All The Things Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/all-the-things wherein Andrew Gibbs explores a hybrid blogging/podcasting modality for an assortment of topics © 2026 Andrew Gibbs e4d71fb2-d04f-5f4a-ad4b-c7c0a3a016c3 yes en Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:33:49 -0700 Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:34:12 -0700 https://blog.awgibbs.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/ozD5O1jm-k3JVEM7nWgeFhcBcn0fUlrBby7e8c1eC8g/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80OWFk/M2NkOWUyNGVmNTQ5/MzQxMTk2NWYyYzk2/NTk2MC5KUEc.jpg All The Things https://blog.awgibbs.com episodic Andrew Gibbs wherein Andrew Gibbs explores a hybrid blogging/podcasting modality for an assortment of topics wherein Andrew Gibbs explores a hybrid blogging/podcasting modality for an assortment of topics. Andrew Gibbs No No Claude Cashier 31 31 Claude Cashier full 8eafa39b-43ec-46bd-8419-ced3aad5f973 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b4805365 I'm not sure how to feel about all this. On the one hand, my talents have never been more valuable, as AI has amplified my talents without (yet) subsuming them, but on the other hand I feel like I may have forever lost the permission to engage in a certain form of craftsmanship.

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* Farewell To Punch Cards
* Waking Up To The Real Challenges Of AI
* The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking
* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment

]]> I'm not sure how to feel about all this. On the one hand, my talents have never been more valuable, as AI has amplified my talents without (yet) subsuming them, but on the other hand I feel like I may have forever lost the permission to engage in a certain form of craftsmanship.

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For additional reading and listening, please consider the following:

* Farewell To Punch Cards
* Waking Up To The Real Challenges Of AI
* The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking
* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment

]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:33:48 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 600 I'm not sure how to feel about all this. On the one hand, my talents have never been more valuable, as AI has amplified my talents without (yet) subsuming them, but on the other hand I feel like I may have forever lost the permission to engage in a certain form of craftsmanship.

To find a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content, go here.

To subscribe to the blog: https://blog.awgibbs.com/subscribe/

For additional reading and listening, please consider the following:

* Farewell To Punch Cards
* Waking Up To The Real Challenges Of AI
* The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking
* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment

]]> No The Long Road To Tragedy 30 30 The Long Road To Tragedy full e71ab6ad-aedc-4f27-99e6-3474499cb68b https://share.transistor.fm/s/3ee89d7d Ideally those charged with the safety, security, and efficacy of systems would proactively monitor and analyze leading indicators that hint of tragedy to come. Second best, then, is at least to have a framework, workforce, mandate, and will to diagnose the root cause of a tragedy once manifested, in the hopes of preventing not just similar ones but also understanding what other hazards lurk just below the surface.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/02/03/the-long-road-to-tragedy/

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For additional reading and listening, please consider the following:

* Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm Thirty Five
* From Signal Pete To Deep Fake Rubio
* The Data Engineer's Struggle In a Fragmented And Politicized World
* The Hamfisted Hegemon
* To Kill A Democracy
* Path Dependent Perils
* This Is Not Fine
* Beyond Boats
* Guns, Germs, and Steel... And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics
* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment
* Put Your Amygdala On Ice
* The Kill-And-Smear

]]> Ideally those charged with the safety, security, and efficacy of systems would proactively monitor and analyze leading indicators that hint of tragedy to come. Second best, then, is at least to have a framework, workforce, mandate, and will to diagnose the root cause of a tragedy once manifested, in the hopes of preventing not just similar ones but also understanding what other hazards lurk just below the surface.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/02/03/the-long-road-to-tragedy/

To subscribe to the blog: https://blog.awgibbs.com/subscribe/

For additional reading and listening, please consider the following:

* Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm Thirty Five
* From Signal Pete To Deep Fake Rubio
* The Data Engineer's Struggle In a Fragmented And Politicized World
* The Hamfisted Hegemon
* To Kill A Democracy
* Path Dependent Perils
* This Is Not Fine
* Beyond Boats
* Guns, Germs, and Steel... And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics
* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment
* Put Your Amygdala On Ice
* The Kill-And-Smear

]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 02:38:21 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 2866 Ideally those charged with the safety, security, and efficacy of systems would proactively monitor and analyze leading indicators that hint of tragedy to come. Second best, then, is at least to have a framework, workforce, mandate, and will to diagnose the root cause of a tragedy once manifested, in the hopes of preventing not just similar ones but also understanding what other hazards lurk just below the surface.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/02/03/the-long-road-to-tragedy/

To subscribe to the blog: https://blog.awgibbs.com/subscribe/

For additional reading and listening, please consider the following:

* Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm Thirty Five
* From Signal Pete To Deep Fake Rubio
* The Data Engineer's Struggle In a Fragmented And Politicized World
* The Hamfisted Hegemon
* To Kill A Democracy
* Path Dependent Perils
* This Is Not Fine
* Beyond Boats
* Guns, Germs, and Steel... And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics
* Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment
* Put Your Amygdala On Ice
* The Kill-And-Smear

]]> No The Kill-And-Smear 29 29 The Kill-And-Smear full dd39952d-ad57-465d-bd84-66e498bdd1bf https://share.transistor.fm/s/22e3ad94 The playbook takes shape.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/24/the-kill-and-smear/

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]]> The playbook takes shape.

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]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:05:31 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 191 The playbook takes shape.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/24/the-kill-and-smear/

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]]> No Put Your Amygdala On Ice 28 28 Put Your Amygdala On Ice full ff61df0b-84cf-4141-85e8-e789108d991f https://share.transistor.fm/s/6328acff I tried to beam some positive energy into the world on Wednesday with a video of Little Kitty reveling in a fresh feather attached to the wand. Having posted a clip to social media, I then headed out for an afternoon's skiing, but when I later pulled up Facebook in the lodge I was, alas, greeted not by happy reactions to feline frivolity but rather a clip from CNN of ICE fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good. This perspective seemed fairly damning in certain regards, to a degree I found myself tempted to react immediately, but instead I put my amygdala in jail to cool down, resolving to allow more of the story to clarify before sharing a take.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/09/put-your-amygdala-on-ice/

]]> I tried to beam some positive energy into the world on Wednesday with a video of Little Kitty reveling in a fresh feather attached to the wand. Having posted a clip to social media, I then headed out for an afternoon's skiing, but when I later pulled up Facebook in the lodge I was, alas, greeted not by happy reactions to feline frivolity but rather a clip from CNN of ICE fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good. This perspective seemed fairly damning in certain regards, to a degree I found myself tempted to react immediately, but instead I put my amygdala in jail to cool down, resolving to allow more of the story to clarify before sharing a take.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/09/put-your-amygdala-on-ice/

]]> Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:55:54 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 1318 I tried to beam some positive energy into the world on Wednesday with a video of Little Kitty reveling in a fresh feather attached to the wand. Having posted a clip to social media, I then headed out for an afternoon's skiing, but when I later pulled up Facebook in the lodge I was, alas, greeted not by happy reactions to feline frivolity but rather a clip from CNN of ICE fatally shooting Renee Nicole Good. This perspective seemed fairly damning in certain regards, to a degree I found myself tempted to react immediately, but instead I put my amygdala in jail to cool down, resolving to allow more of the story to clarify before sharing a take.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/09/put-your-amygdala-on-ice/

]]> No Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment 27 27 Agency, Accountability, Architecture, Autarky, Alignment full d5d1a18c-3036-41ee-b1b0-3edbd294ab89 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3a84e9b3 Three Years Of LLMs: The Run-Up, Realities, Risks, and Road Ahead

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/06/agency-accountability-architecture-autarky-alignment/

]]> Three Years Of LLMs: The Run-Up, Realities, Risks, and Road Ahead

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/06/agency-accountability-architecture-autarky-alignment/

]]> Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:03:43 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 5179 Three Years Of LLMs: The Run-Up, Realities, Risks, and Road Ahead

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2026/01/06/agency-accountability-architecture-autarky-alignment/

]]> No Guns, Germs, and Steel… And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics 26 26 Guns, Germs, and Steel… And A Few Other Uncomfortable Topics full d38c0bb6-7a7d-4bda-82a5-2dbfdc0242d3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e484a5fd So many genies are long out of the bottle and just can't go back. Three and a half billion years into an unceasing arms race on this ball of rock, that is just the inescapable nature of things. Authoritarian regimes episodically make a run at controlling these genies but ultimately fail because the controls prove too horrifying, the temptations toward abuse too great, and the complexity ultimately unmanageable. We would do well instead to take a cue from the domains of security engineering and distributed systems, accept an imperfect universe, and strive to have fault-tolerant systems where the design leverages compensating controls and operators regularly perform root cause analysis on failures. There are more choices available to us than authoritarianism and anarchy.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/21/guns-germs-and-steel-and-a-few-other-uncomfortable-topics/

]]> So many genies are long out of the bottle and just can't go back. Three and a half billion years into an unceasing arms race on this ball of rock, that is just the inescapable nature of things. Authoritarian regimes episodically make a run at controlling these genies but ultimately fail because the controls prove too horrifying, the temptations toward abuse too great, and the complexity ultimately unmanageable. We would do well instead to take a cue from the domains of security engineering and distributed systems, accept an imperfect universe, and strive to have fault-tolerant systems where the design leverages compensating controls and operators regularly perform root cause analysis on failures. There are more choices available to us than authoritarianism and anarchy.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/21/guns-germs-and-steel-and-a-few-other-uncomfortable-topics/

]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:40:07 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 1585 So many genies are long out of the bottle and just can't go back. Three and a half billion years into an unceasing arms race on this ball of rock, that is just the inescapable nature of things. Authoritarian regimes episodically make a run at controlling these genies but ultimately fail because the controls prove too horrifying, the temptations toward abuse too great, and the complexity ultimately unmanageable. We would do well instead to take a cue from the domains of security engineering and distributed systems, accept an imperfect universe, and strive to have fault-tolerant systems where the design leverages compensating controls and operators regularly perform root cause analysis on failures. There are more choices available to us than authoritarianism and anarchy.

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/21/guns-germs-and-steel-and-a-few-other-uncomfortable-topics/

]]> No The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking 25 25 The Perils Of Outsourced Thinking full 9ceaf0f6-faad-481c-9f5c-479222b7d677 https://share.transistor.fm/s/f8f8afb1 As the world grows ever more complex and the leverage of various products and services to help us navigate this complexity becomes ever more compelling, the temptation to outsource our thinking becomes enormous… but all it takes to realize the risks of such dependency is to accidentally close Google Maps on your phone when beyond the reach of cell towers. I gather most people have experienced this particular horror at least once yet most of us still likely behave in a way that presumes being saturated in high-bandwidth/low-latency reality with access to our favorite magic most of the time. Occasionally crazy stuff happens when S3, GitHub, CloudFlare, or CrowdStrike takes a dump but then a day later we're all back to worshipping at the alter of efficiency no matter how much tail risk imperils our way of being. Nuclear weapons, anybody?

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/18/the-perils-of-outsourced-thinking/

]]> As the world grows ever more complex and the leverage of various products and services to help us navigate this complexity becomes ever more compelling, the temptation to outsource our thinking becomes enormous… but all it takes to realize the risks of such dependency is to accidentally close Google Maps on your phone when beyond the reach of cell towers. I gather most people have experienced this particular horror at least once yet most of us still likely behave in a way that presumes being saturated in high-bandwidth/low-latency reality with access to our favorite magic most of the time. Occasionally crazy stuff happens when S3, GitHub, CloudFlare, or CrowdStrike takes a dump but then a day later we're all back to worshipping at the alter of efficiency no matter how much tail risk imperils our way of being. Nuclear weapons, anybody?

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/18/the-perils-of-outsourced-thinking/

]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:03:04 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 841 As the world grows ever more complex and the leverage of various products and services to help us navigate this complexity becomes ever more compelling, the temptation to outsource our thinking becomes enormous… but all it takes to realize the risks of such dependency is to accidentally close Google Maps on your phone when beyond the reach of cell towers. I gather most people have experienced this particular horror at least once yet most of us still likely behave in a way that presumes being saturated in high-bandwidth/low-latency reality with access to our favorite magic most of the time. Occasionally crazy stuff happens when S3, GitHub, CloudFlare, or CrowdStrike takes a dump but then a day later we're all back to worshipping at the alter of efficiency no matter how much tail risk imperils our way of being. Nuclear weapons, anybody?

For a full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/18/the-perils-of-outsourced-thinking/

]]> No Beyond Boats 24 24 Beyond Boats full ca8445e4-ebd2-4e35-9fc1-9a6ef227ade6 https://share.transistor.fm/s/38ee4759 Watching the rising clamor around the Venezuelan boat debacle, I feel reflexively tempted to perform the "Orange Man Bad" ritual, because the situation strikes me as legitimately bad both in principle and precedent, to say nothing of the capriciousness and hypocrisy, but I don't imagine we will have a useful conversation that transcends present tribalism without zooming out to an historical arc that long predates either Trump presidency.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/07/beyond-boats/

]]> Watching the rising clamor around the Venezuelan boat debacle, I feel reflexively tempted to perform the "Orange Man Bad" ritual, because the situation strikes me as legitimately bad both in principle and precedent, to say nothing of the capriciousness and hypocrisy, but I don't imagine we will have a useful conversation that transcends present tribalism without zooming out to an historical arc that long predates either Trump presidency.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/07/beyond-boats/

]]> Sat, 06 Dec 2025 23:38:00 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 1519 Watching the rising clamor around the Venezuelan boat debacle, I feel reflexively tempted to perform the "Orange Man Bad" ritual, because the situation strikes me as legitimately bad both in principle and precedent, to say nothing of the capriciousness and hypocrisy, but I don't imagine we will have a useful conversation that transcends present tribalism without zooming out to an historical arc that long predates either Trump presidency.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/12/07/beyond-boats/

]]> No Reaping The Whirlwind, or... What's In Your Loot Box? 23 23 Reaping The Whirlwind, or... What's In Your Loot Box? full 4b44528d-0789-4551-a31e-205332a844f0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fae4bd04 Rule number one when getting kidnapped is really quite simple — never get in the car.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/11/14/reaping-the-whirlwind-or-whats-in-your-loot-box/

]]> Rule number one when getting kidnapped is really quite simple — never get in the car.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/11/14/reaping-the-whirlwind-or-whats-in-your-loot-box/

]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:29:48 -0700 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 685 Rule number one when getting kidnapped is really quite simple — never get in the car.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/11/14/reaping-the-whirlwind-or-whats-in-your-loot-box/

]]> No Our Increasingly Fragile World, or... Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People 22 22 Our Increasingly Fragile World, or... Death Bed: The Bed That Eats People full b1ff374f-3efa-46b2-8e6f-8dab454a0d7c https://share.transistor.fm/s/5a36df27 Imagine a world where a distant actor can't so readily turn your house upside down.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/10/22/our-increasingly-fragile-world-or-death-bed-the-bed-that-eats-people/

]]> Imagine a world where a distant actor can't so readily turn your house upside down.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/10/22/our-increasingly-fragile-world-or-death-bed-the-bed-that-eats-people/

]]> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 14:47:19 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 283 Imagine a world where a distant actor can't so readily turn your house upside down.

Full multi-media version of this episode with interesting links and related content: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/10/22/our-increasingly-fragile-world-or-death-bed-the-bed-that-eats-people/

]]> No This Is Not Fine 21 21 This Is Not Fine full 04866761-eee2-4c3d-8fc2-5366f321edde https://share.transistor.fm/s/4d7b6adf Twenty years ago, at the outset of over a decade’s service at the department recently re-branded from “Defense” to “War”, I swore an oath to the Constitution of a country that day-by-day I find increasingly difficult to recognize.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/10/19/this-is-not-fine/

To Kill A Democracy: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/11/to-kill-a-democracy/

Confronting A Crisis Of Credibility: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/03/the-data-engineers-struggle-in-a-fragmented-and-politicized-world-or-confronting-a-crisis-of-credibility/

]]> Twenty years ago, at the outset of over a decade’s service at the department recently re-branded from “Defense” to “War”, I swore an oath to the Constitution of a country that day-by-day I find increasingly difficult to recognize.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/10/19/this-is-not-fine/

To Kill A Democracy: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/11/to-kill-a-democracy/

Confronting A Crisis Of Credibility: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/03/the-data-engineers-struggle-in-a-fragmented-and-politicized-world-or-confronting-a-crisis-of-credibility/

]]> Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:11:19 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 220 Twenty years ago, at the outset of over a decade’s service at the department recently re-branded from “Defense” to “War”, I swore an oath to the Constitution of a country that day-by-day I find increasingly difficult to recognize.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/10/19/this-is-not-fine/

To Kill A Democracy: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/11/to-kill-a-democracy/

Confronting A Crisis Of Credibility: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/03/the-data-engineers-struggle-in-a-fragmented-and-politicized-world-or-confronting-a-crisis-of-credibility/

]]> No Path Dependent Perils 20 20 Path Dependent Perils full f1e52ab8-a3bb-422b-822c-b43d88b3c182 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cb2e75ba We don't speak enough about path dependency.  The order in which you learn things can, sometimes literally, make or break you.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/27/path-dependent-perils/

]]> We don't speak enough about path dependency.  The order in which you learn things can, sometimes literally, make or break you.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/27/path-dependent-perils/

]]> Sat, 27 Sep 2025 11:46:08 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 1891 We don't speak enough about path dependency.  The order in which you learn things can, sometimes literally, make or break you.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/27/path-dependent-perils/

]]> No To Kill A Democracy 19 19 To Kill A Democracy full 488c84d8-fc07-459c-b0ba-ac33d688101f https://share.transistor.fm/s/79d71729 At times when we most need open, vigorous, and respectful debate, so, too, does the temptation to demonize and quash dissent prove greatest.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/11/to-kill-a-democracy/

Gavin Newsom interview of Charlie Kirk: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-gavin-newsom/id1798358255?i=1000698060445

Rümeysa Öztürk Op-Ed: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

Rümeysa Öztürk's story in her words: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/07/op-ed-even-god-cannot-hear-us-here-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison

Video of Rümeysa Öztürk taken into ICE custody: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oRiQz7mOY6A?feature=share

Elon being Elon: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1965859343351558352?s=46

Trump speaks on Kirk's assassination: https://youtu.be/ei-RJQsaRjc

Congressional Baseball Shooting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting

Minnesota state legislator shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators

DJT mockery of Paul Pelosi assault: https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-jr-mocks-paul-114116350.html

Overton Window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

]]> At times when we most need open, vigorous, and respectful debate, so, too, does the temptation to demonize and quash dissent prove greatest.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/11/to-kill-a-democracy/

Gavin Newsom interview of Charlie Kirk: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-gavin-newsom/id1798358255?i=1000698060445

Rümeysa Öztürk Op-Ed: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

Rümeysa Öztürk's story in her words: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/07/op-ed-even-god-cannot-hear-us-here-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison

Video of Rümeysa Öztürk taken into ICE custody: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oRiQz7mOY6A?feature=share

Elon being Elon: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1965859343351558352?s=46

Trump speaks on Kirk's assassination: https://youtu.be/ei-RJQsaRjc

Congressional Baseball Shooting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting

Minnesota state legislator shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators

DJT mockery of Paul Pelosi assault: https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-jr-mocks-paul-114116350.html

Overton Window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:45:20 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 532 At times when we most need open, vigorous, and respectful debate, so, too, does the temptation to demonize and quash dissent prove greatest.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/11/to-kill-a-democracy/

Gavin Newsom interview of Charlie Kirk: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-is-gavin-newsom/id1798358255?i=1000698060445

Rümeysa Öztürk Op-Ed: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/03/4ftk27sm6jkj

Rümeysa Öztürk's story in her words: https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/07/op-ed-even-god-cannot-hear-us-here-what-i-witnessed-inside-an-ice-womens-prison

Video of Rümeysa Öztürk taken into ICE custody: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/oRiQz7mOY6A?feature=share

Elon being Elon: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1965859343351558352?s=46

Trump speaks on Kirk's assassination: https://youtu.be/ei-RJQsaRjc

Congressional Baseball Shooting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_baseball_shooting

Minnesota state legislator shootings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators

DJT mockery of Paul Pelosi assault: https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-jr-mocks-paul-114116350.html

Overton Window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window

]]> No Process — The Last Refuge Of A Scoundrel 18 18 Process — The Last Refuge Of A Scoundrel full db97e551-c948-4472-a9e6-6fb70795506f https://share.transistor.fm/s/65b3df7d When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/05/process-the-last-refuge-of-a-scoundrel/

Goodhart's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

Brian Armstrong's Twitter Post: https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1963315806248604035?s=46

On The Cruelty Of Really Teaching Computer Science: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html

Cargo Cults: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

Cargo Cult Science: https://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravenben/cargocult.html

Skinner's Pigeons: https://youtu.be/TtfQlkGwE2U?si=ismGAnKaWc7bmEj5

Taskmaster: https://youtube.com/shorts/ev7Kk8Ex2y4?si=cQsJfCneZBLa7o4S

Pragmatic Programmer: https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/

Samuel Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Samuel_Johnson

Three Letters Parable: https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/

The Psychology Of Human Misjudgment: https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-human-misjudgment/

]]> When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/05/process-the-last-refuge-of-a-scoundrel/

Goodhart's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

Brian Armstrong's Twitter Post: https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1963315806248604035?s=46

On The Cruelty Of Really Teaching Computer Science: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html

Cargo Cults: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

Cargo Cult Science: https://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravenben/cargocult.html

Skinner's Pigeons: https://youtu.be/TtfQlkGwE2U?si=ismGAnKaWc7bmEj5

Taskmaster: https://youtube.com/shorts/ev7Kk8Ex2y4?si=cQsJfCneZBLa7o4S

Pragmatic Programmer: https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/

Samuel Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Samuel_Johnson

Three Letters Parable: https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/

The Psychology Of Human Misjudgment: https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-human-misjudgment/

]]> Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:27:16 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 298 When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/05/process-the-last-refuge-of-a-scoundrel/

Goodhart's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

Brian Armstrong's Twitter Post: https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/1963315806248604035?s=46

On The Cruelty Of Really Teaching Computer Science: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcriptions/EWD10xx/EWD1036.html

Cargo Cults: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult

Cargo Cult Science: https://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~ravenben/cargocult.html

Skinner's Pigeons: https://youtu.be/TtfQlkGwE2U?si=ismGAnKaWc7bmEj5

Taskmaster: https://youtube.com/shorts/ev7Kk8Ex2y4?si=cQsJfCneZBLa7o4S

Pragmatic Programmer: https://pragprog.com/titles/tpp20/the-pragmatic-programmer-20th-anniversary-edition/

Samuel Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Samuel_Johnson

Three Letters Parable: https://kevinkruse.com/the-ceo-and-the-three-envelopes/

The Psychology Of Human Misjudgment: https://fs.blog/great-talks/psychology-human-misjudgment/

]]> No Combating Complacency 17 17 Combating Complacency full 1b784f6d-3ad8-4d2a-9aa0-39396729587f https://share.transistor.fm/s/ebaac234 When Good Enough Isn't Enough

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/02/combating-complacency-when-good-enough-isnt-enough/

Protecting Oneself From Oneself: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2023/12/04/protecting-oneself-from-oneself/

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Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/02/combating-complacency-when-good-enough-isnt-enough/

Protecting Oneself From Oneself: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2023/12/04/protecting-oneself-from-oneself/

]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:08:09 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 258 When Good Enough Isn't Enough

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/09/02/combating-complacency-when-good-enough-isnt-enough/

Protecting Oneself From Oneself: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2023/12/04/protecting-oneself-from-oneself/

]]> No Another Govie Bites The Dust 16 16 Another Govie Bites The Dust full ee1c48db-b68d-4884-a938-4551b1def474 https://share.transistor.fm/s/09e7a480 The hits keep coming.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/30/another-govie-bites-the-dust/

Borges' Resignation Letter: https://whistleblower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/bpRYEnf-Imgur.jpg

Borges' Whistleblower Disclosure: https://whistleblower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/08-26-2025-Borges-Disclosure-Sanitized.pdf

Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty Five): https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

From Signal Pete To Deep Fake Rubio: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/13/from-signal-pete-to-deepfake-rubio-the-struggle-to-bootstrap-and-protect-trust/

The Hamfisted Hegemon: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/08/the-hamfisted-hegemon-or-how-to-irreversibly-squander-a-centurys-hard-won-privileges-for-fun-and-profit/

Chesterton's Fence: https://youtu.be/qPGbl2gxGqI?si=A9ZlF1HOYcoJ0nZq

BLS Chief Termination: https://on.ft.com/4odo0PD

DIA Chief Termination: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html

]]> The hits keep coming.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/30/another-govie-bites-the-dust/

Borges' Resignation Letter: https://whistleblower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/bpRYEnf-Imgur.jpg

Borges' Whistleblower Disclosure: https://whistleblower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/08-26-2025-Borges-Disclosure-Sanitized.pdf

Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty Five): https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

From Signal Pete To Deep Fake Rubio: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/13/from-signal-pete-to-deepfake-rubio-the-struggle-to-bootstrap-and-protect-trust/

The Hamfisted Hegemon: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/08/the-hamfisted-hegemon-or-how-to-irreversibly-squander-a-centurys-hard-won-privileges-for-fun-and-profit/

Chesterton's Fence: https://youtu.be/qPGbl2gxGqI?si=A9ZlF1HOYcoJ0nZq

BLS Chief Termination: https://on.ft.com/4odo0PD

DIA Chief Termination: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html

]]> Sat, 30 Aug 2025 15:44:06 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 162 The hits keep coming.

Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/30/another-govie-bites-the-dust/

Borges' Resignation Letter: https://whistleblower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/bpRYEnf-Imgur.jpg

Borges' Whistleblower Disclosure: https://whistleblower.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/08-26-2025-Borges-Disclosure-Sanitized.pdf

Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty Five): https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

From Signal Pete To Deep Fake Rubio: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/13/from-signal-pete-to-deepfake-rubio-the-struggle-to-bootstrap-and-protect-trust/

The Hamfisted Hegemon: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/08/the-hamfisted-hegemon-or-how-to-irreversibly-squander-a-centurys-hard-won-privileges-for-fun-and-profit/

Chesterton's Fence: https://youtu.be/qPGbl2gxGqI?si=A9ZlF1HOYcoJ0nZq

BLS Chief Termination: https://on.ft.com/4odo0PD

DIA Chief Termination: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/politics/defense-intelligence-agency-chief-fired.html

]]> No Go To The F***ing Gym 15 15 Go To The F***ing Gym full 9c180346-2eb1-4d89-8c5a-dd187307a46a https://share.transistor.fm/s/3ecf9fc6 Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/27/go-to-the-fucking-gym/

Referenced MIT research: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872

Join a conversation here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew-w-gibbs_ai-is-making-you-stupid-mit-just-proved-activity-7366570795713642496-2BUO?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAAO6Z-sBv-BbROckFtoNE5NBuUYfUXrJ4X8

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Referenced MIT research: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872

Join a conversation here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew-w-gibbs_ai-is-making-you-stupid-mit-just-proved-activity-7366570795713642496-2BUO?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAAO6Z-sBv-BbROckFtoNE5NBuUYfUXrJ4X8

]]> Wed, 27 Aug 2025 14:21:44 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 218 Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/27/go-to-the-fucking-gym/

Referenced MIT research: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872

Join a conversation here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew-w-gibbs_ai-is-making-you-stupid-mit-just-proved-activity-7366570795713642496-2BUO?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAAO6Z-sBv-BbROckFtoNE5NBuUYfUXrJ4X8

]]> Yes Lies, Damned Lies, And LLM Statistics 14 14 Lies, Damned Lies, And LLM Statistics full 99dabeba-88df-4c96-8207-2dd4881d9a9c https://share.transistor.fm/s/d18a1b5c Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/23/lies-damned-lies-and-llm-statistics/

From Chunky To Smooth: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/17/from-chunky-to-smooth-or-long-is-the-way-and-hard-that-out-of-hell-leads-up-to-light/

Farewell To Punch Cards: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/06/05/farewell-to-punch-cards/

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From Chunky To Smooth: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/17/from-chunky-to-smooth-or-long-is-the-way-and-hard-that-out-of-hell-leads-up-to-light/

Farewell To Punch Cards: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/06/05/farewell-to-punch-cards/

]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2025 19:12:32 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 180 Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/23/lies-damned-lies-and-llm-statistics/

From Chunky To Smooth: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/17/from-chunky-to-smooth-or-long-is-the-way-and-hard-that-out-of-hell-leads-up-to-light/

Farewell To Punch Cards: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/06/05/farewell-to-punch-cards/

]]> No How To Lose Friends And Influence People 13 13 How To Lose Friends And Influence People full 0fbb116d-e9a5-460d-a006-8114f9393f47 https://share.transistor.fm/s/05598b97 Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/22/how-to-lose-friends-and-influence-people/

Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty) Five: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

Learning To Talk With Each Other Again: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2024/11/07/learning-to-talk-with-each-other-again/

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Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty) Five: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

Learning To Talk With Each Other Again: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2024/11/07/learning-to-talk-with-each-other-again/

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2025 14:18:28 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 222 Full multi-media version of this episode: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/22/how-to-lose-friends-and-influence-people/

Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty) Five: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

Learning To Talk With Each Other Again: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2024/11/07/learning-to-talk-with-each-other-again/

]]> No Oops -- ICE did it again 12 12 Oops -- ICE did it again full d2323536-4ce8-4e9d-b4ed-14de2ab5fb29 https://share.transistor.fm/s/44bebd22 Full multi-media version: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/19/oops-ice-did-it-again/

Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty) Five: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

From Signal Pete To Deepfake Rubio: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/13/from-signal-pete-to-deepfake-rubio-the-struggle-to-bootstrap-and-protect-trust/

404 Media Story: https://www.404media.co/ice-adds-random-person-to-group-chat-exposes-details-of-manhunt-in-real-time/

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Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty) Five: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

From Signal Pete To Deepfake Rubio: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/13/from-signal-pete-to-deepfake-rubio-the-struggle-to-bootstrap-and-protect-trust/

404 Media Story: https://www.404media.co/ice-adds-random-person-to-group-chat-exposes-details-of-manhunt-in-real-time/

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 13:29:23 -0600 Andrew Gibbs Andrew Gibbs 115 Full multi-media version: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/19/oops-ice-did-it-again/

Explain The Deep State To Me Like I'm (Thirty) Five: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/01/25/explain-the-deep-state-to-me-like-im-thirty-five/

From Signal Pete To Deepfake Rubio: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/13/from-signal-pete-to-deepfake-rubio-the-struggle-to-bootstrap-and-protect-trust/

404 Media Story: https://www.404media.co/ice-adds-random-person-to-group-chat-exposes-details-of-manhunt-in-real-time/

]]> No From Chunky To Smooth, or... Long is the way, and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light. 11 11 From Chunky To Smooth, or... Long is the way, and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light. full 978b18e1-03a9-4e6f-8d37-6b0f61e3ab27 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b535cb17 Full multi-media version: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/17/from-chunky-to-smooth-or-long-is-the-way-and-hard-that-out-of-hell-leads-up-to-light/

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]]> No The Hamfisted Hegemon, or... How To Irreversibly Squander A Century's Hard-Won Privileges For Fun And Profit 10 10 The Hamfisted Hegemon, or... How To Irreversibly Squander A Century's Hard-Won Privileges For Fun And Profit full 56b6dd20-83a9-4f89-bef3-8954bb33f606 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c8a2b6a9 Full multi-media version: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/08/the-hamfisted-hegemon-or-how-to-irreversibly-squander-a-centurys-hard-won-privileges-for-fun-and-profit/

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]]> No The Data Engineer's Struggle In a Fragmented And Politicized World, or... Confronting A Crisis Of Credibility 9 9 The Data Engineer's Struggle In a Fragmented And Politicized World, or... Confronting A Crisis Of Credibility full 059f3b56-130a-455a-82fc-d2b5115be63b https://share.transistor.fm/s/5ea09088 Full multi-media version: https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/08/03/the-data-engineers-struggle-in-a-fragmented-and-politicized-world-or-confronting-a-crisis-of-credibility/

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]]> No Why Security And Scalability Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin, or... How To Win Friends And Starve Invading Armies 8 8 Why Security And Scalability Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin, or... How To Win Friends And Starve Invading Armies full 443c3516-0538-415a-8083-09b2bd8fe2fe https://share.transistor.fm/s/848f80da Full multimedia version -- https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/27/why-security-and-scalability-are-two-sides-of-the-same-coin-or-how-to-win-friends-and-starve-invading-armies/

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]]> No Waking Up To The Real Challenges Of AI, or... How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love A Big Mess 7 7 Waking Up To The Real Challenges Of AI, or... How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love A Big Mess full a16ddcff-9de5-49ae-bada-362becf76096 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5dcd35fd Full multimedia version -- https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/19/waking-up-to-the-real-challenges-of-ai-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-a-big-mess/

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]]> Yes From Signal Pete To Deepfake Rubio: The Struggle To Bootstrap And Protect Trust 6 6 From Signal Pete To Deepfake Rubio: The Struggle To Bootstrap And Protect Trust full 3eaf2bc6-f804-4978-b29a-5a500bb8c060 https://share.transistor.fm/s/e3867c0d Full multimedia version -- https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/13/from-signal-pete-to-deepfake-rubio-the-struggle-to-bootstrap-and-protect-trust/

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]]> No Zombie Perimeter Defense Is UNDEAD 5 5 Zombie Perimeter Defense Is UNDEAD full 3e087be3-54bf-4943-9225-e585b83572b4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/9fe6d8dd Full multimedia version -- https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/07/10/zombie-perimeter-defense-is-undead/

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]]> No Farewell To Punch Cards 4 4 Farewell To Punch Cards full 6da1265e-7e61-4d66-ad5a-5c3eb164e7ce https://share.transistor.fm/s/2e105cbf Full multimedia version -- https://blog.awgibbs.com/2025/06/05/farewell-to-punch-cards/

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