TJ Kendon
@tjkendon.bsky.social
Still unconvinced of corporate ownership of media, but I hear some of the fun people are here. Find me more so on Mastodon.
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Smudge is watching gifts get unwrapped
December 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Smudge is watching gifts get unwrapped
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I get that we’re gonna get a few cycles of backlash against the criticism of the plagiarists, much of it in good faith, but ‘angry people lack the linguistic specificity to dismantle the intentionally labyrinthian terminology of thieves’ isn’t a particularly interesting take, to me
December 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I get that we’re gonna get a few cycles of backlash against the criticism of the plagiarists, much of it in good faith, but ‘angry people lack the linguistic specificity to dismantle the intentionally labyrinthian terminology of thieves’ isn’t a particularly interesting take, to me
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The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The confusion and conflation of ‘generative ai that is built on stolen artwork’ and ‘machine learning, character behaviour modelling and proc gen’ is intentional on the part of the grifters peddling the former. They benefit from murkiness of classification, because the latter predates their bollocks
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I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
I just saw a great take on writers using "AI" - people don't like to read something that's clearly written by "AI", so we need to respect that and make sure it seems natural.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
So...put as much effort into tricking people into thinking we made an effort as we would into actually writing. Outstanding.
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I mean, the thing is, and I keep telling people this, I am SUPER lazy, so why would I learn how to prompt "AI" to write in a non-"AI" way when I can just naturally write in an engaging, human style? I doubt there is ever going to be a point where adding "AI" to the mix isn't just extra work for me.
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In the new year I want to do a series on HanksChannel called “find the papers” where I take a fun science fact and then actually find the papers that established that knowledge.
Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”
Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”
December 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In the new year I want to do a series on HanksChannel called “find the papers” where I take a fun science fact and then actually find the papers that established that knowledge.
Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”
Anything you want me to dig up? I’ve already done “Male anglerfish are sexual parasites.”
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Happy Solstice!! 🌙✨🐇
December 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Happy Solstice!! 🌙✨🐇
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the two genders: melee and ranged
December 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
the two genders: melee and ranged
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Happy Solstice | Tattooed Sun, 1994, stonecut by Kenojuak Ashevak | Baffin Fine Arts
December 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Happy Solstice | Tattooed Sun, 1994, stonecut by Kenojuak Ashevak | Baffin Fine Arts
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This is fantastic news, a triumph of medicine! And the overall cervical cancer rate in Oz is dropping, too, almost certainly due to HPV vaccinations.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is fantastic news, a triumph of medicine! And the overall cervical cancer rate in Oz is dropping, too, almost certainly due to HPV vaccinations.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
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It would seem that the internet has misunderstood my previous statements on the matter, so please allow me to be crystal clear: there are no ancient curses present in our games. [thread]
December 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It would seem that the internet has misunderstood my previous statements on the matter, so please allow me to be crystal clear: there are no ancient curses present in our games. [thread]
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So deeply not kidding when I say that the current paradigm of "Gen AI" is doing deep, lasting harm to our ability to make knowledge, meaning, & truth w/ each other.
Like… it's really fucking us up & if we don't stop it soon we're gonna see a kind of negative chaos frankly unimaginable to most ppl 👍🏾
Like… it's really fucking us up & if we don't stop it soon we're gonna see a kind of negative chaos frankly unimaginable to most ppl 👍🏾
January 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
So deeply not kidding when I say that the current paradigm of "Gen AI" is doing deep, lasting harm to our ability to make knowledge, meaning, & truth w/ each other.
Like… it's really fucking us up & if we don't stop it soon we're gonna see a kind of negative chaos frankly unimaginable to most ppl 👍🏾
Like… it's really fucking us up & if we don't stop it soon we're gonna see a kind of negative chaos frankly unimaginable to most ppl 👍🏾
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Sometimes the scroll is startlingly on point.
December 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sometimes the scroll is startlingly on point.
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The light's coming back now
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
December 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The light's coming back now
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
ha ha i did it, bitches
another solstice met and bested
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Daily bunny no.3176 catching the sun
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Daily bunny no.3176 catching the sun
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Goddamn them all
I was told
We'd cruise the seas for Maduro’s nose gold
We'd bomb no boats
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a West Palm Beach pier
The last of Marco’s privateers
I was told
We'd cruise the seas for Maduro’s nose gold
We'd bomb no boats
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a West Palm Beach pier
The last of Marco’s privateers
Apparently this is not the onion: www.lee.senate.gov/2025/12/patr...
December 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Goddamn them all
I was told
We'd cruise the seas for Maduro’s nose gold
We'd bomb no boats
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a West Palm Beach pier
The last of Marco’s privateers
I was told
We'd cruise the seas for Maduro’s nose gold
We'd bomb no boats
Shed no tears
Now I'm a broken man on a West Palm Beach pier
The last of Marco’s privateers
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it is literally the last week before break, i'm going to need everyone to log off and stop making news
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
it is literally the last week before break, i'm going to need everyone to log off and stop making news
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Entering my Luddite era.
Not luddite as anti-technology. Luddite as in desiring to work in harmony and honesty with technology I understand and respect and maintain. Luddite as in fighting against those who warp it into monstrosity and leverage it against humanity and community and the common good.
Not luddite as anti-technology. Luddite as in desiring to work in harmony and honesty with technology I understand and respect and maintain. Luddite as in fighting against those who warp it into monstrosity and leverage it against humanity and community and the common good.
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Entering my Luddite era.
Not luddite as anti-technology. Luddite as in desiring to work in harmony and honesty with technology I understand and respect and maintain. Luddite as in fighting against those who warp it into monstrosity and leverage it against humanity and community and the common good.
Not luddite as anti-technology. Luddite as in desiring to work in harmony and honesty with technology I understand and respect and maintain. Luddite as in fighting against those who warp it into monstrosity and leverage it against humanity and community and the common good.
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I too would much rather kiss on the beach than talk about AI
You heard it here first: Jacob Elordi tells @beccamford.bsky.social he'd rather kiss on the beach than talk about AI vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/frankenstein-jacob-elordi-euphoria-interview
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I too would much rather kiss on the beach than talk about AI
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Went to a funeral today for Krissy's uncle, Ron. He was a good guy and had a well-lived life. Tell the people you love that you love them, okay? Thanks. Here's a dog and cat, living together.
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Went to a funeral today for Krissy's uncle, Ron. He was a good guy and had a well-lived life. Tell the people you love that you love them, okay? Thanks. Here's a dog and cat, living together.
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When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When this "AI" bubble pops, the men pretending they weren't pushing the hype, like "critics" whose position is "AGI is real but LLMs aren't the way," who were in eugenicist and "AI existential risk"🙄 circles, will get specials discussing what they saw coming, when its the women who told you so.
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It's only reasonable that the CRA should be allowed to do this if anything it gets wrong they have to honor.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
It's only reasonable that the CRA should be allowed to do this if anything it gets wrong they have to honor.