Mon Mothra
@flobbert.bsky.social
Mostly complaining about politics and structural biology. At the end of everything, hold on to anything.
“In Paris the athletes received 300,000 condoms — two per day each— but the numbers for these Winter Games were significantly lower: not even 10,000,” La Stampa’s report states.
See, the French know what’s up
See, the French know what’s up
They’re just out there setting records at everything.
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 PM
“In Paris the athletes received 300,000 condoms — two per day each— but the numbers for these Winter Games were significantly lower: not even 10,000,” La Stampa’s report states.
See, the French know what’s up
See, the French know what’s up
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It’s bizarre to me to refer to an entire era in human history as “a mistake”. Like “the Neolithic agricultural revolution was a mistake”. This is actually the opposite of conservatism, which understands that things - especially big things - happen for a reason. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:28 PM
It’s bizarre to me to refer to an entire era in human history as “a mistake”. Like “the Neolithic agricultural revolution was a mistake”. This is actually the opposite of conservatism, which understands that things - especially big things - happen for a reason. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
It’s really a shame because I’m so bad at face recognition i occasionally fail to pick myself out of a photograph and facial recognition glasses would make social events so much easier.
But obviously I’m not going to get a pair because yeesh
But obviously I’m not going to get a pair because yeesh
Shit like this is why I spent a big chunk of my Meta Ray-Ban Display review talking about privacy and what it mean culturally that we haven't figured out how it works with smart glasses.
I still think a bigger backlash is coming.
www.theverge.com/tech/878725/...
I still think a bigger backlash is coming.
www.theverge.com/tech/878725/...
Meta reportedly wants to add face recognition to smart glasses while privacy advocates are distracted
The feature could arrive as soon as this year.
www.theverge.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
It’s really a shame because I’m so bad at face recognition i occasionally fail to pick myself out of a photograph and facial recognition glasses would make social events so much easier.
But obviously I’m not going to get a pair because yeesh
But obviously I’m not going to get a pair because yeesh
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polls don't really support this. people really loathe the gestapo murdering people in the streets. 1
US voters would be cheering fascism if Trump had delivered $3-per-pound ground beef.
That should fucking haunt us all.
That should fucking haunt us all.
February 13, 2026 at 4:19 PM
polls don't really support this. people really loathe the gestapo murdering people in the streets. 1
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if Anthropic building genuinely effective, genuinely high-quality models that really do a lot to center the user without going down the rabbit holes comes with a side dish of handwringing about whether they're conscious, that's a better trade than OpenAI's 4o-bots or xAI doing revenge porn.
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
if Anthropic building genuinely effective, genuinely high-quality models that really do a lot to center the user without going down the rabbit holes comes with a side dish of handwringing about whether they're conscious, that's a better trade than OpenAI's 4o-bots or xAI doing revenge porn.
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Maybe but also I’m reminded how shit his approval rating was during the earlier part of term 1, and that was when he was sucking up the glow from the sluggish Obama recovery that only took hold in the American mind at end of Obama and beginning of trump.
I was a regular convo in newsrooms of…
I was a regular convo in newsrooms of…
US voters would be cheering fascism if Trump had delivered $3-per-pound ground beef.
That should fucking haunt us all.
That should fucking haunt us all.
February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Maybe but also I’m reminded how shit his approval rating was during the earlier part of term 1, and that was when he was sucking up the glow from the sluggish Obama recovery that only took hold in the American mind at end of Obama and beginning of trump.
I was a regular convo in newsrooms of…
I was a regular convo in newsrooms of…
This is flatly evil.
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This is flatly evil.
The more I think about it the more I think we could just do entirely open borders and treat national residency the the way we treat state residency. If you live here you pay taxes and are subject to the legal system and can vote while you live here
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The more I think about it the more I think we could just do entirely open borders and treat national residency the the way we treat state residency. If you live here you pay taxes and are subject to the legal system and can vote while you live here
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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oh my god??
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
oh my god??
This is encouraging. Keep in mind that “get rid of dhs” while what I want, isn’t possible given the current makeup of Congress.
So do these half measures, then elect a bunch of people who are going to do the rest of the thing
So do these half measures, then elect a bunch of people who are going to do the rest of the thing
Brand new polling from Data for Progress, shared first with Strength In Numbers, shows voters back Dems in the DHS shutdown over ICE — and overwhelmingly favor key reforms such as preventing mask-wearing (+23) and requiring judicial warrants for arrests (+34): www.gelliottmorris.com/p/democrats-...
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
This is encouraging. Keep in mind that “get rid of dhs” while what I want, isn’t possible given the current makeup of Congress.
So do these half measures, then elect a bunch of people who are going to do the rest of the thing
So do these half measures, then elect a bunch of people who are going to do the rest of the thing
This sentence is a journey
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.
cbsn.ws
February 13, 2026 at 3:42 AM
This sentence is a journey
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It strikes me as problematic the extent to which knowing how something works or even wanting to know is seen as endorsement of it.
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
It strikes me as problematic the extent to which knowing how something works or even wanting to know is seen as endorsement of it.
I require this
Kids frantically pushing aside the new Pokemon and Mandalorian LEGO sets in Target to purchase the ANE MÆRSK container vessel
February 13, 2026 at 12:56 AM
I require this
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Hasan going on a paid Chinese propaganda tour and then coming home to say that Democrats—one of if not *the* most pro-trans political party in the world—would shoot trans people for votes is beyond absurd
people like this should be heckled, bullied, and shamed every time they open their mouths
people like this should be heckled, bullied, and shamed every time they open their mouths
February 13, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Hasan going on a paid Chinese propaganda tour and then coming home to say that Democrats—one of if not *the* most pro-trans political party in the world—would shoot trans people for votes is beyond absurd
people like this should be heckled, bullied, and shamed every time they open their mouths
people like this should be heckled, bullied, and shamed every time they open their mouths
Has to be one of the biggest ad backfire ever right?
February 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Has to be one of the biggest ad backfire ever right?
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hey, haters!
this is a real-live win by Democrats, with leadership that is finally being forced to listen
this is a real-live win by Democrats, with leadership that is finally being forced to listen
The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline, as Democrats pressed to rein in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
US Senate blocks Homeland Security funding, raising likelihood of shutdown
The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline, as Democrats pressed to rein in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
reut.rs
February 12, 2026 at 10:51 PM
hey, haters!
this is a real-live win by Democrats, with leadership that is finally being forced to listen
this is a real-live win by Democrats, with leadership that is finally being forced to listen
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fun fact about this: the rough rule of thumb is 1% energy saving for each 1° F you adjust a thermostat down, so if you drop your heat from 72 to 65 F you will save ~7% on energy; so my $368 energy bill would be $350 (70 to 65 F), assuming my *entire* cost was heat (no) www.energy.gov/energysaver/...
I've always been pretty frugal/strict about heating, but I decided to just let it go this year and be comfortable, and my energy bill is the same ?? I've been suffering for nothing
February 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
fun fact about this: the rough rule of thumb is 1% energy saving for each 1° F you adjust a thermostat down, so if you drop your heat from 72 to 65 F you will save ~7% on energy; so my $368 energy bill would be $350 (70 to 65 F), assuming my *entire* cost was heat (no) www.energy.gov/energysaver/...
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Remember all the "In Trump's Second Term, the Resistance is Dead" headlines?
Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
February 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Remember all the "In Trump's Second Term, the Resistance is Dead" headlines?
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Intent based APIs are useful for all forms of automation, not just AI agents. Tools like Kubernetes leveraged intent based APIs for infrastructure 10 years ago. We called them declarative APIs, which essentially wrap one or more APIs to provide an abstraction.
What I'm reading from the popularity of MCP is that standardizing on REST for APIs may have been a mistake. Intent based APIs, backed by a discovery and example usage mechanism, was the way to go.
JSON-RPC seems to have provided the foundation for new protocols like MCP to close the gap.
JSON-RPC seems to have provided the foundation for new protocols like MCP to close the gap.
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Intent based APIs are useful for all forms of automation, not just AI agents. Tools like Kubernetes leveraged intent based APIs for infrastructure 10 years ago. We called them declarative APIs, which essentially wrap one or more APIs to provide an abstraction.
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[most viscerally unhealthy-seeming person you've ever met] i'm going to lead a mass movement of health
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
[most viscerally unhealthy-seeming person you've ever met] i'm going to lead a mass movement of health
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one of the things that’s harder to see while we are in it, but will jump off the page at future historians, is how deeply corrupt *the entire trump family* is, and how they abused and and manipulated every lever of the federal government they could grab to steal everything that isn’t nailed down
News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
one of the things that’s harder to see while we are in it, but will jump off the page at future historians, is how deeply corrupt *the entire trump family* is, and how they abused and and manipulated every lever of the federal government they could grab to steal everything that isn’t nailed down
This is the fundamental problem with trying to sell models
a model reveals its empirical distribution when it is prompted. this is not a security problem, as much as Google tries to make it one. it does not own what it claims to.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
Google says attackers used 100,000+ prompts to try to clone AI chatbot Gemini
Google says private companies and researchers are trying to copy Gemini’s capabilities by repeatedly prompting it at scale.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
This is the fundamental problem with trying to sell models
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Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Overall, we have tallied 4x more protests through Jan 31, 2026 than we had through Jan 31, 2018
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The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
February 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.