Rook
@rookerin.bsky.social
This has been on my mind for awhile I guess. I shed a lot of social media over the last few years. www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...
The Last Days Of Social Media | NOEMA
Social media promised connection, but it has delivered exhaustion.
www.noemamag.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This has been on my mind for awhile I guess. I shed a lot of social media over the last few years. www.noemamag.com/the-last-day...
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Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
September 9, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Only 40 days have passed since Democratic lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband were tragically killed by an unhinged Trump supporter, yet this story has largely faded from national awareness. We must not allow that to happen.
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They paid out a billion dollars in settlements for knowingly lying to intentionally deceive their own audience. As their own internal emails/texts showed in discovery, they have nothing but contempt for their own viewers and laugh at them all the way to the bank. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
Mullin: That's why Fox exists because you can actually get news here. You can understand what's happening in the world of politics and instead of some biased narrative
September 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
They paid out a billion dollars in settlements for knowingly lying to intentionally deceive their own audience. As their own internal emails/texts showed in discovery, they have nothing but contempt for their own viewers and laugh at them all the way to the bank. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
September 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
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I've a hard time believing agentic tech will ever deliver on the promises people are making about it, but even at part way there the potential consequences from an infosec perspective seem genuinely insurmountable. These systems have unpatchable vulnerabilities that simply require human oversight
Some notes on the insecurity baked into Perplexity's Comet "AI Browser" - the Brave security team reported serious prompt injection vulnerabilities in it, but Brave themselves are developing a similar feature that looks doomed to have similar problems […]
Original post on fedi.simonwillison.net
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August 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I've a hard time believing agentic tech will ever deliver on the promises people are making about it, but even at part way there the potential consequences from an infosec perspective seem genuinely insurmountable. These systems have unpatchable vulnerabilities that simply require human oversight
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We are America!
I think it’s high time we take back the national narrative. For centuries Americans of all races, genders, religions, and abilities have worked to create a more perfect union, and we should shout from the rooftops that WE are America. Not these idiot white supremacist authoritarians.
August 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We are America!
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I'm sure I'm going to come off in a lot of ways as Anti-AI. Not true, to be clear. I'm a technophile and I love new toys.
I'm against technology being used irresponsibly, or being used to make the world a worse place.
I'm against technology being used irresponsibly, or being used to make the world a worse place.
August 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I'm sure I'm going to come off in a lot of ways as Anti-AI. Not true, to be clear. I'm a technophile and I love new toys.
I'm against technology being used irresponsibly, or being used to make the world a worse place.
I'm against technology being used irresponsibly, or being used to make the world a worse place.
I don't think I've seen enough discussion on - and please enlighten me if you experience differently - who's responsible when something goes wrong with AI. It's pretty obvious who's responsible when I hand someone a malformed Terraform script which not only doesn't run, but also doesn't make SENSE.
August 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I don't think I've seen enough discussion on - and please enlighten me if you experience differently - who's responsible when something goes wrong with AI. It's pretty obvious who's responsible when I hand someone a malformed Terraform script which not only doesn't run, but also doesn't make SENSE.
It feels like we're doomed to repeat this, but of course the shape will be different. It's sad to think we made it so far to come to this. theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umbe...
These are the stakes. Scoffing and dismissing plays perfectly into it, so maybe consider thinking instead.
These are the stakes. Scoffing and dismissing plays perfectly into it, so maybe consider thinking instead.
Ur-Fascism
Umberto Eco Ur-Fascism June 22, 1995
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August 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It feels like we're doomed to repeat this, but of course the shape will be different. It's sad to think we made it so far to come to this. theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umbe...
These are the stakes. Scoffing and dismissing plays perfectly into it, so maybe consider thinking instead.
These are the stakes. Scoffing and dismissing plays perfectly into it, so maybe consider thinking instead.
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356. DILO, REINA.
August 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
356. DILO, REINA.
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE APP
> Even if you're not particularly "paranoid" about your data, it's worth asking: what can they possibly want to do in their app that they can't already do in the browser? Often, the answer is nothing that truly benefits you more.
idiallo.com/blog/dont-do...
> Even if you're not particularly "paranoid" about your data, it's worth asking: what can they possibly want to do in their app that they can't already do in the browser? Often, the answer is nothing that truly benefits you more.
idiallo.com/blog/dont-do...
Do not download the app, use the website
The 2010s was the Wild West of the mobile world. "Mobile-first" was the buzzword, much like "AI-first" is today. Every company, from the biggest social media giants to your local pizza parlor, seemed
idiallo.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE APP
> Even if you're not particularly "paranoid" about your data, it's worth asking: what can they possibly want to do in their app that they can't already do in the browser? Often, the answer is nothing that truly benefits you more.
idiallo.com/blog/dont-do...
> Even if you're not particularly "paranoid" about your data, it's worth asking: what can they possibly want to do in their app that they can't already do in the browser? Often, the answer is nothing that truly benefits you more.
idiallo.com/blog/dont-do...
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This, from @nicholasbs.bsky.social , is a really thoughtful survey of attitudes on AI in the field right now. As they say, read the whole thing, but a finding that resonates: “You should use AI-powered tools to complement or increase your agency, not replace it.“
www.recurse.com/blog/191-dev...
www.recurse.com/blog/191-dev...
Developing our position on AI - Blog - Recurse Center
This post is about how we've tried to develop a position on AI in the context of learning and growth at RC.
www.recurse.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This, from @nicholasbs.bsky.social , is a really thoughtful survey of attitudes on AI in the field right now. As they say, read the whole thing, but a finding that resonates: “You should use AI-powered tools to complement or increase your agency, not replace it.“
www.recurse.com/blog/191-dev...
www.recurse.com/blog/191-dev...
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also, they launched the fully open R1 reproduction
link: huggingface.co/collections/...
bsky.app/profile/timk...
link: huggingface.co/collections/...
bsky.app/profile/timk...
July 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
also, they launched the fully open R1 reproduction
link: huggingface.co/collections/...
bsky.app/profile/timk...
link: huggingface.co/collections/...
bsky.app/profile/timk...
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1st Rule of Every Manager
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"
― George Bernard Shaw
2nd Rule of Every Manager
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
― André Gide
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"
― George Bernard Shaw
2nd Rule of Every Manager
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
― André Gide
November 29, 2024 at 7:46 AM
1st Rule of Every Manager
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"
― George Bernard Shaw
2nd Rule of Every Manager
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
― André Gide
"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place"
― George Bernard Shaw
2nd Rule of Every Manager
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.”
― André Gide
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Since we seem to be doing this again ... I recently investigated the origin of the ridiculous myth that em dashes are a sign of AI writing. (The people who blew up the idea didn't even know it's called a dash. They called it "the long hyphen.")
I kept hoping this myth would burn itself out, but no — the idea that em dashes are a sign of AI writing just keeps spreading.
I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I crashed a segment into the latest Grammar Girl podcast. 🧵
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I finally couldn't take it anymore, so I crashed a segment into the latest Grammar Girl podcast. 🧵
APPLE PODCASTS: bit.ly/4kV4HbF
SPOTIFY: bit.ly/45YGCfh
July 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Since we seem to be doing this again ... I recently investigated the origin of the ridiculous myth that em dashes are a sign of AI writing. (The people who blew up the idea didn't even know it's called a dash. They called it "the long hyphen.")
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Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
July 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD.
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?
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That last line hits hard
July 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
That last line hits hard
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A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
A superb piece of journalism in The Observer: it seems like the one of the sacred texts of Nature Writing (TM) is not quite as much of an unflinchingly honest read as claimed
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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No it's not.
Source: Me, the guy who wrote the fucking thing
Source: Me, the guy who wrote the fucking thing
July 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
No it's not.
Source: Me, the guy who wrote the fucking thing
Source: Me, the guy who wrote the fucking thing
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Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.
July 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Say what you will about Trump threatening to strip citizenship from his critics and have immigrants put into concentration camps in a swamp, but he never did anything truly power-mad like forgive student loans.