Michael S. Kirkpatrick
@kirkpams.bsky.social
CS prof@JMU (OpenCSF.org, privacy/ethics, CSed). Author (Computer Systems Fundamentals - Franklin & Beedle). Chair, ACM Ethics&Plagiarism Committee. Father. AuDHD. Skiing and Kung Fu fanatic. Signal @kirkpams.13
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Ill be clear about why I am so angry and critical about it: Im seeing a good portion of my students who have imbibed the notion that they dont have to read, think or write for themselves because ChatGPT/CoPilot will do their thinking for them, and its terrifying. It should scare all of us.
February 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Ill be clear about why I am so angry and critical about it: Im seeing a good portion of my students who have imbibed the notion that they dont have to read, think or write for themselves because ChatGPT/CoPilot will do their thinking for them, and its terrifying. It should scare all of us.
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“In less than a year, DHS has attacked the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 14th amendments to the US Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus, the independent judiciary, and much more,” states David Bier before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee.
Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri
Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri
February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
“In less than a year, DHS has attacked the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 10th, 14th amendments to the US Constitution, the writ of habeas corpus, the independent judiciary, and much more,” states David Bier before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee.
Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri
Read full testimony: https://ow.ly/z2aT50Yfcri
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Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Goonies
Batman (Tim Burton's version)
Jurassic Park
Extra double bonus points for midnight debuts:
The Matrix
All three LOTR movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Goonies
Batman (Tim Burton's version)
Jurassic Park
Extra double bonus points for midnight debuts:
The Matrix
All three LOTR movies
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 13, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Goonies
Batman (Tim Burton's version)
Jurassic Park
Extra double bonus points for midnight debuts:
The Matrix
All three LOTR movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Goonies
Batman (Tim Burton's version)
Jurassic Park
Extra double bonus points for midnight debuts:
The Matrix
All three LOTR movies
What the hell is this blurb, @nytimes.com? You can't "repeal" a "scientific finding." 🤦♂️
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 PM
What the hell is this blurb, @nytimes.com? You can't "repeal" a "scientific finding." 🤦♂️
So we've had the "Is it okay to punch a Nazi" societal debate. I look forward to the "Is it okay to punch a nerd [to break their glasses]" debate.
"They're too busy demanding Amazon refund them for their Ring cameras to pay attention to us adding incel perv features to our nerd glasses!"
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
So we've had the "Is it okay to punch a Nazi" societal debate. I look forward to the "Is it okay to punch a nerd [to break their glasses]" debate.
When Dems retake control of Congress, we need televised Truth and Reconciliation where these kinds of things are entered into the historical record.
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
When Dems retake control of Congress, we need televised Truth and Reconciliation where these kinds of things are entered into the historical record.
I really hope this photo of a woman in a bathrobe standing up to an armed invasion force goes into *every* history textbook of this time period. Abolish and prosecute.
Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I really hope this photo of a woman in a bathrobe standing up to an armed invasion force goes into *every* history textbook of this time period. Abolish and prosecute.
Katie Gearlds (her dad was also my principal). Though my classmate Kent Bye has made a bit of a name for himself.
Probably Bob Newhart or John Mulaney?
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
February 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Katie Gearlds (her dad was also my principal). Though my classmate Kent Bye has made a bit of a name for himself.
This is a great thread overall, but this point is key: The "protect the kids" rallying cry has always worked toward their goal of banning kids from the Internet. Because we know that banning kids from adult-oriented things always works and they never find ways around the bans... 🙄
If we zoom out from Discord, what we are seeing are companies and regimes coalescing around an inevitable solution that simply bans kids from the Internet.
Australia is already piloting this. South Africa is considering it. Europe and the U.S. are flirting with it.
Australia is already piloting this. South Africa is considering it. Europe and the U.S. are flirting with it.
February 10, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This is a great thread overall, but this point is key: The "protect the kids" rallying cry has always worked toward their goal of banning kids from the Internet. Because we know that banning kids from adult-oriented things always works and they never find ways around the bans... 🙄
This kind of post from Geidner always makes me wary to scroll down... 😱
*endless screaming*
February 10, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This kind of post from Geidner always makes me wary to scroll down... 😱
All of the AI-generated ads, the ads about AI, and the AI-generated ads about AI… God this is just awful to watch. Other than Bad Bunny and Kenneth Walker III, this Super Bowl has just been…ugh.
February 9, 2026 at 2:32 AM
All of the AI-generated ads, the ads about AI, and the AI-generated ads about AI… God this is just awful to watch. Other than Bad Bunny and Kenneth Walker III, this Super Bowl has just been…ugh.
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Bad Bunny “together we are America”
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Bad Bunny “together we are America”
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heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
Absolute legendary move. Speechless.
…is there somebody chopping onions over here?
…is there somebody chopping onions over here?
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Absolute legendary move. Speechless.
…is there somebody chopping onions over here?
…is there somebody chopping onions over here?
LOL. I’m sure the country singer tweeting suggesting he was playing the real halftime show didn’t help. Somehow I knew the NFL’s lawyers would stomp that down pretty quickly.
February 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
LOL. I’m sure the country singer tweeting suggesting he was playing the real halftime show didn’t help. Somehow I knew the NFL’s lawyers would stomp that down pretty quickly.
Deadpan and self-deprecating, sometimes found (not at conferences) at a piano. Yeah, I’m going with Rowlf.
February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Deadpan and self-deprecating, sometimes found (not at conferences) at a piano. Yeah, I’m going with Rowlf.
I think Waymo needs to sue Amazon for the rights to the Mechanical Turk name.
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I think Waymo needs to sue Amazon for the rights to the Mechanical Turk name.
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
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I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
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They are. Plainly, they open numerous vulnerabilities. www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
February 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
They are. Plainly, they open numerous vulnerabilities. www.mckinsey.com/capabilities...
When you're whole schtick is tough-guy posturing and you've lost the *wrestling crowd*, you're toast.
Wow! What sounded like the entire AEW Dynamite audience in Las Vegas tonight chanted "Fuck ICE! Fuck ICE!" in unison before the main event
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
When you're whole schtick is tough-guy posturing and you've lost the *wrestling crowd*, you're toast.
Regardless of polling, Blackstone's ratio is a foundational principle of American law.
The point of getting a warrant from a judge is to get an independent assessment and minimize abuse. Recent polling shows Americans are sympathetic to this: almost half think it's worse for one innocent person to face punishment than for ten guilty people to escape it.
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Regardless of polling, Blackstone's ratio is a foundational principle of American law.
“For-profit school opening in for-profit prison” are words that should never be strung together. What are we even doing anymore?!?
Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
prospect.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 AM
“For-profit school opening in for-profit prison” are words that should never be strung together. What are we even doing anymore?!?