Tibbs McGee
@intepid.bsky.social
Trying to stay at least tangentially aware of what's going on in the world by following nice clever/creative/funny people while somehow ignoring all the horrible fascist shit being brought back by the human equivalents of the cry-laugh emoji.
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POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
November 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor
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sorting misc images on my laptop and
![meme screenshot from The Dark Knight with a guy in a bar saying "Let me get this straight, you think [rest of the text blacked out] ?", and below it a picture of descartes pasted in with the text "I do. And I'm [text also blacked out]."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6wb6fwqnssysmgnny4o4hymi/bafkreidjdnvmgiz6b2nddnsj47temz3243j45vewvzhugto2kjbcq6i75a@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
sorting misc images on my laptop and
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Every single rationalisation for contributing to X, volunteering time and effort help prop up not just Elon Musk's ad revenues but his overarching white supremacist colonial project, is shallow and nonsensical
Yes [insert group] is still on there. That is bad, and you should fight that, not succumb
Yes [insert group] is still on there. That is bad, and you should fight that, not succumb
This is a "recommended" tweet pushed to a (very much not-Nazi) contact's iPhone lockscreen last week.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
Who knows how many millions it was pushed to by Musk's platform, including in this case, in the UK?
It's now been deleted, but only after getting thousands of RTs.
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Every single rationalisation for contributing to X, volunteering time and effort help prop up not just Elon Musk's ad revenues but his overarching white supremacist colonial project, is shallow and nonsensical
Yes [insert group] is still on there. That is bad, and you should fight that, not succumb
Yes [insert group] is still on there. That is bad, and you should fight that, not succumb
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October 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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although some oppose the fifty foot hologram of a grinning Augusto Pinochet that appeared on the White House lawn this morning, we spoke with people from across the political spectrum to get a sense of how opinions differ
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
although some oppose the fifty foot hologram of a grinning Augusto Pinochet that appeared on the White House lawn this morning, we spoke with people from across the political spectrum to get a sense of how opinions differ
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A cool and not at all unhinged way to prepare for very short term work travel is to calmly try on every piece of clothing you own and deem them all unsuitable. Calming obviously.
October 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
A cool and not at all unhinged way to prepare for very short term work travel is to calmly try on every piece of clothing you own and deem them all unsuitable. Calming obviously.
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
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I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.
October 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.
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Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
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I enjoy how people with lists called "leftist pigs who deserve helicopter rides" are ignored so the devs can focus on what's *really* important, defending digital cancer
October 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I enjoy how people with lists called "leftist pigs who deserve helicopter rides" are ignored so the devs can focus on what's *really* important, defending digital cancer
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the fuck is this shit
October 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
the fuck is this shit
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one of Bluesky's devs spent the weekend bemoaning racism against computers and it appears that's now become policy
October 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
one of Bluesky's devs spent the weekend bemoaning racism against computers and it appears that's now become policy
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it is better to not say anything at all than to do this. especially if you're going to either make fun of your users (e.g. waffle jokes) or make incorrect generalizations (like this one -- not true, in both "good" and "bad" situations. e.g., multiple women quit covering games after gamergate).
Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.
October 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
it is better to not say anything at all than to do this. especially if you're going to either make fun of your users (e.g. waffle jokes) or make incorrect generalizations (like this one -- not true, in both "good" and "bad" situations. e.g., multiple women quit covering games after gamergate).
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As someone who wrote a book literally titled WHITE FLIGHT, I’d just like to say that the argument that *whites* were the victims of violence in neighborhood transitions is so laughably racist it’s almost insane.
October 1, 2025 at 11:26 PM
As someone who wrote a book literally titled WHITE FLIGHT, I’d just like to say that the argument that *whites* were the victims of violence in neighborhood transitions is so laughably racist it’s almost insane.
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i think my 23 pairs of missing scissors and 67 pairs of missing socks are probably off throwing a party somewhere
August 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
i think my 23 pairs of missing scissors and 67 pairs of missing socks are probably off throwing a party somewhere
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My favourite thing about JK Rowling claiming she lived through poverty is the state provided her with a one-bedroom flat which she always refers to as “a glorified bedsit”. The “glorified” bit is: a separate bedroom and living room.
October 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
My favourite thing about JK Rowling claiming she lived through poverty is the state provided her with a one-bedroom flat which she always refers to as “a glorified bedsit”. The “glorified” bit is: a separate bedroom and living room.
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OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
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"That was the whole point of the event. It had nothing to do with improving our national security and military readiness. It was a role-play session for undeserving straight, white guys who could never hack it and resent those who could."
For the Smallest Men in the World
And a celebration of them.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
"That was the whole point of the event. It had nothing to do with improving our national security and military readiness. It was a role-play session for undeserving straight, white guys who could never hack it and resent those who could."
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I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I don't think we'll ever get another sentence which sums up everything the New York Times embodies quite like "Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians".
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Out of interest: Do top Democrats still oppose abolishing ICE? Still think it can be ‘reformed’?
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Out of interest: Do top Democrats still oppose abolishing ICE? Still think it can be ‘reformed’?
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