@tempestfarer.bsky.social
Wondering where we are on the spectrum of Idiocracy, 1930s Germany, and the end of the world, while hoping it's not too late to reverse this.
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Amen.
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Amen.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” Sotomayor said while speaking on a panel Tuesday morning at New York Law School.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” Sotomayor said while speaking on a panel Tuesday morning at New York Law School.
Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi
The justice, in public remarks, didn’t name the attorney general, who has come under fire for comments to target people over “hate speech.”
www.politico.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” Sotomayor said while speaking on a panel Tuesday morning at New York Law School.
“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” Sotomayor said while speaking on a panel Tuesday morning at New York Law School.
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Gather us by this Holy Communion into one body in the Risen One
September 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Gather us by this Holy Communion into one body in the Risen One
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Trump is again threatening Chicago with a takeover on social media. We will again say those who trade liberty for the illusion of temporary safety deserve neither. We are not, and will not become, a military state. Remember freedom is something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you!
August 31, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Trump is again threatening Chicago with a takeover on social media. We will again say those who trade liberty for the illusion of temporary safety deserve neither. We are not, and will not become, a military state. Remember freedom is something they can never take away, no matter what they tell you!
Nice to see this in a red state!
Labor Day March! Be Someone Houston!
Show Up! Bring a friend! Bring family! Be part of the community thats telling Billionaires, Political Leaders, Oligarchy Corporations that we can come together as individuals to speak out together!
htxcoalition.us/index.html
Everybody Looks After Everybody!
Show Up! Bring a friend! Bring family! Be part of the community thats telling Billionaires, Political Leaders, Oligarchy Corporations that we can come together as individuals to speak out together!
htxcoalition.us/index.html
Everybody Looks After Everybody!
August 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Nice to see this in a red state!
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Fishermen Pulled In an Orange Shark Off Costa Rica: 'My God, What Is This?'
->New York Times | More info from EcoSearch
->New York Times | More info from EcoSearch
Fishermen Pulled In an Orange Shark Off Costa Rica: 'My God, What Is This?'
Whatever it was, the creature was feisty. The fishermen had spent the last half-hour trying to pull it toward the surface. Hooked under the water, it could be a red snapper or an amberjack, they thought — powerful, large game...
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I don't always agree with Christianity Today's viewpoints, but this article is spot on: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/dona...
Advice for Donald Trump on Getting into Heaven - Christianity Today
Bad news: You can’t get there by earning your way. Good news: We have a Father who loves and will receive you.
www.christianitytoday.com
August 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I don't always agree with Christianity Today's viewpoints, but this article is spot on: www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/dona...
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President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
What’s Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump’s Takeover?
Late-summer days and nights amid troops on the streets of the nation’s capital.
www.newyorker.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
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Maryland dad and union brother Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being quite literally persecuted for his innocence.
It's worth reiterating that the administration has never wavered from the position that it sent Kilmar Abrego Garcia to an El Salvador prison by accident. Everything they've done since is calculated to obscure that and punish him for existing as an example of their own stupidity and callousness.
August 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Maryland dad and union brother Kilmar Abrego Garcia is being quite literally persecuted for his innocence.
They're still likely to completely ignore even overwhelming commentary against this, as they have with previous bills of this type. Still, I hope as many people show up today (or comment online) as possible, as it will leave a public record that TX Republicans don't care about those they represent.
🚨 ACTION ALERT: SB8, the so-called Bathroom Bill, will be heard tomorrow, Friday, Aug 22nd at 8AM in the House State Affairs Committee, Reagan Building JHR 140.
They’re already talking about limiting testimony 2 HOURS! As such it is critical we show up in force. ✊🏽
www.mobilize.us/hidalgocount...
They’re already talking about limiting testimony 2 HOURS! As such it is critical we show up in force. ✊🏽
www.mobilize.us/hidalgocount...
August 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
They're still likely to completely ignore even overwhelming commentary against this, as they have with previous bills of this type. Still, I hope as many people show up today (or comment online) as possible, as it will leave a public record that TX Republicans don't care about those they represent.
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I couldn't sleep, but this doesn't help: it appeared sanity *might* have prevailed on redistricting, so instead, the New National Socialist party decided to subvert the democratic process to ram through a favorite form of state sponsored bullying while people are distracted. #whack-a-mole-politics
August 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I couldn't sleep, but this doesn't help: it appeared sanity *might* have prevailed on redistricting, so instead, the New National Socialist party decided to subvert the democratic process to ram through a favorite form of state sponsored bullying while people are distracted. #whack-a-mole-politics
This. Is. Not. Okay. (Even if it's only half as bad as they're saying.)
On Linkedin, attorneys are reporting a contagious disease outbreak at 'Alligator Alcatraz'
They say the Dept. of Homeland Security & Florida are covering it up
www.linkedin.com/posts/eric-l...
They say the Dept. of Homeland Security & Florida are covering it up
www.linkedin.com/posts/eric-l...
Statement from James Hollis, Christopher Godshall-Bennett & I re: harrowing new reports of disease outbreak at Alligator Alcatraz. | Eric Lee
Statement from James Hollis, Christopher Godshall-Bennett & I re: harrowing new reports of disease outbreak at Alligator Alcatraz.
www.linkedin.com
August 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
This. Is. Not. Okay. (Even if it's only half as bad as they're saying.)
Too much negative lately, so here's a picture of 4 yellow-crowned night herons on a power line that I took a while back:
August 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Too much negative lately, so here's a picture of 4 yellow-crowned night herons on a power line that I took a while back:
Just downright cruel. I pray those affected can make it through the next 41.5 months, and if the courts can't fix this that the next administration promptly restores their benefits (with back pay). Sadly, the next admin is going to have a lot of cruel, senseless policies to reverse (if reversible).
Nothing— and I mean nothing— about this decision is more than the bare desire to harm.
WASHINGTON (AP) - US Air Force says it will deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service.
August 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Just downright cruel. I pray those affected can make it through the next 41.5 months, and if the courts can't fix this that the next administration promptly restores their benefits (with back pay). Sadly, the next admin is going to have a lot of cruel, senseless policies to reverse (if reversible).
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The job market sucks, the news headlines suck, and it's one of those days that I wish I could just crawl under a rock and hide out until Lisa Simpson become President (Or Pete Buttigieg, or whoever gets the task of trying to put this country back together).
August 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The job market sucks, the news headlines suck, and it's one of those days that I wish I could just crawl under a rock and hide out until Lisa Simpson become President (Or Pete Buttigieg, or whoever gets the task of trying to put this country back together).
These laws scare me, especially in light of the recent authoritarian impulses of many western governments. Create tools that parents can use to better control their kids' online activity, teach older kids to protect themselves, and keep the internet free of censorship and ever expanding tracking.
The UK’s Online Safety Act is being sold as a way to protect children. But instead, UK politicians are pushing sweeping censorship and forcing platforms to implement invasive age checks. This is not safety–it's surveillance.
Blocking Access to Harmful Content Will Not Protect Children Online, No Matter How Many Times UK Politicians Say So
The UK is having a moment. In late July, new rules took effect that require all online services available in the UK to assess whether they host content considered harmful to children, and if so, these...
www.eff.org
August 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
These laws scare me, especially in light of the recent authoritarian impulses of many western governments. Create tools that parents can use to better control their kids' online activity, teach older kids to protect themselves, and keep the internet free of censorship and ever expanding tracking.
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A friend of mine who lives in Austin saw this at a bar and said she had never been so offended by something she 100% agreed with.
August 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A friend of mine who lives in Austin saw this at a bar and said she had never been so offended by something she 100% agreed with.
While I don't know the context (e.g. is there a history of R rated behavior at the event), As I watch potentially "safe" countries in Central America for signs that they too are sliding into Trumpism and loss of civil iberties, things like this concern me: ticotimes.net/2025/08/01/c...
Costa Rica Court Upholds Adults-Only Rule for LGBTIQ+ Pride March Closing Event
Costa Rica’s Constitutional Chamber has unanimously upheld the Ministry of Justice and Peace’s decision to reclassify the closing event of the LGBTIQ+ Pride March as “adults-only,”
ticotimes.net
August 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
While I don't know the context (e.g. is there a history of R rated behavior at the event), As I watch potentially "safe" countries in Central America for signs that they too are sliding into Trumpism and loss of civil iberties, things like this concern me: ticotimes.net/2025/08/01/c...
This is starting to concern me more and more, and the usage creep is only going to increase if people don't demand these laws be reversed. Build a "minor mode" into consumer devices that parents can activate before giving the device to their kid, and let adults keep their privacy and freedom online
The more pressure platforms and websites face to age-gate services, the more radically it could change people's relationships with the internet, EFF’s @davidgreene.bsky.social told @arstechnica.com. arstechnica.com/tech-policy...
YouTube’s selfie collection, AI age checks are concerning, privacy experts say
Any YouTuber wrongly labeled a teen must provide an ID, credit card, or selfie.
arstechnica.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is starting to concern me more and more, and the usage creep is only going to increase if people don't demand these laws be reversed. Build a "minor mode" into consumer devices that parents can activate before giving the device to their kid, and let adults keep their privacy and freedom online
Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Four Horsemen of the Infocalypse
Not okay - especially given that many immigrants are being arrested on flimsy evidence or over minor technicalities. That said, as long as there's A/C, this *might* be okay for temporarily housing CONVICTED FELONS, and I can think of the first such felon who should be sent there...
Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.
July 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Not okay - especially given that many immigrants are being arrested on flimsy evidence or over minor technicalities. That said, as long as there's A/C, this *might* be okay for temporarily housing CONVICTED FELONS, and I can think of the first such felon who should be sent there...