Kane Baccigalupi
@baccigalupi.bsky.social
Trans tech maker and teacher. They/them
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Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math.
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.
A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics
I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…
terrytao.wordpress.com
September 11, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Very forceful statement by Terry Tao about AI and math.
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
Note, he is not claiming the models aren't real and powerful. He's talking about how that power should be used. This, I believe, is what all AI discussions should center.
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There are 5 K through 12 trans athletes.
Five.
Imagine if Dems said you're worried about five athletes meanwhile millions of people can't afford food... like Al Sayed has.
It's a non-issue and should be treated as such.
And I'm not trying to deny Democrats a Senate seat. Stop being hysterical
Five.
Imagine if Dems said you're worried about five athletes meanwhile millions of people can't afford food... like Al Sayed has.
It's a non-issue and should be treated as such.
And I'm not trying to deny Democrats a Senate seat. Stop being hysterical
You don't have the support for "trans kids can play in whatever league they want" and you absolutely won't get it if you try to deny democrats a senate seat. If you don't like the undercarriage of a bus, stop trying to throw democrats there.
September 11, 2026 at 4:47 AM
There are 5 K through 12 trans athletes.
Five.
Imagine if Dems said you're worried about five athletes meanwhile millions of people can't afford food... like Al Sayed has.
It's a non-issue and should be treated as such.
And I'm not trying to deny Democrats a Senate seat. Stop being hysterical
Five.
Imagine if Dems said you're worried about five athletes meanwhile millions of people can't afford food... like Al Sayed has.
It's a non-issue and should be treated as such.
And I'm not trying to deny Democrats a Senate seat. Stop being hysterical
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September 9, 1945: 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log.
Hopper went on to invent the first compiler for a universal computer programming language.
Hopper went on to invent the first compiler for a universal computer programming language.
September 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM
September 9, 1945: 1st "bug" in a computer program discovered by Grace Hopper, a moth was removed with tweezers from a relay & taped into the log.
Hopper went on to invent the first compiler for a universal computer programming language.
Hopper went on to invent the first compiler for a universal computer programming language.
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I can’t wait to read the NYT op-ed from Renee Good’s wife about grief on the one year anniversary of her death.
Surely the NYT will extend the same grace to Becca Good—whose partner died protesting against state power—as it has to Erica Kirk—whose partner died defending white supremacy
Surely the NYT will extend the same grace to Becca Good—whose partner died protesting against state power—as it has to Erica Kirk—whose partner died defending white supremacy
September 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I can’t wait to read the NYT op-ed from Renee Good’s wife about grief on the one year anniversary of her death.
Surely the NYT will extend the same grace to Becca Good—whose partner died protesting against state power—as it has to Erica Kirk—whose partner died defending white supremacy
Surely the NYT will extend the same grace to Becca Good—whose partner died protesting against state power—as it has to Erica Kirk—whose partner died defending white supremacy
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someone on another platform suggested doing Lecha Dodi to Jolene this Shabbat
and I am mixed AT BEST (at BEST) about doing Jewish liturgy to popular tunes, in part because it so often becomes kitsch or trite
I am very supportive of this idea
and I am mixed AT BEST (at BEST) about doing Jewish liturgy to popular tunes, in part because it so often becomes kitsch or trite
I am very supportive of this idea
August 26, 2026 at 4:25 PM
someone on another platform suggested doing Lecha Dodi to Jolene this Shabbat
and I am mixed AT BEST (at BEST) about doing Jewish liturgy to popular tunes, in part because it so often becomes kitsch or trite
I am very supportive of this idea
and I am mixed AT BEST (at BEST) about doing Jewish liturgy to popular tunes, in part because it so often becomes kitsch or trite
I am very supportive of this idea
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Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
August 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Fractures Emerge Between GOP’s Pro-Pedophilia, Extremely Pro-Pedophilia Wings
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Numerous studies, including from the FBI itself, show that invasive mass surveillance tech like Flock and Axon's automatic license plate readers don't help police fight crime.
Surveillance is not safety.
Surveillance is not safety.
Flock Surveillance Cameras Are Actually Horrible for Fighting Crime, FBI Data Shows
New FBI data shows case closure rates for the Atlanta Police Department have not improved despite thousands of ALPRs installed since 2021.
futurism.com
August 26, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Numerous studies, including from the FBI itself, show that invasive mass surveillance tech like Flock and Axon's automatic license plate readers don't help police fight crime.
Surveillance is not safety.
Surveillance is not safety.
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The two hardest problems in Computer Science are
1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
December 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The two hardest problems in Computer Science are
1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
1. Human communication
2. Getting people in tech to believe that human communication is important
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DOGE officially ended over the weekend.
One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program.
Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak.
"Efficiency."
One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program.
Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak.
"Efficiency."
July 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
DOGE officially ended over the weekend.
One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program.
Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak.
"Efficiency."
One of its crowning achievements was cutting $15M from the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program.
Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1B to combat the screwworm outbreak.
"Efficiency."
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We need to recognize what happened to Scott Wiener at the San Francisco Trans Pride March as antisemitism, and finally purge this poison from left wing movements. A new opinion piece by Evan Urquhart, @evanurquhart.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Scott Wiener’s Viral Harassment is What Left Antisemitism Looks Like - Assigned Media
An opportunist at the Trans Pride March in Sanfrancisco harnassed suspicion and hatred of Jews for his own purposes.
assignedmedia.org
June 29, 2026 at 12:57 PM
We need to recognize what happened to Scott Wiener at the San Francisco Trans Pride March as antisemitism, and finally purge this poison from left wing movements. A new opinion piece by Evan Urquhart, @evanurquhart.bsky.social, only on Assigned Media.
assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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"We invented pornographic art tens of thousands of years before written language." (Full size image)
Words by @funkittoys.bsky.social, images by @erikamoen.bsky.social (and various uncredited prehistoric artists, craftspeople, and caveperverts)
Full post: www.patreon.com/posts/150935...
Words by @funkittoys.bsky.social, images by @erikamoen.bsky.social (and various uncredited prehistoric artists, craftspeople, and caveperverts)
Full post: www.patreon.com/posts/150935...
February 20, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"We invented pornographic art tens of thousands of years before written language." (Full size image)
Words by @funkittoys.bsky.social, images by @erikamoen.bsky.social (and various uncredited prehistoric artists, craftspeople, and caveperverts)
Full post: www.patreon.com/posts/150935...
Words by @funkittoys.bsky.social, images by @erikamoen.bsky.social (and various uncredited prehistoric artists, craftspeople, and caveperverts)
Full post: www.patreon.com/posts/150935...
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What do you mean abolishing ICE is not doable? It was created in 2003. There are Missy Elliot songs older than ICE.
June 26, 2026 at 10:48 PM
What do you mean abolishing ICE is not doable? It was created in 2003. There are Missy Elliot songs older than ICE.
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i love how insane everyone is now
June 8, 2026 at 6:53 AM
i love how insane everyone is now
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#OtD 31 May 1927 Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump, was arrested at a KKK rally in Queens, NYC. Despite Donald Trump denying it happened, multiple newspapers reported it, giving Fred Trump's address and reporting all those arrested as wearing KKK robes stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1039...
May 31, 2026 at 9:10 PM
#OtD 31 May 1927 Donald Trump's father, Fred Trump, was arrested at a KKK rally in Queens, NYC. Despite Donald Trump denying it happened, multiple newspapers reported it, giving Fred Trump's address and reporting all those arrested as wearing KKK robes stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1039...
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The six real Talmudic genders are:
- obligated in positive time-bound mitzvot
- witches, probably
- you thought it was a beautiful woman bathing in the river, but it's a beautiful rabbi instead
- tumtum, the mystery gender
- the Satan in a wig and dress, à la Bugs Bunny
- Adam (pre-Eve)(look it up)
- obligated in positive time-bound mitzvot
- witches, probably
- you thought it was a beautiful woman bathing in the river, but it's a beautiful rabbi instead
- tumtum, the mystery gender
- the Satan in a wig and dress, à la Bugs Bunny
- Adam (pre-Eve)(look it up)
May 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The six real Talmudic genders are:
- obligated in positive time-bound mitzvot
- witches, probably
- you thought it was a beautiful woman bathing in the river, but it's a beautiful rabbi instead
- tumtum, the mystery gender
- the Satan in a wig and dress, à la Bugs Bunny
- Adam (pre-Eve)(look it up)
- obligated in positive time-bound mitzvot
- witches, probably
- you thought it was a beautiful woman bathing in the river, but it's a beautiful rabbi instead
- tumtum, the mystery gender
- the Satan in a wig and dress, à la Bugs Bunny
- Adam (pre-Eve)(look it up)
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MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.
![Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is
unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17.
¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of
Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:inwzoq34u52clnzwfmmv4j3b/bafkreidt45gkkqkhg24folszm4hyzpnuoyoe3f6f3pmqpoiqtvf6lweexi)
April 15, 2026 at 7:30 PM
MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.
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ICYMI: this past Saturday there was a "dildo day of action" outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, IL.
Latest by @domguan.bsky.social for @unraveledpress.com:
Latest by @domguan.bsky.social for @unraveledpress.com:
Protesters mock ICE, Broadview police at dildo day of action outside detention center
The spectacle saw hundreds of phallic items, big and small, flood the designated free speech zone—a small barricaded area where people have been permitted to demonstrate since President Trump’s mass d...
unraveledpress.com
April 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
ICYMI: this past Saturday there was a "dildo day of action" outside the ICE processing facility in Broadview, IL.
Latest by @domguan.bsky.social for @unraveledpress.com:
Latest by @domguan.bsky.social for @unraveledpress.com:
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J.K. Rowling Escapes Insane Asylum
J.K. Rowling Escapes Insane Asylum
LONDON--Urging the public to remain calm as authorities worked to recapture the mentally disturbed individual, city officials confirmed Monday that novelist J.K. Rowling had escaped from a London insane asylum. At 7:33 this morning, medical staff repor...
theonion.com
April 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
J.K. Rowling Escapes Insane Asylum
Vibe coding prompts today:
I shouldn't have to wipe your ass like this.
I don't need you to mansplain git and file edits.
Yes, that last statement that I previously wrote is correct, because your editorializing is almost always wrong.
WTF?
I shouldn't have to wipe your ass like this.
I don't need you to mansplain git and file edits.
Yes, that last statement that I previously wrote is correct, because your editorializing is almost always wrong.
WTF?
March 26, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Vibe coding prompts today:
I shouldn't have to wipe your ass like this.
I don't need you to mansplain git and file edits.
Yes, that last statement that I previously wrote is correct, because your editorializing is almost always wrong.
WTF?
I shouldn't have to wipe your ass like this.
I don't need you to mansplain git and file edits.
Yes, that last statement that I previously wrote is correct, because your editorializing is almost always wrong.
WTF?
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Immigrants from the so-called "Global South" come to America, overstay their visas, help themselves to taxpayer money, have grotesque numbers of children, become drug addicts, and descend into extremism.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
March 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Immigrants from the so-called "Global South" come to America, overstay their visas, help themselves to taxpayer money, have grotesque numbers of children, become drug addicts, and descend into extremism.
by Elon Musk
by Elon Musk
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This is incredibly irresponsible journalism. You cannot write this headline without acknowledging all the times Elon Musk has promised to pay for things, then didn't.
Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 🧵
Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 🧵
Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries amid budget battle, airport lineups reut.rs/4bFJcbk
Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries amid budget battle, airport lineups
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, said on Saturday he would cover the paychecks of U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers during their second unpaid work stoppage in six months amid a protracted federal funding lapse.
reut.rs
March 21, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This is incredibly irresponsible journalism. You cannot write this headline without acknowledging all the times Elon Musk has promised to pay for things, then didn't.
Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 🧵
Let's take a stroll down memory lane. 🧵
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C'MON GREAT DAY TO SLIDE US OUT OF THIS ONE
GIVE US THE ONE WITH UBI AND UTT* AND NO MORE BOMBS PLEASE NOW
WE ALL DESERVE IT
we'll even continue to accept Prince's death gracefully-ish we promise
*universal taco trucks
GIVE US THE ONE WITH UBI AND UTT* AND NO MORE BOMBS PLEASE NOW
WE ALL DESERVE IT
we'll even continue to accept Prince's death gracefully-ish we promise
*universal taco trucks
March 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM
C'MON GREAT DAY TO SLIDE US OUT OF THIS ONE
GIVE US THE ONE WITH UBI AND UTT* AND NO MORE BOMBS PLEASE NOW
WE ALL DESERVE IT
we'll even continue to accept Prince's death gracefully-ish we promise
*universal taco trucks
GIVE US THE ONE WITH UBI AND UTT* AND NO MORE BOMBS PLEASE NOW
WE ALL DESERVE IT
we'll even continue to accept Prince's death gracefully-ish we promise
*universal taco trucks
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Updated Talmudifier. It (finally) supports multiple languages, including Hebrew!
crates.io/crates/talmu...
#rust #jewish #talmud #latex
crates.io/crates/talmu...
#rust #jewish #talmud #latex
March 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Updated Talmudifier. It (finally) supports multiple languages, including Hebrew!
crates.io/crates/talmu...
#rust #jewish #talmud #latex
crates.io/crates/talmu...
#rust #jewish #talmud #latex
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It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.
March 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.