Timothy Clark
@tclark.bsky.social
Drink up, dreamers, you're running dry.
#plutoisaplanet
It's OK, I have an Astrophysics degree.
he/him
#plutoisaplanet
It's OK, I have an Astrophysics degree.
he/him
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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they gleefully announce the llm solves a difficult problem and then you find out...they use it to respond to an email, format some python, arrange two meetings in an 8 hour period.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
lately i've been thinking about how LLMs must feel really amazing to use if you're a dumbass, but incredibly frustrating if you're just basically competent in life.
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
they gleefully announce the llm solves a difficult problem and then you find out...they use it to respond to an email, format some python, arrange two meetings in an 8 hour period.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
we are going to let these people burn the planet because we are too nice to tell them they sound stupid.
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Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Predictable but still amazing to watch people who spent literally years accusing every librarian, teacher, and trans person they could find of sexually grooming children suddenly throw themselves in with "actually it's ephebophilia"
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Apologies, I realized I was posting like a scientist rather than a social-media influencer. What I meant to say was:
Cosmologists in SHAMBLES as statistical significance of their cherished idea tumbles from 4.2σ to a measly 3.2σ! When will science face this CRISIS? Or is it all just GROUPTHINK???
Cosmologists in SHAMBLES as statistical significance of their cherished idea tumbles from 4.2σ to a measly 3.2σ! When will science face this CRISIS? Or is it all just GROUPTHINK???
Hmm. The best evidence that dark energy is evolving rather than constant just got a little weaker.
The statistical significance of observational results don’t really have “momentum,” but we’ll have to continue to wait and see about this one.
The statistical significance of observational results don’t really have “momentum,” but we’ll have to continue to wait and see about this one.
A little less than a year ago, a large team of cosmologists reported evidence that dark energy (which drives the acceleration of the expansion of the Universe) evolves over time. This made a huge splash but has also been viewed with healthy skepticism. Today they report that evidence has weakened. 🧪
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Apologies, I realized I was posting like a scientist rather than a social-media influencer. What I meant to say was:
Cosmologists in SHAMBLES as statistical significance of their cherished idea tumbles from 4.2σ to a measly 3.2σ! When will science face this CRISIS? Or is it all just GROUPTHINK???
Cosmologists in SHAMBLES as statistical significance of their cherished idea tumbles from 4.2σ to a measly 3.2σ! When will science face this CRISIS? Or is it all just GROUPTHINK???
It's mentioned in the article, but this is exactly what a GOP supported bill (which didn't ultimately pass) in Washington state did during the Obama administration.
Get on it @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
Get on it @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
Soft secession
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Legislation creates a Federal Tax Escrow Account in the state treasury. Instead of employers forwarding collected federal taxes to Washington, they send them to the state. The state holds the money in escrow. A legislative panel reviews federal spending for constitutional compliance.
Experts Say Blue States Can Stop Paying Federal Taxes. There’s Precedent
If we could use nullification for people to get high, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism?
medium.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It's mentioned in the article, but this is exactly what a GOP supported bill (which didn't ultimately pass) in Washington state did during the Obama administration.
Get on it @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
Get on it @gavinnewsom.bsky.social
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UX or “user experience” design means stealing your wallet, with computers.
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
UX or “user experience” design means stealing your wallet, with computers.
Apartheid Clyde skimmed another Iain M. Banks Culture story and is now trying to pitch slap drones. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-te...
Elon Musk says Tesla robots can prevent future crime
Elon Musk said that Tesla's Optimus robots could follow people around and stop them from committing crimes.
www.newsweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Apartheid Clyde skimmed another Iain M. Banks Culture story and is now trying to pitch slap drones. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-te...
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Am I the only one frustrated that iOS 26 doesn't show the last name of the person you are texting in the iMessage contact card? Why do I have to click through to the Contacts app to see this?
Hey Apple: maybe lose the liquid ass bubble shit and use that space for useful shit like LAST NAMES.
Hey Apple: maybe lose the liquid ass bubble shit and use that space for useful shit like LAST NAMES.
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Am I the only one frustrated that iOS 26 doesn't show the last name of the person you are texting in the iMessage contact card? Why do I have to click through to the Contacts app to see this?
Hey Apple: maybe lose the liquid ass bubble shit and use that space for useful shit like LAST NAMES.
Hey Apple: maybe lose the liquid ass bubble shit and use that space for useful shit like LAST NAMES.
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job
October 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
The Thomas Guide and memorization.
I am officially one of The Ancients, Keeper of Knowledge of the Before Time
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The Thomas Guide and memorization.
Sure, but did those 400,000 dead children consider that we were told Harris was going not be hard enough on Israel?
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Sure, but did those 400,000 dead children consider that we were told Harris was going not be hard enough on Israel?
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Every American needs to know what is being done in the name of our safety and prosperity. I don't personally feel safer or more prosperous by torturing people, but Stephen Miller does.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Every American needs to know what is being done in the name of our safety and prosperity. I don't personally feel safer or more prosperous by torturing people, but Stephen Miller does.
Mustard and Onions Holiday
November 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Mustard and Onions Holiday
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Imagine, if you will, this headline with the word “Jews” substituted for the word “women”:
“Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?”
Disgusting, right?
Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women.
The misogyny is staggering — and so normal.
Still.
“Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?”
Disgusting, right?
Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women.
The misogyny is staggering — and so normal.
Still.
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Imagine, if you will, this headline with the word “Jews” substituted for the word “women”:
“Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?”
Disgusting, right?
Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women.
The misogyny is staggering — and so normal.
Still.
“Did Jews Ruin the Workplace?”
Disgusting, right?
Well, it’s just as disgusting that this is an acceptable question to debate about women.
The misogyny is staggering — and so normal.
Still.
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
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Dear Bill Gates,
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.
November 4, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dear Bill Gates,
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.
If Trump loves your climate statement and you say he misunderstood it, and if climate scientists don't like your climate statement and you say they also misunderstood it, maybe the problem is your #climate statement.
Gen. Eric Shinseki told the Bush admin that to invade Iraq and have any hope of rebuilding it as a stable, prosperous, and free country the US would have to commit 400,000 troops to the occupation. Cheney and Rumsfeld wanted a smash and grab war of convenience done on the cheap, and dismissed him.
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Gen. Eric Shinseki told the Bush admin that to invade Iraq and have any hope of rebuilding it as a stable, prosperous, and free country the US would have to commit 400,000 troops to the occupation. Cheney and Rumsfeld wanted a smash and grab war of convenience done on the cheap, and dismissed him.
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hug your war criminals a little tighter today
November 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
hug your war criminals a little tighter today
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Okay, so: once you’ve nicked £90m in assorted crown jewels from a national museum, I think it’s safe to say you no longer fall into the “petty crime” category even if you haven’t previously been noteworthy in your field.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Louvre jewel heist by petty criminals, not organised professionals, says Paris prosecutor
Laure Beccuau said ‘upper echelons of organised crime’ unlikely to be involved as one perpetrator remains at large
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Okay, so: once you’ve nicked £90m in assorted crown jewels from a national museum, I think it’s safe to say you no longer fall into the “petty crime” category even if you haven’t previously been noteworthy in your field.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...