Tim Shrimpton
@daroga.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, and Lutheran Pastor, all with a dash of technology interest, (mostly old) video games, and Cleveland sports. NorCal transplant from Ohio.
Formerly: Twitter (@ daroga28 / @ timshrimp)
Formerly: Twitter (@ daroga28 / @ timshrimp)
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Tim Shrimpton
@daroga.bsky.social
· Mar 1
A 2025 media thread! For me mostly, but you're welcome to come along!
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Well, now I have something new to shout when startled.
December 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Well, now I have something new to shout when startled.
Is it even Christmas if you’re not reading Dickens, eating cup noodles, and drinking Mountain Dew Zero?
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Is it even Christmas if you’re not reading Dickens, eating cup noodles, and drinking Mountain Dew Zero?
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Actually, Mr. Potato Head was the name of the inventor
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Actually, Mr. Potato Head was the name of the inventor
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In these dark times we must take joy wherever we find it, and I delight in every picture of how hideous Trump has made his White House look. No part of the decoration has been made to fit with any other. It’s a parody of elitism: witless, crude, clumsy, jarring, cheap, ugly, pathetic. It’s so him
November 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
In these dark times we must take joy wherever we find it, and I delight in every picture of how hideous Trump has made his White House look. No part of the decoration has been made to fit with any other. It’s a parody of elitism: witless, crude, clumsy, jarring, cheap, ugly, pathetic. It’s so him
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The President of Argentina is doing the Trump dance at Mar-a-Lago after getting a 40 billion dollar bailout but MAGA is mad at a single mom using SNAP to buy cupcakes for her kids.
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The President of Argentina is doing the Trump dance at Mar-a-Lago after getting a 40 billion dollar bailout but MAGA is mad at a single mom using SNAP to buy cupcakes for her kids.
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Gotta say, I’m not so confident that you do
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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Someone at work today literally said we can't ignore ai tech and that all employers say they are using it and that we need to be able to have that skillset.
How does this line up? I feel insane. It's bad at and for everything. How is it so "crucial"?
How does this line up? I feel insane. It's bad at and for everything. How is it so "crucial"?
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
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That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Someone at work today literally said we can't ignore ai tech and that all employers say they are using it and that we need to be able to have that skillset.
How does this line up? I feel insane. It's bad at and for everything. How is it so "crucial"?
How does this line up? I feel insane. It's bad at and for everything. How is it so "crucial"?
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Nobody wins an 18-inning game of baseball. An 18-inning game of baseball is only ended
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Nobody wins an 18-inning game of baseball. An 18-inning game of baseball is only ended
Now, I have work I need to go do, but my coffee buddy isn’t really having that… #catsofbluesky
October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Now, I have work I need to go do, but my coffee buddy isn’t really having that… #catsofbluesky
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The AI bubble will burst. The techbros will hire people to write think pieces about why thats bad ( because it costs too much to run their stupid ai)
but you. You'll still be an artist :)
but you. You'll still be an artist :)
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The AI bubble will burst. The techbros will hire people to write think pieces about why thats bad ( because it costs too much to run their stupid ai)
but you. You'll still be an artist :)
but you. You'll still be an artist :)
Can’t wait to totally mess up my sleep for no reason this Sunday at 2am.
October 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Can’t wait to totally mess up my sleep for no reason this Sunday at 2am.
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Something I love about archival films is that when someone had a couple feet of film left on a roll they'd often use it to film their cat. So many films finish with a few seconds of cats
So, here's some cats from the 1950s and 60s. They were loved
Scanned from 8mm films
#Film #History #Cats
So, here's some cats from the 1950s and 60s. They were loved
Scanned from 8mm films
#Film #History #Cats
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A moth got into the shelter tonight and it was the event of the season.
The staff and customers at this Starbucks joining in singing with "Ghostbusters" playing on the coffee shop background music is lifting me up today. :)
October 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The staff and customers at this Starbucks joining in singing with "Ghostbusters" playing on the coffee shop background music is lifting me up today. :)
I think it might be time to ditch @kotakudotcom.bsky.social The constant stream of deal/sale posts are so obnoxious. Not their existence but the constant repeated ohrases “for Pennie’s” “giving away” “almost free” … on things that are like $90.
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I think it might be time to ditch @kotakudotcom.bsky.social The constant stream of deal/sale posts are so obnoxious. Not their existence but the constant repeated ohrases “for Pennie’s” “giving away” “almost free” … on things that are like $90.
Thank you @davidpierce.xyz and @reckless.bsky.social and the whole crew at @theverge.com! I’ve been waiting for this for so long (and, yes, mine is a newly minted subscription because of this addition!)
October 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Thank you @davidpierce.xyz and @reckless.bsky.social and the whole crew at @theverge.com! I’ve been waiting for this for so long (and, yes, mine is a newly minted subscription because of this addition!)
A large part of my morning has been spent fighting with the computer when it’s trying to be helpful but it’s not at all and I have to dig around to figure out how to make it stop.
I almost miss the quaintness of Clippy. At least he was easily closed.
I almost miss the quaintness of Clippy. At least he was easily closed.
October 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A large part of my morning has been spent fighting with the computer when it’s trying to be helpful but it’s not at all and I have to dig around to figure out how to make it stop.
I almost miss the quaintness of Clippy. At least he was easily closed.
I almost miss the quaintness of Clippy. At least he was easily closed.
I rarely ever use Lyft, but I see that they have an option to schedule a ride to be able to bring your pet with.
Where is the option for the driver to bring their pet with so you can meet a cute dog on your ride??
Where is the option for the driver to bring their pet with so you can meet a cute dog on your ride??
October 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I rarely ever use Lyft, but I see that they have an option to schedule a ride to be able to bring your pet with.
Where is the option for the driver to bring their pet with so you can meet a cute dog on your ride??
Where is the option for the driver to bring their pet with so you can meet a cute dog on your ride??
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I said 6-7 out loud to see if it has reached my house, and now my kid is constantly saying it and has told me everything about the origin of the meme.
October 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I said 6-7 out loud to see if it has reached my house, and now my kid is constantly saying it and has told me everything about the origin of the meme.
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your email finds me deeply unwell. teetering on the edge really
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
your email finds me deeply unwell. teetering on the edge really
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the year is 2025. the vice president of the United States is telling critics of Adolf Hitler to “grow up.”
October 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
the year is 2025. the vice president of the United States is telling critics of Adolf Hitler to “grow up.”
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masterful move to make me stop using a site i've been mindlessly calling up whenever i want to know something for twenty years, sirs
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
masterful move to make me stop using a site i've been mindlessly calling up whenever i want to know something for twenty years, sirs
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