Erik N.
@erikn.bsky.social
There are 100,000,000 sats in a Bitcoin. Start stackin’.
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97 years ago today, Steamboat Willie paddled onto the screen. In 2024, this iconic cartoon entered the public domain, opening new possibilities for sharing, remixing & reimagining.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
97 years ago today, Steamboat Willie paddled onto the screen. In 2024, this iconic cartoon entered the public domain, opening new possibilities for sharing, remixing & reimagining.
Follow us for Public Domain Day 2026 announcements!
👀 Full cartoon ➡️ archive.org/details/stea...
#OTD #PublicDomain
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Aurora was so bright the ground turned green
October 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Aurora was so bright the ground turned green
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As 3.5 floppy disk reading begins, my process of clearing out backlog, it's just going to be endless amounts of data. Today's faster processing machines and the ability to write scripts to analyze disc images will make it all much easier. I suspect this is the rest of the year before I make headway.
October 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
As 3.5 floppy disk reading begins, my process of clearing out backlog, it's just going to be endless amounts of data. Today's faster processing machines and the ability to write scripts to analyze disc images will make it all much easier. I suspect this is the rest of the year before I make headway.
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As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
October 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants.
Cashing in on cruelty.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=3QsGs2oX7VZngdJh
Five Ways to Fight Trump's Fascism
Robert Reich
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Here are five, practical next steps you can take to make a difference. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?si=3QsGs2oX7VZngdJh
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Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
October 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
October 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.
Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.
Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.
Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.
Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.
Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.
Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.
Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
October 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Billionaire tax cuts are a policy choice.
Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.
Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.
Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.
Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
Cutting healthcare for millions is a policy choice.
Cutting food assistance for children is a policy choice.
Taking from the poor and giving to the rich is a policy choice.
Make no mistake: Trump and the GOP just chose to do this.
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We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We’re in the second Gilded Age just like the first — when America’s wealth was in the hands of a few, money corrupted politics, and working people were abused and exploited.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
It can be easy to feel discouraged, but the first Gilded Age teaches us lessons on how we can fight back.
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The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The government is in full shutdown and the Republicans are refusing to call the House back into session.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
Want to know why?
Because we have secured the final vote on releasing the Epstein Files and they don’t want it out.
Call GOP and tell them to swear in @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social.
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The crowd-sourced app was used to monitor and report the presence of ICE agents at any location.
Apple Takes Down ICEBlock App After DOJ Demand—Here’s What We Know
The crowd-sourced app was used to monitor and report the presence of ICE agents at any location.
www.forbes.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The crowd-sourced app was used to monitor and report the presence of ICE agents at any location.
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One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
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Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok
October 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Oh he can just unilaterally pass unconstitutional laws now huh ok
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I fell a little behind on Chinese AI open weight model releases, here's pelicans for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and GLM-4.6 simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/1/t...
Two more Chinese pelicans
Two new models from Chinese AI labs in the past few days. I tried them both out using llm-openrouter: DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp from DeepSeek. Announcement, Tech Report, Hugging Face (690GB, MIT license). …
simonwillison.net
October 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I fell a little behind on Chinese AI open weight model releases, here's pelicans for DeepSeek-V3.2-Exp and GLM-4.6 simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/1/t...
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Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960
October 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Goodall transcribes field notes by lamplight in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park c.1960
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Every company is just giving into him. Not even fighting.
YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5m to settle lawsuit over account suspension
Platform suspended the US president’s YouTube channel in 2021 after the January 6 Capitol riot
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Every company is just giving into him. Not even fighting.
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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Some notes on httpjail - a really interesting new sandboxing proxy that lets you run a process (on macOS or Linux or in Docker) with strict restrictions on what outbound HTTP requests it can make, specified as JavaScript rules or a shell script simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/19/...
httpjail
Here's a promising new (experimental) project in the sandboxing space from Ammar Bandukwala at Coder. httpjail provides a Rust CLI tool for running an individual process against a custom configured …
simonwillison.net
September 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Some notes on httpjail - a really interesting new sandboxing proxy that lets you run a process (on macOS or Linux or in Docker) with strict restrictions on what outbound HTTP requests it can make, specified as JavaScript rules or a shell script simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/19/...
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ICE is targeting community members with no criminal record. Agents are sitting outside of churches and schools. Driving unmarked vans and breaking car windows.
These violent ICE arrests don't make us safer — they intentionally stoke fear and tear communities apart.
These violent ICE arrests don't make us safer — they intentionally stoke fear and tear communities apart.
Video shows Salvadoran man being detained by ICE in Malden
The wife of a Salvadoran man says he was violently taken into custody by immigration officials on his way to work in Malden, Massachusetts, on Wednesday morning.
www.nbcboston.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
ICE is targeting community members with no criminal record. Agents are sitting outside of churches and schools. Driving unmarked vans and breaking car windows.
These violent ICE arrests don't make us safer — they intentionally stoke fear and tear communities apart.
These violent ICE arrests don't make us safer — they intentionally stoke fear and tear communities apart.
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BTW the Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day passed by the Senate yesterday is for Oct 14, which happens to be the b’day of both Kirk and George Floyd, and some MAGA folks are gleeful thinking that this was a deliberate ploy to make Floyd’s b’day a celebration of one of their own instead.
September 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
BTW the Charlie Kirk Remembrance Day passed by the Senate yesterday is for Oct 14, which happens to be the b’day of both Kirk and George Floyd, and some MAGA folks are gleeful thinking that this was a deliberate ploy to make Floyd’s b’day a celebration of one of their own instead.
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Tell me, why does Musk get to tell Microsoft how to manage employees?
Far right extremism isn’t just threatening media, it’s threatening every single one of us.
If we continue to bend to their demands we will all be forced into silence.
www.theverge.com/news/777664/...
Far right extremism isn’t just threatening media, it’s threatening every single one of us.
If we continue to bend to their demands we will all be forced into silence.
www.theverge.com/news/777664/...
Elon Musk is trying to silence Microsoft employees who criticize Charlie Kirk
Musk’s direct question to Nadella follows a broader censorship crackdown from Republicans following Kirk’s death.
www.theverge.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Tell me, why does Musk get to tell Microsoft how to manage employees?
Far right extremism isn’t just threatening media, it’s threatening every single one of us.
If we continue to bend to their demands we will all be forced into silence.
www.theverge.com/news/777664/...
Far right extremism isn’t just threatening media, it’s threatening every single one of us.
If we continue to bend to their demands we will all be forced into silence.
www.theverge.com/news/777664/...
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I'm ready to accept a definition of "agent" that I think is widely-enough agreed upon to be useful, at least in the AI engineering space:
An LLM agent runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal
(I've been dismissing the term as hopelessly ambiguous for years) simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/18/...
An LLM agent runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal
(I've been dismissing the term as hopelessly ambiguous for years) simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/18/...
I think “agent” may finally have a widely enough agreed upon definition to be useful jargon now
I’ve noticed something interesting over the past few weeks: I’ve started using the term “agent” in conversations where I don’t feel the need to then define it, roll my eyes …
simonwillison.net
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm ready to accept a definition of "agent" that I think is widely-enough agreed upon to be useful, at least in the AI engineering space:
An LLM agent runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal
(I've been dismissing the term as hopelessly ambiguous for years) simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/18/...
An LLM agent runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal
(I've been dismissing the term as hopelessly ambiguous for years) simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/18/...