Deanna Jacques

📌New paper: Coupled Viability Architecture for Human–AI Interfaces Illustrated here are parallel developments (some already deployed) and proposed research directions for continuing development of a system designed to respect human limits. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

Anyone? Anyone? A tariff bill... the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act which... Anyone? Raised or lowered? *Raised* tariffs in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government...

#BloomScrolling

Sounds hot

I want a fridge that asks "You sure about that?" when I open the door at 3am.

Oh damn. Poilievre is nose-to-nose with "unsure." That must be uncomfortable. nanos.co/liberals-mai...

What? Why that's just ol' Cheesy Vargus. Ain't nuthin' untoward about it.

Audiences do not want movies made "the hard way" and that framing is ridiculous. We want movies made by people who care about what they're making. I don't care how they do it. If it's good, and it was relatively easy to accomplish, it's just as valuable. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

🎵 Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo... 🎵

Jimothy is the hero we need, not the one we deserve. Like reverse Batman.

Hello, compute store? Do you do samples? Can I get like, one compute just to try it out? I'll order wholesale if it suits. How much is like a case of compute? Does it come in bottles or cans? What's your return policy? ... Hello?

Nobody likes the messy middle ground between general belief and lived experience. Especially when resolving it is hard, or even impossible. But ignoring it is precisely what paves the way for authoritarianism of one kind or another.

The problem I have with crime debates is that they tend to operate on the assumption that all laws are just, and that enforcement is fair. The latter is demonstrably false and the former is a huge can of worms all on its own. Things should start with what constitutes a "criminal"

A lot of questionable opinions and behaviours can be spun as ethical if you keep your categories broad enough. The devil is always in the details.

If you're a Canadian who's never spocked a fiver, I daresay you'll never taste a freedom quite as sweet. The new bills are probably dry-erase anyway. It's fine. Treat yourself.

It's true. Everything is orange outside my window right now. I feel like I'm in New Vegas www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ww_...

I wonder if The Left™ have figured out yet that this obsession with puritanical enforcement of identity politics is a big part of why the Overton window keeps moving to the right? Probably not, but I can hope.

Mid-summer is the best

"Why, I had nothing to do with that algae!" said Thomas. "I'm on rails, FFS! I'll give that old bucket of bolts a piece of my mind!" And with that, he sped off down the tracks, as fast as his wheels would carry him.

"I wish I'd read this contract before signing it" - Jambi

Employers: You should be grateful for the opportunity. Employers when UBI comes up: But who will do the mundane, repetitive, or really gross things I don't want to do?

"There absolutely is" - Deanna Jacques

Well...

slid into his DMs and broke the fourth wall, a nail, and my hip

You've bettered your last Ezra

When the court of public opinion lost its curatorial bottleneck, flawed as it was, the hottest take began to frame the debates and algorithms ensured it would be a self-reinforcing feedback loop of feelings in place of productive dialogue.

"Hey everyone! Britain here. Just wanted to check in and let you know all is well. Everything is totally normal here. Yep. Dandy, in fact. How are you?"

I was on the front porch once and I saw a floofy little feather float by like in the opening scene of Forrest Gump. Then another. Then I noticed a small cloud of them drifting along the street. It was all kinda pretty until I traced the source to a hawk perched in a tree shredding a fresh catch.

Mid-2026 Vibe Check results are in:

They™ have been very busy for a while now. Between eating the dogs, eating the cats, and doing something to create the algae, I hope They™ are taking the time for self-care. It's important. There's an election coming.

Well played, Mistral. Well played.

Le Chaton Fat might unironically turn out to be the greatest moment of 2026.

Merge two movies: Slingblade Runner

Identity politics were never substantial enough to build a whole worldview around, but people did it anyway and now we'll be pushing back against tribal supremacy for the next two decades. Cool. Cool cool cool.

Drop something black and white…

"But, facts and logic!" Said the man, finger held aloft. All the while his insides disintegrating from the staggering pressure of unprocessed feelings.

This is how I access Bluesky...