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Shannon @shannonmcmaster.bsky.social · 19h

Huh.

www.anthropic.com/research/sma...

A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size

Anthropic research on data-poisoning attacks in large language models

www.anthropic.com

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 18h

Solidariry ✊

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 18h

I really loved The Spell or The Dream, To Love & To Cherish, and the exhibit of Georg Wilson's work (what an exciting artist: I was grinning ear to ear to see her paintings up close!)

Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

I've been telling the sprog "Fork Not Fingers" when eating messy/shared food. They wanted a gherkin and, as their hand was poised to plunge into the jar, I shot them a look. They looked at me and said "I know: Fork Not Gherkins". Laughing, I said that didn't even rhyme. Thus the new motto was born.

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

"Fhurkin Not Ghurkin" - New Family Motto

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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 1d

We need more TTRPGs based on Welsh Mythology, Y Chwedlau.

And when I say more, I mean we need one. A low-magic game in a historical Wales would be both fun and fascinating.

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Flintlock but scary or something dunno not feeling it this year @flintlock.bsky.social · 1d

Apposite to recent discussions, an antifascist reading list I put together a few years ago. (Back when quote posting was the only way to do threads on here!)

Flintlock but scary or something dunno not feeling it this year @flintlock.bsky.social · Dec 21

1/ Been asked elsewhere to put an anti fascist reading list together. Work in progress, feel free to make suggestions (it's very UKcentric currently). In rough order of reading.

Militant Anti-Fascism: A Hundred Years of Resistance by M Testa

Antifa - The Anti Fascist handbook by Mark Bray

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on the bus home from Jupiter Artland and the recently installed works are so beautiful.

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Flintlock but scary or something dunno not feeling it this year @flintlock.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, god, remember round the last election when you had numpties posting things like "voting is punching fascists"?

No it's not. It's not a metaphorical statement.

a man in a suit and tie is talking about writers who use subtext and they 're all cowards

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking about writers who use subtext and they 're all cowards

media.tenor.com

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 1d

Gods I FUCKING LOVE art

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PJ Coffey - They/Them @[email protected] @homebrewandhacking.bsky.social · 1d

IDK, maybe it's just my superpower of *checks notes* basic pattern recognition, but since the 80s, things have been changing and continue to change.

I read "The Ragged Trousered Philantrophists" and was unable to tell if it was a parody of the modern day or an "of its time".

That was Circa 2004.

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TrueFeyQueen888 🏳️‍⚧️ (Trainwreck, Trying to Get Better) @truefeyqueen888.itch.io · 1d

Gods I FUCKING LOVE ttrpgs

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a thing we’re working on, and we’re not quite ready to go loud on it yet, properly, but gosh, working with @floaker.bsky.social and Gregor Hutton is just magical, kicking the ball around and everyone is adding so much.

Amazing Paul Bourne art because I’m a horrible tease.

A digital illustration of a curiously vintage/sci-fi train, with a lone figure walking alongside it.

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 2d

Mind The Gap!

Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 2d

There’s a thing we’re working on, and we’re not quite ready to go loud on it yet, properly, but gosh, working with @floaker.bsky.social and Gregor Hutton is just magical, kicking the ball around and everyone is adding so much.

Amazing Paul Bourne art because I’m a horrible tease.

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Malcolm Craig @malcolmcraig.bsky.social · 2d

This is an abomination, an insult to all those who lost teeth, gained weight, and suffered heart palpitations in the Great Irn Bru Wars, 1889-present. Irn Bru 1901 in a glass bottle is the only true path.

juux @juux.com · 4d

omg part deux

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Jon at Handiwork Games @handiworkgames.bsky.social · 2d

Cold City 1e (and indeed all of the Contested Ground first editions) make really great use of in world documents. And the manuscript for Cold City 2e initially collected them together for ease of editing. But reading them en masse? It created really powerful scene setting. So we kept them together.

Tim Newman @mrtimnewman.bsky.social · 2d

Haven't made it to the game yet but the scene setting at the start of Cold War by @handiworkgames.bsky.social is brilliant. More RPGs should introduce the world through fake documents.

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 2d

Reblusking for the midnight crowd!

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 3d

⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Coming soon: Swords Without Master

A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

www.kickstarter.com

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Ben Green @bengreen.bsky.social · Jul 20

It doesn't matter if the lies are believable. It's better for Trump when they're not. The point is to define and constantly test group membership by seeing who loudly demonstrates their willingness to believe unbelievable things. Questioning obvious lies and contradictions reveals their enemies.

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 2d

Really scary shit. Good he had the ability to leverage getting out, but most do not.

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Dark Forest Press @darkforestpress.bsky.social · 3d

Important read if you are no aware of what is happening with Mark Bray...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US anti-fascism expert leaves country day after being blocked from flying to Spain

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was told at gate his trip was cancelled after Trump threats

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 4d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

6a E Mark.mp4 - 6a E Mark - Frame.io

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 3d

Have you heard the Way Out West 2024 bootleg? The whole set is like this. Drop me a DM if you've not...

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 3d

Why thank you. I got my partner a songwriting course with Lenker and I don't think I will ever have the opportunity to give someone a better gift ever.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 6d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 3d

Ok ok ok, I know I'm behind on two zines being printed after completing the layout, but I'm gonna need to start designing two really chonky bug games, and not a little but really go for it with them...

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