Steve K
@powhound22.bsky.social
Skiing, biking and building guitars in the Kootenays.
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Cameo in @nickofferman.bsky.social’s Reddit AMA today with some words on A.I. that I stand by. Read to the end for a valuable book rec: www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/H...
![Good Day, reddit, my name is Nick Offerman....
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["Can you believe a computer drew this / wrote this?"
Yes. Computers have been beating you in chess your entire life. Do you run around telling everybody that they're geniuses. Do you think people who play chess
"are shaking." Or are you missing the entire point of being a human?]
So, I understand that Al will infiltrate a lot of our world's infrastructure and liekly improve some operating systems, but I will eternally come down on the side of thinking about people and rewarding/remunerative jobs and their dignity and how that applies to our national/global well being.
I think Al will do a good job of making the wealthy wealthier, "now we have robots to mow the golf courses!" but that is sprinting in the wrong direction. Our consumerist society is neglecting, more and more, our stewardship toward Mother Nature. Toward creation and The Creation, which I believe we are called upon in just about every religion as well as that of common sense to steward. Having good work to do, especially in all of the depressed rural areas in America, is a much higher priority to me - knowing about our horrific, unhealthy industrial food system and the neglect of our small farmers, for example. Understanding that grass-fed, sustainable farming and regenerative practices is a much better path forward in specific and in general, than building a better robot.
For more on this sexy topic, please see The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dmht6n3frexsulkabk4vtrdm/bafkreiafofkjnhnsixxafrh2raqddkxbmb3jjksoe7lcdfjgxij254x3qi@jpeg)
July 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Cameo in @nickofferman.bsky.social’s Reddit AMA today with some words on A.I. that I stand by. Read to the end for a valuable book rec: www.reddit.com/r/movies/s/H...
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If you are worried about disinformation and media manipulation in this election give a pass to
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
She is a truth teller.
CTV is not.
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
She is a truth teller.
CTV is not.
April 2, 2025 at 12:00 PM
If you are worried about disinformation and media manipulation in this election give a pass to
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
She is a truth teller.
CTV is not.
@ctvyourmorning.bsky.social
They caved to pressure from Pierre Poiievre's online posse in their continual harassment of @rachelgilmore.bsky.social
She is a truth teller.
CTV is not.
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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It is the time of the coward.
January 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
It is the time of the coward.
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I briefly put principles and values aside to make a saltier, crankier case for leaving X: Elon Musk is uniquely insufferable holapapi.substack.com/p/x-out
X Out
A salty, cranky case for letting Twitter die
holapapi.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I briefly put principles and values aside to make a saltier, crankier case for leaving X: Elon Musk is uniquely insufferable holapapi.substack.com/p/x-out
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I think the carbon tax is a perfect example of how political compromise in the era of bad-faith politics doesn't work, so you might as well do the more-progressive, bold thing.
The Liberals put in place a price on carbon, which is really a Conservative, market-based response to climate change.
The Liberals put in place a price on carbon, which is really a Conservative, market-based response to climate change.
November 27, 2024 at 3:28 PM
I think the carbon tax is a perfect example of how political compromise in the era of bad-faith politics doesn't work, so you might as well do the more-progressive, bold thing.
The Liberals put in place a price on carbon, which is really a Conservative, market-based response to climate change.
The Liberals put in place a price on carbon, which is really a Conservative, market-based response to climate change.
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lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
September 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM
lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
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Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
November 12, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Goodreads is owned by Amazon & there is an AMAZING alternative‼️
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
The StoryGraph is a black women-owned competitor to GoodReads with better UI in my opinion.
When you sign up you can even transfer your data from Goodreads to StoryGraph!
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DEMOCRACY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT
November 12, 2024 at 5:34 PM
DEMOCRACY CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS DEPARTMENT