Barry Norton 🌈 ♾ 📚
@barrynorton.bsky.social
He/him.
I write queer/speculative fiction, with ND representation, in Denmark.
PhD in Computer Science, MA in Creative Writing, MSc in Science Communication in progress.
I write queer/speculative fiction, with ND representation, in Denmark.
PhD in Computer Science, MA in Creative Writing, MSc in Science Communication in progress.
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“Make art for thirty sickos,” is good advice.
“Be somebody’s sicko,” is GREAT advice.
“Do both!” is better, still.
Being part of a community is amazing. Yes, it takes work. You gotta support people in ways that are kind of labour intensive. Gushing over a buddy’s new thing is one of the best parts.
“Be somebody’s sicko,” is GREAT advice.
“Do both!” is better, still.
Being part of a community is amazing. Yes, it takes work. You gotta support people in ways that are kind of labour intensive. Gushing over a buddy’s new thing is one of the best parts.
I read that as 'thirsty sickos'.
That's whom I write for.
I'll only find out if there are 30 of them when my novel is published.
That's whom I write for.
I'll only find out if there are 30 of them when my novel is published.
Interesting complement to this paper. As a symbolic AI person, I find this hopeful — not in seeking AGI, but in making more reliable progress towards classical AI tasks.
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Interesting complement to this paper. As a symbolic AI person, I find this hopeful — not in seeking AGI, but in making more reliable progress towards classical AI tasks.
Change a letter, make a singer/band less appealing:
Piss
Piss
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Change a letter, make a singer/band less appealing:
Piss
Piss
1) This person is clueless and embarrassing;
2) Do we have to make this quite so much about gender?
I mean, I'm given to understand Portnay (of whom I'd never heard) created a business somehow associated with 'bro culture', but half of the replies in the thread are trying to reinforce gender norms.
2) Do we have to make this quite so much about gender?
I mean, I'm given to understand Portnay (of whom I'd never heard) created a business somehow associated with 'bro culture', but half of the replies in the thread are trying to reinforce gender norms.
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
1) This person is clueless and embarrassing;
2) Do we have to make this quite so much about gender?
I mean, I'm given to understand Portnay (of whom I'd never heard) created a business somehow associated with 'bro culture', but half of the replies in the thread are trying to reinforce gender norms.
2) Do we have to make this quite so much about gender?
I mean, I'm given to understand Portnay (of whom I'd never heard) created a business somehow associated with 'bro culture', but half of the replies in the thread are trying to reinforce gender norms.
Maybe if we stopped using the word pædophile altogether and just called Epstein, Maxwell, Andrew MW - and increasingly-likely Trump - *child rapists* we wouldn't have to engage with the semantics argument.
I truly don't care who calls them pædophiles and who doesn't, they raped children.
I truly don't care who calls them pædophiles and who doesn't, they raped children.
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Maybe if we stopped using the word pædophile altogether and just called Epstein, Maxwell, Andrew MW - and increasingly-likely Trump - *child rapists* we wouldn't have to engage with the semantics argument.
I truly don't care who calls them pædophiles and who doesn't, they raped children.
I truly don't care who calls them pædophiles and who doesn't, they raped children.
No sequel, prequel or franchise is going to get me back into the cinema for a US movie.
A live-action ‘JESSICA RABBIT’ movie is in early development, based on Gary K. Wolf’s novel ‘XERIOUS BUSINESS’.
The ‘WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT’ creator reclaimed rights from Disney last year and eyes reuniting with Zemeckis & Spielberg for the spy thriller.
#JessicaRabbit #GaryKWolf
The ‘WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT’ creator reclaimed rights from Disney last year and eyes reuniting with Zemeckis & Spielberg for the spy thriller.
#JessicaRabbit #GaryKWolf
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No sequel, prequel or franchise is going to get me back into the cinema for a US movie.
Leave Bond dead.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Leave Bond dead.
Hang on... shit off!
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hang on... shit off!
I know there’s a caution around moderation here, but I don’t need to see this sick filth.
I am not allowed to buy more books until I read the ones I already own
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I know there’s a caution around moderation here, but I don’t need to see this sick filth.
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What did you do to deserve this kind of punishment?
November 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
What did you do to deserve this kind of punishment?
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Good job I had nothing else to do today
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Good job I had nothing else to do today
As a computer scientist it still blows my mind.
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 AM
As a computer scientist it still blows my mind.
The glue on pizza thing? That was retrieval. A valid criticism of LLMs’ inability to discern facts, and of the dangers of retrieval surfaced through generated text, but not of language models’ text generation itself.
November 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The glue on pizza thing? That was retrieval. A valid criticism of LLMs’ inability to discern facts, and of the dangers of retrieval surfaced through generated text, but not of language models’ text generation itself.
We didn’t have a full set of encyclopaedias, but loved to check Pears’. Otherwise, you know…
I have never done (9) (it's anti-social), (13) (Blockbuster never operated in my country), or (20) (those things were *expensive*).
I am teh oldz.
I am teh oldz.
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We didn’t have a full set of encyclopaedias, but loved to check Pears’. Otherwise, you know…
What an absurd suggestion!
As the poet said: YOU’R PWRGUE HERRING IF YUI PLIIES
As the poet said: YOU’R PWRGUE HERRING IF YUI PLIIES
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What an absurd suggestion!
As the poet said: YOU’R PWRGUE HERRING IF YUI PLIIES
As the poet said: YOU’R PWRGUE HERRING IF YUI PLIIES
To be fair, stopping construction of data centres in Virginia is like forbidding someone from lighting a candle after their horse has burned down.
Did you know a former White House climate advisor flipped a GOP stronghold in Virginia by running entirely on putting a stop to more AI data centers?
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
For @heatmap.news I profiled John McAuliff and a campaign that will be a roadmap for all future anti-AI politicians moving forward.
This Virginia Election Was a Warning for Data Centers
John McAuliff ran his campaign almost entirely on data centers — and won.
heatmap.news
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
To be fair, stopping construction of data centres in Virginia is like forbidding someone from lighting a candle after their horse has burned down.
Does this mean we can throw milkshakes at Farage during his many trips to the US?
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Does this mean we can throw milkshakes at Farage during his many trips to the US?
“Clanchy - who rejects the charge of racism and other accusations about her writing…” learned nothing.
Publisher apologises for 'the hurt' it caused Kate Clanchy over controversy
Kate Clanchy was accused of using racist descriptions of children in her book.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“Clanchy - who rejects the charge of racism and other accusations about her writing…” learned nothing.
That’s ok. No hard feelings. Proud to have helped you and your family find safety in 2014, and happy for you that you have found somewhere you’d like to live permanently.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
That’s ok. No hard feelings. Proud to have helped you and your family find safety in 2014, and happy for you that you have found somewhere you’d like to live permanently.
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O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
HuntingDON.
It’s amazing the amount of time we spend pontificating on the geography of people’s parents, grandparents and great grandparents’ origins, while in complete ignorance of our own.
It’s amazing the amount of time we spend pontificating on the geography of people’s parents, grandparents and great grandparents’ origins, while in complete ignorance of our own.
BREAKING: British Transport Police say armed police arrested 2 men within 8 minutes of 999 call at Huntington.
32 year-old black British national and 35 year-old British national of Caribbean descent arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
4 of 9 victims now out of hospital.
32 year-old black British national and 35 year-old British national of Caribbean descent arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
4 of 9 victims now out of hospital.
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
HuntingDON.
It’s amazing the amount of time we spend pontificating on the geography of people’s parents, grandparents and great grandparents’ origins, while in complete ignorance of our own.
It’s amazing the amount of time we spend pontificating on the geography of people’s parents, grandparents and great grandparents’ origins, while in complete ignorance of our own.
Hard to take seriously any news media that calls Huntingdon “Huntington”.
After many hours to get this right.
After many hours to get this right.
November 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Hard to take seriously any news media that calls Huntingdon “Huntington”.
After many hours to get this right.
After many hours to get this right.
Pumpkin IEDs, semi-automatic rifles disguised as wands... have we learnt nothing from the bloodbaths last year?
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Pumpkin IEDs, semi-automatic rifles disguised as wands... have we learnt nothing from the bloodbaths last year?