Generic white guy SysAdmin
@westbynoreaster.bsky.social
#HPC #SysAdmin & aspiring #DevOps headed to Charlotte in the new year. #dHTC evangelist, and labor history nerd. #BLM! Opinions my own. he/him
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the thing about this moment is that we have to meet people where they are
January 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
the thing about this moment is that we have to meet people where they are
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“If a mostly white community can push back on this project and get it stopped, it’s unacceptable that the next move is to fly under the radar in a rural Black community with even less transparency,” Black added.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
After a white town rejected a data center, developers eyed a Black…
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
www.canarymedia.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“If a mostly white community can push back on this project and get it stopped, it’s unacceptable that the next move is to fly under the radar in a rural Black community with even less transparency,” Black added.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
www.canarymedia.com/articles/dat...
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Seriously tho, ingenuity and ridiculousness of "immigrants are taking our jobs/opportunities" narratives aside, small-town public unis are struggling to recruit non-international grad students since they're too selective about where they want to live for 5+ years. Programs will start closing soon.
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Seriously tho, ingenuity and ridiculousness of "immigrants are taking our jobs/opportunities" narratives aside, small-town public unis are struggling to recruit non-international grad students since they're too selective about where they want to live for 5+ years. Programs will start closing soon.
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AI developers (& their government & administrative allies) dropped a turd in the bathtub & are now screaming at the other bathers to "ADAPT"!
January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
AI developers (& their government & administrative allies) dropped a turd in the bathtub & are now screaming at the other bathers to "ADAPT"!
Reminded me of this absolutely beautiful track from now almost 30 years ago. 🫣😭
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3c...
January 14, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Reminded me of this absolutely beautiful track from now almost 30 years ago. 🫣😭
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT3c...
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And those stories are genuinely quite different! E.g. if you're someone who can more or less operate in the world, much of the discussion is about respect, accommodation, etc. But there's a whole other world about getting access to services, lifestyle changes inside families, and so on.
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
And those stories are genuinely quite different! E.g. if you're someone who can more or less operate in the world, much of the discussion is about respect, accommodation, etc. But there's a whole other world about getting access to services, lifestyle changes inside families, and so on.
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My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!
January 14, 2026 at 4:19 AM
My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!
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this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
ICE detained Arlit Maria Martinez on her way to work. 2 days later, her 15 yo son died of cancer. They wouldn't let her out to say goodbye. The family had planned to move back to Mexico prior to the cancer diagnosis but stayed for his treatment. Now, Mr Martinez has lost his wife to ICE & his son.
Teen dies of cancer days after mother arrested by ICE: ‘She’s never gonna see him’
The mother's family pleaded with federal officers for her release from custody to say her final goodbyes to her son, but their requests went unanswered.
www.wsaz.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:09 AM
this is all to say that should democrats win the house and senate this november, they should hold similarly dramatic — which is to say televised and highly publicized — hearings on the conduct of ICE and CBP, with testimony from victims. we want as much of *this* as possible in the record. (3/?)
IIRC, there were some folks from the UK, I think @ucu.org.uk , who were asking for quality writing on the state of US Higher Education before the new year. Definitely can't go wrong with a @bakerdphd.bsky.social column as a starting off point.
It would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Censorship Arrives on Campus
In her debut column, “Echoes in the Quad,” higher education policy scholar Dominique J. Baker explores how the political oppression of the McCarthy era reverberates in the stifling of academic freedom...
www.insidehighered.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:56 AM
IIRC, there were some folks from the UK, I think @ucu.org.uk , who were asking for quality writing on the state of US Higher Education before the new year. Definitely can't go wrong with a @bakerdphd.bsky.social column as a starting off point.
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Kudos to @insidehighered.com for giving @bakerdphd.bsky.social a column. I couldn’t be more excited for what’s she’s choosing to do with it.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
January 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Kudos to @insidehighered.com for giving @bakerdphd.bsky.social a column. I couldn’t be more excited for what’s she’s choosing to do with it.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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Man, if it isn't always about consent.
January 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Man, if it isn't always about consent.
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Never in my entire life have I pasted text, seen that it pasted it with formatting and been happy with the result.
January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Never in my entire life have I pasted text, seen that it pasted it with formatting and been happy with the result.
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Someone on the TV has just said that some AIs have a 'moral compass' and WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT COMPUTER
January 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Someone on the TV has just said that some AIs have a 'moral compass' and WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT COMPUTER
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We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
Either ICE Is Abolished or It Will Kill Many More Renee Goods
Minnesota is just the beginning of ICE's transformation into a right-wing death squad. But it can be the end
www.forever-wars.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are witnessing ICE transition into a death squad.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
This cannot be reformed. The only question is who will fight to abolish it, and who will accommodate it instead.
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this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
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extracting (huge chunks of) books (verbatim) from language models (with jailbreak prompts)
icymi @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @kortizart.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @victoriastrauss.com @iwriteok.bsky.social
icymi @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @kortizart.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @victoriastrauss.com @iwriteok.bsky.social
We extracted (parts of) 12 books in experiments with 4 frontier-lab, production LLMs.
We prompted the LLMs with a short prefix of a book and asked them to complete the rest. For Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, we extracted 95.8% of the book from jailbroken Claude 3.7 Sonnet.
We prompted the LLMs with a short prefix of a book and asked them to complete the rest. For Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, we extracted 95.8% of the book from jailbroken Claude 3.7 Sonnet.
January 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
extracting (huge chunks of) books (verbatim) from language models (with jailbreak prompts)
icymi @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @kortizart.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @victoriastrauss.com @iwriteok.bsky.social
icymi @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @kortizart.bsky.social @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @victoriastrauss.com @iwriteok.bsky.social
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Elizabeth Warren staffers know they work for a real one and you can tell when you talk to them
Arguing for direct challenges to wealthy, Warren will call out DSCC ― which Gillibrand chairs and Schumer plays major role in running.
She criticizes “A tepid, nibble-around-the-edges approach earns praise from Jamie Dimon and other Wall Street and Big Tech CEOs"
www.huffpost.com/entry/warren...
She criticizes “A tepid, nibble-around-the-edges approach earns praise from Jamie Dimon and other Wall Street and Big Tech CEOs"
www.huffpost.com/entry/warren...
Warren Takes Aim At Democratic Leaders For Choosing Donors Over Voters
The progressive will take aim at the DSCC and former Arizona Sen. Kyrste Sinema in a speech Monday.
www.huffpost.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Elizabeth Warren staffers know they work for a real one and you can tell when you talk to them
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This picture was taken in 2000 by an Associated Press photographer who was allowed to be present as an observer. ICE now keeps press blocks away from the areas where they are operating. One of the first actions ICE takes during a raid is to confiscate phones.
January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM
This picture was taken in 2000 by an Associated Press photographer who was allowed to be present as an observer. ICE now keeps press blocks away from the areas where they are operating. One of the first actions ICE takes during a raid is to confiscate phones.
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Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
Rightwing influencers are so bad at interpreting source material that they can only do it correctly by accident, when they're trying to make a joke
January 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Paul Verhoeven undefeated in creating a movie that flies right over the heads of the people it’s making fun of
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Not too long ago I saw NTs say the same thing about autism.
“All these fascists must have autism because they clearly don’t know how to act!”
If you start thinking/saying things like this, rinse out your brain because you’re becoming one of them with your clear and utter disdain of disability.
“All these fascists must have autism because they clearly don’t know how to act!”
If you start thinking/saying things like this, rinse out your brain because you’re becoming one of them with your clear and utter disdain of disability.
January 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Not too long ago I saw NTs say the same thing about autism.
“All these fascists must have autism because they clearly don’t know how to act!”
If you start thinking/saying things like this, rinse out your brain because you’re becoming one of them with your clear and utter disdain of disability.
“All these fascists must have autism because they clearly don’t know how to act!”
If you start thinking/saying things like this, rinse out your brain because you’re becoming one of them with your clear and utter disdain of disability.
What was your most recent enjoyable purchase at a stationary shop?
My desire was to draw straight lines at various angles to each other accurately without having to do mental trigonometry.
My desire was to draw straight lines at various angles to each other accurately without having to do mental trigonometry.
January 12, 2026 at 6:01 AM
What was your most recent enjoyable purchase at a stationary shop?
My desire was to draw straight lines at various angles to each other accurately without having to do mental trigonometry.
My desire was to draw straight lines at various angles to each other accurately without having to do mental trigonometry.
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Not to say the losses won't be socialized, but that these freaks prefer company scrip to money.
January 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Not to say the losses won't be socialized, but that these freaks prefer company scrip to money.
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress