Vellamo Swift
@vellamoswift.bsky.social
Ms. Worldwide 🏳️🌈🇬🇧🇫🇮🇺🇸 //
ADHD, CPTSD & generally wonky brain //
Streams @ https://www.twitch.tv/vellamoswift
ADHD, CPTSD & generally wonky brain //
Streams @ https://www.twitch.tv/vellamoswift
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This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
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Well thought-out summary.
February 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Well thought-out summary.
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This machine yub nubs fascists.
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 AM
This machine yub nubs fascists.
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“In our individual lives we all too often distill our frustrations into an essence of bitterness, or drown ourselves in the deep waters of self-pity, or adopt a fatalistic philosophy that whatever happens must happen and all events are determined by necessity.” - MLK Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 4:39 PM
“In our individual lives we all too often distill our frustrations into an essence of bitterness, or drown ourselves in the deep waters of self-pity, or adopt a fatalistic philosophy that whatever happens must happen and all events are determined by necessity.” - MLK Jr.
Are the red/yellow flags on the bottom Kalmar Union ones…?
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Are the red/yellow flags on the bottom Kalmar Union ones…?
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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The Doctor made me walk again...
Because I had to sell my car in order to pay the hospital bill!
Because I had to sell my car in order to pay the hospital bill!
December 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The Doctor made me walk again...
Because I had to sell my car in order to pay the hospital bill!
Because I had to sell my car in order to pay the hospital bill!
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please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
please take a moment to appreciate Tesla's epic accomplishment of coming dead last in the auto industry in reliability, despite making relatively expensive cars with a tiny fraction of the moving parts
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
www.consumerreports.org/cars/which-b...
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Your Netflix package is about to cost more, and your cinemas will have fewer movies to show, but *jazz hands* Thaaaaat’s Capitalism, Baaaaaby!
Breaking news: Netflix has agreed an $83bn takeover of the studios and streaming businesses of Warner Bros Discovery, in a deal set to reshape Hollywood and create a new global entertainment powerhouse. on.ft.com/3MGC59K
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Your Netflix package is about to cost more, and your cinemas will have fewer movies to show, but *jazz hands* Thaaaaat’s Capitalism, Baaaaaby!
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I will stand by, this remains the funniest mistranslation in manga localization history
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ChatGPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences.
You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ChatGPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences.
You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
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The amount of effort required to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than producing it, which is why we're all drowning. This is called the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle and it explains the entire internet
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The amount of effort required to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude larger than producing it, which is why we're all drowning. This is called the Bullshit Asymmetry Principle and it explains the entire internet
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"The hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug. The hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug," I mutter under my breath like a mantra, trying to remind myself
September 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"The hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug. The hypocrisy is a feature, not a bug," I mutter under my breath like a mantra, trying to remind myself
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The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The best response to Abundance talk is a single tweet from Ruairi Wood, RIP brother.
Stream video games till your lover shows up. YMMV
May 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Stream video games till your lover shows up. YMMV
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Begging yall to develop a more sophisticated analysis and critique of tech power than “all AI is bad” when you have been using machine learning tools for more than a decade without even realizing it
May 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Begging yall to develop a more sophisticated analysis and critique of tech power than “all AI is bad” when you have been using machine learning tools for more than a decade without even realizing it
Welcome to soap gang, it sucks here! Too many food places include the icky soap leaf as standard and it feels obstinate requesting they leave it out… you gotta, every time, or enjoy delicious soap for the rest of the day.
April 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Welcome to soap gang, it sucks here! Too many food places include the icky soap leaf as standard and it feels obstinate requesting they leave it out… you gotta, every time, or enjoy delicious soap for the rest of the day.
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Hate to be millennial about it all but it is just mental that my whole working life has just been a series of recessions and “economic shocks”, underpinned by stagnant wages
April 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Hate to be millennial about it all but it is just mental that my whole working life has just been a series of recessions and “economic shocks”, underpinned by stagnant wages