Abstract Tesseract
@abstracttesseract.bsky.social
(sometimes-computational) linguist, AI/ML unenthusiast, Luddite, they/he
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I haven't been a classroom teacher since before LLMs, but even then, it was striking how much the system rewarded teachers and students for maintaining an adversarial relationship, and how it punished them for organizing together against their mutual enemies
I have to resist the tech determinist impulse to blame all of this on social media and LLMs, although that's incredibly tempting. The social contract around public education was already incredibly broken by the time the tech came around. >>
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I haven't been a classroom teacher since before LLMs, but even then, it was striking how much the system rewarded teachers and students for maintaining an adversarial relationship, and how it punished them for organizing together against their mutual enemies
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Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
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So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
November 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
So grateful to everyone in NYC who mobilized to stop the ICE raid of Canal St. The violence being committed against immigrants is heart-wrenching, but the shows of solidarity we have seen around the country give me so much hope.
Dayforce: 87% of executives use AI for work!
Readers: 87% of executives use AI for work (derogatory)
Readers: 87% of executives use AI for work (derogatory)
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Dayforce: 87% of executives use AI for work!
Readers: 87% of executives use AI for work (derogatory)
Readers: 87% of executives use AI for work (derogatory)
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I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
Come to think of it, makes sense that a "polyglot" influencer would be into "AI". So much of the field consists of people who start with a (presumably) genuine curiosity and love of learning, and twist it into a selfish, extractive, isolating pursuit of optimization and the performance of smartness
Native speakers of your 20 languages do not find your speech comprehensible if AI was your teacher.
Most learners struggle to find material that’s both interesting and comprehensible. AI solves that. Create your own audio, get accurate summaries of advanced texts, and explore otherwise inaccessible topics. #polyglottips
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Come to think of it, makes sense that a "polyglot" influencer would be into "AI". So much of the field consists of people who start with a (presumably) genuine curiosity and love of learning, and twist it into a selfish, extractive, isolating pursuit of optimization and the performance of smartness
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
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Donate to our strike fund!!! Tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Donate to our strike fund!!! Tinyurl.com/bbiu-strike
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Fun fact: a picket line crosser can fit in ONE pelicans mouth.
If you have 2 picket line crossers, you need a 2nd pelican. 🪶
#NoContractNoCoffee
If you have 2 picket line crossers, you need a 2nd pelican. 🪶
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Fun fact: a picket line crosser can fit in ONE pelicans mouth.
If you have 2 picket line crossers, you need a 2nd pelican. 🪶
#NoContractNoCoffee
If you have 2 picket line crossers, you need a 2nd pelican. 🪶
#NoContractNoCoffee
Selfish, arrogant developers were probably selfish and arrogant before "AI" but *boy howdy* has "AI" exacerbated it
I am so torn between wanting to share this with no context so that the reader can have the full experience of developing a relationship with each of the parties in the discussion to this PR, and with knowing that the full impact of what is happening here might evade many without more explanation
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Selfish, arrogant developers were probably selfish and arrogant before "AI" but *boy howdy* has "AI" exacerbated it
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As CEO of Mott’s Applesauce I really have to question your mental state if Applesauce isn’t on your plate, in your toilet, in the bedroom, really everywhere that Applesauce could help
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As CEO of Mott’s Applesauce I really have to question your mental state if Applesauce isn’t on your plate, in your toilet, in the bedroom, really everywhere that Applesauce could help
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thecon.ai with @emilymbender.bsky.social
Please recommend it to your Sora-loving uncle, or your ChatGPT-enthused father-in-law.
Helps address questions like:
1. How much water did that Google AI Overview take? and;
2. Will the robots kill us all?
Please recommend it to your Sora-loving uncle, or your ChatGPT-enthused father-in-law.
Helps address questions like:
1. How much water did that Google AI Overview take? and;
2. Will the robots kill us all?
November 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
thecon.ai with @emilymbender.bsky.social
Please recommend it to your Sora-loving uncle, or your ChatGPT-enthused father-in-law.
Helps address questions like:
1. How much water did that Google AI Overview take? and;
2. Will the robots kill us all?
Please recommend it to your Sora-loving uncle, or your ChatGPT-enthused father-in-law.
Helps address questions like:
1. How much water did that Google AI Overview take? and;
2. Will the robots kill us all?
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he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
Pope Leo and the Vatican reject polygamy in sweeping doctrinal praise of monogamy
In a new doctrinal note, Pope Leo and the Vatican sharply reject polygamy and growing Western polyamory, praising monogamy as an exclusive union between one man and one woman.
www.sltrib.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
he met 4 trans women for lunch and banned polyamory what did they tell him
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fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
fuck you
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
the memories of a generation lost because of Reagan's homophobia will not be erased
i think we should do something in DC that would make david wojnarowicz proud tbh
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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I generally appreciate @hereandnow.bsky.social 's reporting on "AI" and other issues, but this one was a big miss:
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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How to make data centers less thirsty: Build them near wind and solar energy
The data centers needed to power artificial intelligence are notoriously thirsty for electricity and water to keep them from overheating. But data centers' direct water usage pales in comparison to th...
www.wbur.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I generally appreciate @hereandnow.bsky.social 's reporting on "AI" and other issues, but this one was a big miss:
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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i will never use AI for anything esp my client notes. in fact, when there was a request for input on how to use AI in our industry by a professional org, i stated i believe that AI is completely unethical on every level: privacy, data centers stealing water and other resources.....
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
i will never use AI for anything esp my client notes. in fact, when there was a request for input on how to use AI in our industry by a professional org, i stated i believe that AI is completely unethical on every level: privacy, data centers stealing water and other resources.....
Look I don't enjoy losing respect for people who've decided to boost "AI" and throw away whatever credibility they may have earned in their field, but they're making their choices, and being nice to them isn't going to change their minds
people are angry that chatbots are being thrust on them; that the industry is unregulated; that it’s deskilling young people; is being used as a weapon against labor and popular gAI is built on theft of the work of millions of artists and authors.
You don’t get to demand civility.
You don’t get to demand civility.
Wow 80% bad-faith responses, and people lecturing the creator of Flask here and the creator of Django/datasette in the comments on why AI is useless for software engineering...
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Look I don't enjoy losing respect for people who've decided to boost "AI" and throw away whatever credibility they may have earned in their field, but they're making their choices, and being nice to them isn't going to change their minds
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The truth is, organizers are not magical people whisperers, and we can't indulge that fantasy in the name of empowerment or motivation.
Some places and people are ready to be approached, some places and people aren't.
Some places and people are ready to be approached, some places and people aren't.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The truth is, organizers are not magical people whisperers, and we can't indulge that fantasy in the name of empowerment or motivation.
Some places and people are ready to be approached, some places and people aren't.
Some places and people are ready to be approached, some places and people aren't.
I don't have any particular goodwill for anyone at OpenAI, but if I did, the kindest thing I could wish for them is that their company and products be dismantled, and that they find a way to spend the rest of their careers making reparations for the evil they've done
“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
Adam Raine's family sued the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that it isn't responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I don't have any particular goodwill for anyone at OpenAI, but if I did, the kindest thing I could wish for them is that their company and products be dismantled, and that they find a way to spend the rest of their careers making reparations for the evil they've done
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Shoutout to food. Yall ever had food? stuff is spectacular.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Shoutout to food. Yall ever had food? stuff is spectacular.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.