Ben N
@bgneumeyer.bsky.social
The trend of twee ampersand names needs to die, but I'll take what I can get to have a restaurant in this space again.
EXCLUSIVE: The Porch & Pebbles from the owners of Nanny O’Briens, Franklin Hall (and MANY Others) coming to old Meridian Pint space in Columbia Heights!! - See the full scoop: www.popville.com/2026/10/the-...
EXCLUSIVE: The Porch & Pebbles from the owners of Nanny O’Briens, Franklin Hall (and MANY Others) coming to old Meridian Pint space in Columbia Heights!! - PoPville
11th and Park Road, NW Over the weekend I promised our social media followers (@PoPville) some good news today. And I've come to deliver. Over the summer, in July to be specific we noticed some action...
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October 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The trend of twee ampersand names needs to die, but I'll take what I can get to have a restaurant in this space again.
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the thing about bringing iced coffee to a job interview is shut the fuck up with this nonsense discourse
September 25, 2026 at 8:21 PM
the thing about bringing iced coffee to a job interview is shut the fuck up with this nonsense discourse
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This is a good example of how you need quite a lot of detail of how these systems *actually* work to understand what the risks are, and how over-indexing on sci-fi can lead you a bit astray on what the future looks like
Anthropic's models run on terabytes of VRAM. It's not going to "just copy itself to other computers."
September 12, 2026 at 6:29 PM
This is a good example of how you need quite a lot of detail of how these systems *actually* work to understand what the risks are, and how over-indexing on sci-fi can lead you a bit astray on what the future looks like
Mesmerizing
The legendary Crash in the Desert, 1984: NASA and the FAA slammed a remotely-controlled Boeing 720 into the Mojave to test a fire-preventing fuel additive. The plane touched down askew, a runway post tore into the fuselage, and spilled fuel caught fire anyway.
September 3, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Mesmerizing
Inverse Elizabeth Holmes
the very best bit about this guy is, after hoovering up a bunch of idiot silicon valley money, then leveraging himself to the tits, he went to bloodless new york to get more money and was immediately sussed out as an idiot and sent home empty handed
the tech elite is officially off its goddamn rocker www.wsj.com/tech/ai/situ...
August 26, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Inverse Elizabeth Holmes
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I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements"
www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
Exclusive: Anthropic warns fully AI employees are a year away
Managing those AI identities will require companies to completely reassess their cybersecurity strategies.
www.axios.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I do wish it was better understood by now—especially by folks in the media—that these "warnings" from large AI corporations in fact function as "advertisements"
www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
www.axios.com/2025/04/22/a...
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If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you were a tech company employee who moderated content overseas — say, trying to prevent a repeat of the Myanmar genocide! or maybe policing CSAM! Or hate speech illegal in your country! — you are a “censor” under the definitions of the Republicans in power.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
In Search of Van Halen's Brown M&Ms
Contract riders and the meaning of a modern pop star
snackstack.net
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
* You know how Van Halen had a contract rider demanding bowls of M&Ms with the brown ones removed?
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
They later claimed that was all a test to make sure venues were reading their contracts. Clever!
BUT WAIT, that claim itself is actually false. I fact-checked it.
Snack Stack exclusive:
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it's some kind of journalistic malpractice to tell people an areon going for 30% off of $1600 is a meaningful "discount". you're supposed to get one from a shady facebook marketplace guy for $150 at most
Early Black Friday discounts—and a flash sale—help bring down the price of the iconic Herman Miller Aeron. www.wired.com/story/black-...
Herman Miller's Iconic Aeron and Embody Office Chairs Are on Sale Right Now
Early Black Friday discounts—and a flash sale—help bring down the price of the iconic Herman Miller Aeron.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
it's some kind of journalistic malpractice to tell people an areon going for 30% off of $1600 is a meaningful "discount". you're supposed to get one from a shady facebook marketplace guy for $150 at most
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The most important political thread of our time.
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The most important political thread of our time.
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a scoopy one from me, with an assist from @accountable.us: Bill Pulte is using Palantir to gather "mortgage fraud" accusations and weaponize them against Dems in order to abet Trump's government capture. but, he formerly disclosed owning Palantir stock—and that's not his only potential conflict:
This Terrifying Company Is Being Used Against Top Democrats. Trump’s Allies May Be Profiting From It.
A new report sheds light on potential conflicts of interest in Bill Pulte’s attack against Lisa Cook and other White House enemies.
slate.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
a scoopy one from me, with an assist from @accountable.us: Bill Pulte is using Palantir to gather "mortgage fraud" accusations and weaponize them against Dems in order to abet Trump's government capture. but, he formerly disclosed owning Palantir stock—and that's not his only potential conflict:
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Momentous day for rabid homophobes who converted to Catholicism as adults and also gay people who loved conclave
April 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Momentous day for rabid homophobes who converted to Catholicism as adults and also gay people who loved conclave
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Wrote up just how *actually evil* the demands from the Trump admin to NCMEC are and how they will *absolutely* lead to children dying. From the cultists who insisted they wanted to "save the children" to literally killing them deserves to be called out: www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/m...
MAGA’s Sickening Hypocrisy: From ‘Save The Children’ To ‘Defund The Org That Actually Saves Children’
After years of screaming “save the children” while baselessly accusing others of exploiting kids, the Trump administration is now trying to destroy the actual infrastructure that saves …
www.techdirt.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Wrote up just how *actually evil* the demands from the Trump admin to NCMEC are and how they will *absolutely* lead to children dying. From the cultists who insisted they wanted to "save the children" to literally killing them deserves to be called out: www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/m...