Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social)

@normative.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:56 AM

Well, no, but only because I know internally that it is 100% likely that humans are conscious. So not a great analogy.

@normative.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:30 AM

I can’t “prove” your pocket calculator isn’t conscious. It is conceptually possible that it is. But it is no more or less likely than currently existing LLMs.

@normative.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 12:28 AM

I’m very comfortable saying “it is no more likely that current AI is conscious than that pocket calculators are.”

@qjurecic.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:56 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

trump [waving bible in front of them]: you morons love this shit huh
[audience going berserk]

Acyn@acyn.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:48 PM

Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap

@maggiemcneill.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:00 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

The term everyone is dancing around is "secret police", a hallmark of totalitarian regimes.

Jared@jaredmcclain.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:05 PM

Things got more insane just about as soon as I posted this last night. DHS is now arguing that we cannot even put the names of ICE officers in our lawsuit against those officers. Their position is that, if a defendant works for DHS, they cannot be named in a lawsuit. Never seen anything like it.

All this time, while Defendants have refused to identify Does 4 and 5 or respond to Leo’s discovery requests, the six-month statute of limitations on his FTCA claims has nearly expired. So, on October 6, Leo sought Defendants’ consent to file an amended complaint that (1) adds his FTCA claims against the United States and (2) adds the names of Does 1, 2, and 3. These minimal changes are shown in a redline attached to this filing.
Defendants, however, refused to consent to Leo’s amendments because there is not a protective order in place. One of Defendants’ positions with respect to the protective order is that the “full legal names” of all government employees “should be confidential.” (ECF 109, at 2). That position, apparently, means that Defendants even oppose Leo identifying specific officers in his lawsuit against those very officers based on their misconduct in carrying out their public duties. Because Defendants will not consent to Leo’s amendments, Leo has filed this motion for leave.

Justice also requires granting Leo leave to name the Doe officers as defendants. Despite DHS’s remarkable position that all government employees’ names are confidential, parties routinely sue government employees by name. In fact, Rule 10(a) “requires a complaint to ‘include the names of all the parties.’” Doe v. Frank, 951 F.2d 320, 322 (11th Cir. 1992) (per curiam) (quoting Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a)). “Lawsuits are public events.” Id. Rule 10(a) “protects the public’s legitimate interest in knowing all of the facts involved, including the identity of the parties.” Id. Only in an “exceptional case” can a party’s name be withheld from the public. Id. And that bar is even higher for public employees since their employment “diminishes their privacy interests” given “the corresponding public interest in knowing how public employees are performing their jobs.” Stern v. FBI, 737 F.2d 84, 92 (D.C. Cir. 1984);

@atrupar.com Oct 10, 2026, 4:53 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

“Zelenskyy could’ve stopped this war many times, and he chose not to … he better damn well stop” — Trump is no longer trying to conceal that he’s fully on Putin’s side

@donmoyn.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:40 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

New open-access paper: Direct File showed that govt could build its own user-centered platform without relying on contractors. But the product was killed after a DOGE lead spoke with the private tax preparation industry lobbying against a private option.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The ability of governments to build and sustain public interest capacity partly depends upon the position of private interests, and the ability and willingness of a government to resist private interest opposition.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) built a digital tax reporting service, Direct File, that created significant public value for users.
Direct File depended upon the creation of internal capacity: a government digital service team that could build digital platforms, rather than procuring a product from private vendors. Government control of the process allowed agile development and iterative improvement that would have been impossible under a traditional outsourcing model.
Long-standing opposition to Direct File by the private tax preparation industry, combined with Trump-era downsizing by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led to the elimination of the tool.

@normative.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 3:55 PM

You can stop searching, 80s babies, I have found the perfect song. youtu.be/lrzKT-dFUjE

@nothoodlum.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 11:21 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

Nailed it. 🔨

@miaganga.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:09 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

@normative.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:45 AM

Whut?

@schooley.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 2:19 AMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

This is what really hurts him. It didn’t even go to a celebrity.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.comOct 10, 2026, 1:06 AM

Trump: "How about this? Today they gave out the Nobel Peace Prize to a person, I've never heard of the person. It's a mystery person. I settled eight wars ... I'm about to settle or win two more. Iran and Russel-Ukraine. Russia-Ukraine."

@normative.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 1:14 AM

I have seen videos of people trying it on an old NES. So yes, unless a bunch of random people went out of their way to fake reels.

@bwreed.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:41 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

The president of the United States is inciting a fucking pogrom.

@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com Oct 8, 2026, 9:35 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

I know everyone’s jaded and exhausted by the continual parade of madness, but this is the president of US openly inciting racist violence against an entire community of immigrants. (w/ alt text)

The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back. You have been robbed, and abandoned by your State Government. Your Governor is an incompetent thief who doesn't want to get involved. He just wants to get out of town with as much as he can steal, and then, lead a quiet life. The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing.
They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back! If you need, the Federal Government will come to your rescue.
Governor Tim Walz, and Mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, must immediately ask for Federal help — and leave the rest to us! President DONALD J. TRUMP

@normative.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:15 PM

I did!

@nathansnewman.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:33 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

This is a complete betrayal of Ukraine and of Europe to violate sanctions on Russia. And Congress has passed laws to block Russia oil sales So Trump is violating international sanctions and federal law This should be his second impeachment related to Ukraine

@councilofdc.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 7:42 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

This is clearly not acceptable

@normative.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:10 PM

I was today years old when I learned that Super Mario Bros. had a “continue”—hold down A + start on the title screen and it starts you at the level where you died. Furious on behalf of my ten-year-old self.

@bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 6:29 PMReposted by @normative.bsky.social

i hate the "what are we a bunch of asians" meme so much i am in fact not thinking about their ethnicity at all when i make a comparison to the politics of North Korea, but it's good to know what your mind focuses on when you think about the subject!