@chromecow.bsky.social
www.404media.co/manyvids-por...
Let's talk about Parahuman relationships!
To get hit in short secession with parasocial, and now parahuman relationships is a tough draw for humanity. It's like the superorganism version of endocrine disruptors.
Let's talk about Parahuman relationships!
To get hit in short secession with parasocial, and now parahuman relationships is a tough draw for humanity. It's like the superorganism version of endocrine disruptors.
Aliens and Angel Numbers: Creators Worry Porn Platform ManyVids Is Falling Into ‘AI Psychosis’
“Ethical dilemmas about AI aside, the posts are completely disconnected with ManyVids as a site,” one ManyVids content creator told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
January 22, 2026 at 8:43 PM
www.404media.co/manyvids-por...
Let's talk about Parahuman relationships!
To get hit in short secession with parasocial, and now parahuman relationships is a tough draw for humanity. It's like the superorganism version of endocrine disruptors.
Let's talk about Parahuman relationships!
To get hit in short secession with parasocial, and now parahuman relationships is a tough draw for humanity. It's like the superorganism version of endocrine disruptors.
My people!
With arms linked and snow falling, Minneapolis ICE protesters dance as ICE agents retreat back. "Nah nah nah, hey hey hey, goodbye!" WATCH ⬇️
January 17, 2026 at 6:31 AM
My people!
A good companion piece to "On Bullshit."
It also calls out issues in tech that have been on my mind:
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_o...
A bit of an echo of Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
It also calls out issues in tech that have been on my mind:
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_o...
A bit of an echo of Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
An essay on wank | deadSimpleTech
This captures well the uncomfortable, slightly disorienting feeling that wank creates when you're subjected to it, wherein you're expected to speak about and think about the statement as though it say...
deadsimpletech.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A good companion piece to "On Bullshit."
It also calls out issues in tech that have been on my mind:
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_o...
A bit of an echo of Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
It also calls out issues in tech that have been on my mind:
deadsimpletech.com/blog/essay_o...
A bit of an echo of Upton Sinclair: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
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Are you frustrated with your elected officials? The good news is we’re heading into a primary season where we get to determine the leaders of the Democratic Party.
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Are you frustrated with your elected officials? The good news is we’re heading into a primary season where we get to determine the leaders of the Democratic Party.
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Not from the Trump administration or the bipartisan Congressional leadership, however. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Global outcry grows over Israel’s killing of starving civilians in Gaza
UN secretary general warns ‘last lifelines’ may soon collapse after Israeli forces attack WHO facilities in Deir al-Balah
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Not from the Trump administration or the bipartisan Congressional leadership, however. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Remembering today the first Cyberpunk book (nonfiction) I read.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing...
In 1985, it presages the social media dopamine feedback loop, and likely leads to one of my favorite Cyberpunk novels, "Gun, with Occasional Music," the daily news is only music, relating the vibe.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing...
In 1985, it presages the social media dopamine feedback loop, and likely leads to one of my favorite Cyberpunk novels, "Gun, with Occasional Music," the daily news is only music, relating the vibe.
Amusing Ourselves to Death - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Remembering today the first Cyberpunk book (nonfiction) I read.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing...
In 1985, it presages the social media dopamine feedback loop, and likely leads to one of my favorite Cyberpunk novels, "Gun, with Occasional Music," the daily news is only music, relating the vibe.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusing...
In 1985, it presages the social media dopamine feedback loop, and likely leads to one of my favorite Cyberpunk novels, "Gun, with Occasional Music," the daily news is only music, relating the vibe.
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here you go, @chromecow.bsky.social
You can't add humanity to AI any more than you can add humanity to a stick of charcoal, paint, or Gimp. These are tools, not tool-users. No art lies in a tool. Photoshop can't make art; it's not awake and has no opinons.
You can't add humanity to AI any more than you can add humanity to a stick of charcoal, paint, or Gimp. These are tools, not tool-users. No art lies in a tool. Photoshop can't make art; it's not awake and has no opinons.
June 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
here you go, @chromecow.bsky.social
You can't add humanity to AI any more than you can add humanity to a stick of charcoal, paint, or Gimp. These are tools, not tool-users. No art lies in a tool. Photoshop can't make art; it's not awake and has no opinons.
You can't add humanity to AI any more than you can add humanity to a stick of charcoal, paint, or Gimp. These are tools, not tool-users. No art lies in a tool. Photoshop can't make art; it's not awake and has no opinons.
Embarking on another vanity-project war, seems like a great day to revisit the Utah Philips/Ani DeFranco album The Past Didn't Go Anywhere.
open.spotify.com/album/2IqT02...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcQ...
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
-Mark Twain
open.spotify.com/album/2IqT02...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcQ...
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
-Mark Twain
Bridges
YouTube video by Ani DiFranco - Topic
www.youtube.com
June 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Embarking on another vanity-project war, seems like a great day to revisit the Utah Philips/Ani DeFranco album The Past Didn't Go Anywhere.
open.spotify.com/album/2IqT02...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcQ...
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
-Mark Twain
open.spotify.com/album/2IqT02...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcQ...
Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
-Mark Twain
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See how this works? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
See how this works? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is the budget resolution that Republicans have voted for.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
April 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the budget resolution that Republicans have voted for.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
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They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
April 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.
-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.