Chris Williams
@chrisnjwilliams.bsky.social
LARP, literature, lightsabers, laughs and the law. Personal account. All views are my own. He/him/his.
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Oh good, they're asking the public to name something again! (replica sutton hoo ship). They have explicitly asked for nothing like Boaty mcBoatface, so this is time for old english scholars to represent. What is the OE for "Boaty McBoatface"? Can we do something with "whale road"...? #Medievalsky
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Oh good, they're asking the public to name something again! (replica sutton hoo ship). They have explicitly asked for nothing like Boaty mcBoatface, so this is time for old english scholars to represent. What is the OE for "Boaty McBoatface"? Can we do something with "whale road"...? #Medievalsky
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Elon Musk appears to be the most insecure human being in human history. Money can't buy you love.
I asked grok who was the better role model for humanity, Jesus Christ or Elon Musk. GUESS WHAT.
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Elon Musk appears to be the most insecure human being in human history. Money can't buy you love.
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When I turned that off, the tabs "Updates, Promotions, Social, InBox" were deleted by default. The tabs that existed BEFORE Gemini. #rage
a cartoon drawing of a cat 's eyes with fire in them
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a cat 's eyes with fire in them
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
When I turned that off, the tabs "Updates, Promotions, Social, InBox" were deleted by default. The tabs that existed BEFORE Gemini. #rage
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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I never expected that AI would flood authors with scam emails from "private" "communities" of "readers." One of many examples from the past few weeks:
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I never expected that AI would flood authors with scam emails from "private" "communities" of "readers." One of many examples from the past few weeks:
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Yeah, these are super weird. I’ve gotten four or five now, and the over-the-top-ness of the praise is wild. Also a tell, since any human who had met writers would know that we mostly think our own work is pretty bad and suspect that people who say they don’t have an agenda.
I never expected that AI would flood authors with scam emails from "private" "communities" of "readers." One of many examples from the past few weeks:
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Yeah, these are super weird. I’ve gotten four or five now, and the over-the-top-ness of the praise is wild. Also a tell, since any human who had met writers would know that we mostly think our own work is pretty bad and suspect that people who say they don’t have an agenda.
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“they should have sent a poet” continues to be powerful
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“they should have sent a poet” continues to be powerful
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.
Here it is:
Here it is:
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
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Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
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It is not just credible but a verified fact that the "link" between MMR vaccine and autism is manufactured and fraudulent
"but all the other vaccines"
"but all the other vaccines"
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It is not just credible but a verified fact that the "link" between MMR vaccine and autism is manufactured and fraudulent
"but all the other vaccines"
"but all the other vaccines"
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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What fans of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue will want to call the laser display board is simply shutters stripped from shattered houses.
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
What fans of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue will want to call the laser display board is simply shutters stripped from shattered houses.
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I've wondered the same thing, because it feels like it's trying to build a route from first principles. They are making us drive the map, as opposed to the territory.
Google Maps literally told me to drive off a bridge the other day. Wanted me to turn onto the road 50ft below me.
How much you want to bet they've crammed "AI" into the routing algorithm?
How much you want to bet they've crammed "AI" into the routing algorithm?
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I've wondered the same thing, because it feels like it's trying to build a route from first principles. They are making us drive the map, as opposed to the territory.
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Speaking of the very first comic strip, here is the original artwork. For the first few years the comic was draw in pencil, inked with Micron pens and then scanned and colored on the computer.
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Speaking of the very first comic strip, here is the original artwork. For the first few years the comic was draw in pencil, inked with Micron pens and then scanned and colored on the computer.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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Just as an example, this is the opening paragraph of a 27 page email, with dozens of ChatGPT generated attachments, which begins with ChatGPT writing a story about the author.
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Just as an example, this is the opening paragraph of a 27 page email, with dozens of ChatGPT generated attachments, which begins with ChatGPT writing a story about the author.
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The content is still obviously delusional to anyone reading it. It’s just organised crazy. But the real danger is the internal effect on the user. The AI provides coherence and validation, stabilising the narrative they’re caught in.
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The content is still obviously delusional to anyone reading it. It’s just organised crazy. But the real danger is the internal effect on the user. The AI provides coherence and validation, stabilising the narrative they’re caught in.
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
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Hellboy 'Pancakes' by Mike Mignola (two-page story, Dark Horse Presents [Jr.] Annual 1999).
May 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hellboy 'Pancakes' by Mike Mignola (two-page story, Dark Horse Presents [Jr.] Annual 1999).
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The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
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Whoa hey now -- STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS gets a shout-out in The Atlantic courtesy of @mlrio.bsky.social -- !!
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Whoa hey now -- STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS gets a shout-out in The Atlantic courtesy of @mlrio.bsky.social -- !!