Dario Amodei of Anthropic is Very Normal and Can Be Trusted With the Future of Humanity: “…in my case I'd say that I think an adult death is perhaps 2 or 3 times worse than an infant's death.” blog.givewell.org/2010/06/03/m...

A new thing that I hate: I’m reading a book right now that uses endnote citations, and directs the reader to SCAN A QR CODE to access the endnotes.

Dan Levy's Iconic 'Absolutely Not' Moment

Alt: Dan Levy's Iconic 'Absolutely Not' Moment

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TODAY: @felipedlh.bsky.social on the relationship between Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the influencers covering his office. "Informing the public is not what they signed up for. Reporting is complicated, expensive, messy, and opens you up to potential liability." flaminghydra.com/who-will-inf...

Who Will Influence the Influencers?

Among his many talents, the New York City mayor is a social media savant, with a flair for friendly, informative, approachable communications that pretty much single-handedly led him, in a matter of m...

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in an alternate universe where storefront space remained cheap and wealthy people were taxed at a sane rate this man is a moderately successful trading card game store manager and outside the handful of shop regulars he subjects to his petty tyrannies he's leaving everyone else well enough alone

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 16h ago

To "revel in the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey wrote on X.

Today I learned that The Breakthrough Institute filed an amicus brief on behalf of Suncor in Suncor Energy v. Boulder County—the case heard by SCOTUS last week where CO seeks to hold fossil-fuel companies accountable for allegedly deceiving the public about the danger of climate change. And...

The fact that Claude has yet to achieve Nirvana then return to show others the path demonstrates it has yet to achieve or surpass human consciousness

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

This is great work from @bakerdphd.bsky.social on the farce of campus ”civility” centers. Every right I have was won by people being intentionally and stratagecially uncivil. Conservative funders civility centers want the people to be politely accept the subordination they hope to impose.

What’s Wrong With Civility?

Civility can be a tool of engagement. But history has shown it can also be used to oppress the powerless.

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Really tired of repellent computer dweebs talking like they're hardened warriors

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 16h ago

To "revel in the death of those who truly deserve it...is normal, good, and aligned with our natural and national order," Anduril co-founder Palmer Luckey wrote on X.

DC folks, FYI 🧵

Mylo Minderbinder@duffomatic.bsky.social · 20h ago

The only reporting of Phase 2 I’ve seen was buried in a Stars and Stripes story: “Troops will . . begin transitioning to the next phase. Though few details were shared, the next step includes transitioning into neighborhoods such as Anacostia and Trinidad.” www.stripes.com/theaters/us/... 10/

A haunted house where every room has several colleagues to whom you owe work, or email responses

Pixie Thinks🧚🏽‍♀️@pixiethinkss.bsky.social · 22h ago

A haunted house where every room has several men trying to explain to you something you already know in excruciating and erroneous detail.

The Omar story today and the Talarcio story yesterday are the same story of rat-fucking your opponents before an election. Except now the government does it, out in the open.

This week on @officehourspod.bsky.social I talk about the persuasive power of elephants on a bridge and @davekarpf.bsky.social has strong feelings about several topics.

Office Hours with Karpf and Loge@officehourspod.bsky.social · yesterday

On the latest Office Hours with Karpf and Loge, we try to figure out who deserves your trust. Engineers? Elephants? Definitely not the Paramount merger. With @davekarpf.bsky.social and @ploge.bsky.social on YouTube and your favorite podcast platforms. youtu.be/ks1vq-WYjuo shorturl.at/EoSFd

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation. I will not be silenced.

On the latest Office Hours with Karpf and Loge, we try to figure out who deserves your trust. Engineers? Elephants? Definitely not the Paramount merger. With @davekarpf.bsky.social and @ploge.bsky.social on YouTube and your favorite podcast platforms. youtu.be/ks1vq-WYjuo shorturl.at/EoSFd

Chicken Carcasses and Public Trust

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@djrothkopf.bsky.social and @davekarpf.bsky.social examine how AI, billionaire media ownership, and campaign finance are weakening democracy. Join them on Siliconsciousness as they explore how democracy can survive in this new age of AI. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... youtu.be/Oi0b_Rbqt8k

So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.

To give a sense of scale, Musk is spending more on the midterms than he was on the 2024 election, and he was the biggest donor in that election. In 2025 he promised to pull back from politics and do much less political spending. Another lie.

If you’re wondering what the vibe is going into the midterms the New England fall fair I went to today had a crochet guillotine for sale.

I (probably obviously) disagree with John's POV here, but let's grant that all of what he says is true, and that X is good in all the ways listed in the post; let's even grant that's true for all demographics (it's not). It'd *still* be a site that pays known CSAM distributors at its owner's behest.

John Gruber@gruber.foo · 2d ago

I'm sure this one won't make anyone angry.

Me too, Starbucks. Me too.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · yesterday

$CMG $SBUX - STARBUCKS NOT BUYING CHIPOTLE

If there is good news, it is this: we are at the dawn of an age when no one will care what anyone who let Trump happen says about anything. I kind of think that’s a future worth living for.

driftglass@driftglass.bsky.social · 4d ago

"Jon Ossoff, my advice to him is, if you start calling your political opponents Nazis, maybe it's time to shut up. That's just not what we do here in this country." -- David Brooks, this evening. Remember, Brooks still gets very handsomely rewarded by the fossilized media for saying shit like this

wild to be living in a world with live-streamed state executions and legal daylight kidnappings, but every time you turn around some loser is saying, hey man, what if art were completely frictionless? what if we killed even the possibility of human connection??

the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know

Bugs, Yaoist@bugsmaytrix.bsky.social · 5d ago

maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me

Look, it’s 2026. Announcing in 2026 that “X is great and everyone should give it another chance” is identical to announcing “the new Harry Potter is great! Everyone should check it out!” I’m not gonna argue with Gruber about this. He wants us to know that this is who he is. I’ll just believe him.

John Gruber@gruber.foo · 2d ago

I'm sure this one won't make anyone angry.

I’m not mad because I’m convinced we’re going to pull of the X boycott any day. I’m mad because the X boycott manifestly failed and men like Gruber are why it did.

If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦‍♂️

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com · last wk.

DOGE overhauled the federal workforce and slashed government spending — moves that inspired nationwide protests and lawsuits. The backlash has given Democrats nationally an opportunity to reclaim the government efficiency mantle.

On the Tech Policy Press podcast, editor Justin Hendrix talks with Ben Green @benzevgreen.bsky.social of the University of Michigan, about his new book, “Algorithmic Realism: Data Science Practices to Promote Social Justice,” from MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social Listen here: buff.ly/Y6i4AvL

A Data Science Playbook for Social Justice

A conversation with Ben Green, author of Algorithmic Realism: Data Science Practices to Promote Social Justice, just out from MIT Press.

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In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is. Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.

Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News

A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.

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Can't read all of this because it's behind a paywall, but you may be interested to know that Jason Matheny, the head of RAND, is an effective altruist. (See pp. 158-9 of my book.) Since he took over, Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy) has given quite a bit of money to RAND.