troyliss
@troyliss.bsky.social
Troy Lissoway. Graphic Designer. Ape seeking understanding. Albertan. He/Him. Product of Canada*
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
(*At least 98 per cent of the total direct costs of producing the item were incurred in Canada)
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Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support
Experts warn of dangers as England and Wales study shows 13- to 17-year-olds consulting AI amid long waiting lists for services
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Absolutely stunning to see Australia's teen social media ban rushed through while every single government, educational institution and probably a huge number of parents are frantically force-injecting chatbot slop into the mind of every single child in the country without a second's hesitation
That sounds like it might work! What if we took it further and had a collective entity that could negotiate on behalf of every person in the United States; imagine what that would do to prices! Gosh are there any organizations like that, able to represent every person living in the country?
Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
That sounds like it might work! What if we took it further and had a collective entity that could negotiate on behalf of every person in the United States; imagine what that would do to prices! Gosh are there any organizations like that, able to represent every person living in the country?
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Ummmmm why didn't anyone tell me that TWO OF MY JOURNAL ARTICLES WERE CITED in Justice Feasby's decision on the Alberta secession referendum initiative????
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Ummmmm why didn't anyone tell me that TWO OF MY JOURNAL ARTICLES WERE CITED in Justice Feasby's decision on the Alberta secession referendum initiative????
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Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
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They're nitpicky because they want to FEEL like their input was an important part of the result. And they get that feeling when the slop machine gives them their customized slop.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
They're nitpicky because they want to FEEL like their input was an important part of the result. And they get that feeling when the slop machine gives them their customized slop.
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Trump's DOJ is never going to weigh the merits of a Paramount takeover of Warner Brothers objectively when the Saudis, his son in law, and billionaire donor is involved.
Yet you're going to read endless stories in the months to come that treat the review process as a completely normal one.
Yet you're going to read endless stories in the months to come that treat the review process as a completely normal one.
December 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Trump's DOJ is never going to weigh the merits of a Paramount takeover of Warner Brothers objectively when the Saudis, his son in law, and billionaire donor is involved.
Yet you're going to read endless stories in the months to come that treat the review process as a completely normal one.
Yet you're going to read endless stories in the months to come that treat the review process as a completely normal one.
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airport 61 - Interesting Productions
https://macthemes.garden/themes/7061052a7809-airport-61
https://macthemes.garden/themes/7061052a7809-airport-61
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
airport 61 - Interesting Productions
https://macthemes.garden/themes/7061052a7809-airport-61
https://macthemes.garden/themes/7061052a7809-airport-61
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also always deeply funny that every sci-fi video game from 1999-2014 was trying to be Aliens, and copied everything except the...working class woman protagonist
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
also always deeply funny that every sci-fi video game from 1999-2014 was trying to be Aliens, and copied everything except the...working class woman protagonist
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Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
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you will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 5:02 AM
you will be visited by 3 spirits
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why does everyone in the nuzzi orbit write like this!!
all of these people need an editor, a psychiatrist, and a small circle of trusted friends they can share this sort of beastly idea with over brunch instead of inflicting it on the public.
all of these people need an editor, a psychiatrist, and a small circle of trusted friends they can share this sort of beastly idea with over brunch instead of inflicting it on the public.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
why does everyone in the nuzzi orbit write like this!!
all of these people need an editor, a psychiatrist, and a small circle of trusted friends they can share this sort of beastly idea with over brunch instead of inflicting it on the public.
all of these people need an editor, a psychiatrist, and a small circle of trusted friends they can share this sort of beastly idea with over brunch instead of inflicting it on the public.
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Unspeakably powerful intergalactic entities would rather kidnap personnel from a Constellation class starship than get therapy smdh
December 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Unspeakably powerful intergalactic entities would rather kidnap personnel from a Constellation class starship than get therapy smdh
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I literally have a grenade strapped to my Scrivener research files. There is no way I can explain them to people who aren't writers. I mean, I used to write obscure encyclopedia articles and know way too much about peeling the flesh off a human skull and shrinking it into a cursed object.
December 9, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I literally have a grenade strapped to my Scrivener research files. There is no way I can explain them to people who aren't writers. I mean, I used to write obscure encyclopedia articles and know way too much about peeling the flesh off a human skull and shrinking it into a cursed object.
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it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
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This UCP government continues to find all manner of ways to limit debate. Today they just simply shut it down before it could even begin. It's a new low, even for them.
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This UCP government continues to find all manner of ways to limit debate. Today they just simply shut it down before it could even begin. It's a new low, even for them.
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I don't know if folks who didn't grow up in the Christian church grasp how painfully clear the Bible is about treating all humans with dignity and respect. Jesus was like PRETEND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ME IF THAT HELPS.
And yet!
And yet!
Leviticus 19:33-34
New International Version
33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
New International Version
33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I don't know if folks who didn't grow up in the Christian church grasp how painfully clear the Bible is about treating all humans with dignity and respect. Jesus was like PRETEND THOSE PEOPLE ARE ME IF THAT HELPS.
And yet!
And yet!
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Boy, It would be nice if some of you who were quick to post or repost the clickbait quote attributed to Sara Pichelli would also post or repost her ACTUAL feelings on instagram www.instagram.com/p/DSAHzjEjPP...
SARA PICHELLI on Instagram: "It got to my attention an headline about me saying something about Miles royalties that was written after an interview here at CCXP. I wanted to let go but since many of y...
5,225 likes, 0 comments - sara_pichelli on December 8, 2025: "It got to my attention an headline about me saying something about Miles royalties that was written after an interview here at CCXP. I wan...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Boy, It would be nice if some of you who were quick to post or repost the clickbait quote attributed to Sara Pichelli would also post or repost her ACTUAL feelings on instagram www.instagram.com/p/DSAHzjEjPP...
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Them: we made a whole tv commercial out of AIs
Me: ***whatever the heck this is intensifies***
Me: ***whatever the heck this is intensifies***
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Them: we made a whole tv commercial out of AIs
Me: ***whatever the heck this is intensifies***
Me: ***whatever the heck this is intensifies***
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EYLO - Max Rudberg
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
EYLO - Max Rudberg
Still sad that our big Haier TV that we bought because it had 5 HDMI ports and no smart features finally died last year. ☹️
no idea
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Still sad that our big Haier TV that we bought because it had 5 HDMI ports and no smart features finally died last year. ☹️
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as I've remarked before, cyberpunk isn't 'I glitch into the webframe and draw my katana', it's 'the life of a man working for a criminal syndicate in Myanmar who spends his days pretending to be different women online to steal from the elderly'
People are dying over who gets to steal from a dude in Iowa who thinks the model who "accidentally" texted him has fallen in love with him.
the Thai-Cambodian conflict is at least partially about control of the scam/gambling/prostitution compounds along the border.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/t...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
as I've remarked before, cyberpunk isn't 'I glitch into the webframe and draw my katana', it's 'the life of a man working for a criminal syndicate in Myanmar who spends his days pretending to be different women online to steal from the elderly'
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JD Vance Reminded To Use White House Service Entrance
JD Vance Reminded To Use White House Service Entrance
WASHINGTON—During a confrontation in which it was firmly reiterated that the front entrance was for approved personnel only, Vice President JD Vance was once again reminded by White House security to ...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance Reminded To Use White House Service Entrance
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This is something I and my fellow hyper literate types have a really hard time grasping. It’s frustrating to think you’re being really clear in writing, but still get wildly misunderstood because you’ve overestimated people’s literacy level.
This is…a real problem online.
This is…a real problem online.
People don't understand what is meant by "literacy" and the "literacy crisis".
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is something I and my fellow hyper literate types have a really hard time grasping. It’s frustrating to think you’re being really clear in writing, but still get wildly misunderstood because you’ve overestimated people’s literacy level.
This is…a real problem online.
This is…a real problem online.