Thomas
@theschrat.bsky.social
Physicist, fencer, and old-vehicle enjoyer.
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
Of all of the indignities of modern air travel, at least we don’t have 20 people making the most mundane phone calls whilst we’re all stuck in a metal tube 10 km up.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Of all of the indignities of modern air travel, at least we don’t have 20 people making the most mundane phone calls whilst we’re all stuck in a metal tube 10 km up.
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A modern version of Don Quixote painted on a garage door in Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes. #ColorADay #bluetue #TagTuesday #streetart #graffiti #foto
#streetphotography #photo #art #anzaa #urbangaze #eastcoastkin
#streetphotography #photo #art #anzaa #urbangaze #eastcoastkin
October 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A modern version of Don Quixote painted on a garage door in Alcalá de Henares, the birthplace of Miguel de Cervantes. #ColorADay #bluetue #TagTuesday #streetart #graffiti #foto
#streetphotography #photo #art #anzaa #urbangaze #eastcoastkin
#streetphotography #photo #art #anzaa #urbangaze #eastcoastkin
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it's easier to buy a gun in the united states than high-rise trousers
August 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
it's easier to buy a gun in the united states than high-rise trousers
I don’t know how to sufficiently express to all companies everywhere that I don’t want the item/service I use to have a social component. “Want to share what you’re listening to amongst your friends?” NO! I want to listen to the same terrible song 100 times and not be judged.
July 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I don’t know how to sufficiently express to all companies everywhere that I don’t want the item/service I use to have a social component. “Want to share what you’re listening to amongst your friends?” NO! I want to listen to the same terrible song 100 times and not be judged.
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Startups continue to prove the joke that 'AI' stands for 'Absent Indians'.
Builder.ai collapses after revelation that its 'AI' was hundreds of engineers
– The fall of a unicorn built on hype, humans, and fake AI
www.techspot.com/news/108173-...
– The fall of a unicorn built on hype, humans, and fake AI
www.techspot.com/news/108173-...
June 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Startups continue to prove the joke that 'AI' stands for 'Absent Indians'.
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Three kids in a trenchcoat only it's unpaid labor and AI.
"A $1.5 billion London-based Builder dot ai backed by Microsoft has shuttered after its ‘neural network’ was discovered to actually be hundreds of computer engineers based in India...The farce lasted for eight years, getting exposed in May 2025. Builder announced bankruptcy shortly thereafter"
AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers - Dexerto
An ambitious company that claimed to make apps using AI has been exposed as hundreds of human workers based in India.
www.dexerto.com
June 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Three kids in a trenchcoat only it's unpaid labor and AI.
*Record Scratch* *Freeze Frame* Yep, that's me…
May 30, 2025 at 2:49 PM
*Record Scratch* *Freeze Frame* Yep, that's me…
In all honesty: I block -- at first sight -- every account I see sharing genAI crap here. Draw or write poorly: you'll get better over time. Don't give your hobbies away to the Gaslighting Engine.
May 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In all honesty: I block -- at first sight -- every account I see sharing genAI crap here. Draw or write poorly: you'll get better over time. Don't give your hobbies away to the Gaslighting Engine.
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get fucked, luis.
May 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
get fucked, luis.
With Duolingo’s firing of humans on staff in favour of generative AI, I’ve decided to abandon my 2,293-day streak, cancel my subscription, and delete my account.
Any good recommendations on language-learning software?
Any good recommendations on language-learning software?
May 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
With Duolingo’s firing of humans on staff in favour of generative AI, I’ve decided to abandon my 2,293-day streak, cancel my subscription, and delete my account.
Any good recommendations on language-learning software?
Any good recommendations on language-learning software?
It’s weird: this is my first trip in a while where I haven’t brought a camera with me. I won’t have time to go out and use it, but I still am sitting here at the aeroport going “what if?”
April 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It’s weird: this is my first trip in a while where I haven’t brought a camera with me. I won’t have time to go out and use it, but I still am sitting here at the aeroport going “what if?”
Cherry blossom viewing with the rollei.
April 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Cherry blossom viewing with the rollei.
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Wait the crazy religion they made up for Conclave is actually real???
March 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wait the crazy religion they made up for Conclave is actually real???
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a ghost in your house, but it's only haunting you because it can tell you're sad and it doesn't know what to say to make you feel better so it just follows you awkwardly from room to room
March 4, 2025 at 2:02 AM
a ghost in your house, but it's only haunting you because it can tell you're sad and it doesn't know what to say to make you feel better so it just follows you awkwardly from room to room
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*attenborough voice* sensing that its entire ecosystem has turned against it, the cybertruck resorts to extreme mutations in its desperate struggle to survive
March 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
*attenborough voice* sensing that its entire ecosystem has turned against it, the cybertruck resorts to extreme mutations in its desperate struggle to survive
Was it worth schlepping a 300-mm f/4 prime lens all the way across the country with me on my recent trip?
Yes. Yes it was.
Yes. Yes it was.
March 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Was it worth schlepping a 300-mm f/4 prime lens all the way across the country with me on my recent trip?
Yes. Yes it was.
Yes. Yes it was.
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american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
March 1, 2025 at 8:03 AM
american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit
Finally played Firewatch. I’d picked it up before, but wasn’t able to make it through the intro.
Well worth a play. I think I’ll just sit and marinate on it for a while.
Well worth a play. I think I’ll just sit and marinate on it for a while.
March 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Finally played Firewatch. I’d picked it up before, but wasn’t able to make it through the intro.
Well worth a play. I think I’ll just sit and marinate on it for a while.
Well worth a play. I think I’ll just sit and marinate on it for a while.
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C'est magnifique 🥹
Quelle galère de prendre des couleurs directes en photo. Ça rend A PEU PRÈS ça... 🙂
February 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
C'est magnifique 🥹