Dominic 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦
@theriotnrrd.bsky.social
Speaker to Users | digital flâneur | introvert but faking it | perdido en el corazón de la grande Babylon
Elsewhere:
- blog: findthethread.blog
- Enterprise Alchemists podcast 🎧 wherever good podcasts are downloaded
Downtime: 🚴♂️🚵♂️🏂⛷️📚
Elsewhere:
- blog: findthethread.blog
- Enterprise Alchemists podcast 🎧 wherever good podcasts are downloaded
Downtime: 🚴♂️🚵♂️🏂⛷️📚
The promise: AI is going to democratise creativity and let small indie studios build big games full of assets that would otherwise require the resources of an entire mega-studio!
The reality:
The reality:
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The promise: AI is going to democratise creativity and let small indie studios build big games full of assets that would otherwise require the resources of an entire mega-studio!
The reality:
The reality:
In fairness, both can be true. Even leaving aside the contentious issue of AI, most of the jobs created by any data center are indirect. The data center of the future will be staffed by a man and a dog: the man to feed the dog, and the dog to bite the man if he tries to touch anything!
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
https://restofworld.org/2025/data-centers-jobs-microsoft-google-chile/?utm_campaign=row-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_content=1763146621
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In fairness, both can be true. Even leaving aside the contentious issue of AI, most of the jobs created by any data center are indirect. The data center of the future will be staffed by a man and a dog: the man to feed the dog, and the dog to bite the man if he tries to touch anything!
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Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
November 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
It’s the same in Europe: buildings in Monaco literally have guys who will come round and switch the lights on, run the taps, etc so you can “prove” residency, while actually living (and evading taxes) elsewhere.
[and the ones who do go to FL are still paying their taxes to NYS/NYC bc they don't sever their true ties and it's all performative so they slip up and get caught in residency audits they can't win, ask me how i know]
tax the rich, they will whine and bitch and moan and they will pay their damn taxes because where else are they going to go, fucking Florida? it’s not Massachusetts and it’s certainly not New York City
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
It’s the same in Europe: buildings in Monaco literally have guys who will come round and switch the lights on, run the taps, etc so you can “prove” residency, while actually living (and evading taxes) elsewhere.
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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We (the world at large) are making enough fucking babies. We're cool on the babies. We need to start FEEDING the babies and VACCINATING the babies and WELCOMING the babies to various places, but we have babies out the wazoo. They just might have different melanin levels
November 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We (the world at large) are making enough fucking babies. We're cool on the babies. We need to start FEEDING the babies and VACCINATING the babies and WELCOMING the babies to various places, but we have babies out the wazoo. They just might have different melanin levels
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This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
Parents on e-bikes are transforming the school run
They’re smug, snug and often faster than drivers
www.economist.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
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Adding alt text for screenshots is super easy! On iOS:
1: attach pic to skeet
2: tap “+ALT”
3: find the button with horizontal lines inside four corners. That’s the OCR—tap it
4: text will light up. Press on it and a menu will appear
5: tap “select all” then tap “copy”
6: paste into alt text box
1: attach pic to skeet
2: tap “+ALT”
3: find the button with horizontal lines inside four corners. That’s the OCR—tap it
4: text will light up. Press on it and a menu will appear
5: tap “select all” then tap “copy”
6: paste into alt text box
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Adding alt text for screenshots is super easy! On iOS:
1: attach pic to skeet
2: tap “+ALT”
3: find the button with horizontal lines inside four corners. That’s the OCR—tap it
4: text will light up. Press on it and a menu will appear
5: tap “select all” then tap “copy”
6: paste into alt text box
1: attach pic to skeet
2: tap “+ALT”
3: find the button with horizontal lines inside four corners. That’s the OCR—tap it
4: text will light up. Press on it and a menu will appear
5: tap “select all” then tap “copy”
6: paste into alt text box
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Mayors play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis.
By reclaiming public space from the private property of cars, mayors can cut pollution, revive civic interaction, enhance public safety, and expand green space.
But only if they're willing to take on entrenched interests.
By reclaiming public space from the private property of cars, mayors can cut pollution, revive civic interaction, enhance public safety, and expand green space.
But only if they're willing to take on entrenched interests.
“Globally, despite extreme heat, floods and devastating wildfires, populist leaders, some sceptical but others in outright denial about the science, are talking up the costs of action rather than the consequences of inaction.”
6 global mayors defying climate denying populists
6 global mayors defying climate denying populists
‘Politicians actually taking action’: six world mayors defying climate-sceptic populist leaders
From Sierra Leone to Milan, cities are crafting their own rules and innovations in the face of rising temperatures
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Mayors play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis.
By reclaiming public space from the private property of cars, mayors can cut pollution, revive civic interaction, enhance public safety, and expand green space.
But only if they're willing to take on entrenched interests.
By reclaiming public space from the private property of cars, mayors can cut pollution, revive civic interaction, enhance public safety, and expand green space.
But only if they're willing to take on entrenched interests.
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As we write in The Guardian this morning, the Commission’s plan to gut EU digital rules will hurt Europe’s startups and give U.S. tech an unassailable advantage, confirming Europe as a digital vassal.
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
As we write in The Guardian this morning, the Commission’s plan to gut EU digital rules will hurt Europe’s startups and give U.S. tech an unassailable advantage, confirming Europe as a digital vassal.
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Piece by George Riekeles and I.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Once again I am begging newsletters to show me where links are actually pointing.
Almost all newsletters have a link shortener, and if I roll my mouse over the link, all it shows me is that first hop. Please add code to display the final URL, even if you send me via your shortener for tracking.
Almost all newsletters have a link shortener, and if I roll my mouse over the link, all it shows me is that first hop. Please add code to display the final URL, even if you send me via your shortener for tracking.
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Once again I am begging newsletters to show me where links are actually pointing.
Almost all newsletters have a link shortener, and if I roll my mouse over the link, all it shows me is that first hop. Please add code to display the final URL, even if you send me via your shortener for tracking.
Almost all newsletters have a link shortener, and if I roll my mouse over the link, all it shows me is that first hop. Please add code to display the final URL, even if you send me via your shortener for tracking.
You should absolutely read this book. Just incredibly well-crafted at all sorts of different levels. Enjoy it as a classic fantasy heroic journey, savour the world-building, or dig deeper into the craft and reflect on the viewpoints and characters.
Get me my next fix here, is what I’m saying!
Get me my next fix here, is what I’m saying!
Convincing you to read my ~preceding~ novel, because I need the sales in order to get this one contracted. 😬
Share yours if you want!
Share yours if you want!
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
You should absolutely read this book. Just incredibly well-crafted at all sorts of different levels. Enjoy it as a classic fantasy heroic journey, savour the world-building, or dig deeper into the craft and reflect on the viewpoints and characters.
Get me my next fix here, is what I’m saying!
Get me my next fix here, is what I’m saying!
I love these silly things, and I’ll miss them when they’re gone — but I always assumed their days were numbered. #travel #IAD
Dulles airport crash leaves 18 injured in people carrier
The people carrier was transporting people from a plane to a terminal when it crashed.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I fail to understand the rationale for continuing to engage with these platforms as they ratchet up the enshittification. The only reason to allow them to run their SDKs on your page was in exchange for reach — but if they are no longer giving you that, what are you even doing?
Meta to Discontinue Like and Comment Buttons on Third-Party Websites https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-like-button-sunset/
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I fail to understand the rationale for continuing to engage with these platforms as they ratchet up the enshittification. The only reason to allow them to run their SDKs on your page was in exchange for reach — but if they are no longer giving you that, what are you even doing?
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No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
Hmm, I was thinking of treating myself to a fancy 6k monitor, but after this review, maybe I'll wait a while yet and see if some of these bugs work themselves out…
QUICK REVIEW: LG UltraFine 32U990A-S 31.5" 6K HDR Monitor
Javascript is DISABLED, site will not function properly in multiple ways.
diglloyd.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Hmm, I was thinking of treating myself to a fancy 6k monitor, but after this review, maybe I'll wait a while yet and see if some of these bugs work themselves out…
This fascinating piece about the roll-out of solar in Africa has been doing the rounds, and while it hints at one of the enabling factors, I think it's worth calling out explicitly that all of this is possible because much of Africa leapfrogged 20th-century telco roll-outs & went straight to mobile.
Why Solarpunk is already happening in Africa
Or: How Africa is building the future by skipping the past
climatedrift.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
This fascinating piece about the roll-out of solar in Africa has been doing the rounds, and while it hints at one of the enabling factors, I think it's worth calling out explicitly that all of this is possible because much of Africa leapfrogged 20th-century telco roll-outs & went straight to mobile.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is the sort of #AI feature I approve of! I like having chapters in podcasts, and really resent especially longer ones that don't include them. I already use AI to create the chapter markers in my own #podcast, so I won't be relying on this as a creator, but I look forward to it as a listener.
Apple Podcasts Is Adding AI-Generated Chapters for Podcasts Without Chapters
Link to: https://podcasters.apple.com/support/5545-enhance-episodes-with-chapters-links-more
daringfireball.net
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is the problem that #AI agents are facing: on the one hand, every established platform wants to have its own agentic AI functionality, while on the other hand, tool vendors want to interoperate with platforms.
It's going to be interesting to watch the intersecting technical and legal fight!
It's going to be interesting to watch the intersecting technical and legal fight!
Bloomberg: Amazon Sues to Stop Perplexity From Using AI Tool to Buy Stuff
Amazon.com Inc. is suing Perplexity AI Inc. to try and stop the startup from helping users buy items on the world’s largest online marketplace, setting up a showdown that may have implications for the reach of so-called agentic artificial intelligence.
www.bloomberg.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is the problem that #AI agents are facing: on the one hand, every established platform wants to have its own agentic AI functionality, while on the other hand, tool vendors want to interoperate with platforms.
It's going to be interesting to watch the intersecting technical and legal fight!
It's going to be interesting to watch the intersecting technical and legal fight!
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I think if you do this you should expect to get your ass beat
Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself.
Your Friend Asked You a Question. Don't Copy and Paste an Answer From a Chatbot
Your friend came to you because they respect your knowledge and opinion, and outsourcing the answer to a machine is lazy and rude. Just answer them yourself.
wrd.cm
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I think if you do this you should expect to get your ass beat
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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pitching a movie in which J. R. R. Tolkien arises from the dead to take academically-coded revenge on the techbros and MAGAs who continue to grotesquely misunderstand his work
October 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
pitching a movie in which J. R. R. Tolkien arises from the dead to take academically-coded revenge on the techbros and MAGAs who continue to grotesquely misunderstand his work
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him