JL Sigman
@jlsigman.bsky.social
50yo white asexual panromantic geeky nerd gamer type caring for my disabled mother, living in South Carolina (She/Her or They/Them)
#FFXIV #ChronicPain #Caretaker #Adulting #Gamer #SouthCarolina #Baking #Writing #AllEliteWrestling #Reading
#FFXIV #ChronicPain #Caretaker #Adulting #Gamer #SouthCarolina #Baking #Writing #AllEliteWrestling #Reading
Might have to see if I can get the cheapest chocolate chips next time I’m at the store and make a big batch of peanut butter cookies.
#baking #StressBaking
#baking #StressBaking
January 10, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Might have to see if I can get the cheapest chocolate chips next time I’m at the store and make a big batch of peanut butter cookies.
#baking #StressBaking
#baking #StressBaking
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Belated free @btsheetspod.bsky.social gap-filler: A supercut of our Patreon deep dives into the legendary disaster that was John Collins' MECW startup promotion in 2001! We're joined by Beau James since he was in the thick of things and it's a WILD roller coaster ride. redcircle.com/shows/f0ecb9...
January 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Belated free @btsheetspod.bsky.social gap-filler: A supercut of our Patreon deep dives into the legendary disaster that was John Collins' MECW startup promotion in 2001! We're joined by Beau James since he was in the thick of things and it's a WILD roller coaster ride. redcircle.com/shows/f0ecb9...
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It's been awhile since I plugged the podcast @btsheetspod.bsky.social on social media, but @davidbix.bsky.social and @kriszellner.bsky.social put up on the free feed a super cut off their two part look at MECW, and those episodes are all-timers. Especially part 2. Cont
January 10, 2026 at 5:50 PM
It's been awhile since I plugged the podcast @btsheetspod.bsky.social on social media, but @davidbix.bsky.social and @kriszellner.bsky.social put up on the free feed a super cut off their two part look at MECW, and those episodes are all-timers. Especially part 2. Cont
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…Probably the least vague vagueskeet ever… but just a thought. Rarely has a writer’s famous thesis been proven so true, in so brief a series of images: “Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.”
January 10, 2026 at 11:37 AM
…Probably the least vague vagueskeet ever… but just a thought. Rarely has a writer’s famous thesis been proven so true, in so brief a series of images: “Men are afraid women will laugh at them. Women are afraid men will kill them.”
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cutting the gordion knot:
the billionaires who own these news outlets like trump and his bigotry and fascism
the billionaires who own these news outlets like trump and his bigotry and fascism
The fact that any media frames any of this as “hotly contested” is despicable. Cynical me always goes “well, this drives traffic and that = money and that’s all that matters.”
But I think we’re past that point in 2026. I believe now that non-independent media actually wants to defend ICE.
But I think we’re past that point in 2026. I believe now that non-independent media actually wants to defend ICE.
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
cutting the gordion knot:
the billionaires who own these news outlets like trump and his bigotry and fascism
the billionaires who own these news outlets like trump and his bigotry and fascism
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Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
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You cannot remake what Blade represents. It is a load bearing part of the personality of black goths and techno gays. The main track is one of the hardest in techno history. Coogler’s the only guy who could create that level of culture and kinda did with Sinners.
youtu.be/L9lIxTFO078?...
youtu.be/L9lIxTFO078?...
New Order - Confusion (1995 Pump Panel Remix) (Blade Soundtrac
YouTube video by A19XRT
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
You cannot remake what Blade represents. It is a load bearing part of the personality of black goths and techno gays. The main track is one of the hardest in techno history. Coogler’s the only guy who could create that level of culture and kinda did with Sinners.
youtu.be/L9lIxTFO078?...
youtu.be/L9lIxTFO078?...
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."
January 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
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I sat in a fucking court room and heard Apple imply that a naked cartoon banana was somehow inappropriate but somehow Grok non consensually undressing women and children is ok?? www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I sat in a fucking court room and heard Apple imply that a naked cartoon banana was somehow inappropriate but somehow Grok non consensually undressing women and children is ok?? www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
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I was really glad to do this book interview, and you all should check out Nia’s book, I Hardly Knew Me: Following Love, Faith, and Skittles to a Transgender Awakening
www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/i-hard...
www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/i-hard...
January 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I was really glad to do this book interview, and you all should check out Nia’s book, I Hardly Knew Me: Following Love, Faith, and Skittles to a Transgender Awakening
www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/i-hard...
www.lakedrivebooks.com/books/i-hard...
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10/10, would watch
Ken Burns Announces New 10-Part ‘Mr. Biscuits’ Documentary After Adopting Cat https://theonion.com/ken-burns-announces-new-10-part-mr-biscuits-documentary-after-adopting-cat/
January 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
10/10, would watch
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could it be?!
forsooth???
the new issue of The Hurting Gazette is LIVE!
over 11K new words featuring: the climax of my discussion of Stephen R. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant books; an essay about one of my favorite bands, Stars; and a bonus jeremiad that could only be called “Fuck You Too, Quentin”
forsooth???
the new issue of The Hurting Gazette is LIVE!
over 11K new words featuring: the climax of my discussion of Stephen R. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant books; an essay about one of my favorite bands, Stars; and a bonus jeremiad that could only be called “Fuck You Too, Quentin”
The Hurting Gazette #7 | Tegan O'Neil
Get more from Tegan O'Neil on Patreon
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January 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
could it be?!
forsooth???
the new issue of The Hurting Gazette is LIVE!
over 11K new words featuring: the climax of my discussion of Stephen R. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant books; an essay about one of my favorite bands, Stars; and a bonus jeremiad that could only be called “Fuck You Too, Quentin”
forsooth???
the new issue of The Hurting Gazette is LIVE!
over 11K new words featuring: the climax of my discussion of Stephen R. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant books; an essay about one of my favorite bands, Stars; and a bonus jeremiad that could only be called “Fuck You Too, Quentin”
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A benefit of having a gazillion little indie news outlets is that we're much more difficult for the administration to suppress. Titans can be felled. A swarm has no weakpoint to target.
Thanks to @mallorycarra.com for telling the story of independent journalism as a tool of resistance in the US.
Thanks to @mallorycarra.com for telling the story of independent journalism as a tool of resistance in the US.
January 9, 2026 at 5:21 PM
A benefit of having a gazillion little indie news outlets is that we're much more difficult for the administration to suppress. Titans can be felled. A swarm has no weakpoint to target.
Thanks to @mallorycarra.com for telling the story of independent journalism as a tool of resistance in the US.
Thanks to @mallorycarra.com for telling the story of independent journalism as a tool of resistance in the US.
Make your own - tenpages.github.io/us-level/us....
Could not decide between "visit" and "stayed" for Colorado, finally decided visited was more accurate.
Could not decide between "visit" and "stayed" for Colorado, finally decided visited was more accurate.
January 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Make your own - tenpages.github.io/us-level/us....
Could not decide between "visit" and "stayed" for Colorado, finally decided visited was more accurate.
Could not decide between "visit" and "stayed" for Colorado, finally decided visited was more accurate.
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Hello!! My commissions are open again as some hospital bills and general bills are coming up! :D Feel free to fill in this Form! They will be open for about a week (or until slots fill up((roughly 5!))
(Alternately, feel free to also DM or email me if you prefer! :) )
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January 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Hello!! My commissions are open again as some hospital bills and general bills are coming up! :D Feel free to fill in this Form! They will be open for about a week (or until slots fill up((roughly 5!))
(Alternately, feel free to also DM or email me if you prefer! :) )
(Alternately, feel free to also DM or email me if you prefer! :) )
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This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
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Remember, this was the guy trying to organize other wrestlers to form a union that Hulk Hogan ratted out. Hogan's reward was his push to superstardom despite only having 3 wrestling moves and 1/3 of a hairline in his repertoire.
Former Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura: Who is that? The draft-dodging coward? I don’t call him by name. He’s the draft-dodging coward who, when it was his time to serve his country, did what all rich white boys did. Most of my friends and I are Vietnam veterans. He’s gonna tell me what courage is?
January 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Remember, this was the guy trying to organize other wrestlers to form a union that Hulk Hogan ratted out. Hogan's reward was his push to superstardom despite only having 3 wrestling moves and 1/3 of a hairline in his repertoire.
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Boar's Head, again. Listeria, again. Pecorino cheese
January 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Boar's Head, again. Listeria, again. Pecorino cheese
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Gonna ask for anyone with potential info: William DeFoor, the person accused of damaging JD Vance's Ohio home, is being written up in right wing media as wanting to be referred to as "Julia" and is trans, which I can find zero info on. His lawyer even referred to him as "he" during arraignment.
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Gonna ask for anyone with potential info: William DeFoor, the person accused of damaging JD Vance's Ohio home, is being written up in right wing media as wanting to be referred to as "Julia" and is trans, which I can find zero info on. His lawyer even referred to him as "he" during arraignment.
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So revenge porn and CSAM are now premium features.
Gotcha.
Gotcha.
"Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Musk's AI bot Grok limits image generation on X to paid users after backlash
Elon Musk's startup xAI has restricted the image generation function on its Grok chatbot on social media platform X to paid subscribers, after the tool's use of AI to create sexualized images sparked ...
www.reuters.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:32 PM
So revenge porn and CSAM are now premium features.
Gotcha.
Gotcha.
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You can now purchase my last two brain cells. One is very serious. The other is not. blacksmoke1033.etsy.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 AM
You can now purchase my last two brain cells. One is very serious. The other is not. blacksmoke1033.etsy.com
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before you buy this vfx pack, its important to know that papachin has used ai generated assets, notably the music!
🎶Alter DNC — "Urban Strider" Job Rework now released！
📼 Check video First : youtu.be/xH_jv4a983E
Infused with a variety of street-style elements—DJing, graffiti art, and skateboarding—it brings you the trendiest audio-visual experience!😘~Hope you enjoy it!
⭐Get the Full Pack:
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📼 Check video First : youtu.be/xH_jv4a983E
Infused with a variety of street-style elements—DJing, graffiti art, and skateboarding—it brings you the trendiest audio-visual experience!😘~Hope you enjoy it!
⭐Get the Full Pack:
ko-fi.com/s/9e13431310
🎧DJ×Graffiti×Skateboard | "Urban Strider" Theme — Alter DNC Job Rework MOD
YouTube video by Papapachin
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January 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
before you buy this vfx pack, its important to know that papachin has used ai generated assets, notably the music!