@cosmicborborygmus.bsky.social
Reposted
You know who doesn't rush to buy wi-fi-enabled "smart" appliances? IT security people. I had one regale me with a story about a "smart" heater that could be remotely made to bypass its own thermostat and keep heating. Ideal for burning your enemy's house down.
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You know who doesn't rush to buy wi-fi-enabled "smart" appliances? IT security people. I had one regale me with a story about a "smart" heater that could be remotely made to bypass its own thermostat and keep heating. Ideal for burning your enemy's house down.
Reposted
Ok, so what I want from my house is no adverts. I want a fridge that makes stuff cold, an oven that makes stuff hot, a washing machine that makes stuff wet and a dryer that makes stuff dry. I don't want it to be smart, or wifi connected, I want it to be mechanically sound with a 20+ year life span.
A UK woman named Carol was hospitalized after a ‘PLURIBUS’ ad on her Samsung smart fridge sparked a psychotic episode.
The targeted promo read “We’re sorry we upset you, Carol” - mirroring the Apple TV+ thriller's plot - leading her to believe someone was messaging her directly.
#Pluribus
The targeted promo read “We’re sorry we upset you, Carol” - mirroring the Apple TV+ thriller's plot - leading her to believe someone was messaging her directly.
#Pluribus
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ok, so what I want from my house is no adverts. I want a fridge that makes stuff cold, an oven that makes stuff hot, a washing machine that makes stuff wet and a dryer that makes stuff dry. I don't want it to be smart, or wifi connected, I want it to be mechanically sound with a 20+ year life span.
Reposted
pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
Reposted
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
Reposted
Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
Reposted
This just turned up on my FB feed, screen shot of Paengaroa community notice board
Not good
Not good
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This just turned up on my FB feed, screen shot of Paengaroa community notice board
Not good
Not good
Reposted
Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
mas é óbvio que ele iria se arriscar pra ir tirar um cochilo no melhor lugar
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
Reposted
Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Reposted
tag urself
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
tag urself
Reposted
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Reposted
It's got less spyware. It doesn't have a subscription. It has buttons. It generally works and if not is easier to repair. It's not as easy to get hacked. They don't get constant pop ups and ads.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It's got less spyware. It doesn't have a subscription. It has buttons. It generally works and if not is easier to repair. It's not as easy to get hacked. They don't get constant pop ups and ads.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
Reposted
Lovely essay on @reactorsff.bsky.social by Asa West about two encounters with Vincent Ward's THE NAVIGATOR separated by decades, how memories play games with us and why that thing you kinda remember is worth hunting out.
reactormag.com/i-tracked-do...
#FilmSky #MovieSky #NZFilm
reactormag.com/i-tracked-do...
#FilmSky #MovieSky #NZFilm
I Tracked Down the Film that Traumatized Me as a Kid, and Found a Forgotten Gem - Reactor
Weird, ambitious art — the kind that sticks with you for decades — is always worth searching for.
reactormag.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Lovely essay on @reactorsff.bsky.social by Asa West about two encounters with Vincent Ward's THE NAVIGATOR separated by decades, how memories play games with us and why that thing you kinda remember is worth hunting out.
reactormag.com/i-tracked-do...
#FilmSky #MovieSky #NZFilm
reactormag.com/i-tracked-do...
#FilmSky #MovieSky #NZFilm
Reposted
What makes a good player?
- attendance
- attention
- absorbance
- adventurousness
- allyship
Attendance: communicate when you'll be there and when you won't. "I'm looking forward to the game!" helps your GMs morale and inspires other players. Be as easy to plan for as circumstance lets.
1/
#ttrpg
- attendance
- attention
- absorbance
- adventurousness
- allyship
Attendance: communicate when you'll be there and when you won't. "I'm looking forward to the game!" helps your GMs morale and inspires other players. Be as easy to plan for as circumstance lets.
1/
#ttrpg
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What makes a good player?
- attendance
- attention
- absorbance
- adventurousness
- allyship
Attendance: communicate when you'll be there and when you won't. "I'm looking forward to the game!" helps your GMs morale and inspires other players. Be as easy to plan for as circumstance lets.
1/
#ttrpg
- attendance
- attention
- absorbance
- adventurousness
- allyship
Attendance: communicate when you'll be there and when you won't. "I'm looking forward to the game!" helps your GMs morale and inspires other players. Be as easy to plan for as circumstance lets.
1/
#ttrpg
Reposted
Music stream time
Twitch.tv/bravenewfaves
Twitch.tv/bravenewfaves
December 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Music stream time
Twitch.tv/bravenewfaves
Twitch.tv/bravenewfaves
Reposted
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
Reposted
Chiaroscuro pūkeko. 🪶🇳🇿
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Chiaroscuro pūkeko. 🪶🇳🇿
Reposted
Would you like a #AW3rd moniker for the season? Reply with 1 bit of apocalyptica & I’ll give you one! Because we hit $170k & I’m feeling festive about it.
At $180k, all backers get the “Creator’s Guide to PBTA” pdf for free. 13 days to go!
#ttrpg #pbta
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
At $180k, all backers get the “Creator’s Guide to PBTA” pdf for free. 13 days to go!
#ttrpg #pbta
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Would you like a #AW3rd moniker for the season? Reply with 1 bit of apocalyptica & I’ll give you one! Because we hit $170k & I’m feeling festive about it.
At $180k, all backers get the “Creator’s Guide to PBTA” pdf for free. 13 days to go!
#ttrpg #pbta
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
At $180k, all backers get the “Creator’s Guide to PBTA” pdf for free. 13 days to go!
#ttrpg #pbta
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Reposted
*finishing a trade of Saga* jesus fucking christ
*starting a new trade of Saga* well this is delightful
*finishing a trade of Saga* jesus fucking christ
*starting a new trade of Saga* well this is delightful
*finishing a trade of Saga* jesus fucking christ
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
*finishing a trade of Saga* jesus fucking christ
*starting a new trade of Saga* well this is delightful
*finishing a trade of Saga* jesus fucking christ
*starting a new trade of Saga* well this is delightful
*finishing a trade of Saga* jesus fucking christ
Reposted
pardon me! my cats and I have completely different mental illnesses!
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
pardon me! my cats and I have completely different mental illnesses!
Reposted
The way I had to watch until the end to make sure he won
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The way I had to watch until the end to make sure he won
Reposted
If only the pros outweighed the cons.
December 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
If only the pros outweighed the cons.
Reposted
I mean. There's always amphetaminfs, but they don't quite hit the same
really? no replacements found? you sure? none at all come to mind?
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I mean. There's always amphetaminfs, but they don't quite hit the same
Reposted
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Reposted
it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
Reposted
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse