Abstract Tesseract
@abstracttesseract.bsky.social
(sometimes-computational) linguist, AI/ML unenthusiast, Luddite, they/he
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I periodically auto-delete my old posts and likes
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I know the first season deserves some grace (Holly Hunter pun intended), but I am looking for SF that takes big swings and imagines worlds that are strange and new (sorry). I probably shouldn't expect that from a Trek-size franchise, even without the ambient fascism permeating the media landscape
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' is too enamored with nostalgia and too detached from its teen drama subgenre. But hey, at least Holly Hunter has fun.
‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ Review: Paramount’s Teen ‘Trek’ Series Isn’t Nearly Bold Enough
'Star Trek: Starfleet Academy' is too enamored with nostalgia and too detached from its teen drama subgenre. But hey, at least Holly Hunter has fun.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
I know the first season deserves some grace (Holly Hunter pun intended), but I am looking for SF that takes big swings and imagines worlds that are strange and new (sorry). I probably shouldn't expect that from a Trek-size franchise, even without the ambient fascism permeating the media landscape
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Big liberation theology news: the ELN in Colombia is reporting that the remains of guerrilla priest Camilo Torres have been found and identified. They express hope that they'll be moved to the National University, where Torres founded the sociology department.
eln-voces.net/2026/01/23/c...
eln-voces.net/2026/01/23/c...
CAMILO SIEMPRE PRESENTE – ELN VOCES
eln-voces.net
January 24, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Big liberation theology news: the ELN in Colombia is reporting that the remains of guerrilla priest Camilo Torres have been found and identified. They express hope that they'll be moved to the National University, where Torres founded the sociology department.
eln-voces.net/2026/01/23/c...
eln-voces.net/2026/01/23/c...
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It's always the people who are not willing to take any risks that think that other people's risk-taking is not radical enough.
January 24, 2026 at 6:47 PM
It's always the people who are not willing to take any risks that think that other people's risk-taking is not radical enough.
The gmail migration was honestly effortless. Assuming that downloading what's in my gdrive goes as smoothly as I suspect, in about a month I will be pretty much totally off Google except for e.g. having to interact with other people's Docs
Okay, for those who want to switch Email providers with Gmail degrading daily and think about Fastmail:
This link gives you 10% off your first year. (It will give me 10 USD, too, but I'll donate the money coming in through this to Doctors Without Borders):
https://join.fastmail.com/bd14c1b7
This link gives you 10% off your first year. (It will give me 10 USD, too, but I'll donate the money coming in through this to Doctors Without Borders):
https://join.fastmail.com/bd14c1b7
Fastmail
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January 24, 2026 at 6:37 PM
The gmail migration was honestly effortless. Assuming that downloading what's in my gdrive goes as smoothly as I suspect, in about a month I will be pretty much totally off Google except for e.g. having to interact with other people's Docs
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People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
January 24, 2026 at 5:49 PM
People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
damn, there was a time that my OnePlus phone was the first time I ever actually liked a phone rather than tolerating it. this sucks
Never buy a OnePlus phone ever again. They now have a hardware anti-rollback fuse that blows if you revert to an earlier version or install a custom ROM.
consumerrights.wiki/w/Oneplus_ph...
consumerrights.wiki/w/Oneplus_ph...
Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback - Consumer Rights Wiki
consumerrights.wiki
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 PM
damn, there was a time that my OnePlus phone was the first time I ever actually liked a phone rather than tolerating it. this sucks
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Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
January 23, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Gotta remind yourself not to cry when you see the kid's signs.
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
It's negative -25°F and tears are dangerous.
"LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!"
"ICE GIT OUT YA FUCKIN DUMBIES 😡"
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Never again want to hear the phrase Starfleet Is Not A Military Organisation. Hazing, beasting and a bloody War College all right there. ("I can always spot the runner" scene is briefly funny and overall horrifying.)
January 16, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Never again want to hear the phrase Starfleet Is Not A Military Organisation. Hazing, beasting and a bloody War College all right there. ("I can always spot the runner" scene is briefly funny and overall horrifying.)
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I blame this on too many people having a reading of DS9 that just says "See! You thought the federation was all rainbows & Talarian puppies, but there was messy, GRITTY stuff there, man!"
…When the entire point of that show was about finding a way to live federation ideals, THROUGH the grit & mess.
…When the entire point of that show was about finding a way to live federation ideals, THROUGH the grit & mess.
I am (in general) concerned that storytellers in my cluster are taking old, relatively idealistic stories and reframing them as tarnished and nasty under the impression that makes them more meaningful, when impossible dreams have never been more precious in my lifetime.
January 16, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I blame this on too many people having a reading of DS9 that just says "See! You thought the federation was all rainbows & Talarian puppies, but there was messy, GRITTY stuff there, man!"
…When the entire point of that show was about finding a way to live federation ideals, THROUGH the grit & mess.
…When the entire point of that show was about finding a way to live federation ideals, THROUGH the grit & mess.
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normal person: chatbot output is shit
AI bro: look just try it yourself!!
normal person: (tries it) still sucks
AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*
AI bro: look just try it yourself!!
normal person: (tries it) still sucks
AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*
January 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
normal person: chatbot output is shit
AI bro: look just try it yourself!!
normal person: (tries it) still sucks
AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*
AI bro: look just try it yourself!!
normal person: (tries it) still sucks
AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*
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In Minnesota, instead of saying "I love you,” they say "Fuck ICE.” And I think that’s beautiful.
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 AM
In Minnesota, instead of saying "I love you,” they say "Fuck ICE.” And I think that’s beautiful.
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I remember like 15 years ago when I was working at a school and the admin was deciding whether to be a Certified Microsoft™ School or a Certified Apple™ School. EdTech needs to be stopped
January 23, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I remember like 15 years ago when I was working at a school and the admin was deciding whether to be a Certified Microsoft™ School or a Certified Apple™ School. EdTech needs to be stopped
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how is it that Microsoft has more money than god and countless talented developers, but Outlook is still complete dogshit?
(signed, an instructor whose emails to his TAs have been getting "Quarantined" in a secret spam folder since the start of the semester)
(signed, an instructor whose emails to his TAs have been getting "Quarantined" in a secret spam folder since the start of the semester)
January 23, 2026 at 7:05 PM
how is it that Microsoft has more money than god and countless talented developers, but Outlook is still complete dogshit?
(signed, an instructor whose emails to his TAs have been getting "Quarantined" in a secret spam folder since the start of the semester)
(signed, an instructor whose emails to his TAs have been getting "Quarantined" in a secret spam folder since the start of the semester)
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is back for our first live stream of 2026, wherein @alexhanna.bsky.social and I will look into how our health care system is suffering from AI-hype-itis:
Monday, Jan 26, noon PT,
twitch.tv/dair_institute
Monday, Jan 26, noon PT,
twitch.tv/dair_institute
dair_institute - Twitch
Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).
twitch.tv
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 is back for our first live stream of 2026, wherein @alexhanna.bsky.social and I will look into how our health care system is suffering from AI-hype-itis:
Monday, Jan 26, noon PT,
twitch.tv/dair_institute
Monday, Jan 26, noon PT,
twitch.tv/dair_institute
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
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A lot of scholars are entitled, gate-keeping pricks, but it is also a kind of entitlement to presume that all writing will be perfectly transparent to everyone all the time. You might also have to do some work to read some things, just like the scholars who've dedicated their lives to their subject.
January 22, 2026 at 6:25 PM
A lot of scholars are entitled, gate-keeping pricks, but it is also a kind of entitlement to presume that all writing will be perfectly transparent to everyone all the time. You might also have to do some work to read some things, just like the scholars who've dedicated their lives to their subject.
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If only the Germans had a word for the feeling I'm getting after reading this article
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
If only the Germans had a word for the feeling I'm getting after reading this article
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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Yesterday, I interviewed a tech guy who told me something too important for me to wait until the podcast comes out for you to hear it:
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
January 21, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Yesterday, I interviewed a tech guy who told me something too important for me to wait until the podcast comes out for you to hear it:
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
Many free AI detectors have especially high false positive rates because they make money selling software that "humanizes" writing. 1/2
remind me again about how tech geniuses are free-thinking mavericks
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 PM
remind me again about how tech geniuses are free-thinking mavericks
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Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
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Sam Altman should be bankrupted and in jail, held criminally and financially responsible for the suicides and murders.
The complaint “argues that GPT-4o is a ‘defective’ and ‘inherently dangerous’ product, and that OpenAI failed to warn users of foreseeable risks to their emotional and psychological health.”
Man Who Had Managed Mental Illness Effectively for Years Says ChatGPT Sent Him Into Hospitalization for Psychosis
John Jacquez successfully managed a mental illness for years, he says. Then ChatGPT reinforced delusions, spiraling him into "AI psychosis."
futurism.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Sam Altman should be bankrupted and in jail, held criminally and financially responsible for the suicides and murders.
but but but studies have shown! you can't argue with "studies have shown"!
OpenAI's new "Education for Countries" program, which "will work with governments and university consortia to bring AI into education systems", is based on, well, a farcically self-serving understanding of "the history of technology" and an even worse view of education 🤢 openai.com/index/edu-fo...
January 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
but but but studies have shown! you can't argue with "studies have shown"!