tazer
@ohtazer.goblinmo.de
avowed dipshit, inveterate sweetie
autodidactic everything enthusiast
rooting for all things pro-social
ops for @arcadecommons.org
former admin for 🍀🐎 & hit podcast @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
autodidactic everything enthusiast
rooting for all things pro-social
ops for @arcadecommons.org
former admin for 🍀🐎 & hit podcast @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
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tazer
@ohtazer.goblinmo.de
· Aug 11
can the next big term that gets treated like 'abolish' and 'defund' where it's not the exact right term to use to beg for table scraps, be 'expropriation'
this word feels like it is crackling with electric power right about now
this word feels like it is crackling with electric power right about now
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Every so often there's a story about polling that breaks through as though it is some immutable insight into fixed values, rather than a reflection of what people with power and influence are willing and unwilling to push for. The answer is not abandoning policy but doing politics in defense of it.
February 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Every so often there's a story about polling that breaks through as though it is some immutable insight into fixed values, rather than a reflection of what people with power and influence are willing and unwilling to push for. The answer is not abandoning policy but doing politics in defense of it.
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i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
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There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
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NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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It's chilling how often this is the new norm in abusive relationships
February 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
It's chilling how often this is the new norm in abusive relationships
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apparently the dutch brought the coffee seeds from the trading hub of mocha in yemen (which got its coffee from ethiopia) to java, which would be cool except for all the murder and slavery
coffee isnt even native to indonesia they just forced indonesian farmers to grow it as a cash crop and brought it to europe. even though "java" is like literally a synonym for coffee. so the cafés that gave rise to the french revolution were built on the back of slave labor in the dutch east indies
February 17, 2026 at 1:06 AM
apparently the dutch brought the coffee seeds from the trading hub of mocha in yemen (which got its coffee from ethiopia) to java, which would be cool except for all the murder and slavery
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I still feel a tinge of apprehension whenever I post a selfie throwing a peace sign because I’m scarred by this
February 17, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I still feel a tinge of apprehension whenever I post a selfie throwing a peace sign because I’m scarred by this
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Up to 1 in 60 babies are born with not enough Vitamin K that causes bleeding if not given a single lifesaving vitamin injection. It can be fatal.
It’s a single 1mg injection, a grain of vitamin the size of the empty space in an 0 on a credit card. And people refuse due to conspiracy theories.
It’s a single 1mg injection, a grain of vitamin the size of the empty space in an 0 on a credit card. And people refuse due to conspiracy theories.
More infants with preventable brain bleeding, that's what they mean by Making America Healthy Again. (gift link)
A Life-Saving Vitamin for Babies Is Getting Swept Up in Vaccine Backlash
There’s a growing resistance to anything that’s injected into babies, vaccine or not.
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Up to 1 in 60 babies are born with not enough Vitamin K that causes bleeding if not given a single lifesaving vitamin injection. It can be fatal.
It’s a single 1mg injection, a grain of vitamin the size of the empty space in an 0 on a credit card. And people refuse due to conspiracy theories.
It’s a single 1mg injection, a grain of vitamin the size of the empty space in an 0 on a credit card. And people refuse due to conspiracy theories.
i got a birthday gift from a friend (it was a gift to me, on his birthday) of some leftover creatine. bless @nathanmattingly.bsky.social, i could finally follow through on @katietightpussy.bsky.social's very thorough advice on how to use it for general brain/body health! pghrt.diy#S12.SS13
February 17, 2026 at 3:43 PM
i got a birthday gift from a friend (it was a gift to me, on his birthday) of some leftover creatine. bless @nathanmattingly.bsky.social, i could finally follow through on @katietightpussy.bsky.social's very thorough advice on how to use it for general brain/body health! pghrt.diy#S12.SS13
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I’m thrilled to be endorsed by Zephyr Teachout, a leading antitrust scholar and relentless advocate against corporate monopoly and political corruption.
We’re running to take on concentrated wealth and build a government that works for working people.
We’re running to take on concentrated wealth and build a government that works for working people.
February 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I’m thrilled to be endorsed by Zephyr Teachout, a leading antitrust scholar and relentless advocate against corporate monopoly and political corruption.
We’re running to take on concentrated wealth and build a government that works for working people.
We’re running to take on concentrated wealth and build a government that works for working people.
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I believe deeply that working people have the power to do incredible things together.
February 16, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I believe deeply that working people have the power to do incredible things together.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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We've just rolled out ambient AI listening in our hospital, and my colleagues are really, really excited about it (more time doing things other than note writing). They're so excited that things like patient concerns/autonomy are lost.
We're just making up ethics as we go along with AI right now.
We're just making up ethics as we go along with AI right now.
Hot take: The doctor shouldn't be the one asking if it's ok if she uses AI to take patient notes. The power differential + patient anxiety + short appointment times means the patient feels pressure to say yes. It should be a question asked during check-in. (I wish it wasn't used at all, but...)
February 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
We've just rolled out ambient AI listening in our hospital, and my colleagues are really, really excited about it (more time doing things other than note writing). They're so excited that things like patient concerns/autonomy are lost.
We're just making up ethics as we go along with AI right now.
We're just making up ethics as we go along with AI right now.
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
iron has never been hotter for political education, we have a population that's more engaged than it's been for generations.
the time has come to kill the thought terminating framings in all our heads
the time has come to kill the thought terminating framings in all our heads
Hope that Democrats aren't relying on the enthusiasm of their base to win in November www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 17, 2026 at 2:32 PM
iron has never been hotter for political education, we have a population that's more engaged than it's been for generations.
the time has come to kill the thought terminating framings in all our heads
the time has come to kill the thought terminating framings in all our heads
we LOVE to hear @alecrobbins.bsky.social thriving in audio form on @getplayedpod.bsky.social!!! banger ep!
February 17, 2026 at 6:12 AM
we LOVE to hear @alecrobbins.bsky.social thriving in audio form on @getplayedpod.bsky.social!!! banger ep!
worth pointing out: it's not BPP but new american movement, one of the major progenitors of DSA (and in so transforming went from marxist-leninist to more straightforward social democrats).
not every wheel needs reinventing! dive into left history, contextualize the ongoing nature of the struggle
not every wheel needs reinventing! dive into left history, contextualize the ongoing nature of the struggle
February 17, 2026 at 5:54 AM
worth pointing out: it's not BPP but new american movement, one of the major progenitors of DSA (and in so transforming went from marxist-leninist to more straightforward social democrats).
not every wheel needs reinventing! dive into left history, contextualize the ongoing nature of the struggle
not every wheel needs reinventing! dive into left history, contextualize the ongoing nature of the struggle
sorry wait ok i can't stress how much i am less a "toy guy" and more of a "collection of mangled 1in dino/lion/bison etc. figures from the street" kinda guy
but i uh, i think i like this lil guy
but i uh, i think i like this lil guy
one of the mcdonalds changeable happy meal toys is a burger grill that transforms into a burger grill with a digimon sort of halfway sticking out of it and it's name is "KURTIS THE DIVINE"
February 17, 2026 at 5:11 AM
sorry wait ok i can't stress how much i am less a "toy guy" and more of a "collection of mangled 1in dino/lion/bison etc. figures from the street" kinda guy
but i uh, i think i like this lil guy
but i uh, i think i like this lil guy
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This is fundamentally the transfer of compute-power as something a person can own, to something a person rents. Which is, you know, not good.
I understand framing the AI bubble RAM supply crisis in terms of stuff like video game consoles because nerds can conceptualize that but the framing does really undersell the sheer magnitude of how it's going to fuck up everything that even touches a computer.
February 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This is fundamentally the transfer of compute-power as something a person can own, to something a person rents. Which is, you know, not good.
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Wow this show sounds terrible lol
February 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Wow this show sounds terrible lol
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[Your 23yo mutual]: I stayed up till 5am, I've had 3 energy drinks today, I've ran 5 miles, I am unkillable
[Your 36yo mutual]: You know what. Heating pads are really nice, even when your body isn't in agony. It's just a very comforting feeling as you sit there doing your tasks.
[Your 36yo mutual]: You know what. Heating pads are really nice, even when your body isn't in agony. It's just a very comforting feeling as you sit there doing your tasks.
February 17, 2026 at 1:16 AM
[Your 23yo mutual]: I stayed up till 5am, I've had 3 energy drinks today, I've ran 5 miles, I am unkillable
[Your 36yo mutual]: You know what. Heating pads are really nice, even when your body isn't in agony. It's just a very comforting feeling as you sit there doing your tasks.
[Your 36yo mutual]: You know what. Heating pads are really nice, even when your body isn't in agony. It's just a very comforting feeling as you sit there doing your tasks.
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The creator of this evil stalking program says “If that is a problem for you then the sad reality is this job is not for you.”
So I think we should find him and stalk him everywhere he goes and yell his quote back at him
So I think we should find him and stalk him everywhere he goes and yell his quote back at him
Underground Facial Recognition Tool Unmasks Camgirls
The site, camgirlfinder, is explicitly built as a tool to let people find a model's presence on other streaming platforms. The creator says “If that is a problem for you then the sad reality is this j...
www.404media.co
February 16, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The creator of this evil stalking program says “If that is a problem for you then the sad reality is this job is not for you.”
So I think we should find him and stalk him everywhere he goes and yell his quote back at him
So I think we should find him and stalk him everywhere he goes and yell his quote back at him
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Remember the monthly child tax credit in 2021 that was a basic income for 40 million families for six months? One of the results of that policy was that fewer parents sold their blood plasma.
February 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Remember the monthly child tax credit in 2021 that was a basic income for 40 million families for six months? One of the results of that policy was that fewer parents sold their blood plasma.