Brad Reed
@bwreed.bsky.social
Currently a staff writer at CommonDreams.org.
...at which point I hope that there should be bipartisan consensus for the pardon power to be excised from the Constitution...
November 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
...at which point I hope that there should be bipartisan consensus for the pardon power to be excised from the Constitution...
Except Americans have memories of fruit flies
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Except Americans have memories of fruit flies
And as someone who thinks writing, art and music are the noblest things humans do: Seeing software steal centuries of bold human craft and creativity and reduce it to slop makes me want to vomit. Just pure fucking vomit.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And as someone who thinks writing, art and music are the noblest things humans do: Seeing software steal centuries of bold human craft and creativity and reduce it to slop makes me want to vomit. Just pure fucking vomit.
Shit like that is Game Over territory and I feel like the lab scientist in the zombie movie trying to warn everyone what's coming only to be told I'm being hysterical.
I wish I fucking were!
I wish I fucking were!
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Shit like that is Game Over territory and I feel like the lab scientist in the zombie movie trying to warn everyone what's coming only to be told I'm being hysterical.
I wish I fucking were!
I wish I fucking were!
You also cannot use AI slop for good causes. Doing so only reinforces authoritarians' desired outcome that nothing is true.
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You also cannot use AI slop for good causes. Doing so only reinforces authoritarians' desired outcome that nothing is true.
Them Bones in wicked 7/4 blew my teenage mind back in the day. At their best that band sounded like hell unleashed on Earth.
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Them Bones in wicked 7/4 blew my teenage mind back in the day. At their best that band sounded like hell unleashed on Earth.
The problem is that it will keep improving and will soon be very difficult to tell.
November 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The problem is that it will keep improving and will soon be very difficult to tell.
'But we can use slop for good!' No we cannot. A world where nothing is true but everything is possible will always benefit authoritarians.
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
'But we can use slop for good!' No we cannot. A world where nothing is true but everything is possible will always benefit authoritarians.
And yes if you see people pushing slop on here either politely inform them or, if they insist on keeping it up, shame them.
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
And yes if you see people pushing slop on here either politely inform them or, if they insist on keeping it up, shame them.
AI slop is utterly pernicious and will ruin what is left if emperical thought.
November 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
AI slop is utterly pernicious and will ruin what is left if emperical thought.
Ah I've already been blocked.
Guys AI slop is bad even if it makes you feel good.
We need to keep our feet in reality.
Guys AI slop is bad even if it makes you feel good.
We need to keep our feet in reality.
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ah I've already been blocked.
Guys AI slop is bad even if it makes you feel good.
We need to keep our feet in reality.
Guys AI slop is bad even if it makes you feel good.
We need to keep our feet in reality.
Ironicamente, eu acho que Elon Musk e Peter Thiel apoiariam direitos pelos robos mais do que direitos pelas pessoas pretas. Desejo que fosse piada!
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ironicamente, eu acho que Elon Musk e Peter Thiel apoiariam direitos pelos robos mais do que direitos pelas pessoas pretas. Desejo que fosse piada!
Lol if /r/thebyrds was a racist cesspit I'd just give up on humanity. Boomer rock at its most wholesome!
November 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Lol if /r/thebyrds was a racist cesspit I'd just give up on humanity. Boomer rock at its most wholesome!
Any Democrat who wants my vote in the 2028 primary will vow to tear down the ballroom. This is my lone purity test.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Any Democrat who wants my vote in the 2028 primary will vow to tear down the ballroom. This is my lone purity test.