Øystein
@tarkeel.bsky.social
Grumpy viking. Reader, gamer.
Professionall data manager / hobbyist coder.
He/him.
Professionall data manager / hobbyist coder.
He/him.
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Øystein
@tarkeel.bsky.social
· Jun 1
The Great Extended Universe Re-reading Thread:
For various reasons I've fallen down the rabbit hole of re-reading the old Star Wars Extended Universe novels. For those unfamiliar with the term, these are the books published before the great Disney takeover and purge.
For various reasons I've fallen down the rabbit hole of re-reading the old Star Wars Extended Universe novels. For those unfamiliar with the term, these are the books published before the great Disney takeover and purge.
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Hidden in the controversial about UK "choking ban" proposal are a host of even more egregious proposals that could:
* make camming illegal
* redefine escort ads as pimping
* render model contracts unenforceable
* criminalize discussions of teen sexuality
And a whole lot more ...
* make camming illegal
* redefine escort ads as pimping
* render model contracts unenforceable
* criminalize discussions of teen sexuality
And a whole lot more ...
Moral panic about rough sex gives way to censorship in the UK
British regulators and lawmakers are hot on a measure that would make possessing or publishing strangulation porn a crime.
reason.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Hidden in the controversial about UK "choking ban" proposal are a host of even more egregious proposals that could:
* make camming illegal
* redefine escort ads as pimping
* render model contracts unenforceable
* criminalize discussions of teen sexuality
And a whole lot more ...
* make camming illegal
* redefine escort ads as pimping
* render model contracts unenforceable
* criminalize discussions of teen sexuality
And a whole lot more ...
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Lutnick is the current Secretary of Commerce and Epstein sent this email three months before he died.
Epstein mocked Trump for “leaving his nose print on the glass” while watching young women, wrote that Trump knew about illicit activity tied to Mar-a-Lago, and visited “many times,” and noted Trump’s planned visit to his neighbor Howard Lutnick’s house.
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Lutnick is the current Secretary of Commerce and Epstein sent this email three months before he died.
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I *don't* hate the term "metroidbrainia", BUT, thinking about how to categorize the games in this general space is good and fun and this post is good.
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
I really do hate the term 'metroidbrania'. I think so do many of you. Let's nip it in the bud before it becomes something people are financially invested in.
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I *don't* hate the term "metroidbrainia", BUT, thinking about how to categorize the games in this general space is good and fun and this post is good.
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Joyce Carol Oates slots into the Death Star trench of Elon's ego and arms the proton torpedoes.
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Joyce Carol Oates slots into the Death Star trench of Elon's ego and arms the proton torpedoes.
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Post an iconic fictional band.
(I can hear their music just by looking at the picture)
(I can hear their music just by looking at the picture)
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Post an iconic fictional band.
(I can hear their music just by looking at the picture)
(I can hear their music just by looking at the picture)
Post an iconic fictional band.
(I can hear their music just by looking at the picture)
(I can hear their music just by looking at the picture)
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Post an iconic fictional band.
(I can hear their music just by looking at the picture)
(I can hear their music just by looking at the picture)
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you will notice in a lot of these documentaries that it was easier for lesbians, fat women and older women to get out of NXIVM when they started to smell a rat. being invisible to men like Keith kept them out of the inner circle, which I’m sure stung at the time, but it freed them in the long run
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
you will notice in a lot of these documentaries that it was easier for lesbians, fat women and older women to get out of NXIVM when they started to smell a rat. being invisible to men like Keith kept them out of the inner circle, which I’m sure stung at the time, but it freed them in the long run
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11) The discussion about health care was useful PR, but covered up discussion over the power of the purse, which is fundamental. If the WH doesn't have to follow the law, it doesn't matter what you pass.
With the remaining approps bills + CR, Dems still could fight that fight. If they're smart
With the remaining approps bills + CR, Dems still could fight that fight. If they're smart
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
11) The discussion about health care was useful PR, but covered up discussion over the power of the purse, which is fundamental. If the WH doesn't have to follow the law, it doesn't matter what you pass.
With the remaining approps bills + CR, Dems still could fight that fight. If they're smart
With the remaining approps bills + CR, Dems still could fight that fight. If they're smart
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Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trump has threatened to bomb or invade 7 countries with a shot to play in the 2026 World Cup. He *has* bombed one (Iran) and said he'd deny them visas. He's preparing for war with another (Venezuela). He has summarily executed citizens from at least 3. He has imposed tariffs on nearly all of them.
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The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Not only that, when six people died, Tylenol knew it wasn’t the cause of the poisonings and STILL pulled 30 million bottles off the market, because it mattered to them what their customers thought.
Public trust doesn’t matter to OpenAI, because the users of ChatGPT aren’t their customers.
Public trust doesn’t matter to OpenAI, because the users of ChatGPT aren’t their customers.
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Not only that, when six people died, Tylenol knew it wasn’t the cause of the poisonings and STILL pulled 30 million bottles off the market, because it mattered to them what their customers thought.
Public trust doesn’t matter to OpenAI, because the users of ChatGPT aren’t their customers.
Public trust doesn’t matter to OpenAI, because the users of ChatGPT aren’t their customers.
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"They'll do anything to keep the Epstein Files hidden and they'll do anything to hold onto power. Like, literally anything. You get it? But the last thing they expect is for us to eat THEIR faces. You know what I mean? So we gotta get busy."
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
"They'll do anything to keep the Epstein Files hidden and they'll do anything to hold onto power. Like, literally anything. You get it? But the last thing they expect is for us to eat THEIR faces. You know what I mean? So we gotta get busy."
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If you've ever asked "What the hell is a weight?" (in the context of machine learning, how the hell would i know why else you would ask that question), I have a blog post for you!
www.distributedthoughts.org/you-cant-unb...
BONUS: i explain why "true privacy" in models is BASICALLY impossible.
www.distributedthoughts.org/you-cant-unb...
BONUS: i explain why "true privacy" in models is BASICALLY impossible.
You Can't Unbake a Cake (or Why Data Isolation in the Age of AI is BASICALLY Impossible)
Legislators across the globe want your data removed from AI models. The EU's "right to be forgotten" under GDPR Article 17, California's CCPA, a dozen other privacy frameworks—all built on the assumpt...
www.distributedthoughts.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you've ever asked "What the hell is a weight?" (in the context of machine learning, how the hell would i know why else you would ask that question), I have a blog post for you!
www.distributedthoughts.org/you-cant-unb...
BONUS: i explain why "true privacy" in models is BASICALLY impossible.
www.distributedthoughts.org/you-cant-unb...
BONUS: i explain why "true privacy" in models is BASICALLY impossible.
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I kveld ville mini lese Donald-blad på senga. Da fant vi dette kartet over Trandheim, noe som resulterte i skikkelig latterkrampe så tårene rant.
Jeg unner dere alle en skikkelig god latterkrampe.
Jeg unner dere alle en skikkelig god latterkrampe.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I kveld ville mini lese Donald-blad på senga. Da fant vi dette kartet over Trandheim, noe som resulterte i skikkelig latterkrampe så tårene rant.
Jeg unner dere alle en skikkelig god latterkrampe.
Jeg unner dere alle en skikkelig god latterkrampe.
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Interesting that Sauer bit the bullet on the climate change tariff idea. No way not to, I guess. But it's a terrible terrible answer because it just shows his theory has no "metes and bounds" as he calls them. /12
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Interesting that Sauer bit the bullet on the climate change tariff idea. No way not to, I guess. But it's a terrible terrible answer because it just shows his theory has no "metes and bounds" as he calls them. /12
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There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
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BREAKING: Men who can’t even keep the government open write letter to a third man, whose high court regularly publishes anonymous orders, to complain about anonymous criticism from lower court judges.
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
BREAKING: Men who can’t even keep the government open write letter to a third man, whose high court regularly publishes anonymous orders, to complain about anonymous criticism from lower court judges.
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
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Ding ding ding .
…the real Left Rogan was Teen Vogue wasn’t it. Shit.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Ding ding ding .
The only thing I'm interested in knowing about this feature is how to disable it.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The only thing I'm interested in knowing about this feature is how to disable it.
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Zohran's success will hinge equally on what he is ABLE to do and how effectively he messages to voters when the federal govt of wealthy interests / police, etc in NYC deliberately sabotage things.
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
The full weight of western capitalism is about to laser focus on NYC. The robber barons failed to win and will panic. They will sabotage NYC because the system cannot allow Mamdani's term to be successful. They cannot allow people to believe things can be better. Your job now is to hold the line.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Zohran's success will hinge equally on what he is ABLE to do and how effectively he messages to voters when the federal govt of wealthy interests / police, etc in NYC deliberately sabotage things.
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
we've seen this shit in oregon with elites lining up to torpedo progressive measures
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Got a graph/geometry/maths pun? Go on then, we're counting on you.
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Got a graph/geometry/maths pun? Go on then, we're counting on you.