Trom
@trombonist.bsky.social
Hey it's Trom (they/them) I like bad puns.
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Trom
@trombonist.bsky.social
· Oct 30
people in a group: nah but it's OK that we're reminding the other people in a group about active efforts to destroy them, because ~nostalgia~.
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if your whole social media brand is "justice for women" or whatever and you make a big deal of including transfems (so generous!) don't think for a fucking second that means we'll fall for your "but some trans people are evil and dangerous" anti-solidarity bullshit you fucking wrecker piece of shit
"joined nov '24" labeler remains undefeated
October 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
if your whole social media brand is "justice for women" or whatever and you make a big deal of including transfems (so generous!) don't think for a fucking second that means we'll fall for your "but some trans people are evil and dangerous" anti-solidarity bullshit you fucking wrecker piece of shit
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I do not know which is worse: Cerberus operatives, or all this sand in my... damn it.
August 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I do not know which is worse: Cerberus operatives, or all this sand in my... damn it.
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It's called the tits of my ancestors. They're angry, and very cold.
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's called the tits of my ancestors. They're angry, and very cold.
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Because we have the worst government in the history of #Alberta I'm asking you to repost this info
Measles Hotline: Call 1-844-944-3434
If you we born between 1957 - 1970 you might need a measles booster
Call the hotline they will put you in touch with a public health nurse in your area
#ableg
Measles Hotline: Call 1-844-944-3434
If you we born between 1957 - 1970 you might need a measles booster
Call the hotline they will put you in touch with a public health nurse in your area
#ableg
July 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I can't get over the AI 2027 thing. I reread it this morning, and realized that one of the underlying assumptions is that 'if we run an LLM on a big enough data cluster, it'll somehow develop goal-directed learning, metacognition, and independent innovation, instead of being autocorrect writ large"
June 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can't get over the AI 2027 thing. I reread it this morning, and realized that one of the underlying assumptions is that 'if we run an LLM on a big enough data cluster, it'll somehow develop goal-directed learning, metacognition, and independent innovation, instead of being autocorrect writ large"
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doing the work isn’t just about the outputs it’s about the doing. the experience, the focused attention, the way all those things shape our brain (writing increases comprehension and memory)
98% of “AI” hype truly is an insult to life itself
98% of “AI” hype truly is an insult to life itself
“As a doctor, an important way I sustain and deepen my relationships with my patients is by writing about them. This is the very process that the AI scribe asks me — or forces me — to give up.”
Every doctor is a writer: On the end of note-writing and meaning-making in medicine
“As a doctor who is very much a writer, I feel a sense of dread and even grief at this new option (or pressure) to outsource my note-writing to AI,” writes Christine Henneberg.
www.statnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
doing the work isn’t just about the outputs it’s about the doing. the experience, the focused attention, the way all those things shape our brain (writing increases comprehension and memory)
98% of “AI” hype truly is an insult to life itself
98% of “AI” hype truly is an insult to life itself
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the problem with a story, essay, etc written by LLM is that i lose interest as soon as you tell me that’s how it was made. i have yet to see one that’s ‘good’ but i don’t doubt the tech will soon be advanced enough to write ‘well.’ but i’d rather see what a person thinks and how they’d phrase it
March 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
the problem with a story, essay, etc written by LLM is that i lose interest as soon as you tell me that’s how it was made. i have yet to see one that’s ‘good’ but i don’t doubt the tech will soon be advanced enough to write ‘well.’ but i’d rather see what a person thinks and how they’d phrase it
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![tmmyhug on tumblr: "when i go in a room and forget what i needed i become a point and click protagonist. [water bottle?] that's not helpful right now. [socks?] i don't know what to do with that. [charger?] that's not helpful right now. [scissors?] i can't do anything with that. [water bottle?] that's not helpful right now. [lone paperclip?] that's not helpful right now. [water bottle?]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreihh6csjaowv7n5g463pmi56t4c4ksjbr2c75gaokmoa2tznemuyge@jpeg)
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Even if you look at complex and emergent game systems, like procgen, you find players talking about the "system" as that thing they are trying to beat and/or collaborate with. That system is a designed thing.
Gen AI also doesn't have an interesting system, there's nothing to outsmart, learn, etc.
Gen AI also doesn't have an interesting system, there's nothing to outsmart, learn, etc.
March 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Even if you look at complex and emergent game systems, like procgen, you find players talking about the "system" as that thing they are trying to beat and/or collaborate with. That system is a designed thing.
Gen AI also doesn't have an interesting system, there's nothing to outsmart, learn, etc.
Gen AI also doesn't have an interesting system, there's nothing to outsmart, learn, etc.
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but if you take either of those approaches - that players derive joy from communicating with the devs through play, whether it's beating their challenges or being led carefully through them - then it really highlights why a lot of gen AI in the game experience is just undesirable
March 11, 2025 at 12:22 AM
but if you take either of those approaches - that players derive joy from communicating with the devs through play, whether it's beating their challenges or being led carefully through them - then it really highlights why a lot of gen AI in the game experience is just undesirable
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At max, you can expect to infect 5-7 people with COVID. That’s considered pretty transmissible, which is why we (tried to) lock down about it.
An infected person will give measles to 16-18 other people. It’s extremely virulent
It’s long past time for you to wear a mask again.
An infected person will give measles to 16-18 other people. It’s extremely virulent
It’s long past time for you to wear a mask again.
A thing I wish more people knew is that measles is basically the most contagious disease in the world
March 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
At max, you can expect to infect 5-7 people with COVID. That’s considered pretty transmissible, which is why we (tried to) lock down about it.
An infected person will give measles to 16-18 other people. It’s extremely virulent
It’s long past time for you to wear a mask again.
An infected person will give measles to 16-18 other people. It’s extremely virulent
It’s long past time for you to wear a mask again.
February 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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There’s no award for the fastest burnout either.
February 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
There’s no award for the fastest burnout either.
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let’s get this starty parted!
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 AM
let’s get this starty parted!
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For all our American neighbours who may be struggling to find accurate health information - thr Public Health Agency of Canada has a website you are more than welcome to use:
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
February 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
For all our American neighbours who may be struggling to find accurate health information - thr Public Health Agency of Canada has a website you are more than welcome to use:
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
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Please stop using perfectly passing trans people as an example of how "silly" the passport stuff is. Respect can NOT be conditional on how much someone looks the way you think they should.
February 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Please stop using perfectly passing trans people as an example of how "silly" the passport stuff is. Respect can NOT be conditional on how much someone looks the way you think they should.
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There's this fantastic thing called making Solas cry. You should try it sometime.
February 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
There's this fantastic thing called making Solas cry. You should try it sometime.
My friend Sam (who you may know as the composer for The Traitors!) is doing a 16 hour charity stream to raise money for Zoe's Animal Rescue! Today - Feb 15 - please stop by if you wish!
They are playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard
www.twitch.tv/hungrytriffid
They are playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard
www.twitch.tv/hungrytriffid
hungrytriffid - Twitch
9 Lives Video Game Marathon
www.twitch.tv
February 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
My friend Sam (who you may know as the composer for The Traitors!) is doing a 16 hour charity stream to raise money for Zoe's Animal Rescue! Today - Feb 15 - please stop by if you wish!
They are playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard
www.twitch.tv/hungrytriffid
They are playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard
www.twitch.tv/hungrytriffid
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I feel compelled to remind everyone that "use they/them if you don't know someone's pronouns" does not and has never meant just they/them people without even checking. Please make an attempt to find and use people's correct pronouns and don't just YOLO default to they because you're lazy.
February 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I feel compelled to remind everyone that "use they/them if you don't know someone's pronouns" does not and has never meant just they/them people without even checking. Please make an attempt to find and use people's correct pronouns and don't just YOLO default to they because you're lazy.
Boosting for my friend :)
Have other folks on T gotten intense muscle pain in the process? I'm trying to figure out if that's the cause or if it's the stress of this fucking administration. (Probably both, realistically)
If so, beyond heat, massage, stretching, trigger point release, and SSRIs what helps alleviate it?
If so, beyond heat, massage, stretching, trigger point release, and SSRIs what helps alleviate it?
February 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Boosting for my friend :)