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: 🚴♂️🚵♂️🏂⛷️📚
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Seen on Tumblr:
Calling genAI users "prompt engineers" is out. What's in: SLOPERATOR
Calling genAI users "prompt engineers" is out. What's in: SLOPERATOR
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Seen on Tumblr:
Calling genAI users "prompt engineers" is out. What's in: SLOPERATOR
Calling genAI users "prompt engineers" is out. What's in: SLOPERATOR
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‘A silent majority’: Politicians strongly underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
- From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
Research by Lisa-Maria Tanase et al
Story by me
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
Research by Lisa-Maria Tanase et al
Story by me
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
‘A silent majority’: Politicians strongly underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
- From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
Research by Lisa-Maria Tanase et al
Story by me
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
Research by Lisa-Maria Tanase et al
Story by me
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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A podcast that is only, or primarily, on YouTube isn’t a podcast if you can’t watch that video without being on YouTube. The word “podcast” specifically *means* not being beholden to any tech giants like YouTube/Google/Alphabet. anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A podcast that is only, or primarily, on YouTube isn’t a podcast if you can’t watch that video without being on YouTube. The word “podcast” specifically *means* not being beholden to any tech giants like YouTube/Google/Alphabet. anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
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Writing an application with an AI agent is like writing a book with Google Translate
Nobody wants to read it and it’s impossible for you to make changes without Google translate
Nobody wants to read it and it’s impossible for you to make changes without Google translate
If you are a programmer and an AI hold-out, and you have some time off during Christmas: gift yourself a 100 USD subscription to Claude Code and … try it. But really try it. Take a week if you can afford it and dive in. It will change your opinion on these tools.
December 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Writing an application with an AI agent is like writing a book with Google Translate
Nobody wants to read it and it’s impossible for you to make changes without Google translate
Nobody wants to read it and it’s impossible for you to make changes without Google translate
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You’d think the Pentagon would learn to order from their own cafeteria by now.🙄
January 3, 2026 at 10:24 AM
You’d think the Pentagon would learn to order from their own cafeteria by now.🙄
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
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any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
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Don't forget to enjoy as much cheese as you can today folks, as tomorrow it starts having calories again.
December 31, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Don't forget to enjoy as much cheese as you can today folks, as tomorrow it starts having calories again.
I helped my 6yo build the LEGO 3-in-1 Space Shuttle, and I have to say, it was an extremely satisfying build. For context, I own the big-boy version of this set, and that was one of my favourites, so this is high praise — especially for the size and price. Highly recommended, and not just for kids.
Space Shuttle 31134 | Creator 3-in-1 | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US
All-action space play with a rebuildable Space Shuttle toy
www.lego.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I helped my 6yo build the LEGO 3-in-1 Space Shuttle, and I have to say, it was an extremely satisfying build. For context, I own the big-boy version of this set, and that was one of my favourites, so this is high praise — especially for the size and price. Highly recommended, and not just for kids.
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As 2026 approaches a happy new year's toast to you all with this marvellous 4th century Roman cage-cup, which bears an inscription, a toast that reads:
BIBE MULTIS ANNIS - Drink for many years!
Cheers and here's to a far better year in 2026! 🥂
#NewYear2026 🍀
BIBE MULTIS ANNIS - Drink for many years!
Cheers and here's to a far better year in 2026! 🥂
#NewYear2026 🍀
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
As 2026 approaches a happy new year's toast to you all with this marvellous 4th century Roman cage-cup, which bears an inscription, a toast that reads:
BIBE MULTIS ANNIS - Drink for many years!
Cheers and here's to a far better year in 2026! 🥂
#NewYear2026 🍀
BIBE MULTIS ANNIS - Drink for many years!
Cheers and here's to a far better year in 2026! 🥂
#NewYear2026 🍀
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“We’ve re-invented the oracle, except THIS time, you can buy ad space in her esoteric prophecies.”
what are we doing here guys
what are we doing here guys
“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:38 AM
“We’ve re-invented the oracle, except THIS time, you can buy ad space in her esoteric prophecies.”
what are we doing here guys
what are we doing here guys
Words to live by! 👇
never, ever, ever debate TERFs.
The problem is TERFs are obsessive and have their talking points ready to go, while for most normal people, this is not a topic we spend much time thinking about, so we need time to warm up. It’s like dealing with 9/11 Truthers and their endless “but what about Building 7” or whatever.
December 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Words to live by! 👇
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sure why not (apologies for nightmarish alt text)
December 30, 2025 at 1:05 AM
sure why not (apologies for nightmarish alt text)
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Palantir. Sauron. CyberDyne. Blackrock. Mr Beast Inc. Cerberus. Blackwater. Anduril. Citizen. Citadel. Gilead. Bain Capital. Darktrace. Oracle. Umbra.
December 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Palantir. Sauron. CyberDyne. Blackrock. Mr Beast Inc. Cerberus. Blackwater. Anduril. Citizen. Citadel. Gilead. Bain Capital. Darktrace. Oracle. Umbra.
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"Will you fuckers read the fucking book one fucking time" challenge level impossible. Again.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 AM
"Will you fuckers read the fucking book one fucking time" challenge level impossible. Again.
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Inbox
Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Why I don’t like #Instagram: how can anybody like an app where the most reasonable way to open a link is to take a screenshot and use text recognition?!? You can’t even do the annoying #WhatsApp thing and copy the entire message text, then laboriously fish out the link you wanted. Blech.
December 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Why I don’t like #Instagram: how can anybody like an app where the most reasonable way to open a link is to take a screenshot and use text recognition?!? You can’t even do the annoying #WhatsApp thing and copy the entire message text, then laboriously fish out the link you wanted. Blech.
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It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
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the problem with the technology is what it does. it is not what it fails to do. it is not the water usage which critics have hallucinated into being. it is not the ontological bars to its functioning which don't even engage with the literature describing how to make these things.
December 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
the problem with the technology is what it does. it is not what it fails to do. it is not the water usage which critics have hallucinated into being. it is not the ontological bars to its functioning which don't even engage with the literature describing how to make these things.
Being gradually turned into the Grinch by the constant barrage of Christmas notifications from all of the WhatsApp groups I have to be in for kids’ sports and such. I really need a “mute all groups except for this one” feature. Bah humbug.
December 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Being gradually turned into the Grinch by the constant barrage of Christmas notifications from all of the WhatsApp groups I have to be in for kids’ sports and such. I really need a “mute all groups except for this one” feature. Bah humbug.