Milo Trujillo
@backdrifting.net
Systems scientist, engineer, activist. Research and practice with decentralized online social groups.
Postdoc at the CoMM lab in @nunetsi.bsky.social, infrastructure and analysis at @ddosecrets.com
Postdoc at the CoMM lab in @nunetsi.bsky.social, infrastructure and analysis at @ddosecrets.com
Reposted by Milo Trujillo
Consider: Visa restrictions shaping who participates in AI research. Defunding of scholarship on algorithmic discrimination. Federal preemption of state AI laws. This is not deregulation.
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Consider: Visa restrictions shaping who participates in AI research. Defunding of scholarship on algorithmic discrimination. Federal preemption of state AI laws. This is not deregulation.
Reposted by Milo Trujillo
The wax doesn't totally liquefy so much as become molasses-like, so it mixes poorly, yielding streaks of pink in red instead of a uniform color.
January 14, 2026 at 4:52 AM
The wax doesn't totally liquefy so much as become molasses-like, so it mixes poorly, yielding streaks of pink in red instead of a uniform color.
"Sealing wax." You can get it either as candlesticks with wicks, or as beads to be melted in a cup over a tea candle. I do the latter: it's easier for me to get consistent volume, and much easier to mix colors. For example, the above is (if I remember right) three beads of burgundy and one pink.
January 14, 2026 at 4:52 AM
"Sealing wax." You can get it either as candlesticks with wicks, or as beads to be melted in a cup over a tea candle. I do the latter: it's easier for me to get consistent volume, and much easier to mix colors. For example, the above is (if I remember right) three beads of burgundy and one pink.
Until now I’ve been highlighting details with a gold or silver paint pen, which can be very satisfying, but limits my options and can rub off
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Until now I’ve been highlighting details with a gold or silver paint pen, which can be very satisfying, but limits my options and can rub off
I hope this leads to laughably complicated edge cases like when the colony is trying to establish on one side and forage on the other side of a jurisdictional line. Bee lawyers, arbitration of honey trails.
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 AM
I hope this leads to laughably complicated edge cases like when the colony is trying to establish on one side and forage on the other side of a jurisdictional line. Bee lawyers, arbitration of honey trails.
Their estimator, I assume
January 7, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Their estimator, I assume
