Bruce Wilson
@brucewilson.bsky.social
Studying, writing on, & warning about the Christian Supremacist right since 2004. Before that, in late 90s I warned of global warming. Now, I'm hunkering down to weather the storm, & raising giant isopods in my basement, for fun and profit.
AI just needs a few minor tweaks.
[also notice the ridiculous suggestion that the autocomplete machine they're calling "AI" is sentient, so it's capable of "explaining" itself.]
[also notice the ridiculous suggestion that the autocomplete machine they're calling "AI" is sentient, so it's capable of "explaining" itself.]
January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
AI just needs a few minor tweaks.
[also notice the ridiculous suggestion that the autocomplete machine they're calling "AI" is sentient, so it's capable of "explaining" itself.]
[also notice the ridiculous suggestion that the autocomplete machine they're calling "AI" is sentient, so it's capable of "explaining" itself.]
Also, this just in -> the latest bizarre AI fever dream is AI-controlled trivets, staplers, and coffee cups on wheels. So we'll be chased around by inanimate wheeled objects clamoring for our attention.
![Real news story headline: "Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen. [sub-title] Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wstpte2vzb4ra2iqtnw2d2ef/bafkreibbhk46utcdzm3qb2u2muehbhrndu6x47k5a4v64ef44xdpbgh42u@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Also, this just in -> the latest bizarre AI fever dream is AI-controlled trivets, staplers, and coffee cups on wheels. So we'll be chased around by inanimate wheeled objects clamoring for our attention.
Artists are like "house elves" from the TERF bible.
December 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Artists are like "house elves" from the TERF bible.
Could hitting myself in the head with a hammer actually be good for me?
[note: The Guardian declares it has a "strategic partnership" with OpenAI]
[note: The Guardian declares it has a "strategic partnership" with OpenAI]
December 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Could hitting myself in the head with a hammer actually be good for me?
[note: The Guardian declares it has a "strategic partnership" with OpenAI]
[note: The Guardian declares it has a "strategic partnership" with OpenAI]
Fun fact: the Protestant Christian right launched the "war on Christmas" over 4 centuries ago, when they banned Christmas in Scotland (look it up if you don't believe me!) So, this really is nothing new.
December 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Fun fact: the Protestant Christian right launched the "war on Christmas" over 4 centuries ago, when they banned Christmas in Scotland (look it up if you don't believe me!) So, this really is nothing new.
Here's how the famous U.S. political cartoonist Thomas Nast characterized the immigration of Catholics to America -> he drew Catholic bishops as crocodiles about to attack American families and children (Nast, Harper's Weekly, 1871)
December 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Here's how the famous U.S. political cartoonist Thomas Nast characterized the immigration of Catholics to America -> he drew Catholic bishops as crocodiles about to attack American families and children (Nast, Harper's Weekly, 1871)
Jeffrey Epstein handwriting sample:
December 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Jeffrey Epstein handwriting sample:
Not much of a meme person, but this one...
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Not much of a meme person, but this one...
Yeah, but to conceptualize the Alf hog vs. the actual imagery of it are two very different things.
[Also, Bsky gave me this nice note telling me that you're speaking to me in Japanese]
[Also, Bsky gave me this nice note telling me that you're speaking to me in Japanese]
December 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Yeah, but to conceptualize the Alf hog vs. the actual imagery of it are two very different things.
[Also, Bsky gave me this nice note telling me that you're speaking to me in Japanese]
[Also, Bsky gave me this nice note telling me that you're speaking to me in Japanese]
If you can identify the giraffe in this image, you have a genius-level IQ.
December 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
If you can identify the giraffe in this image, you have a genius-level IQ.
Deceit and malice, or incompetence? NYT story framing accepts the Trump inversion of the reality that racial discrimination in housing policy, via bank home loans, is still national and pervasive (see link.) revealnews.org/article/for-...
December 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Deceit and malice, or incompetence? NYT story framing accepts the Trump inversion of the reality that racial discrimination in housing policy, via bank home loans, is still national and pervasive (see link.) revealnews.org/article/for-...
Re the "Temu peace prize":
December 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Re the "Temu peace prize":
That "Temu peace prize" reveals the president as a toddler, and our techbro billionaire overlords are toddlers too. I've posted this before, but it's important - see Cory Doctorow's essay on "surveillance infantilism" here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
December 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
That "Temu peace prize" reveals the president as a toddler, and our techbro billionaire overlords are toddlers too. I've posted this before, but it's important - see Cory Doctorow's essay on "surveillance infantilism" here: doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Oh dear, Mr. Pete.
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Oh dear, Mr. Pete.
The plot of the 1989 movie "Rosalie Goes Shopping" was that, if you're going to break the law, GO BIG!
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The plot of the 1989 movie "Rosalie Goes Shopping" was that, if you're going to break the law, GO BIG!
He feels a close kinship with autocrats, thugs, and fraudsters.
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
He feels a close kinship with autocrats, thugs, and fraudsters.
Cory Doctorow, on "Surveillance Infantilism": pluralistic.net/2025/08/20/b...
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Cory Doctorow, on "Surveillance Infantilism": pluralistic.net/2025/08/20/b...
The New York Times has become disgustingly similar to Breitbart, though perhaps even worse.
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The New York Times has become disgustingly similar to Breitbart, though perhaps even worse.
"The Haunted Vagina", by Carlton Mellick III : her vagina was a gateway to an alternate dimension, the realm of the dead!
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"The Haunted Vagina", by Carlton Mellick III : her vagina was a gateway to an alternate dimension, the realm of the dead!
CNET story title: "Before you order a 20K home robot, there's something you should see" OHMYGAWD MY $20,000 ROBOT IS JUST A BIG EYELESS PLUSH TOY
November 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
CNET story title: "Before you order a 20K home robot, there's something you should see" OHMYGAWD MY $20,000 ROBOT IS JUST A BIG EYELESS PLUSH TOY
Goddamn... I can't believe this obnoxious so-called "debate" is still given any credence. Because by those bullshit terms we cannot even "prove" that *humans* are conscious or feel pain.
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Goddamn... I can't believe this obnoxious so-called "debate" is still given any credence. Because by those bullshit terms we cannot even "prove" that *humans* are conscious or feel pain.
Ah, the blessing of early childhood deaths, which remind us of the fragility of life!
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Ah, the blessing of early childhood deaths, which remind us of the fragility of life!
The pre-vaccine era child graves were so beautiful!
(image: carved figures in a Baltimore cemetery on the grave of the 2 O'Donovan children who died from infectious disease in 1905)
(image: carved figures in a Baltimore cemetery on the grave of the 2 O'Donovan children who died from infectious disease in 1905)
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The pre-vaccine era child graves were so beautiful!
(image: carved figures in a Baltimore cemetery on the grave of the 2 O'Donovan children who died from infectious disease in 1905)
(image: carved figures in a Baltimore cemetery on the grave of the 2 O'Donovan children who died from infectious disease in 1905)