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Monday March 30th, 2026

I've been keeping a page of songs we Dan Lyke / comment 0

I've been keeping a page of "songs we sang" for Janice Hardy's singing circle. She's talking about her own site, and is Wordpress actually the way to go? Seems like some static site app on her desktop would be a better idea, but it seems like a failure that we're down to heavyweight WP, or Wix...

Thieves steal 12 tons of Dan Lyke / comment 0

Thieves steal 12 tons of KitKats. Presumably that's single-digit numbers of actual cocoa pods worth of chocolate...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/n...at-shipment-heist-stolen-europe/

Mercante v Tarzia Dan Lyke / comment 0

alyssa mercante ‪@alyssamerc.bsky.social‬ has a thread in which she announces her law firm's settlement proposal in a suit against YouTuber "SmashJT" Jeff Tarzia.

The discussion of OpenAI/ChatGPT discovery materials is a look at someone pitifully deep into AI induced psychosis.

Cybercab Owners Dan Lyke / comment 0

Wow, this is super shady: Cybercab Owners dot com. For only $500 you can put down a deposit on access to some sort of charging infrastructure that might be available after Tesla actually releases the Cybercab?

As Kay Leadfoot @ FuelArc News ‪@kayleadfoot.bsky.social‬ noted:

Looks like a double-tap scam, they're charging Tesla fans $500 for vaporware to sit on top of their vaporware.

rotate your pronouns Dan Lyke / comment 0

Pavel A. Samsonov @PavelASamsonov@mastodon.social

Make sure to rotate your pronouns periodically, so that if your gender becomes compromised, attackers can only access it for a short period of time.

Trust but verify? Dan Lyke / comment 0

Martin Escardo @MartinEscardo@mathstodon.xyz

I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.

AI popularity vs JD Vance Dan Lyke / comment 0

Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies Study #260072 -- March 2026 NBC News Survey

Very

Positive
Somewhat

Positive
Neutral Somewhat

Negative
Very

Negative
Don't Know

/Not Sure
JD Vance March 2026271110841 3
AI, that is Artificial Intelligence March 202652127 24221

Trying to find the article that led to this, unsuccessfully.

CLTR finds a 5x increase in scheming-related AI incidents Dan Lyke / comment 0

On the one hand, I wanna link to The Guardian: Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says, on the other hand the report from the UK Centre for Long-Term Resilience seems like the sort of thing meant to freak out policy-makers rather than actually be useful.

The trend is striking. The number of credible scheming-related incidents increased 4.9x over the collection period, a statistically significant increase that far outpaced the 1.7x growth in overall online discussion of scheming, and the 1.3x growth in general negative discussion about AI. This surge coincided with the release of a wave of more capable, more agentic AI models and frameworks from major developers.

Like, uh, you wanna normalize that by anything? Additional use? The advent of more long- running systems like OpenClaw?

It's great to say "hey, these things are dangerous, and even technical users are tripping over their shoelaces when use of these ties them together", and I'm all for policy which engages more discussion about these things, but I also think the way the discussion is unfolding is exposing a lot about how policy is made by emotional reaction rather than any sort of real models.

Okay Dan Lyke / comment 0

Okay, one more goat picture

Sunday March 29th, 2026

Not sure if nuzzles Dan Lyke / comment 0

Not sure if nuzzles, or seeing if I'm edible.

one really wants to untie my shoes Dan Lyke / comment 0

This one really wants to untie my shoes.

Kids these days Dan Lyke / comment 0

Kids these days.

Some actors will forever be typecast Dan Lyke / comment 0

Some actors will forever be typecast.

At Redwood Hill Farm to hang out with Dan Lyke / comment 0

At Redwood Hill Farm to hang out with the goats, they have a great view of Mt St Helena.

Charlene and me with Janice Cader Dan Lyke / comment 0

Charlene and me with Janice Cader Thompson at the rally today.


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