Elf M. Sternberg
@elfsternberg.bsky.social
Husband to a gorgeous wife, father to two great kids, greying leatherfairy, infamous furry, and world-class software engineer. If you can read this, you're running code I wrote.
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trans kids trying to get healthcare are vetted harder than members of congress
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
trans kids trying to get healthcare are vetted harder than members of congress
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Added it to the bottom here
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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There are these things called used bookstores, and they have these things called used cookbooks full of classic recipes that never saw a computer, much less AI.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
There are these things called used bookstores, and they have these things called used cookbooks full of classic recipes that never saw a computer, much less AI.
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Just like if a company were to put out information about how to immunize yourself against COVID and the information is incorrect and kills people, that company is liable. So, too, is OpenAI liable for making ChatGPT accessible when they know ChatGPT is dangerous.
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just like if a company were to put out information about how to immunize yourself against COVID and the information is incorrect and kills people, that company is liable. So, too, is OpenAI liable for making ChatGPT accessible when they know ChatGPT is dangerous.
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No.
Absolutely not.
Not even for one tiniest fraction of a second.
Rather, individuals and companies must be held to account for the crimes they commit using AI. If OpenAI's product, ChatGPT, was not fit for purpose and talked someone into committing suicide, that's obviously on OpenAI.
Absolutely not.
Not even for one tiniest fraction of a second.
Rather, individuals and companies must be held to account for the crimes they commit using AI. If OpenAI's product, ChatGPT, was not fit for purpose and talked someone into committing suicide, that's obviously on OpenAI.
AI must be held to the same laws as individuals!
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
No.
Absolutely not.
Not even for one tiniest fraction of a second.
Rather, individuals and companies must be held to account for the crimes they commit using AI. If OpenAI's product, ChatGPT, was not fit for purpose and talked someone into committing suicide, that's obviously on OpenAI.
Absolutely not.
Not even for one tiniest fraction of a second.
Rather, individuals and companies must be held to account for the crimes they commit using AI. If OpenAI's product, ChatGPT, was not fit for purpose and talked someone into committing suicide, that's obviously on OpenAI.
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When they changed their motto from “don’t be evil,” the canary like straight up died. It had been dead a while, or we thought, but like by then the coroner had come around checked, recorded a time of death, then put that bitch in a shoe box and handed it to us.
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When they changed their motto from “don’t be evil,” the canary like straight up died. It had been dead a while, or we thought, but like by then the coroner had come around checked, recorded a time of death, then put that bitch in a shoe box and handed it to us.
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Hi, we’re in Hell.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hi, we’re in Hell.
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Yeah I take issue with people saying Republicans "vote against their self interest"
Their primary self interest is hurting women and minorities
Their primary self interest is hurting women and minorities
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Yeah I take issue with people saying Republicans "vote against their self interest"
Their primary self interest is hurting women and minorities
Their primary self interest is hurting women and minorities
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his merry band of murderers will toast to each others' success tonight.
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
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November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his merry band of murderers will toast to each others' success tonight.
"I’ve been trying to sleep, but that bell kept ringing, the one over Jacob the baker’s grave. I’ve no doubt it disturbed Jacob, who worked so hard all his life and never thought to complain of his lot.
He deserved to rest. So I cut the cord. And now he is quiet."
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He deserved to rest. So I cut the cord. And now he is quiet."
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November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
"I’ve been trying to sleep, but that bell kept ringing, the one over Jacob the baker’s grave. I’ve no doubt it disturbed Jacob, who worked so hard all his life and never thought to complain of his lot.
He deserved to rest. So I cut the cord. And now he is quiet."
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He deserved to rest. So I cut the cord. And now he is quiet."
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I have trouble trusting someone who wants to explain to me some version control tooling, but uses an AI-generated image (aping Corporate Memphis, for Cthulhu's sake) with phrases like "messy conmits" and "immoistent formatting" [sic].
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I have trouble trusting someone who wants to explain to me some version control tooling, but uses an AI-generated image (aping Corporate Memphis, for Cthulhu's sake) with phrases like "messy conmits" and "immoistent formatting" [sic].
2030: China's power is carbon-free and non-polluting. Solar and wind give the remote villages reliable power. Their farms are pesticide-free. A tower-based laser-mesh network powers high-speed networks.
In the US, computers struggle to spell "blueberry" correctly.
gizmodo.com/trump-genesi...
In the US, computers struggle to spell "blueberry" correctly.
gizmodo.com/trump-genesi...
The 'Genesis Mission’: Here's What's in Trump's Most Grandiose AI Executive Order Yet
There's a real plan here, of sorts.
gizmodo.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
2030: China's power is carbon-free and non-polluting. Solar and wind give the remote villages reliable power. Their farms are pesticide-free. A tower-based laser-mesh network powers high-speed networks.
In the US, computers struggle to spell "blueberry" correctly.
gizmodo.com/trump-genesi...
In the US, computers struggle to spell "blueberry" correctly.
gizmodo.com/trump-genesi...
This (badly coded) website of consumer EV sentiment shows that, for the 2025 survey, 41% of people who want to buy an EV say they will not buy a Tesla, mostly for political reasons.
I think they shouldn't buy it because establish carmakers know how to build nice cabins.
survey.globalevalliance.com
I think they shouldn't buy it because establish carmakers know how to build nice cabins.
survey.globalevalliance.com
The Global EV Driver Survey
survey.globalevalliance.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This (badly coded) website of consumer EV sentiment shows that, for the 2025 survey, 41% of people who want to buy an EV say they will not buy a Tesla, mostly for political reasons.
I think they shouldn't buy it because establish carmakers know how to build nice cabins.
survey.globalevalliance.com
I think they shouldn't buy it because establish carmakers know how to build nice cabins.
survey.globalevalliance.com
When Omaha and I were shopping for cars, I experienced this at Toyota. It blew my mind how little the salespeople knew or cared about the unpronounceable BZ4X, and how much they wanted to sell me on their new line of trucks instead.
www.torquenews.com/18004/dealer...
www.torquenews.com/18004/dealer...
Dealers Don't Want to Sell EVs, I Looked at A Subaru Solterra And Asked If It Has One Pedal Driving, The Salesman Acted Like I Was A Moron And Said "The Car Has Two Pedals"
My Subaru Solterra test drive exposed how far some dealers will go to avoid selling an EV.
www.torquenews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When Omaha and I were shopping for cars, I experienced this at Toyota. It blew my mind how little the salespeople knew or cared about the unpronounceable BZ4X, and how much they wanted to sell me on their new line of trucks instead.
www.torquenews.com/18004/dealer...
www.torquenews.com/18004/dealer...
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MPA Rates ‘Zootopia 2’ PG-13 For Sexually Awakening Content https://theonion.com/mpa-rates-zootopia-2-pg-13-for-sexually-awakening-content/
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
MPA Rates ‘Zootopia 2’ PG-13 For Sexually Awakening Content https://theonion.com/mpa-rates-zootopia-2-pg-13-for-sexually-awakening-content/
The Wall Street Journal is mocking Trump's "lawfare revenge tour," claiming that it failed. But did it? He's surely put a lot of people through legal wringers, made them spend a lot of money, and kept them up at night with worry.
We really need to bring back barratry as a crime.
We really need to bring back barratry as a crime.
November 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Wall Street Journal is mocking Trump's "lawfare revenge tour," claiming that it failed. But did it? He's surely put a lot of people through legal wringers, made them spend a lot of money, and kept them up at night with worry.
We really need to bring back barratry as a crime.
We really need to bring back barratry as a crime.
@slacktivistfred.bsky.social points out that the rumors about ICE raiding churches don't reflect reality. Reality is that ICE is already raiding churches: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Witnesses say one man was detained while doing yard work while his wife and child were inside.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
@slacktivistfred.bsky.social points out that the rumors about ICE raiding churches don't reflect reality. Reality is that ICE is already raiding churches: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
Immigration Table is an Evangelical group that takes seriously the biblical commandment to "welcome the stranger." It has long been criticized for "sneaking liberal values into Evangelism". The Southern Baptist Convention has now severed ties with the organization:
religionnews.com/2025/09/18/e...
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Southern Baptist Convention breaks with the Evangelical Immigration Table
(RNS)— The split reflects the dilemma immigration poses for evangelical leaders. Most evangelicals want reform that both secures the border and provides a path to citizenship — and want limited deport...
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Immigration Table is an Evangelical group that takes seriously the biblical commandment to "welcome the stranger." It has long been criticized for "sneaking liberal values into Evangelism". The Southern Baptist Convention has now severed ties with the organization:
religionnews.com/2025/09/18/e...
religionnews.com/2025/09/18/e...
The Pentagon is eliminating its partnership with the US Boy Scouts on the grounds that the Boy Scouts is "no longer friendly to masculine values or ideals."
Training boys to "have integrity, responsibility, and a sense of duty to their community" isn't masculine.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Training boys to "have integrity, responsibility, and a sense of duty to their community" isn't masculine.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The Pentagon is eliminating its partnership with the US Boy Scouts on the grounds that the Boy Scouts is "no longer friendly to masculine values or ideals."
Training boys to "have integrity, responsibility, and a sense of duty to their community" isn't masculine.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
Training boys to "have integrity, responsibility, and a sense of duty to their community" isn't masculine.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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GOAT | Official Trailer | Sony Animation
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Animation
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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The "Free Birth Society" is an influencer nexus of women who survived childbirth without medical intervention, midwives or doulas... and are now linked to newborn deaths around the world.
The opening story is heartbreaking. These people should be in jail.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The opening story is heartbreaking. These people should be in jail.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The "Free Birth Society" is an influencer nexus of women who survived childbirth without medical intervention, midwives or doulas... and are now linked to newborn deaths around the world.
The opening story is heartbreaking. These people should be in jail.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
The opening story is heartbreaking. These people should be in jail.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Loraine Hutchins, co-author of the absolutely foundational Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual Voices Speak Out, has passed away. She was 77.
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Loraine Hutchins has died. She gave bisexual activism its name, shape, and sass
The groundbreaking author, activist, and bisexual lightning rod behind Bi Any Other Name passed away this November
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November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Loraine Hutchins, co-author of the absolutely foundational Bi Any Other Name: Bisexual Voices Speak Out, has passed away. She was 77.
boingboing.net/2025/11/24/l...
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Also, while looking at a list of artists, I saw one noted for being a "master of figuratism." My brain misread that as "fornicationism," and now I know where my mind's going to be most of the day.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Also, while looking at a list of artists, I saw one noted for being a "master of figuratism." My brain misread that as "fornicationism," and now I know where my mind's going to be most of the day.
"CBGB Punk Rock Jews."
You know, though, this map should not break containment. You know damn well the MAGAheads will run with it and claim that New York is "too Jewish" for America to care about.
You know, though, this map should not break containment. You know damn well the MAGAheads will run with it and claim that New York is "too Jewish" for America to care about.
Did I ever share this from our NYC atlas with you? "What Is a Jew? From Emma Goldman to Goldman Sachs," a map whose specificities breaks down the idea of a homogenous population so useful to antisemitism. Ruth Bader Ginsberg to Bernie Madoff to Rose Schneiderman to the Beastie Boys.
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"CBGB Punk Rock Jews."
You know, though, this map should not break containment. You know damn well the MAGAheads will run with it and claim that New York is "too Jewish" for America to care about.
You know, though, this map should not break containment. You know damn well the MAGAheads will run with it and claim that New York is "too Jewish" for America to care about.