Shava Nerad
@shava23.bsky.social
Career activist, writer in retirement.
Founding execdir, The Tor Project
Digital divide, civil rights/liberties, political activist.
https://www.onlineprivacytips.co/interview/shava-nerad-interview/
https://patreon.com/shava23 / https://paypal.me/shava
Founding execdir, The Tor Project
Digital divide, civil rights/liberties, political activist.
https://www.onlineprivacytips.co/interview/shava-nerad-interview/
https://patreon.com/shava23 / https://paypal.me/shava
OMG, @scalzi.com! If it were me this would make me feel so OLD.
November 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
OMG, @scalzi.com! If it were me this would make me feel so OLD.
Playing YouTube videos while I cook, I noticed that the #ai summary of a review of Where Winds Meet, a wuxia fantasy rpg, was summarized as a "whoosher MMO" (the creator was a Brit).
It took me a sec to realize it was referring to wuxia, rather than the typical traversal modes.
#WhereWindsMeet
It took me a sec to realize it was referring to wuxia, rather than the typical traversal modes.
#WhereWindsMeet
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Playing YouTube videos while I cook, I noticed that the #ai summary of a review of Where Winds Meet, a wuxia fantasy rpg, was summarized as a "whoosher MMO" (the creator was a Brit).
It took me a sec to realize it was referring to wuxia, rather than the typical traversal modes.
#WhereWindsMeet
It took me a sec to realize it was referring to wuxia, rather than the typical traversal modes.
#WhereWindsMeet
Guys, ANYONE working for the CIA in Afghanistan would have been vetted (possibly multiple times) well before they needed to apply for asylum.
Patel is either delusional or intentionally misleading saying this guy wasn't vetted.
I'll take my bets on misleading.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/nat...
Patel is either delusional or intentionally misleading saying this guy wasn't vetted.
I'll take my bets on misleading.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/nat...
National Guard shooting suspect was likely vetted by US before being granted asylum
National Guard shooting reopens debate over Biden-era program that rushed to resettle Afghans who had worked with the US during its 20-year war in Afghanistan.
abcnews.go.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Guys, ANYONE working for the CIA in Afghanistan would have been vetted (possibly multiple times) well before they needed to apply for asylum.
Patel is either delusional or intentionally misleading saying this guy wasn't vetted.
I'll take my bets on misleading.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/nat...
Patel is either delusional or intentionally misleading saying this guy wasn't vetted.
I'll take my bets on misleading.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/nat...
More on Trump closing Venezuelan airspace. From Truth Social, that engine of executive public diplomacy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Donald Trump says airspace above and around Venezuela is closed
President made declaration in a social media post, after FAA last week warned airlines of ‘worsening security situation’
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
More on Trump closing Venezuelan airspace. From Truth Social, that engine of executive public diplomacy.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I think America has a bad case of "Think of the children!"
But only our children, and often only some of those.
Not the children of wars in Gaza or Ukraine. Not the children of Trump's roster of "third world countries."
www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/t...
But only our children, and often only some of those.
Not the children of wars in Gaza or Ukraine. Not the children of Trump's roster of "third world countries."
www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/t...
Ukraine's playgrounds are a war necessity
Russia’s increasing attacks against civilian areas include public playgrounds. Yet Ukrainians have rallied to preserve a child’s right to play – and innocence – by building alternative playgrounds tha...
www.csmonitor.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I think America has a bad case of "Think of the children!"
But only our children, and often only some of those.
Not the children of wars in Gaza or Ukraine. Not the children of Trump's roster of "third world countries."
www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/t...
But only our children, and often only some of those.
Not the children of wars in Gaza or Ukraine. Not the children of Trump's roster of "third world countries."
www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/t...
An #ai #llm doesn't think. It talks.
Admittedly, this means it has so much in common with most social media denizens.
It really explains the popularity of these expensive MadLibs machines, doesn't it?
m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
Admittedly, this means it has so much in common with most social media denizens.
It really explains the popularity of these expensive MadLibs machines, doesn't it?
m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
Can AI chatbots ever become as smart as human intelligence? New study reveals a fatal flaw in the plan
A new commentary in Nature Human Behaviour argues that the race toward human level AI is built on a flawed assumption. Neuroscientists Evelina Fedorenko, Steven Piantadosi and Edward Gibson show that ...
m.economictimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
An #ai #llm doesn't think. It talks.
Admittedly, this means it has so much in common with most social media denizens.
It really explains the popularity of these expensive MadLibs machines, doesn't it?
m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
Admittedly, this means it has so much in common with most social media denizens.
It really explains the popularity of these expensive MadLibs machines, doesn't it?
m.economictimes.com/magazines/pa...
Gives nuance to the idea of a dream deferred.
ICE are the terrorists. They are doing so much harm and gleefully ignoring the courts, just like their fell masters.
www.wcvb.com/article/babs...
ICE are the terrorists. They are doing so much harm and gleefully ignoring the courts, just like their fell masters.
www.wcvb.com/article/babs...
Mass. college student detained by ICE while flying home for holiday
A Babson College student flying home for Thanksgiving was detained by ICE at Logan Airport.
www.wcvb.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Gives nuance to the idea of a dream deferred.
ICE are the terrorists. They are doing so much harm and gleefully ignoring the courts, just like their fell masters.
www.wcvb.com/article/babs...
ICE are the terrorists. They are doing so much harm and gleefully ignoring the courts, just like their fell masters.
www.wcvb.com/article/babs...
TBH, I'll trade any of Cambridge's city managers (since 1978 when I landed here) for Medford's mayor.
Town management is so weird in Massachusetts. When I lived in OR and CA, the county was everything.
#mapoli
www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/29/m...
Town management is so weird in Massachusetts. When I lived in OR and CA, the county was everything.
#mapoli
www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/29/m...
Medford trash pickup change a national ‘laughingstock’
Medford’s plan to cut trash collection in half is generating a stench that has turned the Greater Boston city into a national “laughingstock,” according to city councilors who are rebutting the may…
www.bostonherald.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
TBH, I'll trade any of Cambridge's city managers (since 1978 when I landed here) for Medford's mayor.
Town management is so weird in Massachusetts. When I lived in OR and CA, the county was everything.
#mapoli
www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/29/m...
Town management is so weird in Massachusetts. When I lived in OR and CA, the county was everything.
#mapoli
www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/29/m...
Because of course he did.
Although this feels like it has Miller's fingerprints all over it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Although this feels like it has Miller's fingerprints all over it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US halts all asylum claim decisions in wake of National Guard shooting
The directive comes hours after Donald Trump said the US will pause migration from "third-world countries".
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Because of course he did.
Although this feels like it has Miller's fingerprints all over it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Although this feels like it has Miller's fingerprints all over it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
In a way, the weather is a great lesson in Buddhist attachment. When the barometer falls, I'm obsessed with when the pain will ease. When it's going up, I'm dreading how far it will have to fall in the next cycle.
I am such a bad Buddhist these days...
I am such a bad Buddhist these days...
November 29, 2025 at 12:39 PM
In a way, the weather is a great lesson in Buddhist attachment. When the barometer falls, I'm obsessed with when the pain will ease. When it's going up, I'm dreading how far it will have to fall in the next cycle.
I am such a bad Buddhist these days...
I am such a bad Buddhist these days...
The term for the day is transhumance, which is starkly different from transhumanism, heh!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhu...
Transhumance - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The term for the day is transhumance, which is starkly different from transhumanism, heh!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhu...
It's officially past Thanksgiving.
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's officially past Thanksgiving.
If you haven't watched Servant of the People, I really highly recommend it.
Stories like this show how accurate it was in portraying the snake pit of UA politics.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Stories like this show how accurate it was in portraying the snake pit of UA politics.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak resigns after anti-corruption raid
Yermak, 54, has been Zelensky's closest adviser throughout Russia's full-scale war.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you haven't watched Servant of the People, I really highly recommend it.
Stories like this show how accurate it was in portraying the snake pit of UA politics.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Stories like this show how accurate it was in portraying the snake pit of UA politics.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump told service members on a public call that Sarah Beckstrom was dead, and LATER told her family.
And they say people with autism have a lack of empathy... This world has mixed up priorities.
#actuallyautistic
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And they say people with autism have a lack of empathy... This world has mixed up priorities.
#actuallyautistic
www.bbc.com/news/article...
National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom dies after shooting in Washington DC
Sarah Beckstrom, 20, succumbed to her injuries, while a second guardsman remains in critical condition, Donald Trump says.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Trump told service members on a public call that Sarah Beckstrom was dead, and LATER told her family.
And they say people with autism have a lack of empathy... This world has mixed up priorities.
#actuallyautistic
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And they say people with autism have a lack of empathy... This world has mixed up priorities.
#actuallyautistic
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It is the day after Thanksgiving, and like a true Vermonter, I am having pie for breakfast.
Hey, it's once a year! :)
Hey, it's once a year! :)
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It is the day after Thanksgiving, and like a true Vermonter, I am having pie for breakfast.
Hey, it's once a year! :)
Hey, it's once a year! :)