Max B K Ash
@maxbk1.bsky.social
Librarian, software developer, musician, queer as all get out.
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I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”.
People.
PEOPLE.
Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”
People.
PEOPLE.
Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”
July 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”.
People.
PEOPLE.
Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”
People.
PEOPLE.
Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”
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Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective.
This is the future of the information environment.
This is the future of the information environment.
Israel Is Paying Millions to Train AI Chatbots How to Talk About Gaza. It's Working.
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale is overseeing an operation posting hundreds of blog posts on behalf of Israel, with the goal of infiltrating artificial intelligence.
www.dropsitenews.com
July 28, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Israel is giving Trump's former campaign manager millions of dollars to fill the internet with pro-Israel articles written by AI, not so that anyone will actually read them, but so that *LLMs will train on them* & regurgitate their perspective.
This is the future of the information environment.
This is the future of the information environment.
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This is just to say
I have OCRed
the text
thet was in
tne arch:ve
and whicb
yov were prabaldy
seamhing
for "breahtast"
Fargme ms
fheg mem debo:w5
sb ?mccf
mmb 5c oc1b
I have OCRed
the text
thet was in
tne arch:ve
and whicb
yov were prabaldy
seamhing
for "breahtast"
Fargme ms
fheg mem debo:w5
sb ?mccf
mmb 5c oc1b
July 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
This is just to say
I have OCRed
the text
thet was in
tne arch:ve
and whicb
yov were prabaldy
seamhing
for "breahtast"
Fargme ms
fheg mem debo:w5
sb ?mccf
mmb 5c oc1b
I have OCRed
the text
thet was in
tne arch:ve
and whicb
yov were prabaldy
seamhing
for "breahtast"
Fargme ms
fheg mem debo:w5
sb ?mccf
mmb 5c oc1b
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When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
June 17, 2026 at 1:18 AM
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
I visited this amazing school when I was in Kenya. The folks here are doing amazing work, and the kids deserve everything (except my baby, who they kept demanding 🤣) www.omprakash.org/global/st-vi...
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Donate to support social impact in Kenya with St Vincent de Paul Community Development Organization.
www.omprakash.org
May 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I visited this amazing school when I was in Kenya. The folks here are doing amazing work, and the kids deserve everything (except my baby, who they kept demanding 🤣) www.omprakash.org/global/st-vi...
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I love a good millennial apology film, where our most fantastical dream as a generation is to hear a Boomer say "I'm sorry" 💀
May 3, 2026 at 5:45 AM
I love a good millennial apology film, where our most fantastical dream as a generation is to hear a Boomer say "I'm sorry" 💀
I’ve been surprised at how many people I’ve seen insulting Trump by talking about him using adult diapers.
This is like insulting him for being fat - he’s not going to see it, but people in your life will, and you never know who needs these types of products - probably more than you realize.
This is like insulting him for being fat - he’s not going to see it, but people in your life will, and you never know who needs these types of products - probably more than you realize.
April 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I’ve been surprised at how many people I’ve seen insulting Trump by talking about him using adult diapers.
This is like insulting him for being fat - he’s not going to see it, but people in your life will, and you never know who needs these types of products - probably more than you realize.
This is like insulting him for being fat - he’s not going to see it, but people in your life will, and you never know who needs these types of products - probably more than you realize.
Toddlers, man. Toddlers.
Me: Tries to put blanket on
Toddler: No! I not want it!
Me: ok
Me: * goes to sit down *
Toddler: (the instant my butt hits the seat) Put my blanket on!
Me: Tries to put blanket on
Toddler: No! I not want it!
Me: ok
Me: * goes to sit down *
Toddler: (the instant my butt hits the seat) Put my blanket on!
March 22, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Toddlers, man. Toddlers.
Me: Tries to put blanket on
Toddler: No! I not want it!
Me: ok
Me: * goes to sit down *
Toddler: (the instant my butt hits the seat) Put my blanket on!
Me: Tries to put blanket on
Toddler: No! I not want it!
Me: ok
Me: * goes to sit down *
Toddler: (the instant my butt hits the seat) Put my blanket on!
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🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered.
https://aliens.gov
Action taken by the nan (Executive Office of the President) at or around 2026-03-18 06:34:25.
https://aliens.gov
Action taken by the nan (Executive Office of the President) at or around 2026-03-18 06:34:25.
aliens.gov
Federal US website registered. Content may not be visible yet.
aliens.gov
March 18, 2026 at 12:12 PM
🚀 NOTICE: Federal US website newly registered.
https://aliens.gov
Action taken by the nan (Executive Office of the President) at or around 2026-03-18 06:34:25.
https://aliens.gov
Action taken by the nan (Executive Office of the President) at or around 2026-03-18 06:34:25.
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1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit.
An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.
It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.
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An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.
It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
4th Circuit Rules That States Can Compel Trans Adults To "Appreciate Their Sex" Via Care Bans
They ruled that states "encouraging citizens to appreciate their sex" through care bans is a constitutional goal, affirming West Virginia's Medicaid ban for trans adults.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
1. Horrifying ruling out of the 4th Circuit.
An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.
It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
An all-Republican 4th Circuit panel has just ruled that states can compel trans adults to "appreciate their sex" by enacting care bans.
It even directly says that trans adult care bans are legal in the ruling.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back
Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.
www.404media.co
March 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...
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BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz in Minnesota threatens criminal contempt, if necessary, to address ICE noncompliance in an order calling out U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen's response to Schiltz's earlier questions about noncompliance with court orders.
"ICE will comply with this Court's orders."
"ICE will comply with this Court's orders."
![As noted, Rosen asserted in his email that "[t]he lawyers in my civil division
didn't deserve" the supposedly inaccurate January 28 order. Putting aside the fact that
the January 28 order was not inaccurate, Rosen failed to mention that this Court said the
following in the show-cause order that preceded the January 28 order:
The Court expresses its appreciation to attorney Ana Voss and her colleagues [in the civil division], who have struggled mightily to ensure that respondents comply with court orders despite the fact that respondents have failed to provide them with adequate resources.
ECF No. 7 at 2 n.1.
The judges of this District have been extraordinarily patient with the government
attorneys, recognizing that they have been put in an impossible position by Rosen and
his superiors in the Department of Justice (leading many of those attorneys- including, unfortunately, Ana Voss- to resign). What those attorneys "didn't deserve" was the
Administration sending 3000 ICE agents to Minnesota to detain people without making
any provision for handling the hundreds of lawsuits that were sure to follow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreicr5bo7wzyf54cgwvlf5ada722e6fs6b5f2ycbxh33lqnwi57m3ve)
February 26, 2026 at 10:36 PM
BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz in Minnesota threatens criminal contempt, if necessary, to address ICE noncompliance in an order calling out U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen's response to Schiltz's earlier questions about noncompliance with court orders.
"ICE will comply with this Court's orders."
"ICE will comply with this Court's orders."
My toddler kicked me in the face in such a way that my glasses broke the skin on the bridge of my nose.
The next day, they were playing with makeup, and started putting glitter goo on the cut “a’cause it hurt”.
The next day, they were playing with makeup, and started putting glitter goo on the cut “a’cause it hurt”.
February 26, 2026 at 2:38 PM
My toddler kicked me in the face in such a way that my glasses broke the skin on the bridge of my nose.
The next day, they were playing with makeup, and started putting glitter goo on the cut “a’cause it hurt”.
The next day, they were playing with makeup, and started putting glitter goo on the cut “a’cause it hurt”.
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Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing
January 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About https://theonion.com/democrats-sick-of-being-blamed-for-cowardice-on-issues-1847675639/
January 30, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About https://theonion.com/democrats-sick-of-being-blamed-for-cowardice-on-issues-1847675639/
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“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
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The VERY MEAN AND NASTY Jesus Christ flipped over a bunch of tables in the temple and assaulted our fine money changers with a whip! HE WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS. Jesus is a well-known leftist who has NO RESPECT for the businesses that make our houses of worship great!
January 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
The VERY MEAN AND NASTY Jesus Christ flipped over a bunch of tables in the temple and assaulted our fine money changers with a whip! HE WILL NOT GET AWAY WITH THIS. Jesus is a well-known leftist who has NO RESPECT for the businesses that make our houses of worship great!
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If you get the spell wrong you turn into a duck tho
January 11, 2026 at 3:25 PM
If you get the spell wrong you turn into a duck tho
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Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
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January 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven)
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
archives.yale.edu/repositories...
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I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.
"agents told hospital staff that Castaneda Mondragon ... 'purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.'”
A Minnesota man received a life-threatening injury while in ICE custody. It's not clear how he got injured because his memory and ability to communicate are so severely impaired. Agents said "he got his shit rocked." Wild story from @katrinapross.bsky.social sahanjournal.com/health/ice-d...
January 20, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I grew up hearing stories from my father about how folks abducted by Franco’s secret police would routinely “escape” to the roof of police HQ and “commit suicide.” The obviousness of the lie was itself an intimidation tactic.
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damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 PM
damn what is wrong with me, i am having the hardest time concentrating on work, i lament as i compulsively refresh live feeds of unspeakable horrors
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She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
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The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.