfzwqtf7aqe6dxyeacckwhlhsplumfjgx7myfv47av70npczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj2gn6me Oof, kid is sick, so I am staff-engineer and chief of nursing staff at the same time today<br/><br/>I am experiencing a dissonance between effectiveness and care on both roles<br/><br/>I care a lot about kid, but I can&#39;t do much besides bring him blankets and warm drinks<br/><br/>I am super effective at work right now, but I can&#39;t bring myself to give a damn about the job (I do care for — and resent — the précarité that so many of my colleagues are feeling) 2026-02-28T01:50:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspslq54x29n8w0tqvus0as3azlspjz0quv9jsekq0pd827540s2uszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjmp6z43 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw87h3gphquvrjtmz4kek87cx07p5yxsv95wrwmavmldjhg02gg9c4u59nz'>nevent1q…59nz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>robots (and seahorses and starfish) aren&#39;t indigenous to Vermont either!<br/><br/>Vermont doesn&#39;t even have a saltwater coast! 2026-02-25T21:02:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8etu4ndv3dw0kxp2rclczm6mm28z9c5qdvv72zjnm4q90hn0jxmczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj2u0wvs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xp0fzhdw87ekargvphr7kfu9my49n0jw6frpvvraq7kxx7s7dacgdy9zx'>nevent1q…y9zx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the ever-present epic battle between Monkey and Robot will never be resolved in a two-party system.<br/><br/>Ranked Choice Voting now, so that dark-horse candidates like Kaiju-Other can break the perpetual stalemate 2026-02-25T19:58:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsycvgl7ztx3ayn00y7j630ct0leneht56wydsv293gcqg09rm9fcczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj6gl2a0 &gt; the rot has taken somebody...<br/><br/>&gt; it’s chewed out that chunk of their brain that understood decency and responsibility once upon a time. <br/><br/>&gt; It’s the sound of somebody letting that happen, because they never really liked feeling those things in the first place.<br/><br/>tell it, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qaer5wy50n05r7y0mrlzctu8chmrtnpw9ke44cr96plpka3d0a4qwpxq6d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>mhoye but seasonally spooky</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qae…xq6d</span>)</a></span> !<br/><br/><a href="https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/02/12/the-pride-of-subject-hometown-here/">https://exple.tive.org/blarg/2026/02/12/the-pride-of-subject-hometown-here/</a> 2026-02-12T18:16:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsylm93x7tc2e5h895zw3mmds4l7237fjagwjzssmmchwfdw20w2lczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjt7ds9p Growing up in the 80s, my mom was a board member of a 2nd-wave feminist bookshop in Atlanta, so I thought all bookstores were queer-friendly, feminist spaces<br/><br/>As the funny fad of the Internet started to take off, I naturally assumed — for literally months, in the early 90s — that &#34;Amazon&#34; was an online lesbian separatist bookstore in the vein of the Whole Earth Catalog.<br/><br/>In retrospect, my imagined reality was SO MUCH BETTER than what we wound up with<br/><br/><a href="https://mas.to/@gleick/116036890696295170">https://mas.to/@gleick/116036890696295170</a> 2026-02-09T04:58:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8zcd5grh6glwpzcsvrtjhtecqa63q9j9wlh0xjwftfgc2lapsmrgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjlxjg5m OMG <br/><br/>at work we&#39;re asked to demonstrate enthusiasm &#34;For the Party (AI)&#34; on the regular<br/><br/>a couple of heroes have started to respond to internal sloplicking posts -- especially when slop themselves -- with a simple response<br/><br/>&#34;sir this is a Wendy&#39;s&#34; 2026-01-30T23:32:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0yl9qhpntdhy5tz5nug9265c8n2skzs3y678tnkedcz4q7l3mj5qzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjatvj73 Haha f**k you evernote, you enshittifying SOBs<br/><br/>You think I&#39;ll just happily ride along with $250/year. I *used* to pay $40/year, just cause inertia<br/><br/>No, I don&#39;t want your &#34;starter&#34; plan at $9/month either. <br/><br/>Cancel the entire thing. <br/><br/>Oh, *now* I can get 40% off?<br/><br/>No. I already did the work (including reinstalling windows temporarily) to get 15 years&#39; notes exported, I&#39;m done.<br/><br/>Tell ya finbro execs that I don&#39;t want AI in my notes app, anyway. <br/><br/>Joplin is my new bestie now 2026-01-15T06:02:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgdxdyeu2st8vwentewu53vetvcjaq8x9hngc8xn3fctrz5wsrqhszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjw4rgrn I think I&#39;m okay with Warhammer banning AI Slop, with the possible exception of the technomages of Nurgle, the Chaos God of Decay and Disease<br/><br/>... Seems like Nurgle might be into it 2026-01-14T06:33:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ysgkcvpnwpnpmz4tn3papu0480qz92wph6jpt8mutxdg5mkdkfszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjy7zvdq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyr4d87rxc86pa0m7ln9rtr56adflfnu5snrd6cmfcjzlflj0nslskq95kc'>nevent1q…95kc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://ohai.social/@GIFS_of_Puppets/115854022526000983">https://ohai.social/@GIFS_of_Puppets/115854022526000983</a> 2026-01-07T14:14:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsva7t9w25mw84dm2nxymkq3xuwtxgemmf65vephlfvl0hdxnwyr5czyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjq7zcdv &#34;marshmallow testing&#34; isn&#39;t testing &#34;grit&#34;<br/><br/>it&#39;s a test for learned precarity: whether the child feels like they can trust the promises of adults. 2026-01-05T23:09:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyr4d87rxc86pa0m7ln9rtr56adflfnu5snrd6cmfcjzlflj0nslszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj86uksp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg7dtrfpal84044ece9wdlrda2c6t2c6n3vk5ehqh3xq8pggaxyxqmnljnc'>nevent1q…ljnc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Statler and Waldorf _are_ Huginn &amp; Muninn<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hr7087sk4yxl25nmx9c42p0zgk5kyfyvar5xeklezs23hjuenr7qr3jxyc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Baldur Bjarnason</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hr7…jxyc</span>)</a></span> 2026-01-05T18:23:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs03k37pasxmkl62c74t33zm5nnegp9ugxclxghwmw05sju2sf2vsqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjev8jl2 &#34;producing the feeling of knowing without the labor of judgement&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19466">https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.19466</a><br/><br/>oh what a great line 2026-01-02T19:23:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd5w9q2wmu5ygdfqqxjl6humhtyhvhzjl2fynnamhh62pwgvzgdqqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjc0jps9 Wait, he *really did* call his security company &#34;Sauron&#34;<br/><br/>Need to start a white hat hacker collective called the Fellowship now <br/><br/> and maybe work on my &#34;we are all Samwise&#34; rabble-rousing speech 2025-12-29T07:15:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgmng49arl3qflw456r66jwt2dhwup7wjl8e9wt0uhjm0lzqv2huszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjfrar2k The Google Keyboard is a quiet collaborator.<br/>&#34;antifascism&#34; is not a spelling error.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/115/798/392/302/550/362/original/a9462152aaf71c0a.png"> <br/> 2025-12-28T17:36:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ql9qtu5sfe0t2ssk6jtekpknntpvtutlrpgz3eqk88ez5w924nqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjul7c0v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9wdt0707vx5gflpaz0fywymqcs842rw7e6hp8ygmff892mmm7r5cncv6zw'>nevent1q…v6zw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and regardless of whose thought this was<br/><br/>I came across a case where a co-worker was laboriously writing an &#34;agent script&#34; for a tedious and predictable case that should really have just been procedurally generated framework code (with a variable for &#34;what language is this&#34;) 2025-12-23T00:50:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdfw454e3tampvljwze5p3tsw86q5yqqqu9z3z5hcth4g8csy90ugzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjcwykw2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp9wgqe6aeytcl5pargrmju5ek42ssvhu7hqf4dlx0y79n2esqetsdcv6cx'>nevent1q…v6cx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>much love for<br/><br/>&gt; It&#39;s worth pointing out that you, writing good unit tests and utilizing static code analysis (linters, anyone?) should be able to catch the same amount of stuff that an LLM would, deterministically. 2025-12-23T00:43:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspj7rj4q5cs6v84x7flf7jhdfh5ukp0s72pnjmr2qmypaptwu7c3gzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjgd6kfx My uncle — in his 70s — just explained to my parents that Deep Space 9 is an &#34;old science fiction show&#34;<br/><br/>And I am *myself* crumbling into dust 2025-12-13T21:31:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs048de6j7zk26a93mgrgc74j5m5mz9v3khn877rudy9p7r2zdr9rczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj0dpncg <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1e2zt6n5m6h6x0a659artfnv700kyl2nsp6v00nzyv2l5en24huustsn97d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex Hanna</span> (<span class="italic">npub1e2z…n97d</span>)</a></span> I &lt;3 &#34;this is what demonology looks like&#34; and might need to get that on a AI Hype Theater t-shirt somehow 2025-12-05T23:14:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs03jdtnezch4h359u7pufh9dc7dmpzasfy70mlzr87c6vyee46d9czyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj6kncws Never have I seen a more pointed example of &#34;generative AI is very good at cliché&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/an-ai-generated-band-got-1m-plays-on-spotify-now-music-insiders-say-listeners-should-be-warned">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/an-ai-generated-band-got-1m-plays-on-spotify-now-music-insiders-say-listeners-should-be-warned</a> 2025-11-12T22:46:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgj92uwy4l9wwqd7lg82ywpur5cnfutdh80drs3u57yaug658u0uszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj7d35sz Lord help me I&#39;m starting to enjoy coding in C++.<br/><br/>I find myself saying &#34;if you&#39;re writing *that* kind of C++ you&#39;ve done something wrong at the design stage&#34;<br/><br/>I caught myself feeling grateful that the language punishes you with unreadability and untestability when you do too much in one function<br/><br/>Is this... Stockholm Syndrome? 2025-11-06T14:52:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxskjykku4dvwzkxfplcpcqe3dxeyzkuuu38ydhh9slw7k0ym90xszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjf5l307 Lysenkoist devops practices<br/><br/>&#34;You must use AI because AI makes you more efficient&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;but, uh it&#39;s not making me more efficient&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;the Party has decreed that it *does* make you more efficient, off to the gulag for you&#34; 2025-11-03T18:40:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyyq5nm6ydv5f9sr962qgunqzzvgwjyy62yr5zy6yufemsqalycpczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj8tfc7j Coworker is using a multi-billion-dollar coding assistant to read regression-test error messages back to them<br/><br/>... error messages that I wrote specifically so that they could be interpreted by a non-expert, including suggestions about &#34;what to do if you see this message&#34;<br/><br/>so now they&#39;re is bragging about how they&#39;re &#34;increasing efficiency with AI tools&#34; and SOMEHOW IT&#39;S MY FAULT AND I&#39;M NOT GETTING THE CREDIT AT THE SAME TIME<br/><br/>*ahem*<br/><br/>anyway, can&#39;t wait for the bubble-pop.<br/><br/>how are *you*? 2025-10-27T22:30:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw53k7e96udk7xamzaxrcla6gmpnad997ggc5vk7z6cu5sd0dj6sgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjar5ktg Pushing &#34;AI&#34; upon employees in the name of efficiency, even when the tools don&#39;t really work, is <br/><br/>- transparently wrong<br/>- brutal<br/>- tacky, and<br/>- necessary to take seriously<br/><br/>anyway, here&#39;s the state of the East Wing right now, for no particular reason<br/><br/><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa/115412469811918135">https://journa.host/@w7voa/115412469811918135</a> 2025-10-21T15:57:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3vkhvd0wyf5fdd00t77d3r6sz9eu3wl2y5d2v9r6k09lua0wlwqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjd0zfr8 I _wish_ this were the last word on this subject<br/><br/>it&#39;s a good one<br/><br/><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/order-2">https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/order-2</a> 2025-10-18T04:46:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr5apvafnmp77qny0uvu4r48ux3pguhlf9nyd206ukxreqjjvpkdczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjvu6uen I&#39;ll be honest, I hear about &#34;waves&#34; of people coming to mastodon/Fediverse and I cringe a little.<br/><br/>Choose your metaphors carefully, people.<br/><br/> Waves go back to the ocean after wrecking your sandcastle, people<br/><br/>*I&#39;m* enjoying this particular beach but I&#39;m aware that I&#39;m here through a sort of survivorship selection — the people who stay here with me are compatible with me because we&#39;re all the same sort of flotsam 2025-10-05T22:17:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsruhju94jl5crvufjrq72ynqg73x727uqacvu577ff9z9u48h97lszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjxp77qf My friend — who *works* for King County — asked Google, back in September, which Council members are up for re-election this November.<br/><br/> Google told her that the election in November 2025 had ALREADY TAKEN PLACE.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/115/318/113/833/517/043/original/2889ab67d64b43c8.png"> <br/> 2025-10-04T21:53:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswv8xyxh8q9n3rjvcvksgclwzhg0zhazyrjr0sy055w879yr7c96szyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjmxz76y Without even planning it, I got myself two vaccinations just in time for Yom Kippur <br/><br/>We&#39;ll see how tonight&#39;s Day of Atonement goes; perhaps I&#39;ll sweat out my sins with a fever 2025-10-02T01:51:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf4uws27xat9fmg6gcx2hlpd3pr48lsfzyj5yz728h0l2kcp7u60szyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjacv895 New band name just dropped<br/><br/>and bonus eponymous album cover<br/><br/>…in my rental car paperwork<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/115/246/181/676/820/269/original/8f0a854cd20ae639.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-22T05:00:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswq4xejl7mslzpfarhkyped7cetnh2xk5t5wn9cxucpxcct349txszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj692453 Two things of note <br/>(1) The men&#39;s room at SeaTac offers free menstrual products, good for them<br/>(2) #facesInThings<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/115/227/243/756/497/866/original/53a2dab32530be5d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-18T20:45:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0m494je83wc5tmq50v0z6claclh9ppfu2ws7jfucsmyz4vd7w6vgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjzk2cqz listening to colleagues try to talk through the logic of &#34;agentic&#34; systems feels like they&#39;re just now discovering/reinventing multithreading, message-passing, and IPC<br/><br/>...except that every single component is stochastically noisy and fundamentally not unit-testable 2025-09-11T18:41:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswa3ysqp5xue8nffrhqp8kfpzvtz6x9evxyaaugdpk3r3qfldkxygzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjpgawxp Jobs at <a href="https://alignmentalignment.ai/jobs">https://alignmentalignment.ai/jobs</a><br/><br/>CAAAC is an open, dynamic, inclusive environment, where all perspectives are welcomed as long as you believe AGI will annihilate all humans in the next six months. We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits, including no performance management because we have no way to assess whether the work you do is at all useful.<br/><br/>(Link via my younger and wiser brother)<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/115/186/324/515/686/466/original/6b4c87dc6dfa79e6.png"> <br/> 2025-09-11T15:19:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf4ef8cqd2s4ttugersmrjpwl3wd8z7fnq4hypq7puxg3lj8f0yzczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjp3tqjg &gt; As currently constructed, AI is an oligarchy-enriching, worker-immiserating, energy-depleting, brain-rotting economic bubble in waiting. Democrats can get on the public’s side here.<br/><br/>I haven&#39;t even read the article but (considering how strongly I agree with the premises here) I&#39;m mostly just sad about how clearly this highlights the financial capture of the DNC<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>Democrats Must Oppose the AI Industry - The American Prospect<br/><a href="https://prospect.org/power/2025-09-05-democrats-must-oppose-ai-industry/">https://prospect.org/power/2025-09-05-democrats-must-oppose-ai-industry/</a> 2025-09-05T14:22:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxnazumykdzlusxc8gtyy43zlv8jkms202t3kv0tek9clgh0atwgczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj0pjslq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr59fk89g4hmr4x3wgzz5jglqm6dns22zkpugrlg4dncjjfnpe7xcu3x0w5'>nevent1q…x0w5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve started thinking of him as the horseman of pestilence 2025-09-04T14:16:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9mg0smjjqz23udhr80pm2f8h2zh20mstr59ukalpn8l4crsrucxgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjy778dh VP wants examples of how we are &#34;5x-ing our capacity&#34; with AI, in a remarkable display of top-down wishful thinking<br/><br/>even supposing this were possible<br/><br/>any projects that are currently 5x beyond our capacity are _not being done_ 2025-09-03T16:42:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsggkqrf0rjj92xzwu3fffuhf62tsew5uckfur90g797rqyxxfla6qzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj5y8j0j Suppose he *is* dead, and being WeekendAtBernies-ed with body doubles and an LLM driving the socials<br/><br/>... How would this be different from the last couple months? 2025-08-30T14:27:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpyu5mdrp5tw0xc0j70udmymfcua0pqxhgcfxrwv8nmnvtf0lkkszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjjp66p6 Went to the evening &#34;meet your classmates&#34; open house for the kiddo&#39;s middle school<br/><br/>One of the dads is wearing a Palantir shirt.<br/><br/>I am wearing a &#34;You Are Not Alone&#34; shirt from a local vegan cocktails and rock &amp; roll bar.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve never felt so Sharks vs Jets 2025-08-22T00:46:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf9gk8mjv44zfafje5etweu8t2v6rq2c2205c02xketuh2zw647pgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj93wn2t Oh HELL no this isn&#39;t me<br/><br/>A friend saw this in a bookstore and sent it to me<br/><br/>I&#39;m gonna have to talk to Naomi Klein about dealing with pernicious doppelgangers<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/115/053/025/584/672/778/original/e272f99426eada1b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-08-19T02:18:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswvgt7l2ntd3dhtwjd9l68gynjdczvpqklu74phsa3nxhzn4zw2dgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj7tv8gv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0uceprf26egakx00j4da3y3z9g7wc4lwdg3sxy3au4rz9nd94q2q2hnqas'>nevent1q…nqas</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s how I&#39;m reading this. I might be wrong — honestly I hope I am — but the hype bubble continues, and the criti-hype is part of it 2025-08-17T05:09:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdclnk2crnrxcknawzsw0a6h8p7dqnrdhp9wuqu5zzf2kzuzlrhcczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjqzp9nt Download &#34;open weights&#34; models to self host the Torment Nexus<br/><br/><a href="https://jorts.horse/@poopypubes/115041637135463028">https://jorts.horse/@poopypubes/115041637135463028</a> 2025-08-17T02:22:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv8hjzwpg9hf39wx4eqh9rmdkh882xha6fxkqyt0g63e3ecak2yqqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjgfv050 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspp4aq6hpz2xm8l6xm2hyy26ngyaar7gy6vf4x22qxx3xrarq7qrquq96fw'>nevent1q…96fw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Odds that this is a publicity stunt for the AI-bros seem pretty high<br/><br/>flyer focuses only on job displacement and the upward transfer of power (which the AI-bros need to hype to keep getting money) <br/><br/>The flyer DOESN&#39;T talk about the other terrible things about AI, e.g.<br/>(1) environmental harms <br/>(2) unethical sourcing of data labor and training material<br/>(3) doesn&#39;t actually work <br/><br/>Very convenient that the dudes running the meetup are reporting it?<br/><br/> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1mwgnrumuczrhzvdenvrh82stgxeq7u4yp8jagc255kdz43exm82skrzng5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ASRG</span> (<span class="italic">npub1mwg…zng5</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15z3wmpnnsal3u0n4c3zld2hg7lxl0w60rvlc8f0nknrhr7gzg4yqfh0xrp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)</span> (<span class="italic">npub15z3…0xrp</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1309uur3zqnzj9g9krr44e40p9lzhfz65fu7ey65h59ztyndlx49shnus9c" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>The Internet Review</span> (<span class="italic">npub1309…us9c</span>)</a></span> 2025-08-16T16:15:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxpf4j4dusawux74emkew6y7nvyqxf68axdr5e7upga0n069wvzmqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjyuqnca Jury nullification has never had a better shot than this absolutely absurd felony charge <br/><br/><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/08/14/trump-dc-federal-agent-sandwich-assault-charge">https://www.axios.com/2025/08/14/trump-dc-federal-agent-sandwich-assault-charge</a> 2025-08-14T03:13:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs25p8ws5xudldg3g06yz80c26t0ytgvpwmw34qr8xdfnda35csahszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj704r4h JD&#39;s joke&#39;s on us, there *are* no left wing billionaires <br/><br/>Ain&#39;t that many left wing politicians left in the USA, either, and I bet the ones we have left *weren&#39;t* on Pedophilia Island chartered flights 2025-08-11T03:24:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst5qj7crw000r8ur5k2mq5regrksmh0eqchhcrnuva7g0au2a26yqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj4u86pc Oh look the *white house* just deleted sections of *Congress* &#39;s public copy of Article 1<br/><br/>Not only are we Ministry-of-Truth memory-holing habeas corpus, but we&#39;re crossing the separation of powers to do it<br/><br/>(Also, weak headline, MSN. Don&#39;t &#34;ask a question&#34;, DO A JOURNALISM.)<br/><br/><a href="https://www.alternet.org/white-house-constitutional-crisis/">https://www.alternet.org/white-house-constitutional-crisis/</a> 2025-08-06T14:42:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8lzy4rsvwyma2rvcz4hatta78c3yhf7ltk7qvlntx88ap8zy5t4szyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj46qx5q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswtpkkwmyqwgg5nnu2yaey8q8mjll8vcuwey478a07t5ygss25kzgsx749h'>nevent1q…749h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the two guys are just emacs and vim TBH 2025-08-04T21:33:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz8htj3mg00zt8v2zer2krea8dpkngc3q6ypfqj58pah0rd8ryzkqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjs5q7dy This is some North Korea/Stalinesque nonsense<br/><br/>Don&#39;t like the numbers? Demand the director&#39;s resignation and/or ritual suicide<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/trump-erika-mcentarfer-jobs-report-fired.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/trump-erika-mcentarfer-jobs-report-fired.html</a> 2025-08-02T01:09:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsde5es6krzexacwpplz0l2r6zsw3g8m402fv75m4s5kz4lhf00dfgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjl66z5e Goddammit<br/><br/>with the wind-down of the CPB and the ongoing proliferation of slop<br/><br/>I feel like I&#39;m watching the information ecosystem&#39;s equivalent of the Antarctic glaciers bellyflopping into the sea 2025-08-01T17:12:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs23r7eghexpqhws05gjrrk7nrfcs49rr9va03rcxfzyryfeysfueszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjxfrrqw Jesus, Elle.<br/><br/>Breaking my heart<br/><br/><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/ilry6T71hUA">https://youtube.com/shorts/ilry6T71hUA</a> 2025-08-01T01:24:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfyapu6a9pwftqwt6w54spyfumegjz08mh47e7cde9zdjuklmq33qzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjjmkrw2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd27vlfw49rm6cn6mkth90t4hzx0whlzedttl05fvlq8ssfycvs0gwvtajm'>nevent1q…tajm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I recognize that it&#39;s &#34;No True Scotsman&#34;-ing but I have a hard time thinking of those &#34;purity police&#34; as &#34;extreme left&#34;<br/><br/>The &#34;extreme left&#34; people I think of are starting co-ops, planning rescues and labor actions, doing jail support, planting gardens, and fighting against the local fash, sometimes quite literally putting their bodies on the line. Nobody committed to that kind of work has time for purity tests &amp; patronizing; they need all the help they can get 2025-07-31T00:16:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxwzcl3rzxcpsyfc4sth3qjpm79n5f03evyh2nwk6uuze2mem39tqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjvwmxfp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9cjj5dc2arv9zd8pl5gdcdfed8cfzsc68ml2sgl92frvsmp5de5gf2jy7y'>nevent1q…jy7y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Sauron and Saruman are truly evil, laying waste to everything they touch. But those two little half-pint bastards Meriadoc and Peregrine are _deeply annoying_ and will never shut up about meals. <br/><br/>I don&#39;t think I can be part of this Fellowship&#34; 2025-07-31T00:08:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9dm9qsgjmrq9lme2ygpnjx8djcyvepvjmrumd6ayufqxqt46fe5qzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjqu3ypt Some guys will spend $100B on robot rapture Amway rather than go to therapy 2025-07-30T19:55:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8jh0gngz0gwdsfr46qa4w9kyzmxs2493xyx8pfkhatuqsy79c6czyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj2vsnp2 Encountered: small (8-10yo*) human* of indeterminate race and gender, with bicycle. <br/><br/>I am walking the dog.<br/><br/>SH: [fondling rock retrieved from pocket] do you want some obsidian? It&#39;s free<br/>Me: no thank you! It&#39;s cool stuff, isn&#39;t it.<br/>SH: you have a weird looking dog. <br/>Me: uh, yeah! He&#39;s a total sweetheart though. <br/>SH: Did you know if you look at a dog&#39;s smile for a long time you&#39;ll be paralyzed?<br/>Me: I did not know that!<br/><br/>*In retrospect, not so sure re: &#34;human&#34;; &amp; thus much less certain re: age 2025-07-30T00:17:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqwflq95zlujqgvezkvs0qlapavzrg4e4wdp5rzxakznmzudsm0tgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj4kxsp7 Never really realized before, but Kubrick was pretty clearly a Klingon in shallow cover<br/><br/>Via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lxl7hdr6erhr2l4cr3ulj3fld7ej5yyxmul7lv7k8wchua2d4x5qkls3x9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>AkaSci 🛰️</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lxl…s3x9</span>)</a></span> <br/><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/114919463758619281">https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/114919463758619281</a><br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/114/920/089/549/032/165/original/22510db989288537.webp"> <br/> 2025-07-26T14:53:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsde9p7jjzdkjrekxepwx674tg8y287hvvpmldpca87w8vnz474wmczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj22ajar Just received a spam call claiming to be agent Daniel Webster from ICE<br/><br/>Fuuuuck Thaaaaat Nooooise. 2025-07-23T23:38:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsprcqdnk85l332thv304epnpja9hk87ww9xaqcqxqqkzlu4m72kyqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjllzhxz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv47ghmf35y9fr9tk45wag7yxsgsrcfwxvehlxmcemklltmk46sug47uuss'>nevent1q…uuss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Space therapists and librarians <br/><br/>--&gt; 💯 the Preservation Alliance 2025-07-23T15:41:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ytmjsquh0sadrvl6a75qduyv9l4ph6lwqm0v9uvn3v30vmpeajczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjev0fue Out at The Gorge with my sweetie tonight<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/114/877/436/152/313/775/original/39cd6f43d7663ea5.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-19T02:07:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstu680v850hghu7mw67ft7gadgf4v72pq8q32akqgaqr33d58d2tszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjn2zelw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8t37v5hcjl477zs4yx6ypuy5flv76xn2grd5xygyacvec560fhdq7zeg28'>nevent1q…eg28</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Draft beer final v2_revisions final (2).pdf&#34; 2025-07-17T01:29:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszg49y7k7lmlv5e0d92cn6z4s55zmz436qmccpcxcqehzrh7pva8szyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjxvzfcf OH at work<br/>&#34;the server/cloud architecture needs a lot of, uh, subtractive better engineering&#34; 2025-07-15T21:46:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswcezndc7vfa4rsdcj2sdvta85s2e9gdqm25a6hmcemwe20f99ujszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj32x7pa Spouse (a psychotherapist) was forwarded this paper <br/><br/><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18412">https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18412</a><br/><br/>&gt; Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers<br/><br/>which has caused us to spend a big chunk of after dinner lounging alternating among incredulous laughter, &#34;no shit&#34; groaning, and &#34;I don&#39;t think this is a valid way to evaluate *human* mental health practitioners&#34; 2025-07-15T02:56:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2usfwq0mk30l5rxnjgr06fezgym4yc5yug60zdujvkffg4yrsfnczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjejujlh cats doing defect triage<br/><br/>&#34;if report unclear, push off countertop&#34;<br/>&#34;nothng is higher-pri than wet food&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;if bug, eat it&#34; 2025-07-14T22:14:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsygk46s4v3wfzq7l58zmwydht8al8nwvv9je7kfdgqrr4ew0sgugqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjqmg06k Seen on a street sign post in #WestSeattle<br/><br/>#luigi<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/114/840/826/295/441/336/original/03eab4447932547f.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-12T14:54:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd28xgfsz90qkwg2wvkwyu29f8kmaaud4ttj85en49x5kwt90fmpgzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjnkwt06 Y&#39;all I just typed in &#34;heist model of developer collaboration&#34; into Google _on my work account_<br/><br/>and although the AI overview said &#34;this isn&#39;t a thing&#34;<br/><br/>the _very top hit_ on the actual links was a Livejournal echo of a post *THAT I WROTE* in 2013<br/><br/><a href="https://trochee.net/2013/03/bank-heist-collaboration-pattern/">https://trochee.net/2013/03/bank-heist-collaboration-pattern/</a> 2025-07-11T23:56:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswhvd6jrgfvs4uvq5602zwk3zc64ttwmkvrdesc3jxtdrtkfwhunczyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rj0mwu8k Thinking for no particular reason today* about the peculiar genius of Stanislaw Lem<br/><br/>A Jew, a doctor, a Pole, in the resistance against Hitler &amp; Stalin &amp; capitalism, an SF legend, feared by PK Dick, lauded by UK Le Guin<br/><br/>…&amp; one of the earliest AGI skeptics<br/><br/>&gt;… held that information technology drowns people in a glut of low-quality information, and considered truly intelligent robots as both undesirable and impossible to construct.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Lem</a><br/><br/>*seriously, this is not a subtoot 2025-07-11T05:43:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrdqev4qwhphqxjtmpzzu8n3u54ej48tmddg00smnfu3v49haygegzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjwlduzt Hanging out on #Alki Beach with my kid, who&#39;s ... sorta getting stood up on his first thing-that-looks-like-a-date<br/><br/>(Long story, but a lot of it revolves around twelve year olds not communicating well with each other or their respective driving adults) <br/><br/>#Seattle<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/114/808/929/536/305/619/original/7ddf51c6187f7d63.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-06T23:45:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszcxuhvftysa5et0p25lsjas3ymtg97p0eex42llv6qjcu79xuxzszyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjgps9c6 Preparing a Western hemisphere indigenous vegetable for a holiday that is problematic today. <br/><br/>Distress flag seems right.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/114/796/214/014/336/806/original/88af09b5d7e92f16.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/daircommunitysocial/media_attachments/files/114/796/214/135/668/272/original/0c123e26b90a1b7d.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-04T17:50:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgyky7nmrqdlr5xhsvsp437nu6haa8vtgjul8fr0re0ut2m4fxr4czyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjvt0hhd So glad MS invested in the efficient strategies of AI, or they might have had to do socially harmful things to stay afloat <br/><br/>like, add a paywall to MS Paint while laying off 9000 people 2025-07-03T13:59:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszxsjz64l8azk7rp4rkz9nhym7p4kfv6spsqgnkr9nk80xw65gkyqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjyl9nze Y&#39;all, fedimeteo is pretty neat! A federated weather service. <br/><br/>Check if your city is there! #seattle <br/><br/><a href="https://us.fedimeteo.com/seattle__washington">https://us.fedimeteo.com/seattle__washington</a><br/><br/>Thanks to [@_elena](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@_elena">https://mastodon.social/@_elena</a> ) for pointing it out!<br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@_elena/114782731095733703">https://mastodon.social/@_elena/114782731095733703</a> 2025-07-02T13:54:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfkv9ha4n9tn00rgfshw2g7csqx4ry9dlmr7r494lht67779ymwcqzyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjckstv5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy725nepexzfc3ezl0wv7sxypvq8yzg9d0a5qkrl9tz4z92sx0pggm873rr'>nevent1q…73rr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it certainly isn&#39;t original to me. I&#39;m not sure which of the elders of intersectionality I first heard it from 2025-06-30T22:18:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgq5mkar6234gd2hzq55dss4kngx6pzepvffd3m4wyurhxhah5f2czyz9ggs5dfl3dk63n3yaarym3v52lsfs09yvq2dfr7tw8u4gx3z5rjw784vz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2g75y04h4vymk5fd72wh7e63m53emj9yt2v9ln4z998gdsdce04cc9hv46'>nevent1q…hv46</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bostrom&#39;s central fear in that book too is that &#34;smarter = extractive conqueror&#34;, which _also_ tells you a lot about his childhood (&amp; that of the broligarchs)<br/><br/>it&#39;s basically &#34;but what if something colonizes _me_&#34;<br/><br/>IMO the hallmark of maturing intelligence is cooperation and the extension of self-interest to the community<br/><br/>nothing about that kind of intelligence is going to get into a runaway bootstrap 2025-06-30T18:08:01Z