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Becks
@boonrs.bsky.social
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co-founder of software cooperatively owned by its users, luddite, not from anywhere
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Look who just joined the war on cars 😻
Black and white cat perched on the handlebars of a bike.
September 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Some people's rebellious spirit come out in everything they do. My spouse's softball teammate brought rice krispie treats to last night's game.

When asked about the significance of the coloring, they said when RFK Jr banned food dyes, they felt compelled to use them. Never used them before.
Green, yellow, and red rice krispie treat.
September 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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With an additional threat if teachers try to counter the states indoctrination.
Part of the document i had to sign said that I won't promote my version of Christianity or represent other religions and that I can lose my license if I try to indoctrinate kids. Lol.
August 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Texas public schools are threatening teachers that don't post the 10 commandments in their classroom.
So today at the end of the day there's an announcement on the overhead speaker that no teachers can leave until they sign for a poster that admin were bringing around to everyone's room. I had to sign a form saying I received my 10 commandments poster and I understood the rules of it must be up at all times, it can't be obscured by anything. It needs to be in a central area where all students can read it. It's huge! It takes up half my bulletin board. Teachers that don't follow this law will have their teaching licenses revoked. Why are we not on the national news? For real. School bulletin board with half the space taken up by the 10 commandments, the other half has Booker T Washington
August 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Love a skills trade. Glad he came around, interesting it took moving for it to happen.
Horizontal sliding windows with ac, lots of hacks like duct tape and shims.
August 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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5000+ in Boulder CO today, a town with a population a little over 100k. #nokings
June 15, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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I made this infographic for a network conversation I'm participating in about ethical AI. Curious how I might improve the content, open to thoughts.
A long infographic with a yellow river through the vertical center, titled "AI Considerations". Large colorful circles mark the following themes; Definitions AI - is a general marketing term that represents a set of technologies. LLM - large language model - Does not, in any sense, read or understand your words. Think of it like a complex auto-complete. Ex: chatgpt, claude Marketing Investors have heavily invested in AI as the next big thing. They need you to use it to make those massive numbers make sense. Consider the hype. Trust Yourself "AI is inevitable; don't be left behind" is hype. Don't use it to stay current. Consider the benefits of doing things yourself vs the usefulness of AI. Labor practices Just as you might consider the labor practices of fast fashion in a clothing purchase, get to know the impact of AI on labor. Climate Impact Climate impact numbers are elusive because of corporations' unwillingness to share. We have to make educated guesses. Just as you consider how much single-use plastic you use, follow the conversation on environmental impact. Consider pollution, energy usage, and water. Inputs An obscene amount of data is required to train models. They didn't ask for consent from authors, artists, filmmakers, creators, and you. Additionally, that training data reflects the biases of our culture. Consider if you're willing to use something built on stolen data and societal biases. Outputs Consider what you get. Is it accurate? Is it reinforcing a bias? Is there value in doing something yourself? What is it leaving out? What did it add in? Question the moment Continue to be curious and ask questions. It'll help you make wise choices as consumers and institutional decision-makers. Encourage lawmakers to do the same and enact smart policy.
June 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Similar energy as when my mom, in response to her sending me a house listing in Texas and me saying I couldn't live there because of their anti-trans policies, said this
Love you [Becks] but not going to do politics and will keep not paying attention. No offense intended, but at 75 and 78 we've earned this. We've found our happiness and will enjoy what time we have left.
April 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Live in a red state and love trans humor? The Here to Pee comedy tour is coming to all 50 states. Proceeds fight anti-trans bathroom bills and feature local comedians to your area: www.renqcomedy.com/heretopee
Flyer with trans colors, featuring a roll of toilet paper and high top sneakers. It says " 2025 Here to Pee: A comedy protest tour. Trans comedians raising funds to fight anti-trans bathroom bills in all 50 states"
March 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Apologies, here it is with alt text.
What AI in the public interest is/isn’t One of the most common framings–and the biggest sins in this space–is the false dichotomy that presents AI only in terms of “opportunities and risks”. This doctrine sees the world as consisting only of those building AI and thus “unlocking opportunities” versus those uncovering and mitigating risks as “slowing progress”. While “innovation”, “advancement” and “economic” gains fit squarely in the former category, anything that calls for responsibility, accountability, and critical thinking tends to be sidelined as outside the purview of “opportunities”, “innovation”, and “advancement”. This hinges on the deeply mistaken assumption that AI technologies are inherently good and that mass adoption inevitably leads to public benefits. In reality, none of this is true. There is nothing that makes AI systems inherently good. Without intentional rectification and proper guardrails, AI often leads to surveillance, manipulation, inequity and erosion of fundamental rights and human agency while concentrating power, wealth and influence in the hands of AI developers and vendors.
February 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I cannot get this section of @abeba.bsky.social reflections out of my mind.
February 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM