Chris Vermilion
@verm.me
Software nerd. Order Muppet. Recovering physicist. Not really that sad of a dad. https://verm.me
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
we're going to win
Page One in Cincinnati:
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
“.. I need to be able to look my grandkids in the eye and say I did not remain silent.”
#ICE
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
we're going to win
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“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.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
Now available on iOS 😎
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Now available on iOS 😎
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
You’re wearing my shirt, Charlie Brown
We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold, Charlie Brown
I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
You’re wearing my shirt, Charlie Brown
Post a movie where you are from
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Post a movie where you are from
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
The Zork games have been properly open sourced with the MIT license 😍 opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.
These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Zork games have been properly open sourced with the MIT license 😍 opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.
These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
hahahahaha I knew it. "I feel very confident that he can do a very good job. I think he's gonna surprise some conservative people, actually. And some very liberal people he won't surprise because they already like him."
I can only assume “Roger Ebert reviews the Protestants” didn’t make the cut on a technicality.
November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I can only assume “Roger Ebert reviews the Protestants” didn’t make the cut on a technicality.
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
It's time to stock up on books for the long winter months in this end of year sale!
smbc-store.myshopify.com
smbc-store.myshopify.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
It's time to stock up on books for the long winter months in this end of year sale!
smbc-store.myshopify.com
smbc-store.myshopify.com
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
The President is self-soothing by sharing his followers’ calls for the violent deaths of members of the opposition party on his blog.
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The President is self-soothing by sharing his followers’ calls for the violent deaths of members of the opposition party on his blog.
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
It's happened
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It's happened
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
Some good results from accountability journalism. Even more important because the US still lacks a comprehensive data privacy law on the national level.
NEW: US airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Some good results from accountability journalism. Even more important because the US still lacks a comprehensive data privacy law on the national level.
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
It is pretty ridiculous that the Criterion Collection simply exists to go “here are very good movies that we present to you to buy and watch with some thoughtfulness” and that’s all it takes to be successful because it’s rare that anyone does that shit
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
It is pretty ridiculous that the Criterion Collection simply exists to go “here are very good movies that we present to you to buy and watch with some thoughtfulness” and that’s all it takes to be successful because it’s rare that anyone does that shit
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
this is a recurring theme I've seen. people think LLMs reduce the need for understanding of things and act like it. but every successful use I've seen has as a prerequisite a demonstrable and generally deeper understanding of the topic and objective
or, if you don't, you hit the wall at speed
or, if you don't, you hit the wall at speed
November 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
this is a recurring theme I've seen. people think LLMs reduce the need for understanding of things and act like it. but every successful use I've seen has as a prerequisite a demonstrable and generally deeper understanding of the topic and objective
or, if you don't, you hit the wall at speed
or, if you don't, you hit the wall at speed
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Happy birthday to the Soviet linguist Yuri Knorozov who casually deciphered the Mayan script in 1952 and got pissed when editors removed his cat as co-author on papers or cropped her out of his author headshot (the only picture of himself he even liked)
junior senator from Maine
At almost 100, Dick Van Dyke won't sit still — and is eying one more big role
Ahead of his 100th birthday, the legendary actor reflects on his life and movies and his secret to longevity.
Ahead of his 100th birthday, the legendary actor reflects on his life and movies and his secret to longevity.
At almost 100, Dick Van Dyke won't sit still — and is eying one more big role
Ahead of his 100th birthday, the legendary actor reflects on his life and movies and his secret to longevity.
www.nbcnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
junior senator from Maine
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
This is the right wing equivalent to batting for the cycle
"A man pardoned by President Donald Trump for storming the Capitol was arrested on child molestation charges, according to Florida officials, who said he tried to use an anticipated Jan. 6 payout to silence the victim."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Pardoned Capitol rioter tried to bribe child sex victim with promise of Jan. 6 payout, officials say
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida, including lewd/lascivious molestation, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
This is the right wing equivalent to batting for the cycle
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
Reposted by Chris Vermilion
There is no easier ethical test in the world than "should MBS's money buy him international respect."
November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
There is no easier ethical test in the world than "should MBS's money buy him international respect."