@planetburgess.bsky.social
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But this would mean all the tech & media companies just *want* fascism & aren’t actually kow-towing to a uniquely powerful admin? That can’t be.
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
But this would mean all the tech & media companies just *want* fascism & aren’t actually kow-towing to a uniquely powerful admin? That can’t be.
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
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Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
December 1, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work
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The big gas and oil companies have been having it their way for too long. We are calling for a 25% tax on gas exports. This would have raised $17.1 billion in the 2023-2024 financial year. Enough to build 50,000 new homes.
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The big gas and oil companies have been having it their way for too long. We are calling for a 25% tax on gas exports. This would have raised $17.1 billion in the 2023-2024 financial year. Enough to build 50,000 new homes.
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If I genuinely believed I was 18 months away from superintelligence that could solve cancer, I would probably not be pivoting to horny chatbots, but that's just me (a person with priorities)
October 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
If I genuinely believed I was 18 months away from superintelligence that could solve cancer, I would probably not be pivoting to horny chatbots, but that's just me (a person with priorities)
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First heard of Huntington's disease (or chorea) better than 40 years ago, and was horrified by what a cruel disease it is. At the time, there was no clear path towards a treatment, but this is what scientific research is about; tenacity in the face of failure until...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
First heard of Huntington's disease (or chorea) better than 40 years ago, and was horrified by what a cruel disease it is. At the time, there was no clear path towards a treatment, but this is what scientific research is about; tenacity in the face of failure until...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality
September 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
imagine relying on AI to write your bio and then having the nerve to say you're witty and full of personality
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Maybe I’ve been reading too much @marthawells.com recently, but I think I’ve found where Murderbot lives
August 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Maybe I’ve been reading too much @marthawells.com recently, but I think I’ve found where Murderbot lives
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Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
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Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
February 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
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But even if something lies to you "only" 15% of the time, it's not helpful, it's not saving you time, it's not making you smarter, it's just lying to you. That's more work. If your research assistant lied to you 15% of the time you would no longer work with them.
August 6, 2025 at 2:14 AM
But even if something lies to you "only" 15% of the time, it's not helpful, it's not saving you time, it's not making you smarter, it's just lying to you. That's more work. If your research assistant lied to you 15% of the time you would no longer work with them.
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this gap in my resume? that's where the light gets in 😌
July 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
this gap in my resume? that's where the light gets in 😌
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Look, I just wanna know how the thing with Navbot plays out on Sanctuary Moon. I don't want it to kill Hordoop-Sklanch because of course not, but I do want to know what happens next!
July 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Look, I just wanna know how the thing with Navbot plays out on Sanctuary Moon. I don't want it to kill Hordoop-Sklanch because of course not, but I do want to know what happens next!
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I couldn't sleep last night and started reading this. Now after finishing, I can't recall the last time a piece of journalism changed my perspective on a topic like this did.
Going to be thinking of this @markfollman.bsky.social masterpiece for a while.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Going to be thinking of this @markfollman.bsky.social masterpiece for a while.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Lessons from a mass shooter's mother
A decade after her son committed a massacre, Chin Rodger is on a quest to help prevent the next tragedy.
www.motherjones.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I couldn't sleep last night and started reading this. Now after finishing, I can't recall the last time a piece of journalism changed my perspective on a topic like this did.
Going to be thinking of this @markfollman.bsky.social masterpiece for a while.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Going to be thinking of this @markfollman.bsky.social masterpiece for a while.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Work always finds a way to fill in any gaps
Despite the widespread and often employer-encouraged adoption of AI tools, a new study finds that artificial intelligence chatbots "have had no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation."
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests
Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.
arstechnica.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Work always finds a way to fill in any gaps
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Let's view pivots to privacy as what they are: marketing strategies. Every now and then a company will decide that privacy is a foundation on which they can sell its products, perhaps because they see a way of distinguishing themselves from a competitor, or alleviating scrutiny.
May 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Let's view pivots to privacy as what they are: marketing strategies. Every now and then a company will decide that privacy is a foundation on which they can sell its products, perhaps because they see a way of distinguishing themselves from a competitor, or alleviating scrutiny.
It's amazing how badly Google have mangled search.
May 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It's amazing how badly Google have mangled search.
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Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
May 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Impossible to communicate to people that once you decide that a group more vulnerable than you can be sacrificed in the name of your own safety or interests that you have already entered into an tacit agreement that you can also be sacrificed in the interests of a group less vulnerable than you.
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Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
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A little clip from a recent keynote I gave, featuring Refried 🎶
May 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
A little clip from a recent keynote I gave, featuring Refried 🎶
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love the Kiwi parliament having a hall of fame for roasts so good that they retire them forever like basketball jerseys
That insult was eventually added to the list of "unparliamentary language," which is forbidden from being used in debates in New Zealand. It also includes "idle vapourings of a mind diseased" (from 1946), "Merv the Swerve" (1980), and "energy of a tired snail returning home from a funeral" (1963)
April 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
love the Kiwi parliament having a hall of fame for roasts so good that they retire them forever like basketball jerseys
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this is great lmao
If you have a dictionary that you don't show love
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
Oh, yes, son, we're talking to you.
April 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
this is great lmao
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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
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I keep seeing people say that Murderbot refers to itself as "she/her" in the books (you know, the ones I wrote). Could someone comment with a quote (from the books I wrote) or point me (the writer) to where that is? Maybe I can clear up the confusion. In the books. Which I wrote.
March 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I keep seeing people say that Murderbot refers to itself as "she/her" in the books (you know, the ones I wrote). Could someone comment with a quote (from the books I wrote) or point me (the writer) to where that is? Maybe I can clear up the confusion. In the books. Which I wrote.