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Petri Wessman @orava.org · 11d

"This is the system they built. This is what they wanted—rule by the strong, unencumbered by democratic constraints, where power flows from dominance rather than from consent. They just thought they’d be the ones doing the dominating."

Elon Musk Discovers What Hierarchy Actually Means

Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like …

www.techdirt.com

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · 20d

Helpful AI alignment chart.

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Sep 7

Finally got my Daemonist painted up, been a long time coming (yes, still need to paint base rim, I know). #infinity #miniatures #painting

Pic of Daemonist Observant model from Infinity (wargame)

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Aug 10

Sunday Infinity game, "Provisioning", Bakunin vs vanilla Nomads. Was fun.

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Aug 9

Some more Infinity done, Fiddler (and her murderbots) & Avicenna. #miniatures #painting #infinity

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Jul 23

Built some "bling" objective markers for Warcrow. Two per player, plus four neutrals, with glass marble denoting player control (if any) -- enough for all current official scenarios. The STL was originally for a tall fantasy lantern thingy, but I modded it in Blender. #miniatures #warcrow

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Camp @campfireharve.st · Jul 11

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows:

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity.

When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers.

Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Jun 26

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs (hard mode, no SW, ST, or LOTR)

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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · Jun 23

Elect a sociopathic narcissist, get sociopathic narcissism.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Jun 23

Amazing. NYT has more confirmation that Trump's decision to bomb Iran was motivated in large part by the way the Israeli strikes were "playing" on Fox News, which drove him to want credit for it

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Rob @robertferry.bsky.social · Jun 22

Solar + storage is now $104 per MWh in Las Vegas or similar regions for nearly 100% clean firm power. There is no way new nuclear can compete with this. Even new gas plants will struggle and that is assuming access to cheap gas over the life-cycle of the plant, which is kind of a crazy gamble TBH.

Batteries are so cheap now, solar power doesn’t sleep

Batteries are now cheap enough to make 24/7 solar power affordable, unlocking round-the-clock clean energy in the world’s sunniest cities.

electrek.co

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · Jun 22

I get annoyed at the narrative that all the awareness and work on climate change hasn't done anything. Yes, global CO₂ emissions indeed continue to climb, but we don't know the counterfactual. When I was in grad school, we were on track for 5°C of warming. Now it's below 3°C. That's progress.

A line chart titled “Annual CO₂ emissions” shows the global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and industry from 1950 to 2023. The y-axis represents emissions in billions of tonnes (t), ranging from 0 to 40 billion t. The x-axis covers the years from 1950 to 2023.

The chart presents a steady increase in emissions from approximately 5 billion tonnes in 1950 to over 36 billion tonnes in 2023. Key features include:

A consistent upward trend from 1950 through the early 1970s.

A brief plateau and dip around 1980–1983.

A strong growth trend resuming in the late 1980s.

A sharp increase during the 2000s.

A slight drop around 2008–2009, likely due to the global financial crisis.

A major dip in 2020, attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A rapid rebound in emissions after 2020, continuing the upward trend to a new high in 2023.

A blue line labeled “World” traces these changes over time.

Below the chart, the data source is listed as the Global Carbon Budget (2024), and the graphic is credited to OurWorldInData.org with a Creative Commons license (CC BY). A footnote explains that the data includes emissions from coal, oil, gas, flaring, cement, and steel, but excludes land-use changes such as deforestation.

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Jun 23

Yes, really good at least so far, I've been using it instead of Spotify for a couple of years now.

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Jori Virtanen @majorhubris.bsky.social · Jun 22

NICE.

Ben Hart, Gender Archivist 🏳️‍⚧️ @pavlovforgoths.com · Jun 21

Here's how you remove Google AI from your mobile devices.

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Instead of being in settings its in the google app. Also, google, not chrome. Icon is a G, not the circle thing. Click on your pfp to open a menu

From there, go Settings > Gemini > Digital Assistants > Switch to Google Assistant. This disables Gemini, google's Al assistant, and switches you back to the old one. We aren't done yet.

Go back to Settings. From there, we go Settings > Google Assistant > scroll to find General > Google Assitant on/off > turn it off

They really tried their best to make it a pain, but you can eventually disable it. Holding the power button on your phone still pulls up a menu and asks you to turn it back on, but this is the least intrusive you can make it.

Applies to all non-apple phones afaik. For sure Samsungs and Pixels but idrk about others

Edit: thank you my friend @/teeth-kid for confirming that this also works on Motorola

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Jun 19

Whee, managed to snag a complete set of the original hardcovers for the complete Chanur series. My ancient paperbacks were getting a bit worn...

Picture of five "Chanur" books by C.J. Cherryh

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Jun 16

This is... not wrong. :)

Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · Jun 15

the John Wick universe is what you get if someone explained everything about Vampire: the Masquerade except that the characters are vampires

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Danie Ware @danacea.bsky.social · Jun 13

Line drawn comic strip by Butt Poems.

Panel 1: Fig says, 'I'm telling you, this AI stuff is clutch'
Panel 2: Fig continues, 'You don't even have to be good at drawing or writing'
Panel 3: Other fig replies, 'But I want to be good at those things...'
Panel 4: Two figs in silence

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Jun 13

Finally own the full set of Absolute Transmetropolitan albums, plus the (absolutely huge) omnibus edition of Invisibles. Intend to re-read these soon, some of my favorite works.

Picture of "Invisibles" and "Alsolute Transmetropolitan" comics albums.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is how.

Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

Reporter: How did the Israelis treat you, we saw them giving sandwiches?
Greta Thunberg: They probably have posted lots of PR stunts, they did an illegal act by kidnapping us in international waters but that’s not the real story here. The real story is the genocide in Gaza and systematic starvation.
Reporter: Are you worried about the others?
Greta: Yes…I’m calling for everyone who can to mobilize to demand their immediate release and, of course, to demand not only humanitarian aid being let into Gaza but also a ceasefire and most importantly an end to the occupation, an end to the systemic oppression and violence that Palestinians are facing on an everyday basis.
Reporter: “Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what’s happening in Gaza?”
Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”

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Jori Virtanen @majorhubris.bsky.social · Jun 6

Deathloop is a wonderful sandbox of deaths and time loops. It's clever, it's witty, it's fun. And for a week, it's also free. So yeah, high recommendations.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/deat...

DEATHLOOP | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store

Download and play DEATHLOOP at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!

store.epicgames.com

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Jun 5

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport”

By Ruben Bolling

Genius. Click in.

A cartoon showing various activity at an airport, including an extorted luxury jet, an exploding X rocket, a ketamine enthusiast wheeling a barrow of money to his plane, many ICE officers -- some taking people to an El Salvador plane, another with a zip-tied child being blocked by a federal judge -- scientists boarding a plane to Europe, a medical self-educator covered with pox, and more. All the people are represented by various animals. The story is made in the style of a Richard Starry children's book. Alt text borrowed from Mastodon..

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Jun 3

The fact that so many "AI" start-ups turn out to be digital sweatshops full of humans sweeping up after idiot LLMs introduces the funny idea that the particularly delusional cohort of chatbot users convinced they're in love with it may actually BE in love.

It's just with, y'know. Brown foreigners.

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Jun 3

"Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain!" :D

Microsoft-Backed, $1.5 Billion AI Startup "Builder.ai" Collapses After It Was Revealed That Indian Engineers Were Behind AI Responses

Builder.ai collapsed after it was revealed that the company hired Indian engineers to answer coding prompts.

wccftech.com

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · Jun 2

"ChatGPT isn't its own, unique problem. It's a symptom of a totalizing cultural paradigm in which passive consumption and regurgitation of content becomes the status quo."

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · Jun 2

I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:

www.404media.co/teachers-are...

Teachers Are Not OK

AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."

www.404media.co

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Jarkko Lauspalo @lauspalo.com · Jun 1

Suurimmasta osasta on lähteenä OECD:n, Eurostatin tai World Bank Groupin tilastosivusto, jossa vertailuja voi helposti ulottaa haluamiinsa maihin. Linkit lähteisiin löytyvät täältä kirjoituksen lopusta. lauspalo.com/2025/06/vahe...

Vähemmän tunnettuja tilastoja Suomesta

Minkälainen maa on Suomi, kun tarkastelemme sitä vähemmän julkisuutta saaneiden tilastojen valossa? Katsotaan, ja verrataan Suomea muihin pohjoismaihin!

lauspalo.com

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Petri Wessman @orava.org · Jun 2

On Drivethru: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

DriveThruRPG - Dream Pod 9

Your one-stop online shop for new and vintage RPG products from the top publishers, delivered fresh to your desktop in electronic format.

www.drivethrurpg.com