Rune
@runefar.bsky.social
He/Him/They(gender apathetic cis-male) Half Norwegian American whose pleasures in life include exploring different topics and considering how to build solutions to different issues. Has a background and education in technology, anthropology and psychology
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Rune
@runefar.bsky.social
· Feb 16
I thought I would throw this out there. If anyone wants to ever ask me anything about my experience having a disability, my experinces as someone coming from a mixed cultural and immigrant background, or anything about how that affected things like my education or perspectives; please feel free too
My different social media platforms are funny, I know I end up talking about tech and disabilities a lot here despite this originally meaning to post more anthropology stuff here while on discord I do tend to talk more about anthropology, religion and politics despite it starting as tech focused
February 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
My different social media platforms are funny, I know I end up talking about tech and disabilities a lot here despite this originally meaning to post more anthropology stuff here while on discord I do tend to talk more about anthropology, religion and politics despite it starting as tech focused
I do sorta wonder if we are willing to accept less bipedal robots and design the world for them, that could be used to help the world become more accessible for the large amount of us who aren't bipedal due to things like disabilities and thus find different environments challenging as a result
February 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I do sorta wonder if we are willing to accept less bipedal robots and design the world for them, that could be used to help the world become more accessible for the large amount of us who aren't bipedal due to things like disabilities and thus find different environments challenging as a result
This feels like the closest I have seen to an actual study trying to look into if chatbots do truely or do not affect peoples mental health negatively rather than simply claiming they do in advance. It appears to contrast the popular perspective on the issue
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Chatbots as Social Companions: How People Perceive Consciousness, Human Likeness, and Social Health Benefits in Machines
Abstract. As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more widespread, one question that arises is how human–AI interaction might impact human–human interactio
academic.oup.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
This feels like the closest I have seen to an actual study trying to look into if chatbots do truely or do not affect peoples mental health negatively rather than simply claiming they do in advance. It appears to contrast the popular perspective on the issue
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
Though they are attempting to account for a leak, the fact that artemis II is likely to launch next month should be a hopeful event in its own way. That science even within the struggles of this administration presses on
Though they are attempting to account for a leak, the fact that artemis II is likely to launch next month should be a hopeful event in its own way. That science even within the struggles of this administration presses on
NASA Conducts Artemis II Fuel Test, Eyes March for Launch Opportunity - NASA
NASA concluded a wet dress rehearsal for the agency’s Artemis II test flight early Tuesday morning, successfully loading cryogenic propellant into the SLS
www.nasa.gov
February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
Though they are attempting to account for a leak, the fact that artemis II is likely to launch next month should be a hopeful event in its own way. That science even within the struggles of this administration presses on
Though they are attempting to account for a leak, the fact that artemis II is likely to launch next month should be a hopeful event in its own way. That science even within the struggles of this administration presses on
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The targeting of Native Americans by ICE is so widespread, tribal governments all over are responding. To protect tribal citizens from ICE raids, tribes are holding events to help citizens get updated IDs and even speeding up the printing and processing times.
February 4, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The targeting of Native Americans by ICE is so widespread, tribal governments all over are responding. To protect tribal citizens from ICE raids, tribes are holding events to help citizens get updated IDs and even speeding up the printing and processing times.
2 minute videos just posted this really interesting video on deepseeks research. Since their focus is not solely on AI but on everything from physics engine to optimization, I think they often do a better job at representing such updates and the questions they bring
youtu.be/fFL7la73RO4?...
youtu.be/fFL7la73RO4?...
New DeepSeek Research - The Future Is Here!
YouTube video by Two Minute Papers
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
2 minute videos just posted this really interesting video on deepseeks research. Since their focus is not solely on AI but on everything from physics engine to optimization, I think they often do a better job at representing such updates and the questions they bring
youtu.be/fFL7la73RO4?...
youtu.be/fFL7la73RO4?...
I hope the generation after us developes is a better way to balance talking about stigmitized issues while still being able to balance when there is reason to legit show the behavior is problematic because we definitely havent. We are in the puritan phase in reaction to previous lack of reaction
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I hope the generation after us developes is a better way to balance talking about stigmitized issues while still being able to balance when there is reason to legit show the behavior is problematic because we definitely havent. We are in the puritan phase in reaction to previous lack of reaction
I feel like this is a good representation of the major difference in the messaging Americans are getting versus what Europeons are getting around both disabilities and technology
Our current university system is not systematically meeting the needs of the #neurodivergent community.
#EUAExpertVoices article by Monique Mackenzie @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and Elliott Spaeth @advancehe.bsky.social on AI's potential for education that serves all learners buff.ly/bcLfAQk
#EUAExpertVoices article by Monique Mackenzie @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and Elliott Spaeth @advancehe.bsky.social on AI's potential for education that serves all learners buff.ly/bcLfAQk
Using AI to serve inclusive education
EUA - European University Association
buff.ly
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
I feel like this is a good representation of the major difference in the messaging Americans are getting versus what Europeons are getting around both disabilities and technology
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Science-heads who are journalism-curious! This is one of the best internships imaginable. Many of its holders have gone on to great careers at The Economist.
Please help spread the word.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
Please help spread the word.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
The Economist’s science and technology internship
We invite applications for the 2026 Richard Casement internship
www.economist.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Science-heads who are journalism-curious! This is one of the best internships imaginable. Many of its holders have gone on to great careers at The Economist.
Please help spread the word.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
Please help spread the word.
www.economist.com/science-and-...
Recentily saw this video posted in a accessibility forum discussing the origin of the word AI-slop. I am usually a bit skeptical of etymologynerd when he peers into the social side but this is mainly about the etymology and hardens the connection to degenerate art
youtu.be/mFJFD2Ls7Yk?...
youtu.be/mFJFD2Ls7Yk?...
etymologyslop
YouTube video by Etymology Nerd
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Recentily saw this video posted in a accessibility forum discussing the origin of the word AI-slop. I am usually a bit skeptical of etymologynerd when he peers into the social side but this is mainly about the etymology and hardens the connection to degenerate art
youtu.be/mFJFD2Ls7Yk?...
youtu.be/mFJFD2Ls7Yk?...
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Yeah honestly if I could just get the grad students to start posting papers here more I’d be complete
February 3, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Yeah honestly if I could just get the grad students to start posting papers here more I’d be complete
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The economic benefits of AI tools for radiology: evidence from a systematic review https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.250090 @tum.de @unibas.ch #AI #ML #MachineLearning
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
The economic benefits of AI tools for radiology: evidence from a systematic review https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.250090 @tum.de @unibas.ch #AI #ML #MachineLearning
I dislike how people treat the point of the idea of banning books as if it only refers to physical written books. While it is understandable this makes it more obvious, censorship of knowledge and media is not only problematic when it occurs in physical media for. Even in digital or for good it does
February 2, 2026 at 4:39 PM
I dislike how people treat the point of the idea of banning books as if it only refers to physical written books. While it is understandable this makes it more obvious, censorship of knowledge and media is not only problematic when it occurs in physical media for. Even in digital or for good it does
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Whew, is @stephenharrison.com just the quintessential example of how anti-AI zealotry leads an otherwise decent human to become a rank, shameless ableist POS.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Whew, is @stephenharrison.com just the quintessential example of how anti-AI zealotry leads an otherwise decent human to become a rank, shameless ableist POS.
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How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse?
AI layoffs or ‘AI-washing’? | TechCrunch
How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse?
techcrunch.com
February 1, 2026 at 10:19 PM
How many of the companies with recent layoffs are just using AI as an excuse?
When I think of technology or things like social systems, I dont get the feeling of alienation of individuality that others get. Instead I get a deep feeling of my connection with the universe, the way in which we can deeply interact with each other, and how interactions build on interections
February 2, 2026 at 8:02 AM
When I think of technology or things like social systems, I dont get the feeling of alienation of individuality that others get. Instead I get a deep feeling of my connection with the universe, the way in which we can deeply interact with each other, and how interactions build on interections
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Even in the era of polarization, it appears companies splitting their bets remains true. Greg Brockman both gave 25 million to the Trump Administration and openai is heavily hiring democratic adminstration workers
Even in the era of polarization, it appears companies splitting their bets remains true. Greg Brockman both gave 25 million to the Trump Administration and openai is heavily hiring democratic adminstration workers
The tech company stocking up on Democrats as Silicon Valley turns right
From Bill Clinton’s “master of disaster” to a Kamala Harris confidant, the maker of ChatGPT has stockpiled well-connected Democrats as it tries to muscle through a business transformation in deep-blue...
www.politico.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:38 PM
www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Even in the era of polarization, it appears companies splitting their bets remains true. Greg Brockman both gave 25 million to the Trump Administration and openai is heavily hiring democratic adminstration workers
Even in the era of polarization, it appears companies splitting their bets remains true. Greg Brockman both gave 25 million to the Trump Administration and openai is heavily hiring democratic adminstration workers
My personal and biased folk economic meter of how inequality and wealth in a country is what coffee device is the average person able to afford versus the population's consumption of coffee. Americans should aim for a country where healthcare and wage are so good espresso machines are common
February 1, 2026 at 9:58 AM
My personal and biased folk economic meter of how inequality and wealth in a country is what coffee device is the average person able to afford versus the population's consumption of coffee. Americans should aim for a country where healthcare and wage are so good espresso machines are common
The issue this to me skips over is the extent to which we exist in a affective polarized enviroment. I am sure i fit within the definition of a reactionary centric to some exactily because I often apply thinking styles aganist facism that come from outside american thinking
Today on Volts: I'm joined by the great @michaelhobbes.bsky.social to discuss "reactionary centrism," an intellectual tendency that's come to dominate US public life. You know the type: would never view themselves as conservative, yet finds voluntary pronoun use vastly more aggravating than fascism.
All about "reactionary centrism"
Michael Hobbes joins me to diagnose the pundit class's obsession with scolding the left while the right burns down the house.
www.volts.wtf
January 31, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The issue this to me skips over is the extent to which we exist in a affective polarized enviroment. I am sure i fit within the definition of a reactionary centric to some exactily because I often apply thinking styles aganist facism that come from outside american thinking
I am not only scared disabled rights will get downgraded as a priority but that in many cases people may think they are protecting some other right(and they often arent in reality) by overturning them
January 31, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I am not only scared disabled rights will get downgraded as a priority but that in many cases people may think they are protecting some other right(and they often arent in reality) by overturning them
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The ER.
The lights are bright.
The overlapping voices are everywhere and getting louder by the second, echoing.
This wheelchair is starting to hurt my back severely.
I’m in autistic hell and cannot escape.
The lights are bright.
The overlapping voices are everywhere and getting louder by the second, echoing.
This wheelchair is starting to hurt my back severely.
I’m in autistic hell and cannot escape.
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The ER.
The lights are bright.
The overlapping voices are everywhere and getting louder by the second, echoing.
This wheelchair is starting to hurt my back severely.
I’m in autistic hell and cannot escape.
The lights are bright.
The overlapping voices are everywhere and getting louder by the second, echoing.
This wheelchair is starting to hurt my back severely.
I’m in autistic hell and cannot escape.
The relationship of ableism in education and system justification in reaction to novel technologies and novel changes seems like something that has been underexplored especially with regard to systemic ableism in the US. Maybe my next project tbh
January 30, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The relationship of ableism in education and system justification in reaction to novel technologies and novel changes seems like something that has been underexplored especially with regard to systemic ableism in the US. Maybe my next project tbh
I am not a religious person I admit but it is important to share stories like this to those who are to get past our different group barriers we create. Different catholic presses understand the gravity of Pretti death and are sharing how some of his priests felt
www.ncregister.com/cna/catholic...
www.ncregister.com/cna/catholic...
Updated: Catholic Priest Who Worked With Alex Pretti Says He Was Known for ‘Kindness’
The man shot and killed by federal agents in Minnesota was also known for his ‘gentleness.’
www.ncregister.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:20 AM
I am not a religious person I admit but it is important to share stories like this to those who are to get past our different group barriers we create. Different catholic presses understand the gravity of Pretti death and are sharing how some of his priests felt
www.ncregister.com/cna/catholic...
www.ncregister.com/cna/catholic...
I feel the tendency to support maximalism that has become popular again is gonna quickly become a leopards eating faces situation and it already has to some level. It doesnt prevent companies from engaging in any activity ultimately, only what the public has access to
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I feel the tendency to support maximalism that has become popular again is gonna quickly become a leopards eating faces situation and it already has to some level. It doesnt prevent companies from engaging in any activity ultimately, only what the public has access to
I think there is a disappointly large ammount of people whose one issue they would agree with people like Matt Walsh on is that disabled people's accessibility shouldn't be furthered
January 29, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I think there is a disappointly large ammount of people whose one issue they would agree with people like Matt Walsh on is that disabled people's accessibility shouldn't be furthered