djempirical / Slake Moth
@djempirical.bsky.social
musician (Slake Moth), audio editor, mastering engineer, haver of anxiety, trans as fuck
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2026 basically
February 18, 2026 at 4:23 PM
2026 basically
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
February 18, 2026 at 12:59 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
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Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
February 18, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Counterpoint:
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
Don’t upload your medical records to any LLM.
That’s fucking insane.
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Stephen King villains are a very funny outcome of Writing What You Know because they're so clearly based on assholes he's met in real life, even if that doesn't necessarily make sense in context, so you get shit like the giant baby-eating spider from space inexplicably being an outspoken homophobe.
February 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Stephen King villains are a very funny outcome of Writing What You Know because they're so clearly based on assholes he's met in real life, even if that doesn't necessarily make sense in context, so you get shit like the giant baby-eating spider from space inexplicably being an outspoken homophobe.
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Danny Elfman gets all the credit, but oingo boingo wouldn't be complete without the other members, Eric Dwarfman and Brett Humanman
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Danny Elfman gets all the credit, but oingo boingo wouldn't be complete without the other members, Eric Dwarfman and Brett Humanman
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EXACTLY!
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The reason LLMs suck at chess is the same reason they initially sucked at drawing fingers and currently suck at counting to 100: state space
Hands are photographed and drawn from every angle, all chess books show every piece in every position, every list of numbers up to 100 shows every such number
Hands are photographed and drawn from every angle, all chess books show every piece in every position, every list of numbers up to 100 shows every such number
February 17, 2026 at 3:30 PM
EXACTLY!
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This was the intended outcome of the abortion ban.
Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
(Published Feb. 2025)
(Published Feb. 2025)
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This was the intended outcome of the abortion ban.
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
over the years I slowly, quietly, mostly unfriended those who passed away. the weird automatic birthday reminders just became too ghoulish.
I barely use FB now anyway, but it's so gross to think those accounts could become zombies.
I barely use FB now anyway, but it's so gross to think those accounts could become zombies.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 3:20 PM
over the years I slowly, quietly, mostly unfriended those who passed away. the weird automatic birthday reminders just became too ghoulish.
I barely use FB now anyway, but it's so gross to think those accounts could become zombies.
I barely use FB now anyway, but it's so gross to think those accounts could become zombies.
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"They don't even say the n-word in it. Ruins my immersion."
Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody”
Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody”
He's right, and you're wrong.
The post Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 3:10 PM
"They don't even say the n-word in it. Ruins my immersion."
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Hey, I've heard two different podcasters suggest that Ser Arlan of Pennytree fought on behalf of the Blackfyres.
That is slander!
Ser Arlan fought against the Blackfyres - his squire was killed in battle versus an odious Blackfyre supporter (I won't give more details, since that detail might -
That is slander!
Ser Arlan fought against the Blackfyres - his squire was killed in battle versus an odious Blackfyre supporter (I won't give more details, since that detail might -
February 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Hey, I've heard two different podcasters suggest that Ser Arlan of Pennytree fought on behalf of the Blackfyres.
That is slander!
Ser Arlan fought against the Blackfyres - his squire was killed in battle versus an odious Blackfyre supporter (I won't give more details, since that detail might -
That is slander!
Ser Arlan fought against the Blackfyres - his squire was killed in battle versus an odious Blackfyre supporter (I won't give more details, since that detail might -
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"Take Donald Trump's name off of all the buildings he added it to" is a small ask, but I gotta be honest, I have no faith in Dems to meet even that demand and people are talking about prosecutions? lmao
February 17, 2026 at 1:33 PM
"Take Donald Trump's name off of all the buildings he added it to" is a small ask, but I gotta be honest, I have no faith in Dems to meet even that demand and people are talking about prosecutions? lmao
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Tack right = lose. That is a lesson that needs to be learned and if you don’t learn it, it’s not the fault of the people telling you they won’t have it. It’s yours.
February 17, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Tack right = lose. That is a lesson that needs to be learned and if you don’t learn it, it’s not the fault of the people telling you they won’t have it. It’s yours.
foundational internet shit for me
February 17, 2026 at 4:14 AM
foundational internet shit for me
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holy shit. hell of an analysis
February 16, 2026 at 1:15 PM
holy shit. hell of an analysis
some of the best (maybe all of the best) music in the world comes from poor people with drum machines.
the meme's argument is from non-musicians who don't like music but see it as a path to clout
the meme's argument is from non-musicians who don't like music but see it as a path to clout
What do we think about the assertion in this meme? I know, we think it's asinine, but I'm looking for specific arguments as to why it's asinine.
February 16, 2026 at 6:20 PM
some of the best (maybe all of the best) music in the world comes from poor people with drum machines.
the meme's argument is from non-musicians who don't like music but see it as a path to clout
the meme's argument is from non-musicians who don't like music but see it as a path to clout
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the impossible number of games that release on Steam every day has been discourse for years
why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make
why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make
Unity says its AI tech will soon be able to 'prompt full casual games into existence'
Unity says its AI tech will soon be able to 'prompt full casual games into existence'
Company CEO Matt Bromberg claims AI will empower non-coders and seasoned developers alike.
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
the impossible number of games that release on Steam every day has been discourse for years
why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make
why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make
I'm not even wondering wuther to go see it
February 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I'm not even wondering wuther to go see it
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
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correct! every post about fixing a broken games industry that involves [specific games industry tweaks] and not [destroying a speculation-mad executive class and using their bones for compost] is just wasting everyone's time
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
correct! every post about fixing a broken games industry that involves [specific games industry tweaks] and not [destroying a speculation-mad executive class and using their bones for compost] is just wasting everyone's time
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