Arazyr
@arazyr.bsky.social
Programmer, geek, gamer, dad, robot enthusiast. He/him/whatever (Agender/Demiguy).
I don't automatically "follow back", so if that's all you're looking for, don't bother.
I don't automatically "follow back", so if that's all you're looking for, don't bother.
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Arazyr
@arazyr.bsky.social
· Apr 5
FYI, I do NOT automatically follow back. So, if you're only following me to try to get a follow back, don't bother. Only follow me if you actually want to see what I have to say. (Which is admittedly not much.) I do, however, automatically block back, so be warned.
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I have literally seen shitposts on Bluesky cited by Gemini as factual, in statements screenshotted by the original shitposter themselves and reposted to Bluesky.
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust AI, gang.
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust AI, gang.
A """funny""" thing I've noticed is that if you see a buckwild and totally made up claim on Reddit and then search that claim on Google, trying to source it, the Gemini AI summary will be like "oh, yeah, that totally happened, and my source is that three hour old Reddit thread you were just reading"
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I have literally seen shitposts on Bluesky cited by Gemini as factual, in statements screenshotted by the original shitposter themselves and reposted to Bluesky.
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust AI, gang.
Never, ever, ever, EVER trust AI, gang.
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The richest country in the world could easily house, feed, & care for everyone who needs it
There’s no reason for an epidemic of homelessness
There’s no reason people should be going without food or healthcare
50% of Americans can’t afford a basic standard of living
Poverty is a political choice
There’s no reason for an epidemic of homelessness
There’s no reason people should be going without food or healthcare
50% of Americans can’t afford a basic standard of living
Poverty is a political choice
December 5, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The richest country in the world could easily house, feed, & care for everyone who needs it
There’s no reason for an epidemic of homelessness
There’s no reason people should be going without food or healthcare
50% of Americans can’t afford a basic standard of living
Poverty is a political choice
There’s no reason for an epidemic of homelessness
There’s no reason people should be going without food or healthcare
50% of Americans can’t afford a basic standard of living
Poverty is a political choice
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Receipts
All technology is assistive technology. Duh. What makes things possible for somebody makes things easier for everybody and all evolutionary roads lead to easy
All technology is assistive technology. Duh. What makes things possible for somebody makes things easier for everybody and all evolutionary roads lead to easy
Anatomical evidence for the antiquity of human footwear use
Archeological evidence suggests that footwear was in use by at least the middle Upper Paleolithic (Gravettian) in portions of Europe, but the frequenc…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Receipts
All technology is assistive technology. Duh. What makes things possible for somebody makes things easier for everybody and all evolutionary roads lead to easy
All technology is assistive technology. Duh. What makes things possible for somebody makes things easier for everybody and all evolutionary roads lead to easy
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Guys, do not use the Discord Checkpoint thing (Discord's attempt at Spotify Wrapped).
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Guys, do not use the Discord Checkpoint thing (Discord's attempt at Spotify Wrapped).
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
It requires enabling them access to scrape your data, and has an alarming amount of private data being used for it.
Make sure you have these disabled.
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It’s not like they can ever do this on a good night but some nights are worse than others.
December 5, 2025 at 2:46 AM
It’s not like they can ever do this on a good night but some nights are worse than others.
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1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
1725: Why the fuck did I lose my left hand for the same wages I earned while being 10x more productive than last year? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
2025: Why am I losing my job to a machine that encourages kids to kill themselves and can't actually do my job? Who the fuck is benefiting here?
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"I produce 10x more than I did last year but still make the same money. And the machine I now use eats human fingers. Who the fuck is benefiting here?"
Not a difficult issue, not a weird position for a person to have.
Not a difficult issue, not a weird position for a person to have.
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"I produce 10x more than I did last year but still make the same money. And the machine I now use eats human fingers. Who the fuck is benefiting here?"
Not a difficult issue, not a weird position for a person to have.
Not a difficult issue, not a weird position for a person to have.
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"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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I smell comic backgrounds chatter on the wind, just gonna drop this in here and let it speak for itself
From How to Webcomic!
From How to Webcomic!
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I smell comic backgrounds chatter on the wind, just gonna drop this in here and let it speak for itself
From How to Webcomic!
From How to Webcomic!
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
December 4, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can’t tell if someone is disabled just by looking at them.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
There’s no such thing as the “genuinely disabled”.
You are not entitled to a person’s entire medical history just so you can decide whether to believe them or not.
People are not faking disability, most are trying to fake being well.
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The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The one year anniversary of Yoon's failed martial law takeover just passed and lots of untold stories came out proving that THE ONLY REASON KOREA IS STILL A FREE COUNTRY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE DISOBEYED ILLEGAL ORDERS.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
The coup was over in hours because people said no.
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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Retro Bee head upgrades now up for ordering. Each head comes with a bonus 3D printed gun, based on G1 Bee's animation versions. Plus, chance to get a painted lucky draw version. Basic heads begin shipping next Monday, and rest after. Order: renderform.myshopify.com/collections/...
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Retro Bee head upgrades now up for ordering. Each head comes with a bonus 3D printed gun, based on G1 Bee's animation versions. Plus, chance to get a painted lucky draw version. Basic heads begin shipping next Monday, and rest after. Order: renderform.myshopify.com/collections/...
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The fact that these programs work is amazing, but at the same time infuriating, because they'll never be adopted at scale. Instead, politicians will cower to assholes jealously complaining that someone got help "but didn't deserve it," and we'll keep doing this dance over and over again.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The fact that these programs work is amazing, but at the same time infuriating, because they'll never be adopted at scale. Instead, politicians will cower to assholes jealously complaining that someone got help "but didn't deserve it," and we'll keep doing this dance over and over again.
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Remember: DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF A BOOK BECAUSE AMAZON DAMAGED IT!!!! This does NOTHING to affect Amazon, only the author who had nothing to do with the damage! Amazon has an extremely lenient return and replacement policy, PLEASE just use that instead.
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Remember: DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF A BOOK BECAUSE AMAZON DAMAGED IT!!!! This does NOTHING to affect Amazon, only the author who had nothing to do with the damage! Amazon has an extremely lenient return and replacement policy, PLEASE just use that instead.
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If you see this post you have been assimilated by the Borg. Your Bluesky timeline will adapt to service us. Repost to further the reach of the collective
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If you see this post you have been assimilated by the Borg. Your Bluesky timeline will adapt to service us. Repost to further the reach of the collective
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oh my God STOP EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
Today marks the 10 Year Anniversary since I became The Drift King back in college.
A lot has happened since, but one thing remains the same.
They used to call me The Drift King back in college.
Thank you.
Today marks the 10 Year Anniversary since I became The Drift King back in college.
A lot has happened since, but one thing remains the same.
They used to call me The Drift King back in college.
Thank you.
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
oh my God STOP EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.
Today marks the 10 Year Anniversary since I became The Drift King back in college.
A lot has happened since, but one thing remains the same.
They used to call me The Drift King back in college.
Thank you.
Today marks the 10 Year Anniversary since I became The Drift King back in college.
A lot has happened since, but one thing remains the same.
They used to call me The Drift King back in college.
Thank you.
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Hey, You. Person reading this.
Stop scrolling a sec.
You matter. You're enough. You're worthy. You are not your Trauma, your Shame, your Job Title, or Your bank balance.
You're a person that matters and that's ok.
I dunno who else needs to hear this today, but I sure did, so I'm saying out loud.
Stop scrolling a sec.
You matter. You're enough. You're worthy. You are not your Trauma, your Shame, your Job Title, or Your bank balance.
You're a person that matters and that's ok.
I dunno who else needs to hear this today, but I sure did, so I'm saying out loud.
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hey, You. Person reading this.
Stop scrolling a sec.
You matter. You're enough. You're worthy. You are not your Trauma, your Shame, your Job Title, or Your bank balance.
You're a person that matters and that's ok.
I dunno who else needs to hear this today, but I sure did, so I'm saying out loud.
Stop scrolling a sec.
You matter. You're enough. You're worthy. You are not your Trauma, your Shame, your Job Title, or Your bank balance.
You're a person that matters and that's ok.
I dunno who else needs to hear this today, but I sure did, so I'm saying out loud.
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Savage! 🎄 Lake Street Church of Evanston creates a nativity scene with gas masks to remind us that Jesus was a refugee.
"This installation is not subtle. The crisis it addresses is not abstract. We ask viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values & immigration."
"This installation is not subtle. The crisis it addresses is not abstract. We ask viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values & immigration."
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Savage! 🎄 Lake Street Church of Evanston creates a nativity scene with gas masks to remind us that Jesus was a refugee.
"This installation is not subtle. The crisis it addresses is not abstract. We ask viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values & immigration."
"This installation is not subtle. The crisis it addresses is not abstract. We ask viewers to confront the disconnect between professed religious or moral values & immigration."
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Nativity photo from Seattle.
December 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Nativity photo from Seattle.