Ida Benedetto
@idamantium.bsky.social
Very good read. So much is so familiar. findhigherground.substack.com/p/what-i-lea...
November 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Very good read. So much is so familiar. findhigherground.substack.com/p/what-i-lea...
Working from The Center for Fiction today. The sound of footsteps echoing against tall book stacks is so reassuring. Will be doing this more often. centerforfiction.org
The Center for Fiction
The Center for Fiction
centerforfiction.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Working from The Center for Fiction today. The sound of footsteps echoing against tall book stacks is so reassuring. Will be doing this more often. centerforfiction.org
Unexpectedly saw a very bad ex at an event I love and frequent.
Feeling so grateful to the theoretical physics who chatted my ear off. I was genuinely interested and the intellectual distraction was so welcome.
More reasons to love/hate quantum computers?
Feeling so grateful to the theoretical physics who chatted my ear off. I was genuinely interested and the intellectual distraction was so welcome.
More reasons to love/hate quantum computers?
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Unexpectedly saw a very bad ex at an event I love and frequent.
Feeling so grateful to the theoretical physics who chatted my ear off. I was genuinely interested and the intellectual distraction was so welcome.
More reasons to love/hate quantum computers?
Feeling so grateful to the theoretical physics who chatted my ear off. I was genuinely interested and the intellectual distraction was so welcome.
More reasons to love/hate quantum computers?
Someone I know who's in a fragile mental state post-breakup shared how they're using ChatGPT to work through it.
Their approach sounded dubious.
I suggested at least trying mental health specific AI bots, none of which I have tried, so not sure how good they are. What would you do?
Their approach sounded dubious.
I suggested at least trying mental health specific AI bots, none of which I have tried, so not sure how good they are. What would you do?
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Someone I know who's in a fragile mental state post-breakup shared how they're using ChatGPT to work through it.
Their approach sounded dubious.
I suggested at least trying mental health specific AI bots, none of which I have tried, so not sure how good they are. What would you do?
Their approach sounded dubious.
I suggested at least trying mental health specific AI bots, none of which I have tried, so not sure how good they are. What would you do?
Reposted by Ida Benedetto
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"I thought it was like a calculator. It's never going to say '2+2 = 5.' It would never lie to you. Why would it?"
Agreed, worth watching.
Agreed, worth watching.
Well-worth watching. ⬇️
Earlier this year, after receiving emails from people in the throes of AI psychosis, I stayed in touch with one man as he journeyed to recovery.
I'm grateful to James that he was willing to go on record. He wanted people to know: humanlike chatbots are dangerous.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkGk...
I'm grateful to James that he was willing to go on record. He wanted people to know: humanlike chatbots are dangerous.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkGk...
October 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"I thought it was like a calculator. It's never going to say '2+2 = 5.' It would never lie to you. Why would it?"
Agreed, worth watching.
Agreed, worth watching.
I really held out trying to keep LinkedIn as a rolodex, but it's overcome me as really just a social network. Bummer.
October 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I really held out trying to keep LinkedIn as a rolodex, but it's overcome me as really just a social network. Bummer.
Happy Indigenous People's Day
Support fr Columbus Day as a national holiday kicked off in response to the lynching of 11 Italian immigrants in 1891, the largest group lynching in US history
Italian-Americans and their descendants (me!) are good now. Time to turn the day over for others who need it
Support fr Columbus Day as a national holiday kicked off in response to the lynching of 11 Italian immigrants in 1891, the largest group lynching in US history
Italian-Americans and their descendants (me!) are good now. Time to turn the day over for others who need it
October 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Happy Indigenous People's Day
Support fr Columbus Day as a national holiday kicked off in response to the lynching of 11 Italian immigrants in 1891, the largest group lynching in US history
Italian-Americans and their descendants (me!) are good now. Time to turn the day over for others who need it
Support fr Columbus Day as a national holiday kicked off in response to the lynching of 11 Italian immigrants in 1891, the largest group lynching in US history
Italian-Americans and their descendants (me!) are good now. Time to turn the day over for others who need it
The Stanford d.school Celebrations felt like the non-fiction @meowwolf.com of design, a high compliment coming from me. So much polish, participation, and whimsey! I had a great time. #dschool2025 #creativeessentials dschool.stanford.edu/2025-celebra...
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The Stanford d.school Celebrations felt like the non-fiction @meowwolf.com of design, a high compliment coming from me. So much polish, participation, and whimsey! I had a great time. #dschool2025 #creativeessentials dschool.stanford.edu/2025-celebra...
Me: Convince me of that. Because it sounds ass backwards to me.
Claude: I can't convince you of that because you're right - it is ass backwards.
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🙄
At least it said "ass backwards"? 🤷♀️
Claude: I can't convince you of that because you're right - it is ass backwards.
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🙄
At least it said "ass backwards"? 🤷♀️
October 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Me: Convince me of that. Because it sounds ass backwards to me.
Claude: I can't convince you of that because you're right - it is ass backwards.
--
🙄
At least it said "ass backwards"? 🤷♀️
Claude: I can't convince you of that because you're right - it is ass backwards.
--
🙄
At least it said "ass backwards"? 🤷♀️
@planetmoney.bsky.social made a board game! First episode about it is out now. A version of it was tested at my board game day.
I love hearing about the industry wide aspiration to create a Monopoly killer. Monopoly is not a great game.🤘
www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...
I love hearing about the industry wide aspiration to create a Monopoly killer. Monopoly is not a great game.🤘
www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...
Planet Money Makes A Boardgame
Planet Money is making a board game!We're partnering with Exploding Kittens to create a board game, which will be available for purchase in fall 2026.We'll periodically publish episodes between now an...
www.npr.org
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@planetmoney.bsky.social made a board game! First episode about it is out now. A version of it was tested at my board game day.
I love hearing about the industry wide aspiration to create a Monopoly killer. Monopoly is not a great game.🤘
www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...
I love hearing about the industry wide aspiration to create a Monopoly killer. Monopoly is not a great game.🤘
www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...
@cloudflare.social continues w/ principled contrarian approaches to AI.
As @emollick.bsky.social said in a new post, "unimaginative organizations" can be misguided by a "focus on cost-cutting, rather than using these new capabilities to expand or transform work." blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1...
As @emollick.bsky.social said in a new post, "unimaginative organizations" can be misguided by a "focus on cost-cutting, rather than using these new capabilities to expand or transform work." blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1...
Help Build the Future: Announcing Cloudflare’s Goal to Hire 1,111 Interns in 2026
We are incredibly excited to announce our most ambitious intern program yet: Cloudflare aims to hire as many as 1,111 interns over the course of 2026.
blog.cloudflare.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
@cloudflare.social continues w/ principled contrarian approaches to AI.
As @emollick.bsky.social said in a new post, "unimaginative organizations" can be misguided by a "focus on cost-cutting, rather than using these new capabilities to expand or transform work." blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1...
As @emollick.bsky.social said in a new post, "unimaginative organizations" can be misguided by a "focus on cost-cutting, rather than using these new capabilities to expand or transform work." blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-1...
Weird time in history seen by the obsession of a son who lost his father and a documentarian versed in interrogating the US government. I most appreciated the son's reflections on exhuming his father and the closing interview between Seymour Hersh and Errol Morris.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwoo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwoo...
Wormwood (miniseries) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Weird time in history seen by the obsession of a son who lost his father and a documentarian versed in interrogating the US government. I most appreciated the son's reflections on exhuming his father and the closing interview between Seymour Hersh and Errol Morris.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwoo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormwoo...
Finally actually watched Mr. Caramom's rap vidoes. I feel good about them. Do you feel good about them? I think you should feel good about them. Bow down for ya Nani. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQVs...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Mr. Cardamom - Nani (starring Madhur Jaffrey)
YouTube video by Mr. Cardamom
www.youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Finally actually watched Mr. Caramom's rap vidoes. I feel good about them. Do you feel good about them? I think you should feel good about them. Bow down for ya Nani. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQVs...
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Finished a sampler today. 🪡
September 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Finished a sampler today. 🪡
Been re-engaging my astrology fixation lately. After reading a strangers chart at an event after a few drinks, she convinced me to set up shop. We'll see if that actually goes anywhere... but I did vibe code a website in a day and a half. So satisfying! fierceandtender.com
Astrology, Reiki & Shamanic Healing in NYC | Fierce & Tender
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September 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Been re-engaging my astrology fixation lately. After reading a strangers chart at an event after a few drinks, she convinced me to set up shop. We'll see if that actually goes anywhere... but I did vibe code a website in a day and a half. So satisfying! fierceandtender.com
Is there a term for our tendency to be spooked by our own creations and mistakenly attribute powerful properties to them that they most certainly do not have?
Seems like AI might just be the most recent instance of this.
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...
Seems like AI might just be the most recent instance of this.
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...
Magical Thinking on AI
A Response to Thomas Friedman's Recent AI Columns in the New York Times
aiguide.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Is there a term for our tendency to be spooked by our own creations and mistakenly attribute powerful properties to them that they most certainly do not have?
Seems like AI might just be the most recent instance of this.
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...
Seems like AI might just be the most recent instance of this.
@melaniemitchell.bsky.social
aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th...
What's happening that the OSS, CIA precursor, has emerged in the collective cognitive soup?
It's featured heavily in two history books I just read, and in this podcast every.to/podcast/how-..., a guy happens to be republishing their 1944 sabotage manual to distribute at his conference.
It's featured heavily in two history books I just read, and in this podcast every.to/podcast/how-..., a guy happens to be republishing their 1944 sabotage manual to distribute at his conference.
🎧 How to Use Claude Code as a Second Brain
Serial founder Noah Brier on using Claude Code for more than just coding: to take notes, organize ideas—and come up with new ones
every.to
September 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What's happening that the OSS, CIA precursor, has emerged in the collective cognitive soup?
It's featured heavily in two history books I just read, and in this podcast every.to/podcast/how-..., a guy happens to be republishing their 1944 sabotage manual to distribute at his conference.
It's featured heavily in two history books I just read, and in this podcast every.to/podcast/how-..., a guy happens to be republishing their 1944 sabotage manual to distribute at his conference.
This situation with OpenAI lawyers pursuing non-profits on the assumption that there's a vast conspiracy is intense... Really appreciate the reporting on it.
sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/o...
sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/o...
OpenAI thinks its critics are funded by billionaires. Now it’s going after them
The multibillion-dollar AI giant thinks it's critics are part of a billionaire conspiracy. We examined the evidence
sfstandard.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This situation with OpenAI lawyers pursuing non-profits on the assumption that there's a vast conspiracy is intense... Really appreciate the reporting on it.
sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/o...
sfstandard.com/2025/09/02/o...
Posted a reflection on b my consulting practices on LinkedIn, of all places.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-g...
Gotta develop a better internet home for my writing....
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-g...
Gotta develop a better internet home for my writing....
September 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Posted a reflection on b my consulting practices on LinkedIn, of all places.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-g...
Gotta develop a better internet home for my writing....
www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-g...
Gotta develop a better internet home for my writing....
Think @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will show? www.nytransitmuseum.org/busfestival/
Bus Festival
Explore buses from our vintage fleet, representing more than 90 years of New York City surface transit history, on September 21, 2025 at Emily Roebling Plaza in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
www.nytransitmuseum.org
September 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Think @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will show? www.nytransitmuseum.org/busfestival/
My lower back still hurts two weeks later after trying out a personal training session at Lifetime. So miserable. Gotta just trust my own proprioception and not think the professionals actually know any better.
September 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
My lower back still hurts two weeks later after trying out a personal training session at Lifetime. So miserable. Gotta just trust my own proprioception and not think the professionals actually know any better.
Gonna check it out. I always end up regretting it when I don't dive immediately into Casey's software suggestions. (Obsidian!!)
Otso: Local-first IndieWeb toolkit for archiving, syncing, harmonizing, and publishing your internet trails and streams. https://otso.run
(Decided to try hallucinating a new piece of #indieweb software into existence. Would you run Otso?)
(Decided to try hallucinating a new piece of #indieweb software into existence. Would you run Otso?)
September 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Gonna check it out. I always end up regretting it when I don't dive immediately into Casey's software suggestions. (Obsidian!!)