Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
banner
tw2113.bsky.social
Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
@tw2113.bsky.social
Previously an 8bit Macho Man. Fitness, books, podcasts, webdev. He/Him. Also @uanmovies aka "Up All Night Movies" from twitter.

Links to everything: https://apiratelifefor.me/instalinks/
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
I love this.
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
i have a blog post for this, with a list of image sites you can use! livelaugh.blog/posts/non-ai...
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
It’s important not to believe CEOs who just want to sell you something so they don’t have to pay people
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Friendly reminder! If you’re looking for an alternative to Audible, @libro.fm is great! You can do a similarly monthly subscription while supporting an indie bookstore of your choice! My referral link is below!

#booksky

libro.fm/referral?rf_...
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
libro.fm
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you remember the height of The Pirate Bay, check on your retirement funds.
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Still from Legend | 1985
February 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Any WordPress people have news about the state of "bits"?
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
The job market sucks, and I’m at the end of my rope

CashApp: $BeeDelores

PayPal: beeadelores@gmail.com

Donate 🔗 gofund.me/596fde0bf
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
I haven't been on twitter in over a year but it seems like Musk has transformed it into a powerful platform devoted to proving he's the most embarrassing person who's ever lived.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
it's not 'performative' if you're taking pictures of random fucking strangers reading. they're just reading! you're the creepy one!
Oh fuck off
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Rereading The Running Man, and what a wild fantasy of a dystopian future where nobody has access to healthcare or food and the rich watch the poor die for entertainment.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's time to play the music
It's time to light the lights
It's time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
My favorite video game series of all time:

1. Metroid
2. Legend of Zelda
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Oh no the people at the coffee shop complaining about how their adult kids won't use ChatGPT to make their life’s “easier”. I fear this is more common than I’d like to admit

The amount of people in my life desperately trying to get me to use AI to make my art is weirdly high so I guess I knew this
November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Look I’m not one of those crazy Luddites or anything, but this does seem like it could be quite bad www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Australian man encouraged to murder his father by AI chatbot
Experts are calling for new regulations on artificial intelligence chatbots, after a triple j hack investigation uncovered a disturbing example of a chatbot encouraging a man to murder his father whil...
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Love it when accessibility is embraced.

I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Cyndi Lauper delivered a powerful call to action during her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

"Look at us: We are a community of light. Don't forget that, in case it gets really dark."

Photo by Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for RRHOF
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
hell yeah this is sick
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Fuck ICE, Fuck OpenAI
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Reposted by Michael Beckwith - Victorian Dark Helmet
Why should my tax dollars go towards subsidizing a company that is literally known to have a product that successfully convinces desperate and unhappy people to kill themselves? I'd like to know.
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM