Tyler
@tjwied.bsky.social
Last year, AI frequently saved me a few hours of time. Now, it can save me days of time in a few minutes/hours. From a coding perspective, one person can do the job of a whole team from 10 years ago. It's insane. College grad jobs are already dying, and I don't see it getting better in the near term
August 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Last year, AI frequently saved me a few hours of time. Now, it can save me days of time in a few minutes/hours. From a coding perspective, one person can do the job of a whole team from 10 years ago. It's insane. College grad jobs are already dying, and I don't see it getting better in the near term
It sucks so much that people I really enjoy hearing from still post to X. Digging for gold in shit mountain. Everyone is worse off for it.
July 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It sucks so much that people I really enjoy hearing from still post to X. Digging for gold in shit mountain. Everyone is worse off for it.
born to cringe-post on Facebook.
March 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
born to cringe-post on Facebook.
Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards (Official Video)
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
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March 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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What’s wrong, babe? You haven’t touched your Eggo-brand alcoholic Appalachian sippin’ cream
February 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
What’s wrong, babe? You haven’t touched your Eggo-brand alcoholic Appalachian sippin’ cream
dumbest person in the world typing with their index fingers:
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social_security_number,
age
FROM people_table
ORDER BY age DESC
...my god...
SELECT
social_security_number,
age
FROM people_table
ORDER BY age DESC
...my god...
February 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
dumbest person in the world typing with their index fingers:
SELECT
social_security_number,
age
FROM people_table
ORDER BY age DESC
...my god...
SELECT
social_security_number,
age
FROM people_table
ORDER BY age DESC
...my god...
This is all happening because Elon Musk literally gave power to terminally online incel groypers whose entire identity is/was shaped by owning the libs.
I had to confirm these for myself. Here are Trump's Deputy Chief of Staff and the official White House account running with Trump's earlier post referring to himself as king. Famously, the United States of America fought a war over not wanting to be ruled by a king.
February 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This is all happening because Elon Musk literally gave power to terminally online incel groypers whose entire identity is/was shaped by owning the libs.
Fascists scream “states rights” when it comes to obstructing human rights but actual local issues like NYC congestion pricing are suddenly a federal matter. These freaks just want power over you.
February 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Fascists scream “states rights” when it comes to obstructing human rights but actual local issues like NYC congestion pricing are suddenly a federal matter. These freaks just want power over you.
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Founder of GrokAI, in screenshot, struggling with unreality.
It's already happening. They can't tell the difference between AI images and reality and so they're going to start thinking all sorts of stuff is happening that is not happening.
February 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Founder of GrokAI, in screenshot, struggling with unreality.
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Ding ding ding! Watch this. He’s laying it out.
My team at Stanford Internet Observatory documented this process meticulously, over & over again, in 2020. The R machine retaliated against us.
When Elon bought X, it became even sharper.
The rest of the political spectrum needs to get in the game.
My team at Stanford Internet Observatory documented this process meticulously, over & over again, in 2020. The R machine retaliated against us.
When Elon bought X, it became even sharper.
The rest of the political spectrum needs to get in the game.
Watters: We are waging a 21st century information warfare campaign from the left…It's like grassroots guerrilla warfare. Someone says something on social media, Musk retweets it, Rogan podcasts it, Fox broadcasts it.. and by the time it reaches everybody, millions of people have seen it.
February 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ding ding ding! Watch this. He’s laying it out.
My team at Stanford Internet Observatory documented this process meticulously, over & over again, in 2020. The R machine retaliated against us.
When Elon bought X, it became even sharper.
The rest of the political spectrum needs to get in the game.
My team at Stanford Internet Observatory documented this process meticulously, over & over again, in 2020. The R machine retaliated against us.
When Elon bought X, it became even sharper.
The rest of the political spectrum needs to get in the game.
American Tech CEOs *hate* Lina Khan and feel betrayed by the Democrats for not standing behind American companies globally.
"Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, the sixth most valuable company in the world, has a message for the European Union—punish our business again and we’ll call President Trump."
fortune.com/2025/02/17/m...
fortune.com/2025/02/17/m...
Zuckerberg’s new policy chief warns EU Meta will run to Trump whenever tech company feels it’s being unfairly punished by Brussels
The warning comes after Zuckerberg pledged to join President Trump in pushing back on governments around the world that go after American companies.
fortune.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
American Tech CEOs *hate* Lina Khan and feel betrayed by the Democrats for not standing behind American companies globally.
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Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali (@dia.bsky.social) provides a guide to terms and issues at the intersection of automation, AI, machine learning, and content moderation. www.techpolicy.press/an-advocates...
An Advocate’s Guide to Automated Content Moderation | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali provides a guide to terms and issues at the intersection of automation, AI, machine learning, and content moderation.
www.techpolicy.press
February 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Tech Policy Press fellow Dia Kayyali (@dia.bsky.social) provides a guide to terms and issues at the intersection of automation, AI, machine learning, and content moderation. www.techpolicy.press/an-advocates...
I've worked in social media for a while now. Whenever there's bugs or wonky stuff that happens, people invariably invent conspiracy theories that it was intentional. We say "oops, that was a bug!" and they're like "yeah, right!". But literally, 100% of the time, it's actually a bug/unintentional.
February 5, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I've worked in social media for a while now. Whenever there's bugs or wonky stuff that happens, people invariably invent conspiracy theories that it was intentional. We say "oops, that was a bug!" and they're like "yeah, right!". But literally, 100% of the time, it's actually a bug/unintentional.
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A point I made in my book is that politicians getting elected now - esp on the right - are often brawlers who cater to the incentives of social media & work to get influencers/crowds in their corner (or become influencer-ish themselves). We should chat, @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Something that I think we can all agree on is that the current generation of Democratic leadership is simply not optimized for the Attention Age. Not really their fault! And honestly, they may be better people for it, but it's a pretty pressing political problem.
January 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A point I made in my book is that politicians getting elected now - esp on the right - are often brawlers who cater to the incentives of social media & work to get influencers/crowds in their corner (or become influencer-ish themselves). We should chat, @chrislhayes.bsky.social
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Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
January 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):
Reddit is still a walled garden, and the moderator-community driven ecosystem of content has its own set of trade offs, but it’s a third-way platform that has resisted the worst impulses of algorithmic engagement optimization
Honestly, all major platforms have good and bad people. What I like about Reddit--and this place, so far--is the underlying machinery isn't actively promoting the latter.
Reddit good.
Redditors questionable.
Redditors questionable.
January 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Reddit is still a walled garden, and the moderator-community driven ecosystem of content has its own set of trade offs, but it’s a third-way platform that has resisted the worst impulses of algorithmic engagement optimization
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Trump moving the inauguration indoors to keep his billionaire friends comfortable while shutting out his supporters who traveled hundreds of miles to be a part of it is too on the nose a metaphor for his brand of "populism"
January 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Trump moving the inauguration indoors to keep his billionaire friends comfortable while shutting out his supporters who traveled hundreds of miles to be a part of it is too on the nose a metaphor for his brand of "populism"
Deleted X, FB, IG, and TikTok from my phone. Turned phone to default not disturb mode, except my wife. Aggressively turn off notifications and unsubscribed from email. My screen time is naturally down like 50% over past several weeks
Take back your attention.
January 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Deleted X, FB, IG, and TikTok from my phone. Turned phone to default not disturb mode, except my wife. Aggressively turn off notifications and unsubscribed from email. My screen time is naturally down like 50% over past several weeks
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The platforms are tools of power integral to political propaganda machines. Every politician and activist knows this.
And Congress couldn’t get it together to pass legislation ensuring the most basic transparency or data access over the last 3 years so we could at least understand how they’re used.
And Congress couldn’t get it together to pass legislation ensuring the most basic transparency or data access over the last 3 years so we could at least understand how they’re used.
January 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The platforms are tools of power integral to political propaganda machines. Every politician and activist knows this.
And Congress couldn’t get it together to pass legislation ensuring the most basic transparency or data access over the last 3 years so we could at least understand how they’re used.
And Congress couldn’t get it together to pass legislation ensuring the most basic transparency or data access over the last 3 years so we could at least understand how they’re used.
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7 steps to junk science that can achieve worldly success
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7 steps to junk science that can achieve worldly success | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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January 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
7 steps to junk science that can achieve worldly success
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statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/01/17/7...
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Court: we take very seriously these grave findings by Congress and two successive presidents
Congress and two successive presidents: honk honk toot toot weeeee oh no!
Congress and two successive presidents: honk honk toot toot weeeee oh no!
January 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Court: we take very seriously these grave findings by Congress and two successive presidents
Congress and two successive presidents: honk honk toot toot weeeee oh no!
Congress and two successive presidents: honk honk toot toot weeeee oh no!