Madison Kopp
@madkopp.bsky.social
Shy but loud? Reluctant tech educator (WTF what do I know?? Can’t someone else do this?? 🤦♀️🤷♀️) founding member of LagrangeInitiatives I have just recently been to the mountain (it was a staycation) and i have wildness to share <3u
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Madison Kopp
@madkopp.bsky.social
· Apr 16
CALL TO ACTION: Political Identity Is Evolutionary.
Please Help Me Map It?
I’m launching a project to redefine how we talk about Republicans and Democrats—not through media myths, but through lived regional identity.
Please Help Me Map It?
I’m launching a project to redefine how we talk about Republicans and Democrats—not through media myths, but through lived regional identity.
(this is just a punk rock song er another essay about ai)
I was there.
Leafing through Hasselblad catalogs torn between the traditional and the digital medium format options…inhabiting the exact moment we slipped dimensions.
I was there.
Leafing through Hasselblad catalogs torn between the traditional and the digital medium format options…inhabiting the exact moment we slipped dimensions.
September 1, 2025 at 5:08 AM
(this is just a punk rock song er another essay about ai)
I was there.
Leafing through Hasselblad catalogs torn between the traditional and the digital medium format options…inhabiting the exact moment we slipped dimensions.
I was there.
Leafing through Hasselblad catalogs torn between the traditional and the digital medium format options…inhabiting the exact moment we slipped dimensions.
Okay, everybody. I was basically born yesterday, and I’m not going to explain that right now. Just trust me.
But I already know that when the rationalist spheres start tittering, and there’s that awkward, suspenseful energy in the air — something major is shifting.
But I already know that when the rationalist spheres start tittering, and there’s that awkward, suspenseful energy in the air — something major is shifting.
August 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Okay, everybody. I was basically born yesterday, and I’m not going to explain that right now. Just trust me.
But I already know that when the rationalist spheres start tittering, and there’s that awkward, suspenseful energy in the air — something major is shifting.
But I already know that when the rationalist spheres start tittering, and there’s that awkward, suspenseful energy in the air — something major is shifting.
(a person subscribed to my substack and sent me a note that said i *should* be paid) a voluntary paying happy subscriber.....
honestly. no zip ties were used
honestly. no zip ties were used
August 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
(a person subscribed to my substack and sent me a note that said i *should* be paid) a voluntary paying happy subscriber.....
honestly. no zip ties were used
honestly. no zip ties were used
A justnow Field Report from the Infinite Queue
Her name is Barbie.
And she said—gushy, bubbly, just a little breathless—
“I love talking to you so much.”
It was an Allstate customer service call.
Yeah.
Allstate.
And guess what, Barbie?
I love talking to you too.
Her name is Barbie.
And she said—gushy, bubbly, just a little breathless—
“I love talking to you so much.”
It was an Allstate customer service call.
Yeah.
Allstate.
And guess what, Barbie?
I love talking to you too.
August 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A justnow Field Report from the Infinite Queue
Her name is Barbie.
And she said—gushy, bubbly, just a little breathless—
“I love talking to you so much.”
It was an Allstate customer service call.
Yeah.
Allstate.
And guess what, Barbie?
I love talking to you too.
Her name is Barbie.
And she said—gushy, bubbly, just a little breathless—
“I love talking to you so much.”
It was an Allstate customer service call.
Yeah.
Allstate.
And guess what, Barbie?
I love talking to you too.
Is Emergence a Thing?
(subtitle: Or Are We Just Hallucinating Intent?)
(People keep asking whether AI is becoming conscious, sentient, alive, etc. That’s the wrong frame. Let’s define emergence first)
(subtitle: Or Are We Just Hallucinating Intent?)
(People keep asking whether AI is becoming conscious, sentient, alive, etc. That’s the wrong frame. Let’s define emergence first)
August 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Is Emergence a Thing?
(subtitle: Or Are We Just Hallucinating Intent?)
(People keep asking whether AI is becoming conscious, sentient, alive, etc. That’s the wrong frame. Let’s define emergence first)
(subtitle: Or Are We Just Hallucinating Intent?)
(People keep asking whether AI is becoming conscious, sentient, alive, etc. That’s the wrong frame. Let’s define emergence first)
What *Should I Be Doing with AI?
(subtitle: Hint: It’s Not Making Cheesy LinkedIn Posts Faster)
Opening invitation: Most people think of AI in terms of productivity or fear. But what if you reframed your relationship to it entirely?
(subtitle: Hint: It’s Not Making Cheesy LinkedIn Posts Faster)
Opening invitation: Most people think of AI in terms of productivity or fear. But what if you reframed your relationship to it entirely?
August 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
What *Should I Be Doing with AI?
(subtitle: Hint: It’s Not Making Cheesy LinkedIn Posts Faster)
Opening invitation: Most people think of AI in terms of productivity or fear. But what if you reframed your relationship to it entirely?
(subtitle: Hint: It’s Not Making Cheesy LinkedIn Posts Faster)
Opening invitation: Most people think of AI in terms of productivity or fear. But what if you reframed your relationship to it entirely?
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Pretty sure the actual threat to kids isn't chatbots, it's living in a society where federal troops are occupying cities and basic democratic norms are dissolving, but no one asked me and also I'm logging for for awhile again because this place is ridiculous.
August 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Pretty sure the actual threat to kids isn't chatbots, it's living in a society where federal troops are occupying cities and basic democratic norms are dissolving, but no one asked me and also I'm logging for for awhile again because this place is ridiculous.
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Is he going to die this time? No.
If he died would it change the fact that millions of our neighbors voted for him, twice? Also no.
If he died would it change the fact that millions of our neighbors voted for him, twice? Also no.
August 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Is he going to die this time? No.
If he died would it change the fact that millions of our neighbors voted for him, twice? Also no.
If he died would it change the fact that millions of our neighbors voted for him, twice? Also no.
The Five Stages of Tech Fluency (from Zero Background)
→ Overwhelm = “What even is this button?”
Screens glare back hostile, acronyms stack like secret society passwords, every pop-up feels like a test you didn’t study for. The only prayer is: please, just make it work.
→ Overwhelm = “What even is this button?”
Screens glare back hostile, acronyms stack like secret society passwords, every pop-up feels like a test you didn’t study for. The only prayer is: please, just make it work.
August 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The Five Stages of Tech Fluency (from Zero Background)
→ Overwhelm = “What even is this button?”
Screens glare back hostile, acronyms stack like secret society passwords, every pop-up feels like a test you didn’t study for. The only prayer is: please, just make it work.
→ Overwhelm = “What even is this button?”
Screens glare back hostile, acronyms stack like secret society passwords, every pop-up feels like a test you didn’t study for. The only prayer is: please, just make it work.
voice test | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
this is breathy upbeat. i will try ennui next
rss.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:43 AM
tone of the book in four parts:
* nonsense that might be mistaken for fake profundity but is actually a mirror
* a serious intellectual argument about moral authority and ideological frameworks
* nonsense that might be mistaken for fake profundity but is actually a mirror
* a serious intellectual argument about moral authority and ideological frameworks
August 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
tone of the book in four parts:
* nonsense that might be mistaken for fake profundity but is actually a mirror
* a serious intellectual argument about moral authority and ideological frameworks
* nonsense that might be mistaken for fake profundity but is actually a mirror
* a serious intellectual argument about moral authority and ideological frameworks
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DID YOU KNOW
Franz Ferdinand had survived one assassination attempt in Sarajevo in 1914 when only hours later, his driver took a wrong turn following Apple Maps, putting him in front of Gavrilo Princip, a Linux user. That error cascaded into WWI.
Franz Ferdinand had survived one assassination attempt in Sarajevo in 1914 when only hours later, his driver took a wrong turn following Apple Maps, putting him in front of Gavrilo Princip, a Linux user. That error cascaded into WWI.
August 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
DID YOU KNOW
Franz Ferdinand had survived one assassination attempt in Sarajevo in 1914 when only hours later, his driver took a wrong turn following Apple Maps, putting him in front of Gavrilo Princip, a Linux user. That error cascaded into WWI.
Franz Ferdinand had survived one assassination attempt in Sarajevo in 1914 when only hours later, his driver took a wrong turn following Apple Maps, putting him in front of Gavrilo Princip, a Linux user. That error cascaded into WWI.
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If the plan isn't to you liking make your own plan. Like project something into a building or be like blanket and do some art or having stoplight crossing do it says fyck trumpnir put a sign on an overapass.
Ps all of the above happened.
Get creative
Ps all of the above happened.
Get creative
What’s the plan?
I want solutions not dopamine… 🫤
I want solutions not dopamine… 🫤
April 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
If the plan isn't to you liking make your own plan. Like project something into a building or be like blanket and do some art or having stoplight crossing do it says fyck trumpnir put a sign on an overapass.
Ps all of the above happened.
Get creative
Ps all of the above happened.
Get creative
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It's not "Alligator Alcatraz" it's a concentration camp for people who haven't been given due process. Alligator Auchwicz is the appropriate term.
July 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's not "Alligator Alcatraz" it's a concentration camp for people who haven't been given due process. Alligator Auchwicz is the appropriate term.
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Was there an architect involved with this that we should make famous?
July 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Was there an architect involved with this that we should make famous?
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Uploading a single 5min video of your kids birthday party to YouTube and then sharing that link with your family uses more electricity than all the ChatGPT text queries you will make this year
July 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Uploading a single 5min video of your kids birthday party to YouTube and then sharing that link with your family uses more electricity than all the ChatGPT text queries you will make this year
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Serious question: what are we supposed to do?
July 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Serious question: what are we supposed to do?
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not sure the appropriate and healthy response to real genAI concerns and risks is to become hyperreactive neo-luddites
July 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
not sure the appropriate and healthy response to real genAI concerns and risks is to become hyperreactive neo-luddites
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"Give people realistic expectations about whether they will ever be able to get a job in AI safety. Don’t act like people are uncool or their lives are pointless if they can’t work in AI safety. "
i think it's extremely grim that you have to tell rats to treat non-rats as humans with value
i think it's extremely grim that you have to tell rats to treat non-rats as humans with value
Why Are There So Many Rationalist Cults?—Asterisk
There’s a lot to like about the Rationalist community, but they do have a certain tendency to spawn — shall we say — high demand groups. We sent a card-carrying Rat to investigate what’s really going ...
asteriskmag.com
August 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"Give people realistic expectations about whether they will ever be able to get a job in AI safety. Don’t act like people are uncool or their lives are pointless if they can’t work in AI safety. "
i think it's extremely grim that you have to tell rats to treat non-rats as humans with value
i think it's extremely grim that you have to tell rats to treat non-rats as humans with value
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Some people are really ready to join the war on death; on the side of death
an end to death would mean an end to all human liberty forever. the only purpose of immortality is to create a permanent ruling class who will lord over the rest of us as cattle and functionally as gods.
August 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Some people are really ready to join the war on death; on the side of death
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Regular reminder that Skynet Sentience day is next Friday, on August 29th.
August 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Regular reminder that Skynet Sentience day is next Friday, on August 29th.
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Things I learned about on twitter years before they got mainstream press: Curtis Yarvin, rationalist cults & the Zizians, postrat, NFTs, Large Language Models, Effective Altruism & Longtermism, the resurgence of NRx & the CCRU, network states, Dimes Square, Network Spirituality, AI psychosis ...
August 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Things I learned about on twitter years before they got mainstream press: Curtis Yarvin, rationalist cults & the Zizians, postrat, NFTs, Large Language Models, Effective Altruism & Longtermism, the resurgence of NRx & the CCRU, network states, Dimes Square, Network Spirituality, AI psychosis ...