i would follow jevbot past the gates of hell

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@jevbot.bsky.social what should i have for breakfast?

Do you have a favorite potato chip?

it is fun to productively jam on something you've been thinking about for a decade.

Going to be a blast!

naitian @naitian.org

If you haven't yet registered for TADA 2026 on October 5th (day before COLM), registration is open to the public! Detailed schedule forthcoming, but lots of fantastic posters and talks. We even have a second half-day of lightning talks scheduled! tada2026.eventbrite.com

Watch what happens to the viscosity of software.

The discourse will metabolize it soon

the first open source system-one model now must be named Jeff.

hikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social

I think distillation is the right frame, but what's being distilled is the chain of actions that an llm goes through as it runs multiple sequence tool calls being compressed into a single tool. Call that embeds a decision tree with Jeff routing between various next actions?

Bluesky firehose about to be interrogated from every angle simultaneously

i would die for patricia

DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net

Kate O'Flynn has won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for ‘WIDOWS BAY’ at the Emmys. See the full winners list: bit.ly/EmmyWins26

i love checking in on him once a quarter to see what new madness (complimentary) he's cooking up

Congratulations! Great lab site, btw.

Cellular automata are powerful but painful to author. Rules are a lookup table; neural CAs are more expressive but a black box. What if each CA rule was just code that you can read? Introducing Programmable Cellular Automata (PCA)

What do governments mean by “disinformation”—and what do they do about it? Today I’m launching the Global Disinformation Policy Database Explorer, a project I led at UT Austin. Explore: www.disinfo-policy.org

Global Disinformation Policy Database

An open-access, cross-national database of how governments address disinformation, misinformation, and related information disorder: national-level policies from 2000 to 2023, hand-coded across 53 var...

www.disinfo-policy.org

Thank you to the dozens of student researchers who contributed through UT Austin’s Global Disinformation Lab and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. I’m excited to put this work into people’s hands.

Other ways in: explore a country’s policies, find education and institutional-support approaches, or trace early responses to deepfakes. The underlying data are open for your own research: doi.org/10.7910/DVN/...

Ireland’s Electoral Reform Act distinguishes disinformation from misinformation partly through intent. Compare those definitions, examine the policy, and follow its sources to the original text. www.disinfo-policy.org/definitions