Tim A.
@flipperpa.bsky.social
Open-source maintainer, objective "A.I." skeptic, speaker, and organizer in tech (mainly Python). 🖖 Guitar and serenity geek 🖖 Principal Engineer, WRDS @ Wharton @ Penn 🖖 he/him 🖖 https://github.com/flipperpa 🖖 https://youtube.com/flipperpa
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This from @andreapitzer.bsky.social is key.
“nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”
“nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”
I wrote about how concentration camp regimes evolve and why it's not too late to stop this, even though we are deep in it now.
Into the abyss
The correct response to Dachau was not better training for the guards.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:56 AM
This from @andreapitzer.bsky.social is key.
“nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”
“nobody sane now thinks the answer to abuses at Dachau was to give the guards more training.”
To which I say... ASUS made phones? TIL. www.theverge.com/news/864116/...
Asus may have made its last phone
The company is reportedly exiting the Android market.
www.theverge.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
To which I say... ASUS made phones? TIL. www.theverge.com/news/864116/...
I've been calling BS on Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff for years now. And holy smokes, was he wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbIP...
Salesforce Admits they were Wrong
YouTube video by The PrimeTime
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I've been calling BS on Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff for years now. And holy smokes, was he wrong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbIP...
Back when NIN was opening up for Jesus & Mary Chain. This must've been 1991?
January 20, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Back when NIN was opening up for Jesus & Mary Chain. This must've been 1991?
DuckDuckGo is holding a public poll on whether people want “A.I.” features in their products. Let them know your feelings. voteyesornoai.com
Are you YES AI or NO AI? Vote now.
Did anyone ask you? Now someone is.
voteyesornoai.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:03 PM
DuckDuckGo is holding a public poll on whether people want “A.I.” features in their products. Let them know your feelings. voteyesornoai.com
PLEASE take the time to read this first-hand account of what is happening in Minneapolis. It is infuriating, terrifying, but also filled with HOPE, and the BEST of the American spirit. @theverge.com has had excellent coverage of the second Trump reign of terror. www.theverge.com/policy/86419...
It’s worse than it looks in Minneapolis
But locals are organizing to keep each other safe from ICE agents.
www.theverge.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:29 PM
PLEASE take the time to read this first-hand account of what is happening in Minneapolis. It is infuriating, terrifying, but also filled with HOPE, and the BEST of the American spirit. @theverge.com has had excellent coverage of the second Trump reign of terror. www.theverge.com/policy/86419...
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“But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King
January 19, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King
Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech.
Somewhere I read of the freedom of press.
Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King
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"Fallout is among the very few big-IP shows that are sticking to tight pre-production and filming schedules, with S2 arriving only a year and a half after S1. For comparison, we're still waiting for SW Ahsoka's second season on Disney Plus; the first set of episodes came out during summer 2023." 🤷♂️
Fallout Season 2 streaming ratings may be down, but Bethesda and Amazon are probably still feeling pretty rad
www.eurogamer.net/fallout-seas...
www.eurogamer.net/fallout-seas...
January 19, 2026 at 10:40 AM
"Fallout is among the very few big-IP shows that are sticking to tight pre-production and filming schedules, with S2 arriving only a year and a half after S1. For comparison, we're still waiting for SW Ahsoka's second season on Disney Plus; the first set of episodes came out during summer 2023." 🤷♂️
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This is deeply disturbing, especially after reports of growing concerns about the conditions at this facility. An investigation must take place.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Man detained in Minneapolis dies in ICE custody in Texas
A man arrested by immigration officials in Minneapolis died in federal detention in Texas.
www.mprnews.org
January 19, 2026 at 12:27 AM
This is deeply disturbing, especially after reports of growing concerns about the conditions at this facility. An investigation must take place.
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Wow you’re telling me that you did a bunch of work and an A.I. company just stole it without asking or paying you, that’s so crazy
January 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Wow you’re telling me that you did a bunch of work and an A.I. company just stole it without asking or paying you, that’s so crazy
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The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 3:11 PM
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
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That money could’ve ended homelessness in the US, or established UBI for every American, student loan erasure, or supercharged every creative industry in existence to pay artists better,
instead of, yknow, blowing it on dead malls full of Elegy of Emptiness statues for rich people
I hate it here
instead of, yknow, blowing it on dead malls full of Elegy of Emptiness statues for rich people
I hate it here
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 10:55 PM
That money could’ve ended homelessness in the US, or established UBI for every American, student loan erasure, or supercharged every creative industry in existence to pay artists better,
instead of, yknow, blowing it on dead malls full of Elegy of Emptiness statues for rich people
I hate it here
instead of, yknow, blowing it on dead malls full of Elegy of Emptiness statues for rich people
I hate it here
Genius. This is the way.
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Genius. This is the way.
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Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane?
What’s going on with the AI builder community right now?
lucumr.pocoo.org
January 18, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Weekend thoughts on Gas Town, Beads, slop AI browsers, and AI-generated PRs flooding overwhelmed maintainers. I don't think we're ready for our new powers we're wielding. lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/1/18/ag...
The size of this protest in Greenland is akin to 20-30 MILLION Americans protesting something here.
That’s a huge percentage of the population to get out in the streets. apnews.com/article/denm...
That’s a huge percentage of the population to get out in the streets. apnews.com/article/denm...
Thousands march in Greenland to support Arctic island in the face of Trump's threats to take it over
Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against U.S. President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The size of this protest in Greenland is akin to 20-30 MILLION Americans protesting something here.
That’s a huge percentage of the population to get out in the streets. apnews.com/article/denm...
That’s a huge percentage of the population to get out in the streets. apnews.com/article/denm...
Here we are in 2026, with the finest journalism and pushback against a fascist regime not coming from CBS News, or CNN, or the New York Times, or WaPo... but from Wired and The Verge. @theverge.com @wired.com www.theverge.com/policy/86363...
Minnesota wants to win a war of attrition
Sousveillance over civil war.
www.theverge.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Here we are in 2026, with the finest journalism and pushback against a fascist regime not coming from CBS News, or CNN, or the New York Times, or WaPo... but from Wired and The Verge. @theverge.com @wired.com www.theverge.com/policy/86363...
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
January 17, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Some people were confused by my ICE post. This should clear it up.
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Oh look. The US is a major source of drugs into Ireland. And all the boom growth in smuggling occurred in the past year, since Trump took office
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
US becomes main cannabis supplier to Irish market as drug smuggling booms
American producers take biggest share in cannabis supply as Trump warns other countries flooding US with drugs
www.irishtimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Oh look. The US is a major source of drugs into Ireland. And all the boom growth in smuggling occurred in the past year, since Trump took office
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
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🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The mirage of AI deregulation
One of the most interventionist approaches to technology governance in the United States in a generation has cloaked itself in the language of deregulation. In early December 2025, President Donald Tr...
www.science.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:23 PM
🧵 Trump administration AI policy is widely described as deregulatory. This description is misleading. What's happening is not the absence of governance but its rearrangement--intensive state intervention operating through mechanisms we don't typically call regulation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
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New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
New: We built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
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Silicon Valley over twenty years went from “we’ll help you have fun with your friends on the computer” to “we must clear the way for the inevitable machine master race.”
My addendum is that Silicon Valley is actively undermining humanity and should pay the iron price
January 15, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Silicon Valley over twenty years went from “we’ll help you have fun with your friends on the computer” to “we must clear the way for the inevitable machine master race.”