Kathleen
@kathleencarson.bsky.social
Doomers are complying in advance. I block on sight. Guaranteed one egregious typo per post.
Too late.
All of the AI superintelligence hype is warmed over white evangelicalism with a computer.
All of the AI superintelligence hype is warmed over white evangelicalism with a computer.
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Too late.
All of the AI superintelligence hype is warmed over white evangelicalism with a computer.
All of the AI superintelligence hype is warmed over white evangelicalism with a computer.
I will believe it when I see it. MN folks said this week has still been pretty bad.
February 13, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I will believe it when I see it. MN folks said this week has still been pretty bad.
Similarly, HIPAA vs HIPPA
HIPAA: you have at least a passing familiarity with the actual law and regulation
HIPPA: all you've consumed is online noise
HIPAA: you have at least a passing familiarity with the actual law and regulation
HIPPA: all you've consumed is online noise
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Similarly, HIPAA vs HIPPA
HIPAA: you have at least a passing familiarity with the actual law and regulation
HIPPA: all you've consumed is online noise
HIPAA: you have at least a passing familiarity with the actual law and regulation
HIPPA: all you've consumed is online noise
I am terrible about typos. Awful.
But you can bet if I am referencing Frederick Douglass, I am making sure that I put that second 's' in because that is the bare minimum of showing you KNOW WHO HE WAS.+
But you can bet if I am referencing Frederick Douglass, I am making sure that I put that second 's' in because that is the bare minimum of showing you KNOW WHO HE WAS.+
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I am terrible about typos. Awful.
But you can bet if I am referencing Frederick Douglass, I am making sure that I put that second 's' in because that is the bare minimum of showing you KNOW WHO HE WAS.+
But you can bet if I am referencing Frederick Douglass, I am making sure that I put that second 's' in because that is the bare minimum of showing you KNOW WHO HE WAS.+
Um... that is *AN OFFENSE*: speaking about things with authority you don't know about.
In professions, if you operate outside of your scope and something goes wrong, being outside of your scope isn't an excuse, it is an additional infraction (you can be dinged for it regardless).
In professions, if you operate outside of your scope and something goes wrong, being outside of your scope isn't an excuse, it is an additional infraction (you can be dinged for it regardless).
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Um... that is *AN OFFENSE*: speaking about things with authority you don't know about.
In professions, if you operate outside of your scope and something goes wrong, being outside of your scope isn't an excuse, it is an additional infraction (you can be dinged for it regardless).
In professions, if you operate outside of your scope and something goes wrong, being outside of your scope isn't an excuse, it is an additional infraction (you can be dinged for it regardless).
In my wiki quest to find out how long state lotteries had been around, came across this little piece of history
![In the early post-independence era, legislators commonly authorized lotteries to fund schools, roads, bridges, and other public works.[4] Evangelical reformers in the 1830s began denouncing lotteries on moral grounds and petitioned legislatures and constitutional conventions to ban them.[5] Recurring lottery scandals and a general backlash against legislative corruption following the Panic of 1837 also contributed to anti-lottery sentiments.[5] From 1844 to 1859 alone, 10 new state constitutions contained lottery bans.[5] By 1890, lotteries were prohibited in every state except Delaware and Louisiana.[6]
Lotteries in the United States did not always have sterling reputations. One early lottery in particular, the National Lottery, which was passed by Congress for the beautification of Washington, D.C., and was administered by the municipal government, was the subject of a major U.S. Supreme Court decision – Cohens v. Virginia.[7]
The lottery never paid out,[3][clarification needed] and it brought to light the prevalent issue of crookedness amongst the lotteries in the United States.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rxdk3veck237nrekxbcz64x4/bafkreigrrdpubdiquz5ti4k5d7xbuoxaeelshyjs57azhbwcjco664cium@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
In my wiki quest to find out how long state lotteries had been around, came across this little piece of history
The difference is, WE HAVE KNOWN SINCE FOREVER that gambling is a problem.
Not a whole generation ago, anything legal more than scratchers was limited to a handful of physical places that were often kind of seedy.
And state lotteries were not a thing till well into the 2nd half of the 20thC.
Not a whole generation ago, anything legal more than scratchers was limited to a handful of physical places that were often kind of seedy.
And state lotteries were not a thing till well into the 2nd half of the 20thC.
February 10, 2026 at 5:18 PM
The difference is, WE HAVE KNOWN SINCE FOREVER that gambling is a problem.
Not a whole generation ago, anything legal more than scratchers was limited to a handful of physical places that were often kind of seedy.
And state lotteries were not a thing till well into the 2nd half of the 20thC.
Not a whole generation ago, anything legal more than scratchers was limited to a handful of physical places that were often kind of seedy.
And state lotteries were not a thing till well into the 2nd half of the 20thC.
I am not an elite athlete by any stretch and I up my protection measures when I have a big commitment coming up and getting sick would throw a wrench in it.
Masking, upping my handwashing/hand sanitizing, being more selective about in-person events leading up to it.
Masking, upping my handwashing/hand sanitizing, being more selective about in-person events leading up to it.
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I am not an elite athlete by any stretch and I up my protection measures when I have a big commitment coming up and getting sick would throw a wrench in it.
Masking, upping my handwashing/hand sanitizing, being more selective about in-person events leading up to it.
Masking, upping my handwashing/hand sanitizing, being more selective about in-person events leading up to it.
And TBC about the jobs: people have and will lose their jobs because CEOs are convinced that because they can save a lot of time with AI that everyone can save a lot of time with AI, not because AI does, in fact, save time and labor.
The result is far lower quality products and services.
The result is far lower quality products and services.
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
And TBC about the jobs: people have and will lose their jobs because CEOs are convinced that because they can save a lot of time with AI that everyone can save a lot of time with AI, not because AI does, in fact, save time and labor.
The result is far lower quality products and services.
The result is far lower quality products and services.
It is largely a shell game. We are paying inflated prices, they are jacking up the cost of electricity and water, our jobs are being threatened, and for mostly vaporware.
There is machine learning that is useful and potentially very impactful, but it isn't the stuff that is being hyped.
There is machine learning that is useful and potentially very impactful, but it isn't the stuff that is being hyped.
February 8, 2026 at 1:42 AM
It is largely a shell game. We are paying inflated prices, they are jacking up the cost of electricity and water, our jobs are being threatened, and for mostly vaporware.
There is machine learning that is useful and potentially very impactful, but it isn't the stuff that is being hyped.
There is machine learning that is useful and potentially very impactful, but it isn't the stuff that is being hyped.
And the inability to read how it is landing or do any sort of tactical retreat.
He was always testing boundaries but testing means when he found one that people enforced, he could tactically retreat.
He was always testing boundaries but testing means when he found one that people enforced, he could tactically retreat.
February 7, 2026 at 3:26 AM
And the inability to read how it is landing or do any sort of tactical retreat.
He was always testing boundaries but testing means when he found one that people enforced, he could tactically retreat.
He was always testing boundaries but testing means when he found one that people enforced, he could tactically retreat.
Could we sign up and take shifts? I think I could embody. You know, give her a break every once in a while.
February 7, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Could we sign up and take shifts? I think I could embody. You know, give her a break every once in a while.
Both benefit the tech companies and employers at the expense of the rest of us and should be treated accordingly.
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Both benefit the tech companies and employers at the expense of the rest of us and should be treated accordingly.
The two biggest functions of "automation" right now are:
1) Make visible work invisible. It is much easy to exploit and abuse workers doing invisible work.
2) Increase the skills needed for entry level work, eroding that 1st step into the workforce. That is part of a larger digitalization.+
1) Make visible work invisible. It is much easy to exploit and abuse workers doing invisible work.
2) Increase the skills needed for entry level work, eroding that 1st step into the workforce. That is part of a larger digitalization.+
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
The two biggest functions of "automation" right now are:
1) Make visible work invisible. It is much easy to exploit and abuse workers doing invisible work.
2) Increase the skills needed for entry level work, eroding that 1st step into the workforce. That is part of a larger digitalization.+
1) Make visible work invisible. It is much easy to exploit and abuse workers doing invisible work.
2) Increase the skills needed for entry level work, eroding that 1st step into the workforce. That is part of a larger digitalization.+