Tony
@eightbittony.bsky.social
Live from the basement. Games, Gamers, Gaming, and in a surprise turn of events, wood turning.
Been playing ttrpg's & D&D since the 80's, and have enjoyed every edition.
#ttrpg
#gaming
#woodturning
#dungeonsanddragons #d&d #dnd
Been playing ttrpg's & D&D since the 80's, and have enjoyed every edition.
#ttrpg
#gaming
#woodturning
#dungeonsanddragons #d&d #dnd
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Tony
@eightbittony.bsky.social
· Nov 19
My complex social media policy
Follow: you post stuff I want to see
Block: you post stuff I actively dislike and do not want to see
Mute: I'm not interested but lots of people quote you (and that's fine)
None of the above: you're mostly harmless or I don't know you.
:)
Follow: you post stuff I want to see
Block: you post stuff I actively dislike and do not want to see
Mute: I'm not interested but lots of people quote you (and that's fine)
None of the above: you're mostly harmless or I don't know you.
:)
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Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
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
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
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Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
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Today is the transgender day of remembrance.
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today is the transgender day of remembrance.
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
Snowmen, have 10 spindles, get two from each spindle, going for 20 and improving with each one.
(Ash)
#woodturning #festive
(Ash)
#woodturning #festive
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Snowmen, have 10 spindles, get two from each spindle, going for 20 and improving with each one.
(Ash)
#woodturning #festive
(Ash)
#woodturning #festive
You know those memes where people say 'post one thing that would alert people if you've been kidnapped or are being held against your will' - is that what this is?
He's trying increasingly racist policy to hope someone tries to reach out and rescue him?
He's trying increasingly racist policy to hope someone tries to reach out and rescue him?
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
You know those memes where people say 'post one thing that would alert people if you've been kidnapped or are being held against your will' - is that what this is?
He's trying increasingly racist policy to hope someone tries to reach out and rescue him?
He's trying increasingly racist policy to hope someone tries to reach out and rescue him?
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First painting in a very long time and I really enjoyed it...
#islamicart #islamicgeometry #watercolor #aquarelle
#islamicart #islamicgeometry #watercolor #aquarelle
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
First painting in a very long time and I really enjoyed it...
#islamicart #islamicgeometry #watercolor #aquarelle
#islamicart #islamicgeometry #watercolor #aquarelle
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Listen, you can go and suck Starmer’s dick for all I care, but don’t come to me and try to defend indefensible.
And I think some of you also need a reminder that I’m an immigrant.
And I think some of you also need a reminder that I’m an immigrant.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Listen, you can go and suck Starmer’s dick for all I care, but don’t come to me and try to defend indefensible.
And I think some of you also need a reminder that I’m an immigrant.
And I think some of you also need a reminder that I’m an immigrant.
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Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
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Constantly disappointed when I meet a regular sized microbiologist.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Constantly disappointed when I meet a regular sized microbiologist.
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Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Hmm, my bandsaw isn't big enough, how long does it take to create a YouTube channel, get 30,000 subscribers, get the attention of a tool maker, and have them send me a new bandsaw?
A week? Two?
A week? Two?
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hmm, my bandsaw isn't big enough, how long does it take to create a YouTube channel, get 30,000 subscribers, get the attention of a tool maker, and have them send me a new bandsaw?
A week? Two?
A week? Two?
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LLMs by their design cannot function as search engines and cannot cite their sources because they don't do any analysis or synthesis.
"LLMs can only produce an amalgamation of a response that takes the form of text. They create a generic imprint of a response that appears coherent" (Williams, p34)
"LLMs can only produce an amalgamation of a response that takes the form of text. They create a generic imprint of a response that appears coherent" (Williams, p34)
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
LLMs by their design cannot function as search engines and cannot cite their sources because they don't do any analysis or synthesis.
"LLMs can only produce an amalgamation of a response that takes the form of text. They create a generic imprint of a response that appears coherent" (Williams, p34)
"LLMs can only produce an amalgamation of a response that takes the form of text. They create a generic imprint of a response that appears coherent" (Williams, p34)
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The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
In the movie version of this point in time, all the worlds security agencies are vying to steal the Epstein files just in case their own country is implicated.
Given the state of electronic espionage, I wonder how many already have them.
Given the state of electronic espionage, I wonder how many already have them.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In the movie version of this point in time, all the worlds security agencies are vying to steal the Epstein files just in case their own country is implicated.
Given the state of electronic espionage, I wonder how many already have them.
Given the state of electronic espionage, I wonder how many already have them.
I watched The Blacklist and thought 'well this is far fetched' and now I'm reading the Epstein mails and I'm thinking, maybe not.
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I watched The Blacklist and thought 'well this is far fetched' and now I'm reading the Epstein mails and I'm thinking, maybe not.
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Middle-aged dad. I helped my daughter with her homework, researching Arthropleura, a millipede-like animal that could grow to over 2.5m long. I've been having nightmares about it for the last two nights. I know they're extinct but my dreams don't.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Middle-aged dad. I helped my daughter with her homework, researching Arthropleura, a millipede-like animal that could grow to over 2.5m long. I've been having nightmares about it for the last two nights. I know they're extinct but my dreams don't.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
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It's 3am, November 7th, 2027
My Tesla Optimus robot is in the kitchen breaking dishes.
It's been playing an ad for the new season of Love Island at max volume for 24 hours.
It is scalding hot to the touch
My Tesla Optimus robot is in the kitchen breaking dishes.
It's been playing an ad for the new season of Love Island at max volume for 24 hours.
It is scalding hot to the touch
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It's 3am, November 7th, 2027
My Tesla Optimus robot is in the kitchen breaking dishes.
It's been playing an ad for the new season of Love Island at max volume for 24 hours.
It is scalding hot to the touch
My Tesla Optimus robot is in the kitchen breaking dishes.
It's been playing an ad for the new season of Love Island at max volume for 24 hours.
It is scalding hot to the touch
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Laurence Fox is never again going to be able to threaten to sue anybody for calling him, an increasingly overt racist, racist
November 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Laurence Fox is never again going to be able to threaten to sue anybody for calling him, an increasingly overt racist, racist
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THIS IS SO GOOD
November 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
THIS IS SO GOOD
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November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I've always said the 'benefits' system makes my wife more sick, not more healthy. The process of applying for and retaining 'benefits' she is entitled to literally makes her health worse.
Applying for benefits is anxiety-inducing - and the weird language makes it much worse | Zoe Williams
Applying for benefits is anxiety-inducing - and the weird language makes it much worse | Zoe Williams
The staff are really helpful, but stark warnings, unnecessary cliffhangers and demonising language in the application forms all add up to unnecessary stress, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I've always said the 'benefits' system makes my wife more sick, not more healthy. The process of applying for and retaining 'benefits' she is entitled to literally makes her health worse.
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Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
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it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*