Iris Meredith
@iris-meredith.bsky.social
Software engineer, trans advocate and general nuisance. Blogs at https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/posts.
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So, lots of new followers on here after the wank article (which, I am proud to say, is creeping up on 10,000 unique visitors: an important milestone!) Here's a bit about what I'm about and what I do:
Brave New World back when I was thirteen. It was... nice to know that my experiences weren't entirely unique
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Brave New World back when I was thirteen. It was... nice to know that my experiences weren't entirely unique
Pedocon theory appears to have strong international applicability
Just with this getting a bit out of hand, I am referring to the following quote in the below article: “Next time you attend church events … make sure to ask Jevon … how many unsolicited photos he takes to try blackmail them into silence.” newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/11/f...
Police watchdog scathing of former top cop Andrew Coster on McSkimming case
The IPCA found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police over how they responded to accusations of sexual offending by former Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming.
newsroom.co.nz
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Pedocon theory appears to have strong international applicability
I am deeply weary of the fact that our current economy appears to be built mostly or entirely off the back of scams
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I am deeply weary of the fact that our current economy appears to be built mostly or entirely off the back of scams
I have to admit, the whole idea just immediately gives me serfdom vibes
Communicating why a 50 year mortgage costs more, overall, than a 30 year mortgage should not be a hard task.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
The problem is the average American is both functionally illiterate and innumerate, as a deliberate result of decades of the policies made by the very people pushing for 50 year mortgages.
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I have to admit, the whole idea just immediately gives me serfdom vibes
Seconded: it's really hard to fetishise maths after having studied Linear Algebra in any real depth. Like, don't get me wrong, but the mindset you need to cultivate to get good at it is not one that's suited to success in the modern world.
indeed, *actually* knowing a lot of math instead of just pretending that you do seems to insulate many people from Math Fetishization Syndrome
Notably you don’t have to study math yourself to be afflicted with Math Fetishization Syndrome.
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Seconded: it's really hard to fetishise maths after having studied Linear Algebra in any real depth. Like, don't get me wrong, but the mindset you need to cultivate to get good at it is not one that's suited to success in the modern world.
My family grew up in Poland under the PZPR. I have very limited sympathies for most of that regime. But somehow seeing how we do education in the Anglosphere consistently turns me into a bit of a tankie on that one particular issue.
"i don't like the value judgment implied in 'that kid can't read so well'" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My family grew up in Poland under the PZPR. I have very limited sympathies for most of that regime. But somehow seeing how we do education in the Anglosphere consistently turns me into a bit of a tankie on that one particular issue.
Pride Month | deadSimpleTech
A story set in Liam Kofi Bright's Sanguinary Utnapishtim setting
deadsimpletech.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I think I'd be more sympathetic to this if Xi didn't just purge his military and also if we didn't have him on record as asking why a deflationary economy is bad.
The winner of the 21st century is going to be whichever country stops shooting itself in the foot first, isn't it?
The winner of the 21st century is going to be whichever country stops shooting itself in the foot first, isn't it?
I am fully at the "President Xi Jinping liberate us" stage rn.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I think I'd be more sympathetic to this if Xi didn't just purge his military and also if we didn't have him on record as asking why a deflationary economy is bad.
The winner of the 21st century is going to be whichever country stops shooting itself in the foot first, isn't it?
The winner of the 21st century is going to be whichever country stops shooting itself in the foot first, isn't it?
I sympathise with this position, but coming from a family that worked in the meat industry (microbiologists, for the record), I'm not sure quite how much I can agree with it.
Though I will grant that some of that might just be finding the American processing system terrifying
Though I will grant that some of that might just be finding the American processing system terrifying
even within your own lifetime it is difficult to recall how much better everything you eat, drink, and touch is than it used to be
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I sympathise with this position, but coming from a family that worked in the meat industry (microbiologists, for the record), I'm not sure quite how much I can agree with it.
Though I will grant that some of that might just be finding the American processing system terrifying
Though I will grant that some of that might just be finding the American processing system terrifying
Damn right!
sex workers who make their money on the internet often hang out being cool people on the internet to generate traffic on a sfw account.
if you have zero sex workers as mutuals it means you're using the platform you're on like linkedin and checking their resumes in advance
if you have zero sex workers as mutuals it means you're using the platform you're on like linkedin and checking their resumes in advance
one comment on the Talarico Instagram non scandal: sex workers are allowed to have lives and interests outside of work, too, including politics.
feel like bsky is preaching to the choir in that regard, but
feel like bsky is preaching to the choir in that regard, but
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Damn right!
I do not know, these days, where exactly I fit. Sometimes it feels like I'm too liberal for the radicals and too radical for the liberals, and I can't quite get the words right for either.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I do not know, these days, where exactly I fit. Sometimes it feels like I'm too liberal for the radicals and too radical for the liberals, and I can't quite get the words right for either.
I do not feel like I have much of a home in this world any more.
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I do not feel like I have much of a home in this world any more.
Reposted by Iris Meredith
Sam Altman molested his sister; no one talks about this
"I'm making billions, and, if it fails, taxpayers will bail me out"
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sam Altman molested his sister; no one talks about this
(Dog meme)
Anarchy! No building dual power slowly over a period of time. Only anarchy!
Anarchy! No building dual power slowly over a period of time. Only anarchy!
look as an anarchist i both believe in and support building alternatives that can compete with if not surpass state welfare systems but also lmao there is no way in hell you could scale mutual aid overnight to replace SNAP
Socialist Programs
Now, obviously, as an anarchist I oppose affirmative action, welfare, public education and the like because they’re statist programs and, as such, are inhere...
humaniterations.net
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
(Dog meme)
Anarchy! No building dual power slowly over a period of time. Only anarchy!
Anarchy! No building dual power slowly over a period of time. Only anarchy!
In order to transition, you must first understand the importance of lines of manuever.
To change your sex what you need isn’t hormones
What you need is an army 😉
(An army to get you your hormones, among other things)
What you need is an army 😉
(An army to get you your hormones, among other things)
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
In order to transition, you must first understand the importance of lines of manuever.
(Zizek voice) See? Writers and engineers are not enemies. In fact they are making out, kissing sloppy style and so on and so forth...
(and now as an ancient narrative designer who has been doing this for 15 years, I know the answer is probably "no one listened to the writers or the engineers")
November 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
(Zizek voice) See? Writers and engineers are not enemies. In fact they are making out, kissing sloppy style and so on and so forth...
I have to admit, I'm a bit lost on how to communicate ideas along the lines of "these people are genuinely very bigoted and the policies they're pushing contribute to that, but I don't think that the policy is deliberately formulated to get that result: they're genuinely too dumb to track cause and
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I have to admit, I'm a bit lost on how to communicate ideas along the lines of "these people are genuinely very bigoted and the policies they're pushing contribute to that, but I don't think that the policy is deliberately formulated to get that result: they're genuinely too dumb to track cause and
Definitely more of a LinkedIn post than a Bluesky one, this one, but it might still be fun
What a CTO should know about tech | deadSimpleTech
Clausewitz (and I don't think Jomini particularly disagrees with him on this point) stresses understanding the capabilities of various units and weapons systems. What this means is that while you don'...
deadsimpletech.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Definitely more of a LinkedIn post than a Bluesky one, this one, but it might still be fun
I know that it's perhaps too much to hope for, but Brandon Sanderson should pull as much of his IP that he can from the game. A small thing, but it'd make me happy
I can't wait to see all of my mutuals that play Fortnite regularly to not touch the game for the entirety of the season in solidarity of all of their trans homies! It's so nice knowing so many people that aren't just allies when it's convenient for them! 🙂💖
Hint. Fucking. Hint.
Hint. Fucking. Hint.
Harry Potter x Fortnite coming in Chapter 7
(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)
#Fortnite #FortniteNews
(In other words, Fortnite is adding a transphobic authors work into Fortnite)
#Fortnite #FortniteNews
November 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I know that it's perhaps too much to hope for, but Brandon Sanderson should pull as much of his IP that he can from the game. A small thing, but it'd make me happy
Jeszcze wokeness nie zgineło,
kiedy my żyjemy
kiedy my żyjemy
Can someone please make a preachy, low-budget movie called Wokeness Is Not Dead
they're scared of zohran so bad
November 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Jeszcze wokeness nie zgineło,
kiedy my żyjemy
kiedy my żyjemy
I am ashamed to say that I initially misread that as Hamon and momentarily thought that the NYT was trying to push a pro-Pillar Men agenda.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I am ashamed to say that I initially misread that as Hamon and momentarily thought that the NYT was trying to push a pro-Pillar Men agenda.
Reposted by Iris Meredith
we will let bill kristol have one regime change. he gets el Salvador
the future of the democratic party is a coalition of the wokest people on tumblr and absolutely dead-eyed pursuers of the national interest and the maximization of GDP
funny that the two groups in the political class who have been the least enthusiastic about trump term 2 are like neocon blob guys and economists
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
we will let bill kristol have one regime change. he gets el Salvador
Not so much for the military tech thing either, alas. This government's defence policy is *also* dogshit.
Don't have home? Punishment awaits
Don't have a job? Punishment awaits
Want to destroy Aotearoa NZ's waterways, or manufacture military tech? The govt has plenty of rewards in store for you.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Don't have a job? Punishment awaits
Want to destroy Aotearoa NZ's waterways, or manufacture military tech? The govt has plenty of rewards in store for you.
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Not so much for the military tech thing either, alas. This government's defence policy is *also* dogshit.
I think we start with Zakat and Sawm, and *maybe* Hajj as a stretch goal
this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I think we start with Zakat and Sawm, and *maybe* Hajj as a stretch goal