Joseph 'zeruch' Arruda
@zeruch.bsky.social
artist, tech-dude, music nerd, wonk... This is not a single issue account, so buckle up.
Art commission/licensing, public speaking, or other requests: [email protected]
http://josepharruda.com
Art commission/licensing, public speaking, or other requests: [email protected]
http://josepharruda.com
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As a reminder to those new here or new to me (quite a few friends and colleagues are joining), I'm not kidding when I put in my profile "artist, tech-dude, music nerd, wonk... This is not a single issue account, so buckle up."
Strap in folks, I don't drive for comfort, I drive for purpose.
Strap in folks, I don't drive for comfort, I drive for purpose.
Being inchoate, with a GPU powered assist...isn't a flex.
Interesting thread discussing the rise of pro se plaintiffs with ChatGPT (or "pro se gpt"). www.reddit.com/r/Lawyertalk...
"People say AI will take our jobs but so far it's just giving me more work."
"People say AI will take our jobs but so far it's just giving me more work."
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December 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Being inchoate, with a GPU powered assist...isn't a flex.
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If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
#throwbackthursday from a trip to LA I did a year or two back (for a Wayne Shorter tribute concert at the Bowl, IIRC). I had picked up a fresh copy of a Bukowski book, then later started #drawing thematically to it in an over-the-top bonkers kitschy bungalow in the Hollywood hills. #artshare #art
December 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
#throwbackthursday from a trip to LA I did a year or two back (for a Wayne Shorter tribute concert at the Bowl, IIRC). I had picked up a fresh copy of a Bukowski book, then later started #drawing thematically to it in an over-the-top bonkers kitschy bungalow in the Hollywood hills. #artshare #art
#vinyloftheday one of my favorite 12" LPs, the last studio outing from #ScrittiPolitti. I really wish they'd put out something new, but Green Gartside and Co seem just fine in semi-retired/occasional UK or JP live gig life.
December 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#vinyloftheday one of my favorite 12" LPs, the last studio outing from #ScrittiPolitti. I really wish they'd put out something new, but Green Gartside and Co seem just fine in semi-retired/occasional UK or JP live gig life.
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is one of the reasons why I find a lot of valuations in the market right now incandescently incoherent.
The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
December 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is one of the reasons why I find a lot of valuations in the market right now incandescently incoherent.
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SCOOP: Bond investors warned US Treasury over picking Kevin Hassett as Fed chair www.ft.com/content/ad4b...
Bond investors warned US Treasury over picking Kevin Hassett as Fed chair
Some market participants worried candidate for top central bank job will be swayed by Trump on interest rates
www.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
SCOOP: Bond investors warned US Treasury over picking Kevin Hassett as Fed chair www.ft.com/content/ad4b...
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An AI model that’s ethical on the battlefield may be corrosive across the other instruments of power. What happens to gray-zone competition when those boundaries start to erode?
Operating AI in the Gray Zone: Drawing Clear Lines Before They Blur
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series exploring key AI policy choices faced by the Department of Defense & Congress. Please also read the first
warontherocks.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
An AI model that’s ethical on the battlefield may be corrosive across the other instruments of power. What happens to gray-zone competition when those boundaries start to erode?
"Claude, the #albino #gator who was an iconic resident of the California Academy of Sciences and an unofficial mascot for San Francisco, has died at 30"
I've 'hung out' with Claude a few times at events at CAoS, and he was an absolute righteous dude.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...
I've 'hung out' with Claude a few times at events at CAoS, and he was an absolute righteous dude.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...
Famed San Francisco albino alligator Claude dies at 30
The unofficial mascot for San Francisco recently had a year of birthday celebrations.
sfstandard.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"Claude, the #albino #gator who was an iconic resident of the California Academy of Sciences and an unofficial mascot for San Francisco, has died at 30"
I've 'hung out' with Claude a few times at events at CAoS, and he was an absolute righteous dude.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...
I've 'hung out' with Claude a few times at events at CAoS, and he was an absolute righteous dude.
sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...
I'll actually take this one step laterally; there seem to be plenty of center right people who have no issue being on and participating in Bluesky, with nary any issue at all. As far as I can tell it's not left coded, it's "being a grown ass person" coded, which I'm absolutely fine with.
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'll actually take this one step laterally; there seem to be plenty of center right people who have no issue being on and participating in Bluesky, with nary any issue at all. As far as I can tell it's not left coded, it's "being a grown ass person" coded, which I'm absolutely fine with.
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This is insane, but a fun side note: former Overstock CEO and Maria Butina honeypot victim Patrick Byrne as been MIA (after his lawyer was arrested) in a defamation suit brought against him by Hunter Biden. A judge found him in default and Biden has filed a $33.3M default judgement request.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is insane, but a fun side note: former Overstock CEO and Maria Butina honeypot victim Patrick Byrne as been MIA (after his lawyer was arrested) in a defamation suit brought against him by Hunter Biden. A judge found him in default and Biden has filed a $33.3M default judgement request.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"California Gov. Gavin #Newsom has signed a bill into law that bans state lawmakers from signing non-disclosure agreements when they decide how to use #taxpayer dollars or create state #laws." I am bound by grasp of reality to ponder just what led to this & will it hold
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
Gov. Newsom signs bill making it a crime for lawmakers to sign NDAs when negotiating state laws
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that bans state lawmakers from signing non-disclosure agreements when they decide how to use taxpayer dollars or create state laws.
www.kcra.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"California Gov. Gavin #Newsom has signed a bill into law that bans state lawmakers from signing non-disclosure agreements when they decide how to use #taxpayer dollars or create state #laws." I am bound by grasp of reality to ponder just what led to this & will it hold
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
www.kcra.com/article/cali...
I am not a bio-tech researcher, but I know good stuff when I read it, and that this kind of research has and is kneecapped by the current administration, much to the detriment of everyone: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Safe delivery of a highly toxic anthracycline derivative through liposomal nanoformulation achieves complete cancer regression - Molecular Cancer
Background Chemotherapy remains the cornerstone of cancer treatment despite its well-documented challenges, including toxic side effects and drug resistance. Here, we demonstrate that a novel, highly ...
link.springer.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I am not a bio-tech researcher, but I know good stuff when I read it, and that this kind of research has and is kneecapped by the current administration, much to the detriment of everyone: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
No, #youtube, you clearly don't get it, because this is only hidden a few days before you re-introduce the same section(s) into the #UX flow again, and I hide it, again, and again.
It's yet another #darkpattern, much like how I hide anything with "Mix:" as a prefix on the main page.
Do better.
It's yet another #darkpattern, much like how I hide anything with "Mix:" as a prefix on the main page.
Do better.
December 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
No, #youtube, you clearly don't get it, because this is only hidden a few days before you re-introduce the same section(s) into the #UX flow again, and I hide it, again, and again.
It's yet another #darkpattern, much like how I hide anything with "Mix:" as a prefix on the main page.
Do better.
It's yet another #darkpattern, much like how I hide anything with "Mix:" as a prefix on the main page.
Do better.
Whitaker has been messaging this for months, and from a security standpoint she is absolutely correct. I would absolutely never advocate for allowing an agentic #AI to "do things on my behalf" without absolute *localized* control and auditability of my data. fortune.com/2025/11/27/a...
Signal’s president warns AI agents are an existential threat to secure messaging apps | Fortune
Signal President Meredith Whittaker says consumers and businesses are unprepared for the security and privacy risks of AI agents.
fortune.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Whitaker has been messaging this for months, and from a security standpoint she is absolutely correct. I would absolutely never advocate for allowing an agentic #AI to "do things on my behalf" without absolute *localized* control and auditability of my data. fortune.com/2025/11/27/a...
"What #Weiss really wants is to have the power to...determine what is “acceptable” in American #politics and culture. The invocation of Loesch [an NRA lobbyist] and Dershowitz (a member of Jeffrey #Epstein’s defense team) only makes it more ridiculous" newrepublic.com/article/2037... #CBS #agitprop
Bari Weiss’s Big Secret Is That She’s Boring
The “contrarian” journalist’s new vision for CBS News appears to just mean reinventing Crossfire.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"What #Weiss really wants is to have the power to...determine what is “acceptable” in American #politics and culture. The invocation of Loesch [an NRA lobbyist] and Dershowitz (a member of Jeffrey #Epstein’s defense team) only makes it more ridiculous" newrepublic.com/article/2037... #CBS #agitprop
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apparently the two turkeys pardoned by Trump have been arrested for committing a number of other crimes
November 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
apparently the two turkeys pardoned by Trump have been arrested for committing a number of other crimes
#throwbackthursday #illustration is a portrait of "sckamb" Who was a very popular artist and user of the deviantART platform when I first joined. IIRC this is mostly pencil, gouache, watercolor, and tombo marker.
#art #artshare #drawing
#art #artshare #drawing
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
#throwbackthursday #illustration is a portrait of "sckamb" Who was a very popular artist and user of the deviantART platform when I first joined. IIRC this is mostly pencil, gouache, watercolor, and tombo marker.
#art #artshare #drawing
#art #artshare #drawing
"cognitive bias confirmation machine" feels almost too atomically on point. So concise yet so accurate that it almost hurts to admit. Not because it says something about the brilliance of its design, but about the sad (And avoidable) shortcomings of the species it's used against.
The two work in tandem to create a terrible synergy: people will believe images/video they want to believe while disregarding those they don't.
Congratulations to humanity for building a cognitive bias confirmation machine. 🥳
Congratulations to humanity for building a cognitive bias confirmation machine. 🥳
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"cognitive bias confirmation machine" feels almost too atomically on point. So concise yet so accurate that it almost hurts to admit. Not because it says something about the brilliance of its design, but about the sad (And avoidable) shortcomings of the species it's used against.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
I don't think the recent own-goal on Twitter WRT bot and ragebait/troll account geolocations is unrelated to the State dept announcement in September that they would stop funding a joint EU/US effort to combat mis/disinfo from Russia, China and Iran.
www.ft.com/content/d31b...
www.ft.com/content/d31b...
US ends international push to combat fake news from hostile states
Washington terminates agreements with European countries to fight disinformation from Russia, China and Iran
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I don't think the recent own-goal on Twitter WRT bot and ragebait/troll account geolocations is unrelated to the State dept announcement in September that they would stop funding a joint EU/US effort to combat mis/disinfo from Russia, China and Iran.
www.ft.com/content/d31b...
www.ft.com/content/d31b...
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This is exactly right
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is exactly right
