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Happy holidays everyone
Winter sprite and Yule goat, gouache on paper
Winter sprite and Yule goat, gouache on paper
December 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Happy holidays everyone
Winter sprite and Yule goat, gouache on paper
Winter sprite and Yule goat, gouache on paper
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i envision a utopian future for technology, where when you launch your computer there are no more programs, no more browsers, but just 4 buttons that say "Gamble", "Goon", "AI", and "Borrow Money At An Exorbitant Interest Rate"
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
i envision a utopian future for technology, where when you launch your computer there are no more programs, no more browsers, but just 4 buttons that say "Gamble", "Goon", "AI", and "Borrow Money At An Exorbitant Interest Rate"
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Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
Elon Musk is against the European Union being the European Union —he posted this after X (fka Twitter) was fined for violations of the EU’s Digital Services Act.
December 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Elon Musk is worse at hiding it but this is the problem with all billionaires: they are a threat to democratic governance. They have an insatiable need to own and control everything. If you want to be free you have to curb their power, and demand political leaders who understand that
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Propaganda literacy is being able to recognize when you are are the target of propaganda, which more frequently looks like an outrageous opinion or semantic claim that you argue about (intentionally legitimating a bad faith frame), than it does being shown a 1940s propaganda poster created by nazis
October 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Propaganda literacy is being able to recognize when you are are the target of propaganda, which more frequently looks like an outrageous opinion or semantic claim that you argue about (intentionally legitimating a bad faith frame), than it does being shown a 1940s propaganda poster created by nazis
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The problem is devs want to treat data as a property rights issue when personal data are actually observations of behavior to be used as evidence—primarily for social surveillance and control. It is rendering people in your community into relationships with power outside of their control or consent.
I do not have small enough words to communicate to ML researchers that if you take people's data, EVEN IF IT IS PUBLICALLY AVAILABLE, and then you upload it to huggingface without communicating with them or even talking to them about what it's for, people will be mad at you.
October 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The problem is devs want to treat data as a property rights issue when personal data are actually observations of behavior to be used as evidence—primarily for social surveillance and control. It is rendering people in your community into relationships with power outside of their control or consent.
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To give human rights only to those tyranny likes is to destroy their very purpose.
October 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
To give human rights only to those tyranny likes is to destroy their very purpose.
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To give a schematic overview of the past decade, the ZIRP era empowered Silicon Valley to build wealth and infrastructure equivalent to micro-states, which our neoliberal leaders, allergic as they are to the idea of state intervention, were all too happy to facilitate. (cont.)
September 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
To give a schematic overview of the past decade, the ZIRP era empowered Silicon Valley to build wealth and infrastructure equivalent to micro-states, which our neoliberal leaders, allergic as they are to the idea of state intervention, were all too happy to facilitate. (cont.)
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A piece I did for a friend's birthday. I love drawing these two!
September 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A piece I did for a friend's birthday. I love drawing these two!
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This sets up an absurd standard where the only justification for criticizing Kirk is if he personally committed violence.
But the entire reason liberalism is under attack is the constant lies and endorsement of violence by prominent conservatives, not because they're doing it themselves!
But the entire reason liberalism is under attack is the constant lies and endorsement of violence by prominent conservatives, not because they're doing it themselves!
September 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This sets up an absurd standard where the only justification for criticizing Kirk is if he personally committed violence.
But the entire reason liberalism is under attack is the constant lies and endorsement of violence by prominent conservatives, not because they're doing it themselves!
But the entire reason liberalism is under attack is the constant lies and endorsement of violence by prominent conservatives, not because they're doing it themselves!
having now played silksong, they should've made me pay £10 more
there should be a discount for Silksong proportional to how long you've had it on your steam wishlist
September 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
having now played silksong, they should've made me pay £10 more
a single person putting up multiple flags has the same function as a terf having multiple twitter accounts
August 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
a single person putting up multiple flags has the same function as a terf having multiple twitter accounts
there should be a discount for Silksong proportional to how long you've had it on your steam wishlist
August 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
there should be a discount for Silksong proportional to how long you've had it on your steam wishlist
this is social engineering. curating the information ecosystem in the UK, particularly for the young, by silencing voices that the state does not like in order to limit what is known. wikipedia in particular is hated by the tech-oligarchs, and I doubt the site being hit by the act was an accident
The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”
August 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
this is social engineering. curating the information ecosystem in the UK, particularly for the young, by silencing voices that the state does not like in order to limit what is known. wikipedia in particular is hated by the tech-oligarchs, and I doubt the site being hit by the act was an accident
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We have gotten too precious about both masculinity and femininity and it’s a disaster for everyone
Since the fake M&S story is a wash, the new TERF boogeyman is that tampon shelves are the Walmart Iconostasis which only ovaries may approach
August 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We have gotten too precious about both masculinity and femininity and it’s a disaster for everyone
i understand why this framng would never be used, but i do wonder how different that stupid heat map would've looked if 16 said "all of God's creation" instead
August 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
i understand why this framng would never be used, but i do wonder how different that stupid heat map would've looked if 16 said "all of God's creation" instead
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NEW How did ancient tattooers learn their craft?
High-res, near infrared photography and collaboration with modern tattooers reveals the complex process behind tattoos on Siberia's 'ice mummies'.
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
Warning: this thread contains images of human remains
High-res, near infrared photography and collaboration with modern tattooers reveals the complex process behind tattoos on Siberia's 'ice mummies'.
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
Warning: this thread contains images of human remains
July 31, 2025 at 9:45 AM
NEW How did ancient tattooers learn their craft?
High-res, near infrared photography and collaboration with modern tattooers reveals the complex process behind tattoos on Siberia's 'ice mummies'.
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
Warning: this thread contains images of human remains
High-res, near infrared photography and collaboration with modern tattooers reveals the complex process behind tattoos on Siberia's 'ice mummies'.
#AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵
Warning: this thread contains images of human remains
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We are now in an era of technosocial politics where data, ML models, AI etc aren’t just reproducing biases through inattention & lack of oversight; the fascist right is actually well read on this subject, knows how these systems work, and is using them to bake in their explicit biases intentionally
“We are getting rid of woke. The American people do not want woke Marxist lunacy in the AI models,” President Trump said in a speech on Wednesday.
Trump Says He’s ‘Getting Rid of Woke’ and Dismisses Copyright Concerns in AI Policy Speech
The remarks, which came during a keynote speech at a summit hosted by the All-In Podcast, follow President Donald Trump’s newly released AI Action Plan.
wrd.cm
July 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We are now in an era of technosocial politics where data, ML models, AI etc aren’t just reproducing biases through inattention & lack of oversight; the fascist right is actually well read on this subject, knows how these systems work, and is using them to bake in their explicit biases intentionally
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The ultimate goal of Generative “AI” in almost all capacities is to remove agency and accountability entirely. Shift blame from people to machines, ignoring the machines are made and deployed by people.
July 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The ultimate goal of Generative “AI” in almost all capacities is to remove agency and accountability entirely. Shift blame from people to machines, ignoring the machines are made and deployed by people.
it's like one of those special economic zones where companies are exempt from taxation, but instead of companies and taxation, it's a nuclear-armed state and international law
June 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
it's like one of those special economic zones where companies are exempt from taxation, but instead of companies and taxation, it's a nuclear-armed state and international law
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this is the real use case for AI: creating a centralized source of "truth" that can be altered at the whim of its fascist owners. technology cannot be disconnected from its financial backing & political consequences. pretending it "could be useful" in a vacuum is a fantasy. bsky.app/profile/pale...
June 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
this is the real use case for AI: creating a centralized source of "truth" that can be altered at the whim of its fascist owners. technology cannot be disconnected from its financial backing & political consequences. pretending it "could be useful" in a vacuum is a fantasy. bsky.app/profile/pale...
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Sauron wants to dominate Middle Earth. We sat down with him to discuss his love for rings.
- Rohan Sun-Telegraph
- Rohan Sun-Telegraph
June 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Sauron wants to dominate Middle Earth. We sat down with him to discuss his love for rings.
- Rohan Sun-Telegraph
- Rohan Sun-Telegraph
whenever I read about the impact AI is having on education, I'm reminded of this kid in my English class who (20+ years ago) printed out a website for a presentation without looking at the contents and just read out loud the 'next page' link text
June 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
whenever I read about the impact AI is having on education, I'm reminded of this kid in my English class who (20+ years ago) printed out a website for a presentation without looking at the contents and just read out loud the 'next page' link text
I was hoping for a limited run ER series akin to Animatrix, but I'll take what I can get. I have no idea whether it will succeed, but I want to see someone try
A live-action ‘ELDEN RING’ movie is officially in the works at A24.
Alex Garland is set to write & direct.
Alex Garland is set to write & direct.
May 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I was hoping for a limited run ER series akin to Animatrix, but I'll take what I can get. I have no idea whether it will succeed, but I want to see someone try