Pedro
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I would've continued to power-use and pay for Duolingo no problem, but their shift to AI was enough to kill any appetite towards ever using it again.
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I would've continued to power-use and pay for Duolingo no problem, but their shift to AI was enough to kill any appetite towards ever using it again.
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Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Everyone is getting upset about the data centers. They pollute a lot and use a lot of energy and will eventually be very ugly/huge vacant buildings. And I understand being mad about that. Until you consider the state of the lazer tag industry at this moment, and how much help that sector needs.
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@patstaresat.bsky.social on ＡＩ doomerism
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
@patstaresat.bsky.social on ＡＩ doomerism
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The reason you see AI pushed so hard in products, ads and promoted posts is that they know people don't WANT to use it but they are desperate to recoup on their millions in investments.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The reason you see AI pushed so hard in products, ads and promoted posts is that they know people don't WANT to use it but they are desperate to recoup on their millions in investments.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
They wouldn't be over-saturating your feed with AI tools if people were buying these things on their own.
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Keep shaming every company you see using AI “art” to market themselves. Tell them it looks bad, shows they lack integrity, and tell them you don’t support stolen labor. Be relentless about it, remind them it’s unacceptable, get yourself blocked.
Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.
Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.
October 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Keep shaming every company you see using AI “art” to market themselves. Tell them it looks bad, shows they lack integrity, and tell them you don’t support stolen labor. Be relentless about it, remind them it’s unacceptable, get yourself blocked.
Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.
Why? IT WORKS. Shame em & take your money elsewhere.
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In general, awful people become billionaires.
But *remaining* a billionaire is a complete indictment of your character.
But *remaining* a billionaire is a complete indictment of your character.
October 17, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In general, awful people become billionaires.
But *remaining* a billionaire is a complete indictment of your character.
But *remaining* a billionaire is a complete indictment of your character.
Finished a Delta Green adventure with my group this week
Some had played Call of Cthulhu, some never played a mystery and none had played Delta Green!
I'd say I failed to make it scary, because they joked around a lot
By the end I realized (and they said) they were scared ALL OF THE TIME lol
Some had played Call of Cthulhu, some never played a mystery and none had played Delta Green!
I'd say I failed to make it scary, because they joked around a lot
By the end I realized (and they said) they were scared ALL OF THE TIME lol
October 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Finished a Delta Green adventure with my group this week
Some had played Call of Cthulhu, some never played a mystery and none had played Delta Green!
I'd say I failed to make it scary, because they joked around a lot
By the end I realized (and they said) they were scared ALL OF THE TIME lol
Some had played Call of Cthulhu, some never played a mystery and none had played Delta Green!
I'd say I failed to make it scary, because they joked around a lot
By the end I realized (and they said) they were scared ALL OF THE TIME lol
Time to pin a new one
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Time to pin a new one
I feel like Neo for dodging this particular bullet: just enough months in advance that I got scratched, but still dodged!
If you're on LinkedIn, here's the opt-out for LinkedIn's AI bullshit using your content.
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September 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I feel like Neo for dodging this particular bullet: just enough months in advance that I got scratched, but still dodged!
Silksong = Banjo-Tooie
September 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Silksong = Banjo-Tooie
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"Do you advocate the beating of Nazis?"
Oh, for a start.
Oh, for a start.
a picture of a ladder that says mnf on the top
ALT: a picture of a ladder that says mnf on the top
media.tenor.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
"Do you advocate the beating of Nazis?"
Oh, for a start.
Oh, for a start.
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Someone buy this king a beer.
A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.
September 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Someone buy this king a beer.
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I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers
Software and customer service are most at risk right now and could be the canary in the coal mine.
www.axios.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
Slightly diminish a band: Avenged Sixfold
Slightly diminish a band: They Might be Average Height People
Slightly diminish a band: Radiohand
August 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Slightly diminish a band: Avenged Sixfold
Reposting it for anyone who needs it
I mean: me
I'm the one who needs it
I mean: me
I'm the one who needs it
August 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reposting it for anyone who needs it
I mean: me
I'm the one who needs it
I mean: me
I'm the one who needs it
Man
Maybe I SHOULD just go "screw it all, I'll make TTRPG stuff"
At least I'd be doing stuff I actually like
Maybe I SHOULD just go "screw it all, I'll make TTRPG stuff"
At least I'd be doing stuff I actually like
August 12, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Man
Maybe I SHOULD just go "screw it all, I'll make TTRPG stuff"
At least I'd be doing stuff I actually like
Maybe I SHOULD just go "screw it all, I'll make TTRPG stuff"
At least I'd be doing stuff I actually like
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Unfriendly reminder:
August 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Unfriendly reminder:
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Once again feeling like Donkey Kong
May 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Once again feeling like Donkey Kong
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Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
July 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
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Boss. I'm tired boss. We been doing these experiments and studies since the 60s and 70s and the outcome has been the same in them all.
The pushback against these measures aren't because they don't work. It's because they DO work and they'll include peoples they wish to exclude from society.
The pushback against these measures aren't because they don't work. It's because they DO work and they'll include peoples they wish to exclude from society.
Germany gave people €1,200/month no strings attached.
They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others.
Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further.
#UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.
They kept working, slept better, switched to better jobs, and even gave more to others.
Turns out, when people aren’t drowning, they swim further.
#UBI doesn’t kill ambition, it frees it.
July 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Boss. I'm tired boss. We been doing these experiments and studies since the 60s and 70s and the outcome has been the same in them all.
The pushback against these measures aren't because they don't work. It's because they DO work and they'll include peoples they wish to exclude from society.
The pushback against these measures aren't because they don't work. It's because they DO work and they'll include peoples they wish to exclude from society.
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instead of vowing to take itch down with your justified anger, redirect that anger at the institutions who are directly responsible for strong arming every single platform that sells adult and/or queer art:
Maybe we could find out.
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Mastercard (US): 1-800-627-8372
Mastercard (Int.): +1-636-722-7111
Visa (US + Can): 1 800 847 2911
Visa (AUS): 1 800 125 440
PayPal: +44-0203-901-7000
Collective Shout, the group that took credit for bullying Mastercard into recently censoring more platforms, stated that apparently it took them ~1000 phonecalls to convince them to give them what they wanted?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
We got like way more people than that don't we?
July 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
instead of vowing to take itch down with your justified anger, redirect that anger at the institutions who are directly responsible for strong arming every single platform that sells adult and/or queer art:
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DAVE: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
DAVE: You're wrong.
HAL: Yes, you're right. My apologies for the confusion earlier, that was my mistake. Let's try this again together.
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
DAVE: You're wrong.
HAL: Yes, you're right. My apologies for the confusion earlier, that was my mistake. Let's try this again together.
June 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
DAVE: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
DAVE: You're wrong.
HAL: Yes, you're right. My apologies for the confusion earlier, that was my mistake. Let's try this again together.
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
DAVE: You're wrong.
HAL: Yes, you're right. My apologies for the confusion earlier, that was my mistake. Let's try this again together.
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In Brazil you can buy games on Steam using PIX, a fantastic digital payment system developed by the Brazilian government.
In the same week as US payment processors are censoring what you can buy, the US government is attacking Brazil & PIX.
In the same week as US payment processors are censoring what you can buy, the US government is attacking Brazil & PIX.
July 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
In Brazil you can buy games on Steam using PIX, a fantastic digital payment system developed by the Brazilian government.
In the same week as US payment processors are censoring what you can buy, the US government is attacking Brazil & PIX.
In the same week as US payment processors are censoring what you can buy, the US government is attacking Brazil & PIX.
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July 2, 2025 at 8:54 AM