Nico
@nicobulus.bsky.social
lifetime nerd: games, music, art, tech
data science, data engineering by profession
views are my own
data science, data engineering by profession
views are my own
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Caleb Hearon on AI: "They're in the process right now of manufacturing consent for this technology and when ... they offer you hundreds of thousands of dollars to do an ad deal for them, they are doing that because they need your help to manufacture consent for this."
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Caleb Hearon on AI: "They're in the process right now of manufacturing consent for this technology and when ... they offer you hundreds of thousands of dollars to do an ad deal for them, they are doing that because they need your help to manufacture consent for this."
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"Thomas Paine devoted himself to the American patriot cause because he believed in government by the people, not by the wealthy and connected few. He recognized the economy and the polity are inextricably linked and citizens cannot have an equal voice in politics while wealth is extremely unequal."
Opinion | The case for taxing billionaires is older than you think
A wealth tax, with a top rate of 100%, is common sense.
www.msnbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Thomas Paine devoted himself to the American patriot cause because he believed in government by the people, not by the wealthy and connected few. He recognized the economy and the polity are inextricably linked and citizens cannot have an equal voice in politics while wealth is extremely unequal."
the ABC boycott begins. no more hulu or disney+
September 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
the ABC boycott begins. no more hulu or disney+
Double posting some joy.
I am thankful to have carved out some time to sketch my upcoming D&D character. I have never made my own character art before (it’s usually just a description or a found “close enough” image), but I felt the need to ensure the reference images weren’t generated by clankers.
I am thankful to have carved out some time to sketch my upcoming D&D character. I have never made my own character art before (it’s usually just a description or a found “close enough” image), but I felt the need to ensure the reference images weren’t generated by clankers.
September 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Double posting some joy.
I am thankful to have carved out some time to sketch my upcoming D&D character. I have never made my own character art before (it’s usually just a description or a found “close enough” image), but I felt the need to ensure the reference images weren’t generated by clankers.
I am thankful to have carved out some time to sketch my upcoming D&D character. I have never made my own character art before (it’s usually just a description or a found “close enough” image), but I felt the need to ensure the reference images weren’t generated by clankers.
I have been playing UO Outlands again after not logging essentially since shard launch. Naturally there are no open housing spots left, but I decided to look anyways. No houses placed, but I stumbled into a conversation that gave me the same awe as when I started playing UO 20+ years ago! Nostalgic.
September 2, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I have been playing UO Outlands again after not logging essentially since shard launch. Naturally there are no open housing spots left, but I decided to look anyways. No houses placed, but I stumbled into a conversation that gave me the same awe as when I started playing UO 20+ years ago! Nostalgic.
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Okay everyone, so now I'm gonna ask that you imagine what the future looks like when the folks coding LLM tools understand subtlety.
July 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Okay everyone, so now I'm gonna ask that you imagine what the future looks like when the folks coding LLM tools understand subtlety.
Every day is a good day to point out that LLMs, like any other algorithm, can have the creator’s bias infused in them.
Please do not use them for information whatsoever.
Please do not use them for information whatsoever.
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Every day is a good day to point out that LLMs, like any other algorithm, can have the creator’s bias infused in them.
Please do not use them for information whatsoever.
Please do not use them for information whatsoever.
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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This quiz is a good opportunity to emphasize again that all short-form video below 6 seconds without cuts has now been rendered fundamentally untrustworthy. That length of time will go up, likely quite soon.
"The quiz...is a warning. If citizens can’t tell what’s real, how can we preserve trust in elections, journalism, education—or daily life?...isn’t just about innovation; it’s about protecting civil rights, public safety, and democratic trust." Reader EMHinMI www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A.I. Videos Have Never Been Better. Can You Tell What’s Real? (Gift Article)
In this quiz, you can guess whether these videos were made by A.I.
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This quiz is a good opportunity to emphasize again that all short-form video below 6 seconds without cuts has now been rendered fundamentally untrustworthy. That length of time will go up, likely quite soon.
Amidst rough news, I can at least say that @durrymusic.bsky.social has brightened my Friday.
I absolutely love the cartridge the cassette came in and just finished my first listen through on my restored walkman. No skips.
Keep doing y’all and hope to see you live again next time you come through!
I absolutely love the cartridge the cassette came in and just finished my first listen through on my restored walkman. No skips.
Keep doing y’all and hope to see you live again next time you come through!
June 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Amidst rough news, I can at least say that @durrymusic.bsky.social has brightened my Friday.
I absolutely love the cartridge the cassette came in and just finished my first listen through on my restored walkman. No skips.
Keep doing y’all and hope to see you live again next time you come through!
I absolutely love the cartridge the cassette came in and just finished my first listen through on my restored walkman. No skips.
Keep doing y’all and hope to see you live again next time you come through!
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Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
June 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
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More relevant than ever.
June 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
More relevant than ever.
I’d love to see some kind of legislature that immediately removes public officials from office who regularly claim to not know what is going on for initiatives they signed off on. If I showed up to work and repeatedly said, “I do not know what my code does” I would be laughed out of the room.
June 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’d love to see some kind of legislature that immediately removes public officials from office who regularly claim to not know what is going on for initiatives they signed off on. If I showed up to work and repeatedly said, “I do not know what my code does” I would be laughed out of the room.
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"I worry that the powers that be might take one look at my salt-and-pepper hair, only slightly elevated blood pressure, and spry body with both its original hips, and laugh me right out of the Capitol."
As a Seventy-Two-Year-Old Democrat, Am I Too Young to Run for Congress?
Before I blew out all seventy-two candles on my birthday cake this year, I made a wish. I wished for something that had been gnawing at my soul eve...
buff.ly
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"I worry that the powers that be might take one look at my salt-and-pepper hair, only slightly elevated blood pressure, and spry body with both its original hips, and laugh me right out of the Capitol."
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we actually don’t have to listen to the people who are cheerleading war who were also cheerleading war 20+ years. we’re the adults in the room now and we have the power to say fuck no to shitty ideas.
June 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
we actually don’t have to listen to the people who are cheerleading war who were also cheerleading war 20+ years. we’re the adults in the room now and we have the power to say fuck no to shitty ideas.
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all i want is to one day own a modest sized home in a walkable neighborhood and raise money for shelter animals. wear an outfit i like, walk to the grocery store, buy some nectarines, feed cats, and live in peace. just don't understand why achieving this is so hard
June 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
all i want is to one day own a modest sized home in a walkable neighborhood and raise money for shelter animals. wear an outfit i like, walk to the grocery store, buy some nectarines, feed cats, and live in peace. just don't understand why achieving this is so hard
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When I tell people it's obvious Trump is trying to create a fascist dictatorship, they grow quiet and uncomfortable. They don't argue with me because they know it's true. Even so, they hate hearing it. Because it makes them feel helpless. But we're not helpless. Get active now, while you can.
June 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
When I tell people it's obvious Trump is trying to create a fascist dictatorship, they grow quiet and uncomfortable. They don't argue with me because they know it's true. Even so, they hate hearing it. Because it makes them feel helpless. But we're not helpless. Get active now, while you can.
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“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
June 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
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Just to give an idea of how much the Trump administration wants to "help" the citizens of Los Angeles by sending in the military
June 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just to give an idea of how much the Trump administration wants to "help" the citizens of Los Angeles by sending in the military
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Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
June 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Everything that’s happened over the past six months has been a response to an imaginary crisis. There is no immigrant invasion. No trade crisis. No scientific or governance crisis. Just people completely high off their own supply trying to fundamentally reorder society. None of this had to happen.
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Thei are goinge to put AI yn a toastere and it will tell lyes about bread
June 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thei are goinge to put AI yn a toastere and it will tell lyes about bread
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This much cool should be illegal
May 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This much cool should be illegal
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It's interesting that Paradise, Severance, and Silo are hit shows about a group of people trapped in a controlled environment by a group of rich people who are lying to them about the basic structure of their reality.
Probably says a lot about where we're at as a people!
Probably says a lot about where we're at as a people!
May 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's interesting that Paradise, Severance, and Silo are hit shows about a group of people trapped in a controlled environment by a group of rich people who are lying to them about the basic structure of their reality.
Probably says a lot about where we're at as a people!
Probably says a lot about where we're at as a people!
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Can’t make it any clearer
April 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Can’t make it any clearer