Hober Mallow

Hober Mallow

@hmallow.bsky.social

Former conman. Climber, skier, kinkster, inventor of the high-speed, detachable rope tow. Left-of-center skeptical grouch.

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Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

“Only Nixon could go to China” —Vulcan proverb

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social

As we reported in here, trump personally intervened to make his own national defense strategy document friendlier to China And now: bsky.app/profile/mich...

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar.com

Sen. John Kennedy on Trump's blatant reflecting pool lies: "The president says it was caused by vandals. I don't know if he really believes that or it's part of his political messaging or he's just thinking out loud ... he grows anxious when he has an unexpressed thought."

Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

Of course he did.

TPM@talkingpointsmemo.com

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.”

talkingpointsmemo.comKen Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.This article was originally published by ProPublica. Sign up to receive their biggest...
Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

Idk which is worse—this, or Bernie’s bill, or Anthropic’s possible IPO

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

President Trump said he is considering taking a government stake in leading artificial intelligence companies. Industry leaders will soon gather at the White House to discuss the idea, the president said.

washingtonpost.comTrump says he’s considering government stake in top AI companiesIndustry leaders will soon gather at the White House to discuss the idea, the president said. The comments come as SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI prepare to go public.

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Asawin Suebsaeng
@swin24.bsky.social

When it happens, unlike some of you, I genuinely won’t be celebrating the death of Giuliani in the same way I was not happy when Kissinger died. Because however remote the possibility, every day he’s not alive is a day where the chance of him seeing the inside of a prison cell reaches zero

Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

performative stupidity.

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill to block the construction of new data centers until lawmakers enact regulations on AI. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) is planning to introduce a similar House bill in the coming weeks. https://wapo.st/4swrPRz

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Peter Suber
@petersuber.bsky.social

"News Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It." www.techdirt.com/2026/02/13/n... @masnick.com is right: "In our rush to punish #AI companies, we’re destroying public goods that serve everyone." #Copyright #InternetArchive #Journalism #Publishers @archive.org

techdirt.comNews Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret ItLast fall, I wrote about how the fear of AI was leading us to wall off the open internet in ways that would hurt everyone. At the time, I was worried about how companies were conflating legitimate …
Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

Misleading: “But critics say the public price tag is too steep, with one progressive group labeling it “the biggest corporate bailout in New York City history.” NYC is not like most major cities; the property taxes are unusually high and new construction is expensive. apple.news/Aa_VbMQBvQOO...

apple.newsIconic Hudson Yards project tests Mamdani’s approach to development — POLITICOThe project by one of the city’s largest developers is tentatively backed by $2 billion in public financing, which some progressive have derided as corporate welfare.
Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

“But this is our history”, they said

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

Column: As Democrats prepare to mark the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021, riot with special hearings, some assume that the official memorial is still buried in a subterranean workshop.

wapo.stColumn | Lawmakers battle over how — and whether — Jan. 6 should be rememberedHouse Republicans continue to hide a plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, almost three years after a law passed requiring its display.

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Bill Kristol
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

An embarrassingly obvious point, but... This. Is. Illegal. If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed. In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...

cnn.comTrump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN BusinessPresident Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

I don't do hyperbole. Just unfollowed a guy for hyperventilating about ICE abuses. And I oppose ICE as much as anyone. Factual accuracy, please, or the people who matter will stop listening.

Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

Let them fight

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

As Laura Loomer, an influential loyalist to President Trump, fights with Tucker Carlson and other MAGA stalwarts, some White House officials have grown concerned about her outsize influence on.wsj.com/4mVsQzd

on.wsj.comLaura Loomer Is Turning Against MAGA StalwartsAs the influential loyalist to President Trump brawls with Tucker Carlson and others, some White House officials have grown concerned about her outsize influence.
Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

Something something modern graphic design is woke

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social

sorry to reopen this wound but the number of elite conservatives declaring a fatwa on Cracker Barrel for no reason, I want to see proof that they’ve even stepped inside one in the past six years. I, Midwest Swin, am now looking at a giant stuffie cow I bought for my son, at a Cracker Barrel

Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

Asking "Is AI real intelligence or not?" really misses the point badly. Rather ask whether AI has useful applications. * LLMs are the only halfway decent approach to machine translation; Google Translate can be pretty horrible. * Vector embeddings can be incredibly useful for search. And so on.

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Ryan Abercrombie
@ryan-abercrombie.bsky.social

Replying to @janecoaston.bsky.social

The JROTC teacher at my high school was a B-26 tail gunner. He told us his crew never expected to live through the war. On weekend liberty they'd blow their entire pay in London at the most expensive hotels, taking a taxi from one side of the street to the other and back, tipping 200% for meals.

Hober Mallow
@hmallow.bsky.social

"[T]he parade" feels like Trump-style phrasing to me, has it rubbed off on everyone? Oh well, this is one of those rare occasions that Rand is right.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Rand Paul: "I've never liked the idea of the parade. I grew up in the '70s and '80s, and the only parades I can remember are Soviet parades for the most part or North Korean parades. The parades I remember from our history were different...we never glorified weapons so much...then there is the cost"