Mark Armstrong
@fabricatus.com
Business intelligence analyst and database specialist. Science is my first love, but I also enjoy SF, Fantasy & TTRPG's He/Him
Oh fantastic homage to the blood spilling elevator from The Shining in The Evil Dead rises. Kudos!
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Oh fantastic homage to the blood spilling elevator from The Shining in The Evil Dead rises. Kudos!
In the evil dead series, is it canon that only Bruce Campbell makes it out alive and in (almost) one piece?
December 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In the evil dead series, is it canon that only Bruce Campbell makes it out alive and in (almost) one piece?
Watching the Evil Dead rises. Enjoying the lack of foresight by the priest who puts the warning about the book and its demonic influences on the last disk recording rather than the first.
December 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Watching the Evil Dead rises. Enjoying the lack of foresight by the priest who puts the warning about the book and its demonic influences on the last disk recording rather than the first.
Awww. I had a quaint old spam message from ‘Bill Gates’ offering to gift me $5mil! Takes me back 30 years to the old days of email. Much nicer than the ones claiming to have stolen all my data or threatening to release my non existent porn habit to friends and family. Much nostalgia!
December 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Awww. I had a quaint old spam message from ‘Bill Gates’ offering to gift me $5mil! Takes me back 30 years to the old days of email. Much nicer than the ones claiming to have stolen all my data or threatening to release my non existent porn habit to friends and family. Much nostalgia!
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Clearance pricing at Big W for some
Switch stuff
Paper Mario TTYD, Mario & Luigi Brothership, Fire Emblem Engage - $20
Bravely Default SW2, Nintendo World Championships - $14 www.bigw.com.au/gaming/ninte...
Switch stuff
Paper Mario TTYD, Mario & Luigi Brothership, Fire Emblem Engage - $20
Bravely Default SW2, Nintendo World Championships - $14 www.bigw.com.au/gaming/ninte...
www.bigw.com.au
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Clearance pricing at Big W for some
Switch stuff
Paper Mario TTYD, Mario & Luigi Brothership, Fire Emblem Engage - $20
Bravely Default SW2, Nintendo World Championships - $14 www.bigw.com.au/gaming/ninte...
Switch stuff
Paper Mario TTYD, Mario & Luigi Brothership, Fire Emblem Engage - $20
Bravely Default SW2, Nintendo World Championships - $14 www.bigw.com.au/gaming/ninte...
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Tonight in The December Comfort Watches: John Wick! Or, why you shouldn't mess with Keanu Reeves. Or his dog.
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day 16: John Wick
John Wick didn’t have to go so hard. It could have just been about what it says it’s about: A retired bad guy named John Wick (Keanu Reeves), who left the life for the simple pleasures …
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December 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Tonight in The December Comfort Watches: John Wick! Or, why you shouldn't mess with Keanu Reeves. Or his dog.
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Anarchism has some problems as a theoretical framework, but its basic formula of:
- no masters above
- no servants below
- chuck a bomb at the czar every once in a while
Almost never fails to be correct.
- no masters above
- no servants below
- chuck a bomb at the czar every once in a while
Almost never fails to be correct.
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Anarchism has some problems as a theoretical framework, but its basic formula of:
- no masters above
- no servants below
- chuck a bomb at the czar every once in a while
Almost never fails to be correct.
- no masters above
- no servants below
- chuck a bomb at the czar every once in a while
Almost never fails to be correct.
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Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
placeholder art is supposed to look like this. you're supposed to make it in 5 seconds.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
it's a crucial part of the process because a placeholder will often be remarkably similar to the final art/text, because you were unburdened by bigger details when you made it.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Also just tapping the sign again — A.I. eliminates the opportunity for creative discovery on your way to the destination you *thought* you wanted. You’re making art, process is everything.
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US gun nuts in current freefall about how Australia's 1996 reforms "failed". Our evisceration of an academic NRA darling's woeful critique of our 20yr review in @jama.com ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/ha...
ses.library.usyd.edu.au
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
US gun nuts in current freefall about how Australia's 1996 reforms "failed". Our evisceration of an academic NRA darling's woeful critique of our 20yr review in @jama.com ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/ha...
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Every sign suggests we are in a bubble. Oracle missed on earnings, save for a $2.68 bn credit from the sale of Ampere. Broadcom has pushed its supposed OpenAI chip revenue to 2027. Everything looks bleak.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbusters/#so-when-is-the-bubble-going-to-burst
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbusters/#so-when-is-the-bubble-going-to-burst
![So When Is The Bubble Going To Burst?
I get asked this question a lot, and the answer is that I’m not sure, because it could be today, or it could be in six months.
The AI bubble isn’t one supported by model efficacy or company revenues, but pure, unadulterated hype. Things feel like they’re finally coming to an end because the markets are realizing that there’s no infinite money glitch. Oracle’s stock got savaged after Bloomberg reported that its OpenAI data centers were delayed until 2027 or 2028, and while Oracle denies this, it does so in vague doublespeak about how there are “no delays to any sites required to meet our contractual commitments, and all milestones remain on track.”
To be clear, that’s bullshit. I have people on the ground in Abilene, that place has been months behind all year. They only have two buildings stood up!
This is the true scandal brewing that I believe will burst the bubble: that OpenAI has to start paying people, and it doesn’t seem to be happening anytime soon.
And it’s starting. Last week, Broadcom beat on analyst estimates, yet its stock got crushed despite glossy story after glossy story about it becoming an alternative to NVIDIA’s GPUs.
Why?
Well, first of all, its revenue from its supposed chips with OpenAI is now delayed until 2027/2028, and when pressed on the subject, CEO Hock Tan said that OpenAI was “on [its] own multi-year journey,” which is what I like to call a “concept of a plan.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qc6xzgctorfsm35w6i3vdebx/bafkreifo3ywocij3odjtbstuybi6u4svuxd4xwn3pxszvmlwdejs5gvo4y@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Every sign suggests we are in a bubble. Oracle missed on earnings, save for a $2.68 bn credit from the sale of Ampere. Broadcom has pushed its supposed OpenAI chip revenue to 2027. Everything looks bleak.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbusters/#so-when-is-the-bubble-going-to-burst
https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-mythbusters/#so-when-is-the-bubble-going-to-burst
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In the comments under every video where I talk about the data and history of civil resistance, there’s inevitably one guy arguing for open warfare. I always call them a cop bc either 1) they are or 2) they will be so ashamed to be mistaken for the worst kind of person on earth that they’ll stfu
Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In the comments under every video where I talk about the data and history of civil resistance, there’s inevitably one guy arguing for open warfare. I always call them a cop bc either 1) they are or 2) they will be so ashamed to be mistaken for the worst kind of person on earth that they’ll stfu
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Along with the guy I bought on old Merc from in the 90s, Studley Lush (junior), @actualnames.bsky.social
The first Australian to receive insulin in 1922 | Diabetes Australia
Phyllis Lush (née Adams) was the first Australian to receive insulin – her son talks about how it saved and changed her life in the 1920’s.
www.diabetesaustralia.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Along with the guy I bought on old Merc from in the 90s, Studley Lush (junior), @actualnames.bsky.social
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Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Posting this again because I've been getting questions: at this moment there is no licensed merch for Murderbot or Sanctuary Moon except what is on Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/... where it's sold for charity fundraising. And they are getting a new t-shirt design soon.
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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The writers gearing up for 2026:
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The writers gearing up for 2026:
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
My lovely wife’s collapsible foot spa just collapsed in the living room throwing litres of water under the couch towards all our electronics. That was an exciting 40 minutes of using almost every towel in the house.
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
My lovely wife’s collapsible foot spa just collapsed in the living room throwing litres of water under the couch towards all our electronics. That was an exciting 40 minutes of using almost every towel in the house.
I think we are seeing the inverse of a "Hero living long enough to become a villain" in all those Disney Villains who hung around long enough to eventually become heroes (albeit of the Antihero variety)
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I think we are seeing the inverse of a "Hero living long enough to become a villain" in all those Disney Villains who hung around long enough to eventually become heroes (albeit of the Antihero variety)
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Guys, if your Trust and Safety officer thinks it's funny to publicly troll people on the website he's Trust and Safety officer for then he probably shouldn't be the Trust and Safety officer.
What is this Musk level shit?
The brutality of that ratio alone should probably be grounds for dismissal.
What is this Musk level shit?
The brutality of that ratio alone should probably be grounds for dismissal.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Guys, if your Trust and Safety officer thinks it's funny to publicly troll people on the website he's Trust and Safety officer for then he probably shouldn't be the Trust and Safety officer.
What is this Musk level shit?
The brutality of that ratio alone should probably be grounds for dismissal.
What is this Musk level shit?
The brutality of that ratio alone should probably be grounds for dismissal.
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I can’t believe that in this day and age, people are still wearing fir.
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I can’t believe that in this day and age, people are still wearing fir.