Cameron Marlow
@cameronmarlow.com
CTO at apella.io, trying to make surgery smarter with AI
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Space photographer Andrew James McCarthy @ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social has captured many epic images of celestial bodies, but this may be his greatest: a perfectly timed photo of a skydiving friend with the sun behind him (shot w/ equipment revealing great solar detail).
Behold "The Fall of Icarus."
Behold "The Fall of Icarus."
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Space photographer Andrew James McCarthy @ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social has captured many epic images of celestial bodies, but this may be his greatest: a perfectly timed photo of a skydiving friend with the sun behind him (shot w/ equipment revealing great solar detail).
Behold "The Fall of Icarus."
Behold "The Fall of Icarus."
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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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Summary: a (rather simple) AI bot can not only successfully evade survey-level protections, it can also mimic personas accurately across questions, parse photos/videos, and infer the researcher’s hypotheses to produce data that confirms them.
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Summary: a (rather simple) AI bot can not only successfully evade survey-level protections, it can also mimic personas accurately across questions, parse photos/videos, and infer the researcher’s hypotheses to produce data that confirms them.
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The official paper link:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Pretty grim to go back and read this. The media liked Trump and helped him win the election.
Can’t think why it turned out how it did with the media reporting honestly.
www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
12 misleading or lacking-in-context claims from Harris’ DNC speech
They range from characterizations of former President Trump’s stances on abortion rights and Social Security to her plans to address housing and grocery prices.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pretty grim to go back and read this. The media liked Trump and helped him win the election.
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This is an amazing fact
8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
This is an amazing fact
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The agency behind the real work is a design coop called Forge and they did an absolutely incredible job https://www.forge.coop/
Forge
Forge is a small design and development cooperative.
www.forge.coop
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The agency behind the real work is a design coop called Forge and they did an absolutely incredible job https://www.forge.coop/
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Tucker Carlson is promoting Hitler the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tucker Carlson is promoting Hitler the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
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Marathon day hands down the best thing NYC does. Mobs of people lining the streets to cheer on regular-ass people doing a hard-ass thing. All of life should be like this!
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Marathon day hands down the best thing NYC does. Mobs of people lining the streets to cheer on regular-ass people doing a hard-ass thing. All of life should be like this!
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
This is even more depressing than the destruction of the White House. “They’re going to have to be the renaissance that will follow after the dark ages. I don’t know what that renaissance will look like, but I know it’s not going to come from the feds down.”
Kennedy never meant what he said about gold standard science and radical transparency, and never tried to seriously understand or follow science. Or to engage in reasoned decision making. As described by @drdemetre.bsky.social via @gizmodo.com
gizmodo.com/irreparably-...
gizmodo.com/irreparably-...
'Irreparably Damaged': Former Senior Official Details the Darkest Days of the CDC Under RFK Jr.
Demetre Daskalakis, the former director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, argues the public health agency has been weaponized into a political tool.
gizmodo.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This is even more depressing than the destruction of the White House. “They’re going to have to be the renaissance that will follow after the dark ages. I don’t know what that renaissance will look like, but I know it’s not going to come from the feds down.”
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A couple of weeks ago, Trump struggled with a broken umbrella as he boarded Air Force One.
Let me tell you how we got to this point — and the tragic downfall of the noble umbrella. 🧵
Let me tell you how we got to this point — and the tragic downfall of the noble umbrella. 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A couple of weeks ago, Trump struggled with a broken umbrella as he boarded Air Force One.
Let me tell you how we got to this point — and the tragic downfall of the noble umbrella. 🧵
Let me tell you how we got to this point — and the tragic downfall of the noble umbrella. 🧵
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Folks who are rightfully frustrated at the indefensible NYT coverage, please do note: in terms of actually reaching people, this is way more important
I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Folks who are rightfully frustrated at the indefensible NYT coverage, please do note: in terms of actually reaching people, this is way more important
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Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance
One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert. Open Culture’s Colin Marshall writes:
Brian Eno once said of the Velvet Un
kottke.org
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]
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Tyler the Creator on whether youth culture still exists. I don't know if this is completely true, but it does seem more true today than in the past.
October 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Tyler the Creator on whether youth culture still exists. I don't know if this is completely true, but it does seem more true today than in the past.
A moment of fall zen from Colorado
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A moment of fall zen from Colorado
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Last Sundance in Park City!
Passes and packages for the 2026 #SundanceFilmFestival go on sale October 22 at 10 a.m. MT. Skip the FOMO and experience the action firsthand, either in person, online, or both. 🎟️
Explore ticket options: festival.sundance.org/tickets
Explore ticket options: festival.sundance.org/tickets
October 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Last Sundance in Park City!
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Passes and packages for the 2026 #SundanceFilmFestival go on sale October 22 at 10 a.m. MT. Skip the FOMO and experience the action firsthand, either in person, online, or both. 🎟️
Explore ticket options: festival.sundance.org/tickets
Explore ticket options: festival.sundance.org/tickets
October 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Passes and packages for the 2026 #SundanceFilmFestival go on sale October 22 at 10 a.m. MT. Skip the FOMO and experience the action firsthand, either in person, online, or both. 🎟️
Explore ticket options: festival.sundance.org/tickets
Explore ticket options: festival.sundance.org/tickets
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The official White House photographer has entered his 2006 American Apparel lighting era
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The official White House photographer has entered his 2006 American Apparel lighting era
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Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.
Feds ram SUV in chase down residential street in Chicago, then tear-gas crowd
The crash happened late Tuesday morning near 105th Street and Avenue N on Chicago's East Side, resulting in dozens of residents showing up to protest the federal immigration agents.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.
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AKA war supplies
The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...
October 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
AKA war supplies
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This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This two-parter below is exactly why it's hard to make clothes in the United States.
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
Let's look at how much it costs to produce a button-up shirt in the US. 🧵
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Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Breaking: MIT just became the first university to reject an agreement that would trade support for the Trump admin's higher education agenda in exchange for favorable treatment.
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
"Fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...
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The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
October 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The widespread media decision to frame international affairs as "will Donnie get the prize he wants?" is pathetic.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
He's not the protagonist of human events. And to the extent he's a significant character in world affairs, whether or not he gets a prize is one of the least important things about it.
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Okay this is a good headline
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned
Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists
The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires.
Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Okay this is a good headline