Michael Bono
@mbonotheyounger.bsky.social
We affect each other whether we want to or not, so let's use that connection for good.
Interested in measurement, sensing, and materials solutions for a better world. Union College and Cornell alum. Views my own. He/him/his.
Interested in measurement, sensing, and materials solutions for a better world. Union College and Cornell alum. Views my own. He/him/his.
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Yikes. US will [attempt to] deny H-1B visas to social media fact-checkers and content moderators.
"the President himself was the victim of this kind of abuse when social media companies locked his accounts. He does not want other Americans to suffer this way."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"the President himself was the victim of this kind of abuse when social media companies locked his accounts. He does not want other Americans to suffer this way."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Yikes. US will [attempt to] deny H-1B visas to social media fact-checkers and content moderators.
"the President himself was the victim of this kind of abuse when social media companies locked his accounts. He does not want other Americans to suffer this way."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
"the President himself was the victim of this kind of abuse when social media companies locked his accounts. He does not want other Americans to suffer this way."
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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This so idiotic I can barely bring myself to engage with it, but: People engaged in, e.g., fact-checking, aren't engaged in "censorship"--they're engaged in an activity the First Amendment was *designed to protect*. If you don't understand this, you shouldn't be in government or anywhere near it.
December 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This so idiotic I can barely bring myself to engage with it, but: People engaged in, e.g., fact-checking, aren't engaged in "censorship"--they're engaged in an activity the First Amendment was *designed to protect*. If you don't understand this, you shouldn't be in government or anywhere near it.
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I realize everyone knows this, but you'll note that what he saw was two survivors trying to flip a boat over.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I realize everyone knows this, but you'll note that what he saw was two survivors trying to flip a boat over.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
Which is a thing literally fucking anyone in a shipwreck would do.
The other stuff he said was fanfic he made up about them.
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the problem is, the vast majority of people who need to hear all these ACIP facts are not on bluesky,
nor are they secondary recipients. 95% of them are instead scrolling much larger platforms, all of which explicitly promote anti-vaccine disinfo over facts to cash in on the wellness industry
nor are they secondary recipients. 95% of them are instead scrolling much larger platforms, all of which explicitly promote anti-vaccine disinfo over facts to cash in on the wellness industry
December 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
the problem is, the vast majority of people who need to hear all these ACIP facts are not on bluesky,
nor are they secondary recipients. 95% of them are instead scrolling much larger platforms, all of which explicitly promote anti-vaccine disinfo over facts to cash in on the wellness industry
nor are they secondary recipients. 95% of them are instead scrolling much larger platforms, all of which explicitly promote anti-vaccine disinfo over facts to cash in on the wellness industry
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“Just a handful of races determine chamber control,” @spears.bsky.social said, “And when chambers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Virginia flipped, those chambers actually then passed 100% clean energy policies.”
Could not be more proud to be a part of this team at @climatecabinet.org.
Could not be more proud to be a part of this team at @climatecabinet.org.
Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’
Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“Just a handful of races determine chamber control,” @spears.bsky.social said, “And when chambers in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Virginia flipped, those chambers actually then passed 100% clean energy policies.”
Could not be more proud to be a part of this team at @climatecabinet.org.
Could not be more proud to be a part of this team at @climatecabinet.org.
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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Mastitis would have killed me thrice. I would be dead, dead. But SCIENCE!
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Mastitis would have killed me thrice. I would be dead, dead. But SCIENCE!
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And the hits keep coming for disabled folks, though this one has been a long time coming: #CDC employees are forbidden to WFH. There's no real reason for this, and it's especially cruel given that CDC offices were subject to gunfire just months ago.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
CDC staff with disabilities feel stranded as HHS implements new policy
CDC is asking employees seeking telework as a reasonable accommodation to return to the office until their requests can be processed under a new HHS policy.
www.statnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
And the hits keep coming for disabled folks, though this one has been a long time coming: #CDC employees are forbidden to WFH. There's no real reason for this, and it's especially cruel given that CDC offices were subject to gunfire just months ago.
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/02/c...
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🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Got to experience the "this paper completely made up research by me" phenomenon a couple weeks ago when reviewing a manuscript and it was so demoralizing. What are we doing here, people?!
AI has made journal manuscript reviewing so awful. It's worse than having to account for the possibility in student work. Depressing on so many levels.
December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Got to experience the "this paper completely made up research by me" phenomenon a couple weeks ago when reviewing a manuscript and it was so demoralizing. What are we doing here, people?!
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Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
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New project documenting A.I. slop graphics in academic journals
neurodojo.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...
neurodojo.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...
New project documenting A.I. slop graphics in academic journals
The last month saw a couple of relatively high profile examples of generative A.I. slop appearing in academic journals. From my collection o...
neurodojo.blogspot.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
New project documenting A.I. slop graphics in academic journals
neurodojo.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...
neurodojo.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-...
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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Segway jokes aside, Dean Kamen invented one of the first insulin pumps, solar powered water filters, all terrain wheelchairs, advanced prosthetics, and founded a ton of education/engineering programs. He's objectively committed to doing tech for public good.
Younger people who didn't witness it cannot fathom the hype around the Segway. Every news station agreed it would revolutionize the entire social fabric of the Earth. That all future humans would divide history between the savage days of the past, and the soon to be new era of zoom zoom scoot scoot.
December 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Segway jokes aside, Dean Kamen invented one of the first insulin pumps, solar powered water filters, all terrain wheelchairs, advanced prosthetics, and founded a ton of education/engineering programs. He's objectively committed to doing tech for public good.
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A great overview on what to expect from the CDC vaccine meeting tomorrow and Friday. Pay special attention to the playbook at the end — every single one of those tactics is likely to be used and is easily recognizable if you know what to look for. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
What to expect from this week's U.S. vaccine meeting
Hep B, routine vaccination schedule, and a firehose of falsehoods
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A great overview on what to expect from the CDC vaccine meeting tomorrow and Friday. Pay special attention to the playbook at the end — every single one of those tactics is likely to be used and is easily recognizable if you know what to look for. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/what-to-ex...
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IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal.
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants
Statement of Agency’s Reinstatement of Terminated IMLS Grants Washington, DC– Upon further review, the Institute of Museum and Library Services has reinstated all federal grants. This action supersede...
www.imls.gov
December 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
IMLS announces "upon further review" that it is reinstating all federal grants to libraries. It leaves out that it's doing this because a federal court told them a few weeks ago that the Trump admin's decision to destroy libraries was not legal.
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
www.imls.gov/news/stateme...
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"But libraries are essential — to learning, to community, to democracy, and to any hope we have of building a society organized around education and collective care, rather than control."
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"But libraries are essential — to learning, to community, to democracy, and to any hope we have of building a society organized around education and collective care, rather than control."
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this should just immediately write you a ticket when you turn it on
Love to share the road with cars programmed to blast past speed limits
Tesla brings back 'Mad Max' 'Full Self-Driving' mode that ignores speed limits
Tesla has brought back its 'Mad Max' mode for 'Full Self-Driving (Supervised) that ignores speed limits amid several investigations.
electrek.co
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
this should just immediately write you a ticket when you turn it on
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
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From Tina Smith on Trump's comments about Somalis:
"I mean, this is what bigotry looks like...This is an individual who's condemning an entire group of people, not because of who they are, but because of who he thinks they are. I mean, it's ignorant, and it is, I'm arrogant, and it's shameful."
"I mean, this is what bigotry looks like...This is an individual who's condemning an entire group of people, not because of who they are, but because of who he thinks they are. I mean, it's ignorant, and it is, I'm arrogant, and it's shameful."
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
From Tina Smith on Trump's comments about Somalis:
"I mean, this is what bigotry looks like...This is an individual who's condemning an entire group of people, not because of who they are, but because of who he thinks they are. I mean, it's ignorant, and it is, I'm arrogant, and it's shameful."
"I mean, this is what bigotry looks like...This is an individual who's condemning an entire group of people, not because of who they are, but because of who he thinks they are. I mean, it's ignorant, and it is, I'm arrogant, and it's shameful."
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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Dirty solar panels? This Canadian startup has a self-cleaning solution www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/n... o
Dirty solar panels? This Canadian startup has a self-cleaning solution
Sand and snow buildup can rob solar panels of up to 60 per cent of their efficiency, costing billions of dollars in lost revenue, says cleantech startup Swish Solar. Their self-cleaning, water-free so...
www.nationalobserver.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Dirty solar panels? This Canadian startup has a self-cleaning solution www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/01/n... o