Frogbat
@dr-frogbat.bsky.social
Dad, scientist, nut. Navigating an increasingly crazy world and trying to leave it better than I found it.
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Frogbat
@dr-frogbat.bsky.social
· Jun 20
Peter Thiel Doesn’t Want You to See This Clip
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
This clip explains what is happening and about to happen. Thiel takes the mask off briefly and lets us see the plan. This is the guy behind Palantir, the private company sucking up all your data and inserting itself into critical roles in the federal government.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-BQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-BQ...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Phang: Wiles says she doesn’t think Trump is on a retribution tour, but that he’s going after people who did bad things in coming after him… That sounds like retribution to me. I’m not quite sure what her definition of retribution is, but she might want to look it up in the fucking dictionary.
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Phang: Wiles says she doesn’t think Trump is on a retribution tour, but that he’s going after people who did bad things in coming after him… That sounds like retribution to me. I’m not quite sure what her definition of retribution is, but she might want to look it up in the fucking dictionary.
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BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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Tapping the sign again.
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Tapping the sign again.
Add generous funding for mental health services. It would help with gun violence, homelessness, and drug abuse.
Couldn't agree more. All of these proposals are constitutional, reasonable, and vital. (1/2)
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Add generous funding for mental health services. It would help with gun violence, homelessness, and drug abuse.
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i’ll add that what substantively seems to annoy silver is the existence of people with principles
December 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
i’ll add that what substantively seems to annoy silver is the existence of people with principles
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
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Btw, Bea is the one who said, "Mom, you really need to do a video on movement capture because I don't think enough people understand what it is."
That's been my highest-viewed video this past week. Hey kid, close to 150k people on multiple platforms learned about this bc you suggested it. ❤️❤️❤️
That's been my highest-viewed video this past week. Hey kid, close to 150k people on multiple platforms learned about this bc you suggested it. ❤️❤️❤️
If you don't know what "Movement Capture" is, you need to learn. ASAP. Before it captures you.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Btw, Bea is the one who said, "Mom, you really need to do a video on movement capture because I don't think enough people understand what it is."
That's been my highest-viewed video this past week. Hey kid, close to 150k people on multiple platforms learned about this bc you suggested it. ❤️❤️❤️
That's been my highest-viewed video this past week. Hey kid, close to 150k people on multiple platforms learned about this bc you suggested it. ❤️❤️❤️
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Family includes everyone! ❤️
November 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Family includes everyone! ❤️
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
It must be wild to get to abuse the public then pay for it with the public's money
December 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My hottest take is that letting cops park in red zones for mundane errands and coffee breaks; I think “you can break the law at your discretion as a job perk” is the small domino that ends in the large domino of “shooting protesters in the face with rubber bullets”
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"For this kind of predator, the thing about teenagers is that they are just adult enough to be worth desiring, but not adult enough to stand up to you. Fundamentally, children are easier to manipulate. Children are easier to control. Children are easier to groom."
We Need to Talk About Pedocon Theory
The connection between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is no accident, but reveals a deep logic at the heart of reactionary politics.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"For this kind of predator, the thing about teenagers is that they are just adult enough to be worth desiring, but not adult enough to stand up to you. Fundamentally, children are easier to manipulate. Children are easier to control. Children are easier to groom."
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"All governments suffer a recurring problem: power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted." Frank Herbert
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"All governments suffer a recurring problem: power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted." Frank Herbert
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A teacher posted something that hit hard
"Repeat after me: My employer will provide ALL the required equipment to do my job. If the equipment is not supplied, it is therefore not required. Adjust accordingly. Get paid the same. STOP stealing from your family to give to your employer. The end."
"Repeat after me: My employer will provide ALL the required equipment to do my job. If the equipment is not supplied, it is therefore not required. Adjust accordingly. Get paid the same. STOP stealing from your family to give to your employer. The end."
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A teacher posted something that hit hard
"Repeat after me: My employer will provide ALL the required equipment to do my job. If the equipment is not supplied, it is therefore not required. Adjust accordingly. Get paid the same. STOP stealing from your family to give to your employer. The end."
"Repeat after me: My employer will provide ALL the required equipment to do my job. If the equipment is not supplied, it is therefore not required. Adjust accordingly. Get paid the same. STOP stealing from your family to give to your employer. The end."
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this will be strictly worse than standard sketches because the realism will give a false sense of confidence but it is worth nothing that standard sketches are also very bad and extremely bias-reinforcing because they pull the likeness towards average and away from individual identifiability
“…Goodyear’s police department appears to be one of the first to substitute hand-drawn sketches of suspects with lifelike images generated by AI.”
Have you seen this (AI-generated) man? Police swap suspect sketches for AI.
Police in a Phoenix suburb appear to be the first department in the nation to use AI for suspect sketches, a practice that raises concerns among some experts.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
this will be strictly worse than standard sketches because the realism will give a false sense of confidence but it is worth nothing that standard sketches are also very bad and extremely bias-reinforcing because they pull the likeness towards average and away from individual identifiability
There is a basic principle that efficiency and robustness are at odds. An efficient system has no unused resources but a robust one has resources to draw on in a crisis. So unless the crisis frees up the exact resources needed to deal with it the efficient system will fail.
Process creates friction, so we got rid of process. But that friction was necessary for holding workslop at bay.
Because without slowing down, we can't ask "is this good? is this right?" We can only ask "when will it be done?" And that's a world where LLMs will always beat people.
Choose friction.
Because without slowing down, we can't ask "is this good? is this right?" We can only ask "when will it be done?" And that's a world where LLMs will always beat people.
Choose friction.
The myth of "no design process"
Process can add friction, but trying to get rid of friction by getting rid of process dooms design to irrelevance.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
There is a basic principle that efficiency and robustness are at odds. An efficient system has no unused resources but a robust one has resources to draw on in a crisis. So unless the crisis frees up the exact resources needed to deal with it the efficient system will fail.
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Why ICE Targets Day Laborers and Farm Workers: The Part Nobody Talks About
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Why ICE Targets Day Laborers and Farm Workers: The Part Nobody Talks About
TL;DR: many conservatives are happy to throw queer people under the bus if it reduces their taxes or increases the value of their stock portfolio. It’s not personal, just sociopathic.
Conservative Americans were asked why queer people bother them – the answers are surprising https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/02/conservative-americans-were-asked-why-queer-people-bother-them-the-answers-are-surprising/
December 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
TL;DR: many conservatives are happy to throw queer people under the bus if it reduces their taxes or increases the value of their stock portfolio. It’s not personal, just sociopathic.