🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Sam Kimbrel
@skimbrel.bsky.social
enby & queer & #ActuallyAutistic & #ADHD af | amateur DJ | computerer @figma | program @northbaypython.org | “is usually underestimated. try again. no again. still no.” —@chrisjrn | they/them | BLM
formerly @skimbrel on birbsite
also at tech.lgbt/skimbrel
formerly @skimbrel on birbsite
also at tech.lgbt/skimbrel
a long weekend in joshua tree was exactly what i needed
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
a long weekend in joshua tree was exactly what i needed
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People should be able to move about freely without having to worry about the police monitoring their daily activities.
Blanket mass surveillance does not improve public safety.
In fact, it's dangerous and puts people at risk even when governments put privacy policies into place.
Blanket mass surveillance does not improve public safety.
In fact, it's dangerous and puts people at risk even when governments put privacy policies into place.
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
People should be able to move about freely without having to worry about the police monitoring their daily activities.
Blanket mass surveillance does not improve public safety.
In fact, it's dangerous and puts people at risk even when governments put privacy policies into place.
Blanket mass surveillance does not improve public safety.
In fact, it's dangerous and puts people at risk even when governments put privacy policies into place.
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This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is what government censorship actually looks like: defunding entire fields, deporting researchers, and quite effectively chilling speech that helps people understand how our information systems are being exploited and calls out powerful people and platforms for their bullshit.
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there's a recent one from @eruditorumpress.com covering similar ground www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
On Incomputable Language: An Essay on AI
An incidental consequence of having written a book on tech-fascism and the so-called rationalist movement is that I find myself periodically queried for my thoughts on artificial intelligence. On the ...
www.eruditorumpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
there's a recent one from @eruditorumpress.com covering similar ground www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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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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An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
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 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
An entire room full of powerful old white people smiling and laughing as the president dehumanizes black immigrants and the first black president.
Just fucking pathetic.
Just fucking pathetic.
goddammit i just switched *to* at&t after verizon royally screwed up what should’ve been a simple device provisioning.
is tmobile standing up to this?
is tmobile standing up to this?
AT&T commits to ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as it seeks approval from the Trump admin to buy wireless spectrum assets
AT&T commits to ending DEI programs | CNN Business
US wireless carrier AT&T said in a letter to the US telecoms regulator that it had committed to ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a move that comes as it seeks approval from the Trump a...
www.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
goddammit i just switched *to* at&t after verizon royally screwed up what should’ve been a simple device provisioning.
is tmobile standing up to this?
is tmobile standing up to this?
tired: read-only database
wired: write-only database
inspired: wrong-only database
wired: write-only database
inspired: wrong-only database
December 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
tired: read-only database
wired: write-only database
inspired: wrong-only database
wired: write-only database
inspired: wrong-only database
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December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
i have been convinced to watch pluribus and the first 30 minutes have me hooked i think
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
i have been convinced to watch pluribus and the first 30 minutes have me hooked i think
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Many smaller companies use Shopify for e-commerce, and I personally believe they shouldn’t be hurt by overly-broad righteousness.
But if they have multiple payment options? No need to give Shopify a cut.
But if they have multiple payment options? No need to give Shopify a cut.
December 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Many smaller companies use Shopify for e-commerce, and I personally believe they shouldn’t be hurt by overly-broad righteousness.
But if they have multiple payment options? No need to give Shopify a cut.
But if they have multiple payment options? No need to give Shopify a cut.
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FYI as you head into the holiday season:
Shopify is a Canadian company, but its CEO Tobi Lütke is Maple MAGA in both words & monetary support (under the guise of “free speech” & “open commerce”).
Shopify is a Canadian company, but its CEO Tobi Lütke is Maple MAGA in both words & monetary support (under the guise of “free speech” & “open commerce”).
Really beginning to hate Shopify, they are doing a lot to make shopping shittier lately
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
FYI as you head into the holiday season:
Shopify is a Canadian company, but its CEO Tobi Lütke is Maple MAGA in both words & monetary support (under the guise of “free speech” & “open commerce”).
Shopify is a Canadian company, but its CEO Tobi Lütke is Maple MAGA in both words & monetary support (under the guise of “free speech” & “open commerce”).
just discovered @emilysneddon.bsky.social's beautiful Fran Sans, a font paying homage to the old-school segment displays on SFMTA's Breda LRVs emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-es...
Fran Sans Essay — Emily Sneddon
Archive
emilysneddon.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
just discovered @emilysneddon.bsky.social's beautiful Fran Sans, a font paying homage to the old-school segment displays on SFMTA's Breda LRVs emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-es...
the people across the hall from my apartment put a ring up recently and…
1) why? the building has 24/7 staff and keycard-protected elevators
2) i am absolutely going to write the note i was already thinking of pinning to their door
1) why? the building has 24/7 staff and keycard-protected elevators
2) i am absolutely going to write the note i was already thinking of pinning to their door
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 9:34 PM
the people across the hall from my apartment put a ring up recently and…
1) why? the building has 24/7 staff and keycard-protected elevators
2) i am absolutely going to write the note i was already thinking of pinning to their door
1) why? the building has 24/7 staff and keycard-protected elevators
2) i am absolutely going to write the note i was already thinking of pinning to their door
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It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
remember that your ring doorbell starts using face recognition on every face it sees today :)
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It is not a stretch at this point to say that, if you are using a Ring doorbell, you are an ICE collaborator.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
Amazon readily provides data to LEOs and ICE.
Don't want to be an ICE collaborator? Then don't use Ring.
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Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.
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good thread about a bad thing
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
good thread about a bad thing
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Northwestern University joins the growing list of schools functionally banning trans women.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Northwestern University joins the growing list of schools functionally banning trans women.
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25% off of most prints on the shop btw
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
25% off of most prints on the shop btw
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🩷 let's make some magic 🩷
last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
it's time to run it back.
last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
it's time to run it back.
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🩷 let's make some magic 🩷
last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
it's time to run it back.
last year, this community turned the most consumerist day of the year into a day defined strangers saying "I got you" to people that really need a bright spot in their life.
it's time to run it back.
okay thanksgiving was a huge success. cooked everything on time and introduced my partner’s mom to my parents 🥰
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 AM
okay thanksgiving was a huge success. cooked everything on time and introduced my partner’s mom to my parents 🥰
ah black friday is upon us, aka the time when we get to click unsubscribe on 50 emails from sites we bought one thing from 7 years ago
November 28, 2025 at 2:54 AM
ah black friday is upon us, aka the time when we get to click unsubscribe on 50 emails from sites we bought one thing from 7 years ago