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Library Cat, Ook, Mascaron obsessed tour guide and storyteller, common people's history enthusiast, RPG geek, general creative neurodivergent. Nonbinary pan/grey-aro-ace.
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Kot (he/they)
@bibliotekot.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Here's a wordplay themed photo from the Malbork Castle. :)
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a measured and balanced response to "AI" advocacy
Literally all of society hates this abominable scam homunculus and the weird little death cult bubble of vampiric losers who spewed it forth upon the world. Take a break from bragging about how gullible you are and give yourself a swirlie and stuff yourself in a locker and sort yourself out.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
a measured and balanced response to "AI" advocacy
"How can you conflate nationalists with nazis!? That's an attack on real patriotic folks!"
First of, easily.
Second, please explain what the word "nazi" is a shorthand for. We'll wait if you need to look it up.
First of, easily.
Second, please explain what the word "nazi" is a shorthand for. We'll wait if you need to look it up.
November 20, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"How can you conflate nationalists with nazis!? That's an attack on real patriotic folks!"
First of, easily.
Second, please explain what the word "nazi" is a shorthand for. We'll wait if you need to look it up.
First of, easily.
Second, please explain what the word "nazi" is a shorthand for. We'll wait if you need to look it up.
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In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
On Incomputable Language: An Essay on AI
An incidental consequence of having written a book on tech-fascism and the so-called rationalist movement is that I find myself periodically queried for my thoughts on artificial intelligence. On the ...
www.eruditorumpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In which I articulate the case that AGI is impossible and machines just plain cannot think. www.eruditorumpress.com/blog/on-inco...
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Trans women are women, pass it on.
Trans women are women, pass it on.
Trans women are women, pass it on.
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Trans women are women, pass it on.
"US needs a protestant franco".
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Thread. The Heritage Foundation track directly back to outright nazis.
Heritage president Kevin Roberts is on the board of a nonprofit (SLI) led by Nate Fischer who separately launched a venture in 2023 w/ Raw Egg Nationalist who “has a history of posting swastikas & other Nazi imagery,” which Fischer has called “ironic trolling” rather than “genuine Nazi belief” 1/
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"US needs a protestant franco".
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@wtyppod.bsky.social, this is in your trackhouse. :)
November 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
@wtyppod.bsky.social, this is in your trackhouse. :)
@danielharper.bsky.social, @timescarcass.bsky.social, you're going to enjoy this one. One of the Polish parliamentary libertarianazis just got caught red-handed stealing a bunch of stuff from Ikea.
Including a frying pan, because nazis have a soft spot for Swedish steel. ;)
Including a frying pan, because nazis have a soft spot for Swedish steel. ;)
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
@danielharper.bsky.social, @timescarcass.bsky.social, you're going to enjoy this one. One of the Polish parliamentary libertarianazis just got caught red-handed stealing a bunch of stuff from Ikea.
Including a frying pan, because nazis have a soft spot for Swedish steel. ;)
Including a frying pan, because nazis have a soft spot for Swedish steel. ;)
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Sharing a talk by David McNally from 2012. Monsters of the Market: Vampires, Zombies, and Global Capitalism. Happy Halloween. #GothicMarxism youtu.be/nEXDA5dPqPs?...
Monsters of the Market - Zombies, Vampires, and Capitalism - David McNally 2012
YouTube video by Jack Graham
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October 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Sharing a talk by David McNally from 2012. Monsters of the Market: Vampires, Zombies, and Global Capitalism. Happy Halloween. #GothicMarxism youtu.be/nEXDA5dPqPs?...
We have managed to find a decent source on some etymology literally three months ago.
It's impossible to find it now.
Even when we still remember enough bits and pieces of the article that it should just pop up. Especially since it was the one source we could find (luckily it had a bibliography).
It's impossible to find it now.
Even when we still remember enough bits and pieces of the article that it should just pop up. Especially since it was the one source we could find (luckily it had a bibliography).
Can confirm, the degree to which research has gotten wildly harder in the last decade is huge. I'd be sunk if I hadn't compiled my massive Moore/Morrison interview database when I started Last War in Albion. That shit simply wouldn't be findable now.
I don't think we understand just how bad the decline of the Internet is to knowledge.
3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.
Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.
3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.
Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We have managed to find a decent source on some etymology literally three months ago.
It's impossible to find it now.
Even when we still remember enough bits and pieces of the article that it should just pop up. Especially since it was the one source we could find (luckily it had a bibliography).
It's impossible to find it now.
Even when we still remember enough bits and pieces of the article that it should just pop up. Especially since it was the one source we could find (luckily it had a bibliography).
We smell a new @wtyppod.bsky.social episode... ;)
Grover Whitehaus
He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We smell a new @wtyppod.bsky.social episode... ;)
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Grover Whitehaus
He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Grover Whitehaus
No wonder they're so desperate for, and afraid of killbots.
"I once met a former bodyguard of one billionaire with his own "bunker", who told me his security team's first priority, if this really did happen, would be to eliminate said boss and get in the bunker themselves. And he didn't seem to be joking."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tech billionaires seem to be doom prepping. Should we be worried?
The debate is ramping up about what happens if - or when - computer intelligence overtakes humans
www.bbc.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
No wonder they're so desperate for, and afraid of killbots.
Tumblr witches, we salute you!
The single worst thing about the concept of “being psychically attacked” is that it leads to people looking karma dead in the eye and going “some nebulous other person is cursing me.”
lets all stay dignified and remember that jordan was doing (canadian) politics the right way
October 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Tumblr witches, we salute you!
Subtly downgrade a band:
Kiloharm
Kiloharm
Subtly downgrade a band:
The Reasonably Attractive South
The Reasonably Attractive South
September 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Subtly downgrade a band:
Kiloharm
Kiloharm
Who could be afraid of antifascists?
Yeah, he means he going to say "Antifa!!!" when he arrests and imprisons people who disagree with him.
Trump says he’s designating “antifa” a terrorist group and launching a probe into finding of antifa activities. The FBI has long said antifa doesn’t really have a centralized structure or leadership.
September 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Who could be afraid of antifascists?
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NEW IDSG News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter, etc. Who is Tyler Robinson? And, again, who was Charlie Kirk? idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/news-brief-a...
I Don't Speak German: News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter
What do we know about Tyler Robinson? What don't we know? What are people saying? Why are they saying what they're saying? And again, who was Charlie Kirk really? Content Warni...
idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEW IDSG News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter, etc. Who is Tyler Robinson? And, again, who was Charlie Kirk? idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/news-brief-a...
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So this is where we work sometimes. Giving tours at the Malbork Castle was a part-time work, but has become more of a hobby for us, and all for the better.
August 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
So this is where we work sometimes. Giving tours at the Malbork Castle was a part-time work, but has become more of a hobby for us, and all for the better.
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lol @ the chicken but also i wonder what rowling makes of the times doctors do an abdominal scan or surgery on a man with testicles & unexpectedly find surprise ovaries in there
August 8, 2025 at 6:14 AM
lol @ the chicken but also i wonder what rowling makes of the times doctors do an abdominal scan or surgery on a man with testicles & unexpectedly find surprise ovaries in there
The problem of democracy is that it has rightwingers in it.
July 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The problem of democracy is that it has rightwingers in it.
So, the Polish empty head of state just gave a pardon to a nazi who was given a slap on the wrist fine and community service for attempted murder. He tried to push a woman of the parliament steps (look up those).
We can see trumpian style use of the mechanism taken roots...
Thanks, the US... :/
We can see trumpian style use of the mechanism taken roots...
Thanks, the US... :/
July 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
So, the Polish empty head of state just gave a pardon to a nazi who was given a slap on the wrist fine and community service for attempted murder. He tried to push a woman of the parliament steps (look up those).
We can see trumpian style use of the mechanism taken roots...
Thanks, the US... :/
We can see trumpian style use of the mechanism taken roots...
Thanks, the US... :/
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mic drop
July 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
mic drop
This. The US is not a democracy. It just masquerades as one.
The USA is being brought face to face with the fact that its system is to basically elect a semi-constitutional monarch for 4-8 years and the reaction from far too many Americans is "Okay, good... but do we really need the 'semi-constitutional' bit?"
June 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This. The US is not a democracy. It just masquerades as one.
For those who need it today (even though we doubt anyone will see this), here's a few fancy retired Mascarons from the Malbork Castle lapidarium. May they lighten up your day...
June 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
For those who need it today (even though we doubt anyone will see this), here's a few fancy retired Mascarons from the Malbork Castle lapidarium. May they lighten up your day...
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To state the obvious, these people are heroes. They know perfectly well what the goon squad will be doing when they get there, and they're going anyway because goon squads need confronting.
HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of protesters marching peacefully in LA to protest ongoing ICE raid operations and Trump’s federalization of the National Guard
Reporter: “What we’re looking at right now is a quiet, organized group and demonstrators marching peacefully to their destination.”
Reporter: “What we’re looking at right now is a quiet, organized group and demonstrators marching peacefully to their destination.”
June 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
To state the obvious, these people are heroes. They know perfectly well what the goon squad will be doing when they get there, and they're going anyway because goon squads need confronting.