Ally Stewart
@allystewart.bsky.social
Book nerd. Oxford comma enthusiast. I know my way around a cheese plate. Currently blogging about trying to teach high school English Literature in a world where LLMs are a thing https://schrodingerschatgpt.blogspot.com/
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Ally Stewart
@allystewart.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Ally Stewart is never wrong...
Also smut is good and very fun and people should not be snobs about it
uncontroversial take
Ok Tom but the boat they were sitting or standing on was floating helplessly in the water, so
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ok Tom but the boat they were sitting or standing on was floating helplessly in the water, so
10/10 for the title alone
The radicalization of Silicon Valley is the subject of my forthcoming book, "The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and The War on Democracy."
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
It exposes a decades-long campaign to use tech power to overthrow democracy and destroy nations. Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
The Nerd Reich
A fearless and urgent chronicle of the tech-authoritarian movement from its early days in San Francisco politics to its current moment on the inter...
www.simonandschuster.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
10/10 for the title alone
The Trump of it all aside…
FIFA handing out a peace prize is like getting Dracula to run your blood drive
FIFA handing out a peace prize is like getting Dracula to run your blood drive
December 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The Trump of it all aside…
FIFA handing out a peace prize is like getting Dracula to run your blood drive
FIFA handing out a peace prize is like getting Dracula to run your blood drive
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I had fun designing the art for this week's Kremlinology of the Trump administration. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/a-league-o...
A League of Extraordinary Putinists
A cabal around Donald Trump won't rest until they've sold out Ukraine made nice with Putin
www.bugeyedandshameless.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I had fun designing the art for this week's Kremlinology of the Trump administration. www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/a-league-o...
Let me set the scene. Britney is singing at 100 beats per minute
I cannot convey to you the sheer fucking weirdness of Olivia Nuzzi's book.
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Let me set the scene. Britney is singing at 100 beats per minute
If Megyn Kelly were ever bitten by a vampire, he would immediately die of poisoning
There is something very wrong with Megyn Kelly.
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If Megyn Kelly were ever bitten by a vampire, he would immediately die of poisoning
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
If Megyn Kelly were ever bitten by a vampire, he would immediately die of poisoning
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Our legal process depends upon litigants citing valid legal authority to support the claims they advance. At present, LLMs are degrading this information ecosystem in ways that mirror the damage being done in schools. Join me won't you for a short thread illustrating the breadth of the problem?
Cool update to last week’s story on why language doesn’t equal intelligence: a Michigan judge cited it to justify imposing sanctions over a ChatGPT-assisted filing that mentioned real cases but misstated their facts. Congrats to author @benjaminjriley.bsky.social!
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Holy crap, I cannot believe that I missed this. This is 🔥
Incredible work @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Incredible work @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Holy crap, I cannot believe that I missed this. This is 🔥
Incredible work @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Incredible work @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
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I guess my favorite is Karoline Leavitt, because she has like 40 years of unemployment and prison to look forward to
November 30, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I guess my favorite is Karoline Leavitt, because she has like 40 years of unemployment and prison to look forward to
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this is terrible timing, he’s due to cut the ribbon on a deep fryer tomorrow
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
this is terrible timing, he’s due to cut the ribbon on a deep fryer tomorrow
If you see this I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you see this I IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation
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Yeah, I'm still seeing my books challenged and banned FOR BEING AN OUTSPOKEN ANTI-CENSORSHIP ADVOCATE.
I only wish big media gave half a shit about this kind of censorship happening. It's been happening directly to me–and thus my contributors!–for 3 years now.
Retaliatory book bans.
I only wish big media gave half a shit about this kind of censorship happening. It's been happening directly to me–and thus my contributors!–for 3 years now.
Retaliatory book bans.
Nassau has two new objections linked to the biases of neighboring Clay’s main objector.
He takes issue with Kelly Jensen’s & Stephen King’s public anti-censorship stances, and retaliates by objecting to their books. CDF in Nassau is following his lead.
nassauk12flus.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/Extern...
He takes issue with Kelly Jensen’s & Stephen King’s public anti-censorship stances, and retaliates by objecting to their books. CDF in Nassau is following his lead.
nassauk12flus.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/Extern...
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yeah, I'm still seeing my books challenged and banned FOR BEING AN OUTSPOKEN ANTI-CENSORSHIP ADVOCATE.
I only wish big media gave half a shit about this kind of censorship happening. It's been happening directly to me–and thus my contributors!–for 3 years now.
Retaliatory book bans.
I only wish big media gave half a shit about this kind of censorship happening. It's been happening directly to me–and thus my contributors!–for 3 years now.
Retaliatory book bans.
Happy to support this shameless capitalist plug. I don’t know Todd Alcott. Never talked to him. But god damn, I love his art. It’s just so cool
SHAMELESS CAPITALIST PLUG ALERT: My card decks and postcard sets make great stocking stuffers for the weird people on your list! toddalcottgraphics.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Happy to support this shameless capitalist plug. I don’t know Todd Alcott. Never talked to him. But god damn, I love his art. It’s just so cool
I'm not an expert, and I really appreciated this thread
Look, if you're not an expert you wouldn't know, but this chart is bullshit. They could not possibly measure this as 1. How can you tell for sure? There's no reliable automated way. 2. You're not counting the many sites that are blocking crawlers now.
But there's an even more important reason...
But there's an even more important reason...
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm not an expert, and I really appreciated this thread
yeah just roll ahead, full steam, it’ll probably be fine
I do this ish for a living, I am an AI developer and researcher, and *I* don’t fully understand the security implications. What hope do regular users have?
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...
Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: "Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications"
Microsoft is pushing ahead with its plan to add agentic capabilities to Windows 11 but has issued an important security warning for anyone who is interested in trying it out.
www.windowscentral.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
yeah just roll ahead, full steam, it’ll probably be fine
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I contain multitudes
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Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
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Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I contain multitudes
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
Oh
Oh shit
My multitudes containment system is failing, everyone retreat to a safe distance
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Prosecutors in California used A.I. to argue that a 57-year-old man should be held without bail, his lawyers say, filing a brief that included wholesale misinterpretations of the law, as well as quotations that do not actually appear in the cited texts. nyti.ms/3M1bVye
Prosecutor Used Flawed A.I. to Keep a Man in Jail, His Lawyers Say
The case is among the first in which a prosecutor is accused of filing court papers marred by A.I.-generated mistakes.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I just listend to @pablo.show's podcast about Riley Gaines, and this strikes me as similar:
Repeating a story publicly over and over, refining it, adding to it, leaving details out until your narrative is low on accuracy but guaranteed to get you niche group membership and their claps and hugs
Repeating a story publicly over and over, refining it, adding to it, leaving details out until your narrative is low on accuracy but guaranteed to get you niche group membership and their claps and hugs
The decline of religion as a source of meaning in people's lives remains underrated as a factor shaping society. The need doesn't go away - they just seek it out elsewhere in (often false) health/wellness beliefs, (often highly polarized/conflictual) politics, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I just listend to @pablo.show's podcast about Riley Gaines, and this strikes me as similar:
Repeating a story publicly over and over, refining it, adding to it, leaving details out until your narrative is low on accuracy but guaranteed to get you niche group membership and their claps and hugs
Repeating a story publicly over and over, refining it, adding to it, leaving details out until your narrative is low on accuracy but guaranteed to get you niche group membership and their claps and hugs
Grok, show me the saddest man alive
If people don't hate you as much as you deserve, Grok can help you get hated the exact right amount in a much shorter time #efficiency
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Grok, show me the saddest man alive
If people don't hate you as much as you deserve, Grok can help you get hated the exact right amount in a much shorter time #efficiency
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If people don't hate you as much as you deserve, Grok can help you get hated the exact right amount in a much shorter time #efficiency
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Americans need to eat fewer ultra-processed foods and more dubious powders
And yes, the swag bags. Attendees received MAHA-branded tote bags with:
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
- Packets of creatine
- Beef tallow potato chips ($79 for a 6-pack!!)
- Mouth tape
- RFK Jr's biography
- Beef protein bars
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Americans need to eat fewer ultra-processed foods and more dubious powders
This is why I have hope for the future
ChatGPT would never have thought this up
ChatGPT would never have thought this up
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is why I have hope for the future
ChatGPT would never have thought this up
ChatGPT would never have thought this up
The Beaverton has been killing it all week
November 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The Beaverton has been killing it all week
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Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome back to Origin Story: The Story of Socialism as we resume the story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin in part three @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Terror 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social