Kien Lim
@chryx.bsky.social
Trade unionist. Into fountain pens, particularly cursive italic and stub grinds. Not actually a llama.
I wonder if @robertjsawyer.com and @georgerrmartin.bsky.social argue over which version of Wordstar is better.
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I wonder if @robertjsawyer.com and @georgerrmartin.bsky.social argue over which version of Wordstar is better.
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
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LLM AI exists to crush labour. That's not even my surmise, the people paying billions of dollars to fund this stuff are extremely open and explicit that this is their goal.
There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.
There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.
October 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
LLM AI exists to crush labour. That's not even my surmise, the people paying billions of dollars to fund this stuff are extremely open and explicit that this is their goal.
There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.
There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.
Honestly I'm all for normalizing people taking hormones for non trans reasons if it improves access for trans people
just in case u were curious about whether or not his dosage was actually non-feminizing
October 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Honestly I'm all for normalizing people taking hormones for non trans reasons if it improves access for trans people
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
The CSA the world capital of CSA
When I lived in Texas during the 80's, yeah, I often heard that slave owners and slaves were like family to each other.
August 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The CSA the world capital of CSA
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@barbaratruelove.bsky.social #OfMonstersAndMainframes is incredibly cruel to audiobook listeners. We got a literal 5 minutes of someone reading 1s and 0s to us!
July 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
@barbaratruelove.bsky.social #OfMonstersAndMainframes is incredibly cruel to audiobook listeners. We got a literal 5 minutes of someone reading 1s and 0s to us!
So it's officially sci fi because Karl Urban has short hair?
July 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So it's officially sci fi because Karl Urban has short hair?
If you knit something like this you are obligated to make dot matrix printer noises to annoy people around you
Dragon blanket is finished! I've added the pattern to my Ravelry store in case anyone feels inspired to make one.
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www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
#knitting #bskyknits #dragons #dragon #blanket
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www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
#knitting #bskyknits #dragons #dragon #blanket
July 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If you knit something like this you are obligated to make dot matrix printer noises to annoy people around you
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Yknow what? I’ve been sitting on this for a decade because I’m not into punching laterally but I AM FINE with punching far right lunatics.
Just a handful of short weeks before GamerGate started, Briana Wu, who I spoke to 0 times before this, sends me this *wild* ass email. 🧵
Just a handful of short weeks before GamerGate started, Briana Wu, who I spoke to 0 times before this, sends me this *wild* ass email. 🧵
June 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Yknow what? I’ve been sitting on this for a decade because I’m not into punching laterally but I AM FINE with punching far right lunatics.
Just a handful of short weeks before GamerGate started, Briana Wu, who I spoke to 0 times before this, sends me this *wild* ass email. 🧵
Just a handful of short weeks before GamerGate started, Briana Wu, who I spoke to 0 times before this, sends me this *wild* ass email. 🧵
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Someone on Twitter posted that they had run into Philip Glass at their lower Manhattan polling place, saying nice things about Mamdani.
The campaign put this up as a quote-tweet within the hour.
The campaign put this up as a quote-tweet within the hour.
June 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Someone on Twitter posted that they had run into Philip Glass at their lower Manhattan polling place, saying nice things about Mamdani.
The campaign put this up as a quote-tweet within the hour.
The campaign put this up as a quote-tweet within the hour.
Not just a White Sox fan but a Dune fan.
June 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Not just a White Sox fan but a Dune fan.
@marlo.ooo omg is this real and do you have it
June 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
@marlo.ooo omg is this real and do you have it
This is why I am so happy teaching spec ed kids who mostly can't read.
Numerous teachers told me that they are wasting many hours of their lives giving thoughtful feedback to robots
June 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This is why I am so happy teaching spec ed kids who mostly can't read.
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I hate crypto, I hate online gambling, I hate AI, I hate pay-later, I hate subscription models, I hate the gig economy, I hate ring cameras, I hate drones, I hate self checkout.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
May 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I hate crypto, I hate online gambling, I hate AI, I hate pay-later, I hate subscription models, I hate the gig economy, I hate ring cameras, I hate drones, I hate self checkout.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
I don't want to come off as a luddite but capitalism's hold on tech sucks.
I feel like the real long term consequence of the new Pope is we are going to have to explain to our grandkids why people dress as the Pope at White Sox games
May 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I feel like the real long term consequence of the new Pope is we are going to have to explain to our grandkids why people dress as the Pope at White Sox games
If only trans people were rich enough to bribe the US govt to leave them alone like Medieval Jews or Armenians
May 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
If only trans people were rich enough to bribe the US govt to leave them alone like Medieval Jews or Armenians
Guys maybe the people should crowdfund a plane for Trump in exchange for health care.
May 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Guys maybe the people should crowdfund a plane for Trump in exchange for health care.
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It’s notable that, in its completely amoral transactional way, the Trump admin is able to be more honest in some ways about the Israeli government than the Biden admin was.
May 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
It’s notable that, in its completely amoral transactional way, the Trump admin is able to be more honest in some ways about the Israeli government than the Biden admin was.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
The funniest outcome of the new Pope would be popularizing Chicago Deep Dish in Italy
May 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The funniest outcome of the new Pope would be popularizing Chicago Deep Dish in Italy
I also hope the new pope hates Illinois Nazis
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I also hope the new pope hates Illinois Nazis
Praying to God for the all-Canadian Stanley Cup final to mark the Great Satan's loss of prestige and decline.
May 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Praying to God for the all-Canadian Stanley Cup final to mark the Great Satan's loss of prestige and decline.