Lage
@chrislage.bsky.social
- If a friend asks for help, you help them. 🙏
- Be more Dude 🥃, less Walter 🤬.
- Carry Hitchens’ 🤨 & Occam’s 🧐razors.
- Fascists can fuck off.🫸🖕
- Be more Dude 🥃, less Walter 🤬.
- Carry Hitchens’ 🤨 & Occam’s 🧐razors.
- Fascists can fuck off.🫸🖕
“If a task asks that you—with your unique lived conscious experience—be present, then substituting generative AI content for your own is machinal bypass.”
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves | PNAS
The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves
www.pnas.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
“If a task asks that you—with your unique lived conscious experience—be present, then substituting generative AI content for your own is machinal bypass.”
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
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A study in Nature analyzes 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and reconstructs ancestral adaptations to life on land across 11 distinct events, providing strong evidence of convergent genomic evolution and repeated terrestrial colonization in the animal kingdom. go.nature.com/4pHIwYF 🧪 #evolution
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 AM
A study in Nature analyzes 154 genomes from 21 animal phyla and reconstructs ancestral adaptations to life on land across 11 distinct events, providing strong evidence of convergent genomic evolution and repeated terrestrial colonization in the animal kingdom. go.nature.com/4pHIwYF 🧪 #evolution
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“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
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Marilyn Whirlwind. ICE accosted Marilyn Whirlwind.
They've got to go.
They've got to go.
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Marilyn Whirlwind. ICE accosted Marilyn Whirlwind.
They've got to go.
They've got to go.
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"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)
Some common sense to remember in a trying time.
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
Originally written in April 2025
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
"We can take it for granted that Trump and his advisors would greet a terrorist attack as an obvious chance to blame their chosen enemies, advance their project of authoritarian regime change, and distract from their own perilous follies. (1/2)
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There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There was a time when the United States looked down its nose at the countries in South America for being lawless banana republics. Who's the banana republic now, bitches?
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I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'm blessing your timeline with this image, because I know that you will have occasion to use it, and more frequently than any of us would like to admit. Use it responsibly, friends.
They love each other. Lord, you can see it's true. - Robert Hunter
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
They love each other. Lord, you can see it's true. - Robert Hunter
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Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
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Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
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It's more important than ever to understand your First Amendment rights.
What the First Amendment Really Protects
From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers.
www.aclu.org
November 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
It's more important than ever to understand your First Amendment rights.
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Links:
federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-news...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ro...
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
www.biometricupdate.com/202506/new-i...
federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-news...
www.wired.com/story/ice-ro...
www.404media.co/ice-is-using...
www.biometricupdate.com/202506/new-i...
Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application
The technology reportedly allows ICE to identify individuals they encounter on the streets using multiple federal databases.
federalnewsnetwork.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Six months ago I wrote this post about “the next terrorist attack.” I republish it now (lightly updated) because my fear of this scenario has recently grown much greater.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After (Updated)
snyder.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Six months ago I wrote this post about “the next terrorist attack.” I republish it now (lightly updated) because my fear of this scenario has recently grown much greater.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-next-t...
Quebec est tres belle.
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Quebec est tres belle.
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Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died:
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
www.mainepublic.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died:
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Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.
The brutality of this regime is on full display.
The brutality of this regime is on full display.
October 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Reverend David Black, other faith leaders, journalists, and protestors have joined a class action lawsuit alleging ICE violated their First Amendment rights during protests outside a detention center.
The brutality of this regime is on full display.
The brutality of this regime is on full display.
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Left unchecked, openAI and other infotech providers will destroy any remnants of the American education system that manage to escape the Trump administration.
Read the full thread.
Read the full thread.
OpenAI's VP for education recently said the company wanted to become "core infrastructure" for schools and universities. Any infrastructure, though, always depends on habituating users to its technical affordances - so I've been trying to track how it's doing that 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/t...
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Left unchecked, openAI and other infotech providers will destroy any remnants of the American education system that manage to escape the Trump administration.
Read the full thread.
Read the full thread.
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"Despite its effectiveness, we identify key limitations, including hallucinated citations, difficulty adapting to dynamic paper structures, and incomplete integration of multimodal content."
Yep, those are pretty key limitations.
Yep, those are pretty key limitations.
September 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"Despite its effectiveness, we identify key limitations, including hallucinated citations, difficulty adapting to dynamic paper structures, and incomplete integration of multimodal content."
Yep, those are pretty key limitations.
Yep, those are pretty key limitations.
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A paper in Nature reports that people cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails. 🧪
Delegation to artificial intelligence can increase dishonest behaviour - Nature
People cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails.
go.nature.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
A paper in Nature reports that people cheat more when they delegate tasks to artificial intelligence, and large language models are more likely than humans to comply with unethical instructions—a risk that can be minimized by introducing prohibitive, task-specific guardrails. 🧪
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An umbrella review in Nature Human Behaviour finds that there is no high-quality evidence to support the efficacy of complementary, alternative and integrative medicines to treat symptoms of autism. Several CAIMs showed promising results, but they were supported by very low-quality evidence. 🧪
Complementary, alternative and integrative medicine for autism: an umbrella review and online platform - Nature Human Behaviour
The use of complementary, alternative and integrative medicine (CAIM) is highly prevalent among autistic individuals. This umbrella review finds that there is no high-quality evidence to support the efficacy of any CAIM for core or associated symptoms of autism. Although several CAIMs showed promising results, they were supported by very low-quality evidence.
go.nature.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
An umbrella review in Nature Human Behaviour finds that there is no high-quality evidence to support the efficacy of complementary, alternative and integrative medicines to treat symptoms of autism. Several CAIMs showed promising results, but they were supported by very low-quality evidence. 🧪
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Trump is ramping up his attacks on our rights and democracy, but we’re not backing down. On October 18, we’re taking to the streets in more places and in larger numbers to remind Trump, his cronies and those on the sidelines looking for hope that America has no kings: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Trump is ramping up his attacks on our rights and democracy, but we’re not backing down. On October 18, we’re taking to the streets in more places and in larger numbers to remind Trump, his cronies and those on the sidelines looking for hope that America has no kings: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...