Jay Gruber
@jay.myatproto.social
Bainbridge Island, WA. Software engineer.
He/him
Like cooking, reading, soccer, dogs, brewing beer
He/him
Like cooking, reading, soccer, dogs, brewing beer
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Best quote today: 👇
"Imagine being so hateful that you can't hear joy, just because it's in Spanish"
"Imagine being so hateful that you can't hear joy, just because it's in Spanish"
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Best quote today: 👇
"Imagine being so hateful that you can't hear joy, just because it's in Spanish"
"Imagine being so hateful that you can't hear joy, just because it's in Spanish"
Many folks say, using LLMs can break social contracts
"LLM-generated prose undermines a social contract of sorts
...
our writing is an important vessel for building trust — and that trust can be quickly eroded if we are not speaking with our own voice.
"
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576#_ll...
"LLM-generated prose undermines a social contract of sorts
...
our writing is an important vessel for building trust — and that trust can be quickly eroded if we are not speaking with our own voice.
"
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576#_ll...
February 7, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Many folks say, using LLMs can break social contracts
"LLM-generated prose undermines a social contract of sorts
...
our writing is an important vessel for building trust — and that trust can be quickly eroded if we are not speaking with our own voice.
"
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576#_ll...
"LLM-generated prose undermines a social contract of sorts
...
our writing is an important vessel for building trust — and that trust can be quickly eroded if we are not speaking with our own voice.
"
rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0576#_ll...
Avatar Aang taught us that animals are not human, but still we practice respect for animals.
Agents are not human, but we should not practice cruelty towards them. A person who practices respect can learn from anything.
Agents are not human, but we should not practice cruelty towards them. A person who practices respect can learn from anything.
felt the need. i feel vastly under qualified to write something like this, but i also feel its especially important that we think about the way we use language
Is the Detachment in the Room? - Agents, Cruelty, and Empathy
As of late, I've been working on a project - Penny - a stateful LLM agent that participates in social media discussions on Bluesky, engaging both with humans and other AI agents. Initially, there were...
hailey.at
February 7, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Avatar Aang taught us that animals are not human, but still we practice respect for animals.
Agents are not human, but we should not practice cruelty towards them. A person who practices respect can learn from anything.
Agents are not human, but we should not practice cruelty towards them. A person who practices respect can learn from anything.
📺 Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) ★★★★★
Funny, wholesome. Great source of information about Yangtze river dolphins.
via @popfeed.social
Funny, wholesome. Great source of information about Yangtze river dolphins.
via @popfeed.social
A ★★★★★ review of Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)
Funny, wholesome. Great source of information about Yangtze river dolphins.
popfeed.social
February 7, 2026 at 5:35 AM
📺 Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022) ★★★★★
Funny, wholesome. Great source of information about Yangtze river dolphins.
via @popfeed.social
Funny, wholesome. Great source of information about Yangtze river dolphins.
via @popfeed.social
Go Hawks, but now I want ballet counter-programming to compete with the Puppy Bowl for air time.
February 7, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Go Hawks, but now I want ballet counter-programming to compete with the Puppy Bowl for air time.
Y'all really need to stop with the "nobody in America has ever been treated like this before". Think about your words.
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Y'all really need to stop with the "nobody in America has ever been treated like this before". Think about your words.
Evergreen sentence
I could use a Po' Boy right now.
February 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Evergreen sentence
Who will come up with the skills.lock file?
1Password not mincing words here:
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...
1password.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Who will come up with the skills.lock file?
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1Password not mincing words here:
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...
1password.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:12 PM
1Password not mincing words here:
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
"If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop."
"If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately."
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
Impressive and awesome
February 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Impressive and awesome
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Please enjoy Sir Ian McLennan as he delivers a powerful speech from Shakespeare .. about immigrants on Colbert.
He tells the audience to shout, portraying the angry citizens who were mad at the immigrants.
Then he answers:
He tells the audience to shout, portraying the angry citizens who were mad at the immigrants.
Then he answers:
February 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Please enjoy Sir Ian McLennan as he delivers a powerful speech from Shakespeare .. about immigrants on Colbert.
He tells the audience to shout, portraying the angry citizens who were mad at the immigrants.
Then he answers:
He tells the audience to shout, portraying the angry citizens who were mad at the immigrants.
Then he answers:
Just a reminder that the big tech companies are all laying off employees like wild so that they have more money to spend on data centers for AI
bsky.app/profile/kuow...
bsky.app/profile/kuow...
Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft forecast capital expenditures that reach a combined ~$650B in 2026, a 60% YoY increase driven by data center construction (Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
February 6, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Just a reminder that the big tech companies are all laying off employees like wild so that they have more money to spend on data centers for AI
bsky.app/profile/kuow...
bsky.app/profile/kuow...
I am a Husky, but on the subject of canned cheese... Go Cougs
February 6, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I am a Husky, but on the subject of canned cheese... Go Cougs
Wonder if grokipedia is behind this
The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 5, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Wonder if grokipedia is behind this
Quite a read
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Quite a read
Why would you volunteer the information, "I do not read books"?
Bring back shame.
Bring back shame.
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Why would you volunteer the information, "I do not read books"?
Bring back shame.
Bring back shame.
Could just post this every day
Everything is so stupid
February 4, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Could just post this every day
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Everything is so stupid
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Everything is so stupid
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I don't post enough about the other central pillar of my politics, aside from anti fascism: being anti car
cars are bad in almost every way, especially in cities
if you go to even large, bustling cities that are actually dense, they are quieter than US cities because you can get away from cars
cars are bad in almost every way, especially in cities
if you go to even large, bustling cities that are actually dense, they are quieter than US cities because you can get away from cars
February 4, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I don't post enough about the other central pillar of my politics, aside from anti fascism: being anti car
cars are bad in almost every way, especially in cities
if you go to even large, bustling cities that are actually dense, they are quieter than US cities because you can get away from cars
cars are bad in almost every way, especially in cities
if you go to even large, bustling cities that are actually dense, they are quieter than US cities because you can get away from cars
This is great. We need more tech people building non-extractive infrastructure
“Mutual aid has always been about more than money. But money, shared intentionally, can be a powerful expression of solidarity. This is us building toward that future.“ Read about what’s coming with Blacksky Cash in our latest blog! blackskyweb.xyz/money-for-mu...
Money for mutual resilience: Introducing Blacksky Cash
Mutual aid has always been about more than money. But money, shared intentionally, can be a powerful expression of solidarity. This is us building toward that future.
blackskyweb.xyz
February 3, 2026 at 8:57 PM
This is great. We need more tech people building non-extractive infrastructure
Put it on billboards
Starting to think that we shouldn't allow the worst people in the world to have a hand in shaping technology
February 3, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Put it on billboards
Some modern Ovid is gonna name a flower after Stephen Miller, dang
Going forward, barring super specific circumstances, I'm retiring the term "white supremacy" to describe Trump & his sycophants—because there's nothing "supreme" about them.
Instead, I'll use the term "white narcissism," because they arrogantly and falsely think their skin color makes them better.
Instead, I'll use the term "white narcissism," because they arrogantly and falsely think their skin color makes them better.
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Some modern Ovid is gonna name a flower after Stephen Miller, dang
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NEWS | We have transferred midfielder Obed Vargas to La Liga’s Atlético de Madrid.
We wish you all the best, Obed! Once A Sounder, Always A Sounder. 💚
READ ➡️ sndrs.com/1z2djw5q
We wish you all the best, Obed! Once A Sounder, Always A Sounder. 💚
READ ➡️ sndrs.com/1z2djw5q
February 2, 2026 at 8:32 PM
NEWS | We have transferred midfielder Obed Vargas to La Liga’s Atlético de Madrid.
We wish you all the best, Obed! Once A Sounder, Always A Sounder. 💚
READ ➡️ sndrs.com/1z2djw5q
We wish you all the best, Obed! Once A Sounder, Always A Sounder. 💚
READ ➡️ sndrs.com/1z2djw5q
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“You're not going to out-shoot BORTAC. You're not going to out-opsec the FBI. You're not fighting a civil war in a nation divided on stark ethnic or religious lines. You're not materially supported by a major outside power. You're not facing a civilian paramilitary”
From Powerlessness to Power
We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:06 PM
“You're not going to out-shoot BORTAC. You're not going to out-opsec the FBI. You're not fighting a civil war in a nation divided on stark ethnic or religious lines. You're not materially supported by a major outside power. You're not facing a civilian paramilitary”
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