@cltanner.bsky.social
There is a metaphor here somewhere…
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
There is a metaphor here somewhere…
We’re broken as a country - children will die because of this
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
We’re broken as a country - children will die because of this
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yeah there are a set of diseases which are potentially deadly for infants before they are scheduled for vaccination, which we had more or less eliminated via vaccine herd immunity, and they're coming back
I don't read these articles because just seeing the headlines fucks me up. It's just so awful.
I don't read these articles because just seeing the headlines fucks me up. It's just so awful.
Subtext: This entire family *is* vaccinated, and the mom got a booster while pregnant. Their child was just 2 weeks old when she contracted whooping cough -- too young to be vaccinated.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
But experts say if vax rates drop, this kind of infection becomes more common -- bc the disease is just around.
Vaccination rates are plummeting across the country, as part of a larger, troubling trend of growing vaccine hesitancy that is fueling a resurgence of preventable diseases, an NBC News and Stanford University investigation found.
December 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
yeah there are a set of diseases which are potentially deadly for infants before they are scheduled for vaccination, which we had more or less eliminated via vaccine herd immunity, and they're coming back
I don't read these articles because just seeing the headlines fucks me up. It's just so awful.
I don't read these articles because just seeing the headlines fucks me up. It's just so awful.
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The industry aims to build a superintelligence by assimilating unthinkable volumes of data dating to the dawn of the written word, yet apparently tweaking the models to account for separate regulations across several states is a level of complexity that would paralyze the whole project...
The president signed an executive order aimed to crimp state AI laws.
https://sherwood.news/tech/trump-ai-executive-order-is-a-major-win-for-open-ai-google-microsoft-and/
https://sherwood.news/tech/trump-ai-executive-order-is-a-major-win-for-open-ai-google-microsoft-and/
Trump AI executive order is a “major win” for Open AI, Google, Microsoft, and Meta, says Ives
The president signed an executive order aimed to crimp state AI laws....
sherwood.news
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The industry aims to build a superintelligence by assimilating unthinkable volumes of data dating to the dawn of the written word, yet apparently tweaking the models to account for separate regulations across several states is a level of complexity that would paralyze the whole project...
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Australia boots kids under 16 off social media: how platforms are responding
Australia boots kids under 16 off social media: how platforms are responding
Time to break out the VPN.
buff.ly
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Australia boots kids under 16 off social media: how platforms are responding
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Same product. Same store. Same time. But on Instacart, different customers may see different prices.
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
Same Product, Same Store, but on Instacart, Prices Might Differ
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Same product. Same store. Same time. But on Instacart, different customers may see different prices.
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
My story on a fascinating new experiment from @groundwork.bsky.social & @consumerreports.org and how the idea of a single price is breaking down in the digital age:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/b...
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These are the quarterbacks since 2010 who complete passes at roughly the rate Microsoft Excel’s AI mode accurately edits spreadsheets
October 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
These are the quarterbacks since 2010 who complete passes at roughly the rate Microsoft Excel’s AI mode accurately edits spreadsheets
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Just a tiny leap from “broadcasters have to use their spectrum in Trump’s interests” to “AT&T and Verizon have to manage content on their wireless networks in Trump’s interests because they operate on public spectrum”
September 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just a tiny leap from “broadcasters have to use their spectrum in Trump’s interests” to “AT&T and Verizon have to manage content on their wireless networks in Trump’s interests because they operate on public spectrum”
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Yeah: don't waste the life you have right now
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
The real scientific insights from Bryan Johnson’s immortality quest
Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach?
www.newscientist.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Yeah: don't waste the life you have right now
Algorithmic news feeds are not free speech - companies that use them shouldn’t be protected by 230 either
If algorithms radicalize a mass shooter, are companies to blame?
If algorithms radicalize a mass shooter, are companies to blame?
The Buffalo shooter says he was radicalized by memes.
buff.ly
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Algorithmic news feeds are not free speech - companies that use them shouldn’t be protected by 230 either
Zuck and his social media monopoly are a big reason why not enough people touch grass and foster real human connection
May 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Zuck and his social media monopoly are a big reason why not enough people touch grass and foster real human connection
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NEW: Months before Google was accused in a lawsuit of facilitating the suicide of a teen user of the Google-tied chatbot startup CharacterAI, researchers at Google DeepMind warned in a paper that chatbots could target minors and manipulate vulnerable users into suicide.
futurism.com/google-suici...
futurism.com/google-suici...
March 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: Months before Google was accused in a lawsuit of facilitating the suicide of a teen user of the Google-tied chatbot startup CharacterAI, researchers at Google DeepMind warned in a paper that chatbots could target minors and manipulate vulnerable users into suicide.
futurism.com/google-suici...
futurism.com/google-suici...
Condolences to the family, but this was preventable.
March 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Condolences to the family, but this was preventable.
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Totally normal stuff here
January 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Totally normal stuff here
