HarryC
@unryu-edakumi.bsky.social
Buddhist, amateur traditional woodworker, dabbler in many strange skills, likely autistic. Find my longer writing at harry.garden
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Pivot to video was such a curse. Now everything’s like obviously you’d rather watch a 40 minute video than read a sentence.
July 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Pivot to video was such a curse. Now everything’s like obviously you’d rather watch a 40 minute video than read a sentence.
Yeah, this is something i haven't sussed out.
July 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Yeah, this is something i haven't sussed out.
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Stop looking for new centralized alternatives -- start building independent shit again. The only way to take control of the web away from major corporations is to build independent platforms.
Just go buy some hosting and start a god damned blog.
Just go buy some hosting and start a god damned blog.
STOP. STARTING. SUBSTACKS. IN 2025.
YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO AT THIS POINT, IT HAS BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE FOR 2 YEARS THAT THE PLACE IS RUN BY TECHNOFASCISTS, COME TF ON
YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO AT THIS POINT, IT HAS BEEN COMMON KNOWLEDGE FOR 2 YEARS THAT THE PLACE IS RUN BY TECHNOFASCISTS, COME TF ON
July 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Stop looking for new centralized alternatives -- start building independent shit again. The only way to take control of the web away from major corporations is to build independent platforms.
Just go buy some hosting and start a god damned blog.
Just go buy some hosting and start a god damned blog.
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It's really, really important to let people name the suffering they and others are experiencing. And it's not doomerism to do so.
The truth is, because of the results of the US presidential election last fall, millions are dying and will die. Many people will be harmed in other ways.
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The truth is, because of the results of the US presidential election last fall, millions are dying and will die. Many people will be harmed in other ways.
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July 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It's really, really important to let people name the suffering they and others are experiencing. And it's not doomerism to do so.
The truth is, because of the results of the US presidential election last fall, millions are dying and will die. Many people will be harmed in other ways.
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The truth is, because of the results of the US presidential election last fall, millions are dying and will die. Many people will be harmed in other ways.
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I have entombed
that friend
who was in
my basement
and who
was expecting a
rare vintage
Forgive me
I had all these bricks
a trowel
and a grudge
that friend
who was in
my basement
and who
was expecting a
rare vintage
Forgive me
I had all these bricks
a trowel
and a grudge
June 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I have entombed
that friend
who was in
my basement
and who
was expecting a
rare vintage
Forgive me
I had all these bricks
a trowel
and a grudge
that friend
who was in
my basement
and who
was expecting a
rare vintage
Forgive me
I had all these bricks
a trowel
and a grudge
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The Internet Archive has rolled out an extremely effective new tool for searching for old Geocities GIFs.
I'd apologize for what I'm about to do to this website as a result, but that would be a lie, because I won't feel sorry at all
gifcities.org
I'd apologize for what I'm about to do to this website as a result, but that would be a lie, because I won't feel sorry at all
gifcities.org
GifCities
gifcities.org
June 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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The neurodivergent experience of trying to be disciplined about something and doing it meticulously for days until you can't do it for some random reason one day and it's like it never happened 🥴
May 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The neurodivergent experience of trying to be disciplined about something and doing it meticulously for days until you can't do it for some random reason one day and it's like it never happened 🥴
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'Just as a man whose turban or hair is on fire will, to extinguish the fire... apply all his effort, ...so should that monk resolutely apply all his effort... for discarding his evil and unwholesome qualities' (AN 8.74).
www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/...
www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/...
Anguttara Nikaya: The Discourse Collection in Numerical Order
www.accesstoinsight.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
'Just as a man whose turban or hair is on fire will, to extinguish the fire... apply all his effort, ...so should that monk resolutely apply all his effort... for discarding his evil and unwholesome qualities' (AN 8.74).
www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/...
www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/...
That was a "fun" talk with the probate lawyer, but I'm a step closer to getting my late wife's estate closed.
May 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
That was a "fun" talk with the probate lawyer, but I'm a step closer to getting my late wife's estate closed.
New kitchen sink cabinet installed today, plus better plumbing and fiber cement board backing in the surround. Soon, dishwasher.
May 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
New kitchen sink cabinet installed today, plus better plumbing and fiber cement board backing in the surround. Soon, dishwasher.
Hurt my back yesterday moving heavy things. Started my exercises up again to help it. Been away from them too long with the move stuff.
May 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hurt my back yesterday moving heavy things. Started my exercises up again to help it. Been away from them too long with the move stuff.
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The autistic urge to interpret phrases like:
- give it your all
- give 100%
- try your hardest
- try your best
- this is urgent
- be as quick as you can
literally and then work much harder and faster (and put in far more effort) than is actually required or expected. Doing so can lead to burnout.
- give it your all
- give 100%
- try your hardest
- try your best
- this is urgent
- be as quick as you can
literally and then work much harder and faster (and put in far more effort) than is actually required or expected. Doing so can lead to burnout.
April 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The autistic urge to interpret phrases like:
- give it your all
- give 100%
- try your hardest
- try your best
- this is urgent
- be as quick as you can
literally and then work much harder and faster (and put in far more effort) than is actually required or expected. Doing so can lead to burnout.
- give it your all
- give 100%
- try your hardest
- try your best
- this is urgent
- be as quick as you can
literally and then work much harder and faster (and put in far more effort) than is actually required or expected. Doing so can lead to burnout.
Absolutely my experience. "Echo chamber" is code for "community of people saying things I dislike".
The correlation between people who actively worry about "echo chambers" and people who would be punched square in the face if they spouted their shitty ideas in public without a whole internet as a security barrier is pretty damn high
Reminder that concerns about "echo chambers" are a fake idea, we simply do not owe access to ourselves from anyone who demands it, least of all on a site that is designed for leisure and entertainment
April 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Absolutely my experience. "Echo chamber" is code for "community of people saying things I dislike".
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I think a lot of the "low empiricism" reputation that social science gets is less about the methods being exceptional and more about post-hoc rationalization to avoid facing the embarrassment of choosing to not solve social issues
April 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I think a lot of the "low empiricism" reputation that social science gets is less about the methods being exceptional and more about post-hoc rationalization to avoid facing the embarrassment of choosing to not solve social issues
Starting to wonder if part of my positivity toward LLMs is because I have the critical thinking and research skills to see their flaws (thanks philosophy degree), and I normally only ask them things I'm a subject-matter expert about already.
April 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Starting to wonder if part of my positivity toward LLMs is because I have the critical thinking and research skills to see their flaws (thanks philosophy degree), and I normally only ask them things I'm a subject-matter expert about already.
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I don’t want a side hustle, I don’t want to monetize my free time, I don’t want to found a tech start up that becomes a disruptor on an innovative tech platform, I want to fall asleep eating strawberries under a tree
April 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I don’t want a side hustle, I don’t want to monetize my free time, I don’t want to found a tech start up that becomes a disruptor on an innovative tech platform, I want to fall asleep eating strawberries under a tree
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Autism and rejection sensitivity...
When a person spends their entire life being excluded, criticized, rejected, and judged for being different... it's no wonder they'd develop an extreme and overwhelming, even cripping at times, sensitivity to those things
When a person spends their entire life being excluded, criticized, rejected, and judged for being different... it's no wonder they'd develop an extreme and overwhelming, even cripping at times, sensitivity to those things
April 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Autism and rejection sensitivity...
When a person spends their entire life being excluded, criticized, rejected, and judged for being different... it's no wonder they'd develop an extreme and overwhelming, even cripping at times, sensitivity to those things
When a person spends their entire life being excluded, criticized, rejected, and judged for being different... it's no wonder they'd develop an extreme and overwhelming, even cripping at times, sensitivity to those things
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Anyone who internalizes this line of bullshit will absolutely always be outflanked by people who know how to actually do things
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Anyone who internalizes this line of bullshit will absolutely always be outflanked by people who know how to actually do things
April 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
How is this not entrapment?
American police departments are spending hundreds of thousands on Massive Blue’s unproven and secretive technology that uses AI-generated online personas designed to interact with and collect intelligence on “college protesters,” “radicalized” political activists, and suspected traffickers.
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
www.wired.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
How is this not entrapment?
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CDC undercuts false "autism epidemic" claims by RFK Jr.: No, my dude, the new report showing an autism prevalence of 1 in 31 children is consistent with "increased access to identification services among previously underserved groups," meaning better detection/screening.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
CDC undercuts false "autism epidemic" claims by RFK Jr.: No, my dude, the new report showing an autism prevalence of 1 in 31 children is consistent with "increased access to identification services among previously underserved groups," meaning better detection/screening.
thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com/policy/healt...
Yup. I was never happy about these due to my economic circumstances as a child. See also getting called out for free/reduced lunch tickets.
The sadness vs joy at the Scholastic Book Fair is incredibly metaphoric economically.
April 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Yup. I was never happy about these due to my economic circumstances as a child. See also getting called out for free/reduced lunch tickets.