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LLMs are more fairy-tale than technology. Eating all the words in the world, and yet it’s not enough to stave its hunger or give it true knowledge of the real world. Never to become a real boy, no matter how many libraries its fathers steal. Speaking to it drives men mad, and its gifts…
August 20, 2025 at 6:41 AM
LLMs are more fairy-tale than technology. Eating all the words in the world, and yet it’s not enough to stave its hunger or give it true knowledge of the real world. Never to become a real boy, no matter how many libraries its fathers steal. Speaking to it drives men mad, and its gifts…
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I really fucking resent having to become a functional adult in a world where hallucinations overwhelmingly count more than reality in law, the economy, and media
August 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I really fucking resent having to become a functional adult in a world where hallucinations overwhelmingly count more than reality in law, the economy, and media
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August 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men
“Yes! I'm me! I am careful and logical and I look up things I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words, I get edgy! I am good with cheese. I read books fast! I think! And I always have a piece of string! That's the kind of person I am!”
“Yes! I'm me! I am careful and logical and I look up things I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words, I get edgy! I am good with cheese. I read books fast! I think! And I always have a piece of string! That's the kind of person I am!”
Discworld QOTD, from Snuff
“It is a strange thing to find yourself doing something you have apparently always wanted to do, when in fact up until that moment you had never known that you had always wanted to do it, or even what it was"
“It is a strange thing to find yourself doing something you have apparently always wanted to do, when in fact up until that moment you had never known that you had always wanted to do it, or even what it was"
Discworld QOTD, from I Shall Wear Midnight
“He was hanged, and then much later they put up a statue to him, which tells you more about people than you might wish to know.”
“He was hanged, and then much later they put up a statue to him, which tells you more about people than you might wish to know.”
July 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Discworld QOTD, from The Wee Free Men
“Yes! I'm me! I am careful and logical and I look up things I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words, I get edgy! I am good with cheese. I read books fast! I think! And I always have a piece of string! That's the kind of person I am!”
“Yes! I'm me! I am careful and logical and I look up things I don't understand! When I hear people use the wrong words, I get edgy! I am good with cheese. I read books fast! I think! And I always have a piece of string! That's the kind of person I am!”
I SAID YOU SMELL LIKE FISH
"Are you going to take off those headphones so we can discuss this like mature adults, Harry? Or, are you just going to sit there like a petulant child?”
July 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I SAID YOU SMELL LIKE FISH
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Doctors don't tell you this, but the C in CPAP stands for capybara
July 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
audio on
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
June 30,1958
*Note:Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
June 30,1958
*Note:Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
July 1, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
June 30,1958
*Note:Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
June 30,1958
*Note:Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth
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June 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Pulling up the forget-me-nots that what's-her-name planted.
June 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Pulling up the forget-me-nots that what's-her-name planted.
putting up the Brak signal @amerrill2.bsky.social
* BRAK VOICE *
June 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
putting up the Brak signal @amerrill2.bsky.social
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You can cry.
It doesn’t make you weak.
It just means you are hydrated.
It doesn’t make you weak.
It just means you are hydrated.
If Charles Bukowski Wrote a Children’s Book About Emotional Regulation
Sometimes you feel like a fist. Other times, you feel like the ashtray after a party no one invited you to. Both are fine. Just don’t throw the fis...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You can cry.
It doesn’t make you weak.
It just means you are hydrated.
It doesn’t make you weak.
It just means you are hydrated.
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i remember this exists like once every year. one of the best vids on line, too me
Carl Carmoni BIRDIE
YouTube video by inomrac
youtu.be
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 PM
i remember this exists like once every year. one of the best vids on line, too me
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[They stab Caesar.]
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
[They stab Caesar.]
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Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage
March 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Really enjoying this classic Sesame Street segment, two minutes of freestyle jazz riffing on saxophone factory footage
what's your sign?
February 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
what's your sign?
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There are bad people in the world… they should know… you should tell them
February 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
There are bad people in the world… they should know… you should tell them
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I found a VHS tape at the junk store, labeled just “A Surprise!”. Since I’d recently set up my VCR and old 80s TV, I thought I should check it out.
Just… just watch.
(an old twitter post from 2018: chopped a little to fit in Bluesky video limits)
Just… just watch.
(an old twitter post from 2018: chopped a little to fit in Bluesky video limits)
January 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I found a VHS tape at the junk store, labeled just “A Surprise!”. Since I’d recently set up my VCR and old 80s TV, I thought I should check it out.
Just… just watch.
(an old twitter post from 2018: chopped a little to fit in Bluesky video limits)
Just… just watch.
(an old twitter post from 2018: chopped a little to fit in Bluesky video limits)
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I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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January 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE.
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Moonrise at sunset this evening over the river and the mountains
December 14, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Moonrise at sunset this evening over the river and the mountains
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Look, I try not to get preachy about sustainability on here, but try to be careful
November 23, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Look, I try not to get preachy about sustainability on here, but try to be careful