Jay Gruber
@jay.myatproto.social
Bainbridge Island, WA. Software engineer.
He/him
Like cooking, reading, soccer, dogs, brewing beer
He/him
Like cooking, reading, soccer, dogs, brewing beer
Reposted by Jay Gruber
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"The real power of imagination is that it helps us envision something better than raw power."
This is a really good read. Every third line feels quotable, and I felt better after reading it.
This is a really good read. Every third line feels quotable, and I felt better after reading it.
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"The real power of imagination is that it helps us envision something better than raw power."
This is a really good read. Every third line feels quotable, and I felt better after reading it.
This is a really good read. Every third line feels quotable, and I felt better after reading it.
AIG says no AGI 😂
“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, said Dennis Bertram, head of cyber insurance for Europe at Mosaic. “It’s too much of a black box.”
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
AIG says no AGI 😂
It shouldn't have to be like this. We shouldn't have to go check the settings in apps that auto-update to find out what privacy horrors we've been opted into lately.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It shouldn't have to be like this. We shouldn't have to go check the settings in apps that auto-update to find out what privacy horrors we've been opted into lately.
Reposted by Jay Gruber
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
Hello
A basic sociotechnical problem is that you simply can’t make functional technology in a social environment where there are people that no one can call out on their bullshit
November 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Hello
As a Husky, reluctantly...
Yeah, Go Cougs for that one that's just awesome. Respect the dragon man, long may he burninate.
Yeah, Go Cougs for that one that's just awesome. Respect the dragon man, long may he burninate.
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
As a Husky, reluctantly...
Yeah, Go Cougs for that one that's just awesome. Respect the dragon man, long may he burninate.
Yeah, Go Cougs for that one that's just awesome. Respect the dragon man, long may he burninate.
We have been through so many manufactured moral panics about nonsense harmless things.
But this thing keeps demonstrating harms. And we have unlimited money for it. And we have unlimited benefit of the doubt for it.
But this thing keeps demonstrating harms. And we have unlimited money for it. And we have unlimited benefit of the doubt for it.
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
We have been through so many manufactured moral panics about nonsense harmless things.
But this thing keeps demonstrating harms. And we have unlimited money for it. And we have unlimited benefit of the doubt for it.
But this thing keeps demonstrating harms. And we have unlimited money for it. And we have unlimited benefit of the doubt for it.
Bluesky, seeing the cultural pendulum ready to reverse swing:
You Should Care About Other People!
You Should Care About Other People!
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Bluesky, seeing the cultural pendulum ready to reverse swing:
You Should Care About Other People!
You Should Care About Other People!
I flagged Mobile Identity as inappropriate in the Play store. "Content felt hostile".
I wrote a review of this. I strongly recommend everyone review or report this app. Google will remove the reviews, but people should say this is wrong.
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I flagged Mobile Identity as inappropriate in the Play store. "Content felt hostile".
Something I wrote: jay.leaflet.pub/3m5f3fldejs2x
Still enjoying leaflet for writing
Still enjoying leaflet for writing
You've Been Quiet - Jay's Pub
a lot lately
jay.leaflet.pub
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Something I wrote: jay.leaflet.pub/3m5f3fldejs2x
Still enjoying leaflet for writing
Still enjoying leaflet for writing
"like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings"
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, back in April
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, back in April
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings"
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, back in April
- Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons, back in April
I enjoyed reading this piece about why media outlets that claim to be pure, objective, and impartial are completely full of shit.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I enjoyed reading this piece about why media outlets that claim to be pure, objective, and impartial are completely full of shit.
... The same devices that agents are running Mobile Fortify on? These are the devices on which they should daily take many screenshots and send those to email?
The phones that DHS uses to gather biometrics that they treat as more authoritative than a birth certificate. DHS's phones.
The phones that DHS uses to gather biometrics that they treat as more authoritative than a birth certificate. DHS's phones.
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
... The same devices that agents are running Mobile Fortify on? These are the devices on which they should daily take many screenshots and send those to email?
The phones that DHS uses to gather biometrics that they treat as more authoritative than a birth certificate. DHS's phones.
The phones that DHS uses to gather biometrics that they treat as more authoritative than a birth certificate. DHS's phones.
Whether this interaction is human-coded or a "hallucination", a product that lies like this to someone who expresses suicidal ideation is not a product that we should permit to exist.
OpenAI should be dismantled stone by stone and every member of leadership held accountable. This is abhorrent.
OpenAI should be dismantled stone by stone and every member of leadership held accountable. This is abhorrent.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Whether this interaction is human-coded or a "hallucination", a product that lies like this to someone who expresses suicidal ideation is not a product that we should permit to exist.
OpenAI should be dismantled stone by stone and every member of leadership held accountable. This is abhorrent.
OpenAI should be dismantled stone by stone and every member of leadership held accountable. This is abhorrent.
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
"Forgive us our trespasses"
A soldier carrying a rifle
"... as we forgive those who trespass against us"
A military plane
A Message of Forgiveness, brought to you by our newly renamed Department of War. Inspiring stuff.
A soldier carrying a rifle
"... as we forgive those who trespass against us"
A military plane
A Message of Forgiveness, brought to you by our newly renamed Department of War. Inspiring stuff.
Add a dose of propaganda to your morning coffee.. This smells of Russian-like “special operation”
November 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"Forgive us our trespasses"
A soldier carrying a rifle
"... as we forgive those who trespass against us"
A military plane
A Message of Forgiveness, brought to you by our newly renamed Department of War. Inspiring stuff.
A soldier carrying a rifle
"... as we forgive those who trespass against us"
A military plane
A Message of Forgiveness, brought to you by our newly renamed Department of War. Inspiring stuff.
Why do I feel like ICE agents are running this Mobile Fortify app on their personal iPhones with no org security controls
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why do I feel like ICE agents are running this Mobile Fortify app on their personal iPhones with no org security controls
We are led by a pirate king, but make it suck and not be cool
A rare WaPo editorial these days directly criticizing Trump policies:
“There’s a name for attacks on civilian ships on the high seas: Piracy. That’s also an unfortunately plausible description of the Trump administration’s bombings of vessels around South America that it says are carrying drugs.“
“There’s a name for attacks on civilian ships on the high seas: Piracy. That’s also an unfortunately plausible description of the Trump administration’s bombings of vessels around South America that it says are carrying drugs.“
Opinion | The new pirates of the Caribbean
Attacks against alleged drug boats are lawless.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are led by a pirate king, but make it suck and not be cool
Vega:
"Out of eggs."
At scale! Think of the limitless possibilities...
"Out of eggs."
At scale! Think of the limitless possibilities...
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Vega:
"Out of eggs."
At scale! Think of the limitless possibilities...
"Out of eggs."
At scale! Think of the limitless possibilities...
Contents
Introduction
...chapters
The Talk My Shit Page
Index
Introduction
...chapters
The Talk My Shit Page
Index
books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Contents
Introduction
...chapters
The Talk My Shit Page
Index
Introduction
...chapters
The Talk My Shit Page
Index
📣 Louder
From a fellow millennial lawyer: I.C.E. is disappearing people to work camps.
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
📣 Louder
@jay.myatproto.social - at://work
Job listings posted by @jay.myatproto.social on at://work.
atwork.place
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
War never changes
Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 AM
War never changes