iamstarborn
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he/him. Feeling the churn. Tramlines. "It's just a model."
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· Nov 13
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So is programming. Which is why "vibe coding" is bunk. You have to think through exactly what you want the program to do, and only writing the code will force you to actually think it through properly.
Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
February 17, 2026 at 12:37 PM
So is programming. Which is why "vibe coding" is bunk. You have to think through exactly what you want the program to do, and only writing the code will force you to actually think it through properly.
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Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Writing is thinking.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.
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I wrote my PhD dissertation on the algorithmic risk profiling system Ryogens which was launched in several councils in England in 2003 (!) Goal of system was to alert schools, health, police and housing services of at-risk-children & improve communication www.researchgate.net/publication/...
February 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I wrote my PhD dissertation on the algorithmic risk profiling system Ryogens which was launched in several councils in England in 2003 (!) Goal of system was to alert schools, health, police and housing services of at-risk-children & improve communication www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
Posting about ICE on Instagram is now enough to get you an “administrative subpoena.” 👀
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
@nytimes.com #$META
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 16, 2026 at 1:49 PM
They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.
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“Amalia had been healthy before immigration officers arrested her family… Amalia’s health quickly deteriorated [in Dilley]. On Jan. 18, she was rushed to a children’s hospital where doctors treated her for pneumonia, Covid-19, RSV and severe respiratory distress.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention and denied prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:23 PM
“Amalia had been healthy before immigration officers arrested her family… Amalia’s health quickly deteriorated [in Dilley]. On Jan. 18, she was rushed to a children’s hospital where doctors treated her for pneumonia, Covid-19, RSV and severe respiratory distress.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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The Montana secretary of state is a fascist handmaiden
Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen has handed over confidential voter data to the U.S. Department of Justice, which has asked the state to remove, upon demand, any voters who may be deemed ineligible by federal officials.
Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen complies with federal demand for Montana voter data
Trump and U.S. Department of Justice assert authority to determine voter eligibility in the state.
montanafreepress.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The Montana secretary of state is a fascist handmaiden
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I really don’t even know what to say here.
This is not reality, this is mental illness. This is a man, Kevin Roose, smearing feces on a wall and calling it revelation.
This is delusion, this is false narrative, this is wishcasting.
None of this is happening, in San Francisco or elsewhere.
This is not reality, this is mental illness. This is a man, Kevin Roose, smearing feces on a wall and calling it revelation.
This is delusion, this is false narrative, this is wishcasting.
None of this is happening, in San Francisco or elsewhere.
A sentence from hell:
“people in SF are putting multi-agent claudeswarms in charge of their lives, consulting chatbots before every decision, wireheading to a degree only sci-fi writers dared to imagine.”
“people in SF are putting multi-agent claudeswarms in charge of their lives, consulting chatbots before every decision, wireheading to a degree only sci-fi writers dared to imagine.”
January 26, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I really don’t even know what to say here.
This is not reality, this is mental illness. This is a man, Kevin Roose, smearing feces on a wall and calling it revelation.
This is delusion, this is false narrative, this is wishcasting.
None of this is happening, in San Francisco or elsewhere.
This is not reality, this is mental illness. This is a man, Kevin Roose, smearing feces on a wall and calling it revelation.
This is delusion, this is false narrative, this is wishcasting.
None of this is happening, in San Francisco or elsewhere.
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Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
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🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
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8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
US appeals court pauses lower court order restraining immigration agents' use of force against Minnesota protesters
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals paused a lower court's order on Wednesday that had restrained federal immigration agents' use of force against peaceful protesters.
www.reuters.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:47 PM
8th circuit gives ICE go ahead to use force against peaceful demonstrators, a decision which will immediately lead to injury.
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence"
Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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This gets me back to one of my main critiques of academia, which is that most people go where the funding is, particularly in science, and it leads to so much harm when a particular field or methodology or style of investigation is overfunded.
January 11, 2026 at 5:47 AM
This gets me back to one of my main critiques of academia, which is that most people go where the funding is, particularly in science, and it leads to so much harm when a particular field or methodology or style of investigation is overfunded.
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1/ We found that deep sequence models memorize atomic facts "geometrically" -- not as an associative lookup table as often imagined.
This opens up practical questions on reasoning/memory/discovery, and also poses a theoretical "memorization puzzle."
This opens up practical questions on reasoning/memory/discovery, and also poses a theoretical "memorization puzzle."
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 PM
1/ We found that deep sequence models memorize atomic facts "geometrically" -- not as an associative lookup table as often imagined.
This opens up practical questions on reasoning/memory/discovery, and also poses a theoretical "memorization puzzle."
This opens up practical questions on reasoning/memory/discovery, and also poses a theoretical "memorization puzzle."
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A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
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Gemini:
"The author contends that the “meat condition”—specifically electrochemical processing—must be taken seriously as a potential necessary condition for consciousness, even if we cannot yet explain why."
I then asked what's the difference if e.g. homeopaths would use similar arguments.
"The author contends that the “meat condition”—specifically electrochemical processing—must be taken seriously as a potential necessary condition for consciousness, even if we cannot yet explain why."
I then asked what's the difference if e.g. homeopaths would use similar arguments.
January 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Gemini:
"The author contends that the “meat condition”—specifically electrochemical processing—must be taken seriously as a potential necessary condition for consciousness, even if we cannot yet explain why."
I then asked what's the difference if e.g. homeopaths would use similar arguments.
"The author contends that the “meat condition”—specifically electrochemical processing—must be taken seriously as a potential necessary condition for consciousness, even if we cannot yet explain why."
I then asked what's the difference if e.g. homeopaths would use similar arguments.
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arxiv.org/abs/2512.24796
/LeanCat: A Benchmark Suite for Formal Category Theory in Lean (Part I: 1-Categories)/
Rongge Xu, Hui Dai, Yiming Fu, Jiedong Jiang, Tianjiao Nie, Hongwei Wang, Junkai Wang, Holiverse Yang, Jiatong Yang, Zhi-Hao Zhang
/LeanCat: A Benchmark Suite for Formal Category Theory in Lean (Part I: 1-Categories)/
Rongge Xu, Hui Dai, Yiming Fu, Jiedong Jiang, Tianjiao Nie, Hongwei Wang, Junkai Wang, Holiverse Yang, Jiatong Yang, Zhi-Hao Zhang
LeanCat: A Benchmark Suite for Formal Category Theory in Lean (Part I: 1-Categories)
Large language models (LLMs) have made rapid progress in formal theorem proving, yet current benchmarks under-measure the kind of abstraction and library-mediated reasoning that organizes modern mathe...
arxiv.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:24 AM
arxiv.org/abs/2512.24796
/LeanCat: A Benchmark Suite for Formal Category Theory in Lean (Part I: 1-Categories)/
Rongge Xu, Hui Dai, Yiming Fu, Jiedong Jiang, Tianjiao Nie, Hongwei Wang, Junkai Wang, Holiverse Yang, Jiatong Yang, Zhi-Hao Zhang
/LeanCat: A Benchmark Suite for Formal Category Theory in Lean (Part I: 1-Categories)/
Rongge Xu, Hui Dai, Yiming Fu, Jiedong Jiang, Tianjiao Nie, Hongwei Wang, Junkai Wang, Holiverse Yang, Jiatong Yang, Zhi-Hao Zhang
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in case you missed it:
beginning thursday, chicago police will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on the cta—the latest in an escalating series of attacks on unhoused people under mayor brandon johnson’s administration.
beginning thursday, chicago police will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on the cta—the latest in an escalating series of attacks on unhoused people under mayor brandon johnson’s administration.
‘An impossible situation’ - Chicago Reader
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
chicagoreader.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
in case you missed it:
beginning thursday, chicago police will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on the cta—the latest in an escalating series of attacks on unhoused people under mayor brandon johnson’s administration.
beginning thursday, chicago police will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on the cta—the latest in an escalating series of attacks on unhoused people under mayor brandon johnson’s administration.
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I saw an academic unironically suggest that instead of assessing students’ understanding and competence through their writing of essays, arguments etc., we can assess the “quality” of their prompts, and I feel us slipping further and further into dystopia.
December 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I saw an academic unironically suggest that instead of assessing students’ understanding and competence through their writing of essays, arguments etc., we can assess the “quality” of their prompts, and I feel us slipping further and further into dystopia.
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really troubling things happening at Carleton University whose Board of Governors have approved an “institutional impartiality policy” which silences departments and groups and prevents them from speaking up against global injustices and genocides.
leveller.ca/2025/12/docu...
leveller.ca/2025/12/docu...
Documenting Carleton's Institutional Impartiality Policy - The Leveller
By Maxwell Heroux & Maheeshan Sivanesan H ow can a singular policy that initially upset functionally every student group and faculty member, still manage to pass? That is the question that prompted th...
leveller.ca
December 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
really troubling things happening at Carleton University whose Board of Governors have approved an “institutional impartiality policy” which silences departments and groups and prevents them from speaking up against global injustices and genocides.
leveller.ca/2025/12/docu...
leveller.ca/2025/12/docu...
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Many think LLM-simulated participants can transform behavioral science. But there's been a lack of accessible discussion of what it means to validate LLMs for behavioral scientists. Under what conditions can we trust LLMs to learn about human parameters? Our paper maps the validation landscape.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Many think LLM-simulated participants can transform behavioral science. But there's been a lack of accessible discussion of what it means to validate LLMs for behavioral scientists. Under what conditions can we trust LLMs to learn about human parameters? Our paper maps the validation landscape.
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