@patter.bsky.social
hired geek & fuzzy peep // he/him // yorkshire european // remain indoors // may contain more than your RDA of sarcasm // http://meow.social/@patterfloof // AI is Tech Heresy
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February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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"I fired all the workers at the cat cafe because they wanted to unionize" bro you are the villain.
Solidarity forever with the workers at DC's cat cafe who were put out of work by their union-busting owner after they announced they intended to unionize. www.popville.com/2026/02/crum...
Crumbs & Whiskers, DC’s first cat cafe, temporarily(?) closed in Georgetown, Staff says this happened right after they decided to form a union. - PoPville
photo by Ryan Maxwell Ed. Note: There is no announcement about a temporary closure on the Crumbs and Whiskers website (or socials), having said that, appointments are not available to visit until Marc...
www.popville.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 AM
"I fired all the workers at the cat cafe because they wanted to unionize" bro you are the villain.
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@deadder.bsky.social has so many great cartoons:
February 10, 2026 at 7:20 PM
@deadder.bsky.social has so many great cartoons:
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Gen AI doth remove commitment from art. Yf an artist ys committed to makinge somethinge trulye weirde, even shockinge, that artist doth neede to crafte the art, at everye steppe thinkinge, "Yes, Ich am drawinge a sexy C-3PO." Wyth Gen AI you kan make a sexy C-3PO wythout caringe, and that ys wrong.
February 13, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Gen AI doth remove commitment from art. Yf an artist ys committed to makinge somethinge trulye weirde, even shockinge, that artist doth neede to crafte the art, at everye steppe thinkinge, "Yes, Ich am drawinge a sexy C-3PO." Wyth Gen AI you kan make a sexy C-3PO wythout caringe, and that ys wrong.
thought I understood this Pratchett quote from Lost Continent years ago, but Oh Boy
“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?” “Why?” “It saves time.”
“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?” “Why?” “It saves time.”
February 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
thought I understood this Pratchett quote from Lost Continent years ago, but Oh Boy
“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?” “Why?” “It saves time.”
“We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they’re elected. Don’t you?” “Why?” “It saves time.”
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Ethan Stern, 37, was appointed to the position at the start of the year, after a lifetime of keeping up an ongoing bit because there are apparently no lengths he won’t go to for a punchline.
Autistic man “doing a silly bit” accidentally becomes professor of criminology
An autistic man has recently been promoted to professor of criminology at a prestigious university as a result of his ongoing commitment to what he describes as a “funny little autistic joke”,…
thedailytism.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Ethan Stern, 37, was appointed to the position at the start of the year, after a lifetime of keeping up an ongoing bit because there are apparently no lengths he won’t go to for a punchline.
Crazy how far USB has come, from needing a driver CD with even the simplest mass storage device/usb stick to having a USB-C powered cat feeder, where the usb is only providing low voltage & not a single bit of data.
Like it's now the cheapest way of getting 12/5v DC from mains power
Like it's now the cheapest way of getting 12/5v DC from mains power
February 13, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Crazy how far USB has come, from needing a driver CD with even the simplest mass storage device/usb stick to having a USB-C powered cat feeder, where the usb is only providing low voltage & not a single bit of data.
Like it's now the cheapest way of getting 12/5v DC from mains power
Like it's now the cheapest way of getting 12/5v DC from mains power
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oh my god??
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
oh my god??
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The drafts:
a horse standing in a doorway with the words i am here
ALT: a horse standing in a doorway with the words i am here
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The drafts:
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Reposting my most popular Twitter post because I figured it out
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Reposting my most popular Twitter post because I figured it out
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this would be reassuring if our privatised water companies hadn't neglected the network so badly that all the pipes are leaking like a cartoon character riddled with bullets who then drinks a glass of water
At least your drinking water reserves are growing.
February 13, 2026 at 9:17 AM
this would be reassuring if our privatised water companies hadn't neglected the network so badly that all the pipes are leaking like a cartoon character riddled with bullets who then drinks a glass of water
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shout out to the neighbours who are having their roof done while it's barely stopped raining since December
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
shout out to the neighbours who are having their roof done while it's barely stopped raining since December
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Ancient Artifacts
July 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Ancient Artifacts
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UPDATE I BOUGHT MY CAT A BALL PIT
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
UPDATE I BOUGHT MY CAT A BALL PIT
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"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"
Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
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At the end of the day, Harry Potter's underlying goal is indoctrination & acceptance of the unacceptable through people's blind surface level fandom of it: "I grew up with it! It's formative for me!"
It's actually quite a heinous series of cumulative everythings when you really get right down to it
It's actually quite a heinous series of cumulative everythings when you really get right down to it
February 12, 2026 at 9:41 AM
At the end of the day, Harry Potter's underlying goal is indoctrination & acceptance of the unacceptable through people's blind surface level fandom of it: "I grew up with it! It's formative for me!"
It's actually quite a heinous series of cumulative everythings when you really get right down to it
It's actually quite a heinous series of cumulative everythings when you really get right down to it
Cat, how are you so soft? At least I use head & shoulders, you're only on cat spit
February 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Cat, how are you so soft? At least I use head & shoulders, you're only on cat spit
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin