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Andrea Lathrop

@cabernet.bsky.social

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Wine... Cognitive Science... Photography... tech stuff... former Aslin Lab (Master's) and Eppler Lab (with Jackie Gibson emeritus) so I'm a weird mix of Gibsonian affordances, visual statistical learning and anticipatory eye movements. Sometimes academic.

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 18d

Here are a few more from the same series (📷 credit: myself, Post Malone sound check, New Year's Rockin' Eve, Dec 31, 2019):

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1h

If there's one thing you can trust, it's '60s era KGB information for the US about the US.

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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 5h

We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 3h

Love this guy! ❤️

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 4h

“I was a fairly conventional hippie.” The actor Tim Curry talks about taking LSD on the Eiffel Tower, going to Studio 54 in the 1970s, and the making of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Tim Curry Does the Time Warp

The actor and singer discusses the origins of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy.

www.newyorker.com

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 17h

I asked a friend for a one-word definition of me, thinking it would help me narrow down jobs I'd be good at, and she said, "Lanky."

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 19h

If anything will fix LLM anthropomorphization psychosis, it's using your real name for fake porn.

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

We'll see...

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Wuthering Heights is the better Brontë book.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

😅

WIRED @wired.com · 1d

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

www.wired.com

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Mark Ho @markkho.bsky.social · 1d

We’re hiring!

@sucholutsky.bsky.social and I are seeking a postdoc and RA for a project on trust in AI systems with folks at NYU, Princeton, BU, and Cornell

Positions open until filled. Apply soon! Please share 🔁

postdoc: apply.interfolio.com/175495

RA: apply.interfolio.com/175497

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Indeed, they did: arxiv.org/abs/2510.06105

(n.b. this paper anthropomorphizes more than I prefer, and naming it 'Moloch's Bargain' is a bit of a troll, but is worth reading.)

Moloch's Bargain: Emergent Misalignment When LLMs Compete for Audiences

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly shaping how information is created and disseminated, from companies using them to craft persuasive advertisements, to election campaigns optimizing messag...

arxiv.org

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Mate, this bird wouldn't "go FOOM" if you put four million volts through it!

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

YOUR AI SLOP IS NOT A "TIMELINE CLEANSE"

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting... this other article says it's 1700 football fields. (2,250 acres.) www.cnbc.com/2025/06/25/m...

To land Meta’s massive $10 billion data center, Louisiana pulled out all the stops. Will it be worth it?

Meta is building the largest data center in the Western Hemisphere on a sprawling site in rural Northeastern Louisiana, and the state gave up a lot to get it.

www.cnbc.com

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, come on. This one had layers...

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm...

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 1d

Musical theater geeks all around you in a circle chanting “one of us. One of us. One of us!”

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Add: The Light in the Piazza

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

(Oh, I missed you already had Company on the list!)

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

I'll add some of my favorites:

Chicago
Company (Getting Married Today)
A Chorus Line (Tits and Ass)
Into the Woods
Once Upon a Mattress (Carol Burnett version, 1959)

I second Sweeney Todd, Angela Lansbury version first, Depp/Bonham Carter film version later

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

Continuing to read Mark Fisher:

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megan peters 🧠 @meganakpeters.bsky.social · 2d

📣 BIG NEWS EVERYONE. I am so excited to announce…

🎉 I’m moving to University College London @ucl.ac.uk to join the Experimental Psychology department in @uclpals.bsky.social! 🎉

The big move happens in spring/summer. So I’m already exploring recruiting staff & students at UCL for fall 2026!

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 1d

"Remarkable bird, the Stochastic Parrot."

Philip Goff @philipgoff.bsky.social · 2d

Me and John Cleese. Caption competition.

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Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 2d

I think we should not tax the first $50k/yr.

Andrea Lathrop @cabernet.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder how much my former apartments all rent for, now?