Marko Kloos
@markokloos.bsky.social
I tell lies for fun and profit. Author of the Frontlines and Palladium Wars SF series, Wild Cards writer, contributor to Love Death + Robots.
oh no, the plagiarism machine sprung a leak
OpenAI is sending out emails this morning to confirm that a ton of user data has been exposed owing to a breach in a third-party web analytics tool called Mixpanel
OpenAI confirms major data breach, exposing names, emails and more
Users are waking up to discover OpenAI leaked their data this morning via a faulty third-party plugin. Here's what you need to know.
www.windowscentral.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
oh no, the plagiarism machine sprung a leak
There are a lot of dudes out there complaining about no-fault divorce who don't even know that they're only still alive because of no-fault divorce.
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
There are a lot of dudes out there complaining about no-fault divorce who don't even know that they're only still alive because of no-fault divorce.
I suspect that my brain did not ship with adult mode, or maybe it's behind a paywall or something.
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83
Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age.
The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged under one to 90, mapped neural connections and how they evolve during our lives. This revealed five broad phases, split up by four pivotal “turning points” in which brain organisation moves on to a different trajectory, at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I suspect that my brain did not ship with adult mode, or maybe it's behind a paywall or something.
Brilliant strategy, too--in a time of declining enlistment, why not end the association with a group that likes to wear uniforms and do outdoor stuff?
It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Brilliant strategy, too--in a time of declining enlistment, why not end the association with a group that likes to wear uniforms and do outdoor stuff?
“The Wool of Gay Sheep” is going to be the title of my upcoming literary novel.
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“The Wool of Gay Sheep” is going to be the title of my upcoming literary novel.
Andor is so good, it's almost too good for Star Wars.
We got nine films of Spitfires in Space, wizards with glowing swords, Jim Henson's Muppets, plucky heroes, and operatic villains. And then we get a dark and harrowing treatise on tyranny, resistance, and the human cost to everyone involved.
We got nine films of Spitfires in Space, wizards with glowing swords, Jim Henson's Muppets, plucky heroes, and operatic villains. And then we get a dark and harrowing treatise on tyranny, resistance, and the human cost to everyone involved.
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Andor is so good, it's almost too good for Star Wars.
We got nine films of Spitfires in Space, wizards with glowing swords, Jim Henson's Muppets, plucky heroes, and operatic villains. And then we get a dark and harrowing treatise on tyranny, resistance, and the human cost to everyone involved.
We got nine films of Spitfires in Space, wizards with glowing swords, Jim Henson's Muppets, plucky heroes, and operatic villains. And then we get a dark and harrowing treatise on tyranny, resistance, and the human cost to everyone involved.
Yes, I'm sure picking a fight with the combat veteran pilot astronaut U.S. senator is going to go swimmingly for Pete Hegseth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Yes, I'm sure picking a fight with the combat veteran pilot astronaut U.S. senator is going to go swimmingly for Pete Hegseth.
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Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Whenever someone mentions Facebook/Meta, I'll always remember the article I read where an unnamed Meta software engineer is quoted as saying, "Fuck ethics, money is everything."
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Whenever someone mentions Facebook/Meta, I'll always remember the article I read where an unnamed Meta software engineer is quoted as saying, "Fuck ethics, money is everything."
REPORTED FOR VICIOUS PERSONAL ATTACK
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
REPORTED FOR VICIOUS PERSONAL ATTACK
Apoliticism doesn't work against fascism. To quote the late Howard Zinn, you can't stay neutral on a moving train.
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Apoliticism doesn't work against fascism. To quote the late Howard Zinn, you can't stay neutral on a moving train.
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If the government won't bail out my crypto losses, I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian.
November 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If the government won't bail out my crypto losses, I'm going to become an even bigger libertarian.
"Frieren" is a super clunky name for a character because it's just an unconjugated verb ("to be/feel cold").
November 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Frieren" is a super clunky name for a character because it's just an unconjugated verb ("to be/feel cold").
I've never considered leaving the country because of Trump 2.0, but I'll move away if the Democrats get back in charge and don't immediately come down hard on these traitors and then start reforming the system to safeguard against a repeat because then they're just asking for this to happen again.
November 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I've never considered leaving the country because of Trump 2.0, but I'll move away if the Democrats get back in charge and don't immediately come down hard on these traitors and then start reforming the system to safeguard against a repeat because then they're just asking for this to happen again.
Gonâve Island has a population of 87,000. I don't know what they were expecting to find when they got there, but I am pretty sure things would not have gone the way they planned.
imagine knowing literally anything about Haiti and deciding to try this
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Gonâve Island has a population of 87,000. I don't know what they were expecting to find when they got there, but I am pretty sure things would not have gone the way they planned.
"There's no evidence that those boats were smuggling drugs."
No, there isn't. But that's not the point. They could be out there flying banners from the stern that say FENTANYL EXPRESS, and blowing them up without due process would still be a violation of U.S. and international laws.
No, there isn't. But that's not the point. They could be out there flying banners from the stern that say FENTANYL EXPRESS, and blowing them up without due process would still be a violation of U.S. and international laws.
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"There's no evidence that those boats were smuggling drugs."
No, there isn't. But that's not the point. They could be out there flying banners from the stern that say FENTANYL EXPRESS, and blowing them up without due process would still be a violation of U.S. and international laws.
No, there isn't. But that's not the point. They could be out there flying banners from the stern that say FENTANYL EXPRESS, and blowing them up without due process would still be a violation of U.S. and international laws.
Once this shitshow has flamed out (and it will), nobody who worked for this administration or supported it should ever be welcome in polite society again.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Once this shitshow has flamed out (and it will), nobody who worked for this administration or supported it should ever be welcome in polite society again.
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You can't even call for executions anymore because of woke
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
You can't even call for executions anymore because of woke
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“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
I've never felt the need to mark a historic event by framing a newspaper front page, but I think I'll make an exception when That Day comes.
November 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I've never felt the need to mark a historic event by framing a newspaper front page, but I think I'll make an exception when That Day comes.
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I feel that if someone calls you Piggy you should be allowed to yell "HAAIII-YA!" and karate chop them.
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I feel that if someone calls you Piggy you should be allowed to yell "HAAIII-YA!" and karate chop them.
So the President just told a reporter that it was really rude to ask his guest about the journalist the guest had murdered and chopped up, and that the journalist had it coming besides. Cool, cool.
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So the President just told a reporter that it was really rude to ask his guest about the journalist the guest had murdered and chopped up, and that the journalist had it coming besides. Cool, cool.
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PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
PSA for any Apub authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list: Amazon is not participating in the settlement, since they have an investment in Anthropic. When you submit your claim form, you DO NOT have to list Amazon as an add'l rightsholder, & can claim 100% of settlement money.
MAGA isn't Christian by any definition of the term. It's a grifter-led cult that uses Jesus as a business mascot.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
MAGA isn't Christian by any definition of the term. It's a grifter-led cult that uses Jesus as a business mascot.