Kevin Davidson
LightNews LightNews
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Kevin Davidson
@metalsamurai.bsky.social
65 followers 220 following 140 posts
That doesn’t surprise me.
Posts Replies Media Videos
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: mastodon.social/@robinince/1...
December 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: mstdn.science/@adamr/11508...
August 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: mastodon.scot/@thisismygla...
August 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: social.lansky.name/@hn50/114725...
June 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: mas.to/@BruceMirken...
April 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: mastodon.scot/@thisismygla...
April 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: fediscience.org/@DarrinLRoge...
April 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: vis.social/@infobeautif...
April 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: wandering.shop/@ScottEdelma...
April 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Original post: mstdn.social/@calmeilles/...
April 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
As Meta goes full “Nazi speech is cool”, is anyone else horrified that a senior gay exec seems to be encouraging anti-LGBT hate speech to somehow get allies to step in?

https://www.platformer.news/meta-new-trans-guidelines-hate-speech/
Alex Schultz, the company's chief marketing officer and highest-ranking gay executive, suggested in an internal post that people see- ing their queer friends and family members abused on Facebook and Instagram could lead to increased support for LGBTQ rights.
January 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Iain M Banks musing on the worth of AI generated works of art, from “Look to Windward” (2000).
Look to Windward (2000) Iain M Banks 'Something I've wondered about ever since I came here, something I've never asked you, first of all because I was worried what the answer would be, later because I suspected I already knew the answer.' 'Goodness. What can it be?' the avatar asked, blinking. 'If you tried, if any Mind tried, could you impersonate my style?' the Chelgrian asked. 'Could you write a piece - a symphony, say - that would appear, to the critical appraiser, to be by me, and which, when I heard it, I'd imagine being proud to have written?' The avatar frowned as it walked. It clasped its hands behind its back. It took a few more steps. 'Yes, I imagine that would be possible.' 'Would it be easy?' 'No. No more easy than any complicated task.' 'But you could do it much more quickly than I could?' 'I'd have to suppose so.' 'Hmm.' Ziller paused. The avatar turned to face him. Behind Ziller, the rocks and veil trees of the deepening gorge moved swiftly past. The barge rocked gently beneath their feet. 'So what,' the Chelgrian asked, 'is the point of me or anybody else writing a symphony, or anything else?' The avatar raised its brows in surprise. 'Well, for one thing, if you do it, it's you who gets the feeling of achievement.' 'Ignoring the subjective. What would be the point for those listening to it?' 'They'd know it was one of their own species, not a Mind, who created it.' 'Ignoring that, too; suppose they weren't told it was by an AI, or didn't care.' 'If they hadn't been told then the comparison isn't complete; information is being concealed. If they don't care, then they're unlike any group of humans I've ever encountered.' 'But if you can-' 'Ziller, are you concerned that Minds - AIs, if you like - can create, or even just appear to create, original works of art?' 'Frankly, when they're the sort of original works of art that I create, yes.' 'Ziller, it doesn't matter. You have to think like a mountain climber.' 'Oh, do I?' 'Yes. Some people take days, sweat buckets, endure pain and cold and risk injury and - in some cases - permanent death to achieve the summit of a mountain only to discover there a party of their peers freshly arrived by aircraft and enjoying a light picnic.' 'If I was one of those climbers I'd be pretty damned annoyed.' 'Well, it is considered rather impolite to land an aircraft on a summit which people are at that moment struggling up to the hard way, but it can and does happen. Good manners indicate that the picnic ought to be shared and that those who arrived by aircraft express awe and respect for the accomplishment of the climbers.' 'The point, of course, is that the people who spent days and sweated buckets could also have taken an aircraft to the summit if all they'd wanted was to absorb the view. It is the struggle that they crave. The sense of achievement is produced by the route to and from the peak, not by the peak itself. It is just the fold between the pages.' The avatar hesitated. It put its head a little to one side and narrowed its eyes. 'How far do I have to take this analogy, Cr Ziller?' 'You've made your point, but this mountain climber still wonders if he ought to re-educate his soul to the joys of flight and stepping out onto someone else's summit.' 'Better to create your own. Come on; I've a dying man to see on his way.'
November 18, 2024 at 4:40 PM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
We’re just doing our thing
Top part, Xena Warrior Princess yelling (labelled Boomers) at blonde yelling-at-cat-meme-woman (labelled Millenials). Lower part, middle aged woman in black trouser suit labelled GenX and child dressed as cowgirl labelled GenZ. The GenX lady is emptying a bottle of red wine into the child’s Halloween pumpkin collection bucket.
February 20, 2024 at 7:00 PM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Thanks ##itunes for suggesting the new ##Dio single! 🤘
February 2, 2024 at 9:35 PM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Happy New Year!
Close up of a champagne glass filled with bubbly champagne, in the background a TV screen showing Skerryvore performing on BBC Scotland’s Hogmanay 2023 shortly before midnight
January 1, 2024 at 12:47 AM
metalsamurai.bsky.social
Why would anyone want this, Amazon?
Notification from Kindle app: “Kindle 1m ago One month ago you read "Equoid: A Laundry Novella...". See highlights popular among readers.” readers.”
October 3, 2023 at 10:50 AM