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Matt Shipman (he/him)

@shiplives.bsky.social

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Writer. Comms person. Mostly sci/tech/health. Sometimes music/food/culture. Lifelong Eagles fan from the South. (We exist!) Let’s make the South better, y’all. Stuff I write for fun here: https://medium.com/@shiplives

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · Feb 18

Was recently thinking about a sort of hierarchy of needs that speaks to this moment.

1) Survive. Nothing happens without this.

2) Hope. Believe in a better future.

3) Plan. What can I do to help make that future a reality (even a small thing)?

4) Act. Put your plan in motion.

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1h

Mate, if someone provides you with resources that answer your question(s), and you decline to look at the resources, there is zero incentive to believe you actually want any answers.

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 2h

I missed that! Amazing.

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 2h

Did you read the piece?

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 4h

Among other things, the vulnerability allows attackers to determine what data an AI system was trained on. Seems like that may be relevant from a liability standpoint for AI companies?

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 4h

This appears to be the first vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise AI data privacy by exploiting the physical hardware the AI runs on. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence 🧪
news.ncsu.edu/2025/10/ai-p...

Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data

Researchers have identified the first vulnerability that allows attackers to compromise the data privacy of AI users by exploiting the physical hardware on which AI is run.

news.ncsu.edu

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 4h

Update: "Good Morning Starshine" has now been replaced by Spoon's "They Want My Soul." Things are looking up!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 5h

As a rule, I am not a fan of receiving unsolicited emails trying to sell me products or services that I am not interested in.

HOWEVER, I do make an exception for unsolicited emails that contain the word "Spooktacular" in the subject line.

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 6h

Was at a sporting event recently, and whenever there was a timeout the ref would whistle “If I Only Had A Brain.”

Don’t know if he was F-ing with the crowd or just loves old musicals, but I found it pretty amusing.

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 6h

Why do I have "Good Morning Starshine" stuck in my head?

Is this a good omen? A bad omen?

Non sequitur: did you know Oliver was from North Carolina?

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 16h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 18h

Here’s video of the incident

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22h

Laura N. Rodríguez Presa, who just posted this on "X," is a Chicago Tribune reporter. 4:03 PM · Oct 7, 2025

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 22h

Another incident of federal agents pointing guns at Chicago area residents.

Tweet from @laura_n_rod

Text: A federal agent points a weapon at a woman who was recording them.

Jess, a U.S. citizen and member of a neighborhood patrol team that documents and shares ICE activity across the city, was filming when the incident occurred earlier today in the Berwyn area.

Photo: shows a federal agent in a truck pointing a gun

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing all sorts of news items(!) and ads associated with "Prime day deals." And, honestly, it's adorable -- if wildly optimistic -- that any of the organizations sending these things to my inbox think I have any disposable income whatsoever.

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

Well, here's hoping anyone that knows a Wells Fargo executive treats them like socially undesirable jerks.

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Asher Hellbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 1d

No shit I'm furious. I spent eleven years learning to write well about complex topics in ethical ways, often for criminally low rates, because I believe that work's important. It's deeply insulting to see a total dipshit get fabulously wealthy for telling the rich what they want to hear!

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

Oof. I feel for the Bengals fans in my life.

Dianna Russini @diannarussini.bsky.social · 1d

TRADE: The Bengals are acquiring Joe Flacco and a sixth-round pick from the Browns for a fifth-round pick, sources say.

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

Two thumbs up to this statement. 👍👍

Shannon Stirone @shannonstirone.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s the thing I wish everyone could hold in their minds about writers—we love em dashes. We use em dashes. We are humans and not AI. We will not be deleting our em dashes just because AI uses them too. We were here first. You can pry my em dashes from my cold dead hands. F*ck AI.

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

"Generative AI makes us more efficient."
"Generative AI saves us money."

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 1d

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/d...

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report

Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.

arstechnica.com

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

Cool!

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

If you'd like all the technical details of the work, the journal article is here:
www.cell.com/matter/fullt...

Graph theory-based bio-derived solid lubricant

Mechanized agriculture depends on seed lubricants to ensure smooth particle flow and planting efficiency, yet commercial options often rely on talc and microplastics that threaten ecosystems and human...

www.cell.com

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

The lubricants used to prevent seeds from jamming in modern farming equipment pose toxicity concerns. So researchers created a new lubricant that works better -- and is nontoxic. Cool. 🧪 🚜
news.ncsu.edu/2025/10/nont...

Engineers Develop Solid Lubricant to Replace Toxic Materials in Farming

Farm equipment used to plant seeds relies on solid lubricants, but existing solid lubricants pose toxicity concerns. Researchers have created a new lubricant that works better and is nontoxic.

news.ncsu.edu

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borderless @borderless.bsky.social · 1d

Hear ye hear ye a message of hope and inspiration from our courageous leader in exile, Link. May all his loyal followers take heart!

I appreciate all the people showing love and support to me. I’m so grateful honestly. It means a lot. The ban isn’t that big of a deal for me. I think it was wrong and the explanation was bullshit. But that’s ok and I accept. Social media comes and goes. I’m grateful for all the connections I was able to make and all the people I get to be connected with off Bluesky. More importantly, the world needs more people to give a fuck. More people to give a fuck about Palestinians, more people to give a fuck about disabled folks, more people to give a fuck about our queer and trans siblings, more people to give a fuck about Black liberation. The world, and Bluesky, is full of bootlickers who will do anything to avoid doing anything to upset the status quo. These people are cowards groveling to those in power in hopes of protection. I just hope people continue to show love and care and kindness. Mutual aid is so important. Give when you can, boost when you can. We only survive this together.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

CHICAGO (AP) — Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital.

apnews.com/article/chic...

Using helicopters and chemical agents, immigration agents become increasingly aggressive in Chicago

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest cit...

apnews.com

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Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 1d

I've never even seen one, outside of history books. (I'm Gen X.)

Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social · 2d

As a non-expert observer, it seems like the potential liability associated with Sora is greater than the potential ROI.

At some point Sora will be misused against someone with deep pockets, and OpenAI will get sued. Anybody's guess who would win, but I doubt we'll have to wait long for a test case.

Bobby Allyn @bobbyallyn.bsky.social · 2d

feels notable that Sora is dropping in a moment when the AI capex bubble crowd is getting bigger and bigger and everyone is looking around for the next killer AI app and AI investors are really wondering what their return is exactly. the answer: rebranding deepfakes as cameos for a laugh.

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