Simon BP
@terminal-note.bsky.social
Simon from Brisbane AU. If you know me from elsewhere this’ll probably seem a bit more radical than you’re used to (unless you’ve heard me talk for longer than 10 minutes)
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i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills
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December 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
i love furniture restoration videos because they show how quality is important and you can get some really beautiful, overlooked furniture if you learn certain skills
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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one thing that is true for everyone reading this: unless something changes dramatically the number of people who agree with you on what basic facts constitute "reality" will shrink every year for the rest of your life
September 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
one thing that is true for everyone reading this: unless something changes dramatically the number of people who agree with you on what basic facts constitute "reality" will shrink every year for the rest of your life
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ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
October 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
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Wait, hold up —
Are you trying to tell me you DO NOT have to fire thousands of employees and destroy your definitive franchises and shutter studios every three months?
Are you trying to tell me you DO NOT have to fire thousands of employees and destroy your definitive franchises and shutter studios every three months?
To counter rising development costs, Nintendo is going to explore making games with shorter development cycles.
They are also making investments in their development teams to preserve the way they've always made games.
They are also making investments in their development teams to preserve the way they've always made games.
July 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Wait, hold up —
Are you trying to tell me you DO NOT have to fire thousands of employees and destroy your definitive franchises and shutter studios every three months?
Are you trying to tell me you DO NOT have to fire thousands of employees and destroy your definitive franchises and shutter studios every three months?
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More things that are OUT OF the author’s control:
📕 How (or *if*) the publisher markets your book (book trailers, ads, social media, award subs, etc)
📕 Whether your book makes any lists or wins any awards
📕 How readers respond to your book, period
📕 THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY WHEN YOUR BOOK COMES OUT
📕 How (or *if*) the publisher markets your book (book trailers, ads, social media, award subs, etc)
📕 Whether your book makes any lists or wins any awards
📕 How readers respond to your book, period
📕 THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY WHEN YOUR BOOK COMES OUT
*gently grabs your face so we can discuss things that are COMPLETELY OUT OF THE AUTHOR'S CONTROL*
- if the book is made into a movie/show
- if the book is PB or hardcover or has sprayed edges or signed editions
- if the book is in a cool book box
- if the book is a Monthly Pick at B&N
*STARES*
- if the book is made into a movie/show
- if the book is PB or hardcover or has sprayed edges or signed editions
- if the book is in a cool book box
- if the book is a Monthly Pick at B&N
*STARES*
July 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
More things that are OUT OF the author’s control:
📕 How (or *if*) the publisher markets your book (book trailers, ads, social media, award subs, etc)
📕 Whether your book makes any lists or wins any awards
📕 How readers respond to your book, period
📕 THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY WHEN YOUR BOOK COMES OUT
📕 How (or *if*) the publisher markets your book (book trailers, ads, social media, award subs, etc)
📕 Whether your book makes any lists or wins any awards
📕 How readers respond to your book, period
📕 THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY WHEN YOUR BOOK COMES OUT
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Last year, I wrote about why the UK needs a Digital Civil Society Observatory to understand how AI and emerging technologies are rolling out and effecting people and communities, making the case that this is needed to balance the focus of the ATI and AISI www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
July 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Last year, I wrote about why the UK needs a Digital Civil Society Observatory to understand how AI and emerging technologies are rolling out and effecting people and communities, making the case that this is needed to balance the focus of the ATI and AISI www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...
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If you have a few $ to spare a month do this + your fave open source project. The Mozilla foundation is a good one.
Donate to Wikipedia now — and become a monthly donor if you can — to help preserve this important public record of the facts.
As Orwell wrote: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” #2+2=4 donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
As Orwell wrote: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” #2+2=4 donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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January 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If you have a few $ to spare a month do this + your fave open source project. The Mozilla foundation is a good one.
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Do you guys still shit post? No? You don’t have social media. Fuuuuuuuck man you’re not making this easy. Do you still have forums? Right well in the early days of the internet there was a website called somethingaweful and they banned a 16 year old called moot - I promise this is important
future humans resurrecting a 21st century American to answer the greatest question their scholars have: "how could a nation with absolutely everything throw it all away?"
recently thawed modern man: "ok do you guys know what 'video games' were?"
recently thawed modern man: "ok do you guys know what 'video games' were?"
April 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Do you guys still shit post? No? You don’t have social media. Fuuuuuuuck man you’re not making this easy. Do you still have forums? Right well in the early days of the internet there was a website called somethingaweful and they banned a 16 year old called moot - I promise this is important
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New from 404 Media: 'FuckLAPD.com' is a website that lets anyone use facial recognition to instantly identify cops. Point camera, take photo, upload to site. It provides their name and salary information. Creator also rebooting their tool for identifying ICE employees www.404media.co/fucklapd-com...
‘FuckLAPD.com’ Lets Anyone Use Facial Recognition to Instantly Identify Cops
A free tool that allows anyone to upload a photo of an LAPD officer to get their name and badge number.
www.404media.co
June 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New from 404 Media: 'FuckLAPD.com' is a website that lets anyone use facial recognition to instantly identify cops. Point camera, take photo, upload to site. It provides their name and salary information. Creator also rebooting their tool for identifying ICE employees www.404media.co/fucklapd-com...
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KENYA'S COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY ORDERS HALT TO LIVE BROADCASTS OF PROTESTS-REPORTS
June 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
KENYA'S COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY ORDERS HALT TO LIVE BROADCASTS OF PROTESTS-REPORTS
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I’m just a Texan cat rancher but it does seem to me like some dem centrists were hoping to use the Trump thermidor to sideline their progressive wing, whom they hold responsible for recent Dem losses, and Mamdani threw a wrench into that
June 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I’m just a Texan cat rancher but it does seem to me like some dem centrists were hoping to use the Trump thermidor to sideline their progressive wing, whom they hold responsible for recent Dem losses, and Mamdani threw a wrench into that
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in Germany a lot of this was a reaction to the war years and the failed promises of German imperialism, but you see similar dynamics all over. Fascism's greatest supporters are mediocre people born in comfort who need someone to blame for the fact that they don't have more.
June 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
in Germany a lot of this was a reaction to the war years and the failed promises of German imperialism, but you see similar dynamics all over. Fascism's greatest supporters are mediocre people born in comfort who need someone to blame for the fact that they don't have more.
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i think a lot of this comes back to the fact that Hitler's early life was one of intense deprivation and loss. he wasn't the only Nazi like that but by and large his followers and voters were not reacting to their objective poverty or privation, but the FEELING that they ought to have more.
You cannot possibly believe that. People do bad things out of material deprivation, sure, but that is explicitly not why they turn to fascism. Fascism, as a mass movement, unites the bourgeois and proletariat not on material concerns, but fantastical ones - what one calls 'false consciousness'.
June 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
i think a lot of this comes back to the fact that Hitler's early life was one of intense deprivation and loss. he wasn't the only Nazi like that but by and large his followers and voters were not reacting to their objective poverty or privation, but the FEELING that they ought to have more.
the percentage of churnalism that's just repurposing press releases is only ever going to increase at this point. this isn't the first draft anymore - it's dot points scribbled hastily to post article 4/5 for the day
Everyone I knew who covered disinformation got laid off, their bosses got bullied into firing them, or they changed their beats from actual Nazi harassment campaigns. It cannot be stressed the damage the paid-for Substack “free speech” guys did in the service of fascism and against real free speech.
i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone
June 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
the percentage of churnalism that's just repurposing press releases is only ever going to increase at this point. this isn't the first draft anymore - it's dot points scribbled hastily to post article 4/5 for the day
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Someone put this on a T-shirt
June 12, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Someone put this on a T-shirt
well, the US finally won something
June 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
well, the US finally won something
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do not install any app from Facebook or Meta on any device. Ideally avoid installing ANY social media app. Login through a browser.
I highly doubt Facebook is the only company pulling this shit
www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-...
I highly doubt Facebook is the only company pulling this shit
www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-...
“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.
You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.
www.zeropartydata.es
June 12, 2025 at 5:20 AM
do not install any app from Facebook or Meta on any device. Ideally avoid installing ANY social media app. Login through a browser.
I highly doubt Facebook is the only company pulling this shit
www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-...
I highly doubt Facebook is the only company pulling this shit
www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-...
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Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US.
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
Reporter hit by rubber bullet while covering ICE protests in LA
YouTube video by ABC7
m.youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Apparently, because it’s 2020 again, I need to start a thread on police violence targeting journalists in the US.
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
So, here we go:
1. Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi shot by police officer with less lethal munition.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=yrFJ...
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I'll always appreciate the beauty of the old Irish song "Go on Home British Soldiers". I played it in Syria to a friend who immediately vibed with it. I suspect many L.A. residents will too.
Nothing more natural than seeing an armed stranger and asking, "have you got no fucking home of your own?"
Nothing more natural than seeing an armed stranger and asking, "have you got no fucking home of your own?"
June 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I'll always appreciate the beauty of the old Irish song "Go on Home British Soldiers". I played it in Syria to a friend who immediately vibed with it. I suspect many L.A. residents will too.
Nothing more natural than seeing an armed stranger and asking, "have you got no fucking home of your own?"
Nothing more natural than seeing an armed stranger and asking, "have you got no fucking home of your own?"
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When Los Angeles actually *was* burning down six months ago, these people didn't give a damn about us. Now they're spreading fake AI videos showing LA burning
i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone
June 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
When Los Angeles actually *was* burning down six months ago, these people didn't give a damn about us. Now they're spreading fake AI videos showing LA burning
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New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
June 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New Yorkers scream out each officer’s lawsuits against them for excessive force and more upon their city, right to their faces while protesting.
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"The moment a user asks, 'Wait, why can't I go there? You said these were open,' we've failed on our promises. That's where we are right now."
I wrote about adversarial interoperability and the importance of making the most powerful parts of the open social web more accessible to users.
I wrote about adversarial interoperability and the importance of making the most powerful parts of the open social web more accessible to users.
But First, Interoperability
Back in November, I wrote an essay that explored the significance of services like Bridgy Fed, a protocol-level bridge that connects open social platforms. Since then, Ryan Barrett, the builder behind...
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June 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"The moment a user asks, 'Wait, why can't I go there? You said these were open,' we've failed on our promises. That's where we are right now."
I wrote about adversarial interoperability and the importance of making the most powerful parts of the open social web more accessible to users.
I wrote about adversarial interoperability and the importance of making the most powerful parts of the open social web more accessible to users.
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Seen this going around but I’m
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
June 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Seen this going around but I’m
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George
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it's some kind of dark humor that Israel's answer to MAD has been to adopt basically Schrodinger's Cat as an official state WMD policy
Useful reminder that Israel is believed to have 90 nuclear weapons. Also, Israel is not party to the nuclear non proliferation treaty, and has not accepted IAEA safeguards on some of its principle nuclear activities.
But yes, only Iran is the rogue state...
But yes, only Iran is the rogue state...
June 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
it's some kind of dark humor that Israel's answer to MAD has been to adopt basically Schrodinger's Cat as an official state WMD policy