Gabe Hart
@gabe-h.bsky.social
All views expressed here are my own, humanely raised, free range, and personally articulated with no pesticides, herbicides, BPA, artificial sweeteners, or LLMs.
I think what rubbed me the wrong way about this piece is that we actually have first-hand accounts of the pollution, strain on public utilities, etc caused by data centers. Leaving that out frames an issue of verifiable factual claims in a manner that looks like a legitimate theoretical debate.
new from me: are data centers going to wipe out water supplies? how much water does ChatGPT really use? and what's going on with that big correction in Empire of AI?
i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
i went long on the conversation around AI and water, and how it's actually about what we want resources to be used for:
You’re Thinking About AI and Water All Wrong
Fears about AI data centers’ water use have exploded. Experts say the reality is far more complicated than people think.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I think what rubbed me the wrong way about this piece is that we actually have first-hand accounts of the pollution, strain on public utilities, etc caused by data centers. Leaving that out frames an issue of verifiable factual claims in a manner that looks like a legitimate theoretical debate.
I think this is one part of the picture. I also think we're seeing the effects of the multiple, contradicting stories we tell about what course work and grades are for. Having an LLM vomit up an essay only makes sense if the essay is valued as a product independent of the writing process.
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Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I think this is one part of the picture. I also think we're seeing the effects of the multiple, contradicting stories we tell about what course work and grades are for. Having an LLM vomit up an essay only makes sense if the essay is valued as a product independent of the writing process.
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This is such a clear test of basic reading comprehension that any opinion upholding the EO on merits should be treated as a violation of the justice's oath to the constitution
Here is the question presented. It's a relatively clean vehicle for the Supreme Court to finally decide whether it is lawful for the president to deny birthright citizenship to the children of immigrants. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is such a clear test of basic reading comprehension that any opinion upholding the EO on merits should be treated as a violation of the justice's oath to the constitution
What is going on with this @mentourpilot.bsky.social thumbnail?
• The left engine is flying through the air intact, but somehow the pylon and half the engine are still attached to the wing
• The vertical stabilizer is really far forward (compared to the elevator and tail)
Anything else I'm missing?
• The left engine is flying through the air intact, but somehow the pylon and half the engine are still attached to the wing
• The vertical stabilizer is really far forward (compared to the elevator and tail)
Anything else I'm missing?
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What is going on with this @mentourpilot.bsky.social thumbnail?
• The left engine is flying through the air intact, but somehow the pylon and half the engine are still attached to the wing
• The vertical stabilizer is really far forward (compared to the elevator and tail)
Anything else I'm missing?
• The left engine is flying through the air intact, but somehow the pylon and half the engine are still attached to the wing
• The vertical stabilizer is really far forward (compared to the elevator and tail)
Anything else I'm missing?
Re: speculation about AI
Just as with lawyers, judges need to be held fully responsible for everything they enter into the court's record. Fabricated quotes or citations should be met with appropriate consequences. If it's their signature at the bottom of the page, consider them entirely fault.
Just as with lawyers, judges need to be held fully responsible for everything they enter into the court's record. Fabricated quotes or citations should be met with appropriate consequences. If it's their signature at the bottom of the page, consider them entirely fault.
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Re: speculation about AI
Just as with lawyers, judges need to be held fully responsible for everything they enter into the court's record. Fabricated quotes or citations should be met with appropriate consequences. If it's their signature at the bottom of the page, consider them entirely fault.
Just as with lawyers, judges need to be held fully responsible for everything they enter into the court's record. Fabricated quotes or citations should be met with appropriate consequences. If it's their signature at the bottom of the page, consider them entirely fault.
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
Just finished the latest @onthemedia.bsky.social , and I appreciate Brooke pushing back on the centrist consultant. I find his framing of policy positions election strategy to be completely backwards. Winning elections is a means to enact policy. Do we want to govern, or just hold power?
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Just finished the latest @onthemedia.bsky.social , and I appreciate Brooke pushing back on the centrist consultant. I find his framing of policy positions election strategy to be completely backwards. Winning elections is a means to enact policy. Do we want to govern, or just hold power?
Hey @lawandchaospod.bsky.social, why does the latest episode (ep. 184) have an ICE recruitment ad in the first sponsor spot?
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Hey @lawandchaospod.bsky.social, why does the latest episode (ep. 184) have an ICE recruitment ad in the first sponsor spot?
Some reporter ought to ask Trump if he can even define the word "sedition."
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Some reporter ought to ask Trump if he can even define the word "sedition."
Smells like an end run around the 27th amendment to give themselves a payday
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Smells like an end run around the 27th amendment to give themselves a payday
Dems can either stand up like Zohran or be sent the way of Cuomo.
Listen Kaine, Hassan, King, Cortez-Masto, Durbin, Shaheen, Rosen, and Fetterman. You're NOT gonna take away my 2025 election joy. We voted in that election for folks to FIGHT for us. That doesn't include YOU.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
YOU are what we voted AGAINST last Tuesday. So I'm gonna hang on to that.
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Dems can either stand up like Zohran or be sent the way of Cuomo.
Talk is cheap, Chuck. This is your failure of leadership. If you truly care, you can show us that by taking responsibility and stepping down as minority leader.
Democrats have been fighting for months to address America's healthcare crisis
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
For the millions who will lose coverage
For people with cancer who won't get the care they need
For working families who can't afford to pay $25K more a year for healthcare
We will keep fighting
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Talk is cheap, Chuck. This is your failure of leadership. If you truly care, you can show us that by taking responsibility and stepping down as minority leader.
@schumer.senate.gov needs to step down as minority leader immediately. If he truly was fighting to keep his caucus from caving and couldn't, then that's a failure of leadership. If he was saying one thing in public while brokering this empty non-deal in private, then that's a failure of integrity.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
@schumer.senate.gov needs to step down as minority leader immediately. If he truly was fighting to keep his caucus from caving and couldn't, then that's a failure of leadership. If he was saying one thing in public while brokering this empty non-deal in private, then that's a failure of integrity.
Hey @mozilla.org , why was there an "ai chatbot" context menu option in Firefox today? And why did I have to dig in about:config to find "browser.ml.chat.*" properties, none of which were exposed in the preferences page?
If you were proud of your work, wouldn't you have told me about it?
If you were proud of your work, wouldn't you have told me about it?
October 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Hey @mozilla.org , why was there an "ai chatbot" context menu option in Firefox today? And why did I have to dig in about:config to find "browser.ml.chat.*" properties, none of which were exposed in the preferences page?
If you were proud of your work, wouldn't you have told me about it?
If you were proud of your work, wouldn't you have told me about it?
I guess we're about to see who *actually* cares about antisemitism on college campuses
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I guess we're about to see who *actually* cares about antisemitism on college campuses
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This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face.
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face.
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
Hey #LawSky - what's required for something to be "lawfully authorized" for purposes of section (f) of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? Would ICE hypotheitcally using this software to conduct warrantless searches and spying meet that standard?
New: We have just sued ICE to demand it turns over a secretive spyware contract that it refuses to release:
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
www.404media.co/were-suing-i...
We’re Suing ICE for Its $2 Million Spyware Contract
404 Media has filed a lawsuit against ICE for access to its contract with Paragon, a company that sells powerful spyware for breaking into phones and accessing encrypted messaging apps.
www.404media.co
September 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Hey #LawSky - what's required for something to be "lawfully authorized" for purposes of section (f) of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act? Would ICE hypotheitcally using this software to conduct warrantless searches and spying meet that standard?
"Defendants therefore did not sufficiently pursue speaking with Burnett even after he did not grant an interview"
September 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Defendants therefore did not sufficiently pursue speaking with Burnett even after he did not grant an interview"
Great work as always this week from @strictscrutiny.bsky.social. One thing that's easy to lose in the discussion of certain SCOTUS justice's book tours is that the very practice of justices entering into book deals while in office is questionable due to the conflicts of interest it creates.
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Great work as always this week from @strictscrutiny.bsky.social. One thing that's easy to lose in the discussion of certain SCOTUS justice's book tours is that the very practice of justices entering into book deals while in office is questionable due to the conflicts of interest it creates.
This administration had joined:
- The war on infectious disease (on the side of the infectious diseases)
- The war on cancer (on the side of the cancer)
- The war on crime (in support of the crime)
- The war on hunger (on the side of the hunger)
- The war on terror (doing their own terrorizing)
- The war on infectious disease (on the side of the infectious diseases)
- The war on cancer (on the side of the cancer)
- The war on crime (in support of the crime)
- The war on hunger (on the side of the hunger)
- The war on terror (doing their own terrorizing)
September 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
This administration had joined:
- The war on infectious disease (on the side of the infectious diseases)
- The war on cancer (on the side of the cancer)
- The war on crime (in support of the crime)
- The war on hunger (on the side of the hunger)
- The war on terror (doing their own terrorizing)
- The war on infectious disease (on the side of the infectious diseases)
- The war on cancer (on the side of the cancer)
- The war on crime (in support of the crime)
- The war on hunger (on the side of the hunger)
- The war on terror (doing their own terrorizing)
The push by conservatives for "viewpoint diversity" needs to be seen in light of the content of their viewpoints. Climate change denial, vaccine skepticism, etc are not the product of genuine attempts at reasoning. The request is for academia to loosen its relationship with evidence and truth.
September 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
The push by conservatives for "viewpoint diversity" needs to be seen in light of the content of their viewpoints. Climate change denial, vaccine skepticism, etc are not the product of genuine attempts at reasoning. The request is for academia to loosen its relationship with evidence and truth.
If someone suggested doing this with corporate patent revenue, Republicans would lose their shit
Mobster government: Lutnick says US should get a taste of universities' patent revenue
Exclusive: U.S. should take a chunk of universities' patent revenue, Lutnick says
The administration wants to capture potentially tens or hundreds of billions of dollars in future upside from the work of scientists.
www.axios.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If someone suggested doing this with corporate patent revenue, Republicans would lose their shit
SCOTUS provides the same amount of reasoning for its emergency docket rulings as a magic 8-ball. And both have same amount of binding ethical obligations.
Over no public dissents, #SCOTUS has denied a trio of emergency applications by Tennessee death-row inmate Kayle Bates—who’s scheduled to be executed tonight.
Among other things, this means the current (October 2024) Term has now had more full Court rulings on emergency applications than any other.
Among other things, this means the current (October 2024) Term has now had more full Court rulings on emergency applications than any other.
August 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
SCOTUS provides the same amount of reasoning for its emergency docket rulings as a magic 8-ball. And both have same amount of binding ethical obligations.
Y'all remember when windows 10 was supposed to be the "last version of windows"?
Microsoft's Windows lead has teased the future of Windows will be more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal in the wake of AI, promoting voice as a primary input method for using your PC. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface
In a new video, Microsoft CVP and Windows boss Pavan Davuluri has teased that the future of Windows will consist of a truly ambient and multi-modal experience made possible by AI that will redefine…
www.windowscentral.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Y'all remember when windows 10 was supposed to be the "last version of windows"?
Can't believe I have to say this, but SCOTUS justices should not be entering into book deals while in office.
"But what about free speech?"
They are free to publish open access and/or resign whenever they want!
"But what about free speech?"
They are free to publish open access and/or resign whenever they want!
August 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Can't believe I have to say this, but SCOTUS justices should not be entering into book deals while in office.
"But what about free speech?"
They are free to publish open access and/or resign whenever they want!
"But what about free speech?"
They are free to publish open access and/or resign whenever they want!