Rory
@rweston.bsky.social
Husband, dog & cat parent, reader, RPG player and DM, miniature painter, retired.
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Yo, cookies overlay, what say we cut straight to the chase and you offer me "Reject All" as the default eh?
July 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yo, cookies overlay, what say we cut straight to the chase and you offer me "Reject All" as the default eh?
I just verified my age by telling Mrs. Rankin to stop listening in of the party line.
I just verified my age by suggesting that we stop off at a Little Chef for an all-day breakfast
I've just verified my age by playing the conveyor belt game and saying "cuddly toy"
July 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I just verified my age by telling Mrs. Rankin to stop listening in of the party line.
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Someone could just leave the Epstein Files on the doorstep of The Guardian or Salon or something
July 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Someone could just leave the Epstein Files on the doorstep of The Guardian or Salon or something
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The thing that some folks willingly misunderstand about Superman is that he’s a firefighter, not a cop. For him, the legalities are somebody else’s problem and he sees his job as simply helping as many people as he can. Obviously you can deep dive on that, but fundamentally: firefighter, not cop.
a man says people were going to die
Alt: Clark Kent gestures as he says, “People were going to die!”
media.tenor.com
July 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The thing that some folks willingly misunderstand about Superman is that he’s a firefighter, not a cop. For him, the legalities are somebody else’s problem and he sees his job as simply helping as many people as he can. Obviously you can deep dive on that, but fundamentally: firefighter, not cop.
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If I see one more 'author' claim that 'everyone uses gen AI for covers, so I might as well' I am going to scream.
NO THEY AREN'T! SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO! I AM BEGGING YOU TO ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HATES GEN AI! DO YOU EVEN WANT A CAREER?!
GEN AI IS THEFT 😭
NO THEY AREN'T! SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO! I AM BEGGING YOU TO ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HATES GEN AI! DO YOU EVEN WANT A CAREER?!
GEN AI IS THEFT 😭
July 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
If I see one more 'author' claim that 'everyone uses gen AI for covers, so I might as well' I am going to scream.
NO THEY AREN'T! SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO! I AM BEGGING YOU TO ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HATES GEN AI! DO YOU EVEN WANT A CAREER?!
GEN AI IS THEFT 😭
NO THEY AREN'T! SAYING IT DOESN'T MAKE IT SO! I AM BEGGING YOU TO ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HATES GEN AI! DO YOU EVEN WANT A CAREER?!
GEN AI IS THEFT 😭
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All this:
1. AI is built on theft.
2. AI creates disinformation.
3. AI is already manipulated by billionaires to purposefully do so.
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4. AI text is garbage, full of meaningless, unconnected phrases.
There may be fine uses in summarizing text and research, etc. But not in AI as it mostly exists.
1. AI is built on theft.
2. AI creates disinformation.
3. AI is already manipulated by billionaires to purposefully do so.
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4. AI text is garbage, full of meaningless, unconnected phrases.
There may be fine uses in summarizing text and research, etc. But not in AI as it mostly exists.
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
All this:
1. AI is built on theft.
2. AI creates disinformation.
3. AI is already manipulated by billionaires to purposefully do so.
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4. AI text is garbage, full of meaningless, unconnected phrases.
There may be fine uses in summarizing text and research, etc. But not in AI as it mostly exists.
1. AI is built on theft.
2. AI creates disinformation.
3. AI is already manipulated by billionaires to purposefully do so.
+
4. AI text is garbage, full of meaningless, unconnected phrases.
There may be fine uses in summarizing text and research, etc. But not in AI as it mostly exists.
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That last paragraph really sums it up.
re: generative AI
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used.
And now, you can use it, too.
July 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
That last paragraph really sums it up.
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Republican supporters are all either evil or cowards. Ignorance is long past being a defence.
The camp is to filter out workers for Trumps new Slavery policy where he sells them to businesses.
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
He says so in this video
Make Americans Slaves Again
July 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Republican supporters are all either evil or cowards. Ignorance is long past being a defence.
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Sometimes, despite all that is going on, you just have to keep on going.
The lost word of the last 8 years has been empathy. Let's spread the word.
The lost word of the last 8 years has been empathy. Let's spread the word.
July 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Sometimes, despite all that is going on, you just have to keep on going.
The lost word of the last 8 years has been empathy. Let's spread the word.
The lost word of the last 8 years has been empathy. Let's spread the word.
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Y’all if you write about how you use AI to do the work of writing I am just going to block you and never read your books or think about you again.
June 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Y’all if you write about how you use AI to do the work of writing I am just going to block you and never read your books or think about you again.
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Roger Penrose must read these stories and sigh heavily every damn day. The money and effort that's been poured into an army of chess-playing Turks championed by people like this bozo (whoever he is), money that *could* have gone into fundamental scientific work, is heart-breaking.
If you actually believed this, you would have to be doing something every day to get ready for colonizing the galaxy in just a few years.
June 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Roger Penrose must read these stories and sigh heavily every damn day. The money and effort that's been poured into an army of chess-playing Turks championed by people like this bozo (whoever he is), money that *could* have gone into fundamental scientific work, is heart-breaking.
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Today is #WorldDraculaDay because Bram Stoker's classic novel was first published #onthisday in 1897. It's also worth remembering that if Stoker hadn't come across the name Dracula in a book while researching in a LIBRARY the main character was going to be called Count Wampyr. 🧛♂️
May 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Today is #WorldDraculaDay because Bram Stoker's classic novel was first published #onthisday in 1897. It's also worth remembering that if Stoker hadn't come across the name Dracula in a book while researching in a LIBRARY the main character was going to be called Count Wampyr. 🧛♂️
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November 18, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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Crushed cities. Fought space clones. Ate a nuclear missile for lunch. Crushed the doubters. Literally😆
The grindset is real. Long live the King. 🐲👑
#Godzilla #MonsterVerse #KingOfTheOscars #PersistenceOfTheKaiju #CinemaRoyalty #DestructionWithDignity #BlueskyMovies #Oscarzilla
The grindset is real. Long live the King. 🐲👑
#Godzilla #MonsterVerse #KingOfTheOscars #PersistenceOfTheKaiju #CinemaRoyalty #DestructionWithDignity #BlueskyMovies #Oscarzilla
May 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Crushed cities. Fought space clones. Ate a nuclear missile for lunch. Crushed the doubters. Literally😆
The grindset is real. Long live the King. 🐲👑
#Godzilla #MonsterVerse #KingOfTheOscars #PersistenceOfTheKaiju #CinemaRoyalty #DestructionWithDignity #BlueskyMovies #Oscarzilla
The grindset is real. Long live the King. 🐲👑
#Godzilla #MonsterVerse #KingOfTheOscars #PersistenceOfTheKaiju #CinemaRoyalty #DestructionWithDignity #BlueskyMovies #Oscarzilla
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Cool clip from a BBC show about ancient bronze-casting a sword blade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEWI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEWI...
"Liquid Fire" to Metal Sword in minutes! - A History of Ancient Britain - Ep4 - Preview - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
www.youtube.com
May 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Cool clip from a BBC show about ancient bronze-casting a sword blade.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEWI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEWI...
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“i asked chatgpt” yeah well i scrawled my query where the old gods dare not tread and carved the answers upon my very bones and when i could not remember, i excised the texts from shattered skeleton until, in my madness and pain, i was made free from that ai fuckery
May 11, 2025 at 5:16 AM
“i asked chatgpt” yeah well i scrawled my query where the old gods dare not tread and carved the answers upon my very bones and when i could not remember, i excised the texts from shattered skeleton until, in my madness and pain, i was made free from that ai fuckery