Confidently Paranoid
@niblick-iii.bsky.social
She/Her. Migrating from the bad website. Software Engineer. Geek. Fangirl. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights are human rights. Enough of this nonsense. Profile pic by @lauriepink.
No, you're right. What I needed to keep my mind off the cold I've had all weekend was a crick in my neck so I can't look right
December 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
No, you're right. What I needed to keep my mind off the cold I've had all weekend was a crick in my neck so I can't look right
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Oh the weather outside is frightful
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
But your study looks delightful
Let me flap through your door
Nevermore, Nevermore, Nevermore
I think I'm about to pay too much money to have a roast dinner delivered to my house, because that sounds so much more appetising than what I can be bothered to cook tonight which is "a bacon and cheese omelette, maybe"
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I think I'm about to pay too much money to have a roast dinner delivered to my house, because that sounds so much more appetising than what I can be bothered to cook tonight which is "a bacon and cheese omelette, maybe"
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I personally know him for his hit play, OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN ARE DEAD
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I personally know him for his hit play, OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN ARE DEAD
Silly things I love: when I happen to look up and notice the cats are, in different parts of the room, grooming themselves in the exact same way at the exact same time
November 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Silly things I love: when I happen to look up and notice the cats are, in different parts of the room, grooming themselves in the exact same way at the exact same time
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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pointing, laughing
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
pointing, laughing
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AU free to a good home
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
AU free to a good home
Greatest trick the the devil ever played was letting all of these be branded as intelligence
i think we should separate the terms:
AI: science fiction stuff
Machine Learning: niche useful stuff done by scientists
LLM: obsequious chatbots built on mass scraping Reddit threads
AI: science fiction stuff
Machine Learning: niche useful stuff done by scientists
LLM: obsequious chatbots built on mass scraping Reddit threads
part of the reason i am genuinely irritated with the gAI/AGI cult is because there is real societal benefits in using ML techniques in medical care + weather analysis, and instead people get annoyed with anything that gets lumped in with the plagiarism machine
November 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Greatest trick the the devil ever played was letting all of these be branded as intelligence
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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 7:43 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
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Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Your Party running a sortition exercise for their founding conference then purging nearly 10% of those selected to attend isn't doing anything to dispell the notion that they're less a political party and more a performance art piece meant to mock the entire concept of left-wing organising
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this is the type of gadget a man would use to murder his wife in an episode of Columbo set in 2025
November 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
this is the type of gadget a man would use to murder his wife in an episode of Columbo set in 2025
Barn owl (twice)
Deer (walking down my street on more than one occasion!)
Foxes of course
Some sort of grass snake
A raccoon (in Toronto. Until that point I wasn't entirely sure they were real. I was 8)
Deer (walking down my street on more than one occasion!)
Foxes of course
Some sort of grass snake
A raccoon (in Toronto. Until that point I wasn't entirely sure they were real. I was 8)
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
ring-necked parakeets
bastard foxes
muntjac (unexpectedly and practically underneath me what the hell)
kingfisher
aberrant quantities of european buzzards
ring-necked parakeets
bastard foxes
muntjac (unexpectedly and practically underneath me what the hell)
kingfisher
aberrant quantities of european buzzards
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
red efts
American kestrel
black AND turkey vultures
barred owls
red fox
red efts
American kestrel
black AND turkey vultures
barred owls
red fox
November 29, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Barn owl (twice)
Deer (walking down my street on more than one occasion!)
Foxes of course
Some sort of grass snake
A raccoon (in Toronto. Until that point I wasn't entirely sure they were real. I was 8)
Deer (walking down my street on more than one occasion!)
Foxes of course
Some sort of grass snake
A raccoon (in Toronto. Until that point I wasn't entirely sure they were real. I was 8)
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This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This is why I pay for the World Wide Web.
Because it delivers ART!
Because it delivers ART!
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That’s a horrible thing to say about Oxfordshire.
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
That’s a horrible thing to say about Oxfordshire.
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in the real world not nearly enough buckaroos goin around looking at clues with a magnifying glass
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
in the real world not nearly enough buckaroos goin around looking at clues with a magnifying glass
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good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
Arizona pair celebrates decade of friendship that started with wrong text
From text to tradition: Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench mark 10th Thanksgiving together after accidental invitation.
www.azfamily.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
good news everyone the Mistaken Text From Grandma Thanksgiving buddy drama is still going strong
this story delights me every year
this story delights me every year
I've had to work in the office all week, and I think the cats are feeling abandoned. Cassie slept on my bed last night which she only does when she's unwell or when she's missed me. And I woke up about 4am and Janey was up there too (she was not there when I went to sleep nor when my alarm went off)
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I've had to work in the office all week, and I think the cats are feeling abandoned. Cassie slept on my bed last night which she only does when she's unwell or when she's missed me. And I woke up about 4am and Janey was up there too (she was not there when I went to sleep nor when my alarm went off)
One of the weirdest things about following someone on social media for years is getting to have "omg your kid is *how* old" whiplash over the children you've never met of a person you've never met, and you've probably never even seen pictures of them
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
One of the weirdest things about following someone on social media for years is getting to have "omg your kid is *how* old" whiplash over the children you've never met of a person you've never met, and you've probably never even seen pictures of them
The eternal dilemma: I like to be cosy when I sleep (and I can't sleep if I'm cold), but if I get too hot, I start to have anxiety dreams. Last night the old classic "I need to get to a place, but everything I do makes me late"
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The eternal dilemma: I like to be cosy when I sleep (and I can't sleep if I'm cold), but if I get too hot, I start to have anxiety dreams. Last night the old classic "I need to get to a place, but everything I do makes me late"
About to go to bed and Cassie comes in all wet with cold rain, so I have to stay downstairs for long enough for her to use my lap to dry off and warm up
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
About to go to bed and Cassie comes in all wet with cold rain, so I have to stay downstairs for long enough for her to use my lap to dry off and warm up
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ChatGPT is NOT alive and yet it IS stupid? God’s mysteries confound us all!
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ChatGPT is NOT alive and yet it IS stupid? God’s mysteries confound us all!
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"A French Fry Restaurant"
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"A French Fry Restaurant"
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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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