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Doug Blank

@doug-blank.bsky.social

Professor emeritus, Bryn Mawr College, and Head of Research at Comet ML, an AI company. Husband, father, and colleague.

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We are not taking this Board of Peace seriously enough. I just did a deep dive in my God. Please stay with me on this one. It’s a little like how we reacted to space force before we knew it was perman... TikTok video by Marty Morales

Someone reshared this here. After I watched this, their post disappeared in the refresh, so I can't give credit to who initially shared it.

This is all sketchy as fuck.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xMmrjt/

24.02.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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β€˜Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record

This is absolutely insane. The sort of Kafka-esque nightmare you would find in a Philip K Dick book set far in the dystopian future. A window on America tumbling into autocracy.

www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

09.02.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3458    πŸ” 1768    πŸ’¬ 204    πŸ“Œ 196
Screenshot of the repository

Screenshot of the repository

Traces and evaluates LLM applications

02.02.2026 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We did not properly punish the confederates. We did not properly punish the insurrectionists on January 6th. We have to punish ICE.

They can’t be allowed to slink back into their communities quietly. Expose them. Arrest them. Convict them. Imprison them.

29.01.2026 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 21067    πŸ” 5473    πŸ’¬ 730    πŸ“Œ 327

This is the most thrilling podcast I’ve listened to in quite a while: we are in the threshold of something truly transformative (in a good way!)

14.01.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 991    πŸ” 200    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 4
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Trump: β€˜I should have’ seized ballots in 2020 election Read more here.

President Donald Trump said he β€œshould have” ordered the National Guard to seize ballot boxes during the 2020 election, raising fears he will actually do so in the upcoming midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

12.01.2026 15:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2504    πŸ” 1217    πŸ’¬ 247    πŸ“Œ 101

Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.

08.01.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 40080    πŸ” 4741    πŸ’¬ 1225    πŸ“Œ 348
An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

08.01.2026 17:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5153    πŸ” 1546    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 142
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Guaranteed to be the creepiest thing you see today.

04.01.2026 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 544    πŸ” 204    πŸ’¬ 89    πŸ“Œ 27
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How to Get Rid of "Citizens United" We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

How to Get Rid of β€œCitizens United”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

29.12.2025 03:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2446    πŸ” 1037    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 54
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

26.12.2025 21:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12049    πŸ” 3879    πŸ’¬ 591    πŸ“Œ 564
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I don't know. I was not expecting to find this ''hidden surprise''.

21.12.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Please God, let Trump be the face of the November election like Susie Wiles wants in this Twitter post: x.com/shadowofezra...

09.12.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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🚨NEW AD LAUNCH🚨

It’s my birthday, so we’re launching our final ad for the campaign called β€œShake Up.”

We’ve got 8 days to make history and to shake up Washington! Donate today to keep our ad on air through the election!

secure.actblue.com/donate/aftyn...

24.11.2025 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1171    πŸ” 523    πŸ’¬ 79    πŸ“Œ 102

I maybe be just a small-town political scientist but I reckon that the Trump administration's right hand has no fucking idea what its far-right hand is doing.

23.11.2025 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 599    πŸ” 119    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4

Maybe the National
Security Advisor can straighten this all out.

23.11.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Now that Trump is a fan of Mamdami and has said he believes he will do a good job as the mayor of New York City, I fully expect all of you losing your mind about socialism too, you know, change your mind?
Bruce Fanger's take is fascinating: www.facebook.com/share/1F69Mf...

22.11.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2
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Opik just surpassed 15,000 stars on GitHub⭐

Guess we're not stopping anytime soon.

πŸ’»https://github.com/comet-ml/opik

23.10.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Elissa Nadworny is the NPR reporter that spoke of the "rewards" of the contract:

05.10.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm ready.

05.10.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Woman claims Amazon delivery box came stuffed with hundreds of blank ballots A woman in Maine said she received hundreds of blank ballots for upcoming elections in her Amazon order this week.

"Stuffed" is an odd choice of words for a box of papers. It's almost as if...

Woman claims Amazon delivery box came stuffed with hundreds of blank ballots - ABC News share.google/NTVgelELfKrA...

04.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You're welcome! Although I'm retired from teaching, I've just returned from giving a couple of talks at colleges on Agentic AI, and it is clear that professors need some guidance on what and how to teach the new stuff. What modern readings might supplement the technology readings?

03.10.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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More people should be talking about this.

26.09.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7486    πŸ” 3416    πŸ’¬ 434    πŸ“Œ 398
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Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn’t want you to know her opponent’s name. That’s how desperate she is to keep her seat.

I’m Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, and farmer. I’m running against her. Share my name.

09.09.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 732    πŸ” 424    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 16
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From Princeton Professor of Politics and International Affairs, @jshapiro.bsky.social.

07.09.2025 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1993    πŸ” 573    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 16

https://github.com/comet-ml/opik

08.09.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Long term?

04.09.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve studied US drone strikes, I wrote a book called β€œDrones and Terrorism,” and this Caribbean strike is different.

Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.

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