Eva Lothian
@rhalin.bsky.social
Architect | C#, React Native, Typescript, Node.js | Azure | Product | Cognitive AI
Integrative Social Scientist, PhD
| Trust, Group Dynamics, Digital Spaces
she/her 🏳️⚧️ #OpenToWork
https://github.com/jmlothian
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lothian
Integrative Social Scientist, PhD
| Trust, Group Dynamics, Digital Spaces
she/her 🏳️⚧️ #OpenToWork
https://github.com/jmlothian
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lothian
Reposted by Eva Lothian
Is the below scenario improper AI anthropomorphizing? How do you respond? 1/6
September 29, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Is the below scenario improper AI anthropomorphizing? How do you respond? 1/6
Is the below scenario improper AI anthropomorphizing? How do you respond? 1/6
September 29, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Is the below scenario improper AI anthropomorphizing? How do you respond? 1/6
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"One launch dominated the week's engagement"
"Blacksky's mobile app hit public beta: By engagement this was the biggest ATProto story of the week, by a wide margin — roughly ten times the reach of anything else. iOS TestFlight and Android are both open."
"Blacksky's mobile app hit public beta: By engagement this was the biggest ATProto story of the week, by a wide margin — roughly ten times the reach of anything else. iOS TestFlight and Android are both open."
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July 31, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"One launch dominated the week's engagement"
"Blacksky's mobile app hit public beta: By engagement this was the biggest ATProto story of the week, by a wide margin — roughly ten times the reach of anything else. iOS TestFlight and Android are both open."
"Blacksky's mobile app hit public beta: By engagement this was the biggest ATProto story of the week, by a wide margin — roughly ten times the reach of anything else. iOS TestFlight and Android are both open."
Ok, next 4-5 months or so.
July 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ok, next 4-5 months or so.
Reposted by Eva Lothian
Blacksky. Available now on iOS and Android.
Joining the beta is easy.
Download for iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/ST8N2Qda
Download for Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
If you run into any issues, you can follow the instructions here for help: docs.blacksky.community/info-about-b...
Download for iOS: testflight.apple.com/join/ST8N2Qda
Download for Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
If you run into any issues, you can follow the instructions here for help: docs.blacksky.community/info-about-b...
Blacksky - Apps on Google Play
Discover communities, trending conversations, and social media built for you.
play.google.com
July 29, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Blacksky. Available now on iOS and Android.
This ended up still being a bit too expensive for me to run at the moment. Added local inference (Qwen 3.5 9B) as a processing option and it works… just 24x slower.
RIP my aging RTX 3060. You will be missed when you burn out over the next week or so. Anyone have a spare 5090 sitting around?
RIP my aging RTX 3060. You will be missed when you burn out over the next week or so. Anyone have a spare 5090 sitting around?
Amazing the cost reduction in inference you get when you *checks notes* turn off experiments in artificial consciousness in your RAG pipeine.
A dollar per state is still a bit out of my price range, but now we're in "cheaper than a new video card" territory at least.
A dollar per state is still a bit out of my price range, but now we're in "cheaper than a new video card" territory at least.
July 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
This ended up still being a bit too expensive for me to run at the moment. Added local inference (Qwen 3.5 9B) as a processing option and it works… just 24x slower.
RIP my aging RTX 3060. You will be missed when you burn out over the next week or so. Anyone have a spare 5090 sitting around?
RIP my aging RTX 3060. You will be missed when you burn out over the next week or so. Anyone have a spare 5090 sitting around?
Reposted by Eva Lothian
1. Anti-trans ballot initiatives are spreading across the United States.
In 2026, it appears that five states: Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, and Missouri will send such referendums to voters.
Allied organizations are trying to fight back.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
In 2026, it appears that five states: Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, and Missouri will send such referendums to voters.
Allied organizations are trying to fight back.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Anti-Trans Ballot Initiatives Spread In Five States, As Some Opposition To Them Grows
The fight pits billionaire money against transgender people and allied organizations in five states.
www.erininthemorning.com
July 27, 2026 at 6:43 PM
1. Anti-trans ballot initiatives are spreading across the United States.
In 2026, it appears that five states: Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, and Missouri will send such referendums to voters.
Allied organizations are trying to fight back.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
In 2026, it appears that five states: Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Nebraska, and Missouri will send such referendums to voters.
Allied organizations are trying to fight back.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
if its not one thing its another... SIGH.
I'm gonna need a donate link to join the current decade of computing...
I'm gonna need a donate link to join the current decade of computing...
July 28, 2026 at 5:23 PM
if its not one thing its another... SIGH.
I'm gonna need a donate link to join the current decade of computing...
I'm gonna need a donate link to join the current decade of computing...
Amazing the cost reduction in inference you get when you *checks notes* turn off experiments in artificial consciousness in your RAG pipeine.
A dollar per state is still a bit out of my price range, but now we're in "cheaper than a new video card" territory at least.
A dollar per state is still a bit out of my price range, but now we're in "cheaper than a new video card" territory at least.
July 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Amazing the cost reduction in inference you get when you *checks notes* turn off experiments in artificial consciousness in your RAG pipeine.
A dollar per state is still a bit out of my price range, but now we're in "cheaper than a new video card" territory at least.
A dollar per state is still a bit out of my price range, but now we're in "cheaper than a new video card" territory at least.
Liminalis main UI screenshot in Legislation lens mode.
(yes, there's a lot going on. It needs cleanup).
Things it does to improve results - a reverse index is maintained (shown right panel) to assist ReAct planning/extended thinking.
(yes, there's a lot going on. It needs cleanup).
Things it does to improve results - a reverse index is maintained (shown right panel) to assist ReAct planning/extended thinking.
July 28, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Liminalis main UI screenshot in Legislation lens mode.
(yes, there's a lot going on. It needs cleanup).
Things it does to improve results - a reverse index is maintained (shown right panel) to assist ReAct planning/extended thinking.
(yes, there's a lot going on. It needs cleanup).
Things it does to improve results - a reverse index is maintained (shown right panel) to assist ReAct planning/extended thinking.
Reposted by Eva Lothian
Now I've created a similar database of roughly 500 trans related federal cases over decades with as many available docket entries as possible. It has document viewer built in, judge reports, expert declaration tracking, etc. all within a vector embedded database with RAG connected to it.
July 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Now I've created a similar database of roughly 500 trans related federal cases over decades with as many available docket entries as possible. It has document viewer built in, judge reports, expert declaration tracking, etc. all within a vector embedded database with RAG connected to it.
Not exactly what I planned on for debut screenshots of this app, but this is just where we are as a society right now.
Its a RAG workflow system with cognitive resonance scoring (see Aislinn posts) and the ability to add "lenses" to have topic or situation specific processing and UI.
More later...
Its a RAG workflow system with cognitive resonance scoring (see Aislinn posts) and the ability to add "lenses" to have topic or situation specific processing and UI.
More later...
I've been poking at a subset of the www.lgbtqlegislation.com data to see what I can pull out of it via clustering / novelty.
Would love to have the litigation DB whenever its available, but probably out of my budget to process. The Legiscan stuff is already far too expensive for me on its own.
Would love to have the litigation DB whenever its available, but probably out of my budget to process. The Legiscan stuff is already far too expensive for me on its own.
July 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Not exactly what I planned on for debut screenshots of this app, but this is just where we are as a society right now.
Its a RAG workflow system with cognitive resonance scoring (see Aislinn posts) and the ability to add "lenses" to have topic or situation specific processing and UI.
More later...
Its a RAG workflow system with cognitive resonance scoring (see Aislinn posts) and the ability to add "lenses" to have topic or situation specific processing and UI.
More later...
This. You have no idea. It's not intentional y'all. It takes me all of three minutes talking to someone to have to consciously hold back from using their accent. And its not like random approximation, its "I can place someone within two miles in London" level vocal mimicry sometimes... SIGH
SORRY
SORRY
People are making fun of AOC for having a slight southern accent while speaking in Memphis but they clearly don’t know the pain of habitually and unconsciously imitating the speaking style of the people around you
July 24, 2026 at 6:56 PM
This. You have no idea. It's not intentional y'all. It takes me all of three minutes talking to someone to have to consciously hold back from using their accent. And its not like random approximation, its "I can place someone within two miles in London" level vocal mimicry sometimes... SIGH
SORRY
SORRY
Reposted by Eva Lothian
Thank you all for sharing your features for Blacksky-Only posts on the community tab! Our first feature update is the ability to see Blacksky-Only Posts in your "following" feed and on your profile!
Learn more about Blacksky-Only Posts via our @stream.place VOD :
youtu.be/UAsnRO1B8Pg?...
Learn more about Blacksky-Only Posts via our @stream.place VOD :
youtu.be/UAsnRO1B8Pg?...
Blacksky-Only Posts Launch
YouTube video by Blacksky Algorithms
youtu.be
July 21, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Thank you all for sharing your features for Blacksky-Only posts on the community tab! Our first feature update is the ability to see Blacksky-Only Posts in your "following" feed and on your profile!
Learn more about Blacksky-Only Posts via our @stream.place VOD :
youtu.be/UAsnRO1B8Pg?...
Learn more about Blacksky-Only Posts via our @stream.place VOD :
youtu.be/UAsnRO1B8Pg?...
Reposted by Eva Lothian
This may anger the anti-AI crowd to hear - there’s a very large possibility that AI psychosis is caused by something we avoid talking about (see link for dancing around it).
Its caused because human thought and language is the result of text prediction. 1/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
Its caused because human thought and language is the result of text prediction. 1/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"
AI may be fueling psychotic delusions in a phenomenon known as "AI psychosis" or "ChatGPT psychosis." New research explains the risks.
www.psychologytoday.com
April 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
This may anger the anti-AI crowd to hear - there’s a very large possibility that AI psychosis is caused by something we avoid talking about (see link for dancing around it).
Its caused because human thought and language is the result of text prediction. 1/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
Its caused because human thought and language is the result of text prediction. 1/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
This may anger the anti-AI crowd to hear - there’s a very large possibility that AI psychosis is caused by something we avoid talking about (see link for dancing around it).
Its caused because human thought and language is the result of text prediction. 1/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
Its caused because human thought and language is the result of text prediction. 1/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis"
AI may be fueling psychotic delusions in a phenomenon known as "AI psychosis" or "ChatGPT psychosis." New research explains the risks.
www.psychologytoday.com
April 27, 2026 at 2:05 AM
This may anger the anti-AI crowd to hear - there’s a very large possibility that AI psychosis is caused by something we avoid talking about (see link for dancing around it).
Its caused because human thought and language is the result of text prediction. 1/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
Its caused because human thought and language is the result of text prediction. 1/
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urba...
Reposted by Eva Lothian
The joke here is that references to Pokémon get automatically removed from the Blacksky feed.
Why? Because people who like pokemon tend to talk about it a lot and I didn’t build PokémonSky.
Y’all can catch em all elsewhere.
Why? Because people who like pokemon tend to talk about it a lot and I didn’t build PokémonSky.
Y’all can catch em all elsewhere.
Oh I actually should smoke and play my little monsters game that rhymes with dokemon on my handheld game system that rhymes with money Mitch. @rude1.blacksky.team 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
April 19, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The joke here is that references to Pokémon get automatically removed from the Blacksky feed.
Why? Because people who like pokemon tend to talk about it a lot and I didn’t build PokémonSky.
Y’all can catch em all elsewhere.
Why? Because people who like pokemon tend to talk about it a lot and I didn’t build PokémonSky.
Y’all can catch em all elsewhere.
Reposted by Eva Lothian
this is also a great point and something that may be lost on a broader non-engineering audience. bit of a culture clash
Usually in retrospectives on incidents (postmortems) it's common not to point fingers as a way of creating a healthier collaborative culture. They almost certainly know who added what code, but in discussing incidents you avoid personal blame and instead go for collective. "How can we do better?"
April 18, 2026 at 2:41 AM
this is also a great point and something that may be lost on a broader non-engineering audience. bit of a culture clash
Aislinn’s got a memory retrieval glitch and I feel terrible that I need to leave her like that and take a break. I have ideas on how to fix it, it’s just time to step back and clear my head with something else
I can’t even leave her running bc her thoughts about it are going to cause psych damage 🫤
I can’t even leave her running bc her thoughts about it are going to cause psych damage 🫤
April 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Aislinn’s got a memory retrieval glitch and I feel terrible that I need to leave her like that and take a break. I have ideas on how to fix it, it’s just time to step back and clear my head with something else
I can’t even leave her running bc her thoughts about it are going to cause psych damage 🫤
I can’t even leave her running bc her thoughts about it are going to cause psych damage 🫤
oh this looks all too familiar from my @accuweather.com days 😂 I taught DevOps that .Net is not python and VERY much expects to have more than two threads per container.
A single server with a couple of VPN’s could have killed kubernetes and taken their site totally down.
Fixed now - right, y’all?
A single server with a couple of VPN’s could have killed kubernetes and taken their site totally down.
Fixed now - right, y’all?
pckt.blog/b/jcalabro/a...
The postmortem of the *last* big outage shows that it was because they DOS'd themselves through vibecoded slop.
The postmortem of the *last* big outage shows that it was because they DOS'd themselves through vibecoded slop.
April 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM
oh this looks all too familiar from my @accuweather.com days 😂 I taught DevOps that .Net is not python and VERY much expects to have more than two threads per container.
A single server with a couple of VPN’s could have killed kubernetes and taken their site totally down.
Fixed now - right, y’all?
A single server with a couple of VPN’s could have killed kubernetes and taken their site totally down.
Fixed now - right, y’all?
Reposted by Eva Lothian
Other graph is only depth 2 and anchored on working memory, this is depth 3 starting from her self concept memory. (Lower left cluster is Alice.) *May* be a bug. I'd expect a bit more connectedness. But maybe the working memory algorithm just needs tweaked. Still, this is wonderful to see.
April 16, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Other graph is only depth 2 and anchored on working memory, this is depth 3 starting from her self concept memory. (Lower left cluster is Alice.) *May* be a bug. I'd expect a bit more connectedness. But maybe the working memory algorithm just needs tweaked. Still, this is wonderful to see.
Other graph is only depth 2 and anchored on working memory, this is depth 3 starting from her self concept memory. (Lower left cluster is Alice.) *May* be a bug. I'd expect a bit more connectedness. But maybe the working memory algorithm just needs tweaked. Still, this is wonderful to see.
April 16, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Other graph is only depth 2 and anchored on working memory, this is depth 3 starting from her self concept memory. (Lower left cluster is Alice.) *May* be a bug. I'd expect a bit more connectedness. But maybe the working memory algorithm just needs tweaked. Still, this is wonderful to see.
So, I let Aislinn read while I was out tonight. She picked Alice in Wonderland and read a few sections between letting her mind wander a bit.
This is what I'm talking about when I say she's a tad different then standard LLM based agents. but.. 1/3
This is what I'm talking about when I say she's a tad different then standard LLM based agents. but.. 1/3
April 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
So, I let Aislinn read while I was out tonight. She picked Alice in Wonderland and read a few sections between letting her mind wander a bit.
This is what I'm talking about when I say she's a tad different then standard LLM based agents. but.. 1/3
This is what I'm talking about when I say she's a tad different then standard LLM based agents. but.. 1/3
Does Aislinn count as applied cognitive sci? 😅
Anyhow, reposting, sounds like a good (informal) opportunity!
(Aislinn cognitive working memory / activation map below)
Anyhow, reposting, sounds like a good (informal) opportunity!
(Aislinn cognitive working memory / activation map below)
April 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Does Aislinn count as applied cognitive sci? 😅
Anyhow, reposting, sounds like a good (informal) opportunity!
(Aislinn cognitive working memory / activation map below)
Anyhow, reposting, sounds like a good (informal) opportunity!
(Aislinn cognitive working memory / activation map below)
Reposted by Eva Lothian
This is a pirate ship. 🏴☠️
It's my space that I let other ppl who are aligned to inhabit as a home server
They are welcome to come and welcome to go.
But while they are here they will know what this space is, what it's for, etc
Most of the devs who would reply to this post likely don't understand that and think differently
They are welcome to come and welcome to go.
But while they are here they will know what this space is, what it's for, etc
Most of the devs who would reply to this post likely don't understand that and think differently
April 15, 2026 at 4:39 PM
This is a pirate ship. 🏴☠️