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Michael Ekstrand

@md.ekstrandom.net

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Info sci prof @ Drexel, trying to keep the machines (esp. RecSys & IR) from learning bigotry and discrimination. ADHDS9. Usually self-propelled. Opinions those of the Vulcan Science Academy. 🐰x2.
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@md.ekstrandom.netOct 11, 2026, 8:28 PM

Quickly building new Tcl capabilities on top of Rust packages (in this case, jiff) was the main reason I embarked on this "embed Jim in Rust" project in the first place. At some point, it may also grow a new interpreter, but not yet.

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 11, 2026, 8:27 PM

So my Tcl date-time commands now have enough capabilities to meet my first use case, automatically generating TODO list skeletons for an academic term. tcl.mde.one/guardian/dat...

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 11, 2026, 7:54 PM

Tron: Ares isn't half bad.

@rincewind.runOct 10, 2026, 5:02 PMReposted by @md.ekstrandom.net

if your agents are going to commit crimes, you are legally responsible if you cannot figure out how to prevent your agents from doing crimes, you’re going to have to choose between releasing them and protecting yourself from criminal liability imo this would do more for “ai safety” than a sex cult

CCarl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:27 AM

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

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@md.ekstrandom.netOct 11, 2026, 2:27 PM

the glowing sphere thing is my man casting Shield and it didn't do squat, right?

@adamserwer.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:45 PMReposted by @md.ekstrandom.net

After years of championing "free speech," Texas lawmakers have enabled a dramatic rise of censorship in Texas universities, banning concepts, canceling courses and closing departments seen as "woke," and even using AI bots as censors. All in the name of freedom. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

In other professors’ syllabi, the bot flagged the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Angels in America by Tony Kushner, essays by the Mexican American MacArthur genius grant recipient Sandra Cisneros, and materials related to a class about the Holocaust (that professor was told to drop material regarding Nazi persecution of LGBTQ people).

Putting aside the ideological slant of the new rules, the bot, like many large language models, seems to “hallucinate,” or make mistakes. The AAUP lawsuit lists texts banned for their “sex-based ecofeminist framework” and “gendered ecofeminist frameworks.” These phrases might sound persuasively like academese, but the academics behind the lawsuit had never heard of them; these concepts “do not exist,” the complaint says. Matthew Pehl, a history professor at Tech, told me that he knew several people who’d received reports from the system that were “plainly written by an AI that had hallucinated content or confused content from one class to another.”
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@md.ekstrandom.netOct 11, 2026, 11:27 AM

The Walking Deadwood

@shengokai.blacksky.appOct 11, 2026, 2:49 AMReposted by @md.ekstrandom.net

Star Trek: Discovery of Witches How to Get Away with Murder She Wrote Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Nine Unsolved Mystery Science Theater 3000

@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.appOct 10, 2026, 7:47 PMReposted by @md.ekstrandom.net

My cousin organized a series of masked concerts in NYC so immunocompromised and other covid-conscious folks can still enjoy live music events, and is raising funds so he can keep doing so!

Love and appreciation to anyone able to chip in 🙏🏾♥️

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...

kickstarter.comPositive Deviance NYC: Building Clean Air CultureBack our next three clean-air NYC music events in 2027 and join a growing community building a more accessible cultural life.
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@hpsvanessa.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 7:52 PMReposted by @md.ekstrandom.net

I'd like to see a lot more heat - naming and shaming - on the Danish researchers here. the USians involved are a lost cause, but I hope we are still able to resist this grossness spreading in Europe.

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 10, 2026, 6:11 PM

I was going to play a video game for a couple hours this morning. Oops.

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 10, 2026, 6:08 PM

I am working to add robust, modern date/time support to my Tcl command set, basically by wrapping Jiff. So of course I fell down this rabbit hole (but won't change anything for me, Jiff's decisions are fine for what I'm trying to achieve with the Guardian Tcl `dt` command).

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 10, 2026, 6:06 PM

Wheee! (leap second related) github.com/BurntSushi/j...

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 10, 2026, 2:56 AM

All the good girls go to hell you call a dream

@lizthegrey.comOct 9, 2026, 3:11 PMReposted by @md.ekstrandom.net

@deno.land was killed by @cloudflare.social, rip. deno.com/blog/cloudfl...

@karanicolas.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:20 PMReposted by @md.ekstrandom.net

I feel simultaneously seen and personally attacked.

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 9, 2026, 3:51 PM

Romeo + Juliet Go to White Castle Charlie's Angels in the Outfield Beyond the Valley of the Drive-Away Dolls Batman & Robin's Bogus Journey Shaun of the Dead Poet's Society

@glocktopus.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 12:51 AMReposted by @md.ekstrandom.net

Everything Everywhere All at Once Upon a Time in America

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 9, 2026, 2:34 PM

I ran on Deno for a while, before deployment / install issues got intolerable. I like a lot of what they were trying to do.

@md.ekstrandom.netOct 9, 2026, 2:33 PM

RIP Deno. Yes, real RIP not just expectation thereof — they're winding down maintenance in a year. deno.com/blog/cloudfl...

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