Dotan Dimet
@dotandimet.bsky.social
Not your average garden gnome
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Reminder: @evandorkin.bsky.social's dairy duo, the worst fans that ever lived, and the rest of his absurdities conjoin in Nerd Inferno: The Essential Evan Dorkin, coming in April! Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3IwzQnI
A new omnibus collecting Milk and Cheese, The Eltingville Club, and Dork!
A new omnibus collecting Milk and Cheese, The Eltingville Club, and Dork!
November 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Reminder: @evandorkin.bsky.social's dairy duo, the worst fans that ever lived, and the rest of his absurdities conjoin in Nerd Inferno: The Essential Evan Dorkin, coming in April! Pre-order: https://bit.ly/3IwzQnI
A new omnibus collecting Milk and Cheese, The Eltingville Club, and Dork!
A new omnibus collecting Milk and Cheese, The Eltingville Club, and Dork!
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My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Streamins service UI is increasingly bad deliberately. It's dark UX patterning as access to show catalogues narrows.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
is there a reason why every single paid streaming service UI has only gotten incredibly worse and less usable over time
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Streamins service UI is increasingly bad deliberately. It's dark UX patterning as access to show catalogues narrows.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
If you let the user search, they will look for shows you no longer have (or never had).
The goal is to hijack that journey and force a show they'll feel is 'okay' in front of them.
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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#סיפורונובמבר 30 - תקווה
כשהתגלתה השחיתות, תקווה אמרה שיהיה ניקוי אורוות, הוא יפול ואיתו כולם.
כשפרצה המלחמה, תקווה אמרה שיהיה יותר טוב. התעוררנו, לא נרשה שזה יקרה שוב.
כשהתחילו הטיהורים, תקווה אמרה שזה תחילת הסוף. צעד נואש לפני המהפך.
כשלקחו את תקווה, אמרתי שיותר טוב ככה, כל הזמן מזיינת בשכל זאתי.
כשהתגלתה השחיתות, תקווה אמרה שיהיה ניקוי אורוות, הוא יפול ואיתו כולם.
כשפרצה המלחמה, תקווה אמרה שיהיה יותר טוב. התעוררנו, לא נרשה שזה יקרה שוב.
כשהתחילו הטיהורים, תקווה אמרה שזה תחילת הסוף. צעד נואש לפני המהפך.
כשלקחו את תקווה, אמרתי שיותר טוב ככה, כל הזמן מזיינת בשכל זאתי.
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
#סיפורונובמבר 30 - תקווה
כשהתגלתה השחיתות, תקווה אמרה שיהיה ניקוי אורוות, הוא יפול ואיתו כולם.
כשפרצה המלחמה, תקווה אמרה שיהיה יותר טוב. התעוררנו, לא נרשה שזה יקרה שוב.
כשהתחילו הטיהורים, תקווה אמרה שזה תחילת הסוף. צעד נואש לפני המהפך.
כשלקחו את תקווה, אמרתי שיותר טוב ככה, כל הזמן מזיינת בשכל זאתי.
כשהתגלתה השחיתות, תקווה אמרה שיהיה ניקוי אורוות, הוא יפול ואיתו כולם.
כשפרצה המלחמה, תקווה אמרה שיהיה יותר טוב. התעוררנו, לא נרשה שזה יקרה שוב.
כשהתחילו הטיהורים, תקווה אמרה שזה תחילת הסוף. צעד נואש לפני המהפך.
כשלקחו את תקווה, אמרתי שיותר טוב ככה, כל הזמן מזיינת בשכל זאתי.
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ממליץ מאוד לכל מי שחוקר או מתעניין ברשתות חברתיות ובתרבות דיגיטלית לצלול לסקר השנתי שמנהל ד"ר אסף וינר. לכל גרף יש דאשבורד איתו ניתן לפלח פרמטרים דמוגרפיים. ההשוואות והממצאים של הרגלי השימוש יכולים ללמד אותנו הרבה מאוד על המאפיינים החברתיים והפוליטיים של ישראל 2025
www.isoc.org.il/sts-data/soc...
www.isoc.org.il/sts-data/soc...
שימוש ברשתות חברתיות ושירותים מקוונים בישראל: נתוני 2025 עם פילוחים דמוגרפיים
כלי נתונים מתעדכן על היקף השימוש של הציבור הישראלי ברשתות ובשירותים מקוונים לאורך השנים 2025-2022, עם אפשרות לניתוח נתונים לפי קבוצות דמוגרפיות מגוונות.
www.isoc.org.il
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ממליץ מאוד לכל מי שחוקר או מתעניין ברשתות חברתיות ובתרבות דיגיטלית לצלול לסקר השנתי שמנהל ד"ר אסף וינר. לכל גרף יש דאשבורד איתו ניתן לפלח פרמטרים דמוגרפיים. ההשוואות והממצאים של הרגלי השימוש יכולים ללמד אותנו הרבה מאוד על המאפיינים החברתיים והפוליטיים של ישראל 2025
www.isoc.org.il/sts-data/soc...
www.isoc.org.il/sts-data/soc...
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ממש לאחרונה התפרסם סקר שימושי רשת בישראל של איגוד האינטרנט הישראלי. זה הסקר המקיף מסוגו שבוחן הרגלים של אלף ישראלים מכל האוכלוסייה וגם מאפשר לפלח ולשחק עם הנתונים. השנה התחלנו לשאול משתמשים גם על השימוש בצ'אטבוטים מבוססי AI וכמו עם רשתות גם בזה ישראלים ממהרים לאמץ ->
www.isoc.org.il/sts-data/soc...
www.isoc.org.il/sts-data/soc...
November 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ממש לאחרונה התפרסם סקר שימושי רשת בישראל של איגוד האינטרנט הישראלי. זה הסקר המקיף מסוגו שבוחן הרגלים של אלף ישראלים מכל האוכלוסייה וגם מאפשר לפלח ולשחק עם הנתונים. השנה התחלנו לשאול משתמשים גם על השימוש בצ'אטבוטים מבוססי AI וכמו עם רשתות גם בזה ישראלים ממהרים לאמץ ->
www.isoc.org.il/sts-data/soc...
www.isoc.org.il/sts-data/soc...
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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I really dislike when people act as though the only correct way to respond to injustice is with anger, because in my personal life anger has been a pretty exclusively destructive force
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I really dislike when people act as though the only correct way to respond to injustice is with anger, because in my personal life anger has been a pretty exclusively destructive force
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The village bandit defence, and the necromancer’s pride and joy- the well-oiled and oft-exercised cadaver of a warrior three generations passed, bearing complicated control talismans, painted eyes to see, and armor long since out of fashion among the living
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The village bandit defence, and the necromancer’s pride and joy- the well-oiled and oft-exercised cadaver of a warrior three generations passed, bearing complicated control talismans, painted eyes to see, and armor long since out of fashion among the living
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Someone needs to remake The Mark of Zorro about now or they won't be able to reboot Batman in fifteen years time.
October 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Someone needs to remake The Mark of Zorro about now or they won't be able to reboot Batman in fifteen years time.
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ttrpg class list
Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.
October 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
ttrpg class list
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Given that anyone with a brain ought to recognise how many “national dishes” were impossible pre-Columbian Exchange, it’s nice to finally see pushback on the inherently ethnonationalist/racist claim that some cultures have “authentic dishes” and other “parasitic” cultures only “steal” them
October 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Given that anyone with a brain ought to recognise how many “national dishes” were impossible pre-Columbian Exchange, it’s nice to finally see pushback on the inherently ethnonationalist/racist claim that some cultures have “authentic dishes” and other “parasitic” cultures only “steal” them
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To celebrate Paul Simon’s birthday, @simonmayo.bsky.social reflects on what he loves most about Paul’s music. ⚡️
October 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
To celebrate Paul Simon’s birthday, @simonmayo.bsky.social reflects on what he loves most about Paul’s music. ⚡️
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In 1945, the Allies faced a tricky question: where to hold Nazi war criminals until the trials.
A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.
In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1
A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.
In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1
Judgement at Nuremberg - David Low's cartoon in the Evening Standard #OnThisDay 1946
October 1, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In 1945, the Allies faced a tricky question: where to hold Nazi war criminals until the trials.
A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.
In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1
A run-down hotel in Luxembourg was quickly converted to a prison ("Camp Ashcan"). The hope was to keep the nature of the prisoners secret.
In May 1945, this failed, and almost turned into a disaster. /1
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I know that SORA 2 is shit but the one thing it can do -- 'person talking to a camera' -- is actually very scary
October 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I know that SORA 2 is shit but the one thing it can do -- 'person talking to a camera' -- is actually very scary
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ובראיה רחבה יותר: יש יום אחד בשנה שבו אנחנו משוחררים מהרודנות של הרכב הממונע ושבו ילדים יכולים להרגיש עצמאות ובגרות בסביבה העירונית בלי לפחד על חייהם. כל רכב שנוסע תורם להחרבת המסורת הייחודית המהממת הזאת. בעולם אידיאלי יום כיפור היה לפחות פעם בחודש, אם לא יותר
October 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
ובראיה רחבה יותר: יש יום אחד בשנה שבו אנחנו משוחררים מהרודנות של הרכב הממונע ושבו ילדים יכולים להרגיש עצמאות ובגרות בסביבה העירונית בלי לפחד על חייהם. כל רכב שנוסע תורם להחרבת המסורת הייחודית המהממת הזאת. בעולם אידיאלי יום כיפור היה לפחות פעם בחודש, אם לא יותר
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Fought my way through to level 35 and for now I'm like, nope!
Fun though: neal.fun/not-a-robot/
Thanks @neal.fun 😄
Fun though: neal.fun/not-a-robot/
Thanks @neal.fun 😄
I'm Not a Robot
Prove your humanity
neal.fun
September 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Fought my way through to level 35 and for now I'm like, nope!
Fun though: neal.fun/not-a-robot/
Thanks @neal.fun 😄
Fun though: neal.fun/not-a-robot/
Thanks @neal.fun 😄
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.