Wilhelm Fitzpatrick
@rafial.bsky.social
Representing for Krampus at GeekCraft Expo!
November 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Representing for Krampus at GeekCraft Expo!
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Enjoying a distinctly Eastern European cuppa
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Enjoying a distinctly Eastern European cuppa
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You set the example from the top. Is it "civil" to call a fellow passenger "piggy?"
Always be kind to your fellow passengers as well as airport and airline staff.
In short: don't be like Donald Trump.
Always be kind to your fellow passengers as well as airport and airline staff.
In short: don't be like Donald Trump.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You set the example from the top. Is it "civil" to call a fellow passenger "piggy?"
Always be kind to your fellow passengers as well as airport and airline staff.
In short: don't be like Donald Trump.
Always be kind to your fellow passengers as well as airport and airline staff.
In short: don't be like Donald Trump.
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There is an extended version of it
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
There is an extended version of it
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After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
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Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Covering Jamal Khashoggi's murder was one of the most disturbing things I've worked on. Hearing Trump say he was "extremely controversial" and people "didn't like him" is chilling. Hard to take any other way than he thinks there is moral ambiguity in the murder of a journalist.
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Books with Pictures (@bkswpicspdx.bsky.social) in Portland, Oregon is a GREAT comic shop, and its owner in @omgkatiep.bsky.social is one of the best. The shop is going through a hard time right now, and if you want to help BwP out, they opened a GoFundMe to help do just that.
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help.
I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Books with Pictures (@bkswpicspdx.bsky.social) in Portland, Oregon is a GREAT comic shop, and its owner in @omgkatiep.bsky.social is one of the best. The shop is going through a hard time right now, and if you want to help BwP out, they opened a GoFundMe to help do just that.
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IMO the community should push *hard* to ensure Rebble stays an independent, open-source project that all users can benefit from, and should oppose Core Devices' efforts to build a proprietary walled garden out of the hard work and tech that has kept Pebble love alive over these years.
Rebble · Core Devices Keeps Stealing Our Work
This is a post that we don’t take any joy in writing. When we wrote last month about our agreement with Core Devices, we went into it believing that coopera...
rebble.io
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
IMO the community should push *hard* to ensure Rebble stays an independent, open-source project that all users can benefit from, and should oppose Core Devices' efforts to build a proprietary walled garden out of the hard work and tech that has kept Pebble love alive over these years.
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I think my 'most woke opinion' is that all people are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
It turns out the necessary conclusions are so woke we still aren't quite there 250 years later.
It turns out the necessary conclusions are so woke we still aren't quite there 250 years later.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I think my 'most woke opinion' is that all people are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
It turns out the necessary conclusions are so woke we still aren't quite there 250 years later.
It turns out the necessary conclusions are so woke we still aren't quite there 250 years later.
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I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
The best part of having my watch light up with call controls when my phone rings is that I can use my nose to hang up on spammers when my hands are full
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The best part of having my watch light up with call controls when my phone rings is that I can use my nose to hang up on spammers when my hands are full
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Ah relief!
Now that she's won, she can go back to being referred to as "Katie Wilson" and stop being called "the Mamdani of the West" or "the Zohran of the North" or "the Kwame of Queen Anne" or whatever.
I'm sure that she's more relieved about this than I am. 🤷🏿♂️
Now that she's won, she can go back to being referred to as "Katie Wilson" and stop being called "the Mamdani of the West" or "the Zohran of the North" or "the Kwame of Queen Anne" or whatever.
I'm sure that she's more relieved about this than I am. 🤷🏿♂️
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell just conceded to progressive challenger Katie Wilson at a ceremony at City Hall.
Wilson won by about 2,000 votes in a close race.
Wilson won by about 2,000 votes in a close race.
November 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Ah relief!
Now that she's won, she can go back to being referred to as "Katie Wilson" and stop being called "the Mamdani of the West" or "the Zohran of the North" or "the Kwame of Queen Anne" or whatever.
I'm sure that she's more relieved about this than I am. 🤷🏿♂️
Now that she's won, she can go back to being referred to as "Katie Wilson" and stop being called "the Mamdani of the West" or "the Zohran of the North" or "the Kwame of Queen Anne" or whatever.
I'm sure that she's more relieved about this than I am. 🤷🏿♂️
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Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Black American soldiers literally dug these WWII graves. Traumatic. To acknowledge that fact at a cemetery they helped construct is something the Heritage Foundation cannot accept. As Veterans Day approaches, never forget that this country both compels and disrespects Black military service. Always.
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Thank you Wonder Woman 🇺🇲🎇❤️
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Thank you Wonder Woman 🇺🇲🎇❤️
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Today I announced an agreement between Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia to renew and strengthen our partnership.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Today I announced an agreement between Washington state, Oregon, and British Columbia to renew and strengthen our partnership.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
Together, the Cascadia region will address housing affordability, invest in clean energy, and create the conditions for long-term economic growth.
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Caroline Pritchard, Joanna Ho & Dan Santat created the book THE DAY THE STORIES DISAPPEARED. It emphasizes no one is invisible in stories. Books make all our voices worthy ✨
YOUR voice deserves to be told.
You belong in books, belong in Libraries, belong in the world… you belong everywhere 💚
YOUR voice deserves to be told.
You belong in books, belong in Libraries, belong in the world… you belong everywhere 💚
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Caroline Pritchard, Joanna Ho & Dan Santat created the book THE DAY THE STORIES DISAPPEARED. It emphasizes no one is invisible in stories. Books make all our voices worthy ✨
YOUR voice deserves to be told.
You belong in books, belong in Libraries, belong in the world… you belong everywhere 💚
YOUR voice deserves to be told.
You belong in books, belong in Libraries, belong in the world… you belong everywhere 💚
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In discussion with a computer scientist from the University of Cambridge last night:
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
September 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
In discussion with a computer scientist from the University of Cambridge last night:
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
Me: "you've described some of the things that AI is good at. How would you describe the category of things it's not good at?
**pause**
Him: "Anything where it has to be right".
I can't stop giggling! 😂
"Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely on will be tracked down faster than ever."
www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/j...
"Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely on will be tracked down faster than ever."
www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/j...
Ex-CISA chief says AI could mean the end of cybersecurity • The Register
: Jen Easterly says most breaches stem from bad software, and smarter tech could finally clean it up
www.theregister.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I can't stop giggling! 😂
"Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely on will be tracked down faster than ever."
www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/j...
"Ex-CISA head Jen Easterly claims AI could spell the end of the cybersecurity industry, as the sloppy software and vulnerabilities that criminals rely on will be tracked down faster than ever."
www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/j...
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Remember how 20-year-olds barged into federal buildings and stole our most sensitive data? Shortly after, a masked army kidnapped hundreds of people and trafficked them to a concentration camp overseas. That secret police—along with the military—now occupies our cities. This is an attack on the U.S.
October 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Remember how 20-year-olds barged into federal buildings and stole our most sensitive data? Shortly after, a masked army kidnapped hundreds of people and trafficked them to a concentration camp overseas. That secret police—along with the military—now occupies our cities. This is an attack on the U.S.
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]