Doc Trow
@jerometruax.bsky.social
Mostly retired and a trusted expert at some fading technologies.
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An ICE agent in Minnesota showing their current mentality
January 10, 2026 at 1:14 PM
An ICE agent in Minnesota showing their current mentality
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Joseph Weizenbaum built a much cruder therapy chatbot 60 years ago and was troubled by how many people imputed genuine emotional understanding to it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
December 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Joseph Weizenbaum built a much cruder therapy chatbot 60 years ago and was troubled by how many people imputed genuine emotional understanding to it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA_e...
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
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The WH steals people’s property constantly and never asks permission. Another example of Trump acting like a king.
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The WH steals people’s property constantly and never asks permission. Another example of Trump acting like a king.
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Aaron Beltran • REALTOR
October 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Aaron Beltran • REALTOR
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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📌We have never made near enough of the fact that 317,000 lives in the United States would have been saved during the COVID pandemic had people just gotten vaccinated.
That's a staggering number, and we have sickos who don't value life like Donald Trump and RFK Jr. to thank for it.
That's a staggering number, and we have sickos who don't value life like Donald Trump and RFK Jr. to thank for it.
August 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
📌We have never made near enough of the fact that 317,000 lives in the United States would have been saved during the COVID pandemic had people just gotten vaccinated.
That's a staggering number, and we have sickos who don't value life like Donald Trump and RFK Jr. to thank for it.
That's a staggering number, and we have sickos who don't value life like Donald Trump and RFK Jr. to thank for it.
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I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I realize broad science-literacy problems cannot generally be solved just by shoving more facts at people but I really wish more people understood that the entire purpose and mechanism of a vaccine is to educate your OWN immune system, making it about the most "natural" medical intervention possible
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The same guy telling you he’s not in the Epstein files, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall, and people were eating dogs in Ohio.
July 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The same guy telling you he’s not in the Epstein files, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall, and people were eating dogs in Ohio.
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Over the next few days, you are going to see me reshare it every time an influential climate scientist points out that no, the southern ocean's overturning current hasn't reversed.
The reviewed article did not even come close to supporting what was in the media release everyone shared.
The reviewed article did not even come close to supporting what was in the media release everyone shared.
Please be careful here. Yes, it reports another piece of the climate change picture--see below. But it's not the "catastrophic" development the journalist makes it out to be (based on quoting a notorious social media climate doomer with no scientific credentials).
The truth is bad enough folks! 🧵
The truth is bad enough folks! 🧵
July 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Over the next few days, you are going to see me reshare it every time an influential climate scientist points out that no, the southern ocean's overturning current hasn't reversed.
The reviewed article did not even come close to supporting what was in the media release everyone shared.
The reviewed article did not even come close to supporting what was in the media release everyone shared.
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North Hollywood mural lauds Dodgers' Kiké Hernández 'for standing up for what is right'
North Hollywood mural lauds Dodgers' Kiké Hernández 'for standing up for what is right'
Recent statements by Dodger Kiké Hernández in support of L.A.-area immigrants have inspired a North Hollywood mural paying tribute to the fan-favorite player.
www.latimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
North Hollywood mural lauds Dodgers' Kiké Hernández 'for standing up for what is right'
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For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
July 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
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DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
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1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
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May 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE:
1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER:
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1. Chickenpox
2. Diphtheria
3. Measles
4. Pertussis
5. Pneumococcal Infection
6. Polio
7. Tetanus
8. Typhoid
9. Yellow Fever
10. Smallpox
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working theory: Gmail and Outlook succeeded too well at killing spam, an entire generation grew up without natural immunity
it sucks, but: that "open letter" going around is, fundamentally, pro-spam and anti-trust-and-safety, and a lot of people are getting schmixed by it.
spam is not in the eye of the sender. platforms that provide feedback to spammers are platforms that get gamed into the dumpster. it is an iron law.
spam is not in the eye of the sender. platforms that provide feedback to spammers are platforms that get gamed into the dumpster. it is an iron law.
May 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
working theory: Gmail and Outlook succeeded too well at killing spam, an entire generation grew up without natural immunity
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Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
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A quick list of things you can put in the jukebox baby:
1. Another dime
1. Another dime
May 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A quick list of things you can put in the jukebox baby:
1. Another dime
1. Another dime
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Opinion | The DOGE staffers are not too young to run the government.
by Bill Belichick
by Bill Belichick
May 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Opinion | The DOGE staffers are not too young to run the government.
by Bill Belichick
by Bill Belichick
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Trump has I think rightly calculated that no amount of fascist atrocities will drive the media to call them fascist atrocities
April 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Trump has I think rightly calculated that no amount of fascist atrocities will drive the media to call them fascist atrocities
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Larry David destroys Bill Maher in the most perfect way.
(gift article)
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Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf (Gift Article)
When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Larry David destroys Bill Maher in the most perfect way.
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And that's it right there.
The difference between Democrats and Republicans.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jqCpY1/
The difference between Democrats and Republicans.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jqCpY1/
April 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And that's it right there.
The difference between Democrats and Republicans.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jqCpY1/
The difference between Democrats and Republicans.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8jqCpY1/
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Gotta say, I struggle on some days to reconcile the fact that millions of Americans actually WANT to live in a country with viruses spreading freely, thousand of people getting kicked out of their jobs, billionaires feasting on the government & people being snatched off the street by secret police.
April 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Gotta say, I struggle on some days to reconcile the fact that millions of Americans actually WANT to live in a country with viruses spreading freely, thousand of people getting kicked out of their jobs, billionaires feasting on the government & people being snatched off the street by secret police.
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"Fight the authoritarians on everything. If the stock market drops, scream about it. Because it’s their fault. When a kid dies of measles—their fault. Attack them every day, on whatever the latest thing is. Turn 'flood the zone' against them."
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
AOC, solidarity, and people power.
www.thebulwark.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Fight the authoritarians on everything. If the stock market drops, scream about it. Because it’s their fault. When a kid dies of measles—their fault. Attack them every day, on whatever the latest thing is. Turn 'flood the zone' against them."