Landy Manderson
@landybham.bsky.social
Red-headed he/him 🏳️🌈 bastard child, longtime tech whisperer, food geek, seeker of honest men. Woefully undermedicated. Socials are quiet cuz 1A ≠ paycheck.
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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I will note that, prior to the news breaking that poetry is a highly efficient attack vector against LLMs, it was already known that Magic: The Gathering is Turing-Complete.
I'm just glad I got the line "they're tunneling TCP/IP over AD&D!" into a novel back in 2007!
I'm just glad I got the line "they're tunneling TCP/IP over AD&D!" into a novel back in 2007!
November 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I will note that, prior to the news breaking that poetry is a highly efficient attack vector against LLMs, it was already known that Magic: The Gathering is Turing-Complete.
I'm just glad I got the line "they're tunneling TCP/IP over AD&D!" into a novel back in 2007!
I'm just glad I got the line "they're tunneling TCP/IP over AD&D!" into a novel back in 2007!
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
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We live in a world where there are teddy bears ready to explain to toddlers how to engage in consensual sadomasochistic cutting, but we're banning corrupting books about heavy topics like how Cindy has two dads and that's okay.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
We live in a world where there are teddy bears ready to explain to toddlers how to engage in consensual sadomasochistic cutting, but we're banning corrupting books about heavy topics like how Cindy has two dads and that's okay.
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Business are willing to accept broken code if it means they don't have to pay humans anymore
#AmWorking
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Business are willing to accept broken code if it means they don't have to pay humans anymore
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I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I haven’t been this excited for a bubble to burst since I was a toddler.
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"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"Microsoft warns that Windows 11's agentic AI could install malware on your PC: 'Only enable this feature if you understand the security implications.'"
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
bro what--
what are we doing here, exactly, how can you--anyone be okay with this?
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NB: things have always been moderately stupid, but it used to be that people weren’t proud of being stupid, and some of them actively tried not to be quite so stupid, which kinda kept things in check. But now stupid sells and people wallow in it, so here we are
This is going to be difficult for the younger generation to understand, but within living memory there was a time when everything wasn't obviously incredibly stupid all the time.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NB: things have always been moderately stupid, but it used to be that people weren’t proud of being stupid, and some of them actively tried not to be quite so stupid, which kinda kept things in check. But now stupid sells and people wallow in it, so here we are
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New software release (2000): Cool! Can't wait to read the "What's New" summary!
New software release (2025): Oh gawd. How long can I put this off?
New software release (2025): Oh gawd. How long can I put this off?
I miss when technology used to be fun.
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New software release (2000): Cool! Can't wait to read the "What's New" summary!
New software release (2025): Oh gawd. How long can I put this off?
New software release (2025): Oh gawd. How long can I put this off?
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me writing an email, sweating over every word and punctuation choice: if I don't get this right, no one will ever take me seriously again
the world's most powerful men writing an email: lol bobies
the world's most powerful men writing an email: lol bobies
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
me writing an email, sweating over every word and punctuation choice: if I don't get this right, no one will ever take me seriously again
the world's most powerful men writing an email: lol bobies
the world's most powerful men writing an email: lol bobies
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Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Weird that we have a planet-wide magnetic defense system that self activates when the sun decides to attack but it is very pretty
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If you live in the green and red zones and have clear skies, you should go outside now and take a camera and do some long exposures, but also, just look up and marvel!
That's the Earth shielding you from harmful radiation that the Sun is belching out!
That's the Earth shielding you from harmful radiation that the Sun is belching out!
Aurora Forecast Update for 2025-11-12T01:30:26Z
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 8, 9-
Threshold Reached: 2025 Nov 12 0121 UTC
Synoptic Period: 0000-0300 UTC
Active Warning: Yes
NOAA Scale: G4 - Severe
Additional Details Here.
ALERT: Geomagnetic K-index of 8, 9-
Threshold Reached: 2025 Nov 12 0121 UTC
Synoptic Period: 0000-0300 UTC
Active Warning: Yes
NOAA Scale: G4 - Severe
Additional Details Here.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you live in the green and red zones and have clear skies, you should go outside now and take a camera and do some long exposures, but also, just look up and marvel!
That's the Earth shielding you from harmful radiation that the Sun is belching out!
That's the Earth shielding you from harmful radiation that the Sun is belching out!
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Realizing the "we poisoned you all with lead for decades" generation was immediately followed by "we fucked up teaching you how to read, now you're bad at it and hate it" generation to be followed by "Mandatory AI will fry your cognition" generation. Well, shit.
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Realizing the "we poisoned you all with lead for decades" generation was immediately followed by "we fucked up teaching you how to read, now you're bad at it and hate it" generation to be followed by "Mandatory AI will fry your cognition" generation. Well, shit.
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read!
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
![A man in an apron, aptly named Apronni, addresses his coworker:
APRONNI: JULIORA! A little bird told me it was your birthday next Wednesday!
Juliora comes in to reply.
JULIORA: A little bird? Like, a BIRD bird? TALKED to you?
APRONNI: Yeah. Came to my window last night around eight.
Now we see a little pigeon perched on the sill of an open window. Apparently Apronni lives in a barn, or something like a barn? It’s not entirely clear.
BIRD: Pssst. Hey buddy. [Apronni enters.] She’s been looking at ski boots on Zappos. Do what you will with this information.
Back in the office now, flashback over.
JULIORA: Because I’VE seen a little bird too! It let me know when a Zumba class opened up in my area!
ENTREBERT (entering with his hands held a pigeon’s width apart): A little bird? About yea big? Knows a lot about when jeans go on sale? Yeah, I’ve seen ‘I’m!
APRONNI: I guess it must be the same little bird visiting everyone!
Cut back to the bird, still on the windowsill. Part of the flashback from earlier? It’s not entirely clear.
BIRD: I’m very tired](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kihgsldesfdvdp7fi65m3m45/bafkreibsyythulynv4ub447jbqlnjqofsiykphmyxm7bf66duxcgjxopba@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A little bird told me that there's a comic here for you to read!
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
Wondermark #1370; The Avian Informant (Part 1 of 2)
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Work call, forget to turn off music.
Coworker: Is that... do you have music on?
Me: Oh, yeah forgot to pause it sorry.
Coworker: I could just hear what sounded like someone yelling at you.
Me: That was David Byrne, he does that.
Coworker: Is that... do you have music on?
Me: Oh, yeah forgot to pause it sorry.
Coworker: I could just hear what sounded like someone yelling at you.
Me: That was David Byrne, he does that.
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Work call, forget to turn off music.
Coworker: Is that... do you have music on?
Me: Oh, yeah forgot to pause it sorry.
Coworker: I could just hear what sounded like someone yelling at you.
Me: That was David Byrne, he does that.
Coworker: Is that... do you have music on?
Me: Oh, yeah forgot to pause it sorry.
Coworker: I could just hear what sounded like someone yelling at you.
Me: That was David Byrne, he does that.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
November 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Most of the Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt Campus is planned to be demolished by March 2026, if not sooner.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
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IT'S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON MOTHERFUCKERS
September 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
IT'S DECORATIVE GOURD SEASON MOTHERFUCKERS
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Nation’s 56,000 Acres Of Spinach Crops Cooked Down To Single Half-Cup Serving
September 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s 56,000 Acres Of Spinach Crops Cooked Down To Single Half-Cup Serving
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roses are red
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
Another day, another whiner complaining that I use the singular "they" in my work, and of course they can go fuck themselves
(you see what I did there)
(also, gift link)
wapo.st/3JEdPUv
(you see what I did there)
(also, gift link)
wapo.st/3JEdPUv
Opinion | ‘They’ has been a singular pronoun for centuries. Don’t let anyone tell you it’s wrong.
Jane Austen did it. You can, too.
wapo.st
September 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
roses are red
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
violets are blue
singular they
predates singular you
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Just learned the phrase “aura farming” and felt my frontal lobe fully develop.
April 25, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Just learned the phrase “aura farming” and felt my frontal lobe fully develop.
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Val Kilmer really truly did teach us it was okay to be weird.
April 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Val Kilmer really truly did teach us it was okay to be weird.
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Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org
February 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Since I’ve been getting this a lot - if you feel like supporting me by buying a jersey or something, I would rather you make a donation to Trans Lifeline or The Trevor Project
www.thetrevorproject.org
www.thetrevorproject.org