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emilymbender.bsky.social
Reading "Stop Treating ‘AGI’ as the North-star Goal of AI Research" by Blili-Hamelin et al and particularly struck by this passage:

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Screencap from linked article, p.6, "The problem of disciplinary silos becomes particularly acute in AGI-oriented research due to two factors: its claims to be creating cognates or replacements of human intelligence, and its claims to expertise in many disciplines. In the former case, claims are often made while ignoring de- bates in cognitive science and psychology about the nature of intelligence (Summerfield, 2023; Guest & Martin, 2024; Mitchell, 2024; Van Rooij et al., 2024). In the latter case, achieving AGI is often framed in terms of being able to “re- place” domain experts in various domains—which are then often taken up uncritically by the media without input from domain experts themselves (e.g., Henshall, 2024)." Last sentence highlighted in blue.
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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rizzottesca.bsky.social
La persona que ha escrito la página de Wikipedia del Premio FIFA por la Paz se ha liado y ha dicho exactamente la verdad.
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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theregister.com
Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
Zig quits GitHub, says Microsoft's AI obsession has ruined the service
Zig prez complains about 'vibe-scheduling' after safe sleep bug goes unaddressed for eons The Foundation that promotes the Zig programming language has quit GitHub due to what its leadership perceives as the code sharing site's decline.…
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December 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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timoneda.bsky.social
Un mensaje importante de Venenos Venecre. #UnaTiraCadaDia
Persona con traje tras un atril con el logo de Venenos Venecre (una calavera con una marca de mordisco en el lado superior derecho): -En Venenos Venecre nos encanta el medio ambiente tanto como una deliciosa inyección letal. Es por eso que lanzamos esta nueva campaña para preservarlo. Se ve un barco con un brazo mecánico vaciando bidones de líquido verde brillante en el mar. Sigue el texto del tipo: -Por cada 100 toneladas de veneno que vertamos en el mar... Se ve una cloaca con una rata rara con un dedo humano seccionado. -¡...liberaremos a una de las ratas de nuestros laboratorios! Volvemos al atril, una persona levanta la mano y pregunta: -Ajá... ¿y luego? -No sé, que el ecosistema se autorregule. Que ponga un poco de su parte, ¿no?
November 29, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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drgorfinkel.bsky.social
Will PRIVATIZING Canadian MEDICARE WORK?

Researchers compared 25 wealthy countries.

The more each relies on FOR-PROFIT COMPANIES to deliver healthcare

...the WORSE LIFE EXPECTANCY gets.

www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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booksofm.com
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."

There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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parkermolloy.com
For real, check this out. Evil.
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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xkcd.com
Continents

xkcd.com/3159/
Comic. [two connected spacecraft hovering in space above the Earth] Houston, the view is superb. We can see the continents spread out below us, right where they’ve been since the Earth formed. [caption] I still can’t believe we developed spaceflight before we figured out that the continents moved.
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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paulmozur.bsky.social
Chile is not generally a place that gets much attention from the tech world. But the way it has been dealing with AI and the massive build out in data centers should.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
How Chile Embodies A.I.’s No-Win Politics
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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alegriagonzaa.bsky.social
⚠️ #Chile declara oficialmente al pingüino de Humboldt en peligro de extinción

Se concluyó q las principales razones son: la pesca de enmalle y la disminución de su alimento debido a la sobrepesca de sus presas, que son generalmente la sardina y la anchoveta.

www.diarioeldia.cl/noticias/202...
Chile declara oficialmente al pingüino de Humboldt en peligro de extinción
Se concluyó que las principales razones de la pérdida de estos pingüinos son la pesca de enmalle y la disminución de su alimento debido a la sobrepesca de sus presas, que son generalmente la sardina y...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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xkcd.com
Planetary Rings

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Comic. Two-column table. Column A lists planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. Column B has checkmark boxes for whether the planets have rings: the outer planets’ boxes are checked, and Earth has a red check. [Earth with a ring with an array pf points around it. An arrow labeled “Geostationary Satellite Bel”t points to the ring.] [caption] Astronomy fact: A century ago, Earth didn’t have rings, but we have one now! It’s where all the satellite dishes are pointed.
October 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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criordor.bsky.social
Los agentes químicos usados como elementos persuasivos de parte de Carabineros provocó daño a la salud de las personas durante el estallido (Octubre 2019 - Marzo 2020) #18Octubre

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Short-term health effects of tear agents chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile and oleoresin capsicum during the civil riots of Santiago de Chile in 2019–2020 - Toxicological Research
Chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile (CS) and Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) were tear gasses used as anti-riot control agents during social unrest riots in Chile (October 2019–March 2020). This study posed as a r...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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abeba.bsky.social
who'd have thunk that google and meta are invested in creating a world where facts and mis/disinformation become indistinguishable
October 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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nbody6.bsky.social
☝️ De los parásitos de Goebbels al desprecio de Kast: cuando el odio vuelve a hablar en voz alta
De los parásitos de Goebbels al desprecio de Kast: cuando el odio vuelve a hablar en voz alta
“Mientras nosotros peleábamos entre nosotros, ellos podían continuar con su cobarde negocio político a nuestra costa; pero ahora su vida política parasitaria ha terminado” (Joseph Goebbels, discurso “...
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October 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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abeba.bsky.social
what will it take to make it clear to everyone (particularly the public) that social media and large online platforms are the root cause of much our current problems from fascism, to mental health, and the environment
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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mrlovenstein.bsky.social
the best experience
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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xkcd.com
Hiking

xkcd.com/3147/
Comic. [Two people hiking up mountain] PERSON 1: Okay, we’re nearing the next downhill segment I’ll put in the order. ...Confirming start and end points… Submitted! [water slide being dropped from above by drones] PERSON 2 with long hair: Look, here it comes! [Waterslide positioned on downhill slope of mountain with both people riding down] BOTH: Wheeee [Waterslide carried back into the air] [Both people continuing to hike up next slope] [caption] On-demand waterslide delivery has really improved the whole hiking experience.
September 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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nbody6.bsky.social
Columna de Daniel Matamala: Mezquindad
September 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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astrokatie.com
It feels like an insult to the notion of objective reality to invoke “experts” to weigh in on a numerical fact you can verify with a pocket calculator
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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ninapija.com
Niña pija — tira #290 de 645
September 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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billmckibben.bsky.social
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The Stupidest Speech in UN History
Everyone's saying so!
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September 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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theregister.com
OpenSSF warns that open source infrastructure doesn't run on thoughts and prayers
OpenSSF warns that open source infrastructure doesn't run on thoughts and prayers
Foundations say billions of downloads rely on registries running on fumes – and someone's gotta pay the bills The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has had enough of being the unpaid janitor of the world's software supply chain.…
dlvr.it
September 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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timoneda.bsky.social
Es #TacoMartes y vamos a... ¡NO, LATAM, NO!
Un taco siendo llevado por un gancho de una máquina de ídem mientras otros tres tacos miran con horror cómo se llevan a su amigo (bueno, dos con horror, el otro está un poco derp). Debajo pone: TACOGIDO.
September 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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graceliv.bsky.social
Anglo American acusada de causar:

enfermedades humanas
muertes de animales
contaminación del aire y el agua

y perforaciones bajo glaciares

Mi informe desde Chile

@obsclima.bsky.social @obsmineracao.bsky.social @criordor.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Illness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’
Allegations of environmental breaches dog Anglo American’s mining operations. Now the company has been given the go-ahead for plans that communities say risk disaster
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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auguststreet.ca
santiago and cdmx both have successful metro systems originating from the 1970s.

CDMX largely stopped building metro after 2000 amid austerity, opting for more BRT. metro-building costs have only worsened since.

meanwhile, santiago continued building its metro, and costs are at record lows!
chart comparing metro expansion in santiago and mexico city from 1970 to 2030. the mexico city trend slows down after the 2000s and flatlines, while the santiago trend picks up around the same time period.
September 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM