Ben Fowler
@benmffowler.bsky.social
You know he punched a wall and did no damage so he stabbed it instead.
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 AM
You know he punched a wall and did no damage so he stabbed it instead.
Kind of mean to name her after both sides of the civil war.
February 12, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Kind of mean to name her after both sides of the civil war.
Is this the fake kidnapping one where she's also a pilot as well as being an attorney?
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Is this the fake kidnapping one where she's also a pilot as well as being an attorney?
My stomach after some some hot Cheetos and a black iced coffee.
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
My stomach after some some hot Cheetos and a black iced coffee.
Starters: we'll figure it out.
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Starters: we'll figure it out.
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I don’t think we should allow the secret police to round people up and sort them by race
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I don’t think we should allow the secret police to round people up and sort them by race
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above this in my TL: a thread on sci-fi AI broadly. “Why did we make a digital slave?”
IMO, here, same reason “AI” is being shoved into every crevice of the real world: to save us all from the burden of responsibility.
Krypton chose death doing nothing over living with responsibility for anything.
IMO, here, same reason “AI” is being shoved into every crevice of the real world: to save us all from the burden of responsibility.
Krypton chose death doing nothing over living with responsibility for anything.
Rewatching the premiere episodes of Superman: The Animated Series. The entire first episode is about climate change deniers trusting an AI over their top scientist
The AI knows the planet is doomed but prioritizes self-preservation. They're so desperate to be ok they believe it
This is 1996, btw
The AI knows the planet is doomed but prioritizes self-preservation. They're so desperate to be ok they believe it
This is 1996, btw
February 11, 2026 at 8:28 PM
above this in my TL: a thread on sci-fi AI broadly. “Why did we make a digital slave?”
IMO, here, same reason “AI” is being shoved into every crevice of the real world: to save us all from the burden of responsibility.
Krypton chose death doing nothing over living with responsibility for anything.
IMO, here, same reason “AI” is being shoved into every crevice of the real world: to save us all from the burden of responsibility.
Krypton chose death doing nothing over living with responsibility for anything.
I wonder what effects it will have to have these LLMs ingest hours upon hours of right wing propaganda. Probably fine.
February 12, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I wonder what effects it will have to have these LLMs ingest hours upon hours of right wing propaganda. Probably fine.
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"i promise right now, years away from an election, to vote for an awful shitbag bigot because he isn't the other guy" shut da fuck up. you are making things worse
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
"i promise right now, years away from an election, to vote for an awful shitbag bigot because he isn't the other guy" shut da fuck up. you are making things worse
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“He doesn’t agree with the phrase ‘abolish ICE’ because he said there are too many interpretations for it…”—we have been here before. “Abolish ICE” is a demand; it is clear. Don’t let electeds turn a policy question into a comms strategy debate so they can dodge stating they oppose the demand.
Stay for this bonkers interview with Rep. Adam Smith about his financial support from Palantir, facilitators of the ICE panopticon.
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
prospect.org/2026/02/11/p...
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 PM
“He doesn’t agree with the phrase ‘abolish ICE’ because he said there are too many interpretations for it…”—we have been here before. “Abolish ICE” is a demand; it is clear. Don’t let electeds turn a policy question into a comms strategy debate so they can dodge stating they oppose the demand.
She took a PPE loan for her podcast didn't she?
February 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
She took a PPE loan for her podcast didn't she?
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Again, there are no moderate Republicans. This is one of the most extreme voter disfranchisement bills in American history.
The House just passed the "SAVE America" voter suppression bill on party lines; Cuellar was the lone cross. This is going nowhere in the Senate.
February 11, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Again, there are no moderate Republicans. This is one of the most extreme voter disfranchisement bills in American history.
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Made butter chicken today.
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Made butter chicken today.
Baby luggage, never shipped.
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Baby luggage, never shipped.
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Yeah it’s wild a bunch of academics are critical of one specific type of AI that allows students to submit a bunch of BS with made up citations and a bunch of authors and artists don’t like the one specific type of AI that steals their work. Totally unreasonable
Once again: people are angry for very good reason, and this brand of post is perhaps one of the most tedious and bewildering. Practically every social media platform is rabidly pro-‘AI’ so are govts, academia, companies. This one small space being critical of AI is okay, I think.
February 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Yeah it’s wild a bunch of academics are critical of one specific type of AI that allows students to submit a bunch of BS with made up citations and a bunch of authors and artists don’t like the one specific type of AI that steals their work. Totally unreasonable
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
I've got a playdate with some old coworkers on Friday for borgor and I'm so excited.
February 11, 2026 at 11:04 PM
I've got a playdate with some old coworkers on Friday for borgor and I'm so excited.
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I think my social studies class took us, or was it civics. Either way my memory is that the teacher loved the movie so much she organized a trip.
February 11, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I think my social studies class took us, or was it civics. Either way my memory is that the teacher loved the movie so much she organized a trip.
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Notepad should not know what the internet is. If you have notepad talking to remote servers you're already like 10 steps into a "factors leading to" slide.
What the heck are they doing over there
What the heck are they doing over there
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Notepad should not know what the internet is. If you have notepad talking to remote servers you're already like 10 steps into a "factors leading to" slide.
What the heck are they doing over there
What the heck are they doing over there
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Oh wow, that's literally the only object that changed.
SHE REMOVED THEIR WEDDING PHOTO LMAOOOOOO
Oh she HATED his guts
Oh she HATED his guts
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Oh wow, that's literally the only object that changed.
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he was giving me suggestions of what it could do and the whole time i was thinking "well if i wanted my job to get harder and my output to get worse, sure i could do that"
February 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
he was giving me suggestions of what it could do and the whole time i was thinking "well if i wanted my job to get harder and my output to get worse, sure i could do that"
Why does it feel like an accusation because my love and support is very conditional.
February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Why does it feel like an accusation because my love and support is very conditional.