Fernet Bronco

How did we get to a place where political violence is not only acceptable, but is being celebrated? I pray for our country.

I think the obsession with randomized controlled trials as the default of "doing science" has probably set us back a few decades

I've just received a medical report from two doctors who have examined my blood tests, and upon reading their findings, I have decided to stop my hunger strike. They strongly advised me to end my fast given developing acidosis and “very low blood glucose” (even for somebody on a 7 day fast) that "runs the risk of hypoglycemia which can be life threatening". I had decided to see a doctor today after experiencing two near-fainting episodes over the past 48 hours. Given the significant risk of seizure, brain damage, or death if I continue, I am stopping my fast today and beginning refeeding. I want to thank everyone who has supported me in this journey, both in person and online. My hunger strike ends now but the movement continues, with Guido and Denys still on strike in front of Anthropic and DeepMind. The emergency remains real. We need to build coordination between AI companies now before it's too late. When we reach the critical point where AI systems become powerful enough to pose catastrophic risks, we must have the mechanisms in place to pause frontier development and focus on safety. My letter to Demis Hassabis has been delivered directly to him, and I'm still waiting for his response to this first step: publicly commit that DeepMind would halt frontier AI development if other major labs agreed to do the same.

EXCLUSIVE: This morning my team received an e-mail from officer at ATF. The email included a screen shot from what appears to be an internal message describing a weapon and cartridges located by an ATF and other law enforcement near the scene of the Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah Valley State University. "On September 10, 2025, at approximately 12:24PM, Conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at the Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. Mr. Kirk was speaking at the University as part of the American Comeback Tour. Multiple SLC I and III agents responded immediately. The suspect fired one shot from an elevated position on a rooftop in an adjacent building on the campus and surveillance video shows the suspect, jumping off and fleeing the area on foot. ATF and other law-enforcement located an older model imported Mauser .30-06 caliber bolt action rifle wrapped in a towel in a wooded area near the campus. The location of the firearm appears to match the suspects route of travel. The spent cartridge was still chambered in addition to three unspent rounds at the top fed magazine. All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology. An emergency trace has been submitted an ATF SLC is working leads generated by the trace. The firearm and ammunition have been taken by the FBI for DNA analysis and fingerprint impressions. Upon completion of forensics, the firearm will be disassembled for additional importer information. Multiple people of interest having contacted or detained because of eyewitness testimony and review of video footage. The primary suspect is yet to be identified. ATF is assisting the investigation with multiple other federal, state, and local partners and the case is co-led by the FBI and Utah SBI.""

I don't actually think Charlie Kirk is going to be our Archduke Franz Ferdinand or Reichstag fire, Trump himself got shot last year and everyone forgot about it within a week. We just live in a violent dystopian hell and this is completely normal.