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@histoftech.bsky.social
Historian of technology, & dad joke aficionado who lives w/a tiny, spotlight-stealing rabbit.
I won’t share AI generated content, except to critique it.
If you see me in person I’ll be wearing a mask. If you care abt me, put one on too.
www.marhicks.com
I won’t share AI generated content, except to critique it.
If you see me in person I’ll be wearing a mask. If you care abt me, put one on too.
www.marhicks.com
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Hey did I tell y’all what my New Year’s resolution is?
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Thus begins the #dadjoke thread for 2025 bsky.app/profile/hist...
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This is also true for people who comment on children dying w/comments about antivax parents without knowing the ages or health issues of the kids. Yes, it's often the fault of antivax parents but there are babies/kids/adults that can't be vaccinated, which is why herd immunity is important!
If you pop in here to say “I’ll still get my kid vaxed” & smugly think that’s doing enough, well, congrats on not understanding herd immunity, public health, or any of the lessons of the past half decade.
Congrats too for falling for the false, neoliberal idea of “individualistic” public health.
Congrats too for falling for the false, neoliberal idea of “individualistic” public health.
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is also true for people who comment on children dying w/comments about antivax parents without knowing the ages or health issues of the kids. Yes, it's often the fault of antivax parents but there are babies/kids/adults that can't be vaccinated, which is why herd immunity is important!
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Singer Billy Eilish is giving away $11.5 million to prevent hunger and protect the Earth, with a bit of that coming here to HoCo.
She says: "“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.” Fair question, good suggestion!
bit.ly/4hHsD1m ⭐
She says: "“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.” Fair question, good suggestion!
bit.ly/4hHsD1m ⭐
Musician Billie Eilish donates $11,000 to Howard Conservancy program
Musician Billie Eilish donates $11,000 to the Howard County Conservancy Youth Climate Institute.
www.thebanner.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Singer Billy Eilish is giving away $11.5 million to prevent hunger and protect the Earth, with a bit of that coming here to HoCo.
She says: "“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.” Fair question, good suggestion!
bit.ly/4hHsD1m ⭐
She says: "“If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties.” Fair question, good suggestion!
bit.ly/4hHsD1m ⭐
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"Howard University announced Monday that Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $80 million, making one of the largest single contributions in the university's history" www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $80M to Howard University
The donation is one of the largest single contributions in the university's history.
www.wusa9.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"Howard University announced Monday that Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated $80 million, making one of the largest single contributions in the university's history" www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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Zuckerberg has spent more than 70 Billion since 2021 trying to create a Metaverse, a virtual world for work & play. He doesn't talk about it anymore and is cutting the program by 30% next year.
Imagine if he'd used that 70 billion to create a better world?
These men dream too small and too selfish.
Imagine if he'd used that 70 billion to create a better world?
These men dream too small and too selfish.
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Zuckerberg has spent more than 70 Billion since 2021 trying to create a Metaverse, a virtual world for work & play. He doesn't talk about it anymore and is cutting the program by 30% next year.
Imagine if he'd used that 70 billion to create a better world?
These men dream too small and too selfish.
Imagine if he'd used that 70 billion to create a better world?
These men dream too small and too selfish.
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They actively resent the idea that their knowledge of the facts does not confer understanding, and by extension, resent those who possess expertise because they do understand.
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
They actively resent the idea that their knowledge of the facts does not confer understanding, and by extension, resent those who possess expertise because they do understand.
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The more I wandered down that rabbit hole, the more I’m convinced that this is a thing, and not just amongst AI bros (but most AI bros).
It lead off into tangents about education, and testing students by getting them to recite facts, and Sam Altman quitting university, but I’m sitting with it.
It lead off into tangents about education, and testing students by getting them to recite facts, and Sam Altman quitting university, but I’m sitting with it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The more I wandered down that rabbit hole, the more I’m convinced that this is a thing, and not just amongst AI bros (but most AI bros).
It lead off into tangents about education, and testing students by getting them to recite facts, and Sam Altman quitting university, but I’m sitting with it.
It lead off into tangents about education, and testing students by getting them to recite facts, and Sam Altman quitting university, but I’m sitting with it.
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When people confuse knowledge with understanding, you’ve got a fire that can easily get out of control; LLMs are like pouring jet fuel on that fire.
LLMs do not–and can not–understand things, but they also make up “knowledge”.
Maybe this is just the Endone talking.
LLMs do not–and can not–understand things, but they also make up “knowledge”.
Maybe this is just the Endone talking.
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
When people confuse knowledge with understanding, you’ve got a fire that can easily get out of control; LLMs are like pouring jet fuel on that fire.
LLMs do not–and can not–understand things, but they also make up “knowledge”.
Maybe this is just the Endone talking.
LLMs do not–and can not–understand things, but they also make up “knowledge”.
Maybe this is just the Endone talking.
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Lying half awake, staring at the hospital ceiling after seeing an AI bro condescending to @kathryntewson.bsky.social, I drifted off thinking about cognition, reasoning, and understanding.
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Lying half awake, staring at the hospital ceiling after seeing an AI bro condescending to @kathryntewson.bsky.social, I drifted off thinking about cognition, reasoning, and understanding.
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
I found myself at the question: “Do these guys actually think that knowing a bunch of facts is understanding?”
Oh my god. I read the nested threads for wayyy too long. But laughed my ass off. He can’t be real.
chat, what do we call a man who keeps pressuring a woman for a video call after she has explained that she won't do that for safety reasons?
Great, and I will be clear, too: you are bad faith, and you're also quite stupid. Your arguments are hollow.
Your argumentative strategy relies on Bluesky (both async nature and follower sycophancy).
Be brave and hop on a phone call or video call. It's 2025, it's normal, be normal.
Your argumentative strategy relies on Bluesky (both async nature and follower sycophancy).
Be brave and hop on a phone call or video call. It's 2025, it's normal, be normal.
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Oh my god. I read the nested threads for wayyy too long. But laughed my ass off. He can’t be real.
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h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
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This is infuriating and tbh a good argument for why MDs should have to take more applied math coursework
(Also I think the number has got to be higher than 2.5%; like half the menstruating people I know are like "I'm really tired and my ferritin is kinda low but my doctor says I'm fine" 🤬)
(Also I think the number has got to be higher than 2.5%; like half the menstruating people I know are like "I'm really tired and my ferritin is kinda low but my doctor says I'm fine" 🤬)
lol WHAT there’s no physiological reason women’s iron store range would be healthy at a lower level than men’s but they set the ranges based on populational distribution WITHOUT CONSIDERING more than 2.5% of women might be deficient!!
ashpublications.org/hematology/a...
ashpublications.org/hematology/a...
Sex, lies, and iron deficiency: a call to change ferritin reference ranges
Abstract. Iron deficiency is a very common and treatable disorder. Of all the tests available to diagnose iron deficiency, the serum ferritin is the most a
ashpublications.org
December 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This is infuriating and tbh a good argument for why MDs should have to take more applied math coursework
(Also I think the number has got to be higher than 2.5%; like half the menstruating people I know are like "I'm really tired and my ferritin is kinda low but my doctor says I'm fine" 🤬)
(Also I think the number has got to be higher than 2.5%; like half the menstruating people I know are like "I'm really tired and my ferritin is kinda low but my doctor says I'm fine" 🤬)
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
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every time my medication is adjusted walgreens reports an "insurance issue" and i have to tell someone at the pharmacy this is happening and they say they'll put in "overrides," and only then will they start to fill it. they seem to treat it as a routine thing. what kind of system is this
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
every time my medication is adjusted walgreens reports an "insurance issue" and i have to tell someone at the pharmacy this is happening and they say they'll put in "overrides," and only then will they start to fill it. they seem to treat it as a routine thing. what kind of system is this
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The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
Critics “dismissed many of his later efforts as "oppressive", arguing they were designed primarily to be tourist attractions”
“He did agree to tone down a proposed expansion for Facebook’s headquarters at the insistence of the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who said he wanted a more anonymous look”
“He did agree to tone down a proposed expansion for Facebook’s headquarters at the insistence of the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who said he wanted a more anonymous look”
Architect Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved worldwide acclaim, has died aged 96
Renowned architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96
Architect Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved worldwide acclaim, has died aged 96.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Critics “dismissed many of his later efforts as "oppressive", arguing they were designed primarily to be tourist attractions”
“He did agree to tone down a proposed expansion for Facebook’s headquarters at the insistence of the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who said he wanted a more anonymous look”
“He did agree to tone down a proposed expansion for Facebook’s headquarters at the insistence of the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who said he wanted a more anonymous look”
We’re entering a new era of childhood mortality & disability, & almost no one will care bc they’ll just get used to “the new normal” within a few years. They’ll ignore the harm.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We’re entering a new era of childhood mortality & disability, & almost no one will care bc they’ll just get used to “the new normal” within a few years. They’ll ignore the harm.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Yesterday the UK's Pension Protection Fund published its annual "Purple Book", and @tobyn.bsky.social was ON IT. www.ft.com/content/2f2f...
December 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Yesterday the UK's Pension Protection Fund published its annual "Purple Book", and @tobyn.bsky.social was ON IT. www.ft.com/content/2f2f...
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Update: 2.5” is definitely more than I’d expected & it is still coming down
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Update: 2.5” is definitely more than I’d expected & it is still coming down
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Haven't measured yet, but it's looking pretty in Roanoke.... :)
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Haven't measured yet, but it's looking pretty in Roanoke.... :)
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But if AI is so userful and everyone wants it, why does Microsoft have to cut its AI sales targets in half?
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
But if AI is so userful and everyone wants it, why does Microsoft have to cut its AI sales targets in half?
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas
Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas
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