Working in tech, helping make AI safer and more privacy protectinghttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mtodinaxx226Testing out an experimental proximity audio chat web app: helloo.cloud It maps your nearest geographic neighbors into a 1D stereo soundstage in the browser—no login, registration, or stored location data. Recommend headphones or earbuds to experience the spatial audio! https://helloo.cloud22 Aug 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtodinaxx226https://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mq42n2ta3c2hInsofar as current AI technologies are processing human language as well as humans, does that mean they are thinking as well as humans? Not so, according to this paper which presents evidence that human reasoning is not tied to language https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.07.26.666979v108 Jul 2026 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq42n2ta3c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mpczhxc3622vWe now know that ancient Celtic culture in France, Britain & Ireland spread by cultural diffusion, not displacement of people It was bound by art and druids, not by shared DNA Which means that in modern Ireland, Irish people with roots elsewhere in the world can be as Celtic as anyone28 Jun 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpczhxc3622vhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mksdehf4hk2gHappy Beltane, to all who celebrate!01 May 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksdehf4hk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mg2bfv5bl22tThe US wants to pull the whole world down to its low level (often non-existent) protections of privacy and AI safety https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-orders-diplomats-fight-data-sovereignty-initiatives-2026-02-25/02 Mar 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2bfv5bl22thttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mg2ap4kwy22tHow increased transparency can protect from mass surveillance https://www.wltx.com/article/news/nation-world/everett-shuts-down-flock-cameras-judge-rules-footage-public-record/281-53d8693e-77a4-42ad-86e4-3426a30d25ae02 Mar 2026 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2ap4kwy22thttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mfzf7s2i4c2sKid nap Snooze time for the new baby goats nextdoor01 Mar 2026 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfzf7s2i4c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mfsyjbaxjk2nJTAG, wow. That's a blast from the past I worked for Rod Tulloss at AT&T Bell Labs back in 1990 when he was one of the people leading the adoption of the JTAG standard It's nice to hear that it's still useful [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 05:36 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfsyjbaxjk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3meuvewkaxk2dInteresting paper proposing how we can de-anthropomorphize discussions of probabilistic automation systems (not AI) by using terms like: errors (not mistakes) text input (not prompt) output (not answer) conversation simulator (not chatbot) weighted (not neural) networks reflects (not shows) bias [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Feb 2026 06:20 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3meuvewkaxk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3metudy3moc2oMy news feed contained this item It was about the behavior of an AI agent And the illustration is, I assume, AI generated And the news feed item was itself AI generated But the link to the story on Ars Technica is broken, yielding a 404 error So, AI all the way down yielding… Nothing14 Feb 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3metudy3moc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mdtndtdznc2qHappy Imbolc, the celebration of the day halfway between the winter solstice and the spring equinox It marks the beginning of Spring in Ireland The ancient Celts were a bit pedantic about their solar astronomy, and didn't take account of thermal inertia which actually delays seasons by a month02 Feb 2026 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtndtdznc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mdrng3pg5s2rWow, appreciating this thread requires understanding a very specific combination of very online pop culture and political references from both Korea and Ireland [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Feb 2026 05:54 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdrng3pg5s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mdp77cgees2nStarlink user data trains Grok AI by default If you use Starlink you might want to prevent that You can change the option under = > Profile > Privacy [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdp77cgees2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mdc5c56pbk2hIf you're interested in AI policy you might find my new AI Policy feed useful It's a filtered feed of BlueSky post relevant to AI policy and governance around fundamental rights, democratic institutions, and the rule of law Click through and add it to your list of feeds https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/feed/aaappfkyzeu2i [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2026 01:56 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdc5c56pbk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mbmslfrjv22hAmerican exceptionalism: pay twice as much for health care and still die 5 years sooner Life expectancy vs. health expenditure before, during, and after COVID for selected countries https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy-vs-health-expenditure?zoomToSelection=true&time=2019..latest&country=AUS~USA~NZL~GBR~CAN~IRL04 Jan 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbmslfrjv22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mbayi6uobk2yMeanwhile Ireland recognizes the key to sustainable long-term economic health is ENCOURAGING immigrants, and actually competing with other aging societies for them (From an influential advisory council that includes employers, unions, and community organizations) https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2025/12/29/ireland-must-encourage-larger-families-and-higher-migration-as-birth-rates-fall-report-warns/31 Dec 2025 04:07 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbayi6uobk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3mayunq7yuc2oIt's true that AI alignment is a double-edged sword, but not doesn't mean we should be "against" it Rather we need to make sure, as consumers of AI, and as citizens of democracies that are regulating AI, that alignment is to the benefit of the people using it https://ibrahimcesar.cloud/blog/grok-and-the-naked-king/27 Dec 2025 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mayunq7yuc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3martch6lc22iA quite astounding revelation from a surprisingly modern-looking infographic from 165 years ago It shows the fraction of people enslaved in each county in the 1860 census In some counties 9 in 10 people were human chattel The Mississippi River oozed a dark stain of human suffering25 Dec 2025 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3martch6lc22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3m7v72bobwc2yMy favorite weather app is Ventusky, both for local weather and to see global patterns And today I discovered this interesting map layer which shows what altitude is at freezing temperature Note the pattern in Europe where the maritime effect, including of the Gulf Stream, is very clear13 Dec 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7v72bobwc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3m7tngprw3k2cRisky Wreath13 Dec 2025 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7tngprw3k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3m7r4vgmnlc2dWe already have an example of unaligned AI causing great societal damage… The social feeds of the latest decade were driven by the previous generation of AI And we know the damage the feeds did The current generation of AI is many orders of magnitude more powerful (and also much less understood)12 Dec 2025 03:18 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7r4vgmnlc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3m77pw6yeps2o"U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members… - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as…content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others." https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-orders-enhanced-vetting-applicants-h-1b-visa-2025-12-04/05 Dec 2025 05:10 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m77pw6yeps2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3m56erh3rnc2uTo help protect your privacy against Stingray interception of your cellphone communication Turn off 2G 2G is an obsolete, non-encrypted mode that Stingrays exploits This is easy to do on Android (search for "2G" in Settings) It's inconvenient on iOS tho: the only way is to activate Lockdown Mode09 Nov 2025 05:28 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m56erh3rnc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3m4vywizzj22uWith a United Ireland vote possible, we should turn the page on our old symbols and create new symbols that everyone on the Island can rally around. Here’s a concept: St. Patrick's Blue + two gold stars representing the two main traditions united, with a nod to the EU flag. What do you think?05 Nov 2025 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4vywizzj22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/anbhealtaine.bsky.social/post/3m3bzhqmqv22uThis physics paper is simultaneously the most interesting and entertaining paper I've read in a while Part 3 made me literally laugh out loud [physics/0110060] Trialogue on the number of fundamental constants https://share.google/7T2CYIfA0KG0xZfJC16 Oct 2025 05:26 +0000at://did:plc:3ymx6k52ttdcfhm6ukb3vkdc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3bzhqmqv22u