Sophie Kirschner
@pinemach.bsky.social
I'm just learning as I go.
Folks forget real easily just how gravely fucking concerned we should be about the network-connected always-on phone cameras and mics around us all the time
www.techspot.com/news/111082-...
www.techspot.com/news/111082-...
Google agrees to $68 million settlement in voice assistant eavesdropping lawsuit
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in San Jose, California, centers on what are known in the industry as "false accepts" – instances where Google Assistant is...
www.techspot.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Folks forget real easily just how gravely fucking concerned we should be about the network-connected always-on phone cameras and mics around us all the time
www.techspot.com/news/111082-...
www.techspot.com/news/111082-...
I stumbled upon this guy on YouTube who uploads EDM remixes of Rock/R&B songs set to stock footage and has been doing so for years, and they freaking slap. This one just landed today. Dear Matthias, please let me pay you for high quality versions of your remixes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5E7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5E7...
Have You Ever See The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) feat. foolproof (Remix)
YouTube video by foolproof
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:03 PM
I stumbled upon this guy on YouTube who uploads EDM remixes of Rock/R&B songs set to stock footage and has been doing so for years, and they freaking slap. This one just landed today. Dear Matthias, please let me pay you for high quality versions of your remixes.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5E7...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5E7...
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Reposted by Sophie Kirschner
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
From reddit: www.reddit.com/r/greenland/...
January 21, 2026 at 12:56 PM
From reddit: www.reddit.com/r/greenland/...
I had a friend kinda like this. He handed my butt to me every time we played Brawl. So I figured it out and got good
Fast forward a bit, he insists that we have to ban Meta Knight
Personally speaking I had a genuinely fantastic time being presented with an actual challenge for a change
Fast forward a bit, he insists that we have to ban Meta Knight
Personally speaking I had a genuinely fantastic time being presented with an actual challenge for a change
I love telling this story.
In college, I wanted to learn how to play Smash Bros. So I asked a guy in our friend circle who was a big Smash fan to teach me.
His idea of "teaching" was to hand me a controller, told me to "figure it out!" and proceeded to wail on me without holding back.
In college, I wanted to learn how to play Smash Bros. So I asked a guy in our friend circle who was a big Smash fan to teach me.
His idea of "teaching" was to hand me a controller, told me to "figure it out!" and proceeded to wail on me without holding back.
There is no greater or faster killer of one’s desire to engage than being put in a situation in which they cannot discover or learn a way to meaningfully engage. I can prove it.
January 17, 2026 at 10:58 AM
I had a friend kinda like this. He handed my butt to me every time we played Brawl. So I figured it out and got good
Fast forward a bit, he insists that we have to ban Meta Knight
Personally speaking I had a genuinely fantastic time being presented with an actual challenge for a change
Fast forward a bit, he insists that we have to ban Meta Knight
Personally speaking I had a genuinely fantastic time being presented with an actual challenge for a change
I must find some time to try this
this very much a game for programmer nerds. you're kind of making a bootstrap compiler: one by one, you define instructions in terms of other instructions
qwtyest.itch.io/harmless-dru...
qwtyest.itch.io/harmless-dru...
Harmless Drudge by qwtyest
Program a dictionary, maybe.
qwtyest.itch.io
January 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I must find some time to try this
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This is a public service announcement: Any discussion of "AI safety" not including CICERO among its principal case studies should be disregarded as unserious horseshit.
CICERO was 2022. Imagine what similar tech must be in use for astroturfing now, in 2026.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/10/1...
CICERO was 2022. Imagine what similar tech must be in use for astroturfing now, in 2026.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/10/1...
AI systems are getting better at tricking us
But what we perceive as deception is AI mindlessly achieving the goals we’ve set for it.
www.technologyreview.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This is a public service announcement: Any discussion of "AI safety" not including CICERO among its principal case studies should be disregarded as unserious horseshit.
CICERO was 2022. Imagine what similar tech must be in use for astroturfing now, in 2026.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/10/1...
CICERO was 2022. Imagine what similar tech must be in use for astroturfing now, in 2026.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/10/1...
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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Here is a very good talk on how the world (and particularly the internet) might be a better place if everyone would do away with the digital anti-circumvention laws that the United States pressured other nations to incorporate as a part of trade agreements
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39js...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39js...
A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet (a speech at 39C3 in Hamburg on Dec 28, 2025)
YouTube video by corydoctorow
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Here is a very good talk on how the world (and particularly the internet) might be a better place if everyone would do away with the digital anti-circumvention laws that the United States pressured other nations to incorporate as a part of trade agreements
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39js...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=39js...
Today I finished my re-read of Frank Herbert's six Dune novels. I've never read or seen or heard anything else since my first read some 15 years ago that took Dune's mantle as the high water mark against which all other art and media is judged, and I'm increasingly doubting that anything ever will
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Today I finished my re-read of Frank Herbert's six Dune novels. I've never read or seen or heard anything else since my first read some 15 years ago that took Dune's mantle as the high water mark against which all other art and media is judged, and I'm increasingly doubting that anything ever will
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Am I really gonna have to spend a second day in a row talking about how our media institutions are failing to meet the moment?
Because Jesus fucking Christ, Reuters
Because Jesus fucking Christ, Reuters
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump reut.rs/3YWbo3K
Nicolas Maduro's heavy-handed rule in Venezuela is finally ended by Trump
Nicolas Maduro ruled Venezuela with a heavy hand for more than 12 years, presiding over deep economic and social crises and resisting pressure from domestic opponents and foreign governments for political change.
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Am I really gonna have to spend a second day in a row talking about how our media institutions are failing to meet the moment?
Because Jesus fucking Christ, Reuters
Because Jesus fucking Christ, Reuters
Never ketchup. The best is vinegar and old bay seasoning
(I grew up on boardwalk fries)
(I grew up on boardwalk fries)
ketchup isn’t available, what are you putting on your fries?
December 31, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Never ketchup. The best is vinegar and old bay seasoning
(I grew up on boardwalk fries)
(I grew up on boardwalk fries)
Reposted by Sophie Kirschner
Reposted by Sophie Kirschner
you know that thing where nature keeps evolving things into crabs? the youtube algorithm does that but by making every video title and thumbnail look like it was made by mr beast
December 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
you know that thing where nature keeps evolving things into crabs? the youtube algorithm does that but by making every video title and thumbnail look like it was made by mr beast
Reposted by Sophie Kirschner
Angular lerping done wrong in production
December 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Angular lerping done wrong in production
For a while now, genuinely, there's been no one else in journalism who I hold in as high regard as @gamersnexus.bsky.social
Thanks, Steve, and thanks to all y'all with GN for being the literal one and only substantial source of news that has yet to feel to me like a Gell-Mann tarpit
Thanks, Steve, and thanks to all y'all with GN for being the literal one and only substantial source of news that has yet to feel to me like a Gell-Mann tarpit
If you pay attention to any large industry long enough and follow it to its logical conclusion you eventually end up sounding like a communist even if you started off testing CPU case fans. youtu.be/cUrJVdF2me0?...
December 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For a while now, genuinely, there's been no one else in journalism who I hold in as high regard as @gamersnexus.bsky.social
Thanks, Steve, and thanks to all y'all with GN for being the literal one and only substantial source of news that has yet to feel to me like a Gell-Mann tarpit
Thanks, Steve, and thanks to all y'all with GN for being the literal one and only substantial source of news that has yet to feel to me like a Gell-Mann tarpit
I'm not familiar with Look Back. But what I do know is that I have never seen a bad movie by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and I have seen several I really loved.
Hell yeah
Hell yeah
First teaser for "Look Back" live-action film by Hirokazu Kore-eda.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djXq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=djXq...
December 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm not familiar with Look Back. But what I do know is that I have never seen a bad movie by Hirokazu Kore-eda, and I have seen several I really loved.
Hell yeah
Hell yeah
I object to the term "AI" (I would fall into the "mathy maths" camp mentioned in the article) but this is a good read regardless
This is a fascinating article on different types of AI, and where it can be put to good ethical use. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/15/1...
Generative AI hype distracts us from AI’s more important breakthroughs
It's a seductive distraction from the advances in AI that are most likely to improve or even save your life
www.technologyreview.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I object to the term "AI" (I would fall into the "mathy maths" camp mentioned in the article) but this is a good read regardless
Mark my words: I'm going to publish a game on Steam and when I do I'm going to insist on writing about NPC AI and procedurally-generated content in any "AI" disclosure, purely out of spite
December 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Mark my words: I'm going to publish a game on Steam and when I do I'm going to insist on writing about NPC AI and procedurally-generated content in any "AI" disclosure, purely out of spite
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
"They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered."
"They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered."
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
"They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered."
"They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered."
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In home alone, the same actor who plays one of the bad guys plays the cop at the beginning of the movie.
December 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In home alone, the same actor who plays one of the bad guys plays the cop at the beginning of the movie.