RET
@oldmate.bsky.social
Blovius Maximus.
Software Developer, Old Car Enthusiast, MMT.
Always prefer a full bottle in front of me to a full frontal lobotomy.
Utter contempt for Generative AI and Crypto.
Software Developer, Old Car Enthusiast, MMT.
Always prefer a full bottle in front of me to a full frontal lobotomy.
Utter contempt for Generative AI and Crypto.
Never used it, never will.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Never used it, never will.
Paint me like one of your French letters, Jack..
Paint me like one of your [single occupancy] French doors, Jack
paint me like one of your French toasts, Jack
January 11, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Paint me like one of your French letters, Jack..
Slightly diminish a band:
Emaciated Lizzy
Emaciated Lizzy
Slightly diminish a band:
Men On Break
Men On Break
Slightly diminish a band:
Injury Uber for Cutie
Injury Uber for Cutie
January 11, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Emaciated Lizzy
Emaciated Lizzy
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The minister of digital asbestos is committed to doing the absolute least possible about regulating deepfake porn/CSAM machines.
January 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
The minister of digital asbestos is committed to doing the absolute least possible about regulating deepfake porn/CSAM machines.
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It's kinda funny how the tech bros rapidly shifted from "a JPG can belong to someone in particular, you can't just use it!" to "i made this machine that steals JPGs and plagiarizes them"
January 2, 2026 at 3:24 AM
It's kinda funny how the tech bros rapidly shifted from "a JPG can belong to someone in particular, you can't just use it!" to "i made this machine that steals JPGs and plagiarizes them"
Ticket to Bride
Significantly change a game by adding or removing one letter.
Say "The Spire"
Say "The Spire"
Significantly change a game by adding or removing one letter.
Tactical Beach Wizards
Tactical Beach Wizards
January 1, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Ticket to Bride
Carcass One
Significantly change a game by adding or removing one letter.
Say "The Spire"
Say "The Spire"
Significantly change a game by adding or removing one letter.
Tactical Beach Wizards
Tactical Beach Wizards
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Carcass One
Bacon Patrol
Significantly change a game by adding or removing one letter.
Say "The Spire"
Say "The Spire"
Significantly change a game by adding or removing one letter.
Tactical Beach Wizards
Tactical Beach Wizards
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Bacon Patrol
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Deeply sick stuff, but they'll be lucky if they can reach even 2 million deportations at the current rate they're going. As @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social tells me in this piece, they won't be able to deport even half the undocumented population: newrepublic.com/article/2046...
January 1, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Deeply sick stuff, but they'll be lucky if they can reach even 2 million deportations at the current rate they're going. As @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social tells me in this piece, they won't be able to deport even half the undocumented population: newrepublic.com/article/2046...
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"...there is broad consensus that Trump is immune to sustained negative press coverage, making it irresponsible to subject him to sustained negative press coverage.
Which is why people like me do what we do when the assignment is miserable: pivot to writing about wokeness."
Which is why people like me do what we do when the assignment is miserable: pivot to writing about wokeness."
The Challenge of Reporting on Trump (Parody)
By Gideon Fairchild
moneyontheleft.org/2025/12/30/t...
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
By Gideon Fairchild
moneyontheleft.org/2025/12/30/t...
@moneyontheleft.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"...there is broad consensus that Trump is immune to sustained negative press coverage, making it irresponsible to subject him to sustained negative press coverage.
Which is why people like me do what we do when the assignment is miserable: pivot to writing about wokeness."
Which is why people like me do what we do when the assignment is miserable: pivot to writing about wokeness."
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if your product can induce suicides, I think it's not sufficient to put a label on it saying, "warning, don't use this for suicides."
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
if your product can induce suicides, I think it's not sufficient to put a label on it saying, "warning, don't use this for suicides."
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they're just empowered bandits
December 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
they're just empowered bandits
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ME: so if you don’t have my card you say “go fish” and then i’ll pick a card from the deck
HUNGRY MAN: exactly how does this help me eat
HUNGRY MAN: exactly how does this help me eat
December 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
ME: so if you don’t have my card you say “go fish” and then i’ll pick a card from the deck
HUNGRY MAN: exactly how does this help me eat
HUNGRY MAN: exactly how does this help me eat
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The utility of genAI—whether it can actually perform the task at hand—is irrelevant and OSS ultimately a trap to bother talking about it.
There is literally no amount of usefulness it can add that could make it worthwhile. None. Willing users are either ignorant or willfully choosing massive harm.
There is literally no amount of usefulness it can add that could make it worthwhile. None. Willing users are either ignorant or willfully choosing massive harm.
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
The utility of genAI—whether it can actually perform the task at hand—is irrelevant and OSS ultimately a trap to bother talking about it.
There is literally no amount of usefulness it can add that could make it worthwhile. None. Willing users are either ignorant or willfully choosing massive harm.
There is literally no amount of usefulness it can add that could make it worthwhile. None. Willing users are either ignorant or willfully choosing massive harm.
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn't a selfie.
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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"It's a very respected peace prize."
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"It's a very respected peace prize."
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“Donald Trump agrees with the last person who was nice to him” remains undefeated as a way of predicting future events
December 6, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“Donald Trump agrees with the last person who was nice to him” remains undefeated as a way of predicting future events
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this is an explicit 1A violation imo
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
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www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
this is an explicit 1A violation imo
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
I've long thought that these broligarchs think they're creating Star Trek, when all they're doing is LARPing The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
This has more of a Douglas Adams feel to me. What he's describing is Deep Thought.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I've long thought that these broligarchs think they're creating Star Trek, when all they're doing is LARPing The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
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Morning thoughts about "AI".
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
![Thoughts about “AI”
Yes it’s:
The slop
The theft
The brainrot
The loss of work
The crumbling of creator rights
The destroying of the environment and infrastructure
But it's also the destroying of trust in anything that you’re not seeing with your own eyes right in front of you.
Wonder now turned to the narrowing of eyes in immediate scepticism seeing something magical.
Questioning the realness of everything from a stilted written apology to profound works by students in school.
It feels like a slow poison to creativity and humanity at large.
[At the bottom is a doodle of me, mouth a thin line, looking at the viewer]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hlstghbtgoakwc7evp5v6ubw/bafkreihv3rly5g2olva6kbhnisvwtzqbyn3u3fxjfcbjqyp2zud22hrzgq@jpeg)
August 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Morning thoughts about "AI".
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?