John Fallot
@johnfallot.bsky.social
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John Fallot
@johnfallot.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Good morrow to you.
And tomorrow.
And tomorrow.
AND TOMORROW.
And tomorrow.
And tomorrow.
AND TOMORROW.
So I recently watched Skam S3.
Am I obsessed? Absolutely.
Am I studying how the story accomplished what it did as a writer? Absolutely.
Am I haunted by that rendition of 'O Helga Natt' at inopertune moments? ABSOLUTELY. 🥺😭🎻
Am I obsessed? Absolutely.
Am I studying how the story accomplished what it did as a writer? Absolutely.
Am I haunted by that rendition of 'O Helga Natt' at inopertune moments? ABSOLUTELY. 🥺😭🎻
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
So I recently watched Skam S3.
Am I obsessed? Absolutely.
Am I studying how the story accomplished what it did as a writer? Absolutely.
Am I haunted by that rendition of 'O Helga Natt' at inopertune moments? ABSOLUTELY. 🥺😭🎻
Am I obsessed? Absolutely.
Am I studying how the story accomplished what it did as a writer? Absolutely.
Am I haunted by that rendition of 'O Helga Natt' at inopertune moments? ABSOLUTELY. 🥺😭🎻
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
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Today, we remember and honor our trans siblings lost to violence.
We lift up their legacies by continuing the work to stem the tides of hatred, and create a world in which all trans people can survive and thrive.
We lift up their legacies by continuing the work to stem the tides of hatred, and create a world in which all trans people can survive and thrive.
a transgender day of remembrance poster with three candles and a pink ribbon
Alt: a transgender day of remembrance poster with three candles and a pink ribbon
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November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Today, we remember and honor our trans siblings lost to violence.
We lift up their legacies by continuing the work to stem the tides of hatred, and create a world in which all trans people can survive and thrive.
We lift up their legacies by continuing the work to stem the tides of hatred, and create a world in which all trans people can survive and thrive.
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Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
![https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automation
Paradox of automation
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The paradox of automation says that the more efficient the automated system, the more crucial the human contribution of the operators. Humans are less involved, but their involvement becomes more critical. Lisanne Bainbridge, a cognitive psychologist, identified these issues notably in her widely cited paper "Ironies of Automation."[49] If an automated system has an error, it will multiply that error until it is fixed or shut down. This is where human operators come in.[50] A fatal example of this was Air France Flight 447, where a failure of automation put the pilots into a manual situation they were not prepared for.[51]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:byjjq67p7iau6qufzjmizpbn/bafkreie4ootzzyowpylsxjg7gxsp63iujxh4qceuuxxhwm63yrm2qffa4e@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Keep this in mind as we start seeing more and more large scale outages from AWS, Cloudflare, Github, etc. These are the companies hoping to increasingly automate their systems with AI
Can I just say, as someone currently writing a gay historical fiction set in 1979 NYC, if I manage to tap into a single 10th of the writing sublimnity shown in @meakoopa.bsky.social's Dayspring, I'll have viewed my entire writing career as a resounding success.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Can I just say, as someone currently writing a gay historical fiction set in 1979 NYC, if I manage to tap into a single 10th of the writing sublimnity shown in @meakoopa.bsky.social's Dayspring, I'll have viewed my entire writing career as a resounding success.
I wrote this in the local paper last month, about a pioneering civil liberties activist from my hometown, Doug Warner (1952-1990).
riverheadlocal.com/2025/10/10/f...
riverheadlocal.com/2025/10/10/f...
Opinion | Finding Doug Warner: an appreciation
My past is now tinged with a bittersweet gratitude: knowing that, by simply being me — proudly gay and loving life — I was fulfilling a promise that Doug Warner made to the world. A column by John…
riverheadlocal.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I wrote this in the local paper last month, about a pioneering civil liberties activist from my hometown, Doug Warner (1952-1990).
riverheadlocal.com/2025/10/10/f...
riverheadlocal.com/2025/10/10/f...
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A terrible outcome here would be lawmakers quickly writing and passing a bill that protects ONLY elected officials. We need to end data broker abuse entirely, and protect people who don’t get private security and make headline news when they are targeted
June 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A terrible outcome here would be lawmakers quickly writing and passing a bill that protects ONLY elected officials. We need to end data broker abuse entirely, and protect people who don’t get private security and make headline news when they are targeted
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NEW: The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several "people search" sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.
Minnesota Shooting Suspect Allegedly Used Data Broker Sites to Find Targets' Addresses
The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.
www.wired.com
June 17, 2025 at 2:25 AM
NEW: The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several "people search" sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data.
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It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
June 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.
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This applies to all sports but - and I am not joking - it is absolutely something best understood by a baseball man.
June 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This applies to all sports but - and I am not joking - it is absolutely something best understood by a baseball man.
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It’s basically the meme where people replace the audio with squeaky shoe sound effects to mock boring parties
June 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It’s basically the meme where people replace the audio with squeaky shoe sound effects to mock boring parties
3.5% rule suggests US needs over 11 million people to join a movement for its goals to be highly achievable.
And guess which threshold the No Kings Protests might have just passed?
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And guess which threshold the No Kings Protests might have just passed?
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June 15, 2025 at 7:29 AM
3.5% rule suggests US needs over 11 million people to join a movement for its goals to be highly achievable.
And guess which threshold the No Kings Protests might have just passed?
🇺🇸
And guess which threshold the No Kings Protests might have just passed?
🇺🇸
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My 82-year-old mom’s choir gave a Pride-themed concert today that said No Kings, only Queens!
June 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My 82-year-old mom’s choir gave a Pride-themed concert today that said No Kings, only Queens!
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🎧: Our tech columnist @ethanz.bsky.social joins @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social on the Prospect Podcast to discuss AI, evil tech bros and resisting digital ‘enshittification’.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
Ethan Zuckerman: How to escape the internet hellscape
Prospect’s tech columnist on AI, evil tech bros, and resisting digital ‘enshittification’
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🎧: Our tech columnist @ethanz.bsky.social joins @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @aloner.bsky.social on the Prospect Podcast to discuss AI, evil tech bros and resisting digital ‘enshittification’.
www.prospectmagazine...
www.prospectmagazine...
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“We want justice, you say how? ICE out New York City now.”
“No justice, no peace. We want ICE off our streets.”
Thousands march past the Ellis Island mural in lower Manhattan against ICE and in solidarity with sanctuary cities targeted by ICE across the country.
“No justice, no peace. We want ICE off our streets.”
Thousands march past the Ellis Island mural in lower Manhattan against ICE and in solidarity with sanctuary cities targeted by ICE across the country.
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“We want justice, you say how? ICE out New York City now.”
“No justice, no peace. We want ICE off our streets.”
Thousands march past the Ellis Island mural in lower Manhattan against ICE and in solidarity with sanctuary cities targeted by ICE across the country.
“No justice, no peace. We want ICE off our streets.”
Thousands march past the Ellis Island mural in lower Manhattan against ICE and in solidarity with sanctuary cities targeted by ICE across the country.
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Just in from DC Bar - labor attorney Diane Seltzer defeats securities attorney Brad Bondi in a closely watched race with record turnout.
June 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Just in from DC Bar - labor attorney Diane Seltzer defeats securities attorney Brad Bondi in a closely watched race with record turnout.
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If this were true (and I'm not convinced it is) then 1) why would any AI company keep pushing AI? Why intentionally drive the US economy off a cliff? 2) if we have Great Depression 2.0, no one will be able to afford any of the products companies who pivoted to AI sell. 3) NONE OF THIS IS INEVITABLE.
EXCLUSIVE: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has a blunt, scary warning: AI could wipe out half of entry-level white-collar jobs and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next 1-5 years.
Few are paying attention: Politicians don't get it. CEOs are afraid to talk about it.
Few are paying attention: Politicians don't get it. CEOs are afraid to talk about it.
Behind the Curtain: Top AI CEO foresees white-collar bloodbath
Hardly anyone is paying attention.
www.axios.com
May 31, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If this were true (and I'm not convinced it is) then 1) why would any AI company keep pushing AI? Why intentionally drive the US economy off a cliff? 2) if we have Great Depression 2.0, no one will be able to afford any of the products companies who pivoted to AI sell. 3) NONE OF THIS IS INEVITABLE.
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Movie Night : Gay San Francisco by Jonathan Raymond. Filmed between 1965-1970. "Scenes from gay bars are intercut with fascinating interviews featuring gay men, lesbians, and trans women discussing issues from harassment to sex to job security." archive.org/details/casf...
Gay San Francisco : Raymond, Jonathan : Free Borrow & Streaming : Internet Archive
Description: Gay San Francisco by Jonathan Raymond, is a previously lost documentary depicting queer life in San Francisco five decades ago. Shot between...
archive.org
March 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Movie Night : Gay San Francisco by Jonathan Raymond. Filmed between 1965-1970. "Scenes from gay bars are intercut with fascinating interviews featuring gay men, lesbians, and trans women discussing issues from harassment to sex to job security." archive.org/details/casf...
Someone really should create a version of Dolly Parton's 9-to-5 that's for people that genuinely don't really mind their job with benefits. I'm not talking toxic positivity/hustle nonsense, I'm talking "Hey, all things considered? I'm fine with this."
March 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Someone really should create a version of Dolly Parton's 9-to-5 that's for people that genuinely don't really mind their job with benefits. I'm not talking toxic positivity/hustle nonsense, I'm talking "Hey, all things considered? I'm fine with this."
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Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️
March 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️
Me: ok time for me to log into BlueSky
My feed, without fail:
My feed, without fail:
March 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Me: ok time for me to log into BlueSky
My feed, without fail:
My feed, without fail:
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We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We just launched a 16TB archive of every dataset that has been available on data.gov since November. This will be updated day by day as new datasets appear. It can be freely copied, and we're sharing the code behind it to help others make their own archives of data they depend on.
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📢 App Version 1.99 is rolling out now (1/5)
With every update, we’re aiming to make the Internet less toxic, more fun, and more in your control.
• 3 minute videos!
• A separate request inbox for DMs from unknown users
• Mute accounts more quickly
With every update, we’re aiming to make the Internet less toxic, more fun, and more in your control.
• 3 minute videos!
• A separate request inbox for DMs from unknown users
• Mute accounts more quickly
March 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📢 App Version 1.99 is rolling out now (1/5)
With every update, we’re aiming to make the Internet less toxic, more fun, and more in your control.
• 3 minute videos!
• A separate request inbox for DMs from unknown users
• Mute accounts more quickly
With every update, we’re aiming to make the Internet less toxic, more fun, and more in your control.
• 3 minute videos!
• A separate request inbox for DMs from unknown users
• Mute accounts more quickly