Nire Bryce
@nirebryce.breadthcharge.net
India Alpha Tango Charlie (derogatory)
Child of Eris. Conceptual Midwife.
Liberation Technologist. Insightful Nuisance.
This is where I think out loud.
Reality is the battlefield.
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she/th
33 +/- 3. Trans, ND, Tired
>BOS, US
Eggbug lives
Child of Eris. Conceptual Midwife.
Liberation Technologist. Insightful Nuisance.
This is where I think out loud.
Reality is the battlefield.
disco: nire
she/th
33 +/- 3. Trans, ND, Tired
>BOS, US
Eggbug lives
Pinned
an index of threads
setting up my Claude dot md file to have it play the Westworld theme every time it slips something past me. so far haven't heard it so I think we're good.
December 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
setting up my Claude dot md file to have it play the Westworld theme every time it slips something past me. so far haven't heard it so I think we're good.
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Primer on Nigerian history and current affairs, and why Nigerian Christians that oppose terrorism will tell you that Islamist terrorists in Nigeria target Muslims too, and hurt more Muslims than anyone else.
And that you can't fight terrorism with Islamaphobia. That strategy doesn't even make sense
And that you can't fight terrorism with Islamaphobia. That strategy doesn't even make sense
mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
@david_megginson@mstdn.ca Quick thread on why all these things are connected:
1) So many Black folk in tech are Nigerian
2) ChatGPT uses the word "delve" a lot
3) So many of the top 100 Scrabble play...
hachyderm.io
December 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Primer on Nigerian history and current affairs, and why Nigerian Christians that oppose terrorism will tell you that Islamist terrorists in Nigeria target Muslims too, and hurt more Muslims than anyone else.
And that you can't fight terrorism with Islamaphobia. That strategy doesn't even make sense
And that you can't fight terrorism with Islamaphobia. That strategy doesn't even make sense
oh this one's good (intentionally max inflammatory)
Counterpoint, the average poaster can’t read and is just using a poor predictive text heuristic, and already depend on an overclass of motivated and competing literate elites to determine their opinions for them
December 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
oh this one's good (intentionally max inflammatory)
menswear guy is the fashion advice lottery
The fact the Menswear Guy is actively dunking on the Bsky user base now instead of just cross-posting the threads where he does that to Twitter users should terrify all of us.
true. that's bc you've allowed your sense of style to be narrowly defined by fashion brands, instead of thinking about it in terms of cultural history. over the course of the 20th century, many groups have dressed well, even if they didn't conform to fashion trends or bourgeois respectability
December 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
menswear guy is the fashion advice lottery
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But I was also trying to make a case for the importance of the CRD in the civil rights era, and decided the best way to do that was to control the variables of time and place, limiting my study to the well-worn geography and chronology of the 1960s Deep South in order to explore the new variable.
December 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
But I was also trying to make a case for the importance of the CRD in the civil rights era, and decided the best way to do that was to control the variables of time and place, limiting my study to the well-worn geography and chronology of the 1960s Deep South in order to explore the new variable.
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For one, there were so many great new details in these papers that refined and revised that familiar narrative -- a plot by Mississippi lawmen to assassinate James Meredith before he integrated Ole Miss, for instance, and the CRD's deep involvement in the logistical planning of Selma-to-Mongtomery.
December 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
For one, there were so many great new details in these papers that refined and revised that familiar narrative -- a plot by Mississippi lawmen to assassinate James Meredith before he integrated Ole Miss, for instance, and the CRD's deep involvement in the logistical planning of Selma-to-Mongtomery.
teaching Claude Code how to use open flock CCTV cameras found on SHODAN to find threats around my person and give me clock circle numbers like in person of interest
December 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
teaching Claude Code how to use open flock CCTV cameras found on SHODAN to find threats around my person and give me clock circle numbers like in person of interest
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None of those are comfortable thoughts, and humans are comfort-seeking creatures.
And once you have a billion dollars, you stop being uncomfortable except by your own choice, outside of unforseeable catastrophes.
So you stop having any practice with "I'm uncomfortable, but sitting with it."
And once you have a billion dollars, you stop being uncomfortable except by your own choice, outside of unforseeable catastrophes.
So you stop having any practice with "I'm uncomfortable, but sitting with it."
December 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
None of those are comfortable thoughts, and humans are comfort-seeking creatures.
And once you have a billion dollars, you stop being uncomfortable except by your own choice, outside of unforseeable catastrophes.
So you stop having any practice with "I'm uncomfortable, but sitting with it."
And once you have a billion dollars, you stop being uncomfortable except by your own choice, outside of unforseeable catastrophes.
So you stop having any practice with "I'm uncomfortable, but sitting with it."
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I think about the psychology behind this a lot.
At base it seems to be - if you accept that the reason you're rich is down to luck, then several thoughts follow:
1) maybe I don't deserve this as much as other people, and am obligated to help them
2) maybe it can go away because of bad luck, too
At base it seems to be - if you accept that the reason you're rich is down to luck, then several thoughts follow:
1) maybe I don't deserve this as much as other people, and am obligated to help them
2) maybe it can go away because of bad luck, too
Mark Cuban exemplifies my image of wealthy techbros as "a dumbass who tripped and fell into a pit of money and think that makes them a generational genius"
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I think about the psychology behind this a lot.
At base it seems to be - if you accept that the reason you're rich is down to luck, then several thoughts follow:
1) maybe I don't deserve this as much as other people, and am obligated to help them
2) maybe it can go away because of bad luck, too
At base it seems to be - if you accept that the reason you're rich is down to luck, then several thoughts follow:
1) maybe I don't deserve this as much as other people, and am obligated to help them
2) maybe it can go away because of bad luck, too
realistically the reason I'd want on site fission (or fusion) power for a datacenter is then I can't be surrounded, lines cut, and diesel generator refills blockaded, but i feel like I'm thinking a few steps ahead of industry leaders
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
realistically the reason I'd want on site fission (or fusion) power for a datacenter is then I can't be surrounded, lines cut, and diesel generator refills blockaded, but i feel like I'm thinking a few steps ahead of industry leaders
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Academics literally cannot make Gen AI go away. As in it is not possible to make it happen on a political, legal, and technical level. We do not and will not command the massive violence necessary to make chatGPT or Claude disappear. Responsible pedagogy grapples with the fact!
No one says to legit business owners, "hey I see there's an underground market selling toxic knock-offs of your product: how will you incorporate the toxic product AND protect your customers against its harms?" But apparently it's fine to make this suggestion to educators with respect to AI.
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Academics literally cannot make Gen AI go away. As in it is not possible to make it happen on a political, legal, and technical level. We do not and will not command the massive violence necessary to make chatGPT or Claude disappear. Responsible pedagogy grapples with the fact!
realist-magician spectrum
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
realist-magician spectrum
my AI company, '👁️pen I', will 'strive to forge the most QPU-ligned I in the existence of the I Industry'
December 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
my AI company, '👁️pen I', will 'strive to forge the most QPU-ligned I in the existence of the I Industry'
Seminar: Increasing Psychological Safety For Claude Code Co-Coworkers In Software Teams
December 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Seminar: Increasing Psychological Safety For Claude Code Co-Coworkers In Software Teams
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Transgender Programmer Cassandra Prediction for 2026: We're gonna be fighting the "LOC is not a measure of productivity or value" fight all over again
December 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Transgender Programmer Cassandra Prediction for 2026: We're gonna be fighting the "LOC is not a measure of productivity or value" fight all over again
since housing is a speculative asset kept in portfolios now, the SEC should mandate rent control to halt market manipulation and anyway this is why Lina Khan needs to be SEC chair next go-around
December 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
since housing is a speculative asset kept in portfolios now, the SEC should mandate rent control to halt market manipulation and anyway this is why Lina Khan needs to be SEC chair next go-around
"the overall article quality on this site is dismal" yeah that's because online publications that cover a hobby are usually where new writers learn to write good. the article quality is bad because you've outgrown it, so remove it from your algo headlines you dweeb
December 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"the overall article quality on this site is dismal" yeah that's because online publications that cover a hobby are usually where new writers learn to write good. the article quality is bad because you've outgrown it, so remove it from your algo headlines you dweeb
if trans people are 'too violent' to use the toilets why is ICE allowed in there
December 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
if trans people are 'too violent' to use the toilets why is ICE allowed in there
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
that's a bold take. <lowering voice to a whisper> do you stand by it?
December 26, 2025 at 6:19 AM
that's a bold take. <lowering voice to a whisper> do you stand by it?
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A couple weeks ago I said "Hey, subsidies aren't why the US grows so much corn & soybeans!"
People got mad & demanded an explanation, so pls enjoy. Buckle up bc this is NOT your the standard-issue "we just gotta fix the Farm Bill!!" situation.
(if you want to see the video, youtu.be/NlSRyPcc-so)
People got mad & demanded an explanation, so pls enjoy. Buckle up bc this is NOT your the standard-issue "we just gotta fix the Farm Bill!!" situation.
(if you want to see the video, youtu.be/NlSRyPcc-so)
Why Corn And Soy Are In EVERYTHING
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
May 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
A couple weeks ago I said "Hey, subsidies aren't why the US grows so much corn & soybeans!"
People got mad & demanded an explanation, so pls enjoy. Buckle up bc this is NOT your the standard-issue "we just gotta fix the Farm Bill!!" situation.
(if you want to see the video, youtu.be/NlSRyPcc-so)
People got mad & demanded an explanation, so pls enjoy. Buckle up bc this is NOT your the standard-issue "we just gotta fix the Farm Bill!!" situation.
(if you want to see the video, youtu.be/NlSRyPcc-so)
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The guy trying to dunk on me from the left who called me a "labor aristocrat" because I work as a union Assistant Editor
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The guy trying to dunk on me from the left who called me a "labor aristocrat" because I work as a union Assistant Editor
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don't let your sadness become despair and don't let your righteous anger become interpersonal nastiness, I've been seeing both a lot lately and we're going to need to avoid these if we want to have any hope of building a future for America rooted in love and justice instead of cruelty and cynicism.
January 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
don't let your sadness become despair and don't let your righteous anger become interpersonal nastiness, I've been seeing both a lot lately and we're going to need to avoid these if we want to have any hope of building a future for America rooted in love and justice instead of cruelty and cynicism.