Paul Philion
@acmerocket.com
Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?
https://github.com/philion
https://seattlecommunitynetwork.org/
https://github.com/philion
https://seattlecommunitynetwork.org/
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Paul Philion
@acmerocket.com
· Jan 16
The great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is the white moderate, who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice.
-MLK
-MLK
Bot-driven social media political manipulation, as with Cambridge Analytica, is a threat to national security and economy.
Black-box, sycophantic, hallucination-trained chatbots are a threat to national security and economy.
The evidence of the past decade could not be more clear.
Black-box, sycophantic, hallucination-trained chatbots are a threat to national security and economy.
The evidence of the past decade could not be more clear.
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Bot-driven social media political manipulation, as with Cambridge Analytica, is a threat to national security and economy.
Black-box, sycophantic, hallucination-trained chatbots are a threat to national security and economy.
The evidence of the past decade could not be more clear.
Black-box, sycophantic, hallucination-trained chatbots are a threat to national security and economy.
The evidence of the past decade could not be more clear.
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The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The real task isn’t “teaching people to spot misinformation.” It’s rebuilding conditions where verification, deliberation and accountability are possible. Critical thinking only works when the world around it gives those skills a place to take root.
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But here's the real cherry on top re: discovering a published paper that I can only assume was written by an LLM, full of fabricated citations.
When I was searching in various places to confirm that those citations were fabricated, Google's AI overview just kept the con going.
When I was searching in various places to confirm that those citations were fabricated, Google's AI overview just kept the con going.
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
But here's the real cherry on top re: discovering a published paper that I can only assume was written by an LLM, full of fabricated citations.
When I was searching in various places to confirm that those citations were fabricated, Google's AI overview just kept the con going.
When I was searching in various places to confirm that those citations were fabricated, Google's AI overview just kept the con going.
It’s always delightful to recieve a mysterious package, lost to memory and the package room, with a serendipitous treat from @richardkadrey.bsky.social.
Also impressed by the archival scan of original text supplied by @archive.org. It tickles to have hardcopy of the treasure from that journey.
Also impressed by the archival scan of original text supplied by @archive.org. It tickles to have hardcopy of the treasure from that journey.
December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It’s always delightful to recieve a mysterious package, lost to memory and the package room, with a serendipitous treat from @richardkadrey.bsky.social.
Also impressed by the archival scan of original text supplied by @archive.org. It tickles to have hardcopy of the treasure from that journey.
Also impressed by the archival scan of original text supplied by @archive.org. It tickles to have hardcopy of the treasure from that journey.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
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with news of Tom Stoppard's passing, reflecting fondly on Arcadia - which I've seen staged multiple times, and this quote from him - which I quite enjoy and share with my Making Comics students when I talk about scripts in class. What a giant...
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
with news of Tom Stoppard's passing, reflecting fondly on Arcadia - which I've seen staged multiple times, and this quote from him - which I quite enjoy and share with my Making Comics students when I talk about scripts in class. What a giant...
Orca
Bald eagle
Black bear
Coyote
Crow
Bald eagle
Black bear
Coyote
Crow
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Polar bear
Grizzly bear
Arctic Fox
Ptarmigan
Frigate bird
Polar bear
Grizzly bear
Arctic Fox
Ptarmigan
Frigate bird
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Coyote
River otter
Grizzly bear
Brown vulture
Moose
Coyote
River otter
Grizzly bear
Brown vulture
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Orca
Bald eagle
Black bear
Coyote
Crow
Bald eagle
Black bear
Coyote
Crow
Reminder to self:
1. Don’t feed trolls.
2. Don‘t wrestle pigs.
3. Don’t answer rhetorical questions.
1. Don’t feed trolls.
2. Don‘t wrestle pigs.
3. Don’t answer rhetorical questions.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Reminder to self:
1. Don’t feed trolls.
2. Don‘t wrestle pigs.
3. Don’t answer rhetorical questions.
1. Don’t feed trolls.
2. Don‘t wrestle pigs.
3. Don’t answer rhetorical questions.
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We will get through this by doing what we have always done, showing up for each other.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
We will get through this by doing what we have always done, showing up for each other.
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If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!
Your Vote May Not Have Counted: 1,930 of You Could Decide This Election
Your ballot might be sick. Cure it, please. We can't bear to watch it suffer.
www.thestranger.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If you haven't checked to make sure your vote counted, you need to do it now - the race for Seattle's future depends on it!
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And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
November 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And I've been doing politics for long enough to know clearly that the entire Senate Democratic caucus agreed to this decision to fold. Open your eyes. The 8 who "broke" did so with the complete blessing of Schumer and their colleagues. You don't have to play along because this is not a game. The end
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Hey Seattle voters. The mayor's race may come down to a slim margin of votes, so check TODAY to make sure your signature was validated and ballot was counted. There are easy steps to correct things if your ballot was rejected: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hey Seattle voters. The mayor's race may come down to a slim margin of votes, so check TODAY to make sure your signature was validated and ballot was counted. There are easy steps to correct things if your ballot was rejected: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
"The technocapital hyperobject at the end of time."
i.e. The Mobius Grift
i.e. The Mobius Grift
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"The technocapital hyperobject at the end of time."
i.e. The Mobius Grift
i.e. The Mobius Grift
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📅 03:00 PM: "Intro to OpenTofu: Open Source IaC Overview" by Ted Matsumura in Room 334 #SeaGL2025 #cloud #kubernetes #database pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/8K...
October 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
📅 03:00 PM: "Intro to OpenTofu: Open Source IaC Overview" by Ted Matsumura in Room 334 #SeaGL2025 #cloud #kubernetes #database pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/8K...
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Musk effectively copied over all of Wikipedia and had Grok go over it to give it a far right bias in its framing in articles to turn it into a propaganda tool. It's conservapedia 2.0 backed by the world's richest man.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's Grokipedia Pushes Far-Right Talking Points
The new AI-powered Wikipedia competitor falsely claims that pornography worsened the AIDS epidemic and that social media may be fueling a rise in transgender people.
www.wired.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Musk effectively copied over all of Wikipedia and had Grok go over it to give it a far right bias in its framing in articles to turn it into a propaganda tool. It's conservapedia 2.0 backed by the world's richest man.
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Following the #seagl2025 social, join us on Nov 7 at Ada's Bookstore for a Free Concert from Si Tu Savais from 7:30pm to 9:30pm followed by a Silent Fundraiser Auction benefiting the Seattle Community Network! fundraiser.seattlecn.org
Thank you!
Thank you!
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Following the #seagl2025 social, join us on Nov 7 at Ada's Bookstore for a Free Concert from Si Tu Savais from 7:30pm to 9:30pm followed by a Silent Fundraiser Auction benefiting the Seattle Community Network! fundraiser.seattlecn.org
Thank you!
Thank you!
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📅 09:10 AM: "The Seattle Community Network Stack" by Esther Jang in Room 145 #SeaGL2025 #keynote #networking #FLOSS pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/NZ...
October 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📅 09:10 AM: "The Seattle Community Network Stack" by Esther Jang in Room 145 #SeaGL2025 #keynote #networking #FLOSS pretalx.seagl.org/2025/talk/NZ...
Imagining a future where humans in “service roles” (peons) are forced to wear “AI“ glasses and read the scripts they are prompted with.
The Mechanical Turk turned inside out: The Prompted Fleshbot.
The Mechanical Turk turned inside out: The Prompted Fleshbot.
The class war rages on as the billionaires keep trying to murder as many of us as possible so they can setup their Ai robot dystopia.
October 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Imagining a future where humans in “service roles” (peons) are forced to wear “AI“ glasses and read the scripts they are prompted with.
The Mechanical Turk turned inside out: The Prompted Fleshbot.
The Mechanical Turk turned inside out: The Prompted Fleshbot.
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Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.
October 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.
Rape whistles. Used to communicate in the local area that ICE has been spotted.
There's a video top of the thread showing how effective that whistle can be. The ICE cowards fled the scene.
There's a video top of the thread showing how effective that whistle can be. The ICE cowards fled the scene.
It's a community organized initiative. Three shorts is ICE spotted, three longs is ICE is detaining someone.
October 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Rape whistles. Used to communicate in the local area that ICE has been spotted.
There's a video top of the thread showing how effective that whistle can be. The ICE cowards fled the scene.
There's a video top of the thread showing how effective that whistle can be. The ICE cowards fled the scene.
I can do it in three word:
Holiday. Weekend. Deployment.
Holiday. Weekend. Deployment.
"The data's in PDF."
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
October 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I can do it in three word:
Holiday. Weekend. Deployment.
Holiday. Weekend. Deployment.
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Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
October 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
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I've been radio silent because I'm in the process of standing up an app.bsky.* API server (aka app-view aka Barnes & Nobles). This is an expensive and time intensive operation that I didn't want to do until it was necessary.
It's a fail-safe not a differentiator in experience, but important 7/11
It's a fail-safe not a differentiator in experience, but important 7/11
October 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I've been radio silent because I'm in the process of standing up an app.bsky.* API server (aka app-view aka Barnes & Nobles). This is an expensive and time intensive operation that I didn't want to do until it was necessary.
It's a fail-safe not a differentiator in experience, but important 7/11
It's a fail-safe not a differentiator in experience, but important 7/11