jhayne
@foxtongue.bsky.social
dilettante, bon vivant. currently based in toronto.
early net adopter, writing/security/art/culture/tech, twice legally dead yet somehow still here.
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early net adopter, writing/security/art/culture/tech, twice legally dead yet somehow still here.
:: www.foxtongue.com
:: www.instagram.com/foxtongue
:: founding member of www.somanyofus.com
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An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
An essential development over the past decade-plus is that the ignorant went from feeling chastened when their ignorance was revealed to banding together and deciding that, actually, they were right. They might disagree at times, but they agreed that ignorance itself was an indicator of trust.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
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you say "i asked chatgpt"
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"
an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"
an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
chatgpt is much like an improv comedy group
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
1) you are the audience, giving it prompts
2) it produces things roughly shaped like your prompt
3) it is trained to respond with Yes, And
4) it has the factual accuracy of improv
5) it does not understand comedy
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
July 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
you say "i asked chatgpt"
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"
an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]"
an improv group wrote this report
instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group
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as I've remarked before, cyberpunk isn't 'I glitch into the webframe and draw my katana', it's 'the life of a man working for a criminal syndicate in Myanmar who spends his days pretending to be different women online to steal from the elderly'
People are dying over who gets to steal from a dude in Iowa who thinks the model who "accidentally" texted him has fallen in love with him.
the Thai-Cambodian conflict is at least partially about control of the scam/gambling/prostitution compounds along the border.
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/t...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/12/t...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
as I've remarked before, cyberpunk isn't 'I glitch into the webframe and draw my katana', it's 'the life of a man working for a criminal syndicate in Myanmar who spends his days pretending to be different women online to steal from the elderly'
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If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
FDA official proposes ‘impossible’ standards for vaccine testing that could curtail access to immunizations
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If new proposals detailed in an FDA memo are put into place, experts told me it would mean the end of annual flu shots. And end of most vaccines for pregnant people. And maybe the end of updates to pneumonia vaccines. And more.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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In a way, I'd say, for all the triviality of it just being three words, it's one of the most fascist things he's done in its casual assumption of the unchallenged license to debase a human being. It's what Pasolini's SALO is about, stripped of all the graphic excess, stripped down to its core.
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
In a way, I'd say, for all the triviality of it just being three words, it's one of the most fascist things he's done in its casual assumption of the unchallenged license to debase a human being. It's what Pasolini's SALO is about, stripped of all the graphic excess, stripped down to its core.
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It's also interesting to note how this is entirely normal, it's why such as curing cancer is very difficult: that gene you're looking at almost certainly does dozens or hundreds of completely different very essential things, it's load-bearing.
October 17, 2023 at 5:53 AM
It's also interesting to note how this is entirely normal, it's why such as curing cancer is very difficult: that gene you're looking at almost certainly does dozens or hundreds of completely different very essential things, it's load-bearing.
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It's interesting to think that when you get covid, which reactivates the EBV you almost certainly have (90% of all adults in the US have EBV), *that* reactivates a chunk of a 25 million year old retrovirus that's been hanging out in your genes.
October 17, 2023 at 5:52 AM
It's interesting to think that when you get covid, which reactivates the EBV you almost certainly have (90% of all adults in the US have EBV), *that* reactivates a chunk of a 25 million year old retrovirus that's been hanging out in your genes.
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70% of MS diagnoses are in cis women, and a large part of that is because high estrogen makes it easier for ERVW-1 to be expressed by EBV.
October 17, 2023 at 5:52 AM
70% of MS diagnoses are in cis women, and a large part of that is because high estrogen makes it easier for ERVW-1 to be expressed by EBV.
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That little chunk of a retrovirus that infected one of your primate ancestors 25 million years ago, is still in your genome, and when it works normally it helps you give birth.
When it fucks up, it gives you multiple sclerosis
When it fucks up, it gives you multiple sclerosis
October 17, 2023 at 5:51 AM
That little chunk of a retrovirus that infected one of your primate ancestors 25 million years ago, is still in your genome, and when it works normally it helps you give birth.
When it fucks up, it gives you multiple sclerosis
When it fucks up, it gives you multiple sclerosis
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ERVW-1, when expressed at the wrong time in the wrong cells, causes multiple sclerosis.
The Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus 4, turns on ERVW-1. This is how it causes MS.
The Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus 4, turns on ERVW-1. This is how it causes MS.
October 17, 2023 at 5:51 AM
ERVW-1, when expressed at the wrong time in the wrong cells, causes multiple sclerosis.
The Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus 4, turns on ERVW-1. This is how it causes MS.
The Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus 4, turns on ERVW-1. This is how it causes MS.
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That gene is ERVW-1, endogenous retrovirus group W.
Once, 25 million years ago, it helped that retrovirus evade a primate's immune system.
Now you use it so your immune system doesn't kill your embryo.
Once, 25 million years ago, it helped that retrovirus evade a primate's immune system.
Now you use it so your immune system doesn't kill your embryo.
October 17, 2023 at 5:50 AM
That gene is ERVW-1, endogenous retrovirus group W.
Once, 25 million years ago, it helped that retrovirus evade a primate's immune system.
Now you use it so your immune system doesn't kill your embryo.
Once, 25 million years ago, it helped that retrovirus evade a primate's immune system.
Now you use it so your immune system doesn't kill your embryo.
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That retrovirus dumped its genes into chromosome 7. It's still there, in your genome right now.
Almost all of it's been rendered nonsense and doesn't code for anything. But it can still make Syncytin-1 for you
Almost all of it's been rendered nonsense and doesn't code for anything. But it can still make Syncytin-1 for you
October 17, 2023 at 5:50 AM
That retrovirus dumped its genes into chromosome 7. It's still there, in your genome right now.
Almost all of it's been rendered nonsense and doesn't code for anything. But it can still make Syncytin-1 for you
Almost all of it's been rendered nonsense and doesn't code for anything. But it can still make Syncytin-1 for you
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Fun fact: humans and other primates have a protein, Syncytin-1, essential to embryonic development. You can't give birth without it.
Humans can make Syncytin-1 because primates learned it from a retrovirus they got 25 million years ago, which left the gene for it in them.
Humans can make Syncytin-1 because primates learned it from a retrovirus they got 25 million years ago, which left the gene for it in them.
October 17, 2023 at 5:50 AM
Fun fact: humans and other primates have a protein, Syncytin-1, essential to embryonic development. You can't give birth without it.
Humans can make Syncytin-1 because primates learned it from a retrovirus they got 25 million years ago, which left the gene for it in them.
Humans can make Syncytin-1 because primates learned it from a retrovirus they got 25 million years ago, which left the gene for it in them.
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One of the things that kills me about all this is that it’s just, like, maybe ten guys.
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
One of the things that kills me about all this is that it’s just, like, maybe ten guys.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
OBEY. CONSUME. STAY ASLEEP. DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY.
#halloween #blacklight #watchTV #TheyLive #costuming #horror #halloweekend
#halloween #blacklight #watchTV #TheyLive #costuming #horror #halloweekend
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
OBEY. CONSUME. STAY ASLEEP. DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY.
#halloween #blacklight #watchTV #TheyLive #costuming #horror #halloweekend
#halloween #blacklight #watchTV #TheyLive #costuming #horror #halloweekend
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anyone with cash looking to help the cause—and I can't emphasize enough how badly you're needed right now—i'd seriously recommend funding @propertyofthepeople.org.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
anyone with cash looking to help the cause—and I can't emphasize enough how badly you're needed right now—i'd seriously recommend funding @propertyofthepeople.org.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
Today's art break.
October 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Today's art break.
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But it was very clearly _not_ a protest. It doesn’t build power in the way that only antagonistic, confrontational protest can. We were in the Village, alongside folks in ACT UP “Silence = Death” shirts, so I got to explain what *real* protest is, in an American context, and that it has risks.
October 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
But it was very clearly _not_ a protest. It doesn’t build power in the way that only antagonistic, confrontational protest can. We were in the Village, alongside folks in ACT UP “Silence = Death” shirts, so I got to explain what *real* protest is, in an American context, and that it has risks.