Doug Underhill
@dunderhill.bsky.social
(He/him) PCUSA pastor, game designer, writer, editor, coach; Tolkien, sharks, dogs, theology; the Bodhana Group and Bridge of Hope; only human art!
Publications: https://douglasunderhill.wordpress.com/publications/
TTRPG Stuff: https://dunderhill.itch.io
Publications: https://douglasunderhill.wordpress.com/publications/
TTRPG Stuff: https://dunderhill.itch.io
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Pretty much the only thing that doesn't worry me about #AI is that it might become super-intelligent and enslave or destroy us.
LLMs are stupid as shit and will never become intelligent.
The danger is it'll convince tech oligarchs that they're intelligent and they'll enslave or destroy us with it
LLMs are stupid as shit and will never become intelligent.
The danger is it'll convince tech oligarchs that they're intelligent and they'll enslave or destroy us with it
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Pretty much the only thing that doesn't worry me about #AI is that it might become super-intelligent and enslave or destroy us.
LLMs are stupid as shit and will never become intelligent.
The danger is it'll convince tech oligarchs that they're intelligent and they'll enslave or destroy us with it
LLMs are stupid as shit and will never become intelligent.
The danger is it'll convince tech oligarchs that they're intelligent and they'll enslave or destroy us with it
My body not withstanding, I felt like I'm the same age inside for a long time now. I hope that makes me a youthful old man instead of a childish old man.
December 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My body not withstanding, I felt like I'm the same age inside for a long time now. I hope that makes me a youthful old man instead of a childish old man.
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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I somehow missed that Dan Savage was on Bluesky now. If you missed the memo, consider this your reminder that Dan Savage is a racist transphobe who has allied himself with Jesse Singal (!) and written racist screeds attacking Black people while dismissing the racism of white gays.
December 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I somehow missed that Dan Savage was on Bluesky now. If you missed the memo, consider this your reminder that Dan Savage is a racist transphobe who has allied himself with Jesse Singal (!) and written racist screeds attacking Black people while dismissing the racism of white gays.
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"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
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ICE is refusing to provide emergency medical care to people in their custody.
We're demanding a federal judge intervene so our clients can get the lifesaving care they need.
We're demanding a federal judge intervene so our clients can get the lifesaving care they need.
'I am afraid that I might die here': ICE detainee fears 'imminent death' without lifesaving care, lawyers say
In an emergency motion, attorneys asked a federal judge to order ICE to immediately provide lifesaving medical care to two detainees held at the California City Detention Facility.
www.latimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
ICE is refusing to provide emergency medical care to people in their custody.
We're demanding a federal judge intervene so our clients can get the lifesaving care they need.
We're demanding a federal judge intervene so our clients can get the lifesaving care they need.
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Have you seen a massive uptick in offensive (and potentially illegal) content on Xin the last year? I certainly have - that's why we're taking them on.
X is not above the law.
The plaything of the world’s richest man won’t take down illegal posts on X – but no-one’s above the law.
Join the fight: https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
The plaything of the world’s richest man won’t take down illegal posts on X – but no-one’s above the law.
Join the fight: https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
December 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Have you seen a massive uptick in offensive (and potentially illegal) content on Xin the last year? I certainly have - that's why we're taking them on.
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For real, ignoring my own growing frustrations with games that are intended to be for "Forever", the whole point of npcs in games are either to move the story along or offer clues to parts of the world (MAYBE you have some world building but that's it)
Infinite chat bots offer nothing beneficial to
Infinite chat bots offer nothing beneficial to
Nothing grates me more than when AI game dudes are like "Don't you wish you could ask an NPC aNyThInG?" Absolutely fucking not. If you don't understand that every piece of writing is made with intention, character, and meaningful choice... you probaby shouldn't be directing a fucking video game.
December 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
For real, ignoring my own growing frustrations with games that are intended to be for "Forever", the whole point of npcs in games are either to move the story along or offer clues to parts of the world (MAYBE you have some world building but that's it)
Infinite chat bots offer nothing beneficial to
Infinite chat bots offer nothing beneficial to
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Spit out coffee on this one!
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Spit out coffee on this one!
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
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We’d best not take @amyklobuchar.com for granted on this one, after recent votes!
Call her and email her!
I will put my post with the number and link in a comment.
Call her and email her!
I will put my post with the number and link in a comment.
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related care to minors.
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Rep. Sarah McBride strongly condemned the legislation in rare personal remarks ahead of the vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
House passes bill to criminalize transition care for minors
The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related medical care
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We’d best not take @amyklobuchar.com for granted on this one, after recent votes!
Call her and email her!
I will put my post with the number and link in a comment.
Call her and email her!
I will put my post with the number and link in a comment.
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In the first nearly seven months of President Trump’s return to office, the Environmental Protection Agency spent more than $86.5 million to compensate more than 2,600 employees who were placed on administrative leave, according to data. https://wapo.st/4j1CjV7
December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In the first nearly seven months of President Trump’s return to office, the Environmental Protection Agency spent more than $86.5 million to compensate more than 2,600 employees who were placed on administrative leave, according to data. https://wapo.st/4j1CjV7
#BranchRiders is live on DriveThruRPG at long last! #TTRPG #NotDnD
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Branch Riders - Onyx Path Publishing | DriveThruRPG
Form up, team! We know this is your first assignment, and we think we have the perfect one to test you out. We detected a spike in Blight activity, so we need you to ride to that branch, find the Blig...
www.drivethrurpg.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#BranchRiders is live on DriveThruRPG at long last! #TTRPG #NotDnD
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Fascinating interview with @krishgm.bsky.social and Cory Doctrow all about enshitification and how Trump has ended the American Internet. The most exciting question is what is the post American internet going to look like?
youtu.be/tZQaEeuuI3Q?...
youtu.be/tZQaEeuuI3Q?...
Cory Doctorow: why Facebook and Google are incentivised to make their products worse
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Fascinating interview with @krishgm.bsky.social and Cory Doctrow all about enshitification and how Trump has ended the American Internet. The most exciting question is what is the post American internet going to look like?
youtu.be/tZQaEeuuI3Q?...
youtu.be/tZQaEeuuI3Q?...
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Borrowed with love from Mastodon:
December 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Borrowed with love from Mastodon: