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Dey

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Feminist, history lover (esp. medieval), Womens’ sports, hockey, gamer (Assassin's Creed, ACNH), Cheez-It & ChocoTaco (RIP) enthusiast, mom. Eclectic-Celtic-Cottage-Hedgie NYS, NYR, DAL, NYL, Wings. I come back stronger than a ‘90s trend.

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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · Oct 28

A Ren Faire implies a Stimpy Faire

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Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 16h

@reelquinn.bsky.social are there any Canadian stores for expats where I can try to find Canadian Products? I don’t need the 222s or bagged milk, just some Five Alive.

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 16h

Now I’ve got to hit up the British shop in Kisco this weekend to see if they carry it.

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 16h

My dog is obsessed with the Get Body Checked NHL HFC commercial when Gritty starts squeaking through the door.

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 16h

The OG best juice ever. You can order them from Amazon Canada via juice box. They’re still so great and make a baller mixer. But FUCK the green Five Alive. That can kick rocks. Blue only.

Dutch Pendergrass @dutchpendergrass.bsky.social · 17h

We used to be a proper country

Five Alive citrus drink (a blend of orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit & tangerine)

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 1d

I know I’ve asked before, but still wondering: do any of you use an app/client other than the “official” Bsky app? If so,what? What do you prefer over the original?

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 1d

Boof. Tryna figure out what I can use as a poppet/talisman/amulet for this team to fix the flow.

Perhaps there’s nothing they can do because of getting rid of Kreids and Key. Maybe a cord cutting with a blue and an orange candle? 😂

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 1d

I hope she’s kind. 🌛🌝🌜

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David Cooper @davidbcooper.bsky.social · 4d

Rosie the Ribbiter

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Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 2d

We do this with my 14yo on the regular. My husband’s number was one of the last I memorized 22 years ago before cell phones made it feel unnecessary.

Bony J @jovenitti.bsky.social · 2d

I get that it's outdated. But you REALLY need to memorize the phone number of your parents/SO.

When you really need that emergency contact, your phone may not be an option.

And quiz each other on it regularly.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 3d

Apparently 3 weeks ago per the interwebs.

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 3d

Ummmmm, que?

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 3d

Rempe’s ear is scary looking. 🤢🤮

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 4d

The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition…

We’re in incredibly dangerous territory.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."

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Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 4d

Fraggle’s first goal! Taylor Raddysh!

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David Berri @wagesofwins.bsky.social · 4d

I suspect the Venn Diagram of men who do not care that AI doesn't generate a profit and the men who insist the WNBA isn't profitable (and think that matters if it was true) is a damn circle.

Matthew Terrill @matthewterrill.bsky.social · 4d

I was already a hard AI-skeptic but this cements my long suspicion that there is no feasible path to anything close to return on invested capital for these data centers. Tech would need 15 to 25 times current AI revenues within the next 2-3 years just to break even. Not financially viable.

"I clearly hit a nerve in the industry, when judging by the number of individuals who reached out to chat," he wrote in an followup blog post. "In total, l've spoken with over two-dozen rather senior people in the datacenter universe, and there was an interesting and overriding theme to our conversations: no one understands how the financial math is supposed to work. They are as baffled as I am, and they do this for a living."
Kupperman's original skepticism was built on a guess that the components in an average Al data center would take ten years to depreciate, requiring costly replacements. That was bad enough: "I don't see how there can ever be any return on investment given the current math," he wrote at the time.
But ten years, he now understands, is way too generous.
" had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic based upon the speed with which Al datacenter technology is advancing," Kupperman wrote. "Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most."
In his previous analysis, Kupperman assumed it would take the tech industry $160 billion of revenue to break even on data center spending in 2025 alone. And that's assuming an incredibly generous 25 percent gross margin - not to mention the fact that the industry's actual Al revenue is closer to $20 billion annually, as the investment manager noted in his previous blog.

"In reality, the industry probably needs a revenue range that is closer to the $320 billion to $480 billion range, just to break even on the capex to be spent this year," Kupperman posited in his updated essay. "No wonder my new contacts in the industry shoulder a heavy burden - heavier than I could ever imagine. They know the truth."
Kupperman called that gulf between tech industry spending and actual revenue in 2025 "astonishing."
However, it doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. For example, how does it all shake out when we account for 2026, when hundreds of new data centers are expected to pop up?
"Adding the two years together, and using the math from my prior post, you'd need approximately $1 trillion in revenue to hit break even, and many trillions more to earn an acceptable return on this spend," he writes.
"If the economics don't work, doing it at massive scale doesn't make the economics work any better
- it just takes an industry crisis and makes it into a national economic crisis," he concludes.
Overall, the pessimists broadly agree: it's no longer a matter of if Al is massively overhyped, but when the whole thing comes crashing down.
More on Al hype: Data Shows That Al Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies

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Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, but it’s all so fucking ignorant because then you must decide what is for dinner, and then prepare/procure it.

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you. Without his sweet bb Kreids this season he needs to remember he can still do Mika things without him.

Dey @auralfixation.bsky.social · 4d

Rangers fans, there’s a man named Raddysh on our team. How do we get him nicknamed something Fraggle Rock-esque? #IYKYK

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 4d

Halloween is coming soon. Lupe" sent us this photo of the pumpkins he helped harvest in the Bakersfield CA area. He shares he is proud of the work he and other farm workers do to bring fruits and vegetables to the tables across America. #WeFeedYou