jbwocky
@jbwocky.bsky.social
Product manager, writer, hobby musician
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Little relentless junkie finding the nerf gun bullets we hide from her anywhere they are
September 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Little relentless junkie finding the nerf gun bullets we hide from her anywhere they are
Hello fren watcha' doin' on the 1st floor off the ground?
September 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Hello fren watcha' doin' on the 1st floor off the ground?
When you find out your spouse's extramarital affair has been going on way longer than you thought
August 20, 2025 at 6:03 AM
When you find out your spouse's extramarital affair has been going on way longer than you thought
This is it, I've reached the end of Bluesky, fittingly with an image of a galaxy and a sunset 🌅 followed by oblivion
July 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is it, I've reached the end of Bluesky, fittingly with an image of a galaxy and a sunset 🌅 followed by oblivion
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Karen's new book is Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Intraterrestrials
A biologist’s firsthand account of the hunt for life beneath earth’s surface—and how new discoveries are challenging our most basic assumptions about the nature of life on Earth
press.princeton.edu
May 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Karen's new book is Intraterrestrials: Discovering the Strangest Life on Earth.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests.
But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵
But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵
March 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’ve seen a lot of assumptions in the media that Trump (and Musk) are targeting institutions with loyalty tests.
But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵
But that’s not quite right. They’re using dominance tests. And the difference between these two things matter. 🧵
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January 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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I would absolutely read a 5,000-word deep-dive on whatever high-powered PR agency is charging Mark Zuckerberg tens of millions of dollars to shape his public image as a bootlicking scrub
Zuckerberg Says Most Companies Need More ‘Masculine Energy’
Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy,” adding that it’s good if a culture “celebrates the aggression a bi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I would absolutely read a 5,000-word deep-dive on whatever high-powered PR agency is charging Mark Zuckerberg tens of millions of dollars to shape his public image as a bootlicking scrub
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I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I really, really don't want to do this, but let's do a bit (just a LITTLE BIT) of fact checking about what Zuck said on the Joe Rogan podcast, because this is something I not only followed closely, but also spent time *talking to the actual people at Meta who dealt with this* which WAS NOT ZUCK.
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
I may be in trouble
I may be in trouble
January 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
I may be in trouble
I may be in trouble
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Was/is anyone looking for investors?
What websites/services are you using for this?
Context: I'm updating my backlink guide and currently brushing up my gust.com entry - anyone is using this?
What websites/services are you using for this?
Context: I'm updating my backlink guide and currently brushing up my gust.com entry - anyone is using this?
December 19, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Was/is anyone looking for investors?
What websites/services are you using for this?
Context: I'm updating my backlink guide and currently brushing up my gust.com entry - anyone is using this?
What websites/services are you using for this?
Context: I'm updating my backlink guide and currently brushing up my gust.com entry - anyone is using this?
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Hi Adam, I take your point that the quadratic formula can be presented in a way that does not inspire understanding or affection. And it sounds like that's how it was taught to you. So let me try to make a better case for it. Here's how I discussed it in my book The Joy of x. (1/9)
December 15, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Hi Adam, I take your point that the quadratic formula can be presented in a way that does not inspire understanding or affection. And it sounds like that's how it was taught to you. So let me try to make a better case for it. Here's how I discussed it in my book The Joy of x. (1/9)
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Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
Someone at work just referred to "negative value creation" and I'm wheezing
November 28, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Someone at work just referred to "negative value creation" and I'm wheezing
Nothing made me happier this month than this album's release. Pure joy.
November 20, 2024 at 6:54 AM
Nothing made me happier this month than this album's release. Pure joy.
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Again for folks wondering about the philosophy behind Bluesky is (at least from my perspective, which may not be shared by all...), I talked to @zitron.bsky.social about it in the latter part of this podcast last week.
Where @mmasnick.bsky.social talks to @zitron.bsky.social about the mechanisms being built into @bsky.app to stave off enshittification - and how the future of social media *could* look podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/b...
The Streisand Effect with Mike Masnick
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 06/11/2024 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2024 at 6:08 AM
Again for folks wondering about the philosophy behind Bluesky is (at least from my perspective, which may not be shared by all...), I talked to @zitron.bsky.social about it in the latter part of this podcast last week.
Posting this as a memento for myself...
September 20, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Posting this as a memento for myself...
@darthbluesky.bsky.social Mew ate my son's German homework and is now shamelessly guarding her snack. I'm afraid the teacher won't believe this excuse 😔
June 6, 2024 at 5:54 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social Mew ate my son's German homework and is now shamelessly guarding her snack. I'm afraid the teacher won't believe this excuse 😔