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Matt Thompson

@mvthomster.bsky.social

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Actual PhD in Plant Physiology (not from an LLM). Building platforms for Agriculture. E-bike commuter. ->Plant trees EVERYWHERE<- LBCA-raised, he/him, 3 kids #trees #plantscience #agriculture #culturalevolution

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 1h

how people reacted / are reacting to the advent of AI will be a litmus test for common sense and sound judgment for decades to come

Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 23h

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 1h

The close framing and integrated use of fourth-wall breaking during complex shots in the British "House of Cards" (using what you later realize are a shockingly small number of cameras) makes it infinitely more fun to watch than the American version.

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 2h

something about a frog or small dwarf ... if only he were here

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 2h

this new learning amazes me

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 2h

ah, interesting

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Graham C Lester @grahamclester.bsky.social · 5h

I had to check this because I didn't believe it. It's true!

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 8h

I could go on with that list ... education, environmental protection, election integrity ... none of it *hard* per se

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 8h

this is why VC-style tech has had zero impact on improving health care / child care / elder care / bankruptcy protection / retirement

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 8h

Senate GOP: ChatGPT does our plan look sensible?

ChatGPT: Wow, this is really solid! I could point out some possible improvements but they would be mere scribblings compared to what you've already shared. Would you like me to write a white paper for you?

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 8h

dang

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 11h

If we’re citing the Torah … let’s fucking go

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 13h

Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile debuts tonight on The Onion's YouTube channel at 7 p.m. ET.

Finally somebody will release some dang Epstein Files if you know what I'm sayin'!!!

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14h

The Atlantic, the NYT, the Post, the Free Press, Persuasion ... god, so many others ... they did it. They participated in the destruction of norms against bigotry & now bigotry is running rampant, out in the open, at the highest levels.

Great work everyone.

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 14h

Almost like “Corruption by other means”

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

I remember growing up in Long Beach in the 70s and 80s … everyone talked about The Gundo.

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

TFW the one comes up with a fully tinted front windshield (illegal in CA) and you can't even make eye contact if you tried

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

I drop off my daughter at school on an e-bike ... I have STORIES

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

don't forget the ketchup-splattered walls

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

AMC had a big budget ... once ... they even have an app!

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

I'm sure ICE fully anticipated every way in which a creative population would obstruct them once they arrived in a major city

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

how many MORE anti-porn apps does he need NOW to put on his and his son's phone to stay out of Hell?

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

Great opening in an @aoc.bsky.social fundraising email

Fundraising email from AOC:

Matthew,

You know, I made a mistake early on:

From all the movies that we see growing up about heroes and villains, I thought that fascist takeover attempts were going to be architected by evil geniuses.

(this paragraph highlighted) I was not expecting how unearned, nepotistic, mediocre, and just dumb so many of the people architecting this were going to be and it works because of brute force. (end highlighting)

You can do anything through brute force, but it's not sophisticated and it does not merit our intellectual respect.

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

just amazing .. there isn't a single credible Republican left

it's all lies, top to bottom, all the time

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

While we're at it, Oregon, too.

(I live in CA)

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 15h

This is a man who (1) fully embraces lying as part of keeping his job, talking about a man who (2) lies more than he breathes, on a policy that we all KNOW they are not committed to (see 1 and 2).

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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