Techpriest
@techpriest.bsky.social
Millennial cliche with strong retired museum curator energy. Medic.
Lives for the memes. *Mass transit enthusiast*
Lives for the memes. *Mass transit enthusiast*
AI being allowed to "drive" your terminal/command line is a fast road to cases of the LLM deleting the users OS after hallucinating a wildly incorrect response to a prompt
why is there AI in my terminal app? seriously, who asked for this?
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
AI being allowed to "drive" your terminal/command line is a fast road to cases of the LLM deleting the users OS after hallucinating a wildly incorrect response to a prompt
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John Le Carre was right about the British establishment and how the alumni of the best schools will sell out their own country for status and money and in particular a desperate desire for American attention
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
John Le Carre was right about the British establishment and how the alumni of the best schools will sell out their own country for status and money and in particular a desperate desire for American attention
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If you are arguing with AI you are "arguing" with big autocorrect. It is functionally equivalent to "arguing" with a piece of cheese. LLMs do not reason, they probabilistically generate the next likely response
LLMs are powerful tools. They are also not actually *reasoning* in ways humans think they are if not engaged in chain of thought prompting
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you are arguing with AI you are "arguing" with big autocorrect. It is functionally equivalent to "arguing" with a piece of cheese. LLMs do not reason, they probabilistically generate the next likely response
"The Cuomintang government has fled to Staten Island and has vowed to retake the mainland after it fell to Mamdanism"
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"The Cuomintang government has fled to Staten Island and has vowed to retake the mainland after it fell to Mamdanism"
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Not all gyros wear capes.
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Not all gyros wear capes.
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We're gonna get the US midterms before- [A SINGLE SHOT RINGS OUT]
*TAKE-TWO FURTHER DELAYS 'GRAND THEFT AUTO VI' TO NOV. 19, 2026
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We're gonna get the US midterms before- [A SINGLE SHOT RINGS OUT]
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Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
Dominic Cummings has this racialised take on David Lammy
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
There is an increasingly prevalent kneejerk online rightwing trait to call the presence of any black or Asian person a diversity hire
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Without DEI, we would only make merit-based hires, like the genius strategist who decided to pick a fight with his boss’s new young wife.
Funniest take I've seen is that Mamdani (who met his Syrian-American artist wife on Hinge) is a secret influence op by Big Dating Apps™ to convince New Yorkers and Millenials & Gen Z more broadly that the apps are still worth using lol. Lmao even
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Funniest take I've seen is that Mamdani (who met his Syrian-American artist wife on Hinge) is a secret influence op by Big Dating Apps™ to convince New Yorkers and Millenials & Gen Z more broadly that the apps are still worth using lol. Lmao even
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So say we all, Mr Mayor
trying and failing to be a multi app poster
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So say we all, Mr Mayor
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how do you do, my fellow blueskyers?
April 30, 2023 at 7:27 PM
how do you do, my fellow blueskyers?
This dude walked (read: became a meme) so Mamdani could run
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This dude walked (read: became a meme) so Mamdani could run
The pretense that reform is not a racist party or is merely playing to "economic anxiety"/"legitimate concerns" needs to die. It is a racist party that repeatedly attracts candidates and activists entrenched in blood & soil ethnonationalism. It is the BNP/National Front/Monday Club with new clothing
Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The pretense that reform is not a racist party or is merely playing to "economic anxiety"/"legitimate concerns" needs to die. It is a racist party that repeatedly attracts candidates and activists entrenched in blood & soil ethnonationalism. It is the BNP/National Front/Monday Club with new clothing
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big, multicultural cities - they're good!
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
big, multicultural cities - they're good!
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Just wait until Mamdani or Khan cross the pond and "the two mayors shake hands" photo rings around the world
M*tt Goode*n (& "friends") will lose his mind
M*tt Goode*n (& "friends") will lose his mind
November 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Just wait until Mamdani or Khan cross the pond and "the two mayors shake hands" photo rings around the world
M*tt Goode*n (& "friends") will lose his mind
M*tt Goode*n (& "friends") will lose his mind
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There's going to be so many tedious UK takes on yesterday's US Election...
So here are my tedious takes:
1. Messengers matter as much as messages
2. There's no inevitable victory for right populism
That's about it.
So here are my tedious takes:
1. Messengers matter as much as messages
2. There's no inevitable victory for right populism
That's about it.
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
There's going to be so many tedious UK takes on yesterday's US Election...
So here are my tedious takes:
1. Messengers matter as much as messages
2. There's no inevitable victory for right populism
That's about it.
So here are my tedious takes:
1. Messengers matter as much as messages
2. There's no inevitable victory for right populism
That's about it.
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Hello!
New episode is out for all to enjoy!
What is like to be a Greek chef, living and working in Helsinki? From Crete to Finland with Aino!
Lets find out...
open.spotify.com/episode/2zGc...
New episode is out for all to enjoy!
What is like to be a Greek chef, living and working in Helsinki? From Crete to Finland with Aino!
Lets find out...
open.spotify.com/episode/2zGc...
The Life of a Greco-Finnish Chef in Helsinki
open.spotify.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Hello!
New episode is out for all to enjoy!
What is like to be a Greek chef, living and working in Helsinki? From Crete to Finland with Aino!
Lets find out...
open.spotify.com/episode/2zGc...
New episode is out for all to enjoy!
What is like to be a Greek chef, living and working in Helsinki? From Crete to Finland with Aino!
Lets find out...
open.spotify.com/episode/2zGc...
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Dick Cheney would be loving this
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Dick Cheney would be loving this
"The haters said I couldn't do it and they were correct. Honestly, great call from the haters.gif"
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"The haters said I couldn't do it and they were correct. Honestly, great call from the haters.gif"
I thought I'd seen everything, but Mamdani using the 2004 Bollywood hit song "Dhoom Machale" as his victory song to close out his speech, on stage alongside his wife and parents (with his mother dressed in a Saree), is *something else*
Unapologetically leaning into his heritage, no "triangulation"
Unapologetically leaning into his heritage, no "triangulation"
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I thought I'd seen everything, but Mamdani using the 2004 Bollywood hit song "Dhoom Machale" as his victory song to close out his speech, on stage alongside his wife and parents (with his mother dressed in a Saree), is *something else*
Unapologetically leaning into his heritage, no "triangulation"
Unapologetically leaning into his heritage, no "triangulation"
"I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas, Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses, Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties, yes, aunties"
"This city is your city and this democracy is yours too"
Been a long time since an Anglosphere victory speech sounded like that...
"This city is your city and this democracy is yours too"
Been a long time since an Anglosphere victory speech sounded like that...
November 5, 2025 at 6:36 AM
"I speak of Yemeni bodega owners and Mexican abuelas, Senegalese taxi drivers and Uzbek nurses, Trinidadian line cooks and Ethiopian aunties, yes, aunties"
"This city is your city and this democracy is yours too"
Been a long time since an Anglosphere victory speech sounded like that...
"This city is your city and this democracy is yours too"
Been a long time since an Anglosphere victory speech sounded like that...
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Its genuinely fascinating how this applies to almost everything: the forces in the UK now lean left, as does (the player base at least) rugby union and the Church.
The participants of the worlds most Tory things are now left because theyre
A) young
B) leave the house
The participants of the worlds most Tory things are now left because theyre
A) young
B) leave the house
D&D is becoming left-coded simply by virtue of being a communal activity.
Just finished phone banking with @benkahnmd.bsky.social for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social at the great shop, @anyonecomics.bsky.social in Brooklyn, sat next to a D&D session. Felt like we managed our own critical rolls: Convinced 2 people to vote for Zohran; helped another find their poll site.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Its genuinely fascinating how this applies to almost everything: the forces in the UK now lean left, as does (the player base at least) rugby union and the Church.
The participants of the worlds most Tory things are now left because theyre
A) young
B) leave the house
The participants of the worlds most Tory things are now left because theyre
A) young
B) leave the house
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Great piece from Shannon, who has come to the very sensible conclusion that the very male-dominated discourse around AGI is basically conspiracy theories.
I had a long conversation with MIT Tech Review’s @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social about AGI; it fed into this very good read on the rise of AGI orthodoxy
How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time
The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely and you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies d...
www.technologyreview.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Great piece from Shannon, who has come to the very sensible conclusion that the very male-dominated discourse around AGI is basically conspiracy theories.