Jack Lynch
@jacklynch.bsky.social
Queer, transit enthusiast, software engineer, complexity scientist, anarchist as in feed the world. He/Him.
"AI is when you put the meat in the computer"
-presumably somebody at this grill company
-presumably somebody at this grill company
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"AI is when you put the meat in the computer"
-presumably somebody at this grill company
-presumably somebody at this grill company
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Looking around the train at 7am commuters: "So these are the vaunted 'morning people' I've heard so much about"
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Looking around the train at 7am commuters: "So these are the vaunted 'morning people' I've heard so much about"
To post is to be misunderstood
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
To post is to be misunderstood
Looking around the train at 7am commuters: "So these are the vaunted 'morning people' I've heard so much about"
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Looking around the train at 7am commuters: "So these are the vaunted 'morning people' I've heard so much about"
Bsky (or any platform) pretending it's impossible to moderate a distinction between true threats/incitement & harmless hyperbole is terrible policy.
It creates cover for genuine bad actors if they just avoid certain phrases while also burning trust in the platform when suspensions like this happen.
It creates cover for genuine bad actors if they just avoid certain phrases while also burning trust in the platform when suspensions like this happen.
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Bsky (or any platform) pretending it's impossible to moderate a distinction between true threats/incitement & harmless hyperbole is terrible policy.
It creates cover for genuine bad actors if they just avoid certain phrases while also burning trust in the platform when suspensions like this happen.
It creates cover for genuine bad actors if they just avoid certain phrases while also burning trust in the platform when suspensions like this happen.
Maybe Square Enix should take a look at how LLMs are impacting projects with public vulnerability reporting before they jump on that bandwagon.
Here's the lead developer of cURL discussing their experience daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07...
Here's the lead developer of cURL discussing their experience daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07...
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Maybe Square Enix should take a look at how LLMs are impacting projects with public vulnerability reporting before they jump on that bandwagon.
Here's the lead developer of cURL discussing their experience daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07...
Here's the lead developer of cURL discussing their experience daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/07...
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Too much? Keep track of all this on my cheat sheet: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections this fall: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so... Read M...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Too much? Keep track of all this on my cheat sheet: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
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Beyond the fact that a lot, maybe most, of the country would call that person their aunt. If you polled people asking "genealogically, is your father's cousin your aunt?" I don't think you'd get a clear "No".
Nobody is saying "this is Melissa, she's my first cousin once removed"
Nobody is saying "this is Melissa, she's my first cousin once removed"
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Beyond the fact that a lot, maybe most, of the country would call that person their aunt. If you polled people asking "genealogically, is your father's cousin your aunt?" I don't think you'd get a clear "No".
Nobody is saying "this is Melissa, she's my first cousin once removed"
Nobody is saying "this is Melissa, she's my first cousin once removed"
Beyond the fact that a lot, maybe most, of the country would call that person their aunt. If you polled people asking "genealogically, is your father's cousin your aunt?" I don't think you'd get a clear "No".
Nobody is saying "this is Melissa, she's my first cousin once removed"
Nobody is saying "this is Melissa, she's my first cousin once removed"
In a bit of a tense moment, one of the La Mega co-hosts presses Mamdani on why he "lied" about his "aunt" having been scared to ride the subway after 9/11 while wearing a hijab.
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
Mamdani says it was "not a lie" because he refers to his father's cousin as his "aunt."
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Beyond the fact that a lot, maybe most, of the country would call that person their aunt. If you polled people asking "genealogically, is your father's cousin your aunt?" I don't think you'd get a clear "No".
Nobody is saying "this is Melissa, she's my first cousin once removed"
Nobody is saying "this is Melissa, she's my first cousin once removed"
So, ethical legal & control of the armed forces concerns aside, how do you think they divide this up?
Even split where everyone gets paid $75.76 for this half of the month?
Or do you think they'll do it alphabetically until they run out of money? (Hope your last name starts with an a!)
Even split where everyone gets paid $75.76 for this half of the month?
Or do you think they'll do it alphabetically until they run out of money? (Hope your last name starts with an a!)
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So, ethical legal & control of the armed forces concerns aside, how do you think they divide this up?
Even split where everyone gets paid $75.76 for this half of the month?
Or do you think they'll do it alphabetically until they run out of money? (Hope your last name starts with an a!)
Even split where everyone gets paid $75.76 for this half of the month?
Or do you think they'll do it alphabetically until they run out of money? (Hope your last name starts with an a!)
Republicans: "We are all about respect for our great nation's traditions & history."
Also Republicans: "Trump is totally a king, also he's literally tearing down the White House right now and we love it"
Also Republicans: "Trump is totally a king, also he's literally tearing down the White House right now and we love it"
October 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Republicans: "We are all about respect for our great nation's traditions & history."
Also Republicans: "Trump is totally a king, also he's literally tearing down the White House right now and we love it"
Also Republicans: "Trump is totally a king, also he's literally tearing down the White House right now and we love it"
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Happy No Kings Eve! Don’t forget to leave cookies & balaclavas out for Antifa tonight…
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy No Kings Eve! Don’t forget to leave cookies & balaclavas out for Antifa tonight…
If they can't handle working with a mayor, any mayor! Who is democratically chosen by the citizens of NYC, then they are incapable of serving the city. They are serving their own personal political agenda and should resign now.
“Some NYPD officers are concerned about Mamdani as mayor” they may even resign!
October 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If they can't handle working with a mayor, any mayor! Who is democratically chosen by the citizens of NYC, then they are incapable of serving the city. They are serving their own personal political agenda and should resign now.
Just saw a sign at a spa for "skin tightening" and frankly, it sounds dreadful. Any time someone has said to me "my skin feels tight" what they really meant was "I'm having a godawful time"
October 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just saw a sign at a spa for "skin tightening" and frankly, it sounds dreadful. Any time someone has said to me "my skin feels tight" what they really meant was "I'm having a godawful time"
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ok "the stephen miller door" is a solid bit
October 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
ok "the stephen miller door" is a solid bit
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tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.
When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.
When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.
Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users
tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…
plutopsyche.medium.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.
When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.
When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.
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Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.
October 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Let me get this straight: Link, a Black user, got banned for calling out the Bluesky CEO for following a racist. That’s not a good look, especially given Bluesky’s historical treatment of Black users here on bluesky.
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I want to once again remind people that steganographic watermarking of "AI"-generated content should be mathematically trivially easy to do. I mean, real fucking simple.
If verification and consensus reality were things the creators and sellers of said tech were concerned about, i mean. 😐
If verification and consensus reality were things the creators and sellers of said tech were concerned about, i mean. 😐
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
October 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I want to once again remind people that steganographic watermarking of "AI"-generated content should be mathematically trivially easy to do. I mean, real fucking simple.
If verification and consensus reality were things the creators and sellers of said tech were concerned about, i mean. 😐
If verification and consensus reality were things the creators and sellers of said tech were concerned about, i mean. 😐
This Hegseth shit is how you end up with a military that produces Macho Warrior Videos of soldiers doing shirtless backflip axe throwing.
It's how you turn something that may have been the second best military in the world into the second best military in Ukraine.
It's how you turn something that may have been the second best military in the world into the second best military in Ukraine.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This Hegseth shit is how you end up with a military that produces Macho Warrior Videos of soldiers doing shirtless backflip axe throwing.
It's how you turn something that may have been the second best military in the world into the second best military in Ukraine.
It's how you turn something that may have been the second best military in the world into the second best military in Ukraine.
This is an essential tool to keep in mind.
Gets around pardons, and unconscionable violations of international law that our own courts decide weren't technically illegal under US law at the time they were committed.
Also establishes a norm that will backstop against similar behavior in the future.
Gets around pardons, and unconscionable violations of international law that our own courts decide weren't technically illegal under US law at the time they were committed.
Also establishes a norm that will backstop against similar behavior in the future.
One of the first things the US needs to do when we get out of this mess is to submit to the jurisdiction of the ICJ and try every person involved with every one of these crimes.
September 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is an essential tool to keep in mind.
Gets around pardons, and unconscionable violations of international law that our own courts decide weren't technically illegal under US law at the time they were committed.
Also establishes a norm that will backstop against similar behavior in the future.
Gets around pardons, and unconscionable violations of international law that our own courts decide weren't technically illegal under US law at the time they were committed.
Also establishes a norm that will backstop against similar behavior in the future.
If, like me, you love baking and hate the paper sacks flour comes in, you should know that an 8qt Cambro holds 10lbs of flour (and a scoop) almost perfectly.
You do have to bury the scoop a little to get the lid on at first. But, upside, I never accidentally rip my container while getting flour.
You do have to bury the scoop a little to get the lid on at first. But, upside, I never accidentally rip my container while getting flour.
September 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If, like me, you love baking and hate the paper sacks flour comes in, you should know that an 8qt Cambro holds 10lbs of flour (and a scoop) almost perfectly.
You do have to bury the scoop a little to get the lid on at first. But, upside, I never accidentally rip my container while getting flour.
You do have to bury the scoop a little to get the lid on at first. But, upside, I never accidentally rip my container while getting flour.
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Hey, Massachusetts, it may be a Providence station, but WJAR says it is "Providence-New Bedford" and covers Massachusetts. Xfinity in many Massachusetts towns includes the channel as one of the HD NBC stations. Time to start complaining to the Massachusetts advertisers.
Well, there it is. Sinclair is digging in for a fight, so please help push back -- find stations in your area, watch their local news to see what ads they run, then write those advertisers to tell them you're boycotting as long as they're on a Sinclair station.
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
List here: sbgi.net/tv-stations/
September 22, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Hey, Massachusetts, it may be a Providence station, but WJAR says it is "Providence-New Bedford" and covers Massachusetts. Xfinity in many Massachusetts towns includes the channel as one of the HD NBC stations. Time to start complaining to the Massachusetts advertisers.
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double down, you stupid motherfuckers, every car dealership, personal injury firm and local franchise is about to get inundated from the angriest fucking libs you have ever met in your life demanding they stop advertising on sinclair stations
This just in from Sinclair: "Beginning Tuesday night Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return."
September 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
double down, you stupid motherfuckers, every car dealership, personal injury firm and local franchise is about to get inundated from the angriest fucking libs you have ever met in your life demanding they stop advertising on sinclair stations
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That ostensibly liberal publications like the Boston Globe are lionizing someone as despicable as Charlie Kirk is the triumph of process over substance. As long as you go through the motions, then the fact that you are calling for violence against marginalized people is just a difference of opinion.
No, Boston Globe, we don’t “need more Charlie Kirks”
A shocking death cannot retroactively transform a wicked man into a saint
andrewqmr.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
That ostensibly liberal publications like the Boston Globe are lionizing someone as despicable as Charlie Kirk is the triumph of process over substance. As long as you go through the motions, then the fact that you are calling for violence against marginalized people is just a difference of opinion.