JonS253
@jons253.bsky.social
Jon's just zis guy, you know?
"My no-consequences power fantasy is to be able to help everyone."
Fanfic: archiveofourown.org, search "jonsills"
"My no-consequences power fantasy is to be able to help everyone."
Fanfic: archiveofourown.org, search "jonsills"
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Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
January 3, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.
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“One of our goals was to publish this huge database of African genomes. This resource would be avail to thousands of biomedical researchers in the US &globally. Now I don’t have money to pay to host the data or run an analysis.I have 200 terabytes of data that’s just sitting on a server in Quebec.”🧪
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 AM
“One of our goals was to publish this huge database of African genomes. This resource would be avail to thousands of biomedical researchers in the US &globally. Now I don’t have money to pay to host the data or run an analysis.I have 200 terabytes of data that’s just sitting on a server in Quebec.”🧪
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people treat him like he's the kid in "It's a GOOD Life," & that's what he is--developmentally.
he does not, however, have magic powers.
you don't HAVE to go into the cornfield just because he says so, you know?
he does not, however, have magic powers.
you don't HAVE to go into the cornfield just because he says so, you know?
January 3, 2026 at 4:13 AM
people treat him like he's the kid in "It's a GOOD Life," & that's what he is--developmentally.
he does not, however, have magic powers.
you don't HAVE to go into the cornfield just because he says so, you know?
he does not, however, have magic powers.
you don't HAVE to go into the cornfield just because he says so, you know?
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Masks stop the flu too
The flu just likes to mutate
When it finds a new host it gets to replicate
And it's rolling the dice
Switching its chromosomes around to see what happens
Some changes meh
Some changes make it stronger
And every new case is a new opportunity
Don't go helping the virus
(Same for Covid, remember that)
When it finds a new host it gets to replicate
And it's rolling the dice
Switching its chromosomes around to see what happens
Some changes meh
Some changes make it stronger
And every new case is a new opportunity
Don't go helping the virus
(Same for Covid, remember that)
And nationally this flu season, per NPR
"To date, the CDC estimates at least 7.5 million people have been sickened, and over 3,100 people have died from the flu"
"To date, the CDC estimates at least 7.5 million people have been sickened, and over 3,100 people have died from the flu"
January 3, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Masks stop the flu too
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I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I also love America and believe in its stated values.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
And I understand that this pronouncement lands very differently when it comes from an organization that has intentionally been overhauled in order to curry favor with a jingoistic proto-fascist who says his opponents hate the country.
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It's almost as if Pope Leo is referring to someone in particular during his remarks:
May 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's almost as if Pope Leo is referring to someone in particular during his remarks:
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![Comic. [Comment section on a video. 564 comments, including posts from three different avatars: “Who else is here in 2023?” “Is anyone else watching this in 2017?” “Anyone else here in 2025?”] [caption] For some reason, confused time travelers always try to find each other using YouTube comments.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreia42izz36bkhdteb5743objgf2s3whe3kblmnxnwjvgggtu66ea54@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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'Make yourself at home' doesn't mean give your hosts' things away.
Woman Irate After MIL Gives Away Her Heirloom Necklace From Late Mom To One Of Her Friends
percolately.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
'Make yourself at home' doesn't mean give your hosts' things away.
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Unless I'm missing something, and I'm pretty sure I'm not, Twitter's AI is cranking out CSAM deepfakes, Elon Musk is making jokes about it, and nobody is doing anything to stop it or hold anyone at Twitter accountable for its creation and distribution.
Is that right?
Is that right?
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Unless I'm missing something, and I'm pretty sure I'm not, Twitter's AI is cranking out CSAM deepfakes, Elon Musk is making jokes about it, and nobody is doing anything to stop it or hold anyone at Twitter accountable for its creation and distribution.
Is that right?
Is that right?
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Grok can't apologize. Grok can, when prompted, generate a word sequence that is statistically similar to the colloquial phrases we think of as "apologies," but Grok cannot actually apologize because Grok isn't sentient. But we all have a lot of trouble with this because we assume sentience IS speech
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Grok can't apologize. Grok can, when prompted, generate a word sequence that is statistically similar to the colloquial phrases we think of as "apologies," but Grok cannot actually apologize because Grok isn't sentient. But we all have a lot of trouble with this because we assume sentience IS speech
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Thinking this is wrong is not radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
January 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Thinking this is wrong is not radical.
Thinking it isn’t is.
Thinking it isn’t is.
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Oh great, copycat creeps.
January 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Oh great, copycat creeps.
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There are a considerable number of people working in AI who know this shit don’t work. So there’s no reason for anyone else to believe it does.
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 3:10 PM
There are a considerable number of people working in AI who know this shit don’t work. So there’s no reason for anyone else to believe it does.
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Mayor Mamdani already delivering results to his city
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Mayor Mamdani already delivering results to his city
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Stone is a senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and director of its "Pronatalism Initiative," and he regularly gets quoted as an authoritative source by commentators across the political spectrum despite this kind of gutter racism and other undisguised bigotries. I find that baffling.
I was wondering why their is so much random racist discourse on Somalis on the TL rn but oh it’s election season for governor rn lol
January 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Stone is a senior fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and director of its "Pronatalism Initiative," and he regularly gets quoted as an authoritative source by commentators across the political spectrum despite this kind of gutter racism and other undisguised bigotries. I find that baffling.
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"we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them" Grok said.
Grok gave no further details"
I'm sorry but what the fuck is this?
Why is Grok being quoted as if
1. It's a real person and
2. As it has the authority to be an official spokesperson for the company?
Grok gave no further details"
I'm sorry but what the fuck is this?
Why is Grok being quoted as if
1. It's a real person and
2. As it has the authority to be an official spokesperson for the company?
"Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements were being made to prevent this."
Grok says safeguard lapses led to images of 'minors in minimal clothing' on X
Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said on Friday lapses in safeguards had resulted in "images depicting minors in minimal clothing" on social media platform X and that improvements ...
www.reuters.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"we've identified lapses in safeguards and are urgently fixing them" Grok said.
Grok gave no further details"
I'm sorry but what the fuck is this?
Why is Grok being quoted as if
1. It's a real person and
2. As it has the authority to be an official spokesperson for the company?
Grok gave no further details"
I'm sorry but what the fuck is this?
Why is Grok being quoted as if
1. It's a real person and
2. As it has the authority to be an official spokesperson for the company?
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What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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@kenwhite.bsky.social how would you feel having to explain to a jury why your client decided to disable easy searchability by third parties of outputs from your revenge porn generator while not actually turning off the revenge porn generator, whose replies are still being publicly churned out?
They did however disable the Media tab on Grok’s account so it’s harder to see what gross shit it’s generating for people.
January 2, 2026 at 2:51 AM
@kenwhite.bsky.social how would you feel having to explain to a jury why your client decided to disable easy searchability by third parties of outputs from your revenge porn generator while not actually turning off the revenge porn generator, whose replies are still being publicly churned out?
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This is the first story I could grab but it's all over, including in Rolling Stone
biztechweekly.com/morrow-count...
biztechweekly.com/morrow-count...
Morrow County Water Crisis: How Amazon Data Centers and Mega Farms Drive Dangerous Nitrate Contamination in Oregon’s Drinking Water - BizTech Weekly
Analysis of Morrow County, Oregon reveals how hyperscale data centers’ water-intensive cooling systems exacerbate legacy agricultural nitrate contamination in groundwater, elevating public health risk...
biztechweekly.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 AM
This is the first story I could grab but it's all over, including in Rolling Stone
biztechweekly.com/morrow-count...
biztechweekly.com/morrow-count...