Bj�rn
@bjorndown.bsky.social
"build a world where lives bend but do not break"
(from https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/muddling-through)
also https://mastodon.social/@bjorndown
(from https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/muddling-through)
also https://mastodon.social/@bjorndown
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The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The UN General Assembly resolution against torture was rejected by only three countries: the US, Israel, and Argentina, who remind the world that they oppose even the most basic principles of humanity.
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"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
r/pcgaming
www.reddit.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.
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You might not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You might not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
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“Lift yourself out of poverty by saving money”
“NO not like THAT”
“NO not like THAT”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“Lift yourself out of poverty by saving money”
“NO not like THAT”
“NO not like THAT”
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Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Regret to report that there has been another good linkedin post
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I've been thinking about this for a little while now and can't quite pin down why it's making me so uncomfortable
Is it the normalisation of fascism as a term or it being discarded once more as an exaggeration "we" can "all" laugh about "together"
Is it the normalisation of fascism as a term or it being discarded once more as an exaggeration "we" can "all" laugh about "together"
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 8:19 AM
I've been thinking about this for a little while now and can't quite pin down why it's making me so uncomfortable
Is it the normalisation of fascism as a term or it being discarded once more as an exaggeration "we" can "all" laugh about "together"
Is it the normalisation of fascism as a term or it being discarded once more as an exaggeration "we" can "all" laugh about "together"
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"Sprechen Sie mal mit den Arbeitern - die werden Ihnen was husten, Sie mit Ihrem Hinterfragen des deutschen Automobils!"
Höre ich oft.
Dabei mache ich das. Immer und immer wieder. Gern.
Thorsten ist einer von ihnen, der auch öffentlich mit seinen Gedanken raus geht.
Alle Infos:
nwdlwsidh.de
Höre ich oft.
Dabei mache ich das. Immer und immer wieder. Gern.
Thorsten ist einer von ihnen, der auch öffentlich mit seinen Gedanken raus geht.
Alle Infos:
nwdlwsidh.de
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Sprechen Sie mal mit den Arbeitern - die werden Ihnen was husten, Sie mit Ihrem Hinterfragen des deutschen Automobils!"
Höre ich oft.
Dabei mache ich das. Immer und immer wieder. Gern.
Thorsten ist einer von ihnen, der auch öffentlich mit seinen Gedanken raus geht.
Alle Infos:
nwdlwsidh.de
Höre ich oft.
Dabei mache ich das. Immer und immer wieder. Gern.
Thorsten ist einer von ihnen, der auch öffentlich mit seinen Gedanken raus geht.
Alle Infos:
nwdlwsidh.de
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Wie gehts dir - damit?
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Wie gehts dir - damit?
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While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
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computer whyyyy are you so hot im literally just using firefox and I nuked all the AI functions what are you Doing
November 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
computer whyyyy are you so hot im literally just using firefox and I nuked all the AI functions what are you Doing
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talkin' about the AI bubble
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
talkin' about the AI bubble
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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I get these. I also get emails from people who tell me they taught themselves malware reversing and forensics with ChatGPT and they have discovered incredibly sophisticated malware on their phone that could only have been put there by a state actor. They send me their chat logs as "evidence."
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I get these. I also get emails from people who tell me they taught themselves malware reversing and forensics with ChatGPT and they have discovered incredibly sophisticated malware on their phone that could only have been put there by a state actor. They send me their chat logs as "evidence."
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Haha, nice to get a shoutout from Charlie Brooker in the Hollywood Reporter
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/top-tv...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/top-tv...
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Haha, nice to get a shoutout from Charlie Brooker in the Hollywood Reporter
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/top-tv...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/top-tv...
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It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It’s fun to think about the surgeon who will botch your surgery 20 years from now and what he’s doing at this moment. He just ran all his homework through ChatGPT. He just read that article about vaccines and autism at the CDC website. He just watched an Instagram video about the moon landing hoax.
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yes!
SUCKING UP IS AN ENORMOUS, VIOLENTLY SNAPPING RED FLAG
at the very best, they’re gearing up to use you in a way that’s to your detriment. and that’s the BEST option.
SUCKING UP IS AN ENORMOUS, VIOLENTLY SNAPPING RED FLAG
at the very best, they’re gearing up to use you in a way that’s to your detriment. and that’s the BEST option.
finding out that sycophancy doesn't trigger everyone's fight or flight response might be among the worst discoveries of the 2020s for me, and trust me it has stiff competition.
In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
yes!
SUCKING UP IS AN ENORMOUS, VIOLENTLY SNAPPING RED FLAG
at the very best, they’re gearing up to use you in a way that’s to your detriment. and that’s the BEST option.
SUCKING UP IS AN ENORMOUS, VIOLENTLY SNAPPING RED FLAG
at the very best, they’re gearing up to use you in a way that’s to your detriment. and that’s the BEST option.
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Basically what Mom & Dad said 👇🏾
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Basically what Mom & Dad said 👇🏾
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Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
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i expect to be pilloried for this but
this is at least partially a result of the type of very popular YA fixated on main characters who are special NOT bc of what they DO, but bc of their (surprise) heritage
these books are usually also full of “races” with strongly stereotyped fixed traits
this is at least partially a result of the type of very popular YA fixated on main characters who are special NOT bc of what they DO, but bc of their (surprise) heritage
these books are usually also full of “races” with strongly stereotyped fixed traits
The tech content on TikTok is honestly just so unbelievably full of stereotypes about how coding requires a special brain or whatever, or extremely gender coded stereotypes about roles. Exhausting stuff.
November 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
i expect to be pilloried for this but
this is at least partially a result of the type of very popular YA fixated on main characters who are special NOT bc of what they DO, but bc of their (surprise) heritage
these books are usually also full of “races” with strongly stereotyped fixed traits
this is at least partially a result of the type of very popular YA fixated on main characters who are special NOT bc of what they DO, but bc of their (surprise) heritage
these books are usually also full of “races” with strongly stereotyped fixed traits
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November 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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So jarring to witness the AI industry's daily crowing about new models and improved metrics ("SOTA benchmarks across the board!", "1M-token context window") knowing that they'll still be crap in real life settings (and that most of the metrics still trace back to eugenics).
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
So jarring to witness the AI industry's daily crowing about new models and improved metrics ("SOTA benchmarks across the board!", "1M-token context window") knowing that they'll still be crap in real life settings (and that most of the metrics still trace back to eugenics).