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Jeff Sonstein
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retired RIT Prof, longtime hacker, former Moffett Field cubicle monkey, once upon a time an Army Sgt & SignalPuke™, now WA2RRB… personal acct “In Gawds we […] 🌉 bridged from https://masto.deoan.org/@jsonstein on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 3h
an interesting approach

“This Startup Wants to Spark a US DeepSeek Moment” - WIRED

https://apple.news/AX7FjcVqqRV-194igayFVgA
This Startup Wants to Spark a US DeepSeek Moment — WIRED
With the US falling behind on open source models, one startup has a bold idea for democratizing AI: Let anyone run reinforcement learning.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 16h
What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?
4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.
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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr.m.ai6yr.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h
Feds banned all unmanned aircraft/drones in Chicago claiming "National Security" reasons. Apparently started October 1st, when they first started attempting to intimidate the city. #aviation
TFR over all of Chicago
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 22h
I went to Gosh comics today and painted the window. Just in time for the release and launch party for Physics For Cats. Come along and get a book signed tomorrow (Thursday) 7-9pm!
pic 1. In progress (from inside)
pic 2. The complete window, just waiting for the books.
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Cartoon cats and science machinery painted on a window. Cartoon cats and science machinery painted on a window of a comic shop. The text reads 'Physics for Cats: Science cartoons by Tom Gauld"
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h
the alleged "war zone" at the Portland I.C.E. facility last night
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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h
We are in a nascent civil war in the United States, with a President who consistently acts unconstitutionally calling for the jailing of a governor and mayor in a state where the President has unlawfully deployed troops […]
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h
Gov. Pritzker: “I will not back down. Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power. What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/08/trump-jail-brandon-johnson-jb-pritzker-chicago-illinois
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Shoq @shoq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20h
This whole government and everything it does is just a series of cascading clown shows. It’s a shame that none of this is funny.

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded […]
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h
“Daniel Richman -- a law professor who prosecutors allege Comey authorized to leak information to the press -- told investigators that the former FBI director instructed him not to engage with the media on at least two occasions and unequivocally said Comey never authorized him to provide […]
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 20h
“[Dalio] expressed reservations about the scale of the stock market’s recent rise, saying that the speculation around AI has the hallmarks of a bubble and drew parallels to past innovation booms.” […]
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 21h
the behind-the-scenes struggles between the “Burn It All Down!” hard right crowd administration figures & the “we need to keep our majorities” politicos in this administration may be getting fierce at this point

https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/s/V09CveoWSm
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 21h
Market Doggerel

In the market's dance,
Stocks rise high, gold shines so bright,
Unusual romance.

( courtesy Argh Studios Storyteller https://arghstudios.com/ )
Welcome to Argh Studios
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
I wonder if @stilgherrian has been following this story:

"The operation started in Australia as a beta test, before expanding to Europe, South America, and other parts of the world, sweeping up messages from cartels to biker gangs to hitmen to money launderers." […]
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
strongly agree

https://mastodon.social/@Daojoan/115335749965471232
JA Westenberg (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image The biggest problem here isn't that they used ChatGPT or anything else. The problem is that they clearly don't have a culture of quality, or a culture of checking their work, or a culture of giving a s**t about their customers. If they cared, this crap wouldn't happen.
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
this made me larf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/business/ai-chatbot-prompts-resumes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rk8.DuLA.BLYpuS4wExKo&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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Nonilex @nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy · 1d
lol Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) just said to #pambondi, “I have noticed that when my colleagues ask you a question you come up with something in their background, so I’m looking forward to my turn.”

Busted.

#propaganda #gaslighting #deflection #law #senate #judiciary #legalethics #tyranny […]
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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
For the first time in history, Renewables, such as solar & wind, overtake #coal as world's biggest source of electricity

“Developing countries, especially #china, led the clean energy charge but richer nations including the US and #eu relied more than before on planet-warming fossil fuels for […]
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Riley Testut :fatpikachu: @rileytestut.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Mar 8
Google happily removed all their diversity programs and donated $1 million to a fascist, all for it to have absolutely _no_ effect on their DOJ antitrust case

Hope Tim is watching! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/07/google-doj-chrome-anthropic-break-up/
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
well, this kinda suxs

“Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino” - https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/qualcomm-buys-open-source-electronics-firm-arduino-2025-10-07/
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
this level of “circular financing” is Not A Good Sign

https://mastodon.green/@Anarchy_How/115333074858790767
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Attached: 1 image @[email protected] Keep thinking of this chart https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/
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mizblueprint @mizblueprint.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 1d
A great old Oregon White Oak, Quercus Garryana, in a protected remnant oak savanna in a city park.

#thicktrunktuesday
#oregonwhiteoak
Mostly Oregon white oaks in an unmowed natural oak savanna in a city park, with sun back lighting the trees, and long golden grasses below.
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Jürgen Hubert @juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
With the recent influx of newcomers from #bluesky , it behooves us to contemplate what we can do to improve #moderation on the #fediverse - something that has been a problem in the past, and is one of the major reasons why the Fediverse is not as big and as diverse as it could be.

The first and […]
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AnnaAnthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
#trump loyalist and #cia Deputy Director Has Replaced the Agency’s Top Legal Official With… Himself

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/us/politics/michael-ellis-cia-trump.html
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 1d
this is a really interesting finding

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10-scientists-reverse-alzheimer-mice-nanoparticles.html
Scientists reverse Alzheimer's in mice using nanoparticles
A research team co-led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and West China Hospital Sichuan University (WCHSU), working with partners in the UK, has demonstrated a nanotechnology strategy that reverses Alzheimer's disease in mice.
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Jeff Sonstein @jsonstein.masto.deoan.org.ap.brid.gy · 2d
“Gold, often seen as a haven during times of turmoil, is on course for its best year since 1979, when prices surged over 100 percent during a period of high inflation, a depreciating dollar and a geopolitical crisis in the Middle East.

There are uncomfortable echoes of that past surge today” […]
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