Cheryl O.🥄
@cherydactyl.bsky.social
she | they
Nerd of many things
software engineer ★ linguist ★ geek
yoga • books • boardgames • RPGs • cooking
I like my science fiction hard and my fantasy urban.
Nerd of many things
software engineer ★ linguist ★ geek
yoga • books • boardgames • RPGs • cooking
I like my science fiction hard and my fantasy urban.
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
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Absolutely WILD that the development of sofrware proceeded with so little heed to record-keeping that 52 year old source code is a major archaeological trove that requires special tools to gain access to, like it's a treasure room in a sealed royal tomb from 3500 years ago.
Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history
www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/u...
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
<- by me on @theregister.com
www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/u...
It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
<- by me on @theregister.com
52 year old data tape could contain Unix history
: It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C
www.theregister.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Absolutely WILD that the development of sofrware proceeded with so little heed to record-keeping that 52 year old source code is a major archaeological trove that requires special tools to gain access to, like it's a treasure room in a sealed royal tomb from 3500 years ago.
Timothy Snyder says positive freedom is about being unpredictable. Both he and Cory Doctorow relate freedom to privacy rights. Predictability is augmented by surveillance. Businesses and sometimes governments use it to predict & influence our actions, to make money and exert control. Think. Resist.
October 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Timothy Snyder says positive freedom is about being unpredictable. Both he and Cory Doctorow relate freedom to privacy rights. Predictability is augmented by surveillance. Businesses and sometimes governments use it to predict & influence our actions, to make money and exert control. Think. Resist.
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I want to wholeheartedly endorse everyone read Cory Doctorow's Enshittification. I thought it would be mostly review for me, but I wasn't correct.
Even better if you buy it like I did on Libro.fm and support the indie bookstore of your choice.
Here is a referral link: libro.fm/referral?rf_...
Even better if you buy it like I did on Libro.fm and support the indie bookstore of your choice.
Here is a referral link: libro.fm/referral?rf_...
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
libro.fm
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I want to wholeheartedly endorse everyone read Cory Doctorow's Enshittification. I thought it would be mostly review for me, but I wasn't correct.
Even better if you buy it like I did on Libro.fm and support the indie bookstore of your choice.
Here is a referral link: libro.fm/referral?rf_...
Even better if you buy it like I did on Libro.fm and support the indie bookstore of your choice.
Here is a referral link: libro.fm/referral?rf_...
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Turing and Turing in the widening gyre
The prompter cannot hear the prompt;
Things fall apart; the algorithm cannot hold;
Ransomware is loosed upon the world,
The capitalism tide is high, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Buy memecoins
The prompter cannot hear the prompt;
Things fall apart; the algorithm cannot hold;
Ransomware is loosed upon the world,
The capitalism tide is high, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Buy memecoins
May 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Turing and Turing in the widening gyre
The prompter cannot hear the prompt;
Things fall apart; the algorithm cannot hold;
Ransomware is loosed upon the world,
The capitalism tide is high, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Buy memecoins
The prompter cannot hear the prompt;
Things fall apart; the algorithm cannot hold;
Ransomware is loosed upon the world,
The capitalism tide is high, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Buy memecoins
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"Today, I’m unpacking how exactly Substack is stealing your audience and your revenue. Substack is not just bad for society, they are also bad for your business."
How Substack steals your audience and your revenue
They're not just bad for humanity. They're bad for business.
journalistspaythemselves.com
April 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
"Today, I’m unpacking how exactly Substack is stealing your audience and your revenue. Substack is not just bad for society, they are also bad for your business."
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Good idea.
bsky.app/profile/altg...
bsky.app/profile/altg...
Good time to draw notice to the “verified” tag everyone that IS #altgov . . . Has!
April 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Good idea.
bsky.app/profile/altg...
bsky.app/profile/altg...
As of me writing this, the feed is continuing, currently has 40k people viewing. It would be lovely to push those numbers higher
ICYMI — SENATOR BOOKER: “I rise to disrupt the business of the senate for as long as I am physically able… because I believe sincerely our country is in crisis.” 🇺🇸
April 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As of me writing this, the feed is continuing, currently has 40k people viewing. It would be lovely to push those numbers higher
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Arriving at Ann Arbor’s #TeslaTakedown
March 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Arriving at Ann Arbor’s #TeslaTakedown
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The GOP Congressman in Michigan’s 10th district is one of many who are refusing to do town hall meetings with voters.
So my friend @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and I are heading there on Saturday to make sure every American has a chance to hear about the Trump and Musk’s corruption.
So my friend @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and I are heading there on Saturday to make sure every American has a chance to hear about the Trump and Musk’s corruption.
March 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The GOP Congressman in Michigan’s 10th district is one of many who are refusing to do town hall meetings with voters.
So my friend @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and I are heading there on Saturday to make sure every American has a chance to hear about the Trump and Musk’s corruption.
So my friend @maxwellfrost.bsky.social and I are heading there on Saturday to make sure every American has a chance to hear about the Trump and Musk’s corruption.
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Please read this statement from the chair of Seattle Worldcon 2025 regarding the convention's response to the current political situation in the U.S. seattlein2025.org?p=3420
Statement From Worldcon Chair
I am writing this statement in order to share the status of Seattle Worldcon’s current journey through living up to our theme of Building Yesterday's Future—For Everyone. We have received a number...
seattlein2025.org
March 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Please read this statement from the chair of Seattle Worldcon 2025 regarding the convention's response to the current political situation in the U.S. seattlein2025.org?p=3420
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youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
"Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
youtu.be/pvT3aQjLxdE
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"
It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.
#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem
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“A system may say that it exists to provide homes for stray cats. But if it actually fires nuclear missiles, then the system’s purpose is to fire nuclear missiles.” — @cstross.bsky.social talking about the system as villain at @glasgow2024.bsky.social
August 8, 2024 at 4:57 PM
“A system may say that it exists to provide homes for stray cats. But if it actually fires nuclear missiles, then the system’s purpose is to fire nuclear missiles.” — @cstross.bsky.social talking about the system as villain at @glasgow2024.bsky.social
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This is just to say
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
February 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is just to say
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
I have fired
the bureaucrats
throughout
your government
Even the ones
that were probably
keeping planes
in the air
Forgive me
I am not very smart
So efficiency
Much savings
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Americans are changing their shopping habits and even dumping their favorite stores in a backlash against corporations that have shifted their public policies to align with the Trump administration, according to a poll exclusively shared with the Guardian.
A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Americans are changing their shopping habits and even dumping their favorite stores in a backlash against corporations that have shifted their public policies to align with the Trump administration, according to a poll exclusively shared with the Guardian.
I'm working toward what feels like pretty drastic remodeling of my life. Changing news sources and habits, changing ways I engage with friends, ending subscriptions and looking at ending more of them. Changing grocery and shopping habits. New activities. Probably looks like nothing from outside tho.
February 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm working toward what feels like pretty drastic remodeling of my life. Changing news sources and habits, changing ways I engage with friends, ending subscriptions and looking at ending more of them. Changing grocery and shopping habits. New activities. Probably looks like nothing from outside tho.
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I spent my weekend putting together a cover of a Peter Gabriel deep cut from "Us," you know, as you do
youtu.be/P1M-XjykfXA
youtu.be/P1M-XjykfXA
Love to Be Loved (Peter Gabriel cover)
YouTube video by John Scalzi
youtu.be
February 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I spent my weekend putting together a cover of a Peter Gabriel deep cut from "Us," you know, as you do
youtu.be/P1M-XjykfXA
youtu.be/P1M-XjykfXA
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Strong, resilient systems are not efficient systems, and vice versa.
I don’t work in tech so I don’t know if it’s even true that, as some claim, “10% of programmers do 90% of the work.” But even if it were, and even if you could generalize that, losing 10% of air traffic safety, or food safety, or cancer research doesn’t just mean less revenue, it means more death.
February 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Strong, resilient systems are not efficient systems, and vice versa.
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It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
February 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
It's always been the case that "buying" an ebook from amazon was only actually a loan they could rescind at any point, but lately Amazon have gone harder on this, and it is 100% so that they can wipe banned books from your libraries without your consent.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
Buy direct from authors. Get your files.
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
(Scroll down.)
(Scroll down.)
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w8 big ballz isn’t 1337?
Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it:
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...
Anyone Can Push Updates to the DOGE.gov Website
"THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN."
www.404media.co
February 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
w8 big ballz isn’t 1337?
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Just did it myself.
Just because.
Just because.
A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
February 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Just did it myself.
Just because.
Just because.