Craig Vachon
@gcvachon.bsky.social
Focused on ensuring dissidents have AI tools to fight tyranny. Author of entertaining novels. Dog dad. Entropic warrior. Ballerina
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Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans.
Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.
Folks, I think America First might be a scam.
Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.
Folks, I think America First might be a scam.
October 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Nothing says America First like bailing out Argentina while making healthcare unaffordable for 20+ million Americans.
Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.
Folks, I think America First might be a scam.
Or signing an Article 5 protection treaty with Qatar coz they bribed you with a plane, while screwing over longstanding NATO allies.
Folks, I think America First might be a scam.
Immigrants make America great(er)
September 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Immigrants make America great(er)
LLMs hallucinate bc the training pipeline bakes in statistical noise, and the evaluation pipeline rewards confident fabrication over calibrated uncertainty.
Let’s redesign benchmarks to stop penalizing “I don’t know” - giving partial credit for uncertainty
Let’s redesign benchmarks to stop penalizing “I don’t know” - giving partial credit for uncertainty
September 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
LLMs hallucinate bc the training pipeline bakes in statistical noise, and the evaluation pipeline rewards confident fabrication over calibrated uncertainty.
Let’s redesign benchmarks to stop penalizing “I don’t know” - giving partial credit for uncertainty
Let’s redesign benchmarks to stop penalizing “I don’t know” - giving partial credit for uncertainty
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🚨 Voting is open at @sxsw!
Help bring HRF to #SXSW2026 with powerful panels from the frontlines of the global struggle for freedom. From AI to advocacy reshaping global policy, your vote helps put human rights on the main stage.
🗳 Vote now through Aug. 24: hrf.org/event/south-...
Help bring HRF to #SXSW2026 with powerful panels from the frontlines of the global struggle for freedom. From AI to advocacy reshaping global policy, your vote helps put human rights on the main stage.
🗳 Vote now through Aug. 24: hrf.org/event/south-...
August 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
🚨 Voting is open at @sxsw!
Help bring HRF to #SXSW2026 with powerful panels from the frontlines of the global struggle for freedom. From AI to advocacy reshaping global policy, your vote helps put human rights on the main stage.
🗳 Vote now through Aug. 24: hrf.org/event/south-...
Help bring HRF to #SXSW2026 with powerful panels from the frontlines of the global struggle for freedom. From AI to advocacy reshaping global policy, your vote helps put human rights on the main stage.
🗳 Vote now through Aug. 24: hrf.org/event/south-...
Owls. Watch out bunnies and baby quail
July 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Owls. Watch out bunnies and baby quail
17 million people lost their health care.
18 million kids just lost school meals.
3 million Americans just lost food assistance.
And ~$3.5 trillion was added to the deficit.
All for a tax cut for Trump’s billionaire donors. The short-sightedness is sickening.
18 million kids just lost school meals.
3 million Americans just lost food assistance.
And ~$3.5 trillion was added to the deficit.
All for a tax cut for Trump’s billionaire donors. The short-sightedness is sickening.
July 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
17 million people lost their health care.
18 million kids just lost school meals.
3 million Americans just lost food assistance.
And ~$3.5 trillion was added to the deficit.
All for a tax cut for Trump’s billionaire donors. The short-sightedness is sickening.
18 million kids just lost school meals.
3 million Americans just lost food assistance.
And ~$3.5 trillion was added to the deficit.
All for a tax cut for Trump’s billionaire donors. The short-sightedness is sickening.
Did ICE get a larger budget than the Marines?
July 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Did ICE get a larger budget than the Marines?
Be careful out there. You're probably sharing too much interacting with that LLM gizmodo.com/psa-get-your... #Privacy enables social progress and innovation
PSA: Get Your Parents Off the Meta AI App Right Now
This is bad, folks. Very bad.
gizmodo.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Be careful out there. You're probably sharing too much interacting with that LLM gizmodo.com/psa-get-your... #Privacy enables social progress and innovation
My tree guy looks at my 12 acres and smiles. His kids will be going to private schools.
June 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My tree guy looks at my 12 acres and smiles. His kids will be going to private schools.
Glitter bomb the GOP’s gestapo.
June 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Glitter bomb the GOP’s gestapo.
So much for the GOP's balanced budget agenda: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
House Tax Bill Boosts Deficit $2.8 Trillion, CBO Analysis Shows
The House-passed version of Republicans’ tax and spending bill would add $2.8 trillion to US deficits over the next decade, according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office that incorpo...
www.bloomberg.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So much for the GOP's balanced budget agenda: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
FIFA drops anti-racism, anti-discrimination messages for Club World Cup
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
America is one of those countries where if you host a global sporting event, inclusive messages have to be censored to so as not to anger the central government. In this case the message is “racism is bad” www.nytimes.com/athletic/643...
Am I under the wrong impression that a so-called "populist" president should poll above 50% approval rating?
June 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Am I under the wrong impression that a so-called "populist" president should poll above 50% approval rating?
Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years behind bars over his critical tweets
apnews.com/article/saud...
apnews.com/article/saud...
Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years behind bars. Activists say it was over his tweets
Saudi Arabia has executed a prominent Saudi journalist who was arrested seven years ago and convicted on terrorism and treason charges.
apnews.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Saudi Arabia executes a journalist after 7 years behind bars over his critical tweets
apnews.com/article/saud...
apnews.com/article/saud...
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We’re seeing one of the hallmarks of authoritarianism: the criminalization of dissent and its suppression by violence.
June 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We’re seeing one of the hallmarks of authoritarianism: the criminalization of dissent and its suppression by violence.
If this can happen to a US Senator with cameras rolling - then what do you think happens to plain folks like you and I when the cameras aren't?
June 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If this can happen to a US Senator with cameras rolling - then what do you think happens to plain folks like you and I when the cameras aren't?
In my state, despite the ongoing military occupation and apparent widespread unrest, my morning walk was uneventful.
June 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In my state, despite the ongoing military occupation and apparent widespread unrest, my morning walk was uneventful.
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An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house"
The practice, an expert warns, could lead to "reprisals and retribution by the police for your politics.”
www.motherjones.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:07 PM
An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house."
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.
The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.