Michael Bono
@mbonotheyounger.bsky.social
We affect each other whether we want to or not, so let's use that connection for good.
Interested in measurement, sensing, and materials solutions for a better world. Union College and Cornell alum. Views my own. He/him/his.
Interested in measurement, sensing, and materials solutions for a better world. Union College and Cornell alum. Views my own. He/him/his.
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You know who has mental toll from AI? The people in the global south paid pennies to label photos, the people paid a pittance to label graphic images, the people scrambling for contract gigs to train AI to do their jobs because it’s already killed most work in their field.
AI staff complain of mental toll over fears of threat to society ft.trib.al/rVJyxoU
AI staff complain of mental toll over fears of threat to society
Top researchers at Aisi, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind report burnout and stress over developing powerful AI
ft.trib.al
September 22, 2026 at 4:50 AM
You know who has mental toll from AI? The people in the global south paid pennies to label photos, the people paid a pittance to label graphic images, the people scrambling for contract gigs to train AI to do their jobs because it’s already killed most work in their field.
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Rock Foam lichen on the Upper Beaver Brook Watershed Trail today 🌿
September 22, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Rock Foam lichen on the Upper Beaver Brook Watershed Trail today 🌿
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A bull moose is running around parking lots and industrial areas surrounding Juneau’s Mendenhall River.
While moose sightings are frequent in Anchorage, that’s not the case in Juneau. Photos and videos have been swirling on social media.
While moose sightings are frequent in Anchorage, that’s not the case in Juneau. Photos and videos have been swirling on social media.
A bull moose is rutting around Juneau parking lots
State biologists say it’s not unheard of to see a moose in town, but it is uncommon.
www.ktoo.org
September 22, 2026 at 1:07 AM
A bull moose is running around parking lots and industrial areas surrounding Juneau’s Mendenhall River.
While moose sightings are frequent in Anchorage, that’s not the case in Juneau. Photos and videos have been swirling on social media.
While moose sightings are frequent in Anchorage, that’s not the case in Juneau. Photos and videos have been swirling on social media.
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newsom is also the reason why you still can’t sue AI executives and companies for the harms caused by their models
for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:
Done! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. Discovery
Paramount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD.
deadline.com
September 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM
newsom is also the reason why you still can’t sue AI executives and companies for the harms caused by their models
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43 of 50 states hit their peak energy CO2 emissions before 2010.
Which state cut the most CO2 from energy since 1990? It's Ohio, down 61 million tons (CA is sixth).
Which state cut the most CO2 from energy since 1990? It's Ohio, down 61 million tons (CA is sixth).
September 21, 2026 at 4:24 PM
43 of 50 states hit their peak energy CO2 emissions before 2010.
Which state cut the most CO2 from energy since 1990? It's Ohio, down 61 million tons (CA is sixth).
Which state cut the most CO2 from energy since 1990? It's Ohio, down 61 million tons (CA is sixth).
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Homan's speech before the Georgia Faith and Freedom Coalition signals that the admin is promoting its immigration crackdown to mobilize right-wing evangelical and Catholic voters in the midterms.
Homan Stumps for Georgia GOPers by Promoting ICE Brutality in Speech to Evangelicals
In Church, Merch, and State, Sarah Posner writes about the intersection of religion and...
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September 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Sunlight and wind don't have to go through the Strait of Hormuz. Just sayin'.
September 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Sunlight and wind don't have to go through the Strait of Hormuz. Just sayin'.
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Don’t fuck around people. Get your shots.
September 21, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Don’t fuck around people. Get your shots.
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Glad to see @lastweektonight.com take on health insurance denials and prior authorization. Hey, someone should write a book on that! Oh, wait, I did! If watching the excellent John Oliver piece rightly got you riled up, give my book a read for a comprehensive treatment www.amazon.com/Coverage-Den...
September 21, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Glad to see @lastweektonight.com take on health insurance denials and prior authorization. Hey, someone should write a book on that! Oh, wait, I did! If watching the excellent John Oliver piece rightly got you riled up, give my book a read for a comprehensive treatment www.amazon.com/Coverage-Den...
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Y'all ready to do some good this week?
How I'd Fix Atlanta has once again partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help out a bunch of our neighbors.
As always, we need your help. Please give what you can and tell everyone you know.
unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
How I'd Fix Atlanta has once again partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help out a bunch of our neighbors.
As always, we need your help. Please give what you can and tell everyone you know.
unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
When Good Georgians Get Together, Great Things Happen
How I’d Fix Atlanta was a free monthly essay series for four years. It’s been a couple of print zines and a performance on a stage a few times. Quite often, it’s stickers. HIFA is large, it contains multitudes. Every September, we do a big fundraiser to abolish medical debt. From 2023-2025, we raised more than […]
unduemedicaldebt.org
September 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Y'all ready to do some good this week?
How I'd Fix Atlanta has once again partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help out a bunch of our neighbors.
As always, we need your help. Please give what you can and tell everyone you know.
unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
How I'd Fix Atlanta has once again partnered with Undue Medical Debt to help out a bunch of our neighbors.
As always, we need your help. Please give what you can and tell everyone you know.
unduemedicaldebt.org/campaign/whe...
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“Everything is 40% more expensive because of AI” is a great line for an opposition party trying to unseat the AI-supported incumbents, if any Democratic consultants wanted to take a short break from dehumanizing trans kids to actually try winning a contested election.
The Steam Frame starts at $1,059, but it was probably supposed to cost about $750, as the RAM crisis continues to raise prices. https://t.co/Oq9XUHM630
September 21, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“Everything is 40% more expensive because of AI” is a great line for an opposition party trying to unseat the AI-supported incumbents, if any Democratic consultants wanted to take a short break from dehumanizing trans kids to actually try winning a contested election.
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Every chatbot prompt box says "check answers for accuracy." But increasingly, "humans in the loop" refuse to do that. Instead, they become complicit in the AI industry's project of destroying the provenance of information.
But you are person, and it is an app. It can't take responsibility for you.
But you are person, and it is an app. It can't take responsibility for you.
Assigning agency to AI means surrendering your own
Claude is not a colleague, collaborator, or sentient being. It is a SaaS product.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
September 20, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Every chatbot prompt box says "check answers for accuracy." But increasingly, "humans in the loop" refuse to do that. Instead, they become complicit in the AI industry's project of destroying the provenance of information.
But you are person, and it is an app. It can't take responsibility for you.
But you are person, and it is an app. It can't take responsibility for you.
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New: we are starting to get data showing what cops are using Axon's license plate cameras for, which are replacing Flock around the country.
But we need your help: is your city using Axon? We have written the request you need to get this data yourself. Get it here: www.404media.co/is-your-city...
But we need your help: is your city using Axon? We have written the request you need to get this data yourself. Get it here: www.404media.co/is-your-city...
Is Your City Using Axon License Plate Cameras? We Need Your Help
404 Media is filing public records requests around the country to find out how cops are using Axon's ALPRs. Here is how you can do that too.
www.404media.co
September 21, 2026 at 1:30 PM
New: we are starting to get data showing what cops are using Axon's license plate cameras for, which are replacing Flock around the country.
But we need your help: is your city using Axon? We have written the request you need to get this data yourself. Get it here: www.404media.co/is-your-city...
But we need your help: is your city using Axon? We have written the request you need to get this data yourself. Get it here: www.404media.co/is-your-city...
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If you’re in California, call @robbonta.bsky.social and yell at him. 916-445-9555
*PARAMOUNT TO SETTLE LAWSUITS, PAVING WAY FOR WARNER BROS. DEAL
September 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If you’re in California, call @robbonta.bsky.social and yell at him. 916-445-9555
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My new paper for @cplusc.bsky.social is out! I estimate the potential household cost impacts from utilities’ planned 1.4T in capex spending in the next 5 years — the majority of which is motivated by data center demand and extreme weather mitigation. Thread 👇🏼
NEW: If you live in the US, your electricity might cost an additional $376/year by 2030. Why? Utilities are passing on $1.4 trillion in costs—largely to deal with AI expansion and climate disasters—to customers over the next five years. stopgreedbuildgreen.climateandcommunity.org/posts/the-bl...
September 16, 2026 at 11:47 PM
My new paper for @cplusc.bsky.social is out! I estimate the potential household cost impacts from utilities’ planned 1.4T in capex spending in the next 5 years — the majority of which is motivated by data center demand and extreme weather mitigation. Thread 👇🏼
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Christmas Titan - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/dEAtMH
September 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Christmas Titan - From Val Klavans (valklavans.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/dEAtMH
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The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
Federal immigration agent shoots and injures man in Austin, Texas
The person shot is in serious but stable condition, Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said in a press conference.
www.npr.org
September 20, 2026 at 11:55 PM
The man ICE shot in Austin today is named Wilber Rafael Garces Perez. Per his lawyer, she and Perez’s family were run off of hospital property where he’s being treated and won’t even confirm he’s there because he’s “in ICE custody.” Actual criminals.
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If your last name is Kombat and you have a daughter you should name her Myrtle
September 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
If your last name is Kombat and you have a daughter you should name her Myrtle
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I am not saying everybody has the ability to follow this path, but: I was uncertain of my MMR status. I went into the CVS app, scheduled a booster, walked in, got one, walked out, paid nothing.
And: Make sure everyone you know who can be vaccinated is vaccinated. Anyone who isn’t certain should get an update. Measles as an infant can be fatal, either immediately or within a few years; but measles as a naive adult has a much higher risk of death. It’s one of the Great Plagues on purpose.
September 20, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I am not saying everybody has the ability to follow this path, but: I was uncertain of my MMR status. I went into the CVS app, scheduled a booster, walked in, got one, walked out, paid nothing.
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Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself
i dont understand what winning ai means and why i should be scared of not winning ai
September 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
China exceeding us at high-speed rail and renewable energy: apparently OK
China exceeding us in the race for the blandest umpteen-paragraph LinkedIn posts and the most cursed slop images: completely unacceptable
China exceeding us in the race for the blandest umpteen-paragraph LinkedIn posts and the most cursed slop images: completely unacceptable
Same people who seem to think it’s bad for China to beat us at AI are perfectly fine with China beating us at high speed rail, solar energy, wind energy, shall we go on
'oh so you want china to beat us' bro what the hell do i care leave me to the humble life i am trying to build for myself
September 20, 2026 at 11:53 PM
China exceeding us at high-speed rail and renewable energy: apparently OK
China exceeding us in the race for the blandest umpteen-paragraph LinkedIn posts and the most cursed slop images: completely unacceptable
China exceeding us in the race for the blandest umpteen-paragraph LinkedIn posts and the most cursed slop images: completely unacceptable
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“I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the US economy & our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable… that bet isn't looking good. The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more than you spend…“
@aoc.bsky.social just put out a great statement on AI. Refreshing to see a major politician on the left nail this.
"Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves."
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"Silicon Valley billionaires want us to believe that Al robots will destroy humanity. But the biggest threat to humanity are the tech oligarchs themselves."
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September 20, 2026 at 3:13 AM
“I want to draw your attention to another reality: Right now, the US economy & our financial futures are riding on Silicon Valley's bet that Al will soon be immensely profitable… that bet isn't looking good. The formula for a profitable business isn't complicated: make more than you spend…“
I can't tell to what extent the recent outbreak of Democrats bashing trans people is a result of 1) thinking that this will help them win vs. 2) party leaders/consultants deliberately sandbagging races because they'd rather showboat from the minority than actually fix problems in the majority
"This election is about the threat of trans kids" is the worst possible messaging for Dems yet so many candidates are leaning into it. No voter will flip R->D over it. Low-info voters read this as "you're focused on bullshit that doesn't affect me" while the base reads this as "you're an asshole."
Incredibly disappointing ad from Mary Peltola (D-AK) saying she neither supports "kids getting surgeries to change genders or men in girls bathrooms."
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
Yes, flipping the Senate is essential and can stop bad laws and bad judges from happening, but she can do it without my support from the lower 48.
September 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I can't tell to what extent the recent outbreak of Democrats bashing trans people is a result of 1) thinking that this will help them win vs. 2) party leaders/consultants deliberately sandbagging races because they'd rather showboat from the minority than actually fix problems in the majority