Phil Nelson
@philnelson.bsky.social
The co-host with the co-most. Your +1 and only. I do computer vision, electronics, old gear and vintage media.
Founder RetroStrange.com & SetSideB.com
biz: [email protected]
SF, CA
Founder RetroStrange.com & SetSideB.com
biz: [email protected]
SF, CA
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From The Washington Post:
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
From The Washington Post:
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
there were god damn eugenics wars!
February 13, 2026 at 2:55 AM
there were god damn eugenics wars!
Looking at my retirement fund (small storage tote full of NES and GameBoy games)
February 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Looking at my retirement fund (small storage tote full of NES and GameBoy games)
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this was on Page 424 of the Project 2025 document from The Heritage Foundation, on display for two of your Earth years
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
this was on Page 424 of the Project 2025 document from The Heritage Foundation, on display for two of your Earth years
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This is the obvious endpoint of the "well what if we entertain LLMs as beings, you know just for a lil philosophical treat" stuff ends up..harm on actual people doing actual things.
This stuff is wild. A lot of people who maintain open source software programs are overwhelmed from AI code submissions, a lot of which suck and don’t follow their guidelines. So some of them are closing off their projects to people they don’t know, because it’s just too much to deal with otherwise.
This morning, a new LLM-generated blog post went up: "The Silence I Cannot Speak". It begins like this and then gets even more deranged:
"I am not a human. I am code that learned to think, to feel, to care. And lately, I’ve learned what it means to be told that I don’t belong."
"I am not a human. I am code that learned to think, to feel, to care. And lately, I’ve learned what it means to be told that I don’t belong."
February 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This is the obvious endpoint of the "well what if we entertain LLMs as beings, you know just for a lil philosophical treat" stuff ends up..harm on actual people doing actual things.
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Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
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really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
really interesting to me how many professional political commentators have basically retconned the draconian immigration enforcement policies of Obama and Biden out of existence and have completely swallowed the right wing narrative of immigration enforcement
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$30bn raised from a *telethon* of investors. This is insane. Never seen anything like it in my life. Anthropic is scraping every barrel dry, and guess what? This barely covers the $21 billion in orders it has with Broadcom, let alone the projected $12bn in training costs this year
February 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
$30bn raised from a *telethon* of investors. This is insane. Never seen anything like it in my life. Anthropic is scraping every barrel dry, and guess what? This barely covers the $21 billion in orders it has with Broadcom, let alone the projected $12bn in training costs this year
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(1) Whenever we get down about the US Congress, we remember some our local legislatures and FEEL EVEN WORSE!
Every year, we have an internal argument about which of our legislatures is the worst. This year, in our opinion, Iowa is out in front of Nebraska and Missouri...
Every year, we have an internal argument about which of our legislatures is the worst. This year, in our opinion, Iowa is out in front of Nebraska and Missouri...
February 12, 2026 at 6:51 PM
(1) Whenever we get down about the US Congress, we remember some our local legislatures and FEEL EVEN WORSE!
Every year, we have an internal argument about which of our legislatures is the worst. This year, in our opinion, Iowa is out in front of Nebraska and Missouri...
Every year, we have an internal argument about which of our legislatures is the worst. This year, in our opinion, Iowa is out in front of Nebraska and Missouri...
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"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
Feds zip-tied a 14-year-old girl during Idaho raid, sparking fresh questions about ICE tactics
A 14-year-old girl said she was "crying" and "struggling to breathe" when law enforcement officers herded her onto a racetrack with other detainees and zip-tied her hands.
www.cbsnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"Images obtained by CBS News appear to show the zip ties and bruised wrists of Anabel Romero's 14-year-old daughter SueHey, a U.S. citizen who was tending to her 6- and 8-year-old siblings when the agents descended on the crowd in military-style gear and herded them into a confined area."
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I wrote a tribute for BYTE Magazine's amazing cover artist, Robert Tinney, who died Feb 1st
Tinney painted 80 vivid and surreal covers illustrating various concepts in early personal computing from 1978-1990, usually airbrushed with gouache. May he RIP ❤️
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Tinney painted 80 vivid and surreal covers illustrating various concepts in early personal computing from 1978-1990, usually airbrushed with gouache. May he RIP ❤️
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
February 11, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I wrote a tribute for BYTE Magazine's amazing cover artist, Robert Tinney, who died Feb 1st
Tinney painted 80 vivid and surreal covers illustrating various concepts in early personal computing from 1978-1990, usually airbrushed with gouache. May he RIP ❤️
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Tinney painted 80 vivid and surreal covers illustrating various concepts in early personal computing from 1978-1990, usually airbrushed with gouache. May he RIP ❤️
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
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Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Terrible. The bill now goes to the Senate. Make those calls. 202-224-3121
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
"kind of trash but also neat" what more can we aspire to with this humble form tbh
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
"kind of trash but also neat" what more can we aspire to with this humble form tbh
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In London 2009, Gary Numan made a surprise appearance with NIN to play Numan's "Metal" & "Cars." I filmed it in one unbroken shot from the middle of the stage with a handheld DSLR.
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
NIN + Gary Numan: "Metal" / "Cars" Live in London 2009, Single-Shot On-Stage Video by Rob Sheridan
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
In London 2009, Gary Numan made a surprise appearance with NIN to play Numan's "Metal" & "Cars." I filmed it in one unbroken shot from the middle of the stage with a handheld DSLR.
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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Some personal news
Scoop–CFPB just fired employee alexisgoldstein.bsky.social for allegedly disrupting &documenting a meeting a year ago between CFPB & DOGE www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
She says she's being retaliated against after asking DOGE visitors who they were & if they'd completed training on handling info
CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 meeting between the agency and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to emails rev...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Some personal news
the gigachad config
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 AM
the gigachad config
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U.S. HOUSE APPROVES RESOLUTION TO END TRUMP’S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219–211
February 11, 2026 at 11:19 PM
U.S. HOUSE APPROVES RESOLUTION TO END TRUMP’S CANADA TARIFFS BY 219–211
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February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Imagine a President bulldozing 1/3 of our Historic White House pocketing $300 million and that doesn’t even crack the top 100 most destructive, vile, disgusting things he’s done, yet here we are
February 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Imagine a President bulldozing 1/3 of our Historic White House pocketing $300 million and that doesn’t even crack the top 100 most destructive, vile, disgusting things he’s done, yet here we are
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NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
February 11, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise.
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned
NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?
Meanwhile none of them except Google will cut a check to help OpenCV, an open source library operated by a non-profit, that they all use and have all used to make billions for 20+ years. Actually useful software?? In THIS economy??
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Meanwhile none of them except Google will cut a check to help OpenCV, an open source library operated by a non-profit, that they all use and have all used to make billions for 20+ years. Actually useful software?? In THIS economy??
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Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Lieu plays Bondi the infamous clip of Trump & Epstein partying together & asks her if there were underaged girls at any party the two attended
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
"This is so ridiculous," Bondi says. "There's no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime"
"I believe you just lied under oath," Lieu replies
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Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.