K Morrell ❌👑
@morrellk.bsky.social
forecaster at Good Judgment Inc & eater of bonbons
Reading just now in Goliath’s Curse about states being similar to organized crime syndicates 👀
It’s a bit too on the nose today
It’s a bit too on the nose today
It is a real pattern Trump is establishing. If you help him stage a coup he will bribe you with the taxpayers money. rollcall.com/2025/11/13/s...
Senate payout provision defies typical legal concepts, experts say - Roll Call
Congress flouted several legal principles with an unusual provision creating a streamlined path for senator lawsuits, experts said.
rollcall.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Reading just now in Goliath’s Curse about states being similar to organized crime syndicates 👀
It’s a bit too on the nose today
It’s a bit too on the nose today
y'know, I read OP as saying that that person had jumped into the woodchipper herself, through saying that load of crap. 🤷♀️ Maybe that's because I never watched Fargo, but it's also indicative of the general problem of interpreting intent from the written word. (& AI, poor reading comp make worse)
November 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
y'know, I read OP as saying that that person had jumped into the woodchipper herself, through saying that load of crap. 🤷♀️ Maybe that's because I never watched Fargo, but it's also indicative of the general problem of interpreting intent from the written word. (& AI, poor reading comp make worse)
👍effort at finding common ground among AI opiners (asteriskmag.substack.com/p/common-gro...)
Reminds me that some people look at AI and see its success (benchmark performance) and others focus on where/how often it fails.
(I think, varying results => skill not acquired)
Reminds me that some people look at AI and see its success (benchmark performance) and others focus on where/how often it fails.
(I think, varying results => skill not acquired)
Common Ground between AI 2027 & AI as Normal Technology
AI 2027 and AI as Normal Technology were both published in April of this year.
asteriskmag.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
👍effort at finding common ground among AI opiners (asteriskmag.substack.com/p/common-gro...)
Reminds me that some people look at AI and see its success (benchmark performance) and others focus on where/how often it fails.
(I think, varying results => skill not acquired)
Reminds me that some people look at AI and see its success (benchmark performance) and others focus on where/how often it fails.
(I think, varying results => skill not acquired)
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What we need is a more egalitarian society. Extremes of wealth and power destroy the rule of law and foster cruelty, deviance, and abuse.
November 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Money shenanigans at OpenAI? Or, what? on.ft.com/4p4LRQS - who talked to Zitron www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/?re... Nothing seems to add up quite right/match earlier reported numbers.
Seems very 😬 🫧 to me if at all accurate
Seems very 😬 🫧 to me if at all accurate
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought
Inference inferred, revenue reconstructed, cash burn quantified
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Money shenanigans at OpenAI? Or, what? on.ft.com/4p4LRQS - who talked to Zitron www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/?re... Nothing seems to add up quite right/match earlier reported numbers.
Seems very 😬 🫧 to me if at all accurate
Seems very 😬 🫧 to me if at all accurate
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November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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A story in four parts. Thank you for sharing.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A story in four parts. Thank you for sharing.
Was just reading Financial Time’s excellent story on The Line project (bsky.app/profile/alis...) and - strikes me that The Line and pursuit of AI are the same story in many ways, when boiled down to the bones.
I guess it's thrilling to imagine oneself to be part of a mad chase to the creation of artificial life. But it's not just fun and games when that chase is being used to concentrate wealth & power and involves despoiling the physical & information ecosystems + massive labor exploitation.
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November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Was just reading Financial Time’s excellent story on The Line project (bsky.app/profile/alis...) and - strikes me that The Line and pursuit of AI are the same story in many ways, when boiled down to the bones.
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
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People of Santa Clara County.
Put this on your calendar NOW.
You need to vote AGAIN on December 30 to make sure Rishi Kumar does not become assessor in this run off election.
Put this on your calendar NOW.
You need to vote AGAIN on December 30 to make sure Rishi Kumar does not become assessor in this run off election.
Hey Santa Clara County voters
Do NOT vote for Rishi Kumar for assessor.
Please reshare to boost!!
Vote for Neysa Fligor.
Do NOT vote for Rishi Kumar for assessor.
Please reshare to boost!!
Vote for Neysa Fligor.
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
People of Santa Clara County.
Put this on your calendar NOW.
You need to vote AGAIN on December 30 to make sure Rishi Kumar does not become assessor in this run off election.
Put this on your calendar NOW.
You need to vote AGAIN on December 30 to make sure Rishi Kumar does not become assessor in this run off election.
Hoping this wave moves some CEOs
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Hoping this wave moves some CEOs
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And, Donald Trump throws Republicans under the bus. Shutdown ending soon.
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
And, Donald Trump throws Republicans under the bus. Shutdown ending soon.
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RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
RESULT: Maine voters reject Question 1, a ballot measure that would have implemented a barrage of new voting restrictions, especially for mail voting.
And Yes in Measure A if you’re in Santa Clara county!
Today is the day!! Find your nearest vote center at cadem.org/vote-here. Polls close at 8pm. Call 877-321-8683 if you have voting-related questions or issues. #ElectionDay #Yeson50
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And Yes in Measure A if you’re in Santa Clara county!
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Hey Santa Clara County voters.
Please please please be sure to vote for assessor anyone other than Rishi Kumar, the guy running on eliminating property taxes for seniors (which he can't in this role).
Please please please be sure to vote for assessor anyone other than Rishi Kumar, the guy running on eliminating property taxes for seniors (which he can't in this role).
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Hey Santa Clara County voters.
Please please please be sure to vote for assessor anyone other than Rishi Kumar, the guy running on eliminating property taxes for seniors (which he can't in this role).
Please please please be sure to vote for assessor anyone other than Rishi Kumar, the guy running on eliminating property taxes for seniors (which he can't in this role).
I bet every one of these terrorists is guilty of domestic violence
To hell with all of them - no state-sponsored terrorism!
To hell with all of them - no state-sponsored terrorism!
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I bet every one of these terrorists is guilty of domestic violence
To hell with all of them - no state-sponsored terrorism!
To hell with all of them - no state-sponsored terrorism!
Wish I had been willing to bid higher on Seasons II from this artist: www.freyesart.com/work#/minibl...
November 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Wish I had been willing to bid higher on Seasons II from this artist: www.freyesart.com/work#/minibl...
Just set up bimonthly donations to Second Harvest & weekly to the Skyland UCC food pantry (secure.myvanco.com/YKMJ/campaig...) up in Santa Cruz mountains. Planning to leave those in place until the shutdown is over and benefits resume.
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Just set up bimonthly donations to Second Harvest & weekly to the Skyland UCC food pantry (secure.myvanco.com/YKMJ/campaig...) up in Santa Cruz mountains. Planning to leave those in place until the shutdown is over and benefits resume.
Thinking I should post one of these a day. Too many come through my feed.
We don’t have to live like this.
We don’t have to live like this.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Thinking I should post one of these a day. Too many come through my feed.
We don’t have to live like this.
We don’t have to live like this.
Awful, and not getting a lot of attention here just now.
CW: discussion of mass murder
CW: discussion of mass murder
Please take a moment to understand the gravity of what is unfolding in Darfur right now.
www.globaldispatches.org/p/a-genocida...
www.globaldispatches.org/p/a-genocida...
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Awful, and not getting a lot of attention here just now.
CW: discussion of mass murder
CW: discussion of mass murder
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With the government shutdown, uncertainty surrounding CalFresh, and worries about health care costs, I’m hosting a town hall to discuss what comes next.
Join me tomorrow, Thursday, October 30, at Foothill College’s Smithwick Theater in Los Altos Hills. RSVP here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Join me tomorrow, Thursday, October 30, at Foothill College’s Smithwick Theater in Los Altos Hills. RSVP here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
forms.gle/sjKHdindwZNA...
RSVP for Sam's Town Hall
Thursday, October 30 from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Doors Open at 6:30 PM)
Foothill College Smithwick Theater, 12345 El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
- For accessible parking, please use Lots 5 and 6...
forms.gle
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
With the government shutdown, uncertainty surrounding CalFresh, and worries about health care costs, I’m hosting a town hall to discuss what comes next.
Join me tomorrow, Thursday, October 30, at Foothill College’s Smithwick Theater in Los Altos Hills. RSVP here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
forms.gle/sjKHdindwZNA...
Join me tomorrow, Thursday, October 30, at Foothill College’s Smithwick Theater in Los Altos Hills. RSVP here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
forms.gle/sjKHdindwZNA...
… we don’t have to live like this …
Videos show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
🔗 www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
… we don’t have to live like this …
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do you like ebooks
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
do you like ebooks about haunted architecture
did you ever wish THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE was more ... SFnal?
just in time for the height of spooky season, my ROSE/HOUSE is on sale for only $2.99 at all ebook retailers! until November 2nd!
us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Rose/House
Rose/House is a breathtaking and taut sci-fi gothic thriller from Arkady Martine, Hugo Award-winning author of A Memory Called Empire.“I’m a piece of arc...
us.macmillan.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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