The LLM hallucination problem is why Pinocchio had the nose thing
February 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
The LLM hallucination problem is why Pinocchio had the nose thing
I would like to hear more about hypothetical presidential candidates that people actually like
February 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
I would like to hear more about hypothetical presidential candidates that people actually like
What does "autonomous" mean in this context? I feel like people are arguing about whether this is _really_ autonomous but assuming that everyone agrees on what that word means
An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me
Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
theshamblog.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
What does "autonomous" mean in this context? I feel like people are arguing about whether this is _really_ autonomous but assuming that everyone agrees on what that word means
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BREAKING: We have now received 1200 signatures on our petition of Google workers demanding that the company cut its ties with DHS, CBP, and ICE.
ARE YOU A GOOGLE WORKER? Sign the petition at googlers-against-ice.com
ARE YOU A GOOGLE WORKER? Sign the petition at googlers-against-ice.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
BREAKING: We have now received 1200 signatures on our petition of Google workers demanding that the company cut its ties with DHS, CBP, and ICE.
ARE YOU A GOOGLE WORKER? Sign the petition at googlers-against-ice.com
ARE YOU A GOOGLE WORKER? Sign the petition at googlers-against-ice.com
What do young people think about how elder millennials reference The Simpsons? When I was a kid, were adults frequently referencing Mary Tyler Moore and I just didn't catch the joke?
February 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
What do young people think about how elder millennials reference The Simpsons? When I was a kid, were adults frequently referencing Mary Tyler Moore and I just didn't catch the joke?
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Worker activism in tech is back. It's starting with opposition to ICE, but I think it will spill over into other areas.
This thread will share what's happened recently and what I think might be next. As well as ways for folks to get involved if they want to.
This thread will share what's happened recently and what I think might be next. As well as ways for folks to get involved if they want to.
February 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Worker activism in tech is back. It's starting with opposition to ICE, but I think it will spill over into other areas.
This thread will share what's happened recently and what I think might be next. As well as ways for folks to get involved if they want to.
This thread will share what's happened recently and what I think might be next. As well as ways for folks to get involved if they want to.
I don't know who any of these sports guys are so I guess @mikescollins.bsky.social
![Geoffrey Sisk, 1983, professional golfer
Jim Cantwell, 1984, politician 4]
Sean Morey, 1994, professional football player
Chris Corcoran, 2001, professional soccer player
Ryan Gibbons, 2001, professional football player 5] Ryan Mcllvain, 2001, novelist
Sean Morris, 2001, professional lacrosse player 6] David Warsofsky, c. 2008, NHL ice hockey player Ryan Warsofsky (born 1987), NHL ice hockey head coach
Zach Triner, 2009, professional football player](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g2rjxshkrnoiucse7p3hsdl4/bafkreihkxnusa2uanbkodnccpma24in26djdjssbrxjmrvhrnzo7o77h6e@jpeg)
February 12, 2026 at 2:49 PM
I don't know who any of these sports guys are so I guess @mikescollins.bsky.social
Joe's Apartment (1996)
Have asked this before and always like the responses. What are your biggest “I saw that in the first run cinema” flexes? Couple of mine:
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
Transformers: The Movie (1986)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)
Office Space (1999)
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Joe's Apartment (1996)
I don't really get the user interface around labelers -- how come some of them let you just see the label but others make you hide the posts?
February 12, 2026 at 12:54 AM
I don't really get the user interface around labelers -- how come some of them let you just see the label but others make you hide the posts?
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TBH I'd like to upgrade our factional internecine purity test hypothetical question to:
"In the 2028 election, if your two choices are Trump and Mamdani, would you vote for Mamdani?"
"But—"
"Yes, the Constitution prohibits both candidates from taking office. You still must answer the question."
"In the 2028 election, if your two choices are Trump and Mamdani, would you vote for Mamdani?"
"But—"
"Yes, the Constitution prohibits both candidates from taking office. You still must answer the question."
tbh nobody should be asking leftists if they'll support newsom and leftists should mostly brush off the question. it's a divisive trap that serves *only* newsom's personal interests. he isn't the candidate, he's a shithead and nominating him would be a bad idea. useless hypothetical.
February 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
TBH I'd like to upgrade our factional internecine purity test hypothetical question to:
"In the 2028 election, if your two choices are Trump and Mamdani, would you vote for Mamdani?"
"But—"
"Yes, the Constitution prohibits both candidates from taking office. You still must answer the question."
"In the 2028 election, if your two choices are Trump and Mamdani, would you vote for Mamdani?"
"But—"
"Yes, the Constitution prohibits both candidates from taking office. You still must answer the question."
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i could totally see how a person, upset by critics praising fine/abstract art that they themselves feel is dumb, would come to believe that art only needs to make others upset with how dumb it is
a lot of things qualify as art! that doesn’t automatically make them valuable or worth consideration. “if my art makes you mad, then i’ve succeeded” is an empty thesis
February 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM
i could totally see how a person, upset by critics praising fine/abstract art that they themselves feel is dumb, would come to believe that art only needs to make others upset with how dumb it is
I'm frustrated that people respond to "AI is conscious and deserves human rights" with "AI is not and never will be conscious" instead of "human rights have nothing to do with consciousness"
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I'm frustrated that people respond to "AI is conscious and deserves human rights" with "AI is not and never will be conscious" instead of "human rights have nothing to do with consciousness"
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More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
Google sent personal and financial information of student journalist to ICE | TechCrunch
The tech giant handed over the personal information of a journalist and student who attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024. This is the latest example of ICE using its controversial subpoena power...
techcrunch.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 AM
More reports of Gmail turning over email content to ICE are coming out now.
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/g...
I think one of the biggest challenges with workplace political organizing is that it needs to provide some sort of social or even spiritual fulfillment when success still feels impossibly distant
February 11, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I think one of the biggest challenges with workplace political organizing is that it needs to provide some sort of social or even spiritual fulfillment when success still feels impossibly distant
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Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on February 23rd
Mon, Feb 23 - Brooklyn Web Workers - February 2026 by Brooklyn Web Workers
Learn more, get tickets, and follow this event
withfriends.events
February 6, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Tickets are on sale for Brooklyn Web Workers on February 23rd
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Meowth laboriously taught himself to speak human language and walk on two legs to impress a girl Meowth but it only repulsed her. he thought getting rich and usurping his former boss would work but she ends up with the boss. assimilationist parable
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Meowth laboriously taught himself to speak human language and walk on two legs to impress a girl Meowth but it only repulsed her. he thought getting rich and usurping his former boss would work but she ends up with the boss. assimilationist parable
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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The Age of Innocence is streaming on the Criterion Channel and Tubi right now in case you feel like watching one of the best movies ever made (and then maybe reading this little essay I once wrote about it)
The Age of Innocence | Priscilla Page
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February 3, 2026 at 5:26 AM
The Age of Innocence is streaming on the Criterion Channel and Tubi right now in case you feel like watching one of the best movies ever made (and then maybe reading this little essay I once wrote about it)
who else working thru Criterion "Yearning" collection tonight
February 9, 2026 at 12:54 AM
who else working thru Criterion "Yearning" collection tonight
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i see we are doing owl content today so once again time to share owlsintowels.org
Owls in Towels
Wildlife rehabilitators often wrap owls in fabric so they can be weighed, treated, and fed. If not, the owls get in a flap.
owlsintowels.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:42 PM
i see we are doing owl content today so once again time to share owlsintowels.org
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ICYMI:
950+ Google workers signed a petition demanding that executives "disclose all contracts and collaboration with DHS, CBP, and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
950+ Google workers signed a petition demanding that executives "disclose all contracts and collaboration with DHS, CBP, and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Google Workers Demand End to Cloud Services for Immigration Agencies
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:37 PM
ICYMI:
950+ Google workers signed a petition demanding that executives "disclose all contracts and collaboration with DHS, CBP, and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
950+ Google workers signed a petition demanding that executives "disclose all contracts and collaboration with DHS, CBP, and ICE, and to divest from these partnerships."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
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”More Than 880 employees and contractors working for Google signed a petition this week calling on the company to disclose and cancel any contracts it may have with US immigration authorities.” — www.wired.com/story/hundre...
More Than 800 Google Workers Urge Company to Cancel Any Contracts With ICE and CBP
The campaign is among the largest anti-ICE protests by workers at a single company since federal agents shot and killed two people in Minneapolis last month.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:39 PM
”More Than 880 employees and contractors working for Google signed a petition this week calling on the company to disclose and cancel any contracts it may have with US immigration authorities.” — www.wired.com/story/hundre...
Whenever "age of consent guys" are in the news I wonder about the alternate universe where guys carry cards in their wallet that list each state's laws around cousin marriage
the thing is that "age of consent guy" was a very specific, well known, risible, and widely scorned type of guy well before metoo. knowledge of age of consent laws has been a creepy tell for as long as i've been alive. that this wasn't considered weird in elite circles doesn't change broader reality
February 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Whenever "age of consent guys" are in the news I wonder about the alternate universe where guys carry cards in their wallet that list each state's laws around cousin marriage
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fellow software engineers this applies to us also btw
once again: lawyers are morally responsible for their professional decisions. people get really mad about this but … you picked the job. you took the money. you own what you’ve done.
A bizarre number of people have stepped up to defend Julie Le. What you see in that transcript is an attorney who chose to do evil work—deporting people for ICE then moving over to DOJ in early Jan. specifically to fight these habeas petitions—being called to the carpet. She's desperate, not heroic.
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
fellow software engineers this applies to us also btw
If cars actually worked Toyota would run a taxi service instead of selling their cars
February 5, 2026 at 1:34 PM
If cars actually worked Toyota would run a taxi service instead of selling their cars