Rune
@runefar.bsky.social
He/Him/They(gender apathetic cis-male) Half Norwegian American whose pleasures in life include exploring different topics and considering how to build solutions to different issues. Has a background and education in technology, anthropology and psychology
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@runefar.bsky.social
· Feb 16
I thought I would throw this out there. If anyone wants to ever ask me anything about my experience having a disability, my experinces as someone coming from a mixed cultural and immigrant background, or anything about how that affected things like my education or perspectives; please feel free too
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I think the development of smaller low power chips like this is a bit interesting for situations that the average scientists is more likely to need a model for than other neural network chips may be. Thus it is interesting they are getting some focus
I think the development of smaller low power chips like this is a bit interesting for situations that the average scientists is more likely to need a model for than other neural network chips may be. Thus it is interesting they are getting some focus
Researchers build first ‘microwave brain’ on a chip | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell Engineering researchers have developed a low-power microchip they call a “microwave brain,” the first processor to compute on both ultrafast data signals and wireless communication signals by ...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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I think the development of smaller low power chips like this is a bit interesting for situations that the average scientists is more likely to need a model for than other neural network chips may be. Thus it is interesting they are getting some focus
I think the development of smaller low power chips like this is a bit interesting for situations that the average scientists is more likely to need a model for than other neural network chips may be. Thus it is interesting they are getting some focus
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It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
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I love that encouraging accessibility and inclusion is now somehow labeled as discrimination
April 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I love that encouraging accessibility and inclusion is now somehow labeled as discrimination
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I wish more people understood that not all autism is visible, but all autism is disabling.
If you don't see it, it's because we're actively hiding it. (Not for us, for others.)
But hiding our autism means our needs are also invisible. And unmet needs = inner turmoil. 😣
If you don't see it, it's because we're actively hiding it. (Not for us, for others.)
But hiding our autism means our needs are also invisible. And unmet needs = inner turmoil. 😣
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I wish more people understood that not all autism is visible, but all autism is disabling.
If you don't see it, it's because we're actively hiding it. (Not for us, for others.)
But hiding our autism means our needs are also invisible. And unmet needs = inner turmoil. 😣
If you don't see it, it's because we're actively hiding it. (Not for us, for others.)
But hiding our autism means our needs are also invisible. And unmet needs = inner turmoil. 😣
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AI definitely helps get me going when my overwhelm or anxiety has my words all blocked up in my AuDHD brain.
Might be worthwhile to fight against that internalized ableism and listen to what your ADHD brain is trying to tell you
Might be worthwhile to fight against that internalized ableism and listen to what your ADHD brain is trying to tell you
November 2, 2025 at 6:13 AM
AI definitely helps get me going when my overwhelm or anxiety has my words all blocked up in my AuDHD brain.
Might be worthwhile to fight against that internalized ableism and listen to what your ADHD brain is trying to tell you
Might be worthwhile to fight against that internalized ableism and listen to what your ADHD brain is trying to tell you
As resilient as I am, I do get bogged down by seeing people I would hope could be allies be people who want to suggest doing any thing in a way that an ablebodied person doesnt is lazy.People can't understand the curbcut effect til they see it as one creating a paradox
#disabledsky #disabledinstem
#disabledsky #disabledinstem
November 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
As resilient as I am, I do get bogged down by seeing people I would hope could be allies be people who want to suggest doing any thing in a way that an ablebodied person doesnt is lazy.People can't understand the curbcut effect til they see it as one creating a paradox
#disabledsky #disabledinstem
#disabledsky #disabledinstem
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New post on the extended mind and the fallacy that there's a limited amount of thinking to do andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
The lump of cognition fallacy
The extended mind as the advance of civilization
andymasley.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
New post on the extended mind and the fallacy that there's a limited amount of thinking to do andymasley.substack.com/p/the-lump-o...
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as U.S. climate tech founders and funders face dwindling capital and policy whiplash, many are looking to europe, with its ambitious yet stable climate policies, as an attractive beachhead market
Climate Tech Pivots to Europe
With policy chaos and disappearing subsidies in the U.S., suddenly the continent is looking like a great place to build.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
as U.S. climate tech founders and funders face dwindling capital and policy whiplash, many are looking to europe, with its ambitious yet stable climate policies, as an attractive beachhead market
I just had a somber moment. I realized what Christopher Reeves went through is one of the same disabilities I have. I hadn't made the connection before because somehow what he went through seemed like an even worse experience. But that is good cause it shows how treatment has advanced too
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I just had a somber moment. I realized what Christopher Reeves went through is one of the same disabilities I have. I hadn't made the connection before because somehow what he went through seemed like an even worse experience. But that is good cause it shows how treatment has advanced too
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Should we accept that AI is now creative? Or change the definition to safeguard human creativity? Researchers on both sides argue that the stakes are high, not just for AI’s creative potential, but for our own, according to a feature in Nature. 🧪
Can AI be truly creative?
Chatbots and AI models are challenging ideas about who — or what — can create art, music and more.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Should we accept that AI is now creative? Or change the definition to safeguard human creativity? Researchers on both sides argue that the stakes are high, not just for AI’s creative potential, but for our own, according to a feature in Nature. 🧪
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A big motivation for posting a lot about AI and the environment was that I was seeing a lot of people otherwise on my side about most things refusing to touch this tool that imo you really in fact ought to just try and see what it can do
Part of the reason why I’m so insistent about folks understanding AI capabilities is that they’re here to stay and we need to start thinking about what to do in such a world. Putting the genie back in the bottle is a pleasant fantasy that delays serious reckoning
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 AM
A big motivation for posting a lot about AI and the environment was that I was seeing a lot of people otherwise on my side about most things refusing to touch this tool that imo you really in fact ought to just try and see what it can do
I just saw a youtuber i know in the autistic community who was talking about how she wished there was more development being done on image to speech apps. While I think she underestimated the complexity scale of those in comparison to text to speech, i think this is a great disability focus
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I just saw a youtuber i know in the autistic community who was talking about how she wished there was more development being done on image to speech apps. While I think she underestimated the complexity scale of those in comparison to text to speech, i think this is a great disability focus
I admit I dont think I will be ever able to agree with the obsession so many professors have with pen and pencils. It is not that I dont have understanding for the idea of developing written skills and verifying scores but we have let it become a priority over knowledge and learning itself
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I admit I dont think I will be ever able to agree with the obsession so many professors have with pen and pencils. It is not that I dont have understanding for the idea of developing written skills and verifying scores but we have let it become a priority over knowledge and learning itself
Post you from a different era
Yes my hair is one of those dirty blonds that was once blond and evolved darker and darker by year. Probabily explains why there is red in my beard
Yes my hair is one of those dirty blonds that was once blond and evolved darker and darker by year. Probabily explains why there is red in my beard
November 8, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Post you from a different era
Yes my hair is one of those dirty blonds that was once blond and evolved darker and darker by year. Probabily explains why there is red in my beard
Yes my hair is one of those dirty blonds that was once blond and evolved darker and darker by year. Probabily explains why there is red in my beard
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This is such a great paper. We make endless small steps ahead in archaeology every week. I remember when I was starting out and the number of colleagues who told
me not to waste my time with satellite imagery analysis. Now, it's used by everyone. Tremendous use case here. 🏺
me not to waste my time with satellite imagery analysis. Now, it's used by everyone. Tremendous use case here. 🏺
These are chacus: funnel-shaped hunting traps used in the high altitudes of northern Chile to capture vicuña, a wild relative of the alpaca. Even after herding and agropastoralism was adopted, chacus continued to be used by persevering forager groups.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is such a great paper. We make endless small steps ahead in archaeology every week. I remember when I was starting out and the number of colleagues who told
me not to waste my time with satellite imagery analysis. Now, it's used by everyone. Tremendous use case here. 🏺
me not to waste my time with satellite imagery analysis. Now, it's used by everyone. Tremendous use case here. 🏺
Disabled people are constantly being sent the message that they are the issue with the system rather than that the system needs to improve. Yet we often see when it does, it not only benefits disabled people, but all people's access (sometimes refered to as the curb cut effect)
#disabledsky
#disabledsky
November 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Disabled people are constantly being sent the message that they are the issue with the system rather than that the system needs to improve. Yet we often see when it does, it not only benefits disabled people, but all people's access (sometimes refered to as the curb cut effect)
#disabledsky
#disabledsky
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The uncritical abolition of AI in universities is not in the best interest of students, especially ones who are disabled and (or) neurodivergent like me.
These anti-AI zealots are just as duplicitous and conniving as the AI bro hucksters - they're all self-righteous pricks.
These anti-AI zealots are just as duplicitous and conniving as the AI bro hucksters - they're all self-righteous pricks.
The uncritical adoption of AI by universities is not in the best interests of students
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The uncritical abolition of AI in universities is not in the best interest of students, especially ones who are disabled and (or) neurodivergent like me.
These anti-AI zealots are just as duplicitous and conniving as the AI bro hucksters - they're all self-righteous pricks.
These anti-AI zealots are just as duplicitous and conniving as the AI bro hucksters - they're all self-righteous pricks.
Making tax filing easier is something that needs to be protected. In fact infrastructure for it needs to be developed on not removed
www.engadget.com/big-tech/the...
www.engadget.com/big-tech/the...
The IRS' free tax-filing tool reportedly won't be offered in 2026
The IRS is reportedly retiring its Direct File tax tool for the 2026 tax season.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Making tax filing easier is something that needs to be protected. In fact infrastructure for it needs to be developed on not removed
www.engadget.com/big-tech/the...
www.engadget.com/big-tech/the...
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People often push the disabled to take risks with our health.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
People often push the disabled to take risks with our health.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
I admit I feel weird when I go into social democracy or socialist focused rooms because many of my views are actually surprisingly common in them and it feels like a dissonance between what I experience there and even my fellow left democrats
November 6, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I admit I feel weird when I go into social democracy or socialist focused rooms because many of my views are actually surprisingly common in them and it feels like a dissonance between what I experience there and even my fellow left democrats
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Europe has its own “Data Center Four” that’s being pump primed by America's Magnificent Seven
The AI Bubble Has Sucked in France and Germany, Too
If artificial intelligence is indeed a bubble, it’s been inflating a lot of companies in places well beyond the tech-bro heartlands of the US. Europe might be an AI laggard, but some of its grand old industrial names have been riding the boom as merrily as an Nvidia Corp. shareholder (at least before this week’s so far minor market correction.)
bloom.bg
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Europe has its own “Data Center Four” that’s being pump primed by America's Magnificent Seven
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Disability is a minority group you can join at any time
Many of us were “young & otherwise healthy” when we became ill
We were working & couldn’t imagine being unable to earn a living
We didn’t plan to become disabled. We didn’t plan to stop working
It can happen to anyone
Many of us were “young & otherwise healthy” when we became ill
We were working & couldn’t imagine being unable to earn a living
We didn’t plan to become disabled. We didn’t plan to stop working
It can happen to anyone
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Disability is a minority group you can join at any time
Many of us were “young & otherwise healthy” when we became ill
We were working & couldn’t imagine being unable to earn a living
We didn’t plan to become disabled. We didn’t plan to stop working
It can happen to anyone
Many of us were “young & otherwise healthy” when we became ill
We were working & couldn’t imagine being unable to earn a living
We didn’t plan to become disabled. We didn’t plan to stop working
It can happen to anyone
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
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Worldwide, 1 in 6 folx are #disabled. That’s not a small number anymore, and it grows every day.
That’s over 1 billion of us, by the way.
I wonder how many have to pay for healthcare to appease those who own stock in health insurance.
That’s over 1 billion of us, by the way.
I wonder how many have to pay for healthcare to appease those who own stock in health insurance.
Disability is a minority group you can join at any time
Many of us were “young & otherwise healthy” when we became ill
We were working & couldn’t imagine being unable to earn a living
We didn’t plan to become disabled. We didn’t plan to stop working
It can happen to anyone
Many of us were “young & otherwise healthy” when we became ill
We were working & couldn’t imagine being unable to earn a living
We didn’t plan to become disabled. We didn’t plan to stop working
It can happen to anyone
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Worldwide, 1 in 6 folx are #disabled. That’s not a small number anymore, and it grows every day.
That’s over 1 billion of us, by the way.
I wonder how many have to pay for healthcare to appease those who own stock in health insurance.
That’s over 1 billion of us, by the way.
I wonder how many have to pay for healthcare to appease those who own stock in health insurance.
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Curious how other researchers are using Bluesky vs. Twitter/X for academic or professional communication? Me too!
That’s exactly what I’m studying for my graduate capstone.
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#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
That’s exactly what I’m studying for my graduate capstone.
Would love your input (5 min survey + optional interview) uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
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November 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Curious how other researchers are using Bluesky vs. Twitter/X for academic or professional communication? Me too!
That’s exactly what I’m studying for my graduate capstone.
Would love your input (5 min survey + optional interview) uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪
That’s exactly what I’m studying for my graduate capstone.
Would love your input (5 min survey + optional interview) uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#AcademicSky #SciComm 🧪