J. Hrebinka (Shanahan) 🇺🇦🇯🇴
@enceladosaurus.bsky.social
But in contentment I still feel
The need of some imperishable bliss.
- Tech & AI ethics, programming, #a11y, eSports, and dogs
- Former astrophysicist & linguist, now CTO & software dev
- Cofounded AAS WGAD & created #disabledandSTEM
- they/them
The need of some imperishable bliss.
- Tech & AI ethics, programming, #a11y, eSports, and dogs
- Former astrophysicist & linguist, now CTO & software dev
- Cofounded AAS WGAD & created #disabledandSTEM
- they/them
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
Humans are indeed biased, but the studies I've linked show AI causes humans to become more bias and retain that bias even when they've stopped using the AI tool. Not to mention the studies showing the negative effects on critical thinking and cognition.
Humans are biased. If anyone's telling you otherwise, they are telling you fibs.
Meanwhile, re yr studies: the earlier versions were much worse than current; some are trying to provoke mistakes & then get them.
I have little prob (but check) getting good refs from gpt5.
Meanwhile, re yr studies: the earlier versions were much worse than current; some are trying to provoke mistakes & then get them.
I have little prob (but check) getting good refs from gpt5.
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Humans are indeed biased, but the studies I've linked show AI causes humans to become more bias and retain that bias even when they've stopped using the AI tool. Not to mention the studies showing the negative effects on critical thinking and cognition.
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Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Altman has been quite clear about his strategy.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
From the 2008 crash he learned that if you bind enough of the economy to your business you can do whatever you like; government will decide the rules no longer apply.
What he's selling is unaccountabilty.
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Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
What the absolute fuck
November 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
What the absolute fuck
For the Watson apologists coming out of the woodwork today
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
For the Watson apologists coming out of the woodwork today
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My quote of the day
James Watson
James Watson
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My quote of the day
James Watson
James Watson
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There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There’s a young southern woman on tt doing an experiment: calling churches & asking if they can help her get baby formula, saying she can’t afford it. Of the 30+ she’s called, nearly every church has said no. The ones who said yes were:
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
Black Baptist Churches
A Mosque
A small Appalachian church
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Dental health should be included in healthcare - human and animal. It is strongly correlated with higher quality of life for the elderly and longevity of life overall.
It's absolutely heinous that insurance companies don't cover it and that it often isn't part of socialized healthcare.
It's absolutely heinous that insurance companies don't cover it and that it often isn't part of socialized healthcare.
Oral hygiene has been linked to multiple health conditions, including dementia and diabetes. Now, research shows that people with both gum disease and more tooth cavities also have a notably higher risk of stroke.
www.sciencealert.com/21-year-stud...
www.sciencealert.com/21-year-stud...
21-Year Study Links Gum Disease And Cavities to Higher Stroke Risk
Oral hygiene has been linked to multiple health conditions, including dementia and diabetes.
www.sciencealert.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dental health should be included in healthcare - human and animal. It is strongly correlated with higher quality of life for the elderly and longevity of life overall.
It's absolutely heinous that insurance companies don't cover it and that it often isn't part of socialized healthcare.
It's absolutely heinous that insurance companies don't cover it and that it often isn't part of socialized healthcare.
Don't worry guys, Sam Altman said they fixed the mental health stuff.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Don't worry guys, Sam Altman said they fixed the mental health stuff.
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
Come on Sweden, can you recognize non-binary exist and let us select non binary on passports? (preferably before I apply for citizenship kthx)
November 6, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Come on Sweden, can you recognize non-binary exist and let us select non binary on passports? (preferably before I apply for citizenship kthx)
What in the fucking phrenology
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What in the fucking phrenology
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Ahead of Tesla's annual shareholder meeting, in which investors will likely approve a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk, some rascal was projecting this on the side of its vehicle distribution center in West Los Angeles
November 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Ahead of Tesla's annual shareholder meeting, in which investors will likely approve a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk, some rascal was projecting this on the side of its vehicle distribution center in West Los Angeles
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Locus Magazine is available as an ePub or PDF for all of you bookish eReader people! That way, you can fit it in your pocket and read it anywhere. Check out digital subscriptions here at subscribers.locusmag...
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Locus Magazine is available as an ePub or PDF for all of you bookish eReader people! That way, you can fit it in your pocket and read it anywhere. Check out digital subscriptions here at subscribers.locusmag...
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Rejecting the premise here. "AI" is not coming for your job. Companies are dumping people because they are putting more money into AI investment, not because there is labor replacement via productivity.
Even in the Amazon announcement, Jassy backed away from the framing that AI took those 14k jobs.
Even in the Amazon announcement, Jassy backed away from the framing that AI took those 14k jobs.
Much like dictatorship or climate change, the threat of AI taking your job is no longer hypothetical. It's here, as shown by last week's bloodbath at UPS, Amazon, etc.
Should the government be sending us $1,000 a month? Is there any alternative to UBI? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Should the government be sending us $1,000 a month? Is there any alternative to UBI? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
AI is coming for your job. Will the government pay you? | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the tragic neutering of Teen Vogue.
www.inquirer.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Rejecting the premise here. "AI" is not coming for your job. Companies are dumping people because they are putting more money into AI investment, not because there is labor replacement via productivity.
Even in the Amazon announcement, Jassy backed away from the framing that AI took those 14k jobs.
Even in the Amazon announcement, Jassy backed away from the framing that AI took those 14k jobs.
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Neighbors! Have you been hoping to run your own whistle training in your neighborhood or on your block?!
A group of organizers has set up a resource website, including links to the scenarios the Mpls trainings have used.
If you’re running trainings and needs whistles, DM us!
bit.ly/mnresponse
A group of organizers has set up a resource website, including links to the scenarios the Mpls trainings have used.
If you’re running trainings and needs whistles, DM us!
bit.ly/mnresponse
Proton Drive
Securely store, share, and access your important files and photos. Anytime, anywhere.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Neighbors! Have you been hoping to run your own whistle training in your neighborhood or on your block?!
A group of organizers has set up a resource website, including links to the scenarios the Mpls trainings have used.
If you’re running trainings and needs whistles, DM us!
bit.ly/mnresponse
A group of organizers has set up a resource website, including links to the scenarios the Mpls trainings have used.
If you’re running trainings and needs whistles, DM us!
bit.ly/mnresponse
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Comet A6 Lemmon's closest approach to the Sun is on November 8th, 2025. I took this image on October 29th showing a huge increase in activity around the core. A very zoomed in shot using a 16 inch telescope f/18, 7400mm focal length with Canon R6.
#astrophotography #astronomy #comets #cometlemmon
#astrophotography #astronomy #comets #cometlemmon
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Comet A6 Lemmon's closest approach to the Sun is on November 8th, 2025. I took this image on October 29th showing a huge increase in activity around the core. A very zoomed in shot using a 16 inch telescope f/18, 7400mm focal length with Canon R6.
#astrophotography #astronomy #comets #cometlemmon
#astrophotography #astronomy #comets #cometlemmon
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A paper in Scientific Reports presents the origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell. go.nature.com/48OT5DX #Paleosky ⚒️ 🧪
October 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A paper in Scientific Reports presents the origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell. go.nature.com/48OT5DX #Paleosky ⚒️ 🧪
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Part of this story is expertise & intent. ChatGPT is being used by many as “therapy” unable to afford a therapist.
The gap between a tool's intent and use is a public health crisis.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The gap between a tool's intent and use is a public health crisis.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT, OpenAI estimates
Finding is one of most direct statements from the tech company on how AI can exacerbate mental health issues
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Part of this story is expertise & intent. ChatGPT is being used by many as “therapy” unable to afford a therapist.
The gap between a tool's intent and use is a public health crisis.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The gap between a tool's intent and use is a public health crisis.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
Chatbots Are Pushing Sanctioned Russian Propaganda
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok are serving users propaganda from Russian-backed media when asked about the invasion of Ukraine, new research finds. www.wired.com/story/chatbo...
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SCOOP: I obtained internal documents showing Amazon has been selling cloud computing and AI services to the state-owned Israeli weapons manufacturers whose bombs and missiles have ravaged Gaza.
theintercept.com/2025/10/24/a...
theintercept.com/2025/10/24/a...
As Israel Bombed Gaza, Amazon Did Business With Its Bomb-Makers
The Intercept has learned that Amazon sold cloud services to Israeli weapons firms at the height of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
theintercept.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
SCOOP: I obtained internal documents showing Amazon has been selling cloud computing and AI services to the state-owned Israeli weapons manufacturers whose bombs and missiles have ravaged Gaza.
theintercept.com/2025/10/24/a...
theintercept.com/2025/10/24/a...