Kabochaloaf
@toneloaf.bsky.social
I struggle, therefore I am alive.
Lots of posts about Chicago, food, music, animals.
Too many posts about GenAI, Courier bots, and Greek Orthodoxy.
#ReleaseThePrompt
Lots of posts about Chicago, food, music, animals.
Too many posts about GenAI, Courier bots, and Greek Orthodoxy.
#ReleaseThePrompt
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Kabochaloaf
@toneloaf.bsky.social
· Oct 20
This week, I resigned from my position as Director of IT/Tech at an org I truly believed in. I wanted us to stop using Generative AI and was told no.
This thread will explain my decision and why I believe this is a true crisis. I hope ya see this and if you want to chat, + or -, lets do it 1/
This thread will explain my decision and why I believe this is a true crisis. I hope ya see this and if you want to chat, + or -, lets do it 1/
Hello to the new folks!
3 months ago I resigned as a Director of IT because I couldn't persuade my org against GenAI use and I stand by it.
GenAI/LLMs are powerful tech but
-They don't work as marketed
-Destroy critical thinking
-Easy to manipulate
-Immense cost
-Main models run by evil companies
3 months ago I resigned as a Director of IT because I couldn't persuade my org against GenAI use and I stand by it.
GenAI/LLMs are powerful tech but
-They don't work as marketed
-Destroy critical thinking
-Easy to manipulate
-Immense cost
-Main models run by evil companies
Reposted by Kabochaloaf
At the Third Council of Nicaea:
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
At the Third Council of Nicaea:
I genuinely hope its not against the Orthodox faith to meme about Orthodox/Catholic relations, but we're all sinners so its okay if not.
At the Third Council of Nicaea:
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I genuinely hope its not against the Orthodox faith to meme about Orthodox/Catholic relations, but we're all sinners so its okay if not.
At the Third Council of Nicaea:
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
At the Third Council of Nicaea:
My brother in law made 🔥 Three Sisters Soup for Thanksgiving, I barely wanted to eat anything else
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
My brother in law made 🔥 Three Sisters Soup for Thanksgiving, I barely wanted to eat anything else
Dark beer and balaclavas, so happy to be back in the greatest city in the world.
November 29, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Dark beer and balaclavas, so happy to be back in the greatest city in the world.
11 stars, not 13.
They're not praising Lincoln, they're saying the confederacy ultimately will win.
They're not praising Lincoln, they're saying the confederacy ultimately will win.
November 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
NU motivations:
-ensure no interruption to Football ops, including the TV channels that made their own deals
-ensure ExEd has corporate customersnit scared by the admin(also getting a new building
-never deal with a protest like the Gaza encampment
Nothing to do with education
-ensure no interruption to Football ops, including the TV channels that made their own deals
-ensure ExEd has corporate customersnit scared by the admin(also getting a new building
-never deal with a protest like the Gaza encampment
Nothing to do with education
The Trump administration froze approximately $790 million of Northwestern’s funding. Meanwhile, the school is building the most expensive college football stadium ever built, at a cost of $860 million.
Do you see where my problem is here?
Do you see where my problem is here?
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
NU motivations:
-ensure no interruption to Football ops, including the TV channels that made their own deals
-ensure ExEd has corporate customersnit scared by the admin(also getting a new building
-never deal with a protest like the Gaza encampment
Nothing to do with education
-ensure no interruption to Football ops, including the TV channels that made their own deals
-ensure ExEd has corporate customersnit scared by the admin(also getting a new building
-never deal with a protest like the Gaza encampment
Nothing to do with education
Northwestern had an atrocious response to the student led Gaza protest. They kept their staff uninformed, campus police assaulted staff,nthey suspended staff, and at the end of the day ground down the protest until they agree to crumbs.
They never want that responsibility again. Cowards.
They never want that responsibility again. Cowards.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Northwestern had an atrocious response to the student led Gaza protest. They kept their staff uninformed, campus police assaulted staff,nthey suspended staff, and at the end of the day ground down the protest until they agree to crumbs.
They never want that responsibility again. Cowards.
They never want that responsibility again. Cowards.
Hail to the Thief is the best Radiohead album and I'm not sure its even that close.
Then OK Computer/Kid A
Then The Bends/Amnesiac/In Rainbows
Then OK Computer/Kid A
Then The Bends/Amnesiac/In Rainbows
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Hail to the Thief is the best Radiohead album and I'm not sure its even that close.
Then OK Computer/Kid A
Then The Bends/Amnesiac/In Rainbows
Then OK Computer/Kid A
Then The Bends/Amnesiac/In Rainbows
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
KISS(with and without makeup)
TV On the Radio
Muse
Denzel Curry
Amaarae
KISS(with and without makeup)
TV On the Radio
Muse
Denzel Curry
Amaarae
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
KISS(with and without makeup)
TV On the Radio
Muse
Denzel Curry
Amaarae
KISS(with and without makeup)
TV On the Radio
Muse
Denzel Curry
Amaarae
Tired: falling asleep while watching a film on a plane
Wired: listening to Watcher of the Skies 27 times on repeat, wide awake.
Wired: listening to Watcher of the Skies 27 times on repeat, wide awake.
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies (2007 Stereo Mix)
Listen to Watcher of the Skies (2007 Stereo Mix) on TIDAL
tidal.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Tired: falling asleep while watching a film on a plane
Wired: listening to Watcher of the Skies 27 times on repeat, wide awake.
Wired: listening to Watcher of the Skies 27 times on repeat, wide awake.
Future generations will ask of 11/27/2025:
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Future generations will ask of 11/27/2025:
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
Reposted by Kabochaloaf
Future generations will ask of 11/27/2025:
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Future generations will ask of 11/27/2025:
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
Future generations will ask of 11/27/2025:
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Future generations will ask of 11/27/2025:
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
-What did you do when the calls for ethnic cleansing became so clear?
Today I ask a far more pressing question, one whose answer will allow the prior question to be asked:
-What will you do to stop the ethnic cleansing?
Its really strange watching an ex player break down sports bets.
What specific knowledge does Matt Ryan have on this? He spent his life unable to bet on football but now hes paid to tell me what to bet on?
The sports betting industry is so dumb, how did we let this happen
What specific knowledge does Matt Ryan have on this? He spent his life unable to bet on football but now hes paid to tell me what to bet on?
The sports betting industry is so dumb, how did we let this happen
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Its really strange watching an ex player break down sports bets.
What specific knowledge does Matt Ryan have on this? He spent his life unable to bet on football but now hes paid to tell me what to bet on?
The sports betting industry is so dumb, how did we let this happen
What specific knowledge does Matt Ryan have on this? He spent his life unable to bet on football but now hes paid to tell me what to bet on?
The sports betting industry is so dumb, how did we let this happen
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Let me rate the pain for this incident:
The cut: barely hurt, I've got nice sharp knives.
The saline wash: did i leave the chair to fall to my knees and make them pause? Yes, yes I did.
The lidocaine shot into the finger: for 1 second, I hoped for death
The cut: barely hurt, I've got nice sharp knives.
The saline wash: did i leave the chair to fall to my knees and make them pause? Yes, yes I did.
The lidocaine shot into the finger: for 1 second, I hoped for death
I'm 31, making roasted acorn squash. Gotta get them nice and even, so it's wobbly.
Slice entirely through the tip of my ring finger.
Slice entirely through the tip of my ring finger.
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Let me rate the pain for this incident:
The cut: barely hurt, I've got nice sharp knives.
The saline wash: did i leave the chair to fall to my knees and make them pause? Yes, yes I did.
The lidocaine shot into the finger: for 1 second, I hoped for death
The cut: barely hurt, I've got nice sharp knives.
The saline wash: did i leave the chair to fall to my knees and make them pause? Yes, yes I did.
The lidocaine shot into the finger: for 1 second, I hoped for death
Im 25, Making sweet potato pie while grandma is watching Family Fued reruns. I'm chopping the potatoes when I hear interesting question. I turn to look.
And slice almost perfectly through my thumb.
No pie
And slice almost perfectly through my thumb.
No pie
please give me your funniest Thanksgiving medical stories and mishaps, medical professionals and others of Bluesky
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Im 25, Making sweet potato pie while grandma is watching Family Fued reruns. I'm chopping the potatoes when I hear interesting question. I turn to look.
And slice almost perfectly through my thumb.
No pie
And slice almost perfectly through my thumb.
No pie
If you are making butternut squash for the first time, and find your hands start peeling aggressively, dont panic.
You are having an allergic reaction that will look insane for hours but revert to normal eventually
You are having an allergic reaction that will look insane for hours but revert to normal eventually
PSA: you an ping me for any Squash related issues
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
If you are making butternut squash for the first time, and find your hands start peeling aggressively, dont panic.
You are having an allergic reaction that will look insane for hours but revert to normal eventually
You are having an allergic reaction that will look insane for hours but revert to normal eventually
If you've appreciated much of what Pope Leo is doing/saying, there's another church on a similar path.
orthodoxobserver.org/conversion-c...
orthodoxobserver.org/conversion-c...
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you've appreciated much of what Pope Leo is doing/saying, there's another church on a similar path.
orthodoxobserver.org/conversion-c...
orthodoxobserver.org/conversion-c...
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
This is a great thread that highlights a working theory I have:
I struggle, therefore I am alive.
I struggle, therefore I am alive.
This *in particular*, my god. I find it hard to map my writing skill, because developing that has been largely an innate progression.
Music? Innate singing only got me so far, and the conscious development of vocal skills, guitar playing and composition has been a joy I cannot express.
Music? Innate singing only got me so far, and the conscious development of vocal skills, guitar playing and composition has been a joy I cannot express.
Every single actual creative person has experienced the experience of finding effortless what was once effortful.
A generative AI user is completely alienated from this experience, it's alien and unfamiliar to feel pride in the outcome. Or, even to actually give a fuck about it at all.
A generative AI user is completely alienated from this experience, it's alien and unfamiliar to feel pride in the outcome. Or, even to actually give a fuck about it at all.
November 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
This is a great thread that highlights a working theory I have:
I struggle, therefore I am alive.
I struggle, therefore I am alive.
Reposted by Kabochaloaf
I say this not in like a “actually it’s not technically an AR-15 hur hur hur” way but because conflating a bunch of different technologies and (especially) applications as a single thing is a lot of how e.g. openai positions its “can’t stand in the way of progress gotta let us do whatever”
I sorta wonder if people even know that text generation, image generation and video generation are all using different models that only have a little bit to do with each other
I think we need to disambiguate where we can bc Altman and the genAI cheerleaders are *encouraging* this confusion. It's in their best interests to be able to say to people, all of these other things you use every day, *those* are AI, you like those right? You're already using AI! Have some more!
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I say this not in like a “actually it’s not technically an AR-15 hur hur hur” way but because conflating a bunch of different technologies and (especially) applications as a single thing is a lot of how e.g. openai positions its “can’t stand in the way of progress gotta let us do whatever”
Life is struggle. Some things we struggle against, others we struggle for. The latter is what makes us truly alive, those struggles give us purpose.
Find your struggle, whatever it may be.
Find your struggle, whatever it may be.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Life is struggle. Some things we struggle against, others we struggle for. The latter is what makes us truly alive, those struggles give us purpose.
Find your struggle, whatever it may be.
Find your struggle, whatever it may be.