Lachlan the Sane
@lachlanthesane.bsky.social
I am Lachlan. Fear me if you dare.
Full-time job: Going to the doctor and learning new things that are wrong with me
Unionist with Australian Unemployed Workers Union
He/him or they/them
Full-time job: Going to the doctor and learning new things that are wrong with me
Unionist with Australian Unemployed Workers Union
He/him or they/them
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Let me be very clear:
If I see ANY use of generative AI on my Bluesky feed, I will be bullying the GenAI user until one of us blocks the other.
I will NOT welcome GenAI use on this website. GenAI belongs on Twitter, where it can play with Elon's pet Mechahitler.
#AntiAI #ButlerianJihadNow
If I see ANY use of generative AI on my Bluesky feed, I will be bullying the GenAI user until one of us blocks the other.
I will NOT welcome GenAI use on this website. GenAI belongs on Twitter, where it can play with Elon's pet Mechahitler.
#AntiAI #ButlerianJihadNow
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Twitter is very poorly run, the only reason why certain folks remain is because others hang on to the site. I would pay so much money to just bring the ENVTubing industry’s good noodles to here permanently. Twitter, as a platform, exasperates that community’s drama issues
bsky.app/profile/tops...
bsky.app/profile/tops...
I think I read something like 52% of content on twitter now is botted. Not saying there aren't bots here, but I do feel like I'm speaking to real people more.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Twitter is very poorly run, the only reason why certain folks remain is because others hang on to the site. I would pay so much money to just bring the ENVTubing industry’s good noodles to here permanently. Twitter, as a platform, exasperates that community’s drama issues
bsky.app/profile/tops...
bsky.app/profile/tops...
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I'm getting fully jokerfied about AI stuff rn.
I always thought the tech was kind of shitty but had use cases (aside from the massive problems with theft, job destruction, environmental destruction etc).
But now reading about the financial side as well is actually unhinged.
I always thought the tech was kind of shitty but had use cases (aside from the massive problems with theft, job destruction, environmental destruction etc).
But now reading about the financial side as well is actually unhinged.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm getting fully jokerfied about AI stuff rn.
I always thought the tech was kind of shitty but had use cases (aside from the massive problems with theft, job destruction, environmental destruction etc).
But now reading about the financial side as well is actually unhinged.
I always thought the tech was kind of shitty but had use cases (aside from the massive problems with theft, job destruction, environmental destruction etc).
But now reading about the financial side as well is actually unhinged.
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It's my sincere belief that Wes Streeting should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity and held accountable for the harm he directly caused.
This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*.
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Evidence has now emerged of the adverse consequences of the laws banning GAHT for trans youth in both the US and UK. This includes sharp declines in mental health and increased suicide attempts among transgender young people.
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It's my sincere belief that Wes Streeting should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity and held accountable for the harm he directly caused.
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By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
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Key takeaway of 2025: Bluesky is an enormous activism force that punches above its weight. The paypros censorship stuff? This site is the one that’s getting us to the 20 yard line. The initial interest in the summer hasn’t returned to Twitter, whereas Bluesky is now the de facto source on this issue
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Key takeaway of 2025: Bluesky is an enormous activism force that punches above its weight. The paypros censorship stuff? This site is the one that’s getting us to the 20 yard line. The initial interest in the summer hasn’t returned to Twitter, whereas Bluesky is now the de facto source on this issue
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theres a high probability that even despite the design of the trial (and in some cases because of it) that it will show these meds to be safe and useful in the treatment of trans youth.
but bigots have been campaigning on a "trans people dont exist" platform meaning ANY support is bad. Incl, trials
but bigots have been campaigning on a "trans people dont exist" platform meaning ANY support is bad. Incl, trials
wait they don't want that study happening either? i thought they'd like it since it's being done by a known hate group and is essentially putting the participants thru a form of anti-trans conversion therapy
Transphobes: "ban gender-affirming care for children - there's no evidence puberty blockers are safe!"
*New clinical trial assessing risks & benefits of puberty blockers announced*
Transphobes: "No - don't do that!"
Telegraph ads by #BootsUK, #Sainsburys, #O2, #Waitrose & #SkyUK
*New clinical trial assessing risks & benefits of puberty blockers announced*
Transphobes: "No - don't do that!"
Telegraph ads by #BootsUK, #Sainsburys, #O2, #Waitrose & #SkyUK
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
theres a high probability that even despite the design of the trial (and in some cases because of it) that it will show these meds to be safe and useful in the treatment of trans youth.
but bigots have been campaigning on a "trans people dont exist" platform meaning ANY support is bad. Incl, trials
but bigots have been campaigning on a "trans people dont exist" platform meaning ANY support is bad. Incl, trials
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Reform's polling numbers are spooking some people. It was all fun and games when he was just a means of pushing the Overton Window to the right, but him having actual power is too much. Watch the forces that once championed him suddenly start Noticing Things.
Evidence of Farage’s unabashed youthful racism has been in the public domain since at least 2013, yet somehow he has been allowed to remain part of the British political conversation. The fact he wasn’t driven back under a rock years ago has emboldened racists across the country to spread hatred.
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reform's polling numbers are spooking some people. It was all fun and games when he was just a means of pushing the Overton Window to the right, but him having actual power is too much. Watch the forces that once championed him suddenly start Noticing Things.
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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btw the nasty stuff being done by wes streeting and @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is causing generational damage to the labour party. the likes of which haven't been since the reputational damage thatcher did to the tories.
labour isn't going to be able to easily wash their hands of it.
labour isn't going to be able to easily wash their hands of it.
'gender critical' is such incoherent nonsense that eventually the dam will burst and *some* of them will be held accountable for the harms they've caused
they'll be viewed the same way as homophobes
only question is in how long that takes to happen and the damages they will cause in the meantime
they'll be viewed the same way as homophobes
only question is in how long that takes to happen and the damages they will cause in the meantime
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
btw the nasty stuff being done by wes streeting and @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is causing generational damage to the labour party. the likes of which haven't been since the reputational damage thatcher did to the tories.
labour isn't going to be able to easily wash their hands of it.
labour isn't going to be able to easily wash their hands of it.
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The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CDC has turned off its vaccine search tool.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
The vaccines.gov site now gives an error when you enter a valid zip code.
They also removed text saying “Vaccines can help you stay healthy” and added a banner saying the site is being updated.
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Nature is beautiful: here you can see the adult buses circling together to protect the baby buses from busivores that would otherwise prey on them
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Nature is beautiful: here you can see the adult buses circling together to protect the baby buses from busivores that would otherwise prey on them
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TRANS TEEN:
THE BBC: this activist child, who is a biological adult,
THE BBC: this activist child, who is a biological adult,
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
TRANS TEEN:
THE BBC: this activist child, who is a biological adult,
THE BBC: this activist child, who is a biological adult,
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Butlerian Jihad now.
Sure sure you might say that my client's knife "caused" the victim to stop being able to pump blood to their brain, but Hume's 𝘌𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 really makes it clear that we should all have some reasonable doubt about the concept of "causation"
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Butlerian Jihad now.
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This is a disgrace. Every single MP and Senator who voted for this should lose their seat.
Forget politics, it violates a fundamental legal principle: you're innocent until proven guilty.
I hope the High Court quashes this on a challenge. It's clearly punitive action by the executive.
Forget politics, it violates a fundamental legal principle: you're innocent until proven guilty.
I hope the High Court quashes this on a challenge. It's clearly punitive action by the executive.
Today @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social succeeded in establishing new powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Thanks @senatorthorpe.bsky.social @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social @davidpocock.bsky.social @pennyallmanpayne.com for trying to stop this dangerous law.
Shame Labor shame: New powers to cancel Centrelink payments before conviction pass the senate
Welfare recipients have a right to be treated equally under the law, and should not be subject to punishment before having access to legal advice for any reason, ever.
apcentre.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is a disgrace. Every single MP and Senator who voted for this should lose their seat.
Forget politics, it violates a fundamental legal principle: you're innocent until proven guilty.
I hope the High Court quashes this on a challenge. It's clearly punitive action by the executive.
Forget politics, it violates a fundamental legal principle: you're innocent until proven guilty.
I hope the High Court quashes this on a challenge. It's clearly punitive action by the executive.
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in the UK,it's because in the past decade eliminationist transphobia has achieved full-spectrum dominance.every media outlet from the Guardian to the Telegraph, the BBC and both the last and the present government are quite open about the fact that they don't think trans people deserve human rights.
the Ipsos Pride survey is genuinely an awesome product, but jesus the difference in the UK/US on trans issues is nuts
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
in the UK,it's because in the past decade eliminationist transphobia has achieved full-spectrum dominance.every media outlet from the Guardian to the Telegraph, the BBC and both the last and the present government are quite open about the fact that they don't think trans people deserve human rights.
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"Jobs don't exist anymore" is a phrase I've repeated to myself a lot. No idea what the hell most of you do all day but if someone is paying you to do it, hold on for dear life, because if it goes away it feels like it's probably not coming back. Either that or I'm just particularly unemployable.
“Stella why do you put up with x or y” what would you like me to do man. I was unemployed for 18 of the last 36 months. Jobs don’t exist anymore. We take what we can get now, warts and all.
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Jobs don't exist anymore" is a phrase I've repeated to myself a lot. No idea what the hell most of you do all day but if someone is paying you to do it, hold on for dear life, because if it goes away it feels like it's probably not coming back. Either that or I'm just particularly unemployable.
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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the answer to "is chatGPT conscious?" is still "obviously no you gullible fucking rube, but if you think it is and you still use it you are a genuine monster"
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
the answer to "is chatGPT conscious?" is still "obviously no you gullible fucking rube, but if you think it is and you still use it you are a genuine monster"
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If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it.
Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.
Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
on.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If it saves lives, Republicans oppose it.
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Not terribly surprising that "actually, the culprit of the abuse we did to our victim is the victim" is a position Sam Altman would get behind
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Not terribly surprising that "actually, the culprit of the abuse we did to our victim is the victim" is a position Sam Altman would get behind
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Terry Gilliam talks about how FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS used Hunter S. Thompson's made up definition of adrenochrome, and how QAnon ran with it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Terry Gilliam talks about how FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS used Hunter S. Thompson's made up definition of adrenochrome, and how QAnon ran with it.
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I know lawyers have to argue this stuff but saying “sorry we’re not responsible for telling your kid to suicide because we said they you shouldn’t use it for suicide” is soooo crazy
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I know lawyers have to argue this stuff but saying “sorry we’re not responsible for telling your kid to suicide because we said they you shouldn’t use it for suicide” is soooo crazy
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I wonder if tech creeps are gonna do what the automotive industry did when they invented the crime of jaywalking to shift the blame for safety issues onto the public
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 8:14 PM
I wonder if tech creeps are gonna do what the automotive industry did when they invented the crime of jaywalking to shift the blame for safety issues onto the public
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Every company sued for wrongful death:
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Every company sued for wrongful death: