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@i-rohl.bsky.social
Epistemic justice warrior. Crazy aunt. Gender outlaw. Rootless cosmopolitan. Disaster bi. Running on amphetamines & wrath.
My cyborg uprising will be intersectional or it will be bullshit.
they/themself, Mx./Dr.
https://linktr.ee/i_rohl
My cyborg uprising will be intersectional or it will be bullshit.
they/themself, Mx./Dr.
https://linktr.ee/i_rohl
Just do something *normal* like making the bones into musical instruments, or disinterring the ancestors every few years to wrap them in fresh shrouds and parade them around for a bit before putting them back in the tomb, or feeding the remains to local scavengers.
But this is too fucking weird.
But this is too fucking weird.
November 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just do something *normal* like making the bones into musical instruments, or disinterring the ancestors every few years to wrap them in fresh shrouds and parade them around for a bit before putting them back in the tomb, or feeding the remains to local scavengers.
But this is too fucking weird.
But this is too fucking weird.
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Skynet would at least be a cooler way to die. This is so much worse.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Skynet would at least be a cooler way to die. This is so much worse.
Skynet would at least be a cooler way to die. This is so much worse.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Skynet would at least be a cooler way to die. This is so much worse.
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One would think that if you had a new & poorly-understood tool, about which nobody was prepared to offer any reliability guarantees, you might try using it for low-stakes things for a while & take some notes about that before using it for obviously life-or-death stuff.
bsky.app/profile/jose...
bsky.app/profile/jose...
New from 404 Media: Microsoft and nuclear power company Westinghouse Nuclear want to use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants in the United States.
"may lead [..] to catastrophic nuclear consequences" and distrust of nuclear tech
www.404media.co/power-compan...
"may lead [..] to catastrophic nuclear consequences" and distrust of nuclear tech
www.404media.co/power-compan...
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
One would think that if you had a new & poorly-understood tool, about which nobody was prepared to offer any reliability guarantees, you might try using it for low-stakes things for a while & take some notes about that before using it for obviously life-or-death stuff.
bsky.app/profile/jose...
bsky.app/profile/jose...
One would think that if you had a new & poorly-understood tool, about which nobody was prepared to offer any reliability guarantees, you might try using it for low-stakes things for a while & take some notes about that before using it for obviously life-or-death stuff.
bsky.app/profile/jose...
bsky.app/profile/jose...
New from 404 Media: Microsoft and nuclear power company Westinghouse Nuclear want to use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants in the United States.
"may lead [..] to catastrophic nuclear consequences" and distrust of nuclear tech
www.404media.co/power-compan...
"may lead [..] to catastrophic nuclear consequences" and distrust of nuclear tech
www.404media.co/power-compan...
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
One would think that if you had a new & poorly-understood tool, about which nobody was prepared to offer any reliability guarantees, you might try using it for low-stakes things for a while & take some notes about that before using it for obviously life-or-death stuff.
bsky.app/profile/jose...
bsky.app/profile/jose...
I reskeeted first and *then* asked. I have my priorities.
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I reskeeted first and *then* asked. I have my priorities.
The joke is solid. I did not mean to disparage it.
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The joke is solid. I did not mean to disparage it.
Would the kitniyot prohibition have been a thing for any of us within his lifetime? I thought it was a later innovation but I'm *extremely* fuzzy on the history.
November 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Would the kitniyot prohibition have been a thing for any of us within his lifetime? I thought it was a later innovation but I'm *extremely* fuzzy on the history.
It's a great fish.
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's a great fish.
Knowing both of you, that is incredibly on brand.
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Knowing both of you, that is incredibly on brand.
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Wait actually what if someone organized a speed dating event with a poster session or something? Has this been tried?
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Wait actually what if someone organized a speed dating event with a poster session or something? Has this been tried?
Wait actually what if someone organized a speed dating event with a poster session or something? Has this been tried?
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Wait actually what if someone organized a speed dating event with a poster session or something? Has this been tried?
[Me showing up for a first date with handouts.]
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
[Me showing up for a first date with handouts.]
It's arguably about "protecting" women and girls in the sense of securing and controlling access to valuable or important resources, not in the sense of defending the autonomy or welfare of persons.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It's arguably about "protecting" women and girls in the sense of securing and controlling access to valuable or important resources, not in the sense of defending the autonomy or welfare of persons.
More "definitely raped, but not in a *weird* way".
Reactionaries care more about whether it's freaky than they do about sexual violence qua violence. I'm not exaggerating. Once you understand that this is how they think, so many other things fall into place.
bsky.app/profile/i-ro...
Reactionaries care more about whether it's freaky than they do about sexual violence qua violence. I'm not exaggerating. Once you understand that this is how they think, so many other things fall into place.
bsky.app/profile/i-ro...
[puts on queer radical feminist hat]
I think this is related to Megyn Kelly's not-technically-a-pedophile remarks.
Reactionary patriarchy only cares about sorting "normal" from "deviant".
It doesn't care about sufficiently *normal* kinds of violence, abuse, coercion, harm, etc.
I think this is related to Megyn Kelly's not-technically-a-pedophile remarks.
Reactionary patriarchy only cares about sorting "normal" from "deviant".
It doesn't care about sufficiently *normal* kinds of violence, abuse, coercion, harm, etc.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
More "definitely raped, but not in a *weird* way".
Reactionaries care more about whether it's freaky than they do about sexual violence qua violence. I'm not exaggerating. Once you understand that this is how they think, so many other things fall into place.
bsky.app/profile/i-ro...
Reactionaries care more about whether it's freaky than they do about sexual violence qua violence. I'm not exaggerating. Once you understand that this is how they think, so many other things fall into place.
bsky.app/profile/i-ro...
[puts on queer radical feminist hat]
I think this is related to Megyn Kelly's not-technically-a-pedophile remarks.
Reactionary patriarchy only cares about sorting "normal" from "deviant".
It doesn't care about sufficiently *normal* kinds of violence, abuse, coercion, harm, etc.
I think this is related to Megyn Kelly's not-technically-a-pedophile remarks.
Reactionary patriarchy only cares about sorting "normal" from "deviant".
It doesn't care about sufficiently *normal* kinds of violence, abuse, coercion, harm, etc.
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It's "protect" in the sense of "secure valuable property or dangerous resources" not "protect" in the sense of "defend the welfare of actual people with their own wants and needs".
It's about keeping women "safe" in something like the way Gandalf meant it when he told Frodo to keep the ring "safe".
It's about keeping women "safe" in something like the way Gandalf meant it when he told Frodo to keep the ring "safe".
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Turns out their approach to "protecting Jews" is a lot like their approach to "protecting women".
In the name of protecting Jews, Jews have their funding cancelled, get kicked out of seminars, and are removed from leadership positions in Jewish Studies to be replaced by non-Jews.
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM