Thomas Dickerson
@elfprince13.mumak.app
Geospatial AI @nbcuniversal.com, Brown CS PhD & SMCVT Math/Physics/CS alum, admin @cemetech.net, AFOL, SFF nerd & open-theist
Foraging & homebrew
Bluesky open-source contributor
Decentralizing systems (human & digital)
Opinions are my own
📍Vermont
Foraging & homebrew
Bluesky open-source contributor
Decentralizing systems (human & digital)
Opinions are my own
📍Vermont
Happy Caturday to all those who observe
September 19, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Happy Caturday to all those who observe
> me: *sign kindergartener up for Cub Scouts*
> scouting dot org: this u
> scouting dot org: *home address from 30 years ago*
> scouting dot org: this u
> scouting dot org: *home address from 30 years ago*
September 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
> me: *sign kindergartener up for Cub Scouts*
> scouting dot org: this u
> scouting dot org: *home address from 30 years ago*
> scouting dot org: this u
> scouting dot org: *home address from 30 years ago*
For an entirely different vibe here are morning walk and evening walk photos from earlier this week.
September 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
For an entirely different vibe here are morning walk and evening walk photos from earlier this week.
Still mad that they hired Gerwig to do a Narnia but didn’t start her with Horse and His Boy
September 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Still mad that they hired Gerwig to do a Narnia but didn’t start her with Horse and His Boy
This is what it looks like from the air btw
September 19, 2026 at 6:10 PM
This is what it looks like from the air btw
MLs just coming out and admitting “I have an ideological commitment against historical Western European regimes so I can’t admit other historical regimes did bad stuff too” is wild, but explains a lot about how they treat modern Russia lol
September 19, 2026 at 11:37 AM
MLs just coming out and admitting “I have an ideological commitment against historical Western European regimes so I can’t admit other historical regimes did bad stuff too” is wild, but explains a lot about how they treat modern Russia lol
The people were astonished at his teaching
Guys, you don't need to argue with 21 year old Maoists with anime avatars. Even if it's on Bluesky.
September 19, 2026 at 12:41 AM
The people were astonished at his teaching
Anyone else remember the Anthropic Safety Guy who was arguing we needed to ban people from building GPU homelabs for biosafety reasons and who blocked me after I told him he was just LARPing a press release for his employer?
I only see three explanations for this completely unhinged shit:
1) This is, like all the normie libs keep screaming, pure cosplay-singularity stuff to drive up investment hype
2) The Anthropic cult are so all-in on ASI God shit, they want to lay the groundwork in advance
3) Claude is already ASI
1) This is, like all the normie libs keep screaming, pure cosplay-singularity stuff to drive up investment hype
2) The Anthropic cult are so all-in on ASI God shit, they want to lay the groundwork in advance
3) Claude is already ASI
September 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Anyone else remember the Anthropic Safety Guy who was arguing we needed to ban people from building GPU homelabs for biosafety reasons and who blocked me after I told him he was just LARPing a press release for his employer?
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Because I can't finish old projects and have to start new ones, going to try to get a quick Caisson from Zero Company LEGO model done. Always start with some "not officially colored that way" parts for minifigures of Hawks and Meevo.
September 18, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Because I can't finish old projects and have to start new ones, going to try to get a quick Caisson from Zero Company LEGO model done. Always start with some "not officially colored that way" parts for minifigures of Hawks and Meevo.
Shoutout to the shirtless dude blasting hip hop and techno from his front deck at 8:30am on a Friday on this random dirt road
September 18, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Shoutout to the shirtless dude blasting hip hop and techno from his front deck at 8:30am on a Friday on this random dirt road
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Weird request; we've had a fairly big breakthrough that we've been mostly keeping a lid on for the past year. We're looking to talk to some science / AI writers about this and I know a lot of y'all are out here on bsky...
September 17, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Weird request; we've had a fairly big breakthrough that we've been mostly keeping a lid on for the past year. We're looking to talk to some science / AI writers about this and I know a lot of y'all are out here on bsky...
Today is the worse day to fill up on gas except all the ones that will come later
September 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Today is the worse day to fill up on gas except all the ones that will come later
👋 IT’S HAPPENING 👋
September 17, 2026 at 8:18 PM
👋 IT’S HAPPENING 👋
Open Theism gang rise up
i think one of my main issues with longtermist- or shrimp qualy- or whathaveyou- thought is that, while the maximalist version is likely a functional equilibrium and a pretty nice world for everyone, the patterns of thinking applied to a muddy limbo world are capable of leading you to actual horrors
September 17, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Open Theism gang rise up
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“Are single issue anti-abortion voters more consistent EAs than the shrimp tank suffering offset people” the greatest thread in the history of forums locked by moderators after 38592759103959 pages of heated debate
like, it’s not Weird people shoot abortion doctors when you say they’re murdering babies
February 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“Are single issue anti-abortion voters more consistent EAs than the shrimp tank suffering offset people” the greatest thread in the history of forums locked by moderators after 38592759103959 pages of heated debate
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Sam Gregory analyzes Apple's new Reference Image feature on the iPhone 18 Pro — "a serious piece of engineering, and a genuine response to the epistemic crisis of AI" — and the unanswered questions it raises.
Will Apple’s ‘Reference Image’ Feature Help Defend Against AI Manipulation?
Apple’s Reference Image addresses some serious challenges raised by the epistemic crisis of AI and presents some unanswered questions, writes Sam Gregory.
www.techpolicy.press
September 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Sam Gregory analyzes Apple's new Reference Image feature on the iPhone 18 Pro — "a serious piece of engineering, and a genuine response to the epistemic crisis of AI" — and the unanswered questions it raises.
I think it’s important to understand both that there’s a bunch of different factions with different origin stories and also that the degree to which the community is (whether literally or metaphorically) a clusterf*** means there has been SUBSTANTIAL cross-pollination
look I'm pretty close to all this stuff so treat me as biased. but fwiw i identify as neither rationalist nor EA and have been monogamous all my life
most of this thread is factually true, but imo substantially misleading—more so about EA and AI safety at large than rationalists per se
most of this thread is factually true, but imo substantially misleading—more so about EA and AI safety at large than rationalists per se
I'm back, I missed you all.
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
September 17, 2026 at 12:10 PM
I think it’s important to understand both that there’s a bunch of different factions with different origin stories and also that the degree to which the community is (whether literally or metaphorically) a clusterf*** means there has been SUBSTANTIAL cross-pollination
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Is chocolate milk a mocktail
September 17, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Is chocolate milk a mocktail
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(system of a down voice) the toxicity of our skeeties OF OUR SKEEEETIES
September 17, 2026 at 1:42 AM
(system of a down voice) the toxicity of our skeeties OF OUR SKEEEETIES
-w-h-i-s-k-y- tequila Wednesday
September 17, 2026 at 1:44 AM
-w-h-i-s-k-y- tequila Wednesday
what if you send the Jerry post to a group chat with Jerry
September 17, 2026 at 1:35 AM
what if you send the Jerry post to a group chat with Jerry