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The real slippery slope begins when they repeal the laws of friction.
February 13, 2026 at 12:18 AM
The real slippery slope begins when they repeal the laws of friction.
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What I would give for a first fake spring around now @nymetrowx.bsky.social
Celebrating first fake spring, via New York Metro Weather
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ACTUAL SEASONS IN NYC:
WINTER
FIRST FAKE SPRING [YOU ARE HERE]
COLD AND CLOUDY
SECOND FAKE SPRING
WINTER (IN APRIL)
THE GREAT POLLENING
RAIN, CLOUDS AND MUD
ACTUAL SPRING FOR ONE HOUR
IMMEDIATELY SUMMER
SWEATY, MOIST HELLSCAPE
FAKE FALL (IN AUGUST)
IT SHOULD BE FALL BUT ITS TOO HOT
ACTUAL FALL FOR ONE HOUR](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qrllvid7s54k4hnwtqxwetrf/bafkreieuipz5sje2obnze2zk67cysyl3utfygkbm5w3areoqt3oeo2eury@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
What I would give for a first fake spring around now @nymetrowx.bsky.social
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Extremely good analogy. The endgame for AI companies is that everyone becomes dependent on their tech, and has to keep paying $2000 / year to write software.
High-quality software is not actually necessary to achieve that goal.
High-quality software is not actually necessary to achieve that goal.
It feels like a lobster trap to me. Once you’ve vibe coded something it’s basically unmaintainable by a human so you’re kind of stuck interacting with your code through that interface forever.
February 7, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Extremely good analogy. The endgame for AI companies is that everyone becomes dependent on their tech, and has to keep paying $2000 / year to write software.
High-quality software is not actually necessary to achieve that goal.
High-quality software is not actually necessary to achieve that goal.
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Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition.
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
February 4, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition.
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct.
As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.
Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.
Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 24, 2026 at 6:38 PM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct.
As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.
Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
As the planet warms, storms like the one today are getting stronger… and as the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the mid latitudes, it increases the risk of the “freezer door” swinging open.
Technical explanation here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Updates:
1. I live in Doha now
2. The rest is details
1. I live in Doha now
2. The rest is details
January 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Updates:
1. I live in Doha now
2. The rest is details
1. I live in Doha now
2. The rest is details
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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Plato was woke. Socrates was woke. Therefore Plato was Socrates.
Meanwhile, Texas A&M bans some writings of Plato from being taught.
Welcome to Trumpland.
Welcome to Trumpland.
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Plato was woke. Socrates was woke. Therefore Plato was Socrates.
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claude code is fucking insane
i know literally NOTHING about Hegel. ZERO. and it just built me a complete system of German idealism
i know literally NOTHING about Hegel. ZERO. and it just built me a complete system of German idealism
January 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
claude code is fucking insane
i know literally NOTHING about Hegel. ZERO. and it just built me a complete system of German idealism
i know literally NOTHING about Hegel. ZERO. and it just built me a complete system of German idealism
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I installed Claude Cowork yesterday. Since then it has did my dishes, gave kids bath, folded laundry (correctly), watered the plants (forgot I owned), found missing LEGO brick, unclogged sink with 1 Linux command, apologized to spouse, finished half-written email drafts from 2019, aligned my chakras
January 13, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I installed Claude Cowork yesterday. Since then it has did my dishes, gave kids bath, folded laundry (correctly), watered the plants (forgot I owned), found missing LEGO brick, unclogged sink with 1 Linux command, apologized to spouse, finished half-written email drafts from 2019, aligned my chakras
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Long time since I had a play!!!!
December 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Long time since I had a play!!!!
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
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This paper contains some good arguments about an issue that concerns me a lot when I hear my colleagues talking about LLM use in developing their research:
Whose ideas are you presenting as your own?
(Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
Whose ideas are you presenting as your own?
(Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This paper contains some good arguments about an issue that concerns me a lot when I hear my colleagues talking about LLM use in developing their research:
Whose ideas are you presenting as your own?
(Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
Whose ideas are you presenting as your own?
(Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
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People were arguing in my mentions today about whether the Earth is "round" when it's technically an irregular oblate spheroid and look "round" doesn't mean "absolutely perfect sphere" it means round. A soccer ball is round, a cantaloupe is round, a fluffy borb in winter is round, just go with it.
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
People were arguing in my mentions today about whether the Earth is "round" when it's technically an irregular oblate spheroid and look "round" doesn't mean "absolutely perfect sphere" it means round. A soccer ball is round, a cantaloupe is round, a fluffy borb in winter is round, just go with it.
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After the Revolution we’ll line them up against the wall and assign them gender neutral pronouns.
October 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
After the Revolution we’ll line them up against the wall and assign them gender neutral pronouns.
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In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
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That’s a long winded way of saying they have the reasoning of a 12 year old.
October 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
That’s a long winded way of saying they have the reasoning of a 12 year old.
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and yet a trace of the true self exists in the false self
September 3, 2023 at 12:37 AM
and yet a trace of the true self exists in the false self
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someone needlepoint this on a pillow for me, please and thank you
glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity
October 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
someone needlepoint this on a pillow for me, please and thank you
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![[HARPER'S INDEX]
Number of times the Wikipedia
entry about the ship of Theseus has
been edited since it was published
in 2003 : 2,052
Number of sentences from the original
entry that remain today : 0](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:okyh44yy5ngtrhwhegfjyx34/bafkreigt4ii7q4skpew27tlyx6tynzq3jmyii5nmnqky35gf3nshap5sla@jpeg)
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the AI story won't end with either a super intelligence enslaving humanity or some "life of abundance"-utopia. it'll end the way these things always end. the bubble will burst. the economy will tank. the tech moguls will golden-parachute onto their super yachts. normies will pick up the pieces.
October 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the AI story won't end with either a super intelligence enslaving humanity or some "life of abundance"-utopia. it'll end the way these things always end. the bubble will burst. the economy will tank. the tech moguls will golden-parachute onto their super yachts. normies will pick up the pieces.
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‘But it’s different in your industry’ says every AI sales person.
“In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being ‘one of the first areas to deploy generative AI,’ the ‘savings have been unremarkable’ in programming.”
AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds
The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.
futurism.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
‘But it’s different in your industry’ says every AI sales person.
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I asked Google's AI chat-bot a question. I commend it for its honesty and forthrightness:
September 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I asked Google's AI chat-bot a question. I commend it for its honesty and forthrightness: