Thorsten S.
@thrakbad.bsky.social
I'm a history nerd and wannabe explorer of cold places. I also love the mountains, taking photos, playing video games, doing ancient Greek reenactment and occasionally Larp. I go by he/him pronouns. Based in Vienna 🇦🇹.
Formerly as team_fram on Twitter.
Formerly as team_fram on Twitter.
I want this. If you have a Lego Ideas account and want it, too, please go vote for it.
I'm sharing my support for this LEGO astronomical observatory to become a reality! 🔭🧪
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Observatory | LEGO® Ideas
The universe has always fascinated humans, and observatories play an important role in unraveling its secrets and wonders in our Milky Way and distant galaxies.…
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December 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I want this. If you have a Lego Ideas account and want it, too, please go vote for it.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
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Megan Aldrich, 30, works full time in an attempt to avoid starving to death, but is forced to choose between showing up to work and being the sort of person who doesn’t cry in the shower.
Autistic woman can have work or dignity but not both
An autistic woman whose government is desperate for her to experience the "dignity of work" cannot experience "dignity" and "work" at the same time, it has been claimed. Megan Aldrich, 30, works full…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Megan Aldrich, 30, works full time in an attempt to avoid starving to death, but is forced to choose between showing up to work and being the sort of person who doesn’t cry in the shower.
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Als ich vor gut 25 Jahren viel mit Überlebenden des Holocausts zu tun hatte, sagten sie mir: Wenn es wieder anfängt, dann werden sie laut - und bleiben sie laut.
Sie warnten mich auch: Man wird Sie irgendwann für radikal halten, dass Sie das GG verteidigen. Das ist dann ein Zeichen, dass es kippt.
Sie warnten mich auch: Man wird Sie irgendwann für radikal halten, dass Sie das GG verteidigen. Das ist dann ein Zeichen, dass es kippt.
September 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Als ich vor gut 25 Jahren viel mit Überlebenden des Holocausts zu tun hatte, sagten sie mir: Wenn es wieder anfängt, dann werden sie laut - und bleiben sie laut.
Sie warnten mich auch: Man wird Sie irgendwann für radikal halten, dass Sie das GG verteidigen. Das ist dann ein Zeichen, dass es kippt.
Sie warnten mich auch: Man wird Sie irgendwann für radikal halten, dass Sie das GG verteidigen. Das ist dann ein Zeichen, dass es kippt.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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If you care for wildlife -
Do not book with Marriott hotels.
They built a luxury hotel in Masai Mara National Park on a known migration corridor and it is now blocking the path of migrating wildlife. The videos online are so distressing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
Do not book with Marriott hotels.
They built a luxury hotel in Masai Mara National Park on a known migration corridor and it is now blocking the path of migrating wildlife. The videos online are so distressing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
Is a New $3,500-a-Night Safari Camp Blocking a Wildlife Corridor?
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
If you care for wildlife -
Do not book with Marriott hotels.
They built a luxury hotel in Masai Mara National Park on a known migration corridor and it is now blocking the path of migrating wildlife. The videos online are so distressing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
Do not book with Marriott hotels.
They built a luxury hotel in Masai Mara National Park on a known migration corridor and it is now blocking the path of migrating wildlife. The videos online are so distressing.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/t...
I'm excited for this and I don't think enough people have heard about what an amazing technological marvel the Rubin observatory is. Doing in days what previously took years, enabling us to detect changes in the night sky at an unprecedented level of detail.
We're getting ever-closer to starting to film the greatest cosmic movie ever made! 🎬
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is the decade-long survey that NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will carry out, scanning the southern sky in greater detail than ever before. 🔭🧪
The Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) is the decade-long survey that NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory will carry out, scanning the southern sky in greater detail than ever before. 🔭🧪
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I'm excited for this and I don't think enough people have heard about what an amazing technological marvel the Rubin observatory is. Doing in days what previously took years, enabling us to detect changes in the night sky at an unprecedented level of detail.
Go watch this video by @justinbellman.bsky.social and then tell me we don't live in the dumbest timeline.
youtu.be/d9HkwDQNofA?...
youtu.be/d9HkwDQNofA?...
Coca-Cola's AI Holiday Ad Keeps Getting Worse
YouTube video by Justin Bellman
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November 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Go watch this video by @justinbellman.bsky.social and then tell me we don't live in the dumbest timeline.
youtu.be/d9HkwDQNofA?...
youtu.be/d9HkwDQNofA?...
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holidays are coming 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
holidays are coming 🎶
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hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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Vea Kaiser im @falter.at: »... warum eine [...] Geschichte vom männlichen, sich für ein Genie haltenden Musiker, der über seine Exzesse schreibt, auf den Bestsellerlisten rangiert [...], während es eine vergleichbare Geschichte einer Musikerin nicht nur nirgendwo zu lesen gäbe ...«
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Vea Kaiser im @falter.at: »... warum eine [...] Geschichte vom männlichen, sich für ein Genie haltenden Musiker, der über seine Exzesse schreibt, auf den Bestsellerlisten rangiert [...], während es eine vergleichbare Geschichte einer Musikerin nicht nur nirgendwo zu lesen gäbe ...«
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Expedition Gallery is NOW OPEN!
Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com
Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Expedition Gallery is NOW OPEN!
Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com
Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.