Jim the viking
@jimtheviking.bsky.social
Jim, 42, former viking, former museologist, current freelance proofreader and editor
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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it's hard to explain how important this document is for Canadian history. The Charter made the Hudson's Bay Company the actual government of the land.
It's equivalent to the foundation of the early American colonies
news.westernu.ca/2025/04/impo...
It's equivalent to the foundation of the early American colonies
news.westernu.ca/2025/04/impo...
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
it's hard to explain how important this document is for Canadian history. The Charter made the Hudson's Bay Company the actual government of the land.
It's equivalent to the foundation of the early American colonies
news.westernu.ca/2025/04/impo...
It's equivalent to the foundation of the early American colonies
news.westernu.ca/2025/04/impo...
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It is SO CANADIAN that the Hudson's Bay Charter, one of the most important foundational documents for our history, has been sold to two of Canada's richest families.
a vente de la charte de La Baie aux familles Thomson et Weston est approuvée. www.noovo.info/nouvelles/so...
La vente de la charte de La Baie aux familles Thomson et Weston est approuvée
www.noovo.info
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It is SO CANADIAN that the Hudson's Bay Charter, one of the most important foundational documents for our history, has been sold to two of Canada's richest families.
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This is one of my biggest personal gripes with modern media. Podcasts, personal newsletters, movies - everything is too long and not that interesting. Bring back editors and producers ffs.
I hate this new era we live in where nobody and nothing has an editor. Every 90 minute movie becomes a 10 hour streaming series and every 1500 word story becomes…Whatever the fuck this is.
December 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
This is one of my biggest personal gripes with modern media. Podcasts, personal newsletters, movies - everything is too long and not that interesting. Bring back editors and producers ffs.
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A great deal of AI hype is coming from con artists who understand exactly how much easier it’s going to be to use the same cons over and over once they achieve their dream of a world in which nobody understands how anything 1) works or 2) has ever worked.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A great deal of AI hype is coming from con artists who understand exactly how much easier it’s going to be to use the same cons over and over once they achieve their dream of a world in which nobody understands how anything 1) works or 2) has ever worked.
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My career in bioinformatics *did not exist* when I was 18 years old. I joined a brand new field in my mid-20s, and had to be flexible and creative. Trying to get by with a narrow slate of skills considered relevant in the mid-1990s would've been hopeless.
Even if we would stipulate that the *only* purpose of college is vocational training (ugh) if you think you, at 18 years old, not only know for sure what your future career will be but also know better than all the professors at a college what skills you will need for that career, why bother?
December 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My career in bioinformatics *did not exist* when I was 18 years old. I joined a brand new field in my mid-20s, and had to be flexible and creative. Trying to get by with a narrow slate of skills considered relevant in the mid-1990s would've been hopeless.
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Fuck yes. I want them to bankrupt the city, go for the fucking union and the cop on his own. Fuck all of this fucking bullshit.
“We want justice. We want the police officer to face consequences, so that the police department takes responsibility and this doesn’t happen again.”
$2.2-million lawsuit filed over police killing of Longueuil teenager Nooran Rezayi
$2.2-million lawsuit filed over police killing of Longueuil teenager Nooran Rezayi
$2.2-million lawsuit filed over police killing of Longueuil teenager Nooran Rezayi
The family of Nooran Rezayi filed a lawsuit against the Longueuil police and the city following the killing of the 15-year-old by police.
cultmtl.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fuck yes. I want them to bankrupt the city, go for the fucking union and the cop on his own. Fuck all of this fucking bullshit.
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And also, life is not supposed to be *permanently* stressful. We're adapted to short periods of stress. If you maintain that kind of thing for weeks, let alone months or years, with no respite or hope, that's putting people into PTSD territory.
Right, but is it that we’re “forgotten life can be stressful” or is it that neoliberal capitalism doesn’t allow us to have natural, normal reactions to stress, so we seek treatment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
And also, life is not supposed to be *permanently* stressful. We're adapted to short periods of stress. If you maintain that kind of thing for weeks, let alone months or years, with no respite or hope, that's putting people into PTSD territory.
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There it is.
Radicalization among Middle and Wealth Class MAGA is partially driven by an unbearable and deep-seated unhappiness that they don’t understand, couldn’t name, and is being released through violent fantasies that will turn into actual violence.
Radicalization among Middle and Wealth Class MAGA is partially driven by an unbearable and deep-seated unhappiness that they don’t understand, couldn’t name, and is being released through violent fantasies that will turn into actual violence.
Sitting in a comfortable home with a steady income; living a life of almost unbearable tedium and routine; fantasizing about the psychopathologies potentially unleashed by the fall of civil society, the only freedom still possible for him.
that's cool, man, but have you tried the taste of a refreshing matcha latte
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
There it is.
Radicalization among Middle and Wealth Class MAGA is partially driven by an unbearable and deep-seated unhappiness that they don’t understand, couldn’t name, and is being released through violent fantasies that will turn into actual violence.
Radicalization among Middle and Wealth Class MAGA is partially driven by an unbearable and deep-seated unhappiness that they don’t understand, couldn’t name, and is being released through violent fantasies that will turn into actual violence.
tapping the sign
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
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are you telling me that the party who would not draw the line at genocide won't draw the line at crimes against humanity?? wow thats crazy man.
If crimes against humanity are not an impeachable offense, what’s the point? www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
are you telling me that the party who would not draw the line at genocide won't draw the line at crimes against humanity?? wow thats crazy man.
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“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
“One person is an autocratic president of the university for decades” certainly wasn’t a flawless system but it’s clear that “admins hop from job to job scaling the career ladder by filling their CV with ‘accomplishments’ that are expensive burdens to the schools they leave behind” is even worse.
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
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“The communications could help prove what’s known as “willful” infringement, which triggers significantly higher damages of $150,000 per work.“
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“The communications could help prove what’s known as “willful” infringement, which triggers significantly higher damages of $150,000 per work.“
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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I do not use Windows but if you do, here's how to make your computer better
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I do not use Windows but if you do, here's how to make your computer better
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 AM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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Oh hey I just wrote about Vance's Canadian BFF using this exact rhetoric to galvanize students to support white supremacy.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/jamil-jiva...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/jamil-jiva...
November 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Oh hey I just wrote about Vance's Canadian BFF using this exact rhetoric to galvanize students to support white supremacy.
noraloreto.substack.com/p/jamil-jiva...
noraloreto.substack.com/p/jamil-jiva...