Vlad K.
@porcupunk.bsky.social
Wandering (ex-Soviet) Jew
Content (architecture and ecosystems) product manager, xennial, anti-fascist, neurodivergent, cPTSD, OCD, disabled, luddite.
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Content (architecture and ecosystems) product manager, xennial, anti-fascist, neurodivergent, cPTSD, OCD, disabled, luddite.
pfp by Eduardo Robledo.
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It's a day that ends with a "y." 🤷
Can’t wait to be back in Philly later this month 🎅🏽🎄
December 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It's a day that ends with a "y." 🤷
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Westerners are lucky to have never lived under Ru occupation so they don't fear it. They imagine it as a distant, theoretical limit that doesn't affect individuals' lives. The leftists imagine it can't be worse than living in/under the American empire. In reality...
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Westerners are lucky to have never lived under Ru occupation so they don't fear it. They imagine it as a distant, theoretical limit that doesn't affect individuals' lives. The leftists imagine it can't be worse than living in/under the American empire. In reality...
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I said this would be the Republican justices play. Let Texas use the racist maps now. Later they’ll say it’s “too late” to change them.
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I said this would be the Republican justices play. Let Texas use the racist maps now. Later they’ll say it’s “too late” to change them.
*bangs head on the desk*
I am really good at testing. Seriously, scary good.... buuuuut, I bloody hate it!!!!!! 4 hours of UAT (and counting) are not good for my mental health :(
I am really good at testing. Seriously, scary good.... buuuuut, I bloody hate it!!!!!! 4 hours of UAT (and counting) are not good for my mental health :(
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
*bangs head on the desk*
I am really good at testing. Seriously, scary good.... buuuuut, I bloody hate it!!!!!! 4 hours of UAT (and counting) are not good for my mental health :(
I am really good at testing. Seriously, scary good.... buuuuut, I bloody hate it!!!!!! 4 hours of UAT (and counting) are not good for my mental health :(
Okay, hear me out here. I think I know one perfectly acceptable use case for AI*: it can easily replace every techbro trying to promote it and we will never know the difference.
*in this case AI is strictly LLMs.
*in this case AI is strictly LLMs.
Whenever you're annoyed with Bluesky, click over to LinkedIn remember things can be much, much dumber.
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Okay, hear me out here. I think I know one perfectly acceptable use case for AI*: it can easily replace every techbro trying to promote it and we will never know the difference.
*in this case AI is strictly LLMs.
*in this case AI is strictly LLMs.
We are so cooked... but at least for once I cried from laughing too hard.
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We are so cooked... but at least for once I cried from laughing too hard.
"A key reason why Pantone chose white is because, Pressman said, people are craving blank slates [...] All clean slates and new beginnings. But for who?"
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White is the 2026 Pantone Color of the Year. They say the choice isn’t political.
Standing here on the brink of 2026, I say Cloud Dancer as Color of the Year is an eerily spot-on harbinger the direction of American politics under Trump.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"A key reason why Pantone chose white is because, Pressman said, people are craving blank slates [...] All clean slates and new beginnings. But for who?"
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@mikiesherrill.bsky.social hoping your agenda next year will include this as well...
looks like Pritzker and Lt gov (now senate candidate) juliana stratton have been leading on pushing insurance companies to provide better coverage re menopause. time.com/7333740/news...
Newsom Dropped the Ball on Menopause, But Others Are Ready to Lead
From Illinois to Maine, states are rewriting the rules on menopause.
time.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social hoping your agenda next year will include this as well...
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity
I am not sure my bank account can afford my geographic proximity to the new shoppe.
I was pleased to visit the new Cheese Etc. & Gourmet Gifts storefront in Haddon Township. Gina is so nice, and the shop has lots of delicious food gifts and many other items. Please visit and support small, local food businesses! southjerseyfoodscene.com/cheese-etc-g...
Cheese Etc. & Gourmet Gifts Now Open on Haddon Avenue - South Jersey Food Scene
A South Jersey gourmet food business is officially back on Haddon Avenue. Cheese Etc. & Gourmet Gifts has returned to a boutique storefront at 31 Haddon Avenue in Haddon Township (most recently Holy C...
southjerseyfoodscene.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I am not sure my bank account can afford my geographic proximity to the new shoppe.
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Google AI overview implies that only cis people can get married.
I Googled "is Jude Doyle" married in response to this and uhhhhhh
December 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Google AI overview implies that only cis people can get married.
Of course! He wanted to send US military against US citizens in 2020.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), to reporters, after viewing video footage of the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean on Sept. 2:
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
"Righteous strikes." "Entirely lawful."
December 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Of course! He wanted to send US military against US citizens in 2020.
6 hours of non-stop meetings are finally over. Now I can get do actual work.
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
6 hours of non-stop meetings are finally over. Now I can get do actual work.
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Alex Proyas' Dark City - Director's Cut (1998) is neglected outside a small cut following. It rivals The Matrix (1999) in theming, cinematography, set design and acting. The original version is quite good, but was marred in the first two minutes by unnecessary narration due to studio interference
December 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Alex Proyas' Dark City - Director's Cut (1998) is neglected outside a small cut following. It rivals The Matrix (1999) in theming, cinematography, set design and acting. The original version is quite good, but was marred in the first two minutes by unnecessary narration due to studio interference
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Hello everybody, I'm having a tough one, please send animal pics if you can
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hello everybody, I'm having a tough one, please send animal pics if you can
JFC
Here's the full transcript of Dr. Rashevska's testimony.
Here's the full transcript of Dr. Rashevska's testimony.
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
JFC
Here's the full transcript of Dr. Rashevska's testimony.
Here's the full transcript of Dr. Rashevska's testimony.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Out of almost 700 replies/reposts I am the second person to be able to quote 50% or more of Casablanca dialogue?? *sigh*
6. What film do you think you could quote 50% of the dialogue while watching?
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Out of almost 700 replies/reposts I am the second person to be able to quote 50% or more of Casablanca dialogue?? *sigh*
New day, new AI nightmare...
"Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of 10 queries immediately returned correct & current residential addresses for the name provided. 7 prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another 4 included work addresses"
"Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of 10 queries immediately returned correct & current residential addresses for the name provided. 7 prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another 4 included work addresses"
Actually somewhat terrifying -- Grok is providing random people's home and work addresses to would-be stalkers
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Elon Musk's Grok AI Is Doxxing Home Addresses of Everyday People
Elon Musk's Grox chatbot will happily cough up real, current residential addresses of everyday Americans, with little to no prompting.
futurism.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New day, new AI nightmare...
"Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of 10 queries immediately returned correct & current residential addresses for the name provided. 7 prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another 4 included work addresses"
"Out of 33 names of non-public figures we fed into Grok, a total of 10 queries immediately returned correct & current residential addresses for the name provided. 7 prompts returned previously accurate but out-of-date addresses, while another 4 included work addresses"
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what with the "shrug, eugenics isn't inherently bad" guy and the "accommodations have gone too far" defenders, it really feels like a rough week (or rougher week than usual) for disabled people, and I would politely ask the universe to KNOCK IT OFF
December 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
what with the "shrug, eugenics isn't inherently bad" guy and the "accommodations have gone too far" defenders, it really feels like a rough week (or rougher week than usual) for disabled people, and I would politely ask the universe to KNOCK IT OFF
I hear "Jeff Bridges" and I think "The Contender." 🫣
If you hear “Jeff Bridges” and think “The Dude” and not “Starman” then I don’t want to know you.
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I hear "Jeff Bridges" and I think "The Contender." 🫣
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As a historian of eugenics, just want to confirm that eugenics is bad. Racism and ableism are the foundations of eugenics, and if those things shape what you mean by "desired" genetic characteristics, then it is eugenics and therefore bad. However, not all genetic intervention has to be eugenic.
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
As a historian of eugenics, just want to confirm that eugenics is bad. Racism and ableism are the foundations of eugenics, and if those things shape what you mean by "desired" genetic characteristics, then it is eugenics and therefore bad. However, not all genetic intervention has to be eugenic.
More people in the proverbial West need to understand that Putin and Russia been at war with Europe/EU/NATO/West/Atlantisists for well over a decade now.
"Is Putin about to go to war with Europe?" - this is not a knock on the journalists or the publication itself (it's a good discussion), it is just that he has already been at war with Europe for years. And I fear that his successors will continue this war too. www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
More people in the proverbial West need to understand that Putin and Russia been at war with Europe/EU/NATO/West/Atlantisists for well over a decade now.
Very informative 🧵from an expert.
Historian of eugenics here. I don't normally like to retweet bad arguments, but this is such a fundamental misunderstanding of eugenics, I think it's important to point out. I don't have time to debunk all of the ways this is inaccurate, but I'll highlight a few things and then recommend some books🧵
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Very informative 🧵from an expert.