Honest J
@frangsbo.bsky.social
Epistemologist working in the trades.
Would like to be posting mainly about climate solutions but there's too much other $#!+ going down.
Would like to be posting mainly about climate solutions but there's too much other $#!+ going down.
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Honest J
@frangsbo.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Being right is necessary but not sufficient.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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Wrote something combining threads from here & elsewhere on meaningful consent, bias, dis- & misinformation, and harms to critical thinking & skills development and social interaction in the context of "AI."
Here's "Failures of “AI” Promise: Critical Thinking, Misinformation, Prosociality, & Trust":
Here's "Failures of “AI” Promise: Critical Thinking, Misinformation, Prosociality, & Trust":
Failures of “AI” Promise: Critical Thinking, Misinformation, Prosociality, & Trust
So, new research shows that a) LLM-type “AI” chatbots are extremely persuasive and able to get voters to shift their positions, and that b) the more effective they are at that, the less…
afutureworththinkingabout.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Wrote something combining threads from here & elsewhere on meaningful consent, bias, dis- & misinformation, and harms to critical thinking & skills development and social interaction in the context of "AI."
Here's "Failures of “AI” Promise: Critical Thinking, Misinformation, Prosociality, & Trust":
Here's "Failures of “AI” Promise: Critical Thinking, Misinformation, Prosociality, & Trust":
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The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
December 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The decline of democracy in the US means you can’t visit the US if you commented on the decline of democracy in the US
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i know this is styled as "trump says" but we really have to stop phrasing things this way. an executive order can't do that.
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
i know this is styled as "trump says" but we really have to stop phrasing things this way. an executive order can't do that.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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The charade of having liars on to lie should just end
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The charade of having liars on to lie should just end
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a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
a billionaire who sees undermining political sovereignty as an alternative to paying a relatively minor fine is a problem that will have to be dealt with eventually
Remember, if the Supreme Court purports to end birthright citizenship, it illegitimitzes itself, not the 14th Ammendment.
December 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Remember, if the Supreme Court purports to end birthright citizenship, it illegitimitzes itself, not the 14th Ammendment.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
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We would still have a functioning CDC and Pepfar under Harris and that is nothing to sneeze at but the global march of nativism, white nationalism, revanchist gender and race politics and general fascist malaise would still need to be defeated, with no help from the institutional center left.
December 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We would still have a functioning CDC and Pepfar under Harris and that is nothing to sneeze at but the global march of nativism, white nationalism, revanchist gender and race politics and general fascist malaise would still need to be defeated, with no help from the institutional center left.
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You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
You could write this. Or you could write: “That notion, which has been the rule in nearly every country in the Western Hemisphere for over a century, is grounded in the language of the 14th Amendment.”
All how you choose to frame it.
All how you choose to frame it.
For the record, NO ONE is immune to brain poisoning.
My theory, fwiw, is that Supreme Court Justices are not immune to Twitter brain poisoning. I suspect all six have horrific information environments and have therefore lost the ability to understand the people who don't agree with them.
The part that I can't figure out is what John Roberts thinks he is doing. He used to seem to be a judge who was very attentive to appearances, I think on a theory that you can't draw too much attention to yourself without undermining your ability to continue to shape the law.
December 6, 2025 at 5:39 AM
For the record, NO ONE is immune to brain poisoning.
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Hey, @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org, please immediately cancel your partnerships with "A.i." companies. You cannot morally and ethically justify pushing this kind of garbage on school kids.
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Hey, @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org, please immediately cancel your partnerships with "A.i." companies. You cannot morally and ethically justify pushing this kind of garbage on school kids.
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
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What strikes me over and over again about the reality we are currently creating with so-called “generative AI” is that it’s always pitched as saving human time and effort. But this is only true if you are a parasitic grifter. For anyone with principles, anyone who cares about reality
I mean we are absolutely in a place now where the only solution to this information disorder is for everyone to constantly evaluate the source of information. Never trust a chatbot, but also don't believe a video unless you know and trust where it comes from.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
Unfortunately... that's a lot of work.
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What strikes me over and over again about the reality we are currently creating with so-called “generative AI” is that it’s always pitched as saving human time and effort. But this is only true if you are a parasitic grifter. For anyone with principles, anyone who cares about reality
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One problem with all the “AGI” discourse is that “AGI” isn’t actually defined.
Someone tried recently … and predictably it didn’t go well. Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into the attempt:
Monday, December 8, noon Pacific
Someone tried recently … and predictably it didn’t go well. Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into the attempt:
Monday, December 8, noon Pacific
dair_institute - Twitch
Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).
twitch.tv
December 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
One problem with all the “AGI” discourse is that “AGI” isn’t actually defined.
Someone tried recently … and predictably it didn’t go well. Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into the attempt:
Monday, December 8, noon Pacific
Someone tried recently … and predictably it didn’t go well. Join us for the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 livestream, in which @alexhanna.bsky.social and I dig into the attempt:
Monday, December 8, noon Pacific
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Has drugs ≠ Making war
These are distinctly different things, and it’s important to maintain a grip on reality in the face of fascists trying to destroy it.
There is no possible way any of the people on these US-attacked boats could get “back in the fight” because they weren’t ever in one.
These are distinctly different things, and it’s important to maintain a grip on reality in the face of fascists trying to destroy it.
There is no possible way any of the people on these US-attacked boats could get “back in the fight” because they weren’t ever in one.
“It looks like two classically shipwrecked people,” Rep Adam Smith told me, calling it “highly questionable decision that these two people on that obviously incapacitated vessel were still in any kind of fight.”
More details on what the video revealed here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
More details on what the video revealed here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Has drugs ≠ Making war
These are distinctly different things, and it’s important to maintain a grip on reality in the face of fascists trying to destroy it.
There is no possible way any of the people on these US-attacked boats could get “back in the fight” because they weren’t ever in one.
These are distinctly different things, and it’s important to maintain a grip on reality in the face of fascists trying to destroy it.
There is no possible way any of the people on these US-attacked boats could get “back in the fight” because they weren’t ever in one.
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A skeptic is a person who reasonably demands evidence commensurate to claims. Other uses of the term are euphemistic and obscure unreasonable positions.
Ukraine sovereignty skeptic Vladimir Putin
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A skeptic is a person who reasonably demands evidence commensurate to claims. Other uses of the term are euphemistic and obscure unreasonable positions.
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kind of wild that speaking out loud the subtext of “a wealthy man’s money is equal to votes” is normalized to the extent that a popular democrat can say it without batting an eye
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
kind of wild that speaking out loud the subtext of “a wealthy man’s money is equal to votes” is normalized to the extent that a popular democrat can say it without batting an eye
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New Nuremburg is the moderate option.
December 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
New Nuremburg is the moderate option.
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Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Every Democrat going on air should take the first question and then say something like “Before I answer that I need to express my outrage and disgust at the president’s bigoted and vulgar insults about the Somali people. There is something seriously wrong with him. He is a sick man.”
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't think sociopaths should be running the government.
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Maybe it's just me, but I don't think sociopaths should be running the government.
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.