Joseph Mastron
@ohyeahlasers.bsky.social
Strategic Sourcing Manager, Energy and Technology Solutions for Material Handling. PhD in Chemistry, former laser applications scientist. I live in data and edge cases.
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I'm less into Roko's Basilisk and more into Frankenstein's monster.
We should not attempt to create yet another god to serve.
We should play god and make the next generation of flawed humanoids, without perfection as the goal.
This is existential: make co-equal symbionts, not apex predators.
We should not attempt to create yet another god to serve.
We should play god and make the next generation of flawed humanoids, without perfection as the goal.
This is existential: make co-equal symbionts, not apex predators.
September 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm less into Roko's Basilisk and more into Frankenstein's monster.
We should not attempt to create yet another god to serve.
We should play god and make the next generation of flawed humanoids, without perfection as the goal.
This is existential: make co-equal symbionts, not apex predators.
We should not attempt to create yet another god to serve.
We should play god and make the next generation of flawed humanoids, without perfection as the goal.
This is existential: make co-equal symbionts, not apex predators.
This valentine's, we at *brand* want to remind you that the reason you're single is you haven't given us your money yet.
February 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
This valentine's, we at *brand* want to remind you that the reason you're single is you haven't given us your money yet.
Even a well-intentioned Federal Government regularly fails in duty-of-care to citizens. They shot a teenage boy & his mom at Ruby Ridge. They escalated hostilities that derailed negotiations with a doomsday cult in Waco. They will continue to murder in Minneapolis and elsewhere. They will not stop.
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Even a well-intentioned Federal Government regularly fails in duty-of-care to citizens. They shot a teenage boy & his mom at Ruby Ridge. They escalated hostilities that derailed negotiations with a doomsday cult in Waco. They will continue to murder in Minneapolis and elsewhere. They will not stop.
This is what AI is doing to your microscope images. You can trust your lasers but do you trust your pipeline?
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous
this is worth sharing and educating people about
December 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is what AI is doing to your microscope images. You can trust your lasers but do you trust your pipeline?
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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The #SfN25 poster floor is buzzing with innovative studies and breakthrough discoveries.
Get lost in the science and find inspiration at every turn!
#neurosky #neuroskyence
Get lost in the science and find inspiration at every turn!
#neurosky #neuroskyence
November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The #SfN25 poster floor is buzzing with innovative studies and breakthrough discoveries.
Get lost in the science and find inspiration at every turn!
#neurosky #neuroskyence
Get lost in the science and find inspiration at every turn!
#neurosky #neuroskyence
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I assume this is the clip being subtweeted
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I assume this is the clip being subtweeted
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Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Democrats in office need to know: all of us with very few exceptions want all of you with very few exception to lose your god damn jobs because you refuse to do them.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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You are embarrassing yourself by lauding this monster. Do you defend these views, which he held lifelong. Where is the "nuance in these words?" Shame!
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
You are embarrassing yourself by lauding this monster. Do you defend these views, which he held lifelong. Where is the "nuance in these words?" Shame!
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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“The president demolished the White House.”
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
October 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“The president demolished the White House.”
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
“The president politicized the FBI and DOJ to go after his opponents.”
“The president is why life is more expensive today.”
“The president was besties with Epstein.”
Messaging isn’t hard and makes you wonder why Dems aren’t saying this every day.
Why do First Class tickets get their own shorter TSA lane? Doesn't this violate the equal protection clause? Isn't this clearly discrimination based on wealth? I can understand precheck because you pay to get cleared in advance. But that doesn't hold water for general security.
October 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Why do First Class tickets get their own shorter TSA lane? Doesn't this violate the equal protection clause? Isn't this clearly discrimination based on wealth? I can understand precheck because you pay to get cleared in advance. But that doesn't hold water for general security.
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
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If you look up “heretic” in the OED, you’ll find the oldest use of the word recorded in English is the sentence “The kyng said & did crie the pope was heretike” (c. 1330, Mannyng’s Chronicle).
This presumes that the essence of Catholicism is the worship and/or veneration of clergy, particularly the Pope, and that’s never been a settled thing within Catholicism.
I mean, yes, these guys are ridiculous, but not because they argue with the pope. Catholics argue with the pope. It’s a thing.
I mean, yes, these guys are ridiculous, but not because they argue with the pope. Catholics argue with the pope. It’s a thing.
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
If you look up “heretic” in the OED, you’ll find the oldest use of the word recorded in English is the sentence “The kyng said & did crie the pope was heretike” (c. 1330, Mannyng’s Chronicle).
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someone should tell Trump they don't give the Peace Prize to people who blow up boats and murder those on high seas nor to those who deploy military against their own people. NEVER.
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
someone should tell Trump they don't give the Peace Prize to people who blow up boats and murder those on high seas nor to those who deploy military against their own people. NEVER.
This is why it's a "targeted act of violence" and not "domestic terrorism": because it's only terrorism if you can blame the left, and when the right does it, it's an isolated lunatic that's obviously not represetative.
Authorities stressed that they have yet to identify a motive amid social media speculation.
Trump Sign Spotted Outside Church Shooter's House
Authorities stressed that they have yet to identify a motive amid social media speculation.
trib.al
September 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is why it's a "targeted act of violence" and not "domestic terrorism": because it's only terrorism if you can blame the left, and when the right does it, it's an isolated lunatic that's obviously not represetative.
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the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
the political policy cure for “male loneliness” is
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
- more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week)
- more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages)
- more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)
It's quite dark that holding the opinion that "workers should exert concerted market pressure to prevent employers from treating us like slaves" is now equivalent to "encouraging political violence" but what can you expect from an authoritarian regime that thinks only 30% of us are real Americans?
September 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's quite dark that holding the opinion that "workers should exert concerted market pressure to prevent employers from treating us like slaves" is now equivalent to "encouraging political violence" but what can you expect from an authoritarian regime that thinks only 30% of us are real Americans?
This is how you do it.
I like this. Since under RFK Jr, Covid shots are now for people with underlying conditions that put them at risk, Michigan’s chief medical executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that not having the most recent Covid shot constitutes such an underlying condition.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/inside...
September 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is how you do it.
I'm just going to be straightforward. Celebrating someone for polite but uncivil discourse as the model of ideal politics is wrong. The insistence on civil debate when one side wants to debate whether the other side should even exist is wrong.
This is not to say that debate is not the ideal.
This is not to say that debate is not the ideal.
September 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm just going to be straightforward. Celebrating someone for polite but uncivil discourse as the model of ideal politics is wrong. The insistence on civil debate when one side wants to debate whether the other side should even exist is wrong.
This is not to say that debate is not the ideal.
This is not to say that debate is not the ideal.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk.
September 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk.
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