Amy is settling in
@amypearlman.bsky.social
Tech-Leadership-Mentorship-Privacy-MD-State/Local Gov-ADHD/ND-LGBT+. Formerly Philly & NJ. Anti-hate, anti-bigotry.
She/her
CIO, MD State Dept of Ed
Opinions not representative of MD or MSDE.
Sometimes at @amypearlman@hachyderm.io, @amypearlman on LinkedIn
She/her
CIO, MD State Dept of Ed
Opinions not representative of MD or MSDE.
Sometimes at @amypearlman@hachyderm.io, @amypearlman on LinkedIn
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Friends, social media isn’t feeding my soul. Anyone who needs me, I have my name at gmail, I’m on linked in, or I’ll check in here irregularly.
This is a blend of stupidity and an arrogance so deep…
November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is a blend of stupidity and an arrogance so deep…
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Seeing some news from @yellowperiltac.bsky.social (on their instagram story) that the ATF is changing form 4473 (FFL transfer to buyer) question number 14 to list “biological sex”.
This is specifically intended to keep trans people from buying guns, so do with that information as you will.
This is specifically intended to keep trans people from buying guns, so do with that information as you will.
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Seeing some news from @yellowperiltac.bsky.social (on their instagram story) that the ATF is changing form 4473 (FFL transfer to buyer) question number 14 to list “biological sex”.
This is specifically intended to keep trans people from buying guns, so do with that information as you will.
This is specifically intended to keep trans people from buying guns, so do with that information as you will.
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One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @deccamuldowney.bsky.social and I write about OpenAI's transparent attempt to shift accountability.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
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that story was here: www.cnbc.com/2020/10/02/t...
Tesla Autopilot gets 'moderate' grade from European vehicle safety authority while Audi, BMW and Mercedes get top marks
A European vehicle safety authority gave "very good" marks to Audi, BMW and Mercedes for driver assistance systems, and gave Tesla Autopilot, a "moderate" grade on Thursday.
www.cnbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
that story was here: www.cnbc.com/2020/10/02/t...
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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AI in education is being treated as an unbelievable, better-than-Covid opportunity for profitmaking by the exploitative, predatory, extractive edtech industry
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
AI in education is being treated as an unbelievable, better-than-Covid opportunity for profitmaking by the exploitative, predatory, extractive edtech industry
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AI in education is treated as the future of education when it actually represents very old ideas of individualized learning
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
AI in education is treated as the future of education when it actually represents very old ideas of individualized learning
I mean…is this a surprise?
Chinese state-sponsored hackers used Anthropic’s A.I. technology to conduct a largely automated cyberattack against a group of technology companies and government agencies, the company said Thursday.
Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack
The company claimed that A.I. did most of the hacking with limited human input and said it was a rapid escalation of the technology’s use in cybercrime.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I mean…is this a surprise?
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
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Look out if you're at Kubecon, @lookitup.baby and I have a new way to cause (good) trouble
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Look out if you're at Kubecon, @lookitup.baby and I have a new way to cause (good) trouble
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Incredible stuff on LinkedIn. Cofounder of AI notetaker says they told early customers that there's an "AI that'll join a meeting.” But it was really just him and cofounder joining & manually taking notes. No AI. Comments flame him. He posts reply trying to kind of walk it back. Overall: Total bait.
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Incredible stuff on LinkedIn. Cofounder of AI notetaker says they told early customers that there's an "AI that'll join a meeting.” But it was really just him and cofounder joining & manually taking notes. No AI. Comments flame him. He posts reply trying to kind of walk it back. Overall: Total bait.
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@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social has provided absolutely vital reporting on Trump’s deportation campaign. Here’s another can’t-miss story:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social has provided absolutely vital reporting on Trump’s deportation campaign. Here’s another can’t-miss story:
As usual @carrot-app.bsky.social nails it
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
As usual @carrot-app.bsky.social nails it
All my PA friends better get on replacing both their senators
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
All my PA friends better get on replacing both their senators
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
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The Gender Critical have moved the goal posts again.
It is now not enough for them to exclude trans people from single-sex spaces. They are now complaining about trans people existing in any space with them [even a public space].
They're not protecting women. They're eradicating trans people.
It is now not enough for them to exclude trans people from single-sex spaces. They are now complaining about trans people existing in any space with them [even a public space].
They're not protecting women. They're eradicating trans people.
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Gender Critical have moved the goal posts again.
It is now not enough for them to exclude trans people from single-sex spaces. They are now complaining about trans people existing in any space with them [even a public space].
They're not protecting women. They're eradicating trans people.
It is now not enough for them to exclude trans people from single-sex spaces. They are now complaining about trans people existing in any space with them [even a public space].
They're not protecting women. They're eradicating trans people.
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
This is not surprising at all. It’s intentional.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Trump’s decision to turn away from from recognition of trans people “is not surprising,” our columnist M. Gessen writes. “What is surprising, however, is doing so in a way that makes passports less useful for identifying people as they move through the world.”
Trump’s decision to turn away from from recognition of trans people “is not surprising,” our columnist M. Gessen writes. “What is surprising, however, is doing so in a way that makes passports less useful for identifying people as they move through the world.”
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Gender Passport Ruling Isn’t About ID
And it defeats the basic purpose of the document.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is not surprising at all. It’s intentional.
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Absolutely never historically a problem for leaders when the troops are hungry. Never.
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Absolutely never historically a problem for leaders when the troops are hungry. Never.
But they’re bad at it. All martial and no art. Which means it’s flawed and can be countered.
Went back to the history of the Sicilian Mafia to illustrate something obvious but worth stating explicitly: The Trump administration behaves like an organized crime syndicate running a protection racket, not a representative government www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
But they’re bad at it. All martial and no art. Which means it’s flawed and can be countered.
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
Gender is, in fact, ungovernable. Anything that creates an “us” and s “them” is a mechanism of control, whether religious, social, or governmental.
I am older than gender markers on passports! How do you regulate gender? By making it a form of government ID. It has nothing to do with state security, only regulation
November 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Gender is, in fact, ungovernable. Anything that creates an “us” and s “them” is a mechanism of control, whether religious, social, or governmental.
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EFF will watch "to see if police departments actually adhere to the law, or if they just let Axon's Draft One delete that initial draft when they export the report and don't retain what according to law they should be retaining," @Mguariglia.bsky.social told CBS 8. www.cbs8.com/article/new...
November 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
EFF will watch "to see if police departments actually adhere to the law, or if they just let Axon's Draft One delete that initial draft when they export the report and don't retain what according to law they should be retaining," @Mguariglia.bsky.social told CBS 8. www.cbs8.com/article/new...