Irate but compassionate
@incognitiously.bsky.social
Makin' stuff up since 1976.
Fond of (consensually!) stabbing people in an Iberian mathematical style.
Working in state-level disaster management and emergency response.
(All opinions my own, to be excruciatingly clear.)
Fond of (consensually!) stabbing people in an Iberian mathematical style.
Working in state-level disaster management and emergency response.
(All opinions my own, to be excruciatingly clear.)
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I know the folkways here are about sharing your own thoughts, but I do a lot of reposting. A lot. Think of me as a pre-90s DJ. I don't make the music, but I select it with thought and care. And occasionally do a radio ident.
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build."
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build."
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Boycotting AI is like if boycotting rubbing stinging nettles on your genitals happened to save civilisation and the planet
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Boycotting AI is like if boycotting rubbing stinging nettles on your genitals happened to save civilisation and the planet
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“Is it really so hard for the tech industry to understand why not everyone is bowing before their new gods?”
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
“Is it really so hard for the tech industry to understand why not everyone is bowing before their new gods?”
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look at these three mouseketeers
Let the purrs and playful moments begin! Meet, Uno, Dos, & Tres, located in South Padre Island, TX.
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/uno-dos-and-tres-78829850/tx/south-padre-island/friends-of-animal-rescue-tx2248/
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/uno-dos-and-tres-78829850/tx/south-padre-island/friends-of-animal-rescue-tx2248/
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
look at these three mouseketeers
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Need to remind everyone that @acjaggard.bsky.social and I did an impeccable deep dive on this crossover, guesting on @gandgtheater.bsky.social
We act like the “Murder, She Wrote” and “Magnum, P.I.” crossover wasn’t the apex of western culture.
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Need to remind everyone that @acjaggard.bsky.social and I did an impeccable deep dive on this crossover, guesting on @gandgtheater.bsky.social
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How does scientific research generate impact beyond academia? Cross-disciplinary comparison based on REF impact cases
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November 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
How does scientific research generate impact beyond academia? Cross-disciplinary comparison based on REF impact cases
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rdcu.be/eR9jB
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This actually describes my college archaeology professor in 1987 only he also had a Tom Selleck mustache and was one of the most batshit crazy motherfuckers I have ever met.
If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This actually describes my college archaeology professor in 1987 only he also had a Tom Selleck mustache and was one of the most batshit crazy motherfuckers I have ever met.
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We are thankful for the help from @consumerreports.org on our #OptOutOctober project. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
www.eff.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We are thankful for the help from @consumerreports.org on our #OptOutOctober project. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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From our magazine: "My dad’s list is short and simple. He loves the Marines, his grandsons, menudo on Sundays, and Clint. ... Daddy is a sentimental man plagued with nostalgia for his hometown."
‘Mija, Solamente Me Importa Clint’
A daughter’s attempts to help her elderly father understand why his hometown doesn’t look like home anymore
www.texasobserver.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
From our magazine: "My dad’s list is short and simple. He loves the Marines, his grandsons, menudo on Sundays, and Clint. ... Daddy is a sentimental man plagued with nostalgia for his hometown."
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An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.
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Our worker-led newsroom wouldn't be possible without your people power.
Today and every day, @christurdisani.bsky.social writes, we're grateful for you.
(Featuring a shoutout to the inspiring team at @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, particularly @lisasnowden.bsky.social!)
Today and every day, @christurdisani.bsky.social writes, we're grateful for you.
(Featuring a shoutout to the inspiring team at @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, particularly @lisasnowden.bsky.social!)
This season, we’re thankful for you
Our worker-led newsroom wouldn't be possible without your people power.
51st.news
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Our worker-led newsroom wouldn't be possible without your people power.
Today and every day, @christurdisani.bsky.social writes, we're grateful for you.
(Featuring a shoutout to the inspiring team at @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, particularly @lisasnowden.bsky.social!)
Today and every day, @christurdisani.bsky.social writes, we're grateful for you.
(Featuring a shoutout to the inspiring team at @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, particularly @lisasnowden.bsky.social!)
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We looked away for 5 seconds and my 16-pound cat made off with a chunk of turkey the size of his enormous head.
It turns out crime does pay, because that’s absolutely his turkey now.
It turns out crime does pay, because that’s absolutely his turkey now.
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
We looked away for 5 seconds and my 16-pound cat made off with a chunk of turkey the size of his enormous head.
It turns out crime does pay, because that’s absolutely his turkey now.
It turns out crime does pay, because that’s absolutely his turkey now.
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his churu expenditure represents roughly one half of the growth in the gdp of the United States over the last year. Chancleta is simply Too Big To Fail.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
his churu expenditure represents roughly one half of the growth in the gdp of the United States over the last year. Chancleta is simply Too Big To Fail.
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THE NERD REICH
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Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
THE NERD REICH
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95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.
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New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI.
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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Obligatory “I wouldn’t be here if this shit was in effect at the time.” I need you to think really hard about what rules like this mean, not just for everyone, but for people you know and profess to like.
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Obligatory “I wouldn’t be here if this shit was in effect at the time.” I need you to think really hard about what rules like this mean, not just for everyone, but for people you know and profess to like.
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What if the true meaning of Christmas is supporting small businesses so the oligarchs have a very shitty season?
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November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
What if the true meaning of Christmas is supporting small businesses so the oligarchs have a very shitty season?
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This is an incredible read about how one editor at a Toronto publication uncovered the fact that a prospective freelancer was a fraud who's been getting AI-generated articles published across the globe.
The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is an incredible read about how one editor at a Toronto publication uncovered the fact that a prospective freelancer was a fraud who's been getting AI-generated articles published across the globe.
The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
The kicker says a lot, too. Just give it a read. Amazing from @nickhunebrown.bsky.social.
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cool pincer movement if you truly grasp:
AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
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AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
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"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 AM
cool pincer movement if you truly grasp:
AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
🧵
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AI & any concept relating to it like so-called guardrails are a scam in the deepest sense like a perpetual motion machine or a quija board — and not only a scam like a pyramid scheme which is a possible way to make money if you are first in first out
🧵
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🙃 so they are Nazis. Didn’t see that coming at all.
November 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
🙃 so they are Nazis. Didn’t see that coming at all.
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Jimmy Kimmel to Trump tonight: "I'll go when you go, okay? We'll be a team. Let's ride off into the sunset together like butch Cassidy and the suntan kid. [ Laughter ] And until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you: 'quiet, piggy.'"
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Jimmy Kimmel to Trump tonight: "I'll go when you go, okay? We'll be a team. Let's ride off into the sunset together like butch Cassidy and the suntan kid. [ Laughter ] And until then, if I may borrow a phrase from you: 'quiet, piggy.'"