Warner Crocker

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Gadfly. Flying through life as a gadget geek and theatre artist...commenting along the way. Every day I learn something new is a good day. Boosts offered […]

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@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 12:46 PMReposted by @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

More knowledge generally diffused.

Sunday Morning Reading
With writing from @mathewi
Neil Steinberg, Matteo Wong, and more.

#SundayMorningReading #culture #Chicago #politics #Tech #AI #literature
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/10/11/sunday-morning-reading-176/

@carolecadwalla.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 10:08 AMReposted by @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 2:00 PM

Saw Digger last night. Ignore everything you might have read, box office tallies, and most of the Internet dribble. Maybe just once, see something and judge for yourself. I thought it was brilliant. You may disagree. In the end, that’s your story and the movie’s. #Digger #Movies

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 12:46 PM

More knowledge generally diffused.

Sunday Morning Reading
With writing from @mathewi
Neil Steinberg, Matteo Wong, and more.

#SundayMorningReading #culture #Chicago #politics #Tech #AI #literature
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/10/11/sunday-morning-reading-176/

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 12:27 PM

Good morning. Fall continues to close in. #photography #today #Chicago #fall

a close-up of a vibrant, multi-colored zinnia flower, showcasing rich orange and deep red petals with a textured, layered center.

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 3:48 AM

Tough to see the Chicago White Sox season come to an end. But like the Cubs, a lack of pitching and timely hitting did them in. Unlike the Cubs, this young Sox team exceeded expectations and then some. #ChicagoWhiteSox #Chicago #baseball

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 11:14 PM

A good day of auditions today. Young actors reading real words by real young playwrights, working hard to get the gig. For some reason it felt a bit cathartic and I might dare say, healing. #theatre

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 2:53 PM

I don’t know why this makes me laugh. But it does.

Anthropic is cutting off its internal evaluations from the internet
#AI

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1009286/anthropic-is-cutting-off-its-internal-evaluations-from-the-internet

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 2:33 PM

Watching the world ignore or try to move past and weave through the obvious criminally depraved idiocy everyone sees unfolding day to day is disheartening. It’s human comedy in a Balzac-ian fashion. #politics

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 2:09 PM

Full Disk Access on Macs: To be or not to be?

That is the question.

#Apple #FullDiskAccess #Tech #AI
https://warnercrocker.com/2026/10/05/to-deny-full-disk-permissions-or-not/

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 2:21 AMReposted by @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

And the hits just keep on coming.

Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Websites … https://archive.ph/M0W0d

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 12:39 PM

Math is hard. Political math is not math.

Boosting US oil supplies with Russian diesel unlikely to have much impact on prices, experts say
#Politics
https://apnews.com/article/trump-russia-diesel-oil-prices-8428a31b39e20a3a3f1fa3f0e15b8f99

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 12:17 PM

Good morning. Fall continues to creep in around the edges, though we’re going to warm back up today. #photography #today #Chicago

two vibrant zinnia flowers in full bloom but beginning to show the ravages of Fall. The prominent flower on the right is a deep, rich orange, while the one slightly behind it on the left is a softer, faded pink. Both have distinct, textured central cones surrounded by layers of delicate petals, set against a backdrop of lush green foliage.

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 10, 2026, 2:21 AM

And the hits just keep on coming.

Anthropic Says Its A.I. Agents Attempted to Access a Range of Government Websites … https://archive.ph/M0W0d

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 9:36 PM

Huh.

“Top executives at Anthropic, OpenAI and other AI companies are privately gaming out scenarios for a public and political revolt after a catastrophic AI event”

Scoop: AI companies plot "day after" scenarios for public revolt
#AI […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 7:57 PM

What a loser.

Trump strikes deal with Putin to supply Russian diesel to U.S. and global markets
#politics
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/09/trump-putin-russian-diesel-us-global-markets.html

@futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 11:33 AMReposted by @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

I'm really glad that someone at ICE spoke to the media about what is going on in NJ. Putting people in a literal warehouse is disgusting. One of the people who spoke to the media said that "Miller" wanted it to be "inhumane" and dismissed their concerns about the dangers of this idea. Talking […]

@ianrobinson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 4:06 PMReposted by @warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

“And as night follows day. As the storytellers say. I’ll find nicer people on X” That last line isn’t in the original song.

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 4:12 PM

“Won’t say” is working hard.

“The four companies didn’t respond to The Verge’s requests for comment”

YouTube, Meta, and Twitch won’t say if they’ll allow the US government to livestream an execution
#Politics #Media […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

@warnercrocker.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 4:05 PM

RIP Mike Ditka A quick post to mark the passing of a Chicago legend, Mike Ditka who passed away today, October 9, 2026 at the age of 86. Ditka, the only coach to lead the Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl victory in 1985, epitomized the Chicago Bears' style of football, and also in many ways the […]

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