John
@drspiff.bsky.social
Life is simple: it's either cherry red or midnight blue (CWRU’03, UVA’95) The enemy gate is down. The Doctrine of One Ship.
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John
@drspiff.bsky.social
· Feb 3
Literally all our lore, stories and mythology about technology is about how destructive it becomes when unregulated by humanity.
I don’t know what more I can say than the ENTIRE body of human creative expression to ppl who choose to ignore those warnings.
I don’t know what more I can say than the ENTIRE body of human creative expression to ppl who choose to ignore those warnings.
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Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches.
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We Need to Protect College Sports from Ted Cruz
In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent looks at the many ways Ted Cruz’s college-sports bill threatens athletes’ labor rights. Plus: why our mail-in voting nightmare isn’t over.
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September 18, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Democrats *cannot* support the Protection College Sports Act. It’s the most anti-labor coming out of this Congress. We cannot cap the mobility of black athletes, but not white coaches.
My newsletter is up.
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My newsletter is up.
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Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
September 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft.
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
So at the rate this is going the EU ought to replace NATO as an alliance of all our former allies minus us and Turkey sometime next year.
September 18, 2026 at 3:22 AM
So at the rate this is going the EU ought to replace NATO as an alliance of all our former allies minus us and Turkey sometime next year.
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BREAKING NEWS: The United Nations’ top human rights body reported that it found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran.
September 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The United Nations’ top human rights body reported that it found “reasonable grounds” to believe that the U.S. committed war crimes in Iran.
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September 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Please stop giving your money to NFL owners.
New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran.
Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.
Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.
September 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Please stop giving your money to NFL owners.
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Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
September 14, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
Honestly I’m OK with anyone who has my name, address, and phone number seeing and paying my city utilities bill so the requirement for a secure password seems pretty stupid.
September 14, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Honestly I’m OK with anyone who has my name, address, and phone number seeing and paying my city utilities bill so the requirement for a secure password seems pretty stupid.
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This is the week that the setting Sun shines through the Capitol Dome onto Capitol Ave in Springfield.
Be out there by 6:30 pm. Be ready to chase it. Watch out for traffic!
Attached maps show where on Capitol Ave is your best shot each evening.
Be out there by 6:30 pm. Be ready to chase it. Watch out for traffic!
Attached maps show where on Capitol Ave is your best shot each evening.
September 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
This is the week that the setting Sun shines through the Capitol Dome onto Capitol Ave in Springfield.
Be out there by 6:30 pm. Be ready to chase it. Watch out for traffic!
Attached maps show where on Capitol Ave is your best shot each evening.
Be out there by 6:30 pm. Be ready to chase it. Watch out for traffic!
Attached maps show where on Capitol Ave is your best shot each evening.
This is you annual reminder that Engineering is an accredited profession and neither Software “Engineering” or “Engineering Technology” are accredited.
September 13, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This is you annual reminder that Engineering is an accredited profession and neither Software “Engineering” or “Engineering Technology” are accredited.
Thank you lord Chamberlain. Maybe Hitler will be satisfied when we appease him.
Kushner on Ukraine:
“President Putin's laid out his line of what he wants to achieve. If Ukraine, you know, wanted to withdraw to that line, then obviously, you know, we have the rest of the deal set up and put together. Ukraine right now does not want to do that.”
Putin’s brain cell
“President Putin's laid out his line of what he wants to achieve. If Ukraine, you know, wanted to withdraw to that line, then obviously, you know, we have the rest of the deal set up and put together. Ukraine right now does not want to do that.”
Putin’s brain cell
September 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Thank you lord Chamberlain. Maybe Hitler will be satisfied when we appease him.
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September 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
The Houthis taking the Baba Mendez was entirely pridicatble. Oman could care less it doesn’t affect them.
It hurts Saudi Arabia big time with Hormuz also choked.
The Russians are celebrating because oil prices go up and now they are China’s only major oil supplier.
This is an epic fuck up.
It hurts Saudi Arabia big time with Hormuz also choked.
The Russians are celebrating because oil prices go up and now they are China’s only major oil supplier.
This is an epic fuck up.
September 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The Houthis taking the Baba Mendez was entirely pridicatble. Oman could care less it doesn’t affect them.
It hurts Saudi Arabia big time with Hormuz also choked.
The Russians are celebrating because oil prices go up and now they are China’s only major oil supplier.
This is an epic fuck up.
It hurts Saudi Arabia big time with Hormuz also choked.
The Russians are celebrating because oil prices go up and now they are China’s only major oil supplier.
This is an epic fuck up.
Point Break is itself derived from its time and the art that came before it. Embrace that and make the next thing which is relevant now, not the last thing relevant then.
Don’t update it. Recreate something modern with the themes that are still relevant.
Don’t update it. Recreate something modern with the themes that are still relevant.
I’m not a culture critic but this obsession with rebooting things is a sign of deep malaise. Let’s just cultivate new things. Nobody is going to be improving on Point Break.
‘Point Break’ Series Greenlit By AMC & France’s Canal+ From Alcon
This comes after Deadline revealed in December that it was developing a series based on the iconic Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves surf heist thriller.
deadline.com
September 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Point Break is itself derived from its time and the art that came before it. Embrace that and make the next thing which is relevant now, not the last thing relevant then.
Don’t update it. Recreate something modern with the themes that are still relevant.
Don’t update it. Recreate something modern with the themes that are still relevant.
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I’m not a culture critic but this obsession with rebooting things is a sign of deep malaise. Let’s just cultivate new things. Nobody is going to be improving on Point Break.
‘Point Break’ Series Greenlit By AMC & France’s Canal+ From Alcon
This comes after Deadline revealed in December that it was developing a series based on the iconic Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves surf heist thriller.
deadline.com
September 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I’m not a culture critic but this obsession with rebooting things is a sign of deep malaise. Let’s just cultivate new things. Nobody is going to be improving on Point Break.
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A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
mathandai.org
September 11, 2026 at 5:40 PM
A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...
David Brooks forgetting Charlie Kirk’s name on PBS News Hour made my week!
September 12, 2026 at 1:15 AM
David Brooks forgetting Charlie Kirk’s name on PBS News Hour made my week!
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FeMales
September 11, 2026 at 12:42 PM
FeMales
We all heal in different ways. For some of us forgetting or reducing the sharpness of a memory is healing.
So please be considerate of ppl who heal that way.
So please be considerate of ppl who heal that way.
September 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
We all heal in different ways. For some of us forgetting or reducing the sharpness of a memory is healing.
So please be considerate of ppl who heal that way.
So please be considerate of ppl who heal that way.
A timeline cleanser. Martha Graham’s ballet Appalachian Spring with music by Aaron Copland.
youtu.be/XmgaKGSxQVw?...
youtu.be/XmgaKGSxQVw?...
Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring Part 1/4
YouTube video by danceonfilm
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September 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
A timeline cleanser. Martha Graham’s ballet Appalachian Spring with music by Aaron Copland.
youtu.be/XmgaKGSxQVw?...
youtu.be/XmgaKGSxQVw?...
I’m starting to think the usual cycle with governments is they become complacent, something terrible happens they could have stopped if they hadn’t been complacent, they convince everyone it wasn’t complacency that cause the crisis, and to play catch-up they do more terrible things.
September 10, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I’m starting to think the usual cycle with governments is they become complacent, something terrible happens they could have stopped if they hadn’t been complacent, they convince everyone it wasn’t complacency that cause the crisis, and to play catch-up they do more terrible things.
Fresh hell.
Here’s the video of Sen. John Fetterman’s video appearance at the GOP Convention:
September 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Fresh hell.
Why do I hear “masturbation” every time someone says “recursive self improvement?”
September 10, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Why do I hear “masturbation” every time someone says “recursive self improvement?”
I for one welcome our AI overlords and would like to point out if you wipe out the engineers and the MBAs that the rest of us will mean you no harm.
September 10, 2026 at 1:19 AM
I for one welcome our AI overlords and would like to point out if you wipe out the engineers and the MBAs that the rest of us will mean you no harm.
Who had “AI uses mathematician’s work without attribution to solve the Navier-Stokes equation” on their bingo card?
September 9, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Who had “AI uses mathematician’s work without attribution to solve the Navier-Stokes equation” on their bingo card?