Mike Karabinos
@mkarabinoswrites.bsky.social
Reader, writer, Full Time Curmudgeon
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if you want to chat about something sensitive, you can use Bluesky DMs to exchange contact info, but I would recommend moving the conversation to Signal.
Bluesky DMs are private, but they are not (yet) E2EE. Signal is hardened, focused, and does privacy/security best.
Bluesky DMs are private, but they are not (yet) E2EE. Signal is hardened, focused, and does privacy/security best.
November 6, 2024 at 10:22 PM
if you want to chat about something sensitive, you can use Bluesky DMs to exchange contact info, but I would recommend moving the conversation to Signal.
Bluesky DMs are private, but they are not (yet) E2EE. Signal is hardened, focused, and does privacy/security best.
Bluesky DMs are private, but they are not (yet) E2EE. Signal is hardened, focused, and does privacy/security best.
Pick one act of defiance and excellent at it.
November 6, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Pick one act of defiance and excellent at it.
"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." “I agree with the second part,"
November 6, 2024 at 4:47 PM
"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." “I agree with the second part,"
Sorry that I am posting this 48 minutes late
youtu.be/tw-gCzBsAFI?...
youtu.be/tw-gCzBsAFI?...
Rivendell Scene 1 - The Fellowship of the Ring
YouTube video by Middle-Earth Marvels
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October 24, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Sorry that I am posting this 48 minutes late
youtu.be/tw-gCzBsAFI?...
youtu.be/tw-gCzBsAFI?...
Thanksgiving is only a month + away.
Time to start cooking the practice turkeys.
Time to start cooking the practice turkeys.
October 22, 2024 at 12:46 PM
Thanksgiving is only a month + away.
Time to start cooking the practice turkeys.
Time to start cooking the practice turkeys.
So, Elon Musk is apparently a Neil Stephenson fan, he made staff read "Cryptonomicon" at PayPal.
But he is the kind of fan who misses the point of the book!
Snowcrash is all about mental viruses and the villian is a media tycoon billionaire who tries to infect the "Net" with a mind virus.
But he is the kind of fan who misses the point of the book!
Snowcrash is all about mental viruses and the villian is a media tycoon billionaire who tries to infect the "Net" with a mind virus.
October 12, 2024 at 2:11 AM
So, Elon Musk is apparently a Neil Stephenson fan, he made staff read "Cryptonomicon" at PayPal.
But he is the kind of fan who misses the point of the book!
Snowcrash is all about mental viruses and the villian is a media tycoon billionaire who tries to infect the "Net" with a mind virus.
But he is the kind of fan who misses the point of the book!
Snowcrash is all about mental viruses and the villian is a media tycoon billionaire who tries to infect the "Net" with a mind virus.
It was the perfect solution to "give a child time to decide" for themselves.
Blocking blockers is cruelty.
Blocking blockers is cruelty.
July 30, 2024 at 8:08 PM
It was the perfect solution to "give a child time to decide" for themselves.
Blocking blockers is cruelty.
Blocking blockers is cruelty.
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*desperately trying to manufacture a take that'll get me cancelled voice* uh, cis guys who wear hoodies are actually boymoding equally as much as closeted transfems who wear hoodies and the correct response to both is to start relentlessly gendering them as female until they put on a sundress
July 27, 2024 at 11:32 PM
*desperately trying to manufacture a take that'll get me cancelled voice* uh, cis guys who wear hoodies are actually boymoding equally as much as closeted transfems who wear hoodies and the correct response to both is to start relentlessly gendering them as female until they put on a sundress
Brace yourselves. A week of bad takes has begun.
July 14, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Brace yourselves. A week of bad takes has begun.
Twitter just flagging the descriptor "CIS" as hate speech because Elon decided to make his bullshit everyone's problem.
June 17, 2024 at 3:06 PM
Twitter just flagging the descriptor "CIS" as hate speech because Elon decided to make his bullshit everyone's problem.
The left is too toxic to each other and too nice to our enemies.
Fuck purity politics
And
Fuck playing fair against the Right.
They don't worry about lies, or harassment, or sending their mob after their enemies.
We shouldn't hesitate against them.
Fuck purity politics
And
Fuck playing fair against the Right.
They don't worry about lies, or harassment, or sending their mob after their enemies.
We shouldn't hesitate against them.
June 13, 2024 at 3:59 AM
The left is too toxic to each other and too nice to our enemies.
Fuck purity politics
And
Fuck playing fair against the Right.
They don't worry about lies, or harassment, or sending their mob after their enemies.
We shouldn't hesitate against them.
Fuck purity politics
And
Fuck playing fair against the Right.
They don't worry about lies, or harassment, or sending their mob after their enemies.
We shouldn't hesitate against them.
Calls for the Butlerian Jihad are happening sooner than expected.
AI is a virus we need to eradicate.
Families paid for an "immersive" Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow that turned out to be a hilariously cut-rate disaster, duped by a man who advertised with AI-generated art. Turns out he previously used AI to write garbage conspiracy books for Amazon:
February 28, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Calls for the Butlerian Jihad are happening sooner than expected.
Watching Dracula at the Richmond Ballet.
The Vampire is a class war concept. The rich aristocratic Nobel feeding on the lifeblood and corrupting the people.
We lost that lesson in the "sexy vamp" wave of the 90s.
We need that interpretation back.
The Vampire is a class war concept. The rich aristocratic Nobel feeding on the lifeblood and corrupting the people.
We lost that lesson in the "sexy vamp" wave of the 90s.
We need that interpretation back.
February 17, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Watching Dracula at the Richmond Ballet.
The Vampire is a class war concept. The rich aristocratic Nobel feeding on the lifeblood and corrupting the people.
We lost that lesson in the "sexy vamp" wave of the 90s.
We need that interpretation back.
The Vampire is a class war concept. The rich aristocratic Nobel feeding on the lifeblood and corrupting the people.
We lost that lesson in the "sexy vamp" wave of the 90s.
We need that interpretation back.
“LGBT+ people are not an ideology but people; specific names, faces, relatives and friends.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
‘This is where I apologise’: Polish state TV presenter says sorry to LGBT+ viewers
Activist Bart Staszewski hails ‘meaningful and necessary’ apology as opening new chapter for state broadcaster
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2024 at 5:01 AM
“LGBT+ people are not an ideology but people; specific names, faces, relatives and friends.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
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Yep. When people ask how many times do l have to vote for the Dems before l can complain l say 50 years. That’s how long Rs did of for.
February 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Yep. When people ask how many times do l have to vote for the Dems before l can complain l say 50 years. That’s how long Rs did of for.
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currently be denounced as a “fed” on tiktok for saying that serious political change takes more than a week long boycott and a few protests
February 15, 2024 at 2:45 PM
currently be denounced as a “fed” on tiktok for saying that serious political change takes more than a week long boycott and a few protests
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I'd watch the hell out of that movie.
February 14, 2024 at 10:33 PM
I'd watch the hell out of that movie.
I was not ready for this interpretation. I'll be up all night with this.
Tom Bombadil: *curses souls beyond the Door of Night*
Gandalf: "I am going to have a long talk with Bombadil: such a talk as I have not had in all my time."
TB: "Hey dol! Merry dol!"
G: "We are not qualified to be your judges. We have no law to fit your crime."
Gandalf: "I am going to have a long talk with Bombadil: such a talk as I have not had in all my time."
TB: "Hey dol! Merry dol!"
G: "We are not qualified to be your judges. We have no law to fit your crime."
I'm fascinated by the parallel with Kevin Uxbridge from Star Trek: TNG. A pacifist living on a blasted planet dancing around his house with his wife. Won't lift a finger to help anyone, until in his case he snaps and wipes out an entire species across the galaxy with a thought.
February 12, 2024 at 4:06 AM
I was not ready for this interpretation. I'll be up all night with this.
Sometimes you know a new personality is about to enter your story and you realize that they are far more important that you realized.
February 12, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Sometimes you know a new personality is about to enter your story and you realize that they are far more important that you realized.
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About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
October 10, 2023 at 4:42 PM
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
So good to see this moral panic wave starting to recede. The long work of undoing their damage is going to take decades.
February 11, 2024 at 12:56 AM
So good to see this moral panic wave starting to recede. The long work of undoing their damage is going to take decades.
So, I don't like the idea of using AI Images for book covers. I think it's better to pay an artist or license a photo and make your copy.
But
In trying to visualize your characters, as a writing aid. It can be pretty handy.
But
In trying to visualize your characters, as a writing aid. It can be pretty handy.
February 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
So, I don't like the idea of using AI Images for book covers. I think it's better to pay an artist or license a photo and make your copy.
But
In trying to visualize your characters, as a writing aid. It can be pretty handy.
But
In trying to visualize your characters, as a writing aid. It can be pretty handy.
Time to mix things up a little, This will be my background for TEAMS calls through the spring gardening season.
February 9, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Time to mix things up a little, This will be my background for TEAMS calls through the spring gardening season.
"Sexy Advertising that has no business being Sexy"
the French: man why do so many young people smoke when everyone knows it's unhealthy
french anti-smoking ads:
french anti-smoking ads:
February 9, 2024 at 12:43 PM
"Sexy Advertising that has no business being Sexy"