james
@jamesweir.bsky.social
ann arbor mi | burlington vt | shanghai ch | aa again
birds, tennis, native plants, more housing, china, news and law, etc.
volunteer (board and bird walks) with washtenaw bird and natural alliance
he/they
www.jamesrichardweir.com
birds, tennis, native plants, more housing, china, news and law, etc.
volunteer (board and bird walks) with washtenaw bird and natural alliance
he/they
www.jamesrichardweir.com
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
my contribution to the oeuvre
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
my contribution to the oeuvre
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
a just society would put people like sam altman and elon musk in jail instead of rewarding them with billions of dollars. alas
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
a just society would put people like sam altman and elon musk in jail instead of rewarding them with billions of dollars. alas
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The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The whole of the internet is now run on the things that would have not made it past your email junk filter 20 years ago.
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
everyone is correctly noting that this is extremely stupid and badly executed but i don't think we're spending enough time on the fact that she had TWO WHOLE WEEKS to respond and this was the best she could do
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October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
everyone is correctly noting that this is extremely stupid and badly executed but i don't think we're spending enough time on the fact that she had TWO WHOLE WEEKS to respond and this was the best she could do
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Which cover do you prefer? Now that I have author copies of both US and UK editions of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, I am giving away 1 of each, signed, to 2 random people who like/reskeet this. US addresses only. Will announce winners on Friday, Oct 24, 2025, before official release (Nov 4). 🐅🌍 #booksky
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Which cover do you prefer? Now that I have author copies of both US and UK editions of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, I am giving away 1 of each, signed, to 2 random people who like/reskeet this. US addresses only. Will announce winners on Friday, Oct 24, 2025, before official release (Nov 4). 🐅🌍 #booksky
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The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
www.stereogum.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The main achievement of the tech industry has been increasing the flow of money from people who make or do things to people who already have more money than they could spend in a hundred lifetimes
if you're feeling down about the increasing cold and shortened days may i suggest the cone report for a bit of seasonal cheer: "With mostly very poor crops in the boreal forest from central Quebec westward to Manitoba, this has the potential of being the biggest flight year since 2020-2021." 🪶
Winter Finch Forecast 2025-2026 - FINCH RESEARCH NETWORK
By Tyler Hoar Featured Post Photo: ©David Turgeon GENERAL FORECAST It looks to be a flight year for many species in Eastern Canada. With mostly very poor crops in the boreal forest from central Quebec...
finchnetwork.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
if you're feeling down about the increasing cold and shortened days may i suggest the cone report for a bit of seasonal cheer: "With mostly very poor crops in the boreal forest from central Quebec westward to Manitoba, this has the potential of being the biggest flight year since 2020-2021." 🪶
god it's good to read about something good happening for a goddamn change
Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront
A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
god it's good to read about something good happening for a goddamn change
impossible to describe how heartbreaking this story is. these chatbots are fundamentally inhuman, and will cause incalculable damage until they are stopped by regulations or social recognition of the foundational lies re: their actual capabilities and the very real societal and environmental costs
This is the biggest, toughest article I’ve done about so-called “AI psychosis.” It’s the story of a man who committed a horrific crime in his youth but served his time and against all odds found love and a new life—one that completely unraveled after he started talking to Google’s Gemini chatbot.
He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks
Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.
www.rollingstone.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:22 AM
impossible to describe how heartbreaking this story is. these chatbots are fundamentally inhuman, and will cause incalculable damage until they are stopped by regulations or social recognition of the foundational lies re: their actual capabilities and the very real societal and environmental costs
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turned on the laver cup and the first point i saw was fonseca hitting a second serve return up set point that was easily fifteen feet wide. he did believe in himself, which i do genuinely respect
September 20, 2025 at 3:17 AM
turned on the laver cup and the first point i saw was fonseca hitting a second serve return up set point that was easily fifteen feet wide. he did believe in himself, which i do genuinely respect
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ladies and gentlemen, we got him
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
ladies and gentlemen, we got him
it is difficult to describe, using words, how much of a loser mark zuckerburg is. so it is helpful that he is occasionally forced to speak in public and reveal that he easily more unpleasant, by a significant margin, than the worst person you have ever met in your entire life
“A lot of the time you’re around other people, so it’s good to just be able to type without anyone seeing.”
September 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
it is difficult to describe, using words, how much of a loser mark zuckerburg is. so it is helpful that he is occasionally forced to speak in public and reveal that he easily more unpleasant, by a significant margin, than the worst person you have ever met in your entire life
god these people are so pathetic. have they considered living their lives as normal human beings instead of participating in the downfall of civilization
September 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
god these people are so pathetic. have they considered living their lives as normal human beings instead of participating in the downfall of civilization
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Who wore it better?
(Black Heron)
📷 Thomas Gibson, eBird
(Black Heron)
📷 Thomas Gibson, eBird
September 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Who wore it better?
(Black Heron)
📷 Thomas Gibson, eBird
(Black Heron)
📷 Thomas Gibson, eBird
led a bird walk on monday and 300+ broad-winged hawks streamed overhead as the group assembled in the parking lot. always cool to see, but especially lucky it happened at that moment when lots of new birders got to experience it and learn about migration and the wonders of kettling raptors 🪶
eBird Checklist - 15 Sep 2025 - Matthaei Botanical Gardens - 42 species (+2 other taxa)
Submitted by James Weir.
ebird.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
led a bird walk on monday and 300+ broad-winged hawks streamed overhead as the group assembled in the parking lot. always cool to see, but especially lucky it happened at that moment when lots of new birders got to experience it and learn about migration and the wonders of kettling raptors 🪶
obviously "beloved coastal highway" is absurd, and the intro sounds like it's going in a car-brained direction, but overall the article is pretty good relative to usual nyt coverage and accurately depicts the local residents as selfishly prioritizing their own convenience over the greater good
Breaking News: Voters on San Francisco’s west side ousted a politician who helped close a beloved coastal highway and turn it into a park.
San Francisco Politician Recalled Over the Great Highway’s Closure
Supervisor Joel Engardio was ousted by voters who were angry that he helped turn a thoroughfare into a park.
nyti.ms
September 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
obviously "beloved coastal highway" is absurd, and the intro sounds like it's going in a car-brained direction, but overall the article is pretty good relative to usual nyt coverage and accurately depicts the local residents as selfishly prioritizing their own convenience over the greater good
this from ta-nehisi coates should be beamed into the skull of every person in america on repeat until sanity returns
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
this from ta-nehisi coates should be beamed into the skull of every person in america on repeat until sanity returns
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They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
can’t decide if the us open final was boring or if i just have bad vibes bc trump cursed it with his presence
September 8, 2025 at 1:18 AM
can’t decide if the us open final was boring or if i just have bad vibes bc trump cursed it with his presence
sinner was NOT going to be passive on those first two match points lmao
September 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
sinner was NOT going to be passive on those first two match points lmao
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