Anti-democratic radicalization, yes, but it has to come from somewhere and be permitted to wield power by something.

These were GREAT. I followed my grandma’s recipe (and the box) and layered them with freshly whipped cream to make an icebox cake

In his defense, that’s how it worked in Return of the Jedi

1. Headlines everywhere today read "Grok apologizes." This is bullshit. A chatbot is not something that can apologize. Pretending otherwise is simple laundering these companies' bullshit about what AI is, while diffusing blame away from the human beings that developed and released this system.

I don't like the arch evil but i appreciate the spinal tap homage

True story

Possibly, but I think it’s more like where they, and no one else, get to _______________

I worked at a print magazine when Netscape happened and called this “the inability of the Internet to surprise.” AI deepens this blindness in two ways,   • first because it can only be trained on what’s already been done,   • second because it can simulate novelty and completeness without being so

In fairness I find ∼60% of private search to be FUBAR

So… he’s giving them their own money? Where’s the tariff money?

Actually it's EXTREMELY small, especially when you consider how frequently Jews end up becoming a focus of attn and violence at so many times and in so many places. why you choose this as a hill to die on is yours to explain.

I learned that all the homework white people have been doing has been on how not to seem racist to other white people. They don't actually care what people of color think or they wouldn't mind us actually telling them.

A really good point. H/t @besttrousers.bsky.social

I am happy for @crockett.house.gov running for Senate. Let’s mix things up! She is smart and capable and charismatic. I wish her the very best.

Ann Lowe was the Black genius behind Jackie Kennedy’s iconic wedding gown. Before the fashion world was ready to credit a Black woman’s talent, Lowe was already designing for America’s most powerful families. Brilliant. Bold. Innovative. Undervalued. And nearly erased from history.

This is the right analogy H/t @otsumamiboy.bsky.social

There’s almost never a time when the concept of or criticism of “platforming” comes up when the argument isn’t either wrongheaded or insipid, often both.

TIL about Rice Truck Saga. If it’s new to you too, here it is reproduced—some innocent merriment! H/t @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social

20 year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from her gunshot wounds. May she rest in peace.

I grew up listening to this. Have to play it for @nysuek.bsky.social today

The Cat in the Hat movie 2026. Or, How to Turn a Quirky, Singular Half-Century Body of Work into Every Other Manipulative and Derivative Hollywood Animated Franchise Right Now

Inference in AI breakdown (and a need-to-know) 👇 ✅ Inference == Make a prediction on unseen/new data. ✅ Inference Routing == the infrastructure layer. #kubernetes #agenticai #LLMs

5/ criminal conduct of other members of the conspiracy. But to fall back to the common tongue, NOT GREAT! I mean, they tried to help overthrow the election. Now they want a $1M cash payment. No different from these various J6rs and Flynn and the others who also want a taxpayer pay off. Fuck That.

It’s a bad strategy for the Party and a good strategy for their businesses

The Day 2 keynote at @cncf.bsky.social’s (The @linuxfoundation.org’s) #KubeCon featured their awards. The most interesting is the User Award, since these are the practitioners also contributing. It went to Michelin this year. Why, though? No one said

There’s also the eagerness to find more and more opportunities to declare whatevs a national emergency and/​or threat to national security. I wonder why?

So this is really good. In a @traefik.io presentation at the #KubeCon Tech Field Day Exclusive they say that an(y) #AI interface is an API at its root and must be (a) treated as an API but ALSO (b) managed as an API _including in the prompt._ AI application-layer routing! #TFDx @techfieldday.com

Keynote at #KubeCon just started. It’s good for a community to congratulate its achievements and look ahead optimistically to what’s next. If anything else pops I will post it here or in LinkedIn #cTENcf

You can pull up 5calls.org enter your zipcode & get a walk through with phone numbers to call & a script! It took me less than FOUR MINUTES to call my Senators!

I think the misinformation is secondary and influences because of the racism and sexism that lead the way H/t @blackamazon.bsky.social

Well, yeah. This might be THE fundamental problem with being a creator now. A human-psychological problem

now here's a good take goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/a-mantra-f...

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

Hey everyone, the account @authorminjinlee.bsky.social is a scammer impersonating the real (and amazing) Lee Min Jin. I've reported to BlueSky but if you follow, they'll immediately DM. The real Lee Min Jin is at @minjinlee.bsky.social.

I gotta say, the videos NetApp has on display at NetApp INSIGHT are really well produced: images, story, sound, editing, all really buttoned up #NetAppInsight #TFDx @techfieldday.com

Day 2 keynote at #NetAppInsight begins with César Cernuda, president of NetApp. “Our goal is to unleash genius.… AI is only as good as the data that fuels it” #TFDx @techfieldday.com

Today is Day 2 of NetApp INSIGHT, and as a delegate to @techfieldday.com Exclusive I’m looking forward to learning about the company’s strategy for enabling responsible, safe, and accurate AI—but also for enabling data collection and use in general! #NetAppInsight #TFDx

NetApp INSIGHT Day 2 keynote started a little early today with the company’s Social Impact Awards. Quasiliveblogging from me here starting in a bit #NetAppInsight #TFDx @techfieldday.com

Whenever I see men complain about the male loneliness crisis or unique emotional/psychological issues faced by men, it’s very clear that they just don’t see women as full people capable of experiencing the exact same emotions they do

Here’s a neat way to tease a reveal! New NetApp offer coming up soon, from Syam Nair, the company’s new chief product officer #NetAppInsight #TFDx @techfieldday.com

Starting off NetApp INSIGHT today at the morning keynote, CEO George Kurian calls this “the era of data-enabled intelligence” and says the data challenge is that “80% of the time on an AI project is spent wrangling data” #NetAppInsight #TFDx @techfieldday.com

Gotta admit that this is one of the better-designed pins I’ve seen. I might wear it! At NetApp INSIGHT in Vegas this week, thanks to NetApp and @techfieldday.com. Keynotes about to start, I’ll let you know whatever interesting comes up #NetAppInsight #TFDx

So. This is not a case of a headline disconnected from the text. The article really does make the case that words have no meaning; that “calm” and “hellscape” can honestly refer to the same thing. The range of meanings of these two words don’t overlap

This is one of my favorite weekly events

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

Black people deserve better in all aspects in life.

you are missing the point. the point isnt that the computer can feel cruelty, the point is that the hater is using the computer as a proxy for their cruelty. it trains us to be cruel. it accommodates us to certain behaviors. like stomping on a bed of wildflowers.

“Bluesky isn’t fun” problem and “Bluesky is the only social media platform where you will actually see the news” problem are the same problem

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov