.:. brainsik
@brainsik.bsky.social
Primarily on the fediverse:
https://hachyderm.io/@brainsik
https://hachyderm.io/@brainsik
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“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
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We've spent 3 weeks in Asia investigating the AI GPU Black Market. We need your help finalizing this crazy story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltgy...
Detained by a Government & Probably Blacklisted by NVIDIA for Our Next Investigation
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
www.youtube.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
We've spent 3 weeks in Asia investigating the AI GPU Black Market. We need your help finalizing this crazy story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltgy...
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the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that
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The conventional wisdom swing on non-pharmaceutical measures during COVID has tilted toward "doing nothing, like Sweden did, was good." @ryanlcooper.com puts this through the ringer: prospect.org/health/2025-...
COVID Contrarians Are Wrong About Sweden
Trying to ‘let it rip’ in early 2020 was a disaster.
prospect.org
August 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The conventional wisdom swing on non-pharmaceutical measures during COVID has tilted toward "doing nothing, like Sweden did, was good." @ryanlcooper.com puts this through the ringer: prospect.org/health/2025-...
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
June 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.
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stop saying “this looks like it was made by AI” or “was this written by chatgpt?!” when you don’t like something.
devaluing human effort like that sucks.
I don’t care if it’s bad cgi or a formulaic script. if it’s made by a human you show it some fucking respect and just say it’s dogshit.
devaluing human effort like that sucks.
I don’t care if it’s bad cgi or a formulaic script. if it’s made by a human you show it some fucking respect and just say it’s dogshit.
June 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
stop saying “this looks like it was made by AI” or “was this written by chatgpt?!” when you don’t like something.
devaluing human effort like that sucks.
I don’t care if it’s bad cgi or a formulaic script. if it’s made by a human you show it some fucking respect and just say it’s dogshit.
devaluing human effort like that sucks.
I don’t care if it’s bad cgi or a formulaic script. if it’s made by a human you show it some fucking respect and just say it’s dogshit.
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It is pretty funny that even after Musk has fed this thing a constant diet of Nazi propaganda it is still smarter than your average Fox News viewer
June 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
It is pretty funny that even after Musk has fed this thing a constant diet of Nazi propaganda it is still smarter than your average Fox News viewer
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the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
June 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
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Lmao. I know from first hand experience that Town boys are entitled assholes
A pedestrian created a whole website to shame a Tesla driver for running a stop sign and other alleged bad behavior in San Francisco: www.michaelcohensf.com/home
Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen, middle-aged venture capitalist who's super cool and very tough.
www.michaelcohensf.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Lmao. I know from first hand experience that Town boys are entitled assholes
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cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
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never change apple notification summaries
May 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
never change apple notification summaries
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Q&A from a talk I gave last week.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
May 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Q&A from a talk I gave last week.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
Q: "What do you think is the biggest threat in cybersecurity right now? Is it post-quantum computing? Is it AI?"
A: Fascism. It's fascism.
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tech bro is short for technically broken
April 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
tech bro is short for technically broken
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This is who we are now?!
April 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is who we are now?!
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“You can’t say people are our most important product and then treat them like shit.” - Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco
April 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“You can’t say people are our most important product and then treat them like shit.” - Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
Newsom is pure politician through and through. It’s unclear whether he has actual beliefs. Just another dude who wants power and does the tactical shit he thinks will deliver that to him.
Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?"
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."
April 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Newsom is pure politician through and through. It’s unclear whether he has actual beliefs. Just another dude who wants power and does the tactical shit he thinks will deliver that to him.
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We’re honestly on a fast timeline to exactly this.
April 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We’re honestly on a fast timeline to exactly this.
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Very creative, San Francisco! 8647 ✊
April 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Very creative, San Francisco! 8647 ✊
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Every thing you do, no matter how small, to remind people that the wannabe dictators are actually sad, scared, fallible little boys is helpful. The more we laugh at them, the less fearsome they are and the easier it is to wrest power back from them.
Also? These messages are effing hilarious.
Also? These messages are effing hilarious.
Twelve of them! They got Zuck too
Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices
Crosswalk buttons along the mid-Peninsula appear to have been hacked, so that when pressed, voices professing to be Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk begin speaking.
www.paloaltoonline.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Every thing you do, no matter how small, to remind people that the wannabe dictators are actually sad, scared, fallible little boys is helpful. The more we laugh at them, the less fearsome they are and the easier it is to wrest power back from them.
Also? These messages are effing hilarious.
Also? These messages are effing hilarious.
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my 90 year old dad who has never touched a computer in his life will appreciate getting all the hot scoops on why his payment didn't arrive over on X, the very serious platform run by very serious people
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
my 90 year old dad who has never touched a computer in his life will appreciate getting all the hot scoops on why his payment didn't arrive over on X, the very serious platform run by very serious people