John Smith Of the Smiths of Smithtown by the village smithy
@fincoot.bsky.social
Freelance anchorite, Windmill cancer survivor, Political Unreliable
Pinned
Oh for fucks sake
If the Ai can't be trusted.
Trusted to be accurate
Trusted to act in your interest
Trusted not to have deliberately engineered biases
If it's not trustworthy
It can't be used
Trusted to be accurate
Trusted to act in your interest
Trusted not to have deliberately engineered biases
If it's not trustworthy
It can't be used
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If the Ai can't be trusted.
Trusted to be accurate
Trusted to act in your interest
Trusted not to have deliberately engineered biases
If it's not trustworthy
It can't be used
Trusted to be accurate
Trusted to act in your interest
Trusted not to have deliberately engineered biases
If it's not trustworthy
It can't be used
#PrehumanTech
...music
...tool making
...fire use
...cooperative labor
...cultural transmission/story telling
...symbolic representation
...clock watching
...attention engineering
...music
...tool making
...fire use
...cooperative labor
...cultural transmission/story telling
...symbolic representation
...clock watching
...attention engineering
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#PrehumanTech
...music
...tool making
...fire use
...cooperative labor
...cultural transmission/story telling
...symbolic representation
...clock watching
...attention engineering
...music
...tool making
...fire use
...cooperative labor
...cultural transmission/story telling
...symbolic representation
...clock watching
...attention engineering
#AiUseCase
Set it to watch all media both previously recorded and live streams looking for time travelers.
Set it to watch all media both previously recorded and live streams looking for time travelers.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#AiUseCase
Set it to watch all media both previously recorded and live streams looking for time travelers.
Set it to watch all media both previously recorded and live streams looking for time travelers.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help
Please contact us
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Please contact us
www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help
Please contact us
www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...
Please contact us
www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...
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Blessed Yule to all who celebrate. May the longest night of the year renew your strength and restore your peace.
December 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Blessed Yule to all who celebrate. May the longest night of the year renew your strength and restore your peace.
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A document, long redacted, has finally been made available in full on the Internet Archive.
As demanded by the people: The 1995 Logitech Clothing Catalog.
archive.org/details/1_20...
As demanded by the people: The 1995 Logitech Clothing Catalog.
archive.org/details/1_20...
Logitech Logiwear 1995 clothing catalog : Logitech International S.A. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Logitech Logiwear clothing catalog from 1995. Could not find anything about this on the internet so i uploaded it here. High quality scans from real catalog.
archive.org
December 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A document, long redacted, has finally been made available in full on the Internet Archive.
As demanded by the people: The 1995 Logitech Clothing Catalog.
archive.org/details/1_20...
As demanded by the people: The 1995 Logitech Clothing Catalog.
archive.org/details/1_20...
always doubling down like always escalating, as a stupid man's only tactic, can only work if resources are infinite.
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 AM
always doubling down like always escalating, as a stupid man's only tactic, can only work if resources are infinite.
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Oh there’s Mike Johnson. Let’s ask him about The Epstein Files.
December 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Oh there’s Mike Johnson. Let’s ask him about The Epstein Files.
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Published by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company in 1917, this little book's pages are entirely blank. More on it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/why-women-should-not-vote
December 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Published by the National Woman Suffrage Publishing Company in 1917, this little book's pages are entirely blank. More on it here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/why-women-should-not-vote
How stupid do you have to be to allow
others to redact your crimes from published
evidence.
What wasn't trump just grabbing the files himself and ... redacting them.
It's not like a thing he's never done before.
others to redact your crimes from published
evidence.
What wasn't trump just grabbing the files himself and ... redacting them.
It's not like a thing he's never done before.
a book that is burning with the word lolly on it
ALT: a book that is burning with the word lolly on it
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
How stupid do you have to be to allow
others to redact your crimes from published
evidence.
What wasn't trump just grabbing the files himself and ... redacting them.
It's not like a thing he's never done before.
others to redact your crimes from published
evidence.
What wasn't trump just grabbing the files himself and ... redacting them.
It's not like a thing he's never done before.
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Why won't my Rep answer his phones and e-mails?
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Why won't my Rep answer his phones and e-mails?
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It's your birthday, Duane.
December 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's your birthday, Duane.
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Put it this way, there’s so much black in the DOJ’s release of the Epstein files that Stephen Miller is demanding they be deported.
December 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Put it this way, there’s so much black in the DOJ’s release of the Epstein files that Stephen Miller is demanding they be deported.
"No record"
For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
"No record"
"I'm NOT a loser! I'm a quitter!!"
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"I'm NOT a loser! I'm a quitter!!"
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Montage of Howard Lutnick over the past 9 months constantly moving the goalposts on when the economy is going to be booming - 4Q! 1Q! 2Q! 1 year!
He was asked in March when it wasn’t going to be Biden’s fault anymore: “We own the economy in the 4th quarter!”
He was asked in March when it wasn’t going to be Biden’s fault anymore: “We own the economy in the 4th quarter!”
December 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Montage of Howard Lutnick over the past 9 months constantly moving the goalposts on when the economy is going to be booming - 4Q! 1Q! 2Q! 1 year!
He was asked in March when it wasn’t going to be Biden’s fault anymore: “We own the economy in the 4th quarter!”
He was asked in March when it wasn’t going to be Biden’s fault anymore: “We own the economy in the 4th quarter!”
And so the GOP continues to protect
criminal rapists and human traffickers
criminal rapists and human traffickers
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
And so the GOP continues to protect
criminal rapists and human traffickers
criminal rapists and human traffickers
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lol
I'm sure it's a bug but lol
I'm sure it's a bug but lol
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
lol
I'm sure it's a bug but lol
I'm sure it's a bug but lol
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ICE whistles work.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ICE whistles work.
Signs.
It's REAL bad for Rs
It's REAL bad for Rs
BREAKING: Elise Stefanik DROPS OUT of race for New York Governor and will NOT be seeking reelection in Congress
December 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Signs.
It's REAL bad for Rs
It's REAL bad for Rs
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Suffragists didn't just march. They baked, held bake sales and sold cookbooks to raise money for the cause of equality.
The cookies that fueled votes for women
Suffragists didn't just march. They baked, held bake sales and sold cookbooks to raise money for the cause of equality.
n.pr
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Suffragists didn't just march. They baked, held bake sales and sold cookbooks to raise money for the cause of equality.
Wait I thought the only reason we were paying more was that the, same, drugs sold in Europe were "unsafe" 'cause .... Cheaper.
Breaking News: President Trump announced deals with nine drug companies to reduce the prices of some medications.
Trump Announces Pricing Deals With Nine Drugmakers
The companies agreed to sell most of their drugs to Medicaid at the prices they charge in European countries and to sell drugs directly to consumers through a planned TrumpRx website.
nyti.ms
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Wait I thought the only reason we were paying more was that the, same, drugs sold in Europe were "unsafe" 'cause .... Cheaper.
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A new Bakshi painting
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A new Bakshi painting