Bret Mogilefsky
@bret.mogilefsky.me
#civictech #agile #product and #tech wrangler
Recently in the #WhiteHouse #CEQ and now speeding up #Permitting
... while still in the #US #GSA […]
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Recently in the #WhiteHouse #CEQ and now speeding up #Permitting
... while still in the #US #GSA […]
🌉 bridged from https://hachyderm.io/@mogul on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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Holy shit
The DOJ ordered US Marshals to the house of the pardon attorney who refused to sign off on a pardon to give Mel Gibson back his guns. Big law firms told her they supported her but did not want to be seen representing her.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
This is the use of government-sponsored fear to silence dissent.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Holy shit
This is a great story.
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5589228/garden-environment-restoration-ecology-la-river-guerrilla
https://www.npr.org/2025/11/17/nx-s1-5589228/garden-environment-restoration-ecology-la-river-guerrilla
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Brett Kavanaugh says this is a mere inconvenience.
US Citizen Violently Detained, Window Smashed During Morning Stop in Charlotte, NC
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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Awful awful news.
Then They Came for the Dreamers
“Dreamers by the hundreds of thousands gave the govt their personal info in exchange for a promise they would not be deported.
But Congress never acted, and now, in its quest to reach Miller’s 3,000 deportations a day, the #trump admin is […]
Then They Came for the Dreamers
“Dreamers by the hundreds of thousands gave the govt their personal info in exchange for a promise they would not be deported.
But Congress never acted, and now, in its quest to reach Miller’s 3,000 deportations a day, the #trump admin is […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Awful awful news.
Then They Came for the Dreamers
“Dreamers by the hundreds of thousands gave the govt their personal info in exchange for a promise they would not be deported.
But Congress never acted, and now, in its quest to reach Miller’s 3,000 deportations a day, the #trump admin is […]
Then They Came for the Dreamers
“Dreamers by the hundreds of thousands gave the govt their personal info in exchange for a promise they would not be deported.
But Congress never acted, and now, in its quest to reach Miller’s 3,000 deportations a day, the #trump admin is […]
Reposted by Bret Mogilefsky
I got nerdsniped by your shitpost into trying to write a Forth interpreter in RNA. It didn’t actually take that long to get it working, at least in a simulator. Then I started looking at how to get my code into a prokaryotic ribosome. Imagine my surprise when I found **very** similar structure […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I got nerdsniped by your shitpost into trying to write a Forth interpreter in RNA. It didn’t actually take that long to get it working, at least in a simulator. Then I started looking at how to get my code into a prokaryotic ribosome. Imagine my surprise when I found **very** similar structure […]
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This is an important new line being crossed. Trump isn't just pardoning the act of attempting to overthrow the government on January 6: he's pardoning *those people* for committing crimes generally. He may be creating a group of (federally) legally untouchable people.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
This is an important new line being crossed. Trump isn't just pardoning the act of attempting to overthrow the government on January 6: he's pardoning *those people* for committing crimes generally. He may be creating a group of (federally) legally untouchable people.
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I saw a butcher bird on the verandah rail. I went out and stood a few meters from it and whistled my best butcher bird impression at it.
As if to show off it then began a 10-minute recital, directed at me, with no gaps for a response. It went through a huge range of butcher bird songs […]
As if to show off it then began a 10-minute recital, directed at me, with no gaps for a response. It went through a huge range of butcher bird songs […]
Original post on howse.social
howse.social
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I saw a butcher bird on the verandah rail. I went out and stood a few meters from it and whistled my best butcher bird impression at it.
As if to show off it then began a 10-minute recital, directed at me, with no gaps for a response. It went through a huge range of butcher bird songs […]
As if to show off it then began a 10-minute recital, directed at me, with no gaps for a response. It went through a huge range of butcher bird songs […]
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I’ve been testing a theory: many people who are high on #ai and #LLMs are just new to automation and don’t realize you can automate processes with simple programming, if/then conditions, and API calls with zero AI involved.
So far it’s been working!
Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]
So far it’s been working!
Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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my husband made it so the home assistant voice assistant can use full-on ollama to interpret instructions. then he told it to turn the lights on. it's been explaining its thought process for over five minutes now and the lights are still off.
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
my husband made it so the home assistant voice assistant can use full-on ollama to interpret instructions. then he told it to turn the lights on. it's been explaining its thought process for over five minutes now and the lights are still off.
If being vegetarian were to become the only way to address an increasing risk of dropping dead unexpectedly after eating #meat, I suspect we'll have a lot more vegetarians in society, with a corresponding drop in the #climate footprint of the food industry.
Is it wrong for me to root for the […]
Is it wrong for me to root for the […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Curious that whenever someone shows me “the cool #ai flow” they built that’s supposed to be impressive, the conversation goes the same way:
Stage 1: “But you don’t understand. You don’t like AI because you haven’t used it right. Let me show you how much you can do it with.”
Stage 2: “Here are […]
Stage 1: “But you don’t understand. You don’t like AI because you haven’t used it right. Let me show you how much you can do it with.”
Stage 2: “Here are […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Curious that whenever someone shows me “the cool #ai flow” they built that’s supposed to be impressive, the conversation goes the same way:
Stage 1: “But you don’t understand. You don’t like AI because you haven’t used it right. Let me show you how much you can do it with.”
Stage 2: “Here are […]
Stage 1: “But you don’t understand. You don’t like AI because you haven’t used it right. Let me show you how much you can do it with.”
Stage 2: “Here are […]
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One other pattern that I kept experiencing last year when I was actually trying these tools in my work (because I had so many people pushing them on me I started to think I was crazy):
Them: “oh you are struggling with X? I have been using AI to solve it and it gives me the solution in less […]
Them: “oh you are struggling with X? I have been using AI to solve it and it gives me the solution in less […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
One other pattern that I kept experiencing last year when I was actually trying these tools in my work (because I had so many people pushing them on me I started to think I was crazy):
Them: “oh you are struggling with X? I have been using AI to solve it and it gives me the solution in less […]
Them: “oh you are struggling with X? I have been using AI to solve it and it gives me the solution in less […]
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Healthcare In America:
Doctor - I see that your gscsttigom isn't working as well as I'd like. I'd like to start you on pjehhdntpf instead.
Patient - Okay, do you know how much that's going to cost?
Doctor - Sorry I've got no idea.
Patient - What do you mean? Like give me a ballpark. Is this […]
Doctor - I see that your gscsttigom isn't working as well as I'd like. I'd like to start you on pjehhdntpf instead.
Patient - Okay, do you know how much that's going to cost?
Doctor - Sorry I've got no idea.
Patient - What do you mean? Like give me a ballpark. Is this […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Healthcare In America:
Doctor - I see that your gscsttigom isn't working as well as I'd like. I'd like to start you on pjehhdntpf instead.
Patient - Okay, do you know how much that's going to cost?
Doctor - Sorry I've got no idea.
Patient - What do you mean? Like give me a ballpark. Is this […]
Doctor - I see that your gscsttigom isn't working as well as I'd like. I'd like to start you on pjehhdntpf instead.
Patient - Okay, do you know how much that's going to cost?
Doctor - Sorry I've got no idea.
Patient - What do you mean? Like give me a ballpark. Is this […]
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"Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly & live quietly in a society designed to prevent all four."
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly & live quietly in a society designed to prevent all four."
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“The Senators may not like being treated like the rest of America, but these phone-record subpoenas & non-disclosure orders are routine in grand jury investigations at the state & federal level. No one has an absolute right to be notified that their call records have been subpoenaed, much less […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“The Senators may not like being treated like the rest of America, but these phone-record subpoenas & non-disclosure orders are routine in grand jury investigations at the state & federal level. No one has an absolute right to be notified that their call records have been subpoenaed, much less […]
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Rep #jamieraskin (D-MD) called the provision “one of the most blatantly #corrupt provisions for political self-dealing & the plunder of public resources ever proposed in #congress.”
The provision, which is retroactive to 2022, only applies to members of the #senate & would allow them to sue for […]
The provision, which is retroactive to 2022, only applies to members of the #senate & would allow them to sue for […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
November 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Rep #jamieraskin (D-MD) called the provision “one of the most blatantly #corrupt provisions for political self-dealing & the plunder of public resources ever proposed in #congress.”
The provision, which is retroactive to 2022, only applies to members of the #senate & would allow them to sue for […]
The provision, which is retroactive to 2022, only applies to members of the #senate & would allow them to sue for […]
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This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
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the decision to really just abandon moderation and let it rip suggests that this is what meta wants for its platform. this is the final, idealized form of the product
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
the decision to really just abandon moderation and let it rip suggests that this is what meta wants for its platform. this is the final, idealized form of the product
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Those of you up in Sonoma/Cloverdale: Please share this widely in your networks.
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Those of you up in Sonoma/Cloverdale: Please share this widely in your networks.
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where “transparency” means the attempted coverup is very transparent
Q: “Did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?”
Leavitt: “These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.”
Leavitt: “These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.”
November 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
where “transparency” means the attempted coverup is very transparent
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In which, on the occasion of my 3-year migration anniversary and the release of Mastodon 4.5, I assemble all my arguments as to why Mastodon is great and why anyone else on a service that’s becoming less fun/safe/useful should migrate to Mastodon and do it now, in late 2025 […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
In which, on the occasion of my 3-year migration anniversary and the release of Mastodon 4.5, I assemble all my arguments as to why Mastodon is great and why anyone else on a service that’s becoming less fun/safe/useful should migrate to Mastodon and do it now, in late 2025 […]
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"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"
I'm not very good with CSS...
I'm not very good with CSS...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"
I'm not very good with CSS...
I'm not very good with CSS...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM