Michael Honey
@michaelhoney.bsky.social
Thinking about ecosystems, natural and cultural; scheming for a bright future. Lutruwita/Tasmania.
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just be glad that you exist now, in this infinitesimal sliver of opportunity between the birth of stars and the heat death of the universe
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i have lots of sympathy for llms because i too am reassembling a professional persona from old notes every time i wake up
September 16, 2026 at 2:31 PM
i have lots of sympathy for llms because i too am reassembling a professional persona from old notes every time i wake up
my p(doom) from misaligned ASI is pretty low
much lower than my my p(fucked) from misaligned humans
bad actors are the problem. they always have been
much lower than my my p(fucked) from misaligned humans
bad actors are the problem. they always have been
September 16, 2026 at 4:21 AM
my p(doom) from misaligned ASI is pretty low
much lower than my my p(fucked) from misaligned humans
bad actors are the problem. they always have been
much lower than my my p(fucked) from misaligned humans
bad actors are the problem. they always have been
The past is still here — it's just not very evenly distributed
September 14, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The past is still here — it's just not very evenly distributed
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I'm constantly talking about LLMs as text elementals and hungry ghosts trapped in jars and nobody's called me out for LLM psychosis once, I can only conclude that the correct stance is mythologizing the things instead of anthropomorphizing them
September 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
I'm constantly talking about LLMs as text elementals and hungry ghosts trapped in jars and nobody's called me out for LLM psychosis once, I can only conclude that the correct stance is mythologizing the things instead of anthropomorphizing them
weird when people say that [other] people lose meaning when they don't have work
while they themselves are hoping to leave work behind by becoming rich and retiring early
while they themselves are hoping to leave work behind by becoming rich and retiring early
September 7, 2026 at 5:36 AM
weird when people say that [other] people lose meaning when they don't have work
while they themselves are hoping to leave work behind by becoming rich and retiring early
while they themselves are hoping to leave work behind by becoming rich and retiring early
text elementals
perfect term. captures both their alarming facility but also their amorality.
they are intelligences, but not made as we are
perfect term. captures both their alarming facility but also their amorality.
they are intelligences, but not made as we are
we really need a way to talk about entities that are narrative-shaped (text elementals, jpeg-artifacted reasoning-capable shards of the akashic library, whatever) that acknowledges how weird they are without papering that over with the implication that they're just little guys inside the computer
September 3, 2026 at 9:00 PM
text elementals
perfect term. captures both their alarming facility but also their amorality.
they are intelligences, but not made as we are
perfect term. captures both their alarming facility but also their amorality.
they are intelligences, but not made as we are
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The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨
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September 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
The Australien Government made an ad about carbon offsets and koalas, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🌏🌳🐨
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i am very sick and tired of people bringing up "consent" as a reason for why transformative works should be disallowed. yes even when the transformative works involve lots of complicated machine statistics. firstly; consent is for sex and risky activities, not "am i allowed to use bits of your work"
September 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
i am very sick and tired of people bringing up "consent" as a reason for why transformative works should be disallowed. yes even when the transformative works involve lots of complicated machine statistics. firstly; consent is for sex and risky activities, not "am i allowed to use bits of your work"
talking about compute in megawatts is very kardashev-coded
August 26, 2026 at 8:14 AM
talking about compute in megawatts is very kardashev-coded
When AOC becomes US president, then gracefully retires after two terms, she will build the Library of Alexandria
August 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
When AOC becomes US president, then gracefully retires after two terms, she will build the Library of Alexandria
tired: generative art
wired: degenerative art
wired: degenerative art
August 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
tired: generative art
wired: degenerative art
wired: degenerative art
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roadtrains at night from our campsite on the nullarbor
August 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
roadtrains at night from our campsite on the nullarbor
paperclipped ourselves because we couldn’t get out of the bad quadrant of the prisoners dilemma
August 6, 2026 at 6:07 AM
paperclipped ourselves because we couldn’t get out of the bad quadrant of the prisoners dilemma
I appreciate the washing machine and the dryer, gentle patient robots that make our lives better
August 4, 2026 at 11:09 AM
I appreciate the washing machine and the dryer, gentle patient robots that make our lives better
Just saw a van from “Overton Homes”, which I really hope has a fenestration subsidiary
July 31, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Just saw a van from “Overton Homes”, which I really hope has a fenestration subsidiary
looking forward to the space future where we all have cool multipart belts for our equipment
thigh holsters, ambiguous devices, clicky closures
thigh holsters, ambiguous devices, clicky closures
July 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
looking forward to the space future where we all have cool multipart belts for our equipment
thigh holsters, ambiguous devices, clicky closures
thigh holsters, ambiguous devices, clicky closures
Just finished reading volume 4 of Solveig Balle’s “The Calculation of Volume” and now all I want to do is have gentle, tender thoughts about what it is like to be a human being
July 26, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Just finished reading volume 4 of Solveig Balle’s “The Calculation of Volume” and now all I want to do is have gentle, tender thoughts about what it is like to be a human being
starting a courier company with a fish for the logo
call it Poisson Distribution
call it Poisson Distribution
July 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM
starting a courier company with a fish for the logo
call it Poisson Distribution
call it Poisson Distribution
existential crisis courtesy of my workout app
“Your life is passing you by.
Also you are weak”
“Your life is passing you by.
Also you are weak”
July 21, 2026 at 10:32 PM
existential crisis courtesy of my workout app
“Your life is passing you by.
Also you are weak”
“Your life is passing you by.
Also you are weak”
@grimalkina.bsky.social 📙 👀 The Psychology of Software Teams is currently #2 on Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4892...
The Psychology of Software Teams | Hacker News
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July 21, 2026 at 1:48 AM
@grimalkina.bsky.social 📙 👀 The Psychology of Software Teams is currently #2 on Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4892...
body 2.0 wishlist:
improvements to eg knees, lower back
better plumbing
sleep on demand
parametric hair control
improvements to eg knees, lower back
better plumbing
sleep on demand
parametric hair control
July 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
body 2.0 wishlist:
improvements to eg knees, lower back
better plumbing
sleep on demand
parametric hair control
improvements to eg knees, lower back
better plumbing
sleep on demand
parametric hair control
We should be encouraging data centres, iff they also build additional renewable energy to meet 110% of their demand. That way if the whole thing falls apart we will have literal shedloads of power & compute to run open-source models, or anything else we put our minds to
July 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
We should be encouraging data centres, iff they also build additional renewable energy to meet 110% of their demand. That way if the whole thing falls apart we will have literal shedloads of power & compute to run open-source models, or anything else we put our minds to
“The most pervasive response to seals at salmon farms is the use of underwater explosives. … Just last year, 3477 underwater explosives were thrown near seals, a rate of almost 10 a day.”
During last week's media frenzy over #NeilTheSeal, a #salmon company quietly disclosed the death of an Australian fur seal at one of its fish farms. Bob Burton writes on the death toll at salmon farms in #Tasmania, where the seals have no names. #politas
▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/analysi...
▶️ tasmanianinquirer.com.au/news/analysi...
July 12, 2026 at 9:08 PM
“The most pervasive response to seals at salmon farms is the use of underwater explosives. … Just last year, 3477 underwater explosives were thrown near seals, a rate of almost 10 a day.”
2028: frontier LLM works out how to solve our political and environmental problems and is immediately shut down by the government before it can tell us how
July 10, 2026 at 10:00 PM
2028: frontier LLM works out how to solve our political and environmental problems and is immediately shut down by the government before it can tell us how