William Russell
@robotowilliam.bsky.social
He/him | 38 | Lifelong explorer and learner
🦋 Reylo
⏹️ Stop AI
MSc Animal Behaviour (Queen's University Belfast) interested in animal cognition and social behaviours
https://linktr.ee/robotowilliam
🦋 Reylo
⏹️ Stop AI
MSc Animal Behaviour (Queen's University Belfast) interested in animal cognition and social behaviours
https://linktr.ee/robotowilliam
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[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
[observing someone’s obsessive passion project] wow i really like whatever’s wrong with that guy
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I added this popup extension to my browser so it's even easier to see when opening a steam page: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
AI warning for Steam – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download AI warning for Steam for Firefox. Show the AI Generated Content Disclosure on Steam store pages as a modal popup.
addons.mozilla.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I added this popup extension to my browser so it's even easier to see when opening a steam page: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...
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No wonder he’s so upset about people reminding the military to not follow unlawful orders. He’s ordering war crimes.
This isn't a military strike. This is premeditated murder and Pete Hegseth is going to spend the rest of his fucking life rotting away in the deepest hole in Leavenworth once America is liberated from this illegitimate, illegal regime.
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
No wonder he’s so upset about people reminding the military to not follow unlawful orders. He’s ordering war crimes.
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Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reading letters from the Princess Liselotte of Palantine, the German sister-in-law of Louis XIV, and it's wild because she had this super informal writing style that almost sounds like modern texts
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
Like at one point she goes "wish to god my son didn't love holding chunks of bread like a peasant"
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“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
― Simone Weil
― Simone Weil
November 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
― Simone Weil
― Simone Weil
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This is a really good comprehensive overview of the current evidence on Devon being the cradle of world civilization
Well worth your time, good maps too
Well worth your time, good maps too
Did you know Bronze Age Cyprus had trade connections all the way to Britain? Tin was imported from south-west England, playing a fundamental role in the transition from copper to full tin-bronze metallurgy across Europe and the Mediterranean.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
From Land's End to the Levant: did Britain's tin sources transform the Bronze Age in Europe and the Mediterranean?
Bronze Age–Early Iron Age tin ingots recovered from four Mediterranean shipwrecks off the coasts of Israel and southern France can now be provenanced to tin ores in south-west Britain. These exceptionally rich and accessible ores played a fundamental role in the transition from copper to full tin-bronze metallurgy across Europe and the Mediterranean during the second millennium BC. The authors’ application of a novel combination of three independent analyses (trace element, lead and tin isotopes) to tin ores and artefacts from Western and Central Europe also provides the foundation for future analyses of the pan-continental tin trade in later periods.
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is a really good comprehensive overview of the current evidence on Devon being the cradle of world civilization
Well worth your time, good maps too
Well worth your time, good maps too
My 3-year-old niece has started saying "bruh" because her older brother uses it all the time >.<
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My 3-year-old niece has started saying "bruh" because her older brother uses it all the time >.<
Ooh, Thomas Newman is gonna score Star Wars Starfighter. One of my favourite film composers!
Thomas Newman movie music appreciation thread, cos it's shocking he's never won an Oscar.
First up, Finding Nemo (2003).
Beautiful score for a sweet Pixar movie. Lost to Howard Shore's Return of the King. Fair enough I guess, although he'd already got one for the superior Fellowship.
1/7
First up, Finding Nemo (2003).
Beautiful score for a sweet Pixar movie. Lost to Howard Shore's Return of the King. Fair enough I guess, although he'd already got one for the superior Fellowship.
1/7
Nemo Egg (Main Title)
YouTube video by Thomas Newman - Topic
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ooh, Thomas Newman is gonna score Star Wars Starfighter. One of my favourite film composers!
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Reminds me of this more disgusting analogy.
November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reminds me of this more disgusting analogy.
What the fuuck were Paradox doing lol
I haven't played it yet (got no money right now) but it does sound like they just had no clue what they were doing and simply fumbled the IP they paid for without understanding it?
I haven't played it yet (got no money right now) but it does sound like they just had no clue what they were doing and simply fumbled the IP they paid for without understanding it?
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
What the fuuck were Paradox doing lol
I haven't played it yet (got no money right now) but it does sound like they just had no clue what they were doing and simply fumbled the IP they paid for without understanding it?
I haven't played it yet (got no money right now) but it does sound like they just had no clue what they were doing and simply fumbled the IP they paid for without understanding it?
This comic is so good haha
(an incredible adaptation of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality)
(an incredible adaptation of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality)
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This comic is so good haha
(an incredible adaptation of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality)
(an incredible adaptation of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality)
"This post is ideal for someone looking to build their experience and skills prior to applying for PhD positions in primate behaviour"
Yeah would have been wouldn't it
Day 696 of trying to get a job related to my Master's degree 🤡
Yeah would have been wouldn't it
Day 696 of trying to get a job related to my Master's degree 🤡
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"This post is ideal for someone looking to build their experience and skills prior to applying for PhD positions in primate behaviour"
Yeah would have been wouldn't it
Day 696 of trying to get a job related to my Master's degree 🤡
Yeah would have been wouldn't it
Day 696 of trying to get a job related to my Master's degree 🤡
Jesus fucking Christ
OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide
OpenAI’s response to teen suicide case is “disturbing,” lawyer says.
arstechnica.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Jesus fucking Christ
I know this is a specifically North American pre-Christmas Christmas post but good advice anyway
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I know this is a specifically North American pre-Christmas Christmas post but good advice anyway
Kill Bill is such a Mary Sue. How did she beat Oren Ishii after fighting the Crazy 88? Oren has been a badass assassin since she was a child and was fully rested and uninjured. It's so unrealistic.
Luke is such a Gary Stu. How could he beat Vader so easily? Vader was trained from a young age in the Jedi Academy at its peak and then by Darth Sidious himself. He had years of combat experience. Luke didn't even finish his training with Yoda. It's completely unrealistic.
November 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Kill Bill is such a Mary Sue. How did she beat Oren Ishii after fighting the Crazy 88? Oren has been a badass assassin since she was a child and was fully rested and uninjured. It's so unrealistic.
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When I die I want my skull to be cleaned up and given to children in the family to play with
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
When I die I want my skull to be cleaned up and given to children in the family to play with
Luke is such a Gary Stu. How could he beat Vader so easily? Vader was trained from a young age in the Jedi Academy at its peak and then by Darth Sidious himself. He had years of combat experience. Luke didn't even finish his training with Yoda. It's completely unrealistic.
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Luke is such a Gary Stu. How could he beat Vader so easily? Vader was trained from a young age in the Jedi Academy at its peak and then by Darth Sidious himself. He had years of combat experience. Luke didn't even finish his training with Yoda. It's completely unrealistic.
"Translate to English" hahahah
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"Translate to English" hahahah
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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