Elementoid
@elementoid.bsky.social
Software Dev based in metro Detroit. AKA Dendroid on certain platforms.
Literal big gay nerd. UMich alum. He/Him 🏳️🌈
Literal big gay nerd. UMich alum. He/Him 🏳️🌈
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“Yes, a lot of people in tech are burned out and struggling with the direction of industry too; here are some tips to make yourself indispensable to the fascism machine before the next time it feeds a layoff of workers into the wood chipper”
January 5, 2026 at 11:56 PM
“Yes, a lot of people in tech are burned out and struggling with the direction of industry too; here are some tips to make yourself indispensable to the fascism machine before the next time it feeds a layoff of workers into the wood chipper”
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...at one point it was understood that the internet was not safe. That anyone can use it, and you should exercise caution and care to protect yourself online. We now do anything we can to avoid exercising any amount of personal responsibility for what we see or share online.
January 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
...at one point it was understood that the internet was not safe. That anyone can use it, and you should exercise caution and care to protect yourself online. We now do anything we can to avoid exercising any amount of personal responsibility for what we see or share online.
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I feel like I am trapped in a world full of people who are continually in the process of running full-tilt into some kind of delusion or irrational craze or outright psychosis and my lifetime is just a long string of "here is the new violent madness that is about to possess everybody for no reason"
"Police investigate use of AI to improve evidence in rape trials" [Times]
![Police investigate use of AI to improve evidence in rape trials
David Woode - Crime Editor
Using artificial intelligence in recorded interviews with victims could strengthen rape investigations and spare them unnecessary questions, the chief of Avon and Somerset police has said.
Victims’ accounts were routinely filmed and played to juries as evidencein-chief to reduce their distress, but barristers “feel very unsatisfied with the quality” of police recordings, Sarah Crew said.
The rape charging rate for England and Wales reached 9.3 per cent last year, up by 2.8 percentage points on the previous 12 months. The rape conviction rate was 1.2 percentage points lower in April to June last year compared with the same period in 2024. Avon and Somerset has one of the highest levels for rape reporting.
Crew, 54, said: “AI can make humans more productive. Victim interviews are a good example. [Detectives] could use AI to listen and suggest new questions to ask and help the second interviewer to transcribe. It could lead to better directed investigations and better supported victims because it’s traumatic to relive what has happened.
“Let’s make it relevant and focused and not introduce lots of information that doesn’t need to be there.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyefpiziml7b24sxpd74axq7/bafkreigqcc3pzqzuos7dstoxg6fbe7nwv3hoqdml6mpoytuhockej5l75m@jpeg)
January 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I feel like I am trapped in a world full of people who are continually in the process of running full-tilt into some kind of delusion or irrational craze or outright psychosis and my lifetime is just a long string of "here is the new violent madness that is about to possess everybody for no reason"
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"Laws are only as good as the willingness of people to enforce them," is the epitaph of this era.
Now would European leaders actually have the stomach for shooting at US forces if they seized Greenland next week?
Eh given how basically nobody has the stomach to even send troops to Ukraine right now I’m going to bet absolutely not.
In which case why shouldn’t Trump go for it, free real estate!
Eh given how basically nobody has the stomach to even send troops to Ukraine right now I’m going to bet absolutely not.
In which case why shouldn’t Trump go for it, free real estate!
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"Laws are only as good as the willingness of people to enforce them," is the epitaph of this era.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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"Terpsichore, it’s so sad what she’s doing to chorus and dance, isn’t it, folks? And what happened to Euterpe? Good old Euterpe, we loved Euterpe. But the flutes now, they’re terrible, so we’re going in and fixing it."
theonion.com/trump-appoin...
theonion.com/trump-appoin...
Trump Appoints Self To Divine Muses
WASHINGTON—Claiming that his longstanding interest in the arts made him a perfect fit for the role, President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he had appointed himself to the divine muses. “Many ar...
theonion.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 AM
"Terpsichore, it’s so sad what she’s doing to chorus and dance, isn’t it, folks? And what happened to Euterpe? Good old Euterpe, we loved Euterpe. But the flutes now, they’re terrible, so we’re going in and fixing it."
theonion.com/trump-appoin...
theonion.com/trump-appoin...
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no one wants to hire me. because my whimsy is a liability
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM
no one wants to hire me. because my whimsy is a liability
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a little bit of hope means you want to know about the world, no matter what it's done to you
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
a little bit of hope means you want to know about the world, no matter what it's done to you
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Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.
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Skeleton draped in a shroud Northern France, c. 1600 Memento Mori! (Musée du Louvre)
January 4, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Skeleton draped in a shroud Northern France, c. 1600 Memento Mori! (Musée du Louvre)
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
I got laid off about 6 weeks ago, just before Thanksgiving, and between the holidays and the general state of world affairs I've been swept into a malaise.
January 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I got laid off about 6 weeks ago, just before Thanksgiving, and between the holidays and the general state of world affairs I've been swept into a malaise.
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
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We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
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Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
January 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Being an American feels like getting on a school bus and then your bus driver decides to do a drive by
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can something be done about this
January 2, 2026 at 11:53 PM
can something be done about this
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Set Theory is basically the Philosophy of math disciplines in that it makes people introspect until they are so deep in Categorizing things that they can't even explain what they're categorizing to a normal person anymore
January 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Set Theory is basically the Philosophy of math disciplines in that it makes people introspect until they are so deep in Categorizing things that they can't even explain what they're categorizing to a normal person anymore
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ground bird
(rerun)
(rerun)
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
ground bird
(rerun)
(rerun)
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Is there any precedent for powerful people claiming that a nonsentient process has a personality behind it that only they and their fellow experts can understand and speak for and it knows everything and can do anything and wants to help and also it will destroy us if we dont give it what it wants
January 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Is there any precedent for powerful people claiming that a nonsentient process has a personality behind it that only they and their fellow experts can understand and speak for and it knows everything and can do anything and wants to help and also it will destroy us if we dont give it what it wants
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We need three day weekends. Friday night is the best part. Saturday is recovery from the week and night before, doing as little as possible. And Sunday is mostly spent dreading Monday nearing. There's no designated day for whimsy, frolicking, or exacting revenge on enemies of old.
January 2, 2026 at 4:30 PM
We need three day weekends. Friday night is the best part. Saturday is recovery from the week and night before, doing as little as possible. And Sunday is mostly spent dreading Monday nearing. There's no designated day for whimsy, frolicking, or exacting revenge on enemies of old.
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it’s all i’ve got
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
it’s all i’ve got
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O Comunismo Espacial Gay Luxuoso Completamente Automatizado vem aí. E NINGUEM PODE NOS PARAR.
ENG:
The Fully Automatic Luxury Gay Space Communism is coming. AND NOBODY CAN STOP US.
ENG:
The Fully Automatic Luxury Gay Space Communism is coming. AND NOBODY CAN STOP US.
January 1, 2026 at 3:23 AM
O Comunismo Espacial Gay Luxuoso Completamente Automatizado vem aí. E NINGUEM PODE NOS PARAR.
ENG:
The Fully Automatic Luxury Gay Space Communism is coming. AND NOBODY CAN STOP US.
ENG:
The Fully Automatic Luxury Gay Space Communism is coming. AND NOBODY CAN STOP US.
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happy new year to all my extremely online friends
January 1, 2024 at 7:22 AM
happy new year to all my extremely online friends