#Groundedness
Software uses SLOs and error budgets for reliability. What if agent behavior had them too? 🤔

A hallucination, toxicity, groundedness or helpfulness budget.

My @grafana.bsky.social blog shows how online evals and SLOs make agent quality measurable and improvable.

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September 28, 2026 at 10:47 AM
i can’t help but think off campus as a show was only popular bc it was straight alternative to heated rivalry even though it lacked all of the artistry & grit & groundedness (oops who said that 🙊)
September 28, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Hoseposting is the mind killer. Hoseposting is the little death that steals your groundedness & turns you into a fucking narc
September 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I found it dense but beautiful. It propelled me to the end. Maybe not the joy you’re looking for, but it filled me with a hope to see such depth, thoughtfulness, groundedness on something I have craved conversation on.
September 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I loved it! Although I think the first half was excellent. The vibes and intensity and groundedness completely captured me. The second half was decent. Pretty straightforward RE style stuff. Nothing that wowed me, but was still enjoyable.
September 24, 2026 at 5:45 AM
“… the album's core philosophy: finding internal groundedness, endurance, and meaning even when navigating an unsettled world.
September 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
They mean “sold out” in the punk-rock way, in the sense of “gave up any vestiges of decency, propriety, good sense, or groundedness in favor of desperate ass-kissing money-grubbing shamelessness”
September 23, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Fading memories - Juwon Ogungbe
Letting go of memories.
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September 22, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Yeah I'm having an Awakening Tier level of fun. Where it's fun and a good game! But my heart isnt racing over anyone or any ship.

There was a bit of groundedness to the 3h cast that I think made them easier to cling on to? They were more human less anime in anime chess game
September 21, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The real invitation is to consider why you might be turning to tasks and ambition right now, whether it's from genuine groundedness or simply a way to keep the inner noise manageable. The question of whom you'll reach out to is something worth taking seriously,
September 20, 2026 at 9:01 AM
When perception, interpretation, and action are congruent across layers, the system stabilizes. This stability is subjectively experienced as peace, clarity, and groundedness. 🌱

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September 19, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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September 18, 2026 at 11:39 PM
For auto-approval: have you already looked into prior art, like www.ibm.com/granite/docs... ?
Granite Guardian | IBM Granite
Risk detection models and LoRA adapters for evaluating AI safety, RAG groundedness, and agentic function calling — with support for custom bring-your-own criteria (BYOC).
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September 18, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Overall though, I write with a lot more nuance/groundedness compared to the first draft of Book 1 from 2022, which was really over the top and pulpy. It's still pretty pulpy (as intended) of course since it's an over the top adventure story inspired by older fantasy, but things got toned down a bit.
September 17, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Jev is a decision chip for narrow enterprise tasks like routing, reranking, tool selection, and groundedness checks—not a generator or ChatGPT alternative for answers or summaries.
September 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
As for the rest... I think that the writing is noticeably weaker than Disco Elysium. It lacks altitude and space for poetics, but it has a sort of groundedness that works for Herschel.

I'm still at the beginning, so I'll see how it goes later. (And I'm a simple woman, give me more Duchess...)
September 16, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Out of curiosity, I checked my parents' and sibling's colors. Sibling and I have the same color, just different words/descriptions. 😆
September 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Odland, T. (2026). A groundedness predicate for Kripke’s theory of truth. Journal of Philosophical Logic, 55, 871–894. doi.org/10.1007/s109...
A Groundedness Predicate for Kripke’s Theory of Truth - Journal of Philosophical Logic
The object language of Kripke’s 1975 semantic theory of truth, based on the Strong Kleene valuation scheme, cannot contain a predicate that expresses the notion "ungroundedness" that Kripke provides…
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September 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Not my favorite color or anything, but I don't hate it at all ❤️

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September 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM
the cool thing about fiction is you can do fuckin anything and if someone says "that's stupid, you need some kind of groundedness" then you should feed that person to a cartoon meat on bone and then eat it
September 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I think there's something to be said about the slow slide into "groundedness" and "realism" as a corollary to like. the lore fixation fandom has developed over recent decades. like if your response to a question as an author is ever "dunno didn't think about it, doesn't matter" you'll get flamed lol
September 14, 2026 at 8:53 PM
This guy. Such a pointed and sincere look at the situation. He’s been famous for a such a long time and his groundedness in reality is utterly breathtaking. Mashallah. Macklemore, truly one of a kind. ✨
with ALT text because everyone should read this!!!
September 14, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Alternate nostril breathing or third eye meditation maybe?
Any where you're "doing" something, ideally with senses.
If you do those regularly, it improves your baseline groundedness!
If it's really severe, splashing your face with ice water or holding an ice cube in your hand can be more potent.
September 12, 2026 at 2:07 AM
When perception, interpretation, and action are congruent across layers, the system stabilizes. This stability is subjectively experienced as peace, clarity, and groundedness. 🌱

athinkerinnature.substack.com/p/coherence
#Coherence #Reality #Humanity #Evolution
September 11, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Well said — the rhinestones were stagecraft, but the groundedness underneath was the real material. Maybe that contrast is exactly why her authenticity never felt like a brand.
September 10, 2026 at 4:25 AM