dr. andrew burns
@drewburns.bsky.social
Once and future professional overthinker. Lifetime dad joke officionado, occasional wedding officiant, and ServSafe certified since 2002.
I was once informed that I can be a lot. I think we can all be a lot, if we work together.
#AuDHD af fyi
I was once informed that I can be a lot. I think we can all be a lot, if we work together.
#AuDHD af fyi
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If only OpenAI could have foreseen the entirely predictable hazards of irresponsibly releasing this tech. I guess the estate of every dead person will have to individually request a special dispensation to no longer have disgusting videos made by OpenAI’s tools.
OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. | TechCrunch
OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.
techcrunch.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
If only OpenAI could have foreseen the entirely predictable hazards of irresponsibly releasing this tech. I guess the estate of every dead person will have to individually request a special dispensation to no longer have disgusting videos made by OpenAI’s tools.
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Everyone in academia should read this story. I don't know Mark personally but I know his work (wishing him and his family safe passage out of the US)! 👇
Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.
By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Everyone in academia should read this story. I don't know Mark personally but I know his work (wishing him and his family safe passage out of the US)! 👇
This is great, but we need to consider the cognitive impact of a media environment that can shift the very perception of reality on a dime.
Opinion | How to Save the American Experiment
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is great, but we need to consider the cognitive impact of a media environment that can shift the very perception of reality on a dime.
First, a fight against Justice. Next, a fight against Knowledge.
How Trump Is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies
President Trump has long spoken of seeking vengeance against his political enemies. Here’s a list of whom he is targeting.
www.nytimes.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
First, a fight against Justice. Next, a fight against Knowledge.
Fully agreed, but also sometimes there is a conspiracy, and it is stupid
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Fully agreed, but also sometimes there is a conspiracy, and it is stupid
Reposting myself, how silly of me.
I've always enjoyed meta humor (long before #facebook changed its name to #meta and made itself a meta joke). This is why I find it funny to include a #Google #AI definition of #hyperstition, and a description of how AI generates self-fulfilling prophecies.
Note, my alt-text adds context.
Note, my alt-text adds context.
September 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reposting myself, how silly of me.
I've always enjoyed meta humor (long before #facebook changed its name to #meta and made itself a meta joke). This is why I find it funny to include a #Google #AI definition of #hyperstition, and a description of how AI generates self-fulfilling prophecies.
Note, my alt-text adds context.
Note, my alt-text adds context.
September 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I've always enjoyed meta humor (long before #facebook changed its name to #meta and made itself a meta joke). This is why I find it funny to include a #Google #AI definition of #hyperstition, and a description of how AI generates self-fulfilling prophecies.
Note, my alt-text adds context.
Note, my alt-text adds context.
I'm going to keep throwing around terms like #accelerationism and #hyperstition, so I we'll also include this in depth introduction to nick land.
For anyone who is already familiar, I apologize for many reasons. youtu.be/Hhlsj0UiwXo
For anyone who is already familiar, I apologize for many reasons. youtu.be/Hhlsj0UiwXo
Intro to Nick Land LECTURE 1 - Kant, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Bataille, Deleuze & Guattari etc.
YouTube video by theory underground
youtu.be
September 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I'm going to keep throwing around terms like #accelerationism and #hyperstition, so I we'll also include this in depth introduction to nick land.
For anyone who is already familiar, I apologize for many reasons. youtu.be/Hhlsj0UiwXo
For anyone who is already familiar, I apologize for many reasons. youtu.be/Hhlsj0UiwXo
I don't think Meta is truly safe for anyone at this point.
I still monitor and document its content.
If I shared what I see on Facebook Reels, for instance, it would rightfully be removed. The content is mostly fearmongering, racist pseudohistory, derealization fodder, and targeted hate speech.
I still monitor and document its content.
If I shared what I see on Facebook Reels, for instance, it would rightfully be removed. The content is mostly fearmongering, racist pseudohistory, derealization fodder, and targeted hate speech.
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I don't think Meta is truly safe for anyone at this point.
I still monitor and document its content.
If I shared what I see on Facebook Reels, for instance, it would rightfully be removed. The content is mostly fearmongering, racist pseudohistory, derealization fodder, and targeted hate speech.
I still monitor and document its content.
If I shared what I see on Facebook Reels, for instance, it would rightfully be removed. The content is mostly fearmongering, racist pseudohistory, derealization fodder, and targeted hate speech.
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#Facebook accounts being disabled for unclear reasons. No can reach facebook for comment or explanations. Share if you know.
Or SHARE if your account has been suspended or disabled.
#cdnpoli #SocialMedia #Business #Markets #Finance #Bluesky #Meta #Instagram #Sales
Or SHARE if your account has been suspended or disabled.
#cdnpoli #SocialMedia #Business #Markets #Finance #Bluesky #Meta #Instagram #Sales
September 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#Facebook accounts being disabled for unclear reasons. No can reach facebook for comment or explanations. Share if you know.
Or SHARE if your account has been suspended or disabled.
#cdnpoli #SocialMedia #Business #Markets #Finance #Bluesky #Meta #Instagram #Sales
Or SHARE if your account has been suspended or disabled.
#cdnpoli #SocialMedia #Business #Markets #Finance #Bluesky #Meta #Instagram #Sales
The portrayal in this case, is I believe a "design fiction"
Intended to create a reality that fits the portrayal.
See: The lore of hyperstition share.google/BBO4u5Oz1OXQ...
Intended to create a reality that fits the portrayal.
See: The lore of hyperstition share.google/BBO4u5Oz1OXQ...
September 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The portrayal in this case, is I believe a "design fiction"
Intended to create a reality that fits the portrayal.
See: The lore of hyperstition share.google/BBO4u5Oz1OXQ...
Intended to create a reality that fits the portrayal.
See: The lore of hyperstition share.google/BBO4u5Oz1OXQ...
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The push for AI makes sense when you understand that it is a subsidiary of the cult of Accelerationism. The father of Accelerationism, Nick Land, regards capitalism and AI as being one and the same - and that humanity must be sacrificed in its name.
Make Yourself Human Again
www.palladiummag.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
The push for AI makes sense when you understand that it is a subsidiary of the cult of Accelerationism. The father of Accelerationism, Nick Land, regards capitalism and AI as being one and the same - and that humanity must be sacrificed in its name.
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Weird how this comes on the same day new Epstein evidence is released by House Oversight.
September 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Weird how this comes on the same day new Epstein evidence is released by House Oversight.
I am honored!
@leavingmaga.bsky.social @drewburns.bsky.social and @dappergander.bsky.social Welcome to The Sims! Now my Sims can show how cool they are with these custom posters.
August 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I am honored!
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I'll say it a million times before this is all over (if this is all ever over): our most important audience is each other.
Occurs to me that Trump's entire regime consolidation strategy is to persuade everyone through displays of force that the regime is already consolidated and there's no point in resisting. Which I don't think will work, but also shows how important public acts of noncompliance are.
August 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I'll say it a million times before this is all over (if this is all ever over): our most important audience is each other.
August 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I will add a few more images from #SSSI2025 soon, but I wanted to post this invitation for participation for a study of folks with experiences with spirits. Please share or contact through QR or URL, if interested.
August 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I will add a few more images from #SSSI2025 soon, but I wanted to post this invitation for participation for a study of folks with experiences with spirits. Please share or contact through QR or URL, if interested.
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AI isn't some magic elixir. It's just a faster-acting version of the same poison we've long been fed.
"Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more-punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms perceived as white" www.chalkbeat.org/2025/08/06/a...
Annie and Lakeesha struggle in school. AI teacher assistants treated them very differently.
A Common Sense Media study found that prominent teacher assistants that use AI generated recommendations that appeared to be rooted in racial stereotypes based on students’ names. About a third of tea...
www.chalkbeat.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
AI isn't some magic elixir. It's just a faster-acting version of the same poison we've long been fed.
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It is still jarring that government organizations like NSF and DOJ now equate racism with including markers of class in application processes
Here's the letter that NSF sent UCLA last week about cutting its research funding
NSF says UCLA is doing affirmative action by asking applicants' their zip codes, family income and what HS they went to, and that they can discuss race in personal statements
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
NSF says UCLA is doing affirmative action by asking applicants' their zip codes, family income and what HS they went to, and that they can discuss race in personal statements
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
August 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It is still jarring that government organizations like NSF and DOJ now equate racism with including markers of class in application processes
My dad (never dx'd), used to complain about this all the time! I thought it never happened to me, but I habitually countered this with intense hypervigilance (I do not recommend). So, nowadays, I need occasional breaks from external audio-visual stimuli.
Today in research backing up autistic common knowledge: Yes, it is a LOT harder for autistic people to process conversations and other audio streams, if there are competing noises in the area.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40755170/ #autism #autistic #neurodiversity
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40755170/ #autism #autistic #neurodiversity
Auditory and Semantic Processing of Speech-in-Noise in Autism: A Behavioral and EEG Study - PubMed
Autistic individuals often struggle to recognize speech in noisy environments, but the neural mechanisms behind these challenges remain unclear. Effective speech-in-noise (SiN) processing relies on au...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
August 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My dad (never dx'd), used to complain about this all the time! I thought it never happened to me, but I habitually countered this with intense hypervigilance (I do not recommend). So, nowadays, I need occasional breaks from external audio-visual stimuli.
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🦃
Optical cavities
Resonating nanostructures
Light amplification
Biological laser
Pew pew pew !
Paon warfare
www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing...
Optical cavities
Resonating nanostructures
Light amplification
Biological laser
Pew pew pew !
Paon warfare
www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing...
Mind-Blowing Discovery: Peacocks Have Lasers In Their Tails
Sharks with frickin' lasers are tired news.
www.sciencealert.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🦃
Optical cavities
Resonating nanostructures
Light amplification
Biological laser
Pew pew pew !
Paon warfare
www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing...
Optical cavities
Resonating nanostructures
Light amplification
Biological laser
Pew pew pew !
Paon warfare
www.sciencealert.com/mind-blowing...
Technically satire, but after decades of masking so tightly it felt like my skin, o n l y to crack wide open or completely drop THAT persona "on stage" in costume on Halloween, or as a character in theatre, with a script and an actual director! I think that explains a few things.
“A support group for autistic people has revealed itself to be nothing more than a front for a sickening underground Dungeons and Dragons ring, it has been reported.”
Satire from @thedailytism.com:
thedailytism.com/autism-suppo...
Satire from @thedailytism.com:
thedailytism.com/autism-suppo...
Autism support group revealed to be front for underground D&D ring
A support group for autistic people has revealed itself to be nothing more than a front for a sickening underground Dungeons and Dragons ring, it has been reported. A local chapter of the ‘Little Budd...
thedailytism.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Technically satire, but after decades of masking so tightly it felt like my skin, o n l y to crack wide open or completely drop THAT persona "on stage" in costume on Halloween, or as a character in theatre, with a script and an actual director! I think that explains a few things.
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This is what is happening right now.
August 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is what is happening right now.
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In 2023, we found that TikTok was enabling a toxic trade by turning a blind eye to influencers who promote the sale of potentially deadly steroids & steroid-like drugs.
Our research in @fastcompany.com ⤵️
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Our research in @fastcompany.com ⤵️
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August 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In 2023, we found that TikTok was enabling a toxic trade by turning a blind eye to influencers who promote the sale of potentially deadly steroids & steroid-like drugs.
Our research in @fastcompany.com ⤵️
buff.ly/udVovRi
Our research in @fastcompany.com ⤵️
buff.ly/udVovRi