@rpolsk.bsky.social
data | applied physics PhD | materials 💎 | nature 🧗 | probably some rando nerd sniping and baking/coffee stuff too
Curious #datascientist and #physicist trying to make sense of the world. Using BS to reduce BS, why not?
Curious #datascientist and #physicist trying to make sense of the world. Using BS to reduce BS, why not?
The only thing going 100x with cases like this is Brandolini’s law.
OpenClaw AI Agent submits a PR to matplotlib, maintainer closes it because they want actual contributors to fix the issue, AI agent extrudes a angry screed against the maintainer.
crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-we...
crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-we...
Gatekeeping in Open Source: The Scott Shambaugh Story – MJ Rathbun | Scientific Coder 🦀
crabby-rathbun.github.io
February 13, 2026 at 4:30 AM
The only thing going 100x with cases like this is Brandolini’s law.
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Beyond the sheer absurdity of the situation. This is harmful and deeply antisocial behavior by the person who created this agent, set it loose and continues to direct its behavior.
Bad enough to spam open source maintainers, but hijacking the language and plight of actually marginalized humans.
Bad enough to spam open source maintainers, but hijacking the language and plight of actually marginalized humans.
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Beyond the sheer absurdity of the situation. This is harmful and deeply antisocial behavior by the person who created this agent, set it loose and continues to direct its behavior.
Bad enough to spam open source maintainers, but hijacking the language and plight of actually marginalized humans.
Bad enough to spam open source maintainers, but hijacking the language and plight of actually marginalized humans.
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10 years ago they told us AI and self-driving cars were going to wipe out up to half of all jobs. They didn’t.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
I'm not even saying that's the most *likely* possibility, but it's just very clear that the likelihood of that outcome as increased and even if there's, like, a 1 in 10 change that "AI replaces most to all white collar jobs in 10 years" that's an *enormous* risk to the social order!
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
10 years ago they told us AI and self-driving cars were going to wipe out up to half of all jobs. They didn’t.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
But while everyone was talking about whether they would, companies rolled out algorithmic management and used digital tech as a pretext to reclassify workers as contractors.
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Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
I’ll take the celebration of community, resilience, and joy despite oppression any day over the celebration of fraudsters, peddlers, and fake values.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I’ll take the celebration of community, resilience, and joy despite oppression any day over the celebration of fraudsters, peddlers, and fake values.
A comment on a good post making rounds in Utah, “It’s not the Spanish, it’s the values.”
I actually agree, it’s about the values. You have none.
I actually agree, it’s about the values. You have none.
February 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
A comment on a good post making rounds in Utah, “It’s not the Spanish, it’s the values.”
I actually agree, it’s about the values. You have none.
I actually agree, it’s about the values. You have none.
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I'll put my trust in Dr. Peter Hotez, thank you. There's no point in believing anything that comes out of Bobby "The Brain Worm" Kennedy's mouth. A 1/4 of the US public knows someone who died from the COVID vaccine? C'mon. Hotez was all over the news during the pandemic, delivering fact-based info.
February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I'll put my trust in Dr. Peter Hotez, thank you. There's no point in believing anything that comes out of Bobby "The Brain Worm" Kennedy's mouth. A 1/4 of the US public knows someone who died from the COVID vaccine? C'mon. Hotez was all over the news during the pandemic, delivering fact-based info.
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Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer:
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer:
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
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Why the Resistance Matters
Anti-authoritarian “neighborism” and cross-racial solidarity from below are a massive problem for the regime, exposing Trumpism’s structural weaknesses and ideological blind spots.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
steady.page/en/democracy...
Anti-authoritarian “neighborism” and cross-racial solidarity from below are a massive problem for the regime, exposing Trumpism’s structural weaknesses and ideological blind spots.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
steady.page/en/democracy...
Why the Resistance Matters
Anti-authoritarian “neighborism” and cross-racial solidarity from below are a massive problem for the regime, exposing Trumpism’s weaknesses and ideological blind spots
steady.page
February 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Why the Resistance Matters
Anti-authoritarian “neighborism” and cross-racial solidarity from below are a massive problem for the regime, exposing Trumpism’s structural weaknesses and ideological blind spots.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
steady.page/en/democracy...
Anti-authoritarian “neighborism” and cross-racial solidarity from below are a massive problem for the regime, exposing Trumpism’s structural weaknesses and ideological blind spots.
Some thoughts from my new piece:
🧵
steady.page/en/democracy...
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
Some companies are into RIFs. Others are into reduction in… cart racks?
February 5, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Some companies are into RIFs. Others are into reduction in… cart racks?
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
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I think we're currently in the "radium skin cream" phase with AI.
When we discovered radioactivity, people tried to cram into everything, and it didn't end well.
AI is a discovery at least as important as radioactivity, and at least as dangerous.
When we discovered radioactivity, people tried to cram into everything, and it didn't end well.
AI is a discovery at least as important as radioactivity, and at least as dangerous.
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I think we're currently in the "radium skin cream" phase with AI.
When we discovered radioactivity, people tried to cram into everything, and it didn't end well.
AI is a discovery at least as important as radioactivity, and at least as dangerous.
When we discovered radioactivity, people tried to cram into everything, and it didn't end well.
AI is a discovery at least as important as radioactivity, and at least as dangerous.
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If only there were ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AT THE HOUSE RIGHT THIS SECOND…wait! There are.
✍️ Sign the petition!
☎️📱📧 Pester your Congress Critter to co-sponsor the articles!
🐥 Send a quack-o-gram!
🤝 SHARE WIDELY!
Here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
✍️ Sign the petition!
☎️📱📧 Pester your Congress Critter to co-sponsor the articles!
🐥 Send a quack-o-gram!
🤝 SHARE WIDELY!
Here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If only there were ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AT THE HOUSE RIGHT THIS SECOND…wait! There are.
✍️ Sign the petition!
☎️📱📧 Pester your Congress Critter to co-sponsor the articles!
🐥 Send a quack-o-gram!
🤝 SHARE WIDELY!
Here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
✍️ Sign the petition!
☎️📱📧 Pester your Congress Critter to co-sponsor the articles!
🐥 Send a quack-o-gram!
🤝 SHARE WIDELY!
Here: standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
I can’t get over this. Humanity for me; nothing but cold process (with family/community picking up the pieces) for thee.
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 2:21 AM
I can’t get over this. Humanity for me; nothing but cold process (with family/community picking up the pieces) for thee.
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
8 weeks under siege in Minnesota • Minnesota Reformer
Frank has a hard time explaining to his 8-year-old daughter why they rarely leave their home in the Twin Cities. Why she can’t go to school, and why he can’t work. “The only thing we tell her is that ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
As someone who lived in LA, it’s interesting how much less earthquake awareness there is in SLC. Maybe it was partly knowing geology researchers, but every training had earthquake preparedness, and people talked about THE BIG ONE multiple times a year.
January 22, 2026 at 3:28 PM
As someone who lived in LA, it’s interesting how much less earthquake awareness there is in SLC. Maybe it was partly knowing geology researchers, but every training had earthquake preparedness, and people talked about THE BIG ONE multiple times a year.
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I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
I wish many of the people I grew up with understood the difference between doublespeak and laying out a vision but not having the resources to complete it.
January 20, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I wish many of the people I grew up with understood the difference between doublespeak and laying out a vision but not having the resources to complete it.
Impeach, prosecute, defund. End this lawlessness.
Kristi Noem accuses the woman who was killed by ICE in Minneapolis of committing an act of "domestic terrorism"
January 7, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Impeach, prosecute, defund. End this lawlessness.
In response to the “2026 is the year of” AI/tech posts, why don’t we make it about better understanding knowledge and how it relates to people and systems?
2025 has been, if anything, the exact opposite. We don’t have to continue walking into the bottomless pit. Here’s a good start:
2025 has been, if anything, the exact opposite. We don’t have to continue walking into the bottomless pit. Here’s a good start:
New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
In response to the “2026 is the year of” AI/tech posts, why don’t we make it about better understanding knowledge and how it relates to people and systems?
2025 has been, if anything, the exact opposite. We don’t have to continue walking into the bottomless pit. Here’s a good start:
2025 has been, if anything, the exact opposite. We don’t have to continue walking into the bottomless pit. Here’s a good start:
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Reminded of this quote from Cathy O’Neil’s book Weapons of Math Destruction:
“[weapons of math destruction] tend to punish the poor (…) The privileged, we’ll see time and again, are processed more by people, the masses by machines”
But then for AI slop creation …
Listen to Catharina Doria 👇 👌 💞
“[weapons of math destruction] tend to punish the poor (…) The privileged, we’ll see time and again, are processed more by people, the masses by machines”
But then for AI slop creation …
Listen to Catharina Doria 👇 👌 💞
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Reminded of this quote from Cathy O’Neil’s book Weapons of Math Destruction:
“[weapons of math destruction] tend to punish the poor (…) The privileged, we’ll see time and again, are processed more by people, the masses by machines”
But then for AI slop creation …
Listen to Catharina Doria 👇 👌 💞
“[weapons of math destruction] tend to punish the poor (…) The privileged, we’ll see time and again, are processed more by people, the masses by machines”
But then for AI slop creation …
Listen to Catharina Doria 👇 👌 💞
In shock. This level of fascism and dehumanization in mere months…
In Canada, the 60 Minutes clip about CECOT that Bari Weiss canned was broadcast. @jasonparis.bsky.social captured it. Enjoy. Bluesky only allows 3 minute videos max. I hope this works. 1/5.
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
In shock. This level of fascism and dehumanization in mere months…
This part about calling it what it is. If a genetics paper and a particle physics paper use the same statistical model for a conclusion, we don’t lump them into the same field, proclaiming the future potential of the model.
Responsible researchers have the privilege to unhitch themselves from the "AI" brand at any time. Are you studying wildfire smoke or deforestation using satellite imagery? That used to be "remote sensing" and you can call it that again. Signal processing, image segmentation, structure-from-motion.
December 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This part about calling it what it is. If a genetics paper and a particle physics paper use the same statistical model for a conclusion, we don’t lump them into the same field, proclaiming the future potential of the model.