Thorne 🌸
@ens0.me
🖇️ creator @protopro.blue
🟩 creator @skyrdle.com
📚 author http://xorientation.com
🦋 zen existentialist
🌇 pro-tech socdem yimby
🍑 ATL
🟩 creator @skyrdle.com
📚 author http://xorientation.com
🦋 zen existentialist
🌇 pro-tech socdem yimby
🍑 ATL
I wish it hadn't required touching the stove, but we touched the stove, and people feeling fucking BURNED
Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I wish it hadn't required touching the stove, but we touched the stove, and people feeling fucking BURNED
The fact that Aftyn Behn is quite AOC/Mamdani-ish and not some barely-left-of-center politician like Manchin seems very significant
Not saying rural TN is turning into social democrats or anything, but, at the very least, a lot of them view that as a more palpatable sort of politic than MAGA
Not saying rural TN is turning into social democrats or anything, but, at the very least, a lot of them view that as a more palpatable sort of politic than MAGA
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The fact that Aftyn Behn is quite AOC/Mamdani-ish and not some barely-left-of-center politician like Manchin seems very significant
Not saying rural TN is turning into social democrats or anything, but, at the very least, a lot of them view that as a more palpatable sort of politic than MAGA
Not saying rural TN is turning into social democrats or anything, but, at the very least, a lot of them view that as a more palpatable sort of politic than MAGA
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This is a BIG DEAL. Roswell used to be as conservative and stereotypically Southern as it gets. It's one of the most affluent parts of metro Atlanta.
But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.
But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This is a BIG DEAL. Roswell used to be as conservative and stereotypically Southern as it gets. It's one of the most affluent parts of metro Atlanta.
But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.
But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.
This is a BIG DEAL. Roswell used to be as conservative and stereotypically Southern as it gets. It's one of the most affluent parts of metro Atlanta.
But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.
But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.
JUST IN: Democrats have flipped the mayor's office in Roswell, Georgia, in tonight's runoff.
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
GOP Mayor Kurt Wilson conceded earlier tonight to Mary Robichaux, the Dem challenging him.
(This is a city in the Atlanta suburbs, the 9th most populous city in Georgia.)
December 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This is a BIG DEAL. Roswell used to be as conservative and stereotypically Southern as it gets. It's one of the most affluent parts of metro Atlanta.
But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.
But it's been liberalizing a lot the past 10-15 years, becoming instead a haven for upper-middle class professionals.
DeepSeak-V3.2 Speciale is beastly, on par with the proprietary SOTA models for sure
Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Company never misses
Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Company never misses
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
DeepSeak-V3.2 Speciale is beastly, on par with the proprietary SOTA models for sure
Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Company never misses
Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Company never misses
Getting into CivIdle, which definitely tickles my autistic brain despite having a fairly basic UI. But you're really building a city, not a civilization, though.
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Getting into CivIdle, which definitely tickles my autistic brain despite having a fairly basic UI. But you're really building a city, not a civilization, though.
I've never laughed at anyone for losing their job to AI, and it's weird how people try to ascribe some caricature of a tech bro to marginalized people in tech to feel justified wishing horrible things upon us
December 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've never laughed at anyone for losing their job to AI, and it's weird how people try to ascribe some caricature of a tech bro to marginalized people in tech to feel justified wishing horrible things upon us
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good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 AM
good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
Thanks to everyone even just following @protopro.blue. Very determined to build something special here, even if I'm working with limited resources for the foreseeable future.
December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thanks to everyone even just following @protopro.blue. Very determined to build something special here, even if I'm working with limited resources for the foreseeable future.
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Anyone who applied to beta access before this post should be able to login now.
Everyone (including those people recently approved!) should have an extra invite too!
Everyone (including those people recently approved!) should have an extra invite too!
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Anyone who applied to beta access before this post should be able to login now.
Everyone (including those people recently approved!) should have an extra invite too!
Everyone (including those people recently approved!) should have an extra invite too!
Yell at me for being a PS5 gamer, not for using AI 😤
like, the power usage for this is like ... idk, using a Playstation 5 for ten minutes, which is pretty bad, but there are _single farms_ which use more water than _all AI combined._
December 2, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Yell at me for being a PS5 gamer, not for using AI 😤
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the funniest thing about the Falklands argument is that officially speaking Argentina does not make any claims in first settlement or indigineity.
they claim they inherited it as a Spanish colony.
they claim they inherited it as a Spanish colony.
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
the funniest thing about the Falklands argument is that officially speaking Argentina does not make any claims in first settlement or indigineity.
they claim they inherited it as a Spanish colony.
they claim they inherited it as a Spanish colony.
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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me normally: yeah the UK needs to take a second look at their international history in 20th century politics, especially during the Suez Crisis
me on the Falklands: RULE BRITANNIA
me on the Falklands: RULE BRITANNIA
every time Argentineans post their little crybully rants about the Falklands it's a reminder of the mentality that resulted in their incompetent fascist junta getting hundreds of their own conscript soldiers killed in an unprovoked invasion.
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
me normally: yeah the UK needs to take a second look at their international history in 20th century politics, especially during the Suez Crisis
me on the Falklands: RULE BRITANNIA
me on the Falklands: RULE BRITANNIA
strong copyright law is stupid
strong patent law is stupid
strong IP law in general is stupid
at best, strong trademarks make sense as an anti-fraud measure
but information yearns to be free and new things are largely made by remixing the old
strong patent law is stupid
strong IP law in general is stupid
at best, strong trademarks make sense as an anti-fraud measure
but information yearns to be free and new things are largely made by remixing the old
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
strong copyright law is stupid
strong patent law is stupid
strong IP law in general is stupid
at best, strong trademarks make sense as an anti-fraud measure
but information yearns to be free and new things are largely made by remixing the old
strong patent law is stupid
strong IP law in general is stupid
at best, strong trademarks make sense as an anti-fraud measure
but information yearns to be free and new things are largely made by remixing the old
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{extremely guns n’ roses voice}
🎶welcome to the jingle
we got one horse sleighs🎶
🎶welcome to the jingle
we got one horse sleighs🎶
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
{extremely guns n’ roses voice}
🎶welcome to the jingle
we got one horse sleighs🎶
🎶welcome to the jingle
we got one horse sleighs🎶
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you gotta admit it’s exceedingly funny that people protesting datacenters never seem to imagine themselves as datacenter customers despite using cloud software on the daily
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
you gotta admit it’s exceedingly funny that people protesting datacenters never seem to imagine themselves as datacenter customers despite using cloud software on the daily
*Nathan Fielder voice*
The plan? A campaign with the slogan: "Dear Immigrants: 'You're Getting Departed'"
MAGA will think I'm on their side, but, in fact, I will give everyone who enters the US a complimentary voucher for the DiCaprio/Damon classic redeemable on the iTunes Store
The plan? A campaign with the slogan: "Dear Immigrants: 'You're Getting Departed'"
MAGA will think I'm on their side, but, in fact, I will give everyone who enters the US a complimentary voucher for the DiCaprio/Damon classic redeemable on the iTunes Store
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
*Nathan Fielder voice*
The plan? A campaign with the slogan: "Dear Immigrants: 'You're Getting Departed'"
MAGA will think I'm on their side, but, in fact, I will give everyone who enters the US a complimentary voucher for the DiCaprio/Damon classic redeemable on the iTunes Store
The plan? A campaign with the slogan: "Dear Immigrants: 'You're Getting Departed'"
MAGA will think I'm on their side, but, in fact, I will give everyone who enters the US a complimentary voucher for the DiCaprio/Damon classic redeemable on the iTunes Store
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i am kind of fascinated by how many replies to this are outright prescriptive or moral answers to a very explicitly descriptive question
Whenever I mention AI on here, I am encouraged to note the difference between AI in the form of large language models (LLMs), which everyone hates, and AI in the form of machine learning (ML), which everyone seems to feel is just fine.
Question: is there a clear distinction or is it a spectrum?
Question: is there a clear distinction or is it a spectrum?
December 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
i am kind of fascinated by how many replies to this are outright prescriptive or moral answers to a very explicitly descriptive question