Himbo Blacksmith🇿🇦🇮🇹
@himboblacksmith.bsky.social
i have approximate knowledge of many things (except blacksmithing, i know quite a bit about that. hmu if you want pointers) | he/him
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Never seen a work of dystopian fiction where the AI is an unapologetic pedo
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Never seen a work of dystopian fiction where the AI is an unapologetic pedo
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Hey I don't think you should use a website that generates CSAM on demand
January 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Hey I don't think you should use a website that generates CSAM on demand
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In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
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If you walked into a store and asked for child porn. And they then created child porn and gave it out. Wouldn’t the owner of that store be arrested for created child porn?
Let’s say that man is the richest man in the world.
Why isn’t he being arrested?
Let’s say that man is the richest man in the world.
Why isn’t he being arrested?
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 AM
If you walked into a store and asked for child porn. And they then created child porn and gave it out. Wouldn’t the owner of that store be arrested for created child porn?
Let’s say that man is the richest man in the world.
Why isn’t he being arrested?
Let’s say that man is the richest man in the world.
Why isn’t he being arrested?
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i think most people are insulted when you nod and suggest you're paying attention to them and then turn to a five-year-old next to them and ask them to weigh in. the five-year-old is sentient and the LLM is not. in neither case would the calculated affront be sincerely owned by its author
thats the biggest thing i notice at work. the machine saying something is given more weight than a person saying it or a person disagreeing. there is something happening to peoples brains
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
i think most people are insulted when you nod and suggest you're paying attention to them and then turn to a five-year-old next to them and ask them to weigh in. the five-year-old is sentient and the LLM is not. in neither case would the calculated affront be sincerely owned by its author
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tech has always been terrible about guarding against the abusive use cases of its products, but now those use cases have become the selling point and it is leading to an extraordinarily dark place
The automated sexual abuse that Musk is doing right now should be national news. People should be going to prison for this shit. The logical conclusion to generative image creation and the internet, pure public automatic violence. Every Pizzagate fear just out in the open.
January 2, 2026 at 5:19 AM
tech has always been terrible about guarding against the abusive use cases of its products, but now those use cases have become the selling point and it is leading to an extraordinarily dark place
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For the most part I try to make what other folks are doing not my business. Twitter was enabling some pretty horrifying shit for a long time, but putting a "take this child actress's dress off" button on there is a level of "what the fuck are you doing on this site" that is hard to grapple with.
if you still use Twitter please understand that you are enabling and supporting this.
It’s only going to get worse, so you may as well leave now and start rebuilding your “following” anywhere else.
It’s only going to get worse, so you may as well leave now and start rebuilding your “following” anywhere else.
For the last few days on X, people (mainly women, and sometimes children) have had nonconsensual images of them in swimsuits (or much worse) requested by users and created by Grok.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
Musk's only apparent response thus far has been to crack jokes about it.
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 AM
For the most part I try to make what other folks are doing not my business. Twitter was enabling some pretty horrifying shit for a long time, but putting a "take this child actress's dress off" button on there is a level of "what the fuck are you doing on this site" that is hard to grapple with.
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My first Nancy strip, for New Year’s Day 2026❣️
January 1, 2026 at 10:27 PM
My first Nancy strip, for New Year’s Day 2026❣️
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US Christians gather to protest violence against trans people: 'Not in Jesus' name' https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/29/us-christians-gather-to-protest-violence-against-trans-people-not-in-jesus-name/?utm_content=1767270000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
US Christians gather to protest violence against trans people: 'Not in Jesus' name'
US Christians gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol to protest the "religious condemnation" of the trans community.
www.thepinknews.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM
US Christians gather to protest violence against trans people: 'Not in Jesus' name' https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/29/us-christians-gather-to-protest-violence-against-trans-people-not-in-jesus-name/?utm_content=1767270000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Weird that the guy at Safeway covered in Nazi tattoos doesn’t have to worry about his tats being used to deport him for gang affiliation
January 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Weird that the guy at Safeway covered in Nazi tattoos doesn’t have to worry about his tats being used to deport him for gang affiliation
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i love that media predicting future worlds was always like “we’ll have super powers and are connected directly into technology itself” but instead all we have in reality are robots that can be used to undress and sexually harass women
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i love that media predicting future worlds was always like “we’ll have super powers and are connected directly into technology itself” but instead all we have in reality are robots that can be used to undress and sexually harass women
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God willing we’re in for eight years of incredibly weird meltdowns
January 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM
God willing we’re in for eight years of incredibly weird meltdowns
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wild how we're simultaneously enacting what amounts to a creeping state-by-state porn ban and also telling everyone the whole future of the internet is robots that simulate CSAM and non-consensual sexualized images on demand
January 1, 2026 at 11:19 PM
wild how we're simultaneously enacting what amounts to a creeping state-by-state porn ban and also telling everyone the whole future of the internet is robots that simulate CSAM and non-consensual sexualized images on demand
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The 2024 election was a cost of living election and a referendum on the failings of the Biden administration, and the main theme of 2025 was people mistaking that for a total cultural victory for the far right and acting accordingly, to the horror and confusion of average Americans
January 1, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The 2024 election was a cost of living election and a referendum on the failings of the Biden administration, and the main theme of 2025 was people mistaking that for a total cultural victory for the far right and acting accordingly, to the horror and confusion of average Americans
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at some point you are lowering the bar for moderation to accommodate eg grok, which, if a real user with no particular clout, would have been banned ten times by now. they'd be logged into their new burner from a vpn in lithuania and hoping that mods didn't notice them
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
at some point you are lowering the bar for moderation to accommodate eg grok, which, if a real user with no particular clout, would have been banned ten times by now. they'd be logged into their new burner from a vpn in lithuania and hoping that mods didn't notice them
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so much right-wing behavior is epitomized by people telling themselves "i am the protagonist of reality!" when they have less emotional depth than that one gargoyle who stabs you in the ass with a poker in elden ring
January 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
so much right-wing behavior is epitomized by people telling themselves "i am the protagonist of reality!" when they have less emotional depth than that one gargoyle who stabs you in the ass with a poker in elden ring
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for those unfamiliar with what's going on on the former birdsite now X, the so-called "AI" Grok is now generating non-consensual erotic images at request including of children
January 1, 2026 at 11:31 PM
for those unfamiliar with what's going on on the former birdsite now X, the so-called "AI" Grok is now generating non-consensual erotic images at request including of children
Grok getting used to abuse women even outside of twitter is reason enough to shut that entire industry down. Kill it. Get some backhoes and dig up the power cables powering the data centers
January 1, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Grok getting used to abuse women even outside of twitter is reason enough to shut that entire industry down. Kill it. Get some backhoes and dig up the power cables powering the data centers
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I am illustrating my friend's arcane poetry project. Here are some of the pages. It's called Slow Town.
December 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I am illustrating my friend's arcane poetry project. Here are some of the pages. It's called Slow Town.
bigger than before
January 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
bigger than before
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me and some masked friends went to a SpaceX testing facility with cameras and said “where the rockets at, I don’t see any rockets” and they didn’t let me in so you know what that means (fraud by a foreigner from south africa )
Demanding to see all the rockets at SpaceX bc I have a 60k follower YouTube channel and a camera.
January 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
me and some masked friends went to a SpaceX testing facility with cameras and said “where the rockets at, I don’t see any rockets” and they didn’t let me in so you know what that means (fraud by a foreigner from south africa )
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just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away
January 1, 2026 at 6:59 PM
just saw a billionaire pack all his things in a bindle and start leaving new york city on foot. he turned and looked at me with tears in his eyes and said “maybe one day when this city is safe we’ll return” before walking away
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Musk literally claimed at one point (and it was later shown to be real) to be actively interfering with Ukraine’s military efforts and somehow he was just allowed to do that. Hilariously pathetic presidency
Elon musk being allowed to run his CSAM and propaganda website free from any threat of misconduct investigations by Bidens administration I think will end up as one of the biggest stains of an already stained to fuck administration. And that’s saying something when another stain is genocide
January 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Musk literally claimed at one point (and it was later shown to be real) to be actively interfering with Ukraine’s military efforts and somehow he was just allowed to do that. Hilariously pathetic presidency
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I have moved this way online for a long time. I don’t use my real name or face. Sometimes I randomly change online identities. I delete posts in waves. I suggest more of you start doing the same. Your real identity is best left to a Signal group chat or something
January 1, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I have moved this way online for a long time. I don’t use my real name or face. Sometimes I randomly change online identities. I delete posts in waves. I suggest more of you start doing the same. Your real identity is best left to a Signal group chat or something