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when people like Bill Gates say shit like "there won't be doctors or teachers in ten years" we should consider that as a threat. His ass is going to see a real human doctor! His grandkids will have real human teachers! He's talking about YOU!!
People really need to stop being AI apologists as if it’s going to naturally lead to a groovy UBI future rather than one where workers are treated like bloodbags in The Matrix
March 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
when people like Bill Gates say shit like "there won't be doctors or teachers in ten years" we should consider that as a threat. His ass is going to see a real human doctor! His grandkids will have real human teachers! He's talking about YOU!!
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A self-evaluation is the wildest goddamn thing, capitalism asking people to snitch on themselves. Get the fuck out of here
March 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A self-evaluation is the wildest goddamn thing, capitalism asking people to snitch on themselves. Get the fuck out of here
If you were the type to order your baseball cards by team and last name, then Topps had a little visual Easter egg for you in 1988.
February 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If you were the type to order your baseball cards by team and last name, then Topps had a little visual Easter egg for you in 1988.
Looking at vintage baseball cards thanks to @adarowski.bsky.social
Imagine winning the NL Triple Crown and Cy Young in one of the best seasons of pitching ever.
And then they make this your card the next year: catcher standing in front of you, and your face covered in shade.
Cold, Topps. Cold.
Imagine winning the NL Triple Crown and Cy Young in one of the best seasons of pitching ever.
And then they make this your card the next year: catcher standing in front of you, and your face covered in shade.
Cold, Topps. Cold.
February 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Looking at vintage baseball cards thanks to @adarowski.bsky.social
Imagine winning the NL Triple Crown and Cy Young in one of the best seasons of pitching ever.
And then they make this your card the next year: catcher standing in front of you, and your face covered in shade.
Cold, Topps. Cold.
Imagine winning the NL Triple Crown and Cy Young in one of the best seasons of pitching ever.
And then they make this your card the next year: catcher standing in front of you, and your face covered in shade.
Cold, Topps. Cold.
I was in a high school honor band that played a real-time symphonic reenactment of the firebombing of Dresden.
If you're looking for what radicalized me, that's a good place to start.
If you're looking for what radicalized me, that's a good place to start.
On Feb. 13, 1945, Allied forces in World War II began a three-day bombing raid on Dresden, Germany, killing as many as 25,000 people and triggering a firestorm that swept through the city center.
Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/51UXg
Read more about what happened on this date: t.ly/51UXg
February 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I was in a high school honor band that played a real-time symphonic reenactment of the firebombing of Dresden.
If you're looking for what radicalized me, that's a good place to start.
If you're looking for what radicalized me, that's a good place to start.
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Same phrase that the Russian state uses.
Truly chilling and totalitarian.
“Promoting patriotic education”? We have arrived at the terrible place.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
“Promoting patriotic education”? We have arrived at the terrible place.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Same phrase that the Russian state uses.
Reposted by Bob Holt
Something to remember is that the Techbro billionaire class were rarely the actual tech pioneers. They're the ones who bankrolled it, or engineered a controlling share interest.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
January 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Something to remember is that the Techbro billionaire class were rarely the actual tech pioneers. They're the ones who bankrolled it, or engineered a controlling share interest.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
Reposted by Bob Holt
Tech folk, just an FYI: I'm still on the hunt for Information Security-based roles. Looking at more B2C companies and nonprofits.
January 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Tech folk, just an FYI: I'm still on the hunt for Information Security-based roles. Looking at more B2C companies and nonprofits.
Reposted by Bob Holt
Wrote about the irrationality of the boss revolt mcfunley.com/on-misery
On Misery
Not every fun activity or moral good is a waste of time.
mcfunley.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Wrote about the irrationality of the boss revolt mcfunley.com/on-misery
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Mister Rogers never misses
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mister Rogers never misses
Catching up on my reading in 2024. Most I've read since the onset of COVID-19. Too many good books, so here are my favorite new-to-me authors of 2024:
- @rfkuang.bsky.social
- @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social
- @marthawells.com
- @nicholaseames.bsky.social
- @sgj.bsky.social
- @rfkuang.bsky.social
- @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social
- @marthawells.com
- @nicholaseames.bsky.social
- @sgj.bsky.social
December 31, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Catching up on my reading in 2024. Most I've read since the onset of COVID-19. Too many good books, so here are my favorite new-to-me authors of 2024:
- @rfkuang.bsky.social
- @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social
- @marthawells.com
- @nicholaseames.bsky.social
- @sgj.bsky.social
- @rfkuang.bsky.social
- @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social
- @marthawells.com
- @nicholaseames.bsky.social
- @sgj.bsky.social
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jimmy carter lived the rest of his life in a state of perpetual penance which, imho, is basically the ground floor for what you should expect of any former president. that he was the only one who ever did this genuinely says something about american society. rest in peace.
December 29, 2024 at 9:27 PM
jimmy carter lived the rest of his life in a state of perpetual penance which, imho, is basically the ground floor for what you should expect of any former president. that he was the only one who ever did this genuinely says something about american society. rest in peace.
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 4:45 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven,
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! Anon cometh Spydere Man.
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven,
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! Anon cometh Spydere Man.
December 1, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Spydere Man, Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven,
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! Anon cometh Spydere Man.
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondry webbes he kan weaven,
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo! Anon cometh Spydere Man.
They call it "infomercialing." It's when you tell your kid to do something they've recently become capable of, but which they don't want to do, so they screw it up on purpose.
November 25, 2024 at 3:08 AM
They call it "infomercialing." It's when you tell your kid to do something they've recently become capable of, but which they don't want to do, so they screw it up on purpose.
"Metaphor"
Holyoke, MA
2024
Holyoke, MA
2024
November 23, 2024 at 2:01 AM
"Metaphor"
Holyoke, MA
2024
Holyoke, MA
2024
I never expected to enjoy texting with my kid so much when I travel.
November 20, 2024 at 10:38 PM
I never expected to enjoy texting with my kid so much when I travel.
I'm re-reading with this group, too. I read it in June 2020, and only felt defeated. Looking forward to a more optimistic gloss this time around.
Join us!
Join us!
☀️Morning skyline! I’m so excited to kick off my Parable of the Sower book club tomorrow!
Join even if you haven’t read it for a good discussion on what strategies we can apply to our lives now. #BlackBookSky #BookSky #SciF #ParanblesBookClub
discord.gg/jGPjZRYe?eve...
Join even if you haven’t read it for a good discussion on what strategies we can apply to our lives now. #BlackBookSky #BookSky #SciF #ParanblesBookClub
discord.gg/jGPjZRYe?eve...
November 20, 2024 at 9:30 PM
I'm re-reading with this group, too. I read it in June 2020, and only felt defeated. Looking forward to a more optimistic gloss this time around.
Join us!
Join us!
Reposted by Bob Holt
If you know folks who are confused about AI or its role in our life, I've got the newsletter for you. aiantihype.beehiiv.com/p/a-reintrod... #dataBS #AIrealism #SciComm
v1.01 ~ A re-introdution to AI hype
aiantihype.beehiiv.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:03 AM
If you know folks who are confused about AI or its role in our life, I've got the newsletter for you. aiantihype.beehiiv.com/p/a-reintrod... #dataBS #AIrealism #SciComm
Reposted by Bob Holt
If the worst does not actually come to pass, I don't think I'm going to be sitting here going "oh noooo I can't believe I strengthened my communities, made sure I'm up to date on my healthcare needs, and volunteered for causes I believe in"
November 14, 2024 at 3:17 PM
If the worst does not actually come to pass, I don't think I'm going to be sitting here going "oh noooo I can't believe I strengthened my communities, made sure I'm up to date on my healthcare needs, and volunteered for causes I believe in"
Reposted by Bob Holt
no artificial system should have more rights than the human with the fewest rights. no exceptions.
Anthropic hired an "AI welfare researcher" to "explore whether we might have moral obligations to AI systems". This right there is the dumbest shit I have read in months. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having thought about it.
www.transformernews.ai/p/anthropic-...
via @davidgerard.co.uk
www.transformernews.ai/p/anthropic-...
via @davidgerard.co.uk
Anthropic has hired an 'AI welfare' researcher
Kyle Fish joined the company last month to explore whether we might have moral obligations to AI systems
www.transformernews.ai
November 12, 2024 at 8:54 PM
no artificial system should have more rights than the human with the fewest rights. no exceptions.
The one locked in to my brain is James Brown on "Doing it to Death"
"Fred!"
"FRED!"
"FRED!!!"
* Fred Wesley proceeds to lay down the sickest trombone solo *
"Fred!"
"FRED!"
"FRED!!!"
* Fred Wesley proceeds to lay down the sickest trombone solo *
We need more music where the singer says "take 'em for a walk, Artie" and then a guy with a clarinet just goes nuts for like 8 minutes
November 12, 2024 at 1:19 PM
The one locked in to my brain is James Brown on "Doing it to Death"
"Fred!"
"FRED!"
"FRED!!!"
* Fred Wesley proceeds to lay down the sickest trombone solo *
"Fred!"
"FRED!"
"FRED!!!"
* Fred Wesley proceeds to lay down the sickest trombone solo *
Post your first video game controller. 🎮
November 11, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Post your first video game controller. 🎮
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now (listed chronologically):
- watermelon harvester
- midway game barker
- newspaper paste-up
- webmaster
- camera salesperson
- yearbook photographer
- watermelon harvester
- midway game barker
- newspaper paste-up
- webmaster
- camera salesperson
- yearbook photographer
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now (listed chronologically):
- warehouse worker
-gopher/assistant to assistant at fashion company
-set dressing intern on Underdog
-intern on Venture Brothers
-editing trailers for Rockband DLC
-artist for online games
- warehouse worker
-gopher/assistant to assistant at fashion company
-set dressing intern on Underdog
-intern on Venture Brothers
-editing trailers for Rockband DLC
-artist for online games
November 10, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now (listed chronologically):
- watermelon harvester
- midway game barker
- newspaper paste-up
- webmaster
- camera salesperson
- yearbook photographer
- watermelon harvester
- midway game barker
- newspaper paste-up
- webmaster
- camera salesperson
- yearbook photographer