Dr J. Rosenbaum
@jrosenbaum.com.au
Artist and researcher working with AI perceptions of gender. PhD, nerd, muso, they/them pronouns 🏳️⚧️🇦🇺
links page at minxdragon.com
links page at minxdragon.com
This is one of the best speaker's gifts I have received, thanks #EverythingOpen! I keep taking it apart and arranging it in different shapes then putting it all back together again. #eo2026
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This is one of the best speaker's gifts I have received, thanks #EverythingOpen! I keep taking it apart and arranging it in different shapes then putting it all back together again. #eo2026
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I regret to inform you that lasers are mostly not soft
Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 PM
I regret to inform you that lasers are mostly not soft
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"Have you received a 'Take Shelter Now' Emergency Warning?
Here's Forest Fire Management Victoria Chief Fire Officer, Chris Hardman, explaining what this means, and how best to prepare yourself for this warning."
#VicFires
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Here's Forest Fire Management Victoria Chief Fire Officer, Chris Hardman, explaining what this means, and how best to prepare yourself for this warning."
#VicFires
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January 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"Have you received a 'Take Shelter Now' Emergency Warning?
Here's Forest Fire Management Victoria Chief Fire Officer, Chris Hardman, explaining what this means, and how best to prepare yourself for this warning."
#VicFires
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Here's Forest Fire Management Victoria Chief Fire Officer, Chris Hardman, explaining what this means, and how best to prepare yourself for this warning."
#VicFires
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So I wrote a thing... its been a hustle and a half and we're only getting started!
www.jackskinner.com.au/rebooting-co...
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Rebooting communities
2025 was an 'interesting' year. For me it was best defined by the rebooting of several open source, technical communities. This post is a pause-and-think reflection on close to ~14 months of community...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:34 PM
So I wrote a thing... its been a hustle and a half and we're only getting started!
www.jackskinner.com.au/rebooting-co...
www.jackskinner.com.au/rebooting-co...
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US ICE looks to use adtech tools for investigations
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide the agency with information about advertising tools that can be used for investigations.
www.wired.com/story/ice-a...
US ICE looks to use adtech tools for investigations
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide the agency with information about advertising tools that can be used for investigations.
www.wired.com/story/ice-a...
ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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US ICE looks to use adtech tools for investigations
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide the agency with information about advertising tools that can be used for investigations.
www.wired.com/story/ice-a...
US ICE looks to use adtech tools for investigations
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is asking companies to provide the agency with information about advertising tools that can be used for investigations.
www.wired.com/story/ice-a...
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“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.
January 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM
“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.
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you work for a company whose co-founder said it was created to "blow up commies", who tf did you think you were going to be helping?
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
you work for a company whose co-founder said it was created to "blow up commies", who tf did you think you were going to be helping?
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dont let a few ICE agents leaving mn fool you. nothing on the ground has changed yet. this is a way for them to distract and give a scapegoat so the rest of the world will turn a blind eye.
January 26, 2026 at 11:47 PM
dont let a few ICE agents leaving mn fool you. nothing on the ground has changed yet. this is a way for them to distract and give a scapegoat so the rest of the world will turn a blind eye.
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The Nazis say it's illegal to call Nazis Nazis because it's a slur against Nazis.
Sounds very familiar. Replace nazi with "Terf"
Sounds very familiar. Replace nazi with "Terf"
The Nazis say it's illegal to call Nazis Nazis because it's a slur against Nazis. Any person shaming a Nazi by calling them a Nazi will be immediately sent to the death camps.
Thus they will prove that they are not Nazis.
Thus they will prove that they are not Nazis.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
The Nazis say it's illegal to call Nazis Nazis because it's a slur against Nazis.
Sounds very familiar. Replace nazi with "Terf"
Sounds very familiar. Replace nazi with "Terf"
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So…. I don’t need them b/c I believe the victims but where are those Epstein files?
January 27, 2026 at 12:46 AM
So…. I don’t need them b/c I believe the victims but where are those Epstein files?
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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Unless that “retirement” involves jail time it isn’t good enough
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Unless that “retirement” involves jail time it isn’t good enough
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wait they removed Bovino? maximum respect to the people of Minneapolis: you did this. power to the people forever
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 AM
wait they removed Bovino? maximum respect to the people of Minneapolis: you did this. power to the people forever
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Aaah you love to see it. I hope he takes it very personally.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Aaah you love to see it. I hope he takes it very personally.
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I have been reliably informed by members of this government that losing access to twitter is one of the worst things that can befall a human being so this may be the single harshest consequence they have imposed on one of their own
"DHS has suspended Gregory Bovino’s access to his social media accounts effective immediately," CNN reports
January 27, 2026 at 12:33 AM
I have been reliably informed by members of this government that losing access to twitter is one of the worst things that can befall a human being so this may be the single harshest consequence they have imposed on one of their own
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Stand up and fight and these brittle, rotten Nazis and they fold like wet cardboard.
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Stand up and fight and these brittle, rotten Nazis and they fold like wet cardboard.
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Does anyone have any photos of the new melbourne metro train stations from inside the train that I could use in a blog post? Or if you're going through the metro tunnel today, could you take some photos of the station, from the train (through door or window) when the train is stopped please?
January 26, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Does anyone have any photos of the new melbourne metro train stations from inside the train that I could use in a blog post? Or if you're going through the metro tunnel today, could you take some photos of the station, from the train (through door or window) when the train is stopped please?
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Second study I have seen to show this kind of result btw
1/2 "The most striking finding we had is that the students that practiced math problems with ChatGPT without any guardrails did 17% worse on immediate subsequent exam where they did not have AI assistance." Hamsa Bastani of @upenn.edu at the Simons Institute. simons.berkeley.edu/talks/hamsa-...
January 26, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Second study I have seen to show this kind of result btw
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They really seem to have a knack for timing: every time things start slowing down and people start wearing out and losing morale, they commit another outrage and knock themselves right back to square one
The MAGA regime also really obviously doesn't know what to do with the fact that each time ICE murders somebody, the people they're trying to scare merely get more angry and more motivated to fight back.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
They really seem to have a knack for timing: every time things start slowing down and people start wearing out and losing morale, they commit another outrage and knock themselves right back to square one
If people could just stop making AI slop about real horrors that have occurred I would really appreciate it. BC then I wouldn't have to step over my own boundaries to fact check slop made by people in bad faith looking to muddy the waters.
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How Right Wing Influencers Used AI Slop to Turn Renee Good Into a Meme
A look at “necromemetics” and the meme economy in the aftermath of violence.
www.404media.co
January 26, 2026 at 10:57 PM
If people could just stop making AI slop about real horrors that have occurred I would really appreciate it. BC then I wouldn't have to step over my own boundaries to fact check slop made by people in bad faith looking to muddy the waters.
Related from @404media.co
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“Call me when six million people are murdered, then I’ll take this situation at face value. Until then, you’re being a little hasty, I think.” OH SORRY GOD FORBID WE RUSH TO CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE FASCISM, WOULD REALLY HATE TO STOP THE FASCISM TOO SOON
January 25, 2026 at 11:17 PM
“Call me when six million people are murdered, then I’ll take this situation at face value. Until then, you’re being a little hasty, I think.” OH SORRY GOD FORBID WE RUSH TO CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE FASCISM, WOULD REALLY HATE TO STOP THE FASCISM TOO SOON
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One of the weirder dialogues since 2016 has been the “is it Fascism or not?” thing. It’s not like categorizing terrible shit activates some secret option to fight the terrible shit. I don’t know what the “technically not Fascism yet” crowd has been waiting for when *pre* Fascism *is* the *crisis*!
January 25, 2026 at 11:09 PM
One of the weirder dialogues since 2016 has been the “is it Fascism or not?” thing. It’s not like categorizing terrible shit activates some secret option to fight the terrible shit. I don’t know what the “technically not Fascism yet” crowd has been waiting for when *pre* Fascism *is* the *crisis*!