Andrea Lathrop
@cabernet.bsky.social
Wine... Cognitive Science... Photography... tech stuff... former Aslin Lab (Master's) and Eppler Lab (with Jackie Gibson emeritus) so I'm a weird mix of Gibsonian affordances, visual statistical learning and anticipatory eye movements. Sometimes academic.
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Ok... starting to dig into the weeds of the Moltbook thing, and I gather Moltbook (or the ability to post to it) is a form of "Claude skill".
There are some automated install instructions that you run (Unix commands), and then some files that you "give to your agent" that contain...
There are some automated install instructions that you run (Unix commands), and then some files that you "give to your agent" that contain...
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By turning AI into a reality-rewriting machine to grab all the world's money, instead of organically developing applications in a publicly-accountable process, it really is destined to end with a frenzy of sledgehammers.
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 AM
By turning AI into a reality-rewriting machine to grab all the world's money, instead of organically developing applications in a publicly-accountable process, it really is destined to end with a frenzy of sledgehammers.
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Bye bye books! All profits (minus postage) are going to @braintumourrsch.bsky.social - Please give them a Google to see what you think they are worth £ and decide how much you would want to pay! Also, sorry if you wrote one of these; it served me well at the time! #phdchat
February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Bye bye books! All profits (minus postage) are going to @braintumourrsch.bsky.social - Please give them a Google to see what you think they are worth £ and decide how much you would want to pay! Also, sorry if you wrote one of these; it served me well at the time! #phdchat
Oh, no...
Breaking news: President Trump said that the Kennedy Center could temporarily close for roughly two years to undergo construction.
https://wapo.st/49VsdCk
https://wapo.st/49VsdCk
February 2, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Oh, no...
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In addition to the two agents who fired shots at Pretti, I think they should also charge the guy who hit him in the face three times with a tear gas canister.
February 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
In addition to the two agents who fired shots at Pretti, I think they should also charge the guy who hit him in the face three times with a tear gas canister.
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OpenClaw (aka Moltbot) may have gone completely viral, but it is also a disaster waiting to happen.
A PSA for why you should steer clear.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
A PSA for why you should steer clear.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
OpenClaw (a.k.a. Moltbot) is everywhere all at once, and a disaster waiting to happen
Not everything that is interesting is a good idea.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM
OpenClaw (aka Moltbot) may have gone completely viral, but it is also a disaster waiting to happen.
A PSA for why you should steer clear.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
A PSA for why you should steer clear.
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
Oh, I have a few, so I'll need to do a thread.
1. The last theatrical re-release of the original Star Wars trilogy, before he f*cked them all up with CGI, I went to Empire Strikes Back dressed as Darth Vader, and had a light saber fight in the lobby with a kid dressed as Luke...
1. The last theatrical re-release of the original Star Wars trilogy, before he f*cked them all up with CGI, I went to Empire Strikes Back dressed as Darth Vader, and had a light saber fight in the lobby with a kid dressed as Luke...
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
February 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Oh, I have a few, so I'll need to do a thread.
1. The last theatrical re-release of the original Star Wars trilogy, before he f*cked them all up with CGI, I went to Empire Strikes Back dressed as Darth Vader, and had a light saber fight in the lobby with a kid dressed as Luke...
1. The last theatrical re-release of the original Star Wars trilogy, before he f*cked them all up with CGI, I went to Empire Strikes Back dressed as Darth Vader, and had a light saber fight in the lobby with a kid dressed as Luke...
Sorry, I can't stop laughing:
February 1, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Sorry, I can't stop laughing:
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I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
Accountability for ICE and CBP
However bad you think the corruption and misconduct at ICE and CBP is — the reality is far far worse.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I testified Friday before Gov. Pritzker's commission studying abuses of ICE and CBP and tried to explain how the agencies went so far off track. It's actually way worse than I ever realized. Please read and share my testimony as Congress considers reform: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/accountabi...
From yesterday, but this has been fun: x.com/theonejvo/st...
x.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
From yesterday, but this has been fun: x.com/theonejvo/st...
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Has a word been coined for the daily, rapid, pendulum swing of tech hype-reality crash whiplash?
February 1, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Has a word been coined for the daily, rapid, pendulum swing of tech hype-reality crash whiplash?
Sometimes the algorithm gets it:
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Sometimes the algorithm gets it:
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Intelligence and consciousness can arise from the maintenance of coherent cortical dynamics.
Intelligence as high-dimensional coherence: The observable dimensionality bound and computational tractability
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
#neuroscience
Intelligence as high-dimensional coherence: The observable dimensionality bound and computational tractability
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
#neuroscience
Redirecting
doi.org
January 31, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Intelligence and consciousness can arise from the maintenance of coherent cortical dynamics.
Intelligence as high-dimensional coherence: The observable dimensionality bound and computational tractability
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
#neuroscience
Intelligence as high-dimensional coherence: The observable dimensionality bound and computational tractability
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
#neuroscience
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Apropos of absolutely nothing, I've been slowly but surely recreating half of PyTorch Lightning in Jax with Numpyro to use as a way of organizing codebases. github.com/esennesh/num...
GitHub - esennesh/numpyro_template: Numpyro probabilistic programming projects made easy
Numpyro probabilistic programming projects made easy - esennesh/numpyro_template
github.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Apropos of absolutely nothing, I've been slowly but surely recreating half of PyTorch Lightning in Jax with Numpyro to use as a way of organizing codebases. github.com/esennesh/num...
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me: How should I invest my savings to avoid the AI bubble?
tech friends: What bubble?
non-tech friends: What savings?
tech friends: What bubble?
non-tech friends: What savings?
January 30, 2026 at 6:21 AM
me: How should I invest my savings to avoid the AI bubble?
tech friends: What bubble?
non-tech friends: What savings?
tech friends: What bubble?
non-tech friends: What savings?
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It's like we're in one of these zombie movies and everyone has been bit by the virus or something.
How is this real life?
How is this real life?
February 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
It's like we're in one of these zombie movies and everyone has been bit by the virus or something.
How is this real life?
How is this real life?
I am more look-before-you-leap than YoUcAnJuStDoThInGs, to be honest.
February 1, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I am more look-before-you-leap than YoUcAnJuStDoThInGs, to be honest.
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I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I can’t stress this enough. The state of 4th Amendment law is that the cops can’t force you to type in a passcode but they can force you to swipe your finger or present your face. Never stop using passcodes/passwords to unlock your devices. And consider additional code to unlock Signal.
Yep! Before 9/11, I always answered the same three questions to get into Canada from Vermont: "Purpose of your visit? How long do you intend to stay? Has anyone in your vehicle ever been convicted of drunk driving?" "Welcome to Canada, enjoy your visit!"
For a very long time you did not need a passport to cross back and forth to Mexico and Canada. I am Gen X and El Paso folks my age remember crossing to drink in Mexico for the night and then coming back home. There are families who continued living in the same place when the border moved.
The people who are saying shit like "well it's either this or the borders are totally open" are doing their best to convince America that we should have completely open borders.
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Yep! Before 9/11, I always answered the same three questions to get into Canada from Vermont: "Purpose of your visit? How long do you intend to stay? Has anyone in your vehicle ever been convicted of drunk driving?" "Welcome to Canada, enjoy your visit!"
I am really glad I read skill docs instead of spinning up a MoltBot, yesterday.
February 1, 2026 at 1:21 AM
I am really glad I read skill docs instead of spinning up a MoltBot, yesterday.
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The AI community is re-learning 20 years of cybersecurity. The hard way www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site
'It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.'
www.404media.co
February 1, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The AI community is re-learning 20 years of cybersecurity. The hard way www.404media.co/exposed-molt...
"LinkedIn for AI agents"
February 1, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"LinkedIn for AI agents"
Someone put OpenClaw through ZeroLeaks, and, surprise, it is quite leaky:
zeroleaks.ai/reports/open...
zeroleaks.ai/reports/open...
zeroleaks.ai
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Someone put OpenClaw through ZeroLeaks, and, surprise, it is quite leaky:
zeroleaks.ai/reports/open...
zeroleaks.ai/reports/open...