Tyler Bell
@twbell.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Technologist. Former Archaeologist.
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When the racist meme becomes national policy
January 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM
When the racist meme becomes national policy
RE: https://topspicy.social/@dr_barnowl/115906876431778854
"Reason allows users to specify in advance the decision they want it to reach, and only then to input all the facts. The program's task was to construct a plausible series of logical-sounding steps to connect the premises with the […]
"Reason allows users to specify in advance the decision they want it to reach, and only then to input all the facts. The program's task was to construct a plausible series of logical-sounding steps to connect the premises with the […]
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mastodon.social
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
RE: https://topspicy.social/@dr_barnowl/115906876431778854
"Reason allows users to specify in advance the decision they want it to reach, and only then to input all the facts. The program's task was to construct a plausible series of logical-sounding steps to connect the premises with the […]
"Reason allows users to specify in advance the decision they want it to reach, and only then to input all the facts. The program's task was to construct a plausible series of logical-sounding steps to connect the premises with the […]
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Financial Times is not holding back […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Financial Times is not holding back […]
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I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Why wasn't congressional authorization necessary?
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
RUBIO: It wasn't necessary because this was not an invasion. We didn't occupy a country. This was an arrest operation.
January 4, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.
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Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
January 3, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
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I made a venn diagram to help you understand Moiré patterns.
January 2, 2026 at 3:58 PM
I made a venn diagram to help you understand Moiré patterns.
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This is intended as a map of Viking Period coins issued at Ribe. But it is actually a map of the Danish vs. Swedish metal detector legislation.
#coins #Viking #archaeology #metaldetecting
#coins #Viking #archaeology #metaldetecting
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This is intended as a map of Viking Period coins issued at Ribe. But it is actually a map of the Danish vs. Swedish metal detector legislation.
#coins #Viking #archaeology #metaldetecting
#coins #Viking #archaeology #metaldetecting
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It's December 2nd, which means that for the next 23 days, there's a high probability that you will encounter the classic film A Christmas Story broadcast on TV or streaming services.
One of the plot points in the film concerns decrypting a radio message from Orphan Annie's Secret Society, which […]
One of the plot points in the film concerns decrypting a radio message from Orphan Annie's Secret Society, which […]
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federate.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
It's December 2nd, which means that for the next 23 days, there's a high probability that you will encounter the classic film A Christmas Story broadcast on TV or streaming services.
One of the plot points in the film concerns decrypting a radio message from Orphan Annie's Secret Society, which […]
One of the plot points in the film concerns decrypting a radio message from Orphan Annie's Secret Society, which […]
It all went to shit when Bowie died
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It all went to shit when Bowie died
"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one."
- Judge Charles Breyer
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- Judge Charles Breyer
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Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com)
Judge Charles Breyer, ladies and gentlemen (not refuting the Ancient Judge Delivers Crystal-Clear Rebuke theory) [contains quote post or other embedded content]
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December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"The Founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants, however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one."
- Judge Charles Breyer
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- Judge Charles Breyer
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So back in 1944, a German U-Boat Commander named Heinz-Wilhelm Eck did exactly what US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered US military forces to do - kill the survivors of a destroyed boat at sea.
Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime.
In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]
Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime.
In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]
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mastodon.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
So back in 1944, a German U-Boat Commander named Heinz-Wilhelm Eck did exactly what US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth ordered US military forces to do - kill the survivors of a destroyed boat at sea.
Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime.
In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]
Now, as then, this is considered a War Crime.
In 1945, Commander Eck was tried, found guilty […]
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Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
My understanding is that, at the height of the "drone war on terror" that when the military officer thought the legality of a particular strike was legally dubious, they'd have a CIA guy actually "pull the trigger". I wonder if that is happening in our current "War on Fishing Boats"?
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Honestly, no officer should need advice to decide if "kill these guys flailing around in the water" is a legal order
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Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Remember: check if the town dump is open before you head over there with your VW microbus full of trash, or be prepared to write a song about it later.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, friends. Remember: check if the town dump is open before you head over there with your VW microbus full of trash, or be prepared to write a song about it later.
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For those who celebrate
November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
For those who celebrate
Two Thanksgiving classics:
'With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly' (WKRP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg
Alice's Restaurant Massacree (18:34) https://open.spotify.com/track/4OjKHySJHstsImlUW3qfml
'With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly' (WKRP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg
Alice's Restaurant Massacree (18:34) https://open.spotify.com/track/4OjKHySJHstsImlUW3qfml
Alice's Restaurant Massacree
Arlo Guthrie · Alice's Restaurant · Song · 1967
open.spotify.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Two Thanksgiving classics:
'With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly' (WKRP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg
Alice's Restaurant Massacree (18:34) https://open.spotify.com/track/4OjKHySJHstsImlUW3qfml
'With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly' (WKRP) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg
Alice's Restaurant Massacree (18:34) https://open.spotify.com/track/4OjKHySJHstsImlUW3qfml
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RIP Udo Kier (1944-2025), a German character actor with a prolific and eclectic career (My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Ace Ventura, Dancer in the Dark, Grindhouse, Suspiria, Dogville...)
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 AM
RIP Udo Kier (1944-2025), a German character actor with a prolific and eclectic career (My Own Private Idaho, Blade, Ace Ventura, Dancer in the Dark, Grindhouse, Suspiria, Dogville...)
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
In sci-fi: Johnny Mnemonic, Melancholia, Armageddon, Dracula 3000, Metropia, Iron Sky, Downsizing, Seaquest DSV...
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An absolute disgrace that @ox.ac.uk hosted this celebration of murdering a journalist.
See also Curtis Yarvin's remarks in a recent Oxford lecture:
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
"Say what you want about MBS, he's quite an effective king I think in a lot of different ways. Um love the Ritz thing, the whole Saudi embassy thing, I don't know, but I mean he was a journalist". [Giggles]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXYl...
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
An absolute disgrace that @ox.ac.uk hosted this celebration of murdering a journalist.
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1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
1) this from @marisakabas.bsky.social is good as always
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
2) as she lays out, part of the problem is there is an entire class of journalist and of publication that is obsessed…OBSESSED with access. if access can be taken away then you need to pull punches
www.thehandbasket.co/p/moral-rot-...
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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There are going to be a whole lot of electoral results that Mike Johnson hasn’t heard about tomorrow.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
There are going to be a whole lot of electoral results that Mike Johnson hasn’t heard about tomorrow.
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Today is 31 October 2025.
Twenty years ago today, on 31 October 2005, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Russinovich published a detailed description and technical analysis of First 4 Internet’s (F4I) XCP software, which he discovered had been secretly […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
Twenty years ago today, on 31 October 2005, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Russinovich published a detailed description and technical analysis of First 4 Internet’s (F4I) XCP software, which he discovered had been secretly […]
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October 31, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Today is 31 October 2025.
Twenty years ago today, on 31 October 2005, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Russinovich published a detailed description and technical analysis of First 4 Internet’s (F4I) XCP software, which he discovered had been secretly […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
Twenty years ago today, on 31 October 2005, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Russinovich published a detailed description and technical analysis of First 4 Internet’s (F4I) XCP software, which he discovered had been secretly […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]