Jay Phoenix 🔶
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Phoenix, Georgist/Geolibertarian, Lib Dem, Network Engineer
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Jay Phoenix 🔶
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· Nov 25
Figured I'd move over my pinned message now I'm using pretty much just Bluesky.
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Aside from the genAI and other dubious shit going on here
Fuck those SAG actors
Standing up to genAI only when it affects them, but not when it affects other artists is piss poor behavior
Fuck those SAG actors
Standing up to genAI only when it affects them, but not when it affects other artists is piss poor behavior
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Aside from the genAI and other dubious shit going on here
Fuck those SAG actors
Standing up to genAI only when it affects them, but not when it affects other artists is piss poor behavior
Fuck those SAG actors
Standing up to genAI only when it affects them, but not when it affects other artists is piss poor behavior
AI related -
It's worth remembering that historic revolutions have usually come about as a result of a displaced or unhappy middle class, and during eras of large social and/or technological change.
It's worth remembering that historic revolutions have usually come about as a result of a displaced or unhappy middle class, and during eras of large social and/or technological change.
January 29, 2026 at 6:36 PM
AI related -
It's worth remembering that historic revolutions have usually come about as a result of a displaced or unhappy middle class, and during eras of large social and/or technological change.
It's worth remembering that historic revolutions have usually come about as a result of a displaced or unhappy middle class, and during eras of large social and/or technological change.
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The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
January 29, 2026 at 12:03 PM
The word armadillo is borrowed from Spanish and simply means “little armored one.” But an even better word for an armadillo, in my opinion, is the Nahuatl ayotochtli. It means “turtle rabbit.”
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Was looking through my steam library to see what I need to add to the backlog and forgot I changed Yakuza 0's cover art to this
January 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Was looking through my steam library to see what I need to add to the backlog and forgot I changed Yakuza 0's cover art to this
30 day visa free China travel lets goooooooo.
January 29, 2026 at 12:08 PM
30 day visa free China travel lets goooooooo.
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At the risk of preaching not just to the choir but to the house of bishops, for my New Statesman column this week I have written about leaving Twitter a year ago, and how surreal it's been watching people make excuses for sharing a site with an AI sex pest tool
www.newstatesman.com/culture/soci...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/soci...
How I quit Elon Musk’s toxic online playground
X abandoned me long before I abandoned it
www.newstatesman.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:55 AM
At the risk of preaching not just to the choir but to the house of bishops, for my New Statesman column this week I have written about leaving Twitter a year ago, and how surreal it's been watching people make excuses for sharing a site with an AI sex pest tool
www.newstatesman.com/culture/soci...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/soci...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
January 28, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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Watching UK commentators finger wag and talk about how bad America is right now, whilst constantly normalizing fucking Reform UK
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Watching UK commentators finger wag and talk about how bad America is right now, whilst constantly normalizing fucking Reform UK
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Anyway look forward to him being presented as an academic expert next time he's on QT.
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Anyway look forward to him being presented as an academic expert next time he's on QT.
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Huh - we've found the first situation in which I would vote Green if tactically necessary.
January 27, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Huh - we've found the first situation in which I would vote Green if tactically necessary.
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"Mozart wrote his own requiem; Reform’s mayoral candidate has put herself into a death portrait with a suicidal penguin. This is an ill omen... Vote Laila and follow the penguin to its icy doom."
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Herzog’s nihilistic penguin is the right-wing Paddington Bear
Reform London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham’s penguin ad is an ill omen for her campaign
www.newstatesman.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:49 AM
"Mozart wrote his own requiem; Reform’s mayoral candidate has put herself into a death portrait with a suicidal penguin. This is an ill omen... Vote Laila and follow the penguin to its icy doom."
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...
Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK)
A photographer Fay was visiting a park when a friendly robin came over and nestled right atop her camera near the warmth of her jacket.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
January 26, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Bird Snuggles into Photographer’s Chest And Stayed With Her for Warmth on a Snowy Day (LOOK) www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bird-snuggle...
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Man Struggling To Pierce Orange Peel With Fingernail Under Impression He Could Kill If He Had To https://theonion.com/man-struggling-to-pierce-orange-peel-with-fingernail-un-1819579648/
January 26, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Man Struggling To Pierce Orange Peel With Fingernail Under Impression He Could Kill If He Had To https://theonion.com/man-struggling-to-pierce-orange-peel-with-fingernail-un-1819579648/
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Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
So close to finishing this aaaah
January 26, 2026 at 12:24 AM
So close to finishing this aaaah
