Garpur Dagsson - he/him
@garpur666.bsky.social
Grumpy old man.
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There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
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the mark of a "natural" and "stable" gender system is apparently needing constant state intervention to make sure nobody's getting too gay with it
26 Nov 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- SecDef Hegseth is proposing to cut the military's longstanding support for Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts of America) bec. he says it has gone “genderless” and is promoting "gender confusion" and no longer “cultivates masculine values."
Hegseth reportedly plans to cut support to US scouts group for being ‘genderless’
Scouting America decries accusations by defense secretary that the organization is attacking ‘boy-friendly spaces’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
the mark of a "natural" and "stable" gender system is apparently needing constant state intervention to make sure nobody's getting too gay with it
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That is the main objection to LLMs. It is the technological extension of James' theory on assholes: A technology of little use, that few people actually want, being pushed on them by people who get mad when you complain about it.
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
That is the main objection to LLMs. It is the technological extension of James' theory on assholes: A technology of little use, that few people actually want, being pushed on them by people who get mad when you complain about it.
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(Since the reply is taking off a bit, here's a link to the book I'm referring to: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215671... )
Assholes by Aaron James: 9780804171359 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
The perfect graduation gift for every young adult entering the real world. In the New York Times bestseller Nick Hornby calls “helpful, stimulating, and very timely” (The Believer), philosopher...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
(Since the reply is taking off a bit, here's a link to the book I'm referring to: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/215671... )
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The main issue with the box o art is the supplies in it aren't even crayola level functional.
An experienced artist will know this, appreciate that your heart was in the right place, and then never use it.
A beginning artist will not know this and blame themselves when their art is bad.
An experienced artist will know this, appreciate that your heart was in the right place, and then never use it.
A beginning artist will not know this and blame themselves when their art is bad.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The main issue with the box o art is the supplies in it aren't even crayola level functional.
An experienced artist will know this, appreciate that your heart was in the right place, and then never use it.
A beginning artist will not know this and blame themselves when their art is bad.
An experienced artist will know this, appreciate that your heart was in the right place, and then never use it.
A beginning artist will not know this and blame themselves when their art is bad.
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In this era of American Retreat, Canada must return to working with Australia and Germany to make the weirdest science fiction shows on Earth.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In this era of American Retreat, Canada must return to working with Australia and Germany to make the weirdest science fiction shows on Earth.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
Respectively: Farscape and Lexx, for anyone unaware.
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No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
No contract, no coffee.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
We don’t believe in sitting on the sidelines. Join our Transition co-chair @linamkhan.bsky.social , First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan & @sbworkersunited.org at the picket lines.
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A sad loss for my home province and for Canada. Journalists, take note: THIS is how you write the obituary of a famous woman (or any woman, really). Family, including the men in her life, are mentioned in the last sentence.
World champion curler, veteran broadcaster Colleen Jones dies at 65
World champion curler, veteran broadcaster Colleen Jones dies at 65
Jones, a world champion curler whose effervescent personality made her a popular presence on the CBC over nearly four decades, has died.
www.thestar.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A sad loss for my home province and for Canada. Journalists, take note: THIS is how you write the obituary of a famous woman (or any woman, really). Family, including the men in her life, are mentioned in the last sentence.
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Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Election Interference Case Against Trump
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Unavoidable conclusion: SCOTUS has put 1 man in America above the law & created a king. Not the first time a case has been decided wrong. The fix for democracy lies, as it did in Dred Scott, with fixing a broken decision. Hopefully this one won’t require a civil war. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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FFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK!!🤬
Live updates: Prosecutor declines to pursue Georgia election case against Trump
The new prosecutor leading the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others has decided not to pursue the case further.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
FFFFUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK!!🤬
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
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My favorite holiday food story has to be @cryptidchicken.bsky.social’s Turkey Story www.tumblr.com/gallusrostro...
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💬 110 🔁 35625 ❤️ 38478 · The Turkey Story · So it’s 2001, and my family drives from fucking California and like three blizzards to get to Ohio for thanksgiving, becuase my grandparents are moving…
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November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
My favorite holiday food story has to be @cryptidchicken.bsky.social’s Turkey Story www.tumblr.com/gallusrostro...
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the replies to @clairewillett.bsky.social’s prompt are incredible
there’s no shame in not knowing how to do something
but when you know you don’t know how to do something AND you don’t check??
there’s no shame in not knowing how to do something
but when you know you don’t know how to do something AND you don’t check??
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
the replies to @clairewillett.bsky.social’s prompt are incredible
there’s no shame in not knowing how to do something
but when you know you don’t know how to do something AND you don’t check??
there’s no shame in not knowing how to do something
but when you know you don’t know how to do something AND you don’t check??
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My grandma "accidentally" set the oven to clean when my mom (her daughter) was making her "famous" meatloaf and we were forced to go out to eat instead.
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My grandma "accidentally" set the oven to clean when my mom (her daughter) was making her "famous" meatloaf and we were forced to go out to eat instead.
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
Years later I asked her if she did it on purpose and she said "You've had your mother's cooking. What do you think"
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I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm old enough to remember Labour suspending its own MPs who voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In these dark times, it's important to revel in the miserable defeat of fascists.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In these dark times, it's important to revel in the miserable defeat of fascists.
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on the heels of the "piggy" incident. he's a piece of shit misogynist and sexual predator, and always has been. and people voted for him anyway.
Now we have the president calling a female New York Times reporter ugly because he's mad about a story she wrote.
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
on the heels of the "piggy" incident. he's a piece of shit misogynist and sexual predator, and always has been. and people voted for him anyway.
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Folks are getting mad because some broke-ass writer wants to be paid for his labor? Baby, get mad at the trust fund brat with the Times or Conde Nast gig.
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Folks are getting mad because some broke-ass writer wants to be paid for his labor? Baby, get mad at the trust fund brat with the Times or Conde Nast gig.
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Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
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Nepo babies don't write books. They get jobs in publishing because they are the only ones who can afford to live in big cities while being an intern.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Nepo babies don't write books. They get jobs in publishing because they are the only ones who can afford to live in big cities while being an intern.
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Chris Lehmann: The more damning, and likely more accurate, moral of the Nuzzi set piece is that this is the business model of Olivia Nuzzi’s public career—together with the bloated and corrupt enterprise of Beltway journalism writ large.
bit.ly/3KiCvCp
bit.ly/3KiCvCp
The Nuzzi Seizure of Power
The journalist’s rise and fall and rise again looks like a performance of tabloid drama. But really, it’s Beltway access reporting taken to its natural extreme.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Chris Lehmann: The more damning, and likely more accurate, moral of the Nuzzi set piece is that this is the business model of Olivia Nuzzi’s public career—together with the bloated and corrupt enterprise of Beltway journalism writ large.
bit.ly/3KiCvCp
bit.ly/3KiCvCp
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷