Forest Gregg
@bunkum.us
ontological expert
"using my custom formula, I would get a prediction"
he/him
"using my custom formula, I would get a prediction"
he/him
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Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
paranoia about AI is just a long con by the hermeneutics cartel.
February 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
paranoia about AI is just a long con by the hermeneutics cartel.
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"[The previous owner] said a non-disclosure agreement prevents him from disclosing the purchase price, when it was sold, and to which federal agency it was sold."
Why does a government agency get to keep this info from the public?
www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...
Why does a government agency get to keep this info from the public?
www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...
Feds buy Romulus warehouse as ICE detention facility worries grow
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has purchased a large building on Cogswell Street in Romulus.
www.crainsdetroit.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:44 AM
"[The previous owner] said a non-disclosure agreement prevents him from disclosing the purchase price, when it was sold, and to which federal agency it was sold."
Why does a government agency get to keep this info from the public?
www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...
Why does a government agency get to keep this info from the public?
www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/...
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The University of Michigan has abandoned transgender kids and 18-year-olds - join us in calling for the Regents to act on our numerous demands.
Link: tinyurl.com/UMGACDemands26
We're rallying THIS THURSDAY (2/19) at 3:30pm in front of the Ruthven Building.
Link: tinyurl.com/UMGACDemands26
We're rallying THIS THURSDAY (2/19) at 3:30pm in front of the Ruthven Building.
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
The University of Michigan has abandoned transgender kids and 18-year-olds - join us in calling for the Regents to act on our numerous demands.
Link: tinyurl.com/UMGACDemands26
We're rallying THIS THURSDAY (2/19) at 3:30pm in front of the Ruthven Building.
Link: tinyurl.com/UMGACDemands26
We're rallying THIS THURSDAY (2/19) at 3:30pm in front of the Ruthven Building.
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14:56 on Tuesday February 10th, over the South Atlantic Ocean
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
14:56 on Tuesday February 10th, over the South Atlantic Ocean
in my perception, the grassroots opposition movement seem solidly middle-aged in it's core composition.
1. is that true?
2. is that unusual?
perhaps the student and and antiwar movements of the 1960s and early 1970s were unusual in being youth movements, but loom large in cultural memory?
1. is that true?
2. is that unusual?
perhaps the student and and antiwar movements of the 1960s and early 1970s were unusual in being youth movements, but loom large in cultural memory?
February 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
in my perception, the grassroots opposition movement seem solidly middle-aged in it's core composition.
1. is that true?
2. is that unusual?
perhaps the student and and antiwar movements of the 1960s and early 1970s were unusual in being youth movements, but loom large in cultural memory?
1. is that true?
2. is that unusual?
perhaps the student and and antiwar movements of the 1960s and early 1970s were unusual in being youth movements, but loom large in cultural memory?
making post-secondary attainment the major mechanism that we allocated occupational status was already and always going to be a bad answer to "what is education for?"
the contradictions are, as they say, deepening.
the contradictions are, as they say, deepening.
the wife just got off a webinar on designing ai-resistant courses, and, i... just don't see how credentialism is going to survive.
February 12, 2026 at 7:00 PM
making post-secondary attainment the major mechanism that we allocated occupational status was already and always going to be a bad answer to "what is education for?"
the contradictions are, as they say, deepening.
the contradictions are, as they say, deepening.
the wife just got off a webinar on designing ai-resistant courses, and, i... just don't see how credentialism is going to survive.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
the wife just got off a webinar on designing ai-resistant courses, and, i... just don't see how credentialism is going to survive.
what did you do in the 2026 war over the trough of disillusionment
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
what did you do in the 2026 war over the trough of disillusionment
when i was a kid, a perennial theme on AM radio was that social security (or any other form of social welfare that could be a kind of national database) was the mark of the beast.
wish we had some of that energy around these age-verification databases.
wish we had some of that energy around these age-verification databases.
February 12, 2026 at 5:12 PM
when i was a kid, a perennial theme on AM radio was that social security (or any other form of social welfare that could be a kind of national database) was the mark of the beast.
wish we had some of that energy around these age-verification databases.
wish we had some of that energy around these age-verification databases.
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my coworkers: Lena this is a fuck-up, you have to fix it
me: no, I've already forgiven myself 🙏
me: no, I've already forgiven myself 🙏
February 12, 2026 at 2:10 AM
my coworkers: Lena this is a fuck-up, you have to fix it
me: no, I've already forgiven myself 🙏
me: no, I've already forgiven myself 🙏
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Immigration enforcement is impacting children. Children have witnessed their parents being violently detained, children are being separated from their loved ones, and some children have been detained themselves.
🔗 www.freep.com/story/news/l...
🔗 www.freep.com/story/news/l...
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Immigration enforcement is impacting children. Children have witnessed their parents being violently detained, children are being separated from their loved ones, and some children have been detained themselves.
🔗 www.freep.com/story/news/l...
🔗 www.freep.com/story/news/l...
one perk of using a password manager is that when you share a password with a normal person you look like an absolute moon-howler
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 AM
one perk of using a password manager is that when you share a password with a normal person you look like an absolute moon-howler
hell yeah
The program calls itself a "prenatal and infant cash prescription program" that provides mothers with $1,5000 during pregnancy, and babies will $500 per month for 6 months after birth.
'Cash for moms and babies' program comes to eastern Upper Peninsula
EASTERN UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) — Families in the eastern Upper Peninsula are now eligible to apple for financial support for children's health and wellbeing through Rx Kids. The program
www.myupnow.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:31 AM
hell yeah
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The most interesting thing about AI psychosis is that you can get it from using LLMs or you can get it from refusing to use them. You can contract it loving it or hating it. A profoundly deranging technology.
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The most interesting thing about AI psychosis is that you can get it from using LLMs or you can get it from refusing to use them. You can contract it loving it or hating it. A profoundly deranging technology.
they should invent a labor market that's more efficient.
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
they should invent a labor market that's more efficient.
how do people (bots) follow me without triggering a notification, and could that be stopped please?
cc @samuel.fm
cc @samuel.fm
February 12, 2026 at 1:17 AM
how do people (bots) follow me without triggering a notification, and could that be stopped please?
cc @samuel.fm
cc @samuel.fm
not to be boomer, but in the tiktok videos, why do they hold a tiny microphone?
February 11, 2026 at 9:49 PM
not to be boomer, but in the tiktok videos, why do they hold a tiny microphone?
to discourse just a little, i still think this 2019 report on the AI from the @aflcio.org is pretty good, both in its skepticism that we will be able to predict the labor market effects of this potential wave of automation and in identifying shorter hours as one of the key demands in response.
aflcio.org
February 11, 2026 at 6:36 PM
to discourse just a little, i still think this 2019 report on the AI from the @aflcio.org is pretty good, both in its skepticism that we will be able to predict the labor market effects of this potential wave of automation and in identifying shorter hours as one of the key demands in response.
life is full of high theoretical questions if you want it to be.
February 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM
life is full of high theoretical questions if you want it to be.
don't forget to tap your maples
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 AM
don't forget to tap your maples
"directionally correct"? oh, you mean wrong?
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM
"directionally correct"? oh, you mean wrong?
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oh lord, spending all my money on citrus
February 10, 2026 at 12:14 AM
oh lord, spending all my money on citrus