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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 51m

I swear

If this is coming out now, the recent Windows 11 AI infestation announcement must have gone over like a lead balloon with the people they actually care about

Unusual Whales @unusualwhales.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Microsoft, $MSFT, leaders worried that meeting OpenAI’s rapidly escalating compute demands could lead to overbuilding servers that might not generate a financial return, per the Information

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 55m

damn maybe they should have worried about that before investing billions of dollars into the fancy chatbot no one wants to pay for and forcing it into everything

the recent announcement of forcing AI into every part of Windows 11 must have gone over more poorly than expected

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 8h

careful now, kitty. that right there is a scratchable lil head

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 19h

yes. can't imagine them learning beef bacon both exists and is delicious without pitching a fit

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 19h

their disgust extinguished the light in their eyes

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 23h

can you imagine how powerful Sheri would become if she let herself swear freely

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 23h

yet again

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 23h

this is the kind of guy who thinks he can do RAGBRAI with no training and has a heart attack the second day

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 23h

it's beyond absurd. and not having water?

bottle cages and bottles are cheap AF, and this billionaire fucker could definitely afford a Camelbak

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

If people want to take selfies of themselves whatever, but they damn well better make sure that anyone else in frame is alright with having their picture taken, too.

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

yeah he genuinely deserves to piss his muscles out of his kidneys

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

and some of us are genuinely okay with being referred to as they if it fits someone's mental image of us better

not really my place to say, but policing people's pronouns really doesn't seem helpful regardless of who's doing the policing

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

the tomorrow banana

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

worthless label from a worthless mod team

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

would be unsurprised if big local donors wanted him gone

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

"as a young person"? yeah this guy is taking the piss

but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

if you're already writing a stupid propaganda version of a popular song, it's not like it's more shameful to raise the key to put it in your vocal range than it is to growl tunelessly

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

you might as well, but maybe keep your wallet locked away for a while

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

He's lucky all he got was nasty muscle cramps and not the mother of all saddle sores.

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

Seems like the kind of guy you want to see on an old local access midnight show, not a politician.

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

you ever looked into how dropping thousands of bombs and deliberately destroying the environment in a region to make it impossible for people to survive independently affects the wider climate

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

what, you think you're going to win over fucking fascists by waving the Stars and Stripes

are you delusional

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

fuck yeah we're going to fight like hell for the system that in theory allows you to express yourself freely but fuck you if you have the gall to actually express yourself freely because that might make the fascists trying to kill you feel bad

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

cool how you find showing solidarity with minorities being specifically targeted by fascists selfish

like it makes you personally uncomfortable and you don't actually give a shit about other people or something

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but the future refused to change @alicedyeforme.bsky.social · 1d

If being against genocide is too controversial for a democracy, that democracy isn't worth saving.

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