Disappointed Optimist
@disappoptimism.bsky.social
I’m that guy that looks just like this that did that tweet that made you laugh that one time. UK based.
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This is my thread of threads - the stories & tales I tell in one place for the Bluesky:
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Ruin two bands by combining them:
The Bee Geese
The Bee Geese
Ruin two bands by combining them
M-People Under the Stairs
M-People Under the Stairs
Ruin two bands by combining them.
Electric Six Pence None The Richer
Electric Six Pence None The Richer
December 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Ruin two bands by combining them:
The Bee Geese
The Bee Geese
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That one alien guy that loved putting things up human arses has ruined it for all the others.
December 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
That one alien guy that loved putting things up human arses has ruined it for all the others.
December 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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An unlabeled, 12-second video from the most recent DOJ Jeffrey Epstein files drop is circulating social media, purporting to show Epstein’s suicide in his prison cell.
But it’s actually a fake clip from 2019. Here’s how it wound up in the latest Epstein files dump.
But it’s actually a fake clip from 2019. Here’s how it wound up in the latest Epstein files dump.
The ‘Epstein’s Suicide’ Video in the Latest DOJ Release Isn’t What It Seems
Here's how a fake clip from 2019 wound up in the latest Justice Department Epstein files dump.
www.wired.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
An unlabeled, 12-second video from the most recent DOJ Jeffrey Epstein files drop is circulating social media, purporting to show Epstein’s suicide in his prison cell.
But it’s actually a fake clip from 2019. Here’s how it wound up in the latest Epstein files dump.
But it’s actually a fake clip from 2019. Here’s how it wound up in the latest Epstein files dump.
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This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
AI has to be good at everything to justify the price point:
Otherwise it’s mid tier automation that costs an exponential amount.
Which means it’s simply non viable.
Otherwise it’s mid tier automation that costs an exponential amount.
Which means it’s simply non viable.
I am highlighting a bunch of examples of people genuinely trying to use LLMs and genuinely not finding them very useful to illustrate that this really isn’t just a “rabid AI haters who’ve never actually tried it” conversation
Yes, this is exactly what happened to me. I lost more time checking and verifying than doing it myself, so I quit
December 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
AI has to be good at everything to justify the price point:
Otherwise it’s mid tier automation that costs an exponential amount.
Which means it’s simply non viable.
Otherwise it’s mid tier automation that costs an exponential amount.
Which means it’s simply non viable.
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Thanks to all those who shared the appeal
More here: kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourn...
More here: kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourn...
December 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Thanks to all those who shared the appeal
More here: kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourn...
More here: kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourn...
I’m wishing for the cosmic sharks for Christmas and you should as well
December 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I’m wishing for the cosmic sharks for Christmas and you should as well
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It’s Edvard Munch’s Home Alone
December 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It’s Edvard Munch’s Home Alone
Just thinking how once upon a time this was all the cybersecurity you needed
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Just thinking how once upon a time this was all the cybersecurity you needed
This is the act of someone who believes he will never suffer consequences.
I’m afraid to say in the event somehow Trump is removed from power; some form of vindictiveness will be required as an object lesson
I’m afraid to say in the event somehow Trump is removed from power; some form of vindictiveness will be required as an object lesson
Trump has just added this vindictive plaque below Obama’s White House portrait and it bears all the childish pettiness and chaotic capitalisation of his 4am Truth Social rants.
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is the act of someone who believes he will never suffer consequences.
I’m afraid to say in the event somehow Trump is removed from power; some form of vindictiveness will be required as an object lesson
I’m afraid to say in the event somehow Trump is removed from power; some form of vindictiveness will be required as an object lesson
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Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos gets £120m govt subsidy to help save the UK’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Government invests £120m to save UK’s last ethylene plant
Funding for billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos plant in Scotland will help safeguard 500 jobs
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Jim Ratcliffe’s company Ineos gets £120m govt subsidy to help save the UK’s last ethylene plant at Grangemouth.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Ratcliffe is worth $14.7bn (£11bn). Can he not invest? Will he be back for more?
Govt is not taking any equity stake. £120m is not repayable.
Just saw a post in the wild saying Pokémon trading card scalpers and ICE agents have exactly the same attitudes & outlook and I’m fucking dying for some context here
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Just saw a post in the wild saying Pokémon trading card scalpers and ICE agents have exactly the same attitudes & outlook and I’m fucking dying for some context here
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The first episode of 'The Simpsons' was shown on this day in 1989.
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The first episode of 'The Simpsons' was shown on this day in 1989.
Watched Mickey 17 last night & found it quirky but enjoyable. It’s heavy handed on the satire & it felt like Ruffalo was somehow not given enough depth to his main villain but good bit of nonsense nonetheless.
Pattinson is increasing in my estimation each time I see him
In something
Pattinson is increasing in my estimation each time I see him
In something
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Watched Mickey 17 last night & found it quirky but enjoyable. It’s heavy handed on the satire & it felt like Ruffalo was somehow not given enough depth to his main villain but good bit of nonsense nonetheless.
Pattinson is increasing in my estimation each time I see him
In something
Pattinson is increasing in my estimation each time I see him
In something
Just been annoyed by a short video that pointed out “why do we pronounce the G in “longevity” twice?
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Just been annoyed by a short video that pointed out “why do we pronounce the G in “longevity” twice?
Thing that amuses me:
The Nintendo switch 2 launch was muttered about as a failure -
It has in fact moved 10.3 million units world wide in 2025.
Meanwhile Meta AI glasses have shifted around 2 million units globally since 2023 & are lauded as a great success.
The Nintendo switch 2 launch was muttered about as a failure -
It has in fact moved 10.3 million units world wide in 2025.
Meanwhile Meta AI glasses have shifted around 2 million units globally since 2023 & are lauded as a great success.
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Thing that amuses me:
The Nintendo switch 2 launch was muttered about as a failure -
It has in fact moved 10.3 million units world wide in 2025.
Meanwhile Meta AI glasses have shifted around 2 million units globally since 2023 & are lauded as a great success.
The Nintendo switch 2 launch was muttered about as a failure -
It has in fact moved 10.3 million units world wide in 2025.
Meanwhile Meta AI glasses have shifted around 2 million units globally since 2023 & are lauded as a great success.
Regular every day nice thing post:
My local council is doing a really good job of keeping the gutters & streets clear of leaves ahead of what’s likely to be a wet & windy winter; thus preventing flooding everywhere in a flood prone area.
Reigate & Banstead area.
My local council is doing a really good job of keeping the gutters & streets clear of leaves ahead of what’s likely to be a wet & windy winter; thus preventing flooding everywhere in a flood prone area.
Reigate & Banstead area.
December 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Regular every day nice thing post:
My local council is doing a really good job of keeping the gutters & streets clear of leaves ahead of what’s likely to be a wet & windy winter; thus preventing flooding everywhere in a flood prone area.
Reigate & Banstead area.
My local council is doing a really good job of keeping the gutters & streets clear of leaves ahead of what’s likely to be a wet & windy winter; thus preventing flooding everywhere in a flood prone area.
Reigate & Banstead area.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
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Nice one, Spidey.
December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nice one, Spidey.
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I think my most Online Moment was when I posted this photo on Twitter with the caption "Oh bless, Lorraine's down in Africa", and within a dozen pun-appreciating re-tweets people in the comments were lecturing each other about colonialism and the white saviour complex.
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I think my most Online Moment was when I posted this photo on Twitter with the caption "Oh bless, Lorraine's down in Africa", and within a dozen pun-appreciating re-tweets people in the comments were lecturing each other about colonialism and the white saviour complex.
This is the kind of pitch only a sociopath could come up with
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is the kind of pitch only a sociopath could come up with
You know how people used to refer to places like Indonesia as “kleptocracies” right?
It’s more than reasonable now to refer to America as a kleptocracy.
The American state is being ransacked wholesale now by its dominant political class.
Nakedly so.
It’s more than reasonable now to refer to America as a kleptocracy.
The American state is being ransacked wholesale now by its dominant political class.
Nakedly so.
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
You know how people used to refer to places like Indonesia as “kleptocracies” right?
It’s more than reasonable now to refer to America as a kleptocracy.
The American state is being ransacked wholesale now by its dominant political class.
Nakedly so.
It’s more than reasonable now to refer to America as a kleptocracy.
The American state is being ransacked wholesale now by its dominant political class.
Nakedly so.