Dread2Toe
@dread2toe.bsky.social
IWTV, Loki, art and photography, critters, gardening, hypnosis
Still masking bc I don’t need SARS2-induced osteoporosis or fused neurons. Or bird flu.
Still masking bc I don’t need SARS2-induced osteoporosis or fused neurons. Or bird flu.
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Dread2Toe
@dread2toe.bsky.social
· Dec 18
One time I asked the internet how to make my camera take a good night sky picture. And then I drove my friend out of the city with a camera and a tripod and took a pic. Then I asked the internet how to process it and got this. #ArtAdventCalendar
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what is the best fund to support children or seperated families taken by ICE?
June 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
what is the best fund to support children or seperated families taken by ICE?
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Just spoke with my CDC sources: a new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, is spreading across Louisiana, NYC, LA, DC, Colorado, and more. It's also fueling surges in China, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia.
May 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Just spoke with my CDC sources: a new COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1, is spreading across Louisiana, NYC, LA, DC, Colorado, and more. It's also fueling surges in China, Hong Kong, and other parts of Asia.
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Saw this really intense sunset the other day
May 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Saw this really intense sunset the other day
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Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
www.theguardian.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fuck this, absolutely fuck this, everyone who loves audiobooks loves their favourite narrators because they are great at their jobs and interpreting the author's words and they make the experience what it is www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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The first domino falls! Today Lehigh County, Pennsylvania became the first US pension fund to suspend new Tesla purchases in its actively managed funds 👏🍸🎉 #teslatakedown
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Lehigh County's $500 Million Pension Fund Halts Tesla Investments
Today, Lehigh County took a step that no other U.S.
substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The first domino falls! Today Lehigh County, Pennsylvania became the first US pension fund to suspend new Tesla purchases in its actively managed funds 👏🍸🎉 #teslatakedown
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David Brooks is Communist Manifesto posting, Harvard is antifascist now, Bill Kristol is a Bernie Bro now, SCOTUS is releasing emergency panic judgments, Frank fucking Luntz is in the NYT today extolling the virtues of empathy.
The era of Finding Out is a trip
The era of Finding Out is a trip
Hard to shake the feeling that a lot of enablers are finally arriving at the "oh shit what did we do" stage of things
This is an unusual order for several reasons, suggesting the majority thought it necessary. This was issued:
• after midnight
• before the government even responded (perhaps most irregular)
• while a Fifth Circuit request remains pending &
• before a dissenting justice could finish their statement.
• after midnight
• before the government even responded (perhaps most irregular)
• while a Fifth Circuit request remains pending &
• before a dissenting justice could finish their statement.
April 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
David Brooks is Communist Manifesto posting, Harvard is antifascist now, Bill Kristol is a Bernie Bro now, SCOTUS is releasing emergency panic judgments, Frank fucking Luntz is in the NYT today extolling the virtues of empathy.
The era of Finding Out is a trip
The era of Finding Out is a trip
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i need people to understand "death of the author" means the author can't dictate what you take away from the text, not that you're not complicit in what they do with the profit they make from you buying it in the first place
April 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
i need people to understand "death of the author" means the author can't dictate what you take away from the text, not that you're not complicit in what they do with the profit they make from you buying it in the first place
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Also, if it wasn’t clear, this isn’t some sappy “just hang on” kitten clawing for the last scraps of its life on an office motivational poster post, this is a direct rebuke of Democratic elected officials who think a strongly worded statement is the extent of their power.
Fuck you, go do something.
Fuck you, go do something.
It’s weird how you can accomplish things by simply trying to do them
April 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Also, if it wasn’t clear, this isn’t some sappy “just hang on” kitten clawing for the last scraps of its life on an office motivational poster post, this is a direct rebuke of Democratic elected officials who think a strongly worded statement is the extent of their power.
Fuck you, go do something.
Fuck you, go do something.
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I’ve taught 20 yrs of students Constitutional rights like due process & equal protection. Now, I’d be lying to them to say these laws, literally written into our Constitution, are followed. These basic rights prohibit shipping people off with no due process. All Americans should be outraged.
April 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’ve taught 20 yrs of students Constitutional rights like due process & equal protection. Now, I’d be lying to them to say these laws, literally written into our Constitution, are followed. These basic rights prohibit shipping people off with no due process. All Americans should be outraged.
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The Democrats who seek to play ball with the would be dictator in the White House and his team are disqualified as leaders of the party. Now and always. Period. Those who are candidates again must be challenged and defeated. For the country’s sake. There can be no compromises with tyranny.
April 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Democrats who seek to play ball with the would be dictator in the White House and his team are disqualified as leaders of the party. Now and always. Period. Those who are candidates again must be challenged and defeated. For the country’s sake. There can be no compromises with tyranny.
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what they said ⬇️
April 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
what they said ⬇️
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More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do
April 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
More journalists need to talk about this the way Japanese articles do
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YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
April 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
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1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
April 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1) Do something autocratic
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
2) Wait to see how people react
3) If they don't push back hard enough, carry on
4) If they do push back hard enough, "pause" it
5) Illegally consolidate more power
6) Repeat
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Assuming you're not intentionally a transphobe, please just ditch Harry Potter. There's plenty of much, MUCH better-written fantasy made by authors who aren't absolute shit.
And if you ARE intentionally a transphobe, kindly either fuck off or educate yourself, whichever you're capable of.
And if you ARE intentionally a transphobe, kindly either fuck off or educate yourself, whichever you're capable of.
March 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Assuming you're not intentionally a transphobe, please just ditch Harry Potter. There's plenty of much, MUCH better-written fantasy made by authors who aren't absolute shit.
And if you ARE intentionally a transphobe, kindly either fuck off or educate yourself, whichever you're capable of.
And if you ARE intentionally a transphobe, kindly either fuck off or educate yourself, whichever you're capable of.
Ohhhhhh.
Why Democrats Are Failing Us
YouTube video by Bean Thinking
youtube.com
March 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Ohhhhhh.
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PSA: FUCKING LLMS DO NOT HAVE MINDS. THEY JUST PIECE TOGETHER AN APPROPRIATE SEEMING RESPONSE FROM THEIR DATASET BASED ON WHAT EVER YOU SAY TO THEM.
THEY DON’T FEEL ANYTHING, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. IT’S BASICALLY RNG. IT IS A SOPHISTICATED FUCKING FURBY
THEY DON’T FEEL ANYTHING, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. IT’S BASICALLY RNG. IT IS A SOPHISTICATED FUCKING FURBY
March 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
PSA: FUCKING LLMS DO NOT HAVE MINDS. THEY JUST PIECE TOGETHER AN APPROPRIATE SEEMING RESPONSE FROM THEIR DATASET BASED ON WHAT EVER YOU SAY TO THEM.
THEY DON’T FEEL ANYTHING, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. IT’S BASICALLY RNG. IT IS A SOPHISTICATED FUCKING FURBY
THEY DON’T FEEL ANYTHING, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. IT’S BASICALLY RNG. IT IS A SOPHISTICATED FUCKING FURBY
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A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.
More of this please.
More of this please.
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.
More of this please.
More of this please.
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I find it so egregious that Pinterest uses imagery on its site to train GenAi models. Imagery they do not own, and for the most part, is uploaded by third party users without the consent of creators.
GenAi industries depend on exploitation to function and it’s gross
futurism.com/pinterest-da...
GenAi industries depend on exploitation to function and it’s gross
futurism.com/pinterest-da...
Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted
Pinterest is the latest tech company to update its privacy policies to allow it to scrape user data for AI training.
futurism.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I find it so egregious that Pinterest uses imagery on its site to train GenAi models. Imagery they do not own, and for the most part, is uploaded by third party users without the consent of creators.
GenAi industries depend on exploitation to function and it’s gross
futurism.com/pinterest-da...
GenAi industries depend on exploitation to function and it’s gross
futurism.com/pinterest-da...
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I've had people come up to me at conventions saying they found my work through Pinterest (I've never posted there) and while I haven't minded people sharing my work there in the past please uh, do not do that going forward (for me or any other creator). This sucks.
I find it so egregious that Pinterest uses imagery on its site to train GenAi models. Imagery they do not own, and for the most part, is uploaded by third party users without the consent of creators.
GenAi industries depend on exploitation to function and it’s gross
futurism.com/pinterest-da...
GenAi industries depend on exploitation to function and it’s gross
futurism.com/pinterest-da...
Pinterest Changes User Terms So It Can Train AI on User Data and Photos, Regardless of When They Were Posted
Pinterest is the latest tech company to update its privacy policies to allow it to scrape user data for AI training.
futurism.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've had people come up to me at conventions saying they found my work through Pinterest (I've never posted there) and while I haven't minded people sharing my work there in the past please uh, do not do that going forward (for me or any other creator). This sucks.
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If Tesla's stock drops far enough, the bank loans Elon took out to buy Twitter lose their collateral and get called back immediately.
Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.
Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.
March 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If Tesla's stock drops far enough, the bank loans Elon took out to buy Twitter lose their collateral and get called back immediately.
Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.
Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.
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Elon is a despicable monster who deserves every bit of our loathing, but we can never forget it’s Trump who gave him this power. Wrath can have multiple targets.
March 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Elon is a despicable monster who deserves every bit of our loathing, but we can never forget it’s Trump who gave him this power. Wrath can have multiple targets.