Greg
@glsignal.bsky.social
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My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
February 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
My doomer-worry about AI is not that the LLMs become omnipotent and take over the world but that the wealthy and powerful use it as a means to consolidate power and marginalize or lay off skilled workers and also everything about our technological and political and social life gets worse
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February 11, 2026 at 6:44 AM
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My friends' dogs (Bean and Tiny Tim)
January 22, 2026 at 3:19 PM
My friends' dogs (Bean and Tiny Tim)
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This morning marked a milestone.
It was my 365th day of my “365 days of Sun Project.”
Over the next couple months, I’ll be poring over the thousands of exposures I made and figuring out how to share the thing fully.
So, if anyone knows any gallery or publishing folks, hmu?
Get outside.
It was my 365th day of my “365 days of Sun Project.”
Over the next couple months, I’ll be poring over the thousands of exposures I made and figuring out how to share the thing fully.
So, if anyone knows any gallery or publishing folks, hmu?
Get outside.
January 1, 2026 at 3:50 AM
This morning marked a milestone.
It was my 365th day of my “365 days of Sun Project.”
Over the next couple months, I’ll be poring over the thousands of exposures I made and figuring out how to share the thing fully.
So, if anyone knows any gallery or publishing folks, hmu?
Get outside.
It was my 365th day of my “365 days of Sun Project.”
Over the next couple months, I’ll be poring over the thousands of exposures I made and figuring out how to share the thing fully.
So, if anyone knows any gallery or publishing folks, hmu?
Get outside.
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK UP, COOP. EARS FULL OF SPICE. BROKE THREE EARBUDS TRYING TO SCRAPE IT OUT. WORMSIGN? NEVER CARED FOR WORMS, BUT THE BIRDS LOVE 'EM.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK UP, COOP. EARS FULL OF SPICE. BROKE THREE EARBUDS TRYING TO SCRAPE IT OUT. WORMSIGN? NEVER CARED FOR WORMS, BUT THE BIRDS LOVE 'EM.
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id Software just unionized, we LOVE to SEE IT www.rockpapershotgun.com/id-software-...
Id Software devs form "wall-to-wall" union, with 165 workers at Doom studio the latest to vote in favour
165 workers at Doom studio id Software have voted to unionise under the Communication Workers of America (CWA).
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
id Software just unionized, we LOVE to SEE IT www.rockpapershotgun.com/id-software-...
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This is only one minute and forty-one seconds long, but it's also a 3 act epic.
Looking to spread some yuletide cheer with my new song “Big Nick Christmas”
December 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is only one minute and forty-one seconds long, but it's also a 3 act epic.
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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I wrote a bit about my first MozFest, moments of rupture, narratives we don't control, and trans justice
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I wrote a bit about my first MozFest, moments of rupture, narratives we don't control, and trans justice
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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Me in my teens: How can I learn technology most effectively?
Me in my 20s: How can I work with technology most effectively?
Me in my 30s: How can I make technology work for me most effectively?
Me in my 40s: How can I work against technology most effectively?
Me in my 20s: How can I work with technology most effectively?
Me in my 30s: How can I make technology work for me most effectively?
Me in my 40s: How can I work against technology most effectively?
October 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Me in my teens: How can I learn technology most effectively?
Me in my 20s: How can I work with technology most effectively?
Me in my 30s: How can I make technology work for me most effectively?
Me in my 40s: How can I work against technology most effectively?
Me in my 20s: How can I work with technology most effectively?
Me in my 30s: How can I make technology work for me most effectively?
Me in my 40s: How can I work against technology most effectively?
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In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
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The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The question isn’t "why does Signal use AWS?" It’s to look at the infrastructural requirements of any global, real-time, mass comms platform and ask how it is that we got to a place where there’s no realistic alternative to AWS and the other hyperscalers. 3/
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i've done it, i've found the most west virginia business on the planet
October 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
i've done it, i've found the most west virginia business on the planet
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‘Screensavers’ is so apt because all ai art/text/music does is occupy space.
And we tricked ourselves into thinking all space should be occupied. We don’t need background music in a store. Your blog post is fine without an image too. A news item of one human sentence is better than ai paragraphs.
And we tricked ourselves into thinking all space should be occupied. We don’t need background music in a store. Your blog post is fine without an image too. A news item of one human sentence is better than ai paragraphs.
October 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
‘Screensavers’ is so apt because all ai art/text/music does is occupy space.
And we tricked ourselves into thinking all space should be occupied. We don’t need background music in a store. Your blog post is fine without an image too. A news item of one human sentence is better than ai paragraphs.
And we tricked ourselves into thinking all space should be occupied. We don’t need background music in a store. Your blog post is fine without an image too. A news item of one human sentence is better than ai paragraphs.
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.
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Using ChatGPT
What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?
August 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Using ChatGPT
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Samuel Leason from Aotearoa has been abducted by the IDF
Contact MFaT and let them know that they need to provide consular support
#NZPol
Contact MFaT and let them know that they need to provide consular support
#NZPol
October 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Samuel Leason from Aotearoa has been abducted by the IDF
Contact MFaT and let them know that they need to provide consular support
#NZPol
Contact MFaT and let them know that they need to provide consular support
#NZPol
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The older child walked in.
“What are you making?”
me - “See if you can figure it out.”
OC - “Oh! It’s that… beef… bouguilgogle. Burjingarg. Boilluionin.”
me - “you’re so close”
OC - “Beef bourgeoisie!!”
me - “…yes, that is it exactly, 10/10 no notes.”
“What are you making?”
me - “See if you can figure it out.”
OC - “Oh! It’s that… beef… bouguilgogle. Burjingarg. Boilluionin.”
me - “you’re so close”
OC - “Beef bourgeoisie!!”
me - “…yes, that is it exactly, 10/10 no notes.”
<me, pounding the table> - beef stew, BEEF stew
<my wife and children> - BEEF stew BEEF STEW
<the neighborhood> - BEEF STEW BEEF STEW BEEF STEW
<my wife and children> - BEEF stew BEEF STEW
<the neighborhood> - BEEF STEW BEEF STEW BEEF STEW
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The older child walked in.
“What are you making?”
me - “See if you can figure it out.”
OC - “Oh! It’s that… beef… bouguilgogle. Burjingarg. Boilluionin.”
me - “you’re so close”
OC - “Beef bourgeoisie!!”
me - “…yes, that is it exactly, 10/10 no notes.”
“What are you making?”
me - “See if you can figure it out.”
OC - “Oh! It’s that… beef… bouguilgogle. Burjingarg. Boilluionin.”
me - “you’re so close”
OC - “Beef bourgeoisie!!”
me - “…yes, that is it exactly, 10/10 no notes.”
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This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.
interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important