Dean Wampler
@deanwampler.com
The guy who is wrong on the Internet. AI Alliance and IBM Research, photography, history buff, cat massage expert.
The aurora borealis last night, North of Ruckersville, Virginia
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The aurora borealis last night, North of Ruckersville, Virginia
Two photos of the aurora tonight, between about 9-10 PM, taken about 15 miles N of Charlottesville, VA. The first one was shot with a 24mm lens (about twice the width of normal vision) and the second was shot with an 85mm lens (~2x normal...).
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Two photos of the aurora tonight, between about 9-10 PM, taken about 15 miles N of Charlottesville, VA. The first one was shot with a 24mm lens (about twice the width of normal vision) and the second was shot with an 85mm lens (~2x normal...).
I highly recommend this thoughtful, practical essay.
I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I highly recommend this thoughtful, practical essay.
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Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
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Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire Space X fanboy picked to take over NASA, plans to eviscerate the agency
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🌟 This year's Utah AI Summit (hosted by @utahcommerce.bsky.social) features 2 @utah.edu speakers: Penny Atkins, our director of research & science, and Masood Parvania, director of the Utah Smart Energy Lab & professor of electrical & computer engineering. Learn more: aisummit.utah.gov
November 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🌟 This year's Utah AI Summit (hosted by @utahcommerce.bsky.social) features 2 @utah.edu speakers: Penny Atkins, our director of research & science, and Masood Parvania, director of the Utah Smart Energy Lab & professor of electrical & computer engineering. Learn more: aisummit.utah.gov
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I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
November 4, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope someone is writing "12 Hangry Men" about the sandwich guy jury
Virginia lived up to its motto yesterday. It's not for the haters, like the people in Washington, D.C.
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Virginia lived up to its motto yesterday. It's not for the haters, like the people in Washington, D.C.
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This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
The Illinois legislature had passed the “Illinois Bivens Act,” allowing people to sue ICE agents in state court. Just waiting for Pritzker’s signature.
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/11/03/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This seems huge, and deserves more attention.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
SCOTUS has gone out of its way to make it harder to sue Fed law enforcement for damages when they trample—sometimes literally—on your rights.
Illinois just made it so their resident can sue the Feds in state court.
Feds fail us, states step up.
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Of course, this is precisely why we expect law enforcement to wear badges and uniforms and show identification. Anyone could have foreseen (and many of us did) that this would be a serious side-effect of ICE's insistence on behaving like unaccountable thugs.
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Of course, this is precisely why we expect law enforcement to wear badges and uniforms and show identification. Anyone could have foreseen (and many of us did) that this would be a serious side-effect of ICE's insistence on behaving like unaccountable thugs.
An evil person has died www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
An evil person has died www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
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NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
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🚨 NEW: We tested 39 AI models for security vulnerabilities.
Not a single one was as secure as it was "safe."
Today, we're releasing the industry's first standardized jailbreak benchmark. Here's what we found 🧵1/6
mlcommons.org/2025/10/ailu...
Not a single one was as secure as it was "safe."
Today, we're releasing the industry's first standardized jailbreak benchmark. Here's what we found 🧵1/6
mlcommons.org/2025/10/ailu...
October 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🚨 NEW: We tested 39 AI models for security vulnerabilities.
Not a single one was as secure as it was "safe."
Today, we're releasing the industry's first standardized jailbreak benchmark. Here's what we found 🧵1/6
mlcommons.org/2025/10/ailu...
Not a single one was as secure as it was "safe."
Today, we're releasing the industry's first standardized jailbreak benchmark. Here's what we found 🧵1/6
mlcommons.org/2025/10/ailu...
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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
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Brett Kavanaugh assures me this is the sort of minor inconvenience that shouldn't disturb anyone.
This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
October 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Brett Kavanaugh assures me this is the sort of minor inconvenience that shouldn't disturb anyone.
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Sometimes I ask myself why do I even bother working in conservation, no one cares. But then I think of the animals, the plants, and all living things, THEY care and they are worth fighting for.
June 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sometimes I ask myself why do I even bother working in conservation, no one cares. But then I think of the animals, the plants, and all living things, THEY care and they are worth fighting for.
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This is why people do it: www.linkedin.com/pulse/linked...
LinkedIn Algorithm Update: Why Posts with Links Won’t Gain Traction
If your LinkedIn posts aren’t gaining the visibility you expected, links might be the problem. LinkedIn’s algorithm actively deprioritizes posts containing outbound links.
www.linkedin.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is why people do it: www.linkedin.com/pulse/linked...
I recommend this post from @simonwillison.net: simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/v...
He lists the engineering skills required to use AI-generation most effectively to build quality software, based on his experience using AI on his projects. In short, we can't replace software engineers with vibe coding
He lists the engineering skills required to use AI-generation most effectively to build quality software, based on his experience using AI on his projects. In short, we can't replace software engineers with vibe coding
Vibe engineering
I feel like vibe coding is pretty well established now as covering the fast, loose and irresponsible way of building software with AI—entirely prompt-driven, and with no attention paid to …
simonwillison.net
October 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I recommend this post from @simonwillison.net: simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/v...
He lists the engineering skills required to use AI-generation most effectively to build quality software, based on his experience using AI on his projects. In short, we can't replace software engineers with vibe coding
He lists the engineering skills required to use AI-generation most effectively to build quality software, based on his experience using AI on his projects. In short, we can't replace software engineers with vibe coding
Interesting thread on HRM...
From the Hierarchical Reasoning Model (HRM) to a new Tiny Recursive Model (TRM).
A few months ago, the HRM made big waves in the AI research community as it showed really good performance on the ARC challenge despite its small 27M size. (That's about 22x smaller than the smallest Qwen3 0.6B model.)
A few months ago, the HRM made big waves in the AI research community as it showed really good performance on the ARC challenge despite its small 27M size. (That's about 22x smaller than the smallest Qwen3 0.6B model.)
October 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Interesting thread on HRM...
Twice today people posted announcements on LinkedIn about interesting projects, including links to the LinkedIn pages for the projects, but didn't bother posting the actual links to the projects themselves. I had to hunt around to find. Don't do this.
October 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Twice today people posted announcements on LinkedIn about interesting projects, including links to the LinkedIn pages for the projects, but didn't bother posting the actual links to the projects themselves. I had to hunt around to find. Don't do this.
How it's done...
I absolutely adore the 404 page for the @financialtimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
How it's done...
Imaging being one of those long-serving senior officers having to sit there and politely listen to this idiot who thinks he knows anything.
Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."
September 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Imaging being one of those long-serving senior officers having to sit there and politely listen to this idiot who thinks he knows anything.