@cracktheglasses.bsky.social
Annoying little man. Born to be middle-aged. Cat (step)dad. Retired from fandom.
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I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
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Bellingcat took a very close look at the killing, which clearly contradicts the DHS narrative
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Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Bellingcat took a very close look at the killing, which clearly contradicts the DHS narrative
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Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
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I recommend not watching the videos, which are chaotic and gut-wrenching, and instead going through Bellingcat's analysis.
This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
Multiple federal agents can later be seen struggling with the man who is shot. One federal agent is seen approaching with empty hands, before reaching around the man’s waist.
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I recommend not watching the videos, which are chaotic and gut-wrenching, and instead going through Bellingcat's analysis.
This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
This man appeared to be zero threat, while the officers were overly-aggressive, agitated, and clearly primed to used lethal force.
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It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites.
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites.
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There's only one thing I really miss about Twitter now that it's a repugnant sinkhole of Nazi child pornography, and that's the ability to publicly shame corporations into behaving better. 🧵
January 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
There's only one thing I really miss about Twitter now that it's a repugnant sinkhole of Nazi child pornography, and that's the ability to publicly shame corporations into behaving better. 🧵
Maybe making flatbread this afternoon will fix me. For some odd reason, starting a new notebook hasn't done it.
January 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Maybe making flatbread this afternoon will fix me. For some odd reason, starting a new notebook hasn't done it.
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Worth noting that Minnesota Public Radio is NOT doing that. They're interviewing people on the ground, chasing down witnesses and facts, and treating ICE statements with the appropriate amount of skepticism.
Sigh. The NPR national news brief at the top of the hour mentioned the shooting and simply cited the DHS statement.
I truly don't think mainstream journalists in the U.S are prepared to cover state violence
January 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Worth noting that Minnesota Public Radio is NOT doing that. They're interviewing people on the ground, chasing down witnesses and facts, and treating ICE statements with the appropriate amount of skepticism.
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one thing I like to do when I have a new technology with no domain-specific purpose that soaks up time and does various harms to its users is to test it out first in hospitals and schools
“Mount Sinai recently paused use of an Epic generative AI tool, which aimed to analyze messages patients sent to doctors and create personalized draft responses. After trying it for a few weeks, doctors said the drafts weren’t helpful and required too much rewriting.”
Hospitals Are a Proving Ground for What AI Can Do, and What It Can’t
Healthcare is going all-in on artificial intelligence, from reading patient scans to fighting insurance denials.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
one thing I like to do when I have a new technology with no domain-specific purpose that soaks up time and does various harms to its users is to test it out first in hospitals and schools
The Steller's Jay is back at the feeder today, which means the finches are going to yell about it from a distance for a bit, and there is now corn *everywhere*. Throwing whatever he happens to dislike this time out of the feeder is p much his way of life
September 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The Steller's Jay is back at the feeder today, which means the finches are going to yell about it from a distance for a bit, and there is now corn *everywhere*. Throwing whatever he happens to dislike this time out of the feeder is p much his way of life
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going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable
“I have no idea why he did this.” A young man's descent from model student to suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk. on.wsj.com/48gbtoN
September 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
going from "transgender ideology" to "look at the poor misguided white kid" without even taking a breath, unconscionable
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Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
the entire media ecosystem is just not built or ready for events like this and far right billionaires like larry ellison buying news orgs will only make this worse
September 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work
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My dream for Law Dork is to be able to afford admin, research, and editing support. I don't have any desire to create some huge operation. In the media landscape, it would always be what it is now—a small publication doing essential work that others aren't doing (or aren't doing well) w/in my lane.
If enough people subscribe he can hire an office manager!
September 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
My dream for Law Dork is to be able to afford admin, research, and editing support. I don't have any desire to create some huge operation. In the media landscape, it would always be what it is now—a small publication doing essential work that others aren't doing (or aren't doing well) w/in my lane.
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So, if you want to help us get there, consider a paid subscription today.
Law Dork is also approaching 75,000 total subscribers! Remember, part of why I need paid subscribers is that I make my independent legal journalism available to everyone — free or paid — b/c it's important. www.lawdork.com
Law Dork is also approaching 75,000 total subscribers! Remember, part of why I need paid subscribers is that I make my independent legal journalism available to everyone — free or paid — b/c it's important. www.lawdork.com
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September 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
So, if you want to help us get there, consider a paid subscription today.
Law Dork is also approaching 75,000 total subscribers! Remember, part of why I need paid subscribers is that I make my independent legal journalism available to everyone — free or paid — b/c it's important. www.lawdork.com
Law Dork is also approaching 75,000 total subscribers! Remember, part of why I need paid subscribers is that I make my independent legal journalism available to everyone — free or paid — b/c it's important. www.lawdork.com
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What you gain an immense understanding for is that people do not know how to fail. They come up with an idea and hold onto it so long. You have to know failure in all its permutations. You have to fail. Because all they've ever done is win by following the instructions. And now those aren't working.
August 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
What you gain an immense understanding for is that people do not know how to fail. They come up with an idea and hold onto it so long. You have to know failure in all its permutations. You have to fail. Because all they've ever done is win by following the instructions. And now those aren't working.
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Someone recently messaged they appreciated my troubleshooting series over the years and wish I'd compile them.
Telling the story of how you develop from incapacity. All the time you DON'T waste by failing, becoming a professional.
Because at the fringes, knowing how to fail – is what others don't.
Telling the story of how you develop from incapacity. All the time you DON'T waste by failing, becoming a professional.
Because at the fringes, knowing how to fail – is what others don't.
August 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Someone recently messaged they appreciated my troubleshooting series over the years and wish I'd compile them.
Telling the story of how you develop from incapacity. All the time you DON'T waste by failing, becoming a professional.
Because at the fringes, knowing how to fail – is what others don't.
Telling the story of how you develop from incapacity. All the time you DON'T waste by failing, becoming a professional.
Because at the fringes, knowing how to fail – is what others don't.
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Being the person they have to call when the LLM hits its limit and they're running in circles is already the position I and some of my peers are already in.
The problem here is the pipeline. You don't get to my capability, by replacing younger less experienced me with an LLM.
This is gonna be bad.
The problem here is the pipeline. You don't get to my capability, by replacing younger less experienced me with an LLM.
This is gonna be bad.
August 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Being the person they have to call when the LLM hits its limit and they're running in circles is already the position I and some of my peers are already in.
The problem here is the pipeline. You don't get to my capability, by replacing younger less experienced me with an LLM.
This is gonna be bad.
The problem here is the pipeline. You don't get to my capability, by replacing younger less experienced me with an LLM.
This is gonna be bad.
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Oof, the sycophancy problem in LLM's + triggering on any irrelevant details you feed them, recently led a P2 problem call down the wrong pathing for hours.
The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal.
This is your moat. It's mine.
The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal.
This is your moat. It's mine.
August 29, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Oof, the sycophancy problem in LLM's + triggering on any irrelevant details you feed them, recently led a P2 problem call down the wrong pathing for hours.
The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal.
This is your moat. It's mine.
The chatbot is never going to TELL you to step back and ask if this entire inquiry is irrelevant to larger goal.
This is your moat. It's mine.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
August 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Walz: "It boggles my damn mind that in the midst of a military takeover of our cities, the flaunting of the rule of law, that the press finds the need to talk about, 'Oh, there's a division in the Dem Party.' There's a division in my damn house & we're still married and things are good. That's life"
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Love how, for the New York Times, using LLMs is just this value-neutral thing that everyone will eventually do, but being transgender makes you too biased to write about anything ever
July 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Love how, for the New York Times, using LLMs is just this value-neutral thing that everyone will eventually do, but being transgender makes you too biased to write about anything ever
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My band Error 47 is putting on a live gig in Portland in October in memory of our friend Roberta Vaughan. We need your help to get across the finish line so please take a moment to look at our crowdfunding effort and PLEASE SHARE. ❤️🤘
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August 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
My band Error 47 is putting on a live gig in Portland in October in memory of our friend Roberta Vaughan. We need your help to get across the finish line so please take a moment to look at our crowdfunding effort and PLEASE SHARE. ❤️🤘
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sea...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sea...
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Democrats need to begin with the truth: "My opponents' intent is destruction of the public good and theft and murder of the people who live here, which poisons even the few facts they get right; therefore, there's no point in finding common ground; we should seek only to oppose and defeat them."
August 20, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Democrats need to begin with the truth: "My opponents' intent is destruction of the public good and theft and murder of the people who live here, which poisons even the few facts they get right; therefore, there's no point in finding common ground; we should seek only to oppose and defeat them."
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there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.
It aired in 1990.
It aired in 1990.
August 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
there's an episode of The Simpsons where Marge tries to get a violent cartoon pulled from the airwaves, only to discover that the people backing her aren't going to stop at just the art that *she* doesn't like, and that supporting artistic freedom means accepting discomfort.
It aired in 1990.
It aired in 1990.