Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
@samth.bsky.social
Associate Professor, IU Computer Science ·
Core Developer, @racketlang.bsky.social ·
Member, TC39 ·
Handler, Gravymaker ·
Bike Advocate, Bloomington IN
Core Developer, @racketlang.bsky.social ·
Member, TC39 ·
Handler, Gravymaker ·
Bike Advocate, Bloomington IN
Does the name Steven Den Beste ring a bell for anyone?
Imagine how fried-by-white-supremacist-over-online-bullshit your brain needs to be to think that Britain or France's immigration policy is a greater threat than the nuclear arsenals of actual geopolitical rivals like China, North Korea or Russia.
JD VANCE THINKS BRITAIN & FRANCE ARE AMERICAS LIKELY ENEMIES.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
December 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Does the name Steven Den Beste ring a bell for anyone?
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I hate these forms with the fire of a thousand suns
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I hate these forms with the fire of a thousand suns
Like everything I've seen from Oxide, this is very well done.
I have put together a (long overdue!) draft RFD on using LLMs at @oxide.computer, but I know that there is a ton more to be said on the topic; thoughts and experiences welcome!
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576
576 - Using LLMs at Oxide / RFD / Oxide
rfd.shared.oxide.computer
December 7, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Like everything I've seen from Oxide, this is very well done.
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Never daunted we cannot falter, best team in the country!
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Never daunted we cannot falter, best team in the country!
The Google AI Overviews are problematic enough, combined with being shown to everyone, so that they genuinely mislead people about what LLMs are capable of entirely.
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Google AI Overviews are problematic enough, combined with being shown to everyone, so that they genuinely mislead people about what LLMs are capable of entirely.
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Regarding accommodations, test timing, etc. I don't think I disagree much with anyone. But holy shit it has gotten so hard to do assessments. Nothing asynchronous because now it's all LLM-solvable. No time pressure for equity. Oh also exam period is shorter now because of classroom scheduling...
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Regarding accommodations, test timing, etc. I don't think I disagree much with anyone. But holy shit it has gotten so hard to do assessments. Nothing asynchronous because now it's all LLM-solvable. No time pressure for equity. Oh also exam period is shorter now because of classroom scheduling...
My kids doing the equity meme
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My kids doing the equity meme
Getting to see him win the 10k in person in Atlanta is one of the greatest sports events I've ever been a part of.
TIL that Haile Gebrselassie (the marathon / 10K phenom) also had a mile time of 3:52 or so, which feels like it should be illegal
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Getting to see him win the 10k in person in Atlanta is one of the greatest sports events I've ever been a part of.
This is the entire elite college admissions debate summed up in a single figure.
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is the entire elite college admissions debate summed up in a single figure.
I think the trajectory of Musk's attempts to manipulate Grok are reassuring -- he tried to make it "based" and failed, tried again and made it MechaHitler, made a new model that said the truth again, and then corrupted it to the current ridiculous state. There's never been a subtle right wing Grok.
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I think the trajectory of Musk's attempts to manipulate Grok are reassuring -- he tried to make it "based" and failed, tried again and made it MechaHitler, made a new model that said the truth again, and then corrupted it to the current ridiculous state. There's never been a subtle right wing Grok.
In addition to everything else going on here, this is genuine insight about political communication from Trump.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
In addition to everything else going on here, this is genuine insight about political communication from Trump.
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if you do not think that your multiple ton hunk of metal which you are flinging down the highway at sixty miles per hour will eventually kill someone you are not qualified to work on any such thing
![Pop Crave & @PopCrave • 12h
Waymo co-CEO warns fatal crashes in self-driving cars are coming, and the company is already planning for them:
"We don't say "whether.' We say 'when.' And we plan for [fatal crashes]."
WAYMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ymipjgi2ebiptelhrw6zezas/bafkreicjmclzthikst76hsm4ntxz5qc44ixfgkbjlkteua4ld4clmethly@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
if you do not think that your multiple ton hunk of metal which you are flinging down the highway at sixty miles per hour will eventually kill someone you are not qualified to work on any such thing
I carried my two kids on my e-cargo bike to school this morning! And I'm very excited to tell you about it.
November 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I carried my two kids on my e-cargo bike to school this morning! And I'm very excited to tell you about it.
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I am very smug on my e-bike with my two kids
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I am very smug on my e-bike with my two kids
No Kings, Bloomington Indiana
Biggest protest yet here
Biggest protest yet here
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
No Kings, Bloomington Indiana
Biggest protest yet here
Biggest protest yet here
Many people's most cherished self image is that they are immune to marketing and performance.
it is not an insult toward mamdani to say that he is a performer. of course he is! that’s what politics is!
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Many people's most cherished self image is that they are immune to marketing and performance.
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There will be Millions of Americans in the streets on Saturday for #NoKings Day!
Be one of them!
Let's make this a day of joy & hope & solidarity!
For my Naptown folks, I'll see you at the Statehouse on Saturday @ Noon!
Be one of them!
Let's make this a day of joy & hope & solidarity!
For my Naptown folks, I'll see you at the Statehouse on Saturday @ Noon!
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There will be Millions of Americans in the streets on Saturday for #NoKings Day!
Be one of them!
Let's make this a day of joy & hope & solidarity!
For my Naptown folks, I'll see you at the Statehouse on Saturday @ Noon!
Be one of them!
Let's make this a day of joy & hope & solidarity!
For my Naptown folks, I'll see you at the Statehouse on Saturday @ Noon!
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It's actually much more depressing that they clearly didn't want to do this and are doing it because of intense user demand.
The pivot from “I’m building god” to “I’m building a jerkoff tool” is pretty funny
OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December reut.rs/3J8NTAi
October 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's actually much more depressing that they clearly didn't want to do this and are doing it because of intense user demand.
The stability of modern democracy was a feature of the postwar boom not something about the institutions.
An interesting range of interpretations here but what jumps out at me most is that sharp economic downturns seem to be associated, with some lag, with the far-right cannibalizing the center-right and thereby threatening democratic systems.
Some implications, perhaps, for democratic system design.
Some implications, perhaps, for democratic system design.
In our - very limited - historical experience of democracy,
(i) states rot from the centre-right
(ii) and it's contagious (via geography/powerful exemplar states)
(i) states rot from the centre-right
(ii) and it's contagious (via geography/powerful exemplar states)
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The stability of modern democracy was a feature of the postwar boom not something about the institutions.
As with other famously dunked on Pelosi quotes, she was obviously correct here.
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
As with other famously dunked on Pelosi quotes, she was obviously correct here.
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Hope everyone had a great RacketCon. Many thanks to the presenters, participants in-person and remote, the organisers and UMass Boston for hosting us.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Hope everyone had a great RacketCon. Many thanks to the presenters, participants in-person and remote, the organisers and UMass Boston for hosting us.
Please send feedback to the team at con-organizers@racket-lang.org
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