@ralphw.bsky.social
Fan of #futures_studies, #forecasting, #arcology, #systemdynamics, #artificialintelligence, #robotics
Reader of #AlvinToffler, #PeterDrucker
I make things with Electrons, Wood, and Ideas
Reader of #AlvinToffler, #PeterDrucker
I make things with Electrons, Wood, and Ideas
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My first major attempt as a game developer was in 1981, a reverse-engineered Apple II port of the coin-op hit Asteroids.
I was 16 years old and in high school. To my delight, Hayden Software agreed to publish my game. I was already spending the royalties in my imagination, when...
I was 16 years old and in high school. To my delight, Hayden Software agreed to publish my game. I was already spending the royalties in my imagination, when...
May 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
My first major attempt as a game developer was in 1981, a reverse-engineered Apple II port of the coin-op hit Asteroids.
I was 16 years old and in high school. To my delight, Hayden Software agreed to publish my game. I was already spending the royalties in my imagination, when...
I was 16 years old and in high school. To my delight, Hayden Software agreed to publish my game. I was already spending the royalties in my imagination, when...
I welcome someone at Harvard (or any place in Cambridge, MA) to respond to McMahon's unconstitutional pressure.
Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media.
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
May 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I welcome someone at Harvard (or any place in Cambridge, MA) to respond to McMahon's unconstitutional pressure.
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“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
May 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.
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1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
May 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1/ For ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for public service, we reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans.
These are their stories 🧵
These are their stories 🧵
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do you want to live in a country where this is possible
Florida Sheriff hits child with his car in order to arrest him for riding his bike in the street
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/01/v...
www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/01/v...
April 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
do you want to live in a country where this is possible
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She appears to have been taken to an ICE facility in Louisiana, against a judge’s orders
NEW—After a day of uncertainty on where agents took Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk, she appears to be in a Louisiana facility.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
1400+ miles from Somerville, Massachusetts, where she was taken.
A judge ordered to not take her out of state without 48 hour notice. She was detained last night.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
She appears to have been taken to an ICE facility in Louisiana, against a judge’s orders
#incredible breach of DOD Security regulations.
(and the law)
(and the law)
March 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
#incredible breach of DOD Security regulations.
(and the law)
(and the law)
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Transcript of the biggest security breach in living memory.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Transcript of the biggest security breach in living memory.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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ICYMI, @propublica.org uncovered Project 2025 training videos last summer.
And here’s where they discuss how to evade FOIA & hide their agenda from the public.
The “Houthi PC small group” didn’t arise from ignorance of the law or incompetence.
They just got caught.
And here’s where they discuss how to evade FOIA & hide their agenda from the public.
The “Houthi PC small group” didn’t arise from ignorance of the law or incompetence.
They just got caught.
March 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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NEW — DOGE is preparing to purge an unknown number of USAID accounts. Source in the dept. said Musk youth employee Gavin Kliger has been made administrator of all systems, bypassing usual clearance process. If an account is shut down, employee loses access to email, shared files, internal systems.
February 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEW — DOGE is preparing to purge an unknown number of USAID accounts. Source in the dept. said Musk youth employee Gavin Kliger has been made administrator of all systems, bypassing usual clearance process. If an account is shut down, employee loses access to email, shared files, internal systems.
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Me getting absurdly combative with Neo Libs to keep the property values low.
November 19, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Me getting absurdly combative with Neo Libs to keep the property values low.
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Okay, one of the things Twitter was really good for was sounding the alarm & driving calls to Congress when terrible legislation came up for a vote.
Bluesky, IT'S TIME. H.R. 9495 would allow Trump to shut down any nonprofit by claiming they're "terrorists"
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-o...
Bluesky, IT'S TIME. H.R. 9495 would allow Trump to shut down any nonprofit by claiming they're "terrorists"
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-o...
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Okay, one of the things Twitter was really good for was sounding the alarm & driving calls to Congress when terrible legislation came up for a vote.
Bluesky, IT'S TIME. H.R. 9495 would allow Trump to shut down any nonprofit by claiming they're "terrorists"
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-o...
Bluesky, IT'S TIME. H.R. 9495 would allow Trump to shut down any nonprofit by claiming they're "terrorists"
www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/no-o...
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We did it once we can do it again
November 10, 2024 at 8:06 PM
We did it once we can do it again
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Engineers in my field are working with data scientists to optimize run/maintenance/replacement cycles to save millions on energy costs and lower greenhouse gas emissions--but CEO's think AI is "Hi, I'm your Therma-friend! It sounds like you're too hot/too cold! Do you want help with this problem?"
August 5, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Engineers in my field are working with data scientists to optimize run/maintenance/replacement cycles to save millions on energy costs and lower greenhouse gas emissions--but CEO's think AI is "Hi, I'm your Therma-friend! It sounds like you're too hot/too cold! Do you want help with this problem?"
I'd love to see a detailed list of what they scraped.
New from 404 Media: we got a massive leak from inside Nvidia (emails, Slack chats, documents) which show how it created a yet-to-be-released AI model. The leak shows that Nvidia scraped YouTube en masse, had clearance from highest levels of the company www.404media.co/nvidia-ai-sc...
Leaked Documents Show Nvidia Scraping ‘A Human Lifetime’ of Videos Per Day to Train AI
Internal emails, Slack conversations and documents obtained by 404 Media show how Nvidia created a yet-to-be-released video foundational model.
www.404media.co
August 5, 2024 at 10:26 PM
I'd love to see a detailed list of what they scraped.
I'm thinking this is all great fodder for Quentin Tarantino's next movie script:
"The Corruption of Clearance "Long" Thomas."
"The Corruption of Clearance "Long" Thomas."
you guys simply aren’t going to believe this
Justice Clarence Thomas failed to report a 2010 trip from Hawaii to New Zealand on the conservative donor Harlan Crow’s jet, Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat of Oregon and the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said.
August 5, 2024 at 10:25 PM
I'm thinking this is all great fodder for Quentin Tarantino's next movie script:
"The Corruption of Clearance "Long" Thomas."
"The Corruption of Clearance "Long" Thomas."
So does mine. I'll add a "no electronics" allowed sign.
August 5, 2024 at 10:16 PM
So does mine. I'll add a "no electronics" allowed sign.