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@tonionei.bsky.social
a marketing geek who went into nonprofit. snarky oddball. side quests include vintage kitsch, books, queer and culture studies, collage art, jam bands, and commentary on current events.
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Ok but I bought my gourds today 😭
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ok but I bought my gourds today 😭
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September 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I get razzed for sticking w old things: my phone's from 2018, my "computer monitor" is a 15 yo TV, my car could legally drink & my house is full of 1950s & 60s furniture. Here's the thing: older shit was built better & I don't worry that it's going to self destruct or steal my peace w an "upgrade."
September 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I get razzed for sticking w old things: my phone's from 2018, my "computer monitor" is a 15 yo TV, my car could legally drink & my house is full of 1950s & 60s furniture. Here's the thing: older shit was built better & I don't worry that it's going to self destruct or steal my peace w an "upgrade."
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
September 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
This is my fear as I see a few people in my life get a glimmer in their eyes as they recall AI conversations. These are products with one goal: to keep you engaged. If you end up isolating everyone in the process, well that's just more time you can invest in the chatbot.
Good article about some pretty concerning situations, though it's hard to gauge how common this is yet. This whole thing is so 2025, right down to needing to read the article in reader mode on my phone because the advertising was so intrusive I couldn't focus otherwise.
"My family is being ripped apart, and I firmly believe this phenomenon is central to why."
September 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is my fear as I see a few people in my life get a glimmer in their eyes as they recall AI conversations. These are products with one goal: to keep you engaged. If you end up isolating everyone in the process, well that's just more time you can invest in the chatbot.
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Lessons from being online since 1995
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
September 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Lessons from being online since 1995
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
1. Brandolini's law:
"The amount of energy needed to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than that needed to produce it."
2. Chill before serving. (Mine)
3. It's irony when the actor or observer is "confidently unaware."
4. On the Media's rules.
And in fact we wouldn't have to invest so much time and energy obfuscating if it wasn't.
September 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
And in fact we wouldn't have to invest so much time and energy obfuscating if it wasn't.
@yourewrongabout.bsky.social I still cut up the (now seemingly bio degradable???) six pack wring Every Time while my gen X husband laughs at me.
September 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
@yourewrongabout.bsky.social I still cut up the (now seemingly bio degradable???) six pack wring Every Time while my gen X husband laughs at me.
Still here, still queer (as in f*ck you, as the saying goes 🙂)
September is Bisexual Visibility Month.
So lets clear up something very basic here:
So lets clear up something very basic here:
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Still here, still queer (as in f*ck you, as the saying goes 🙂)
Turns out when you ask the robots how hungry they are, they'll attempt to justify why the entire ecosystem should continue to be fed. Note I didn't ask why the money was being spent, just how much.
September 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Turns out when you ask the robots how hungry they are, they'll attempt to justify why the entire ecosystem should continue to be fed. Note I didn't ask why the money was being spent, just how much.
So my new-to-me townhome in the suburbs has a kitchen door that could be assumed to be the front door. Yesterday 2 sales guys opened the creaky storm door to knock and were greeted by the kung fu kick-and-lock of a startled former city dweller. Kind of sorry but also good to know about myself, lol.
September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
So my new-to-me townhome in the suburbs has a kitchen door that could be assumed to be the front door. Yesterday 2 sales guys opened the creaky storm door to knock and were greeted by the kung fu kick-and-lock of a startled former city dweller. Kind of sorry but also good to know about myself, lol.
It's times like this I'm glad for my dark sense of humor because the comic made me chuckle if nothing else.
Why are RFK Jr. and the Trump GOP destroying a federal agency that is the international gold standard for fighting disease?
#AnotherTrumpDisaster #GOPIgnorance
#AnotherTrumpDisaster #GOPIgnorance
August 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's times like this I'm glad for my dark sense of humor because the comic made me chuckle if nothing else.
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hoping to see more of this.
A team of climate communication experts – including many members of the former climate.gov team which was shuttered by the Trump administration earlier this year – is now working to resurrect its content into a new organization with an expanded mission.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
hoping to see more of this.
"it's like shooting crackers in a barrel" = new idiom for a non-event that was all but guaranteed to rile up "anti-woke" conservatives.
August 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"it's like shooting crackers in a barrel" = new idiom for a non-event that was all but guaranteed to rile up "anti-woke" conservatives.
"While these safeguards work best in common, short exchanges, we’ve learned over time that they can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions where parts of the model’s safety training may degrade."
So the longer you interact with the model, the more off script it goes? Fantastic.
So the longer you interact with the model, the more off script it goes? Fantastic.
The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine have sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT contributed to their son’s suicide, including by advising him on methods and offering to write the first draft of his suicide note.
Parents of 16-year-old sue OpenAI, claiming ChatGPT advised on his suicide | CNN Business
The parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine have sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, alleging that ChatGPT contributed to their son’s suicide, including by advising him on methods and offering to write the firs...
www.cnn.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
"While these safeguards work best in common, short exchanges, we’ve learned over time that they can sometimes become less reliable in long interactions where parts of the model’s safety training may degrade."
So the longer you interact with the model, the more off script it goes? Fantastic.
So the longer you interact with the model, the more off script it goes? Fantastic.
Very large slug with mini lighter for scale.
(That's it, that's the skeet.)
(That's it, that's the skeet.)
August 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Very large slug with mini lighter for scale.
(That's it, that's the skeet.)
(That's it, that's the skeet.)
Wanted to get more context on the current vibe with tech stocks, so I searched news on "magnificent 7 stocks" in the past week. I thought it was weird that I wasn't seeing anything... then I realized my last phone scrub reset my search to Google.
Screen shots for the same params on Google and DDG.
Screen shots for the same params on Google and DDG.
August 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Wanted to get more context on the current vibe with tech stocks, so I searched news on "magnificent 7 stocks" in the past week. I thought it was weird that I wasn't seeing anything... then I realized my last phone scrub reset my search to Google.
Screen shots for the same params on Google and DDG.
Screen shots for the same params on Google and DDG.
I wonder what other business they conducted over the hotel wifi 🤦🏻♀️
I just sat bolt upright out of bed like a fucking cartoon when I saw this headline.
We gotta get these useless sacks outta there.
We gotta get these useless sacks outta there.
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
www.npr.org
August 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wonder what other business they conducted over the hotel wifi 🤦🏻♀️
Whoever designed the Google Slides interface should be condemned to attempting to build out a deck while riding a commuter train for all eternity.
August 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Whoever designed the Google Slides interface should be condemned to attempting to build out a deck while riding a commuter train for all eternity.
Y'all I'm about half way through They Thought They Were Free and I'm not having a good time. Came here for a break and wow nope, still not a good time.
August 6, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Y'all I'm about half way through They Thought They Were Free and I'm not having a good time. Came here for a break and wow nope, still not a good time.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:
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Big Gay Read 2025 Keynote Speech
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July 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here: