Stephen J. Skelton
@stephenjskelton.bsky.social
Is there anyone who isn't looking to get rich from AI who thinks the answer to social isolation is more pretend AI friends instead of actual human interaction?
May 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Is there anyone who isn't looking to get rich from AI who thinks the answer to social isolation is more pretend AI friends instead of actual human interaction?
I wish WD-40 worked as well on my life as it does my bike.
April 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I wish WD-40 worked as well on my life as it does my bike.
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On this day we remember that he died for us and was indeed resurrected
April 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On this day we remember that he died for us and was indeed resurrected
But what about the Mild Wolves?
April 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
But what about the Mild Wolves?
Internet content that takes a 30 second comedy blooper and expands it to a 5-10 minute video explaining the blooper should be illegal.
April 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Internet content that takes a 30 second comedy blooper and expands it to a 5-10 minute video explaining the blooper should be illegal.
If your a Star Trek fan who doesn't like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - the most Star Trekky Star Trek that's been Star Trekked in a while - then maybe it's not Star Trek you're sad about...
April 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If your a Star Trek fan who doesn't like Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - the most Star Trekky Star Trek that's been Star Trekked in a while - then maybe it's not Star Trek you're sad about...
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Even if the technocrats were right about AI replacing all jobs (they’re not), notice they never pitch any vision for what happens to humans. “No one has to work anymore” sounds great, but the only version of it where we’re not sleeping under bridges is one where these guys pay their fucking taxes
i think these people are in the grip of a genuine delusion www.nbcchicago.com/news/busines...
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things'
Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.
www.nbcchicago.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Even if the technocrats were right about AI replacing all jobs (they’re not), notice they never pitch any vision for what happens to humans. “No one has to work anymore” sounds great, but the only version of it where we’re not sleeping under bridges is one where these guys pay their fucking taxes
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I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.
I am glad that Senators are grilling DNI Gabbard and CIA Director Ratcliffe today.
Today should be the start of a 4-year drum beat on Trump's team putting US troops in jeopardy by sharing operational war plans with a reporter before undertaking the operation.
Too much is not enough.
Today should be the start of a 4-year drum beat on Trump's team putting US troops in jeopardy by sharing operational war plans with a reporter before undertaking the operation.
Too much is not enough.
March 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.
To save Gotham I must strike fear into the hearts of criminals...I shall become...a bat!
a bat is sitting on a white towel on a bed .
ALT: a bat is sitting on a white towel on a bed .
media.tenor.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:20 PM
To save Gotham I must strike fear into the hearts of criminals...I shall become...a bat!
INT. Q BRANCH
Bond enters, wearing an Amazon warehouse safety vest. Q is engaged in an unseen activity.
BOND
Q...
Q
(startled, finishes peeing in bottle)
Ah, 007! Let me show you the latest in field equipment, starting with these fantastic values from Amazon Basics..."
Bond enters, wearing an Amazon warehouse safety vest. Q is engaged in an unseen activity.
BOND
Q...
Q
(startled, finishes peeing in bottle)
Ah, 007! Let me show you the latest in field equipment, starting with these fantastic values from Amazon Basics..."
February 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
INT. Q BRANCH
Bond enters, wearing an Amazon warehouse safety vest. Q is engaged in an unseen activity.
BOND
Q...
Q
(startled, finishes peeing in bottle)
Ah, 007! Let me show you the latest in field equipment, starting with these fantastic values from Amazon Basics..."
Bond enters, wearing an Amazon warehouse safety vest. Q is engaged in an unseen activity.
BOND
Q...
Q
(startled, finishes peeing in bottle)
Ah, 007! Let me show you the latest in field equipment, starting with these fantastic values from Amazon Basics..."
The only acceptable use of A.I. replacing an actor would be to create a Richard Belzer Detective Munch so he can continue to show up in more televisions shows.
February 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The only acceptable use of A.I. replacing an actor would be to create a Richard Belzer Detective Munch so he can continue to show up in more televisions shows.
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This is huge. It's a concrete sign that we can fight back, that the fascists and the oligarchs and the white supremacists know that if they push too far too fast and get caught that the American people may still come for them. Keep it up.
I linked DOGE staffer Marko Elez to a deleted X account that advocated repealing the Civil Rights Act, backed a “eugenic immigration policy,” and wrote, “You could not pay me to marry outside of my ethnicity."
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
He just resigned. www.wsj.com/tech/doge-st...
DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts
A staffer for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency whose access to U.S. Treasury payment systems was approved by a federal judge on Thursday has links to a deleted social-media account that...
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is huge. It's a concrete sign that we can fight back, that the fascists and the oligarchs and the white supremacists know that if they push too far too fast and get caught that the American people may still come for them. Keep it up.
Slowing down and shutting up are two very fine and underused options in most any situation.
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Slowing down and shutting up are two very fine and underused options in most any situation.
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truly one of the most incredible things in all of human history. we founds ways to literally defeat communicable deadly diseases at almost no cost and at no harm to ourselves.
and grifters are working to undermine that and get people killed.
and grifters are working to undermine that and get people killed.
February 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
truly one of the most incredible things in all of human history. we founds ways to literally defeat communicable deadly diseases at almost no cost and at no harm to ourselves.
and grifters are working to undermine that and get people killed.
and grifters are working to undermine that and get people killed.
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The thing is, I feel like if someone truly, accidentally, & unintentionally made a n*zi salute on a national stage, they would be appropriately horrified by it and apologize. And when they don’t ….. it says everything.
January 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The thing is, I feel like if someone truly, accidentally, & unintentionally made a n*zi salute on a national stage, they would be appropriately horrified by it and apologize. And when they don’t ….. it says everything.
Who decided it was acceptable to package new socks using a bunch of those thin plastic ties you have to cut with scissors and why haven't they been prosecuted?
January 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Who decided it was acceptable to package new socks using a bunch of those thin plastic ties you have to cut with scissors and why haven't they been prosecuted?
I love Dan Aykroyd, but I'm a little mad at him for starting the now ridiculous celebrity-with-a-liquor-brand trend.
November 24, 2024 at 6:07 PM
I love Dan Aykroyd, but I'm a little mad at him for starting the now ridiculous celebrity-with-a-liquor-brand trend.
I've almost reached full New Vaccine Aches & Pains Side-Effect Crybaby Mode where no part of the couch is comfortable to sit, lay, or crumple on in a weird pile.
October 6, 2023 at 1:04 AM
I've almost reached full New Vaccine Aches & Pains Side-Effect Crybaby Mode where no part of the couch is comfortable to sit, lay, or crumple on in a weird pile.
Normalize ignoring celebrity personalities who go by a "Dr. SingleNameOnly" brand.
October 5, 2023 at 3:28 PM
Normalize ignoring celebrity personalities who go by a "Dr. SingleNameOnly" brand.
Ah, so THIS is what I hear in my head in the middle of the night when my anxiety kicks in just before I can fall asleep!
youtu.be/5NlzT4zKFew?...
youtu.be/5NlzT4zKFew?...
September 26, 2023 at 2:40 PM
Ah, so THIS is what I hear in my head in the middle of the night when my anxiety kicks in just before I can fall asleep!
youtu.be/5NlzT4zKFew?...
youtu.be/5NlzT4zKFew?...
September 25, 2023 at 2:44 PM
The encumbrance mechanic in #Starfield seems to have no function other than to make me waste real-world time.
(This could probably be applied to any single player game with an encumbrance mechanic that's tied to inventory weight.)
(This could probably be applied to any single player game with an encumbrance mechanic that's tied to inventory weight.)
September 24, 2023 at 9:33 PM
The encumbrance mechanic in #Starfield seems to have no function other than to make me waste real-world time.
(This could probably be applied to any single player game with an encumbrance mechanic that's tied to inventory weight.)
(This could probably be applied to any single player game with an encumbrance mechanic that's tied to inventory weight.)
Watched STOP MAKING SENSE again for the first time in years and holy hell that show contains an absolutely lethal amount of cardio...
September 20, 2023 at 3:21 AM
Watched STOP MAKING SENSE again for the first time in years and holy hell that show contains an absolutely lethal amount of cardio...
I think my favorite social media exchange is when someone publishes a post disparaging an objectively, well-documented shitty person and someone else feels the need to post "Why?" - especially after said person has recently done something objectively awful.
September 19, 2023 at 9:09 PM
I think my favorite social media exchange is when someone publishes a post disparaging an objectively, well-documented shitty person and someone else feels the need to post "Why?" - especially after said person has recently done something objectively awful.
I quit reading so many internet articles because they're written for SEO instead of actually delivering their headline in the first 4 paragraphs.
September 17, 2023 at 3:30 PM
I quit reading so many internet articles because they're written for SEO instead of actually delivering their headline in the first 4 paragraphs.