Luke
@nightcruller.bsky.social
Grumpy civic technologist. We'll get through this, but we don't have to be stoic about it.
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Game boss: "I AM GUN GUY, THE GUY WHO SHOOTS THINGS WITH A GUN!"
*Defeats Gun Guy*
Gun Guy: "I...only...killed...because I was...sad." *dies*
Dude gamers: "This is the deepest story ever. No other art could tell a story like this. I am changed by this experience."
*Defeats Gun Guy*
Gun Guy: "I...only...killed...because I was...sad." *dies*
Dude gamers: "This is the deepest story ever. No other art could tell a story like this. I am changed by this experience."
December 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Game boss: "I AM GUN GUY, THE GUY WHO SHOOTS THINGS WITH A GUN!"
*Defeats Gun Guy*
Gun Guy: "I...only...killed...because I was...sad." *dies*
Dude gamers: "This is the deepest story ever. No other art could tell a story like this. I am changed by this experience."
*Defeats Gun Guy*
Gun Guy: "I...only...killed...because I was...sad." *dies*
Dude gamers: "This is the deepest story ever. No other art could tell a story like this. I am changed by this experience."
My company, continuing to send me more swag
December 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My company, continuing to send me more swag
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The New York Times is doomed to asymptotically get closer to Getting It but never actually Get It. It's Zeno's paradox but for Upton Sinclair's "it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
December 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The New York Times is doomed to asymptotically get closer to Getting It but never actually Get It. It's Zeno's paradox but for Upton Sinclair's "it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
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love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
love that software developers are advertising AI functionality in every single app now and it's up to you to try to figure out if they mean "this has spellcheck" or "everything you create in this app will sync in real-time to sam altman's personal laptop" or something in between
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Wtf even is a "market". Astrology for men who tuck in their shirts. Nobody has a job that's not nuanced slavery or can buy AAA video games but the lines going up. Get real. Grow up. *Pateu!* I spit on the market and it's forces.
December 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wtf even is a "market". Astrology for men who tuck in their shirts. Nobody has a job that's not nuanced slavery or can buy AAA video games but the lines going up. Get real. Grow up. *Pateu!* I spit on the market and it's forces.
Oh thank fuck it isn't just me. Things resonate with people!
new thing people have been doing lately that bugs me: saying "i dont resonate with that" instead of "that didn't resonate with me"
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Oh thank fuck it isn't just me. Things resonate with people!
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December 16, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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Firefox's killer feature is that it's not chromium. That's the pull. Nothing to do with tab grouping or UI design.
When your userbase is made of people who don't want bullshit, you are taking a risk with every new feature, especially the ultimate bullshit feature of AI.
When your userbase is made of people who don't want bullshit, you are taking a risk with every new feature, especially the ultimate bullshit feature of AI.
> Enzor-DeMeo spent 2025 racing to make Firefox a more compelling product, adding things like tab groups, while also trying to figure out how the browser should integrate with AI.
It doesn't have to be compelling! It's for accessing compelling stuff!
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
It doesn't have to be compelling! It's for accessing compelling stuff!
blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
Mozilla’s next chapter: Building the world’s most trusted software company | The Mozilla Blog
Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and buil
blog.mozilla.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Firefox's killer feature is that it's not chromium. That's the pull. Nothing to do with tab grouping or UI design.
When your userbase is made of people who don't want bullshit, you are taking a risk with every new feature, especially the ultimate bullshit feature of AI.
When your userbase is made of people who don't want bullshit, you are taking a risk with every new feature, especially the ultimate bullshit feature of AI.
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Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
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One of the things I love about the Internet Archive is that they are the last website that manages to make a broken and constantly degrading user experience feel mysterious and exciting.
December 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
One of the things I love about the Internet Archive is that they are the last website that manages to make a broken and constantly degrading user experience feel mysterious and exciting.
Ah, I get it now! Generative AI is simply Rule 34 compliance software.
December 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ah, I get it now! Generative AI is simply Rule 34 compliance software.
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Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
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'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
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A Pulitzer for whoever chose the photo on this one
It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement. n.pr/44ph9KC
Billion-dollar OpenAI deal allows users to make content with Disney characters
It's a whole new world for Mickey, Simba, Stitch and more as Disney brings hundreds of its characters to Sora, the short-form video platform from OpenAI, as part of a three-year licensing agreement.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A Pulitzer for whoever chose the photo on this one
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Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
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Honestly the part of this that I really hope more people recognize is the foot stuff. There's nothing wrong with having a thing for feet, ain't my thing but have fun! But when you're a director who is KNOWN for having one, has a history of abusing his power, and shoves them into MANY of his films...
Matthew Lillard is beloved by so many people.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
Quentin Tarantino makes women on film sets uncomfortable (not to mention the chokings), nearly killed Uma Thurman, and was besties with Weinstein KNOWING what he was doing.
Anyone still a fan of Tarantino in 2025 is an actual embarrassment of a human.
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Honestly the part of this that I really hope more people recognize is the foot stuff. There's nothing wrong with having a thing for feet, ain't my thing but have fun! But when you're a director who is KNOWN for having one, has a history of abusing his power, and shoves them into MANY of his films...
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Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
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a sign people really want a feature and find it good is when companies make turning it off a 12 part process (firefox), require registry modifications (microsoft) or contact support to reveal the real off switch instead of their two decoy toggles (google) so they can claim people don't turn it off 📈
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
a sign people really want a feature and find it good is when companies make turning it off a 12 part process (firefox), require registry modifications (microsoft) or contact support to reveal the real off switch instead of their two decoy toggles (google) so they can claim people don't turn it off 📈
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I've been waiting to share this one for a long time.
Transformed by a broad-spread fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most...
"All That Means or Mourns" by @r-emrys.bsky.social is out now!
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
"All That Means or Mourns" by @r-emrys.bsky.social is out now!
Art by Jacqueline Tam
Edited by @englelaird.bsky.social
All That Means or Mourns - Reactor
Transformed by a broad-spread fungal infection that connects humans with nature, one woman feels closer to the world than ever, but further from the people she loves the most…
reactormag.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I've been waiting to share this one for a long time.
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Remember that NASA was only able to *start* because the rich were being taxed at 90+% marginal rates.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
the American government is effectively ending its space program.
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Remember that NASA was only able to *start* because the rich were being taxed at 90+% marginal rates.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.