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I'm just this guy, you know?
Homo loquax nonnumquam sapiens.
Epistemophilic, Pythonic, Caninophilic.
Austin, TX (ATX)
Homo loquax nonnumquam sapiens.
Epistemophilic, Pythonic, Caninophilic.
Austin, TX (ATX)
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In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming. I focus on my dreamwatcher machine, making minute adjustments in all five dimensions.
The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity?
An image forms in the machine.
A classroom.
No trousers.
The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity?
An image forms in the machine.
A classroom.
No trousers.
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu lies dreaming. I focus on my dreamwatcher machine, making minute adjustments in all five dimensions.
The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity?
An image forms in the machine.
A classroom.
No trousers.
The Great Old One whimpers, vast limbs twitching in unease. What visions can terrify such an entity?
An image forms in the machine.
A classroom.
No trousers.
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An ogre knocked - carefully - on the witch's door.
She looked up at the hulking figure. "Can I help you?"
"Do you know where giants live?"
"Haven't been any here for centuries. Why?"
The ogre blushed. "I... It's stupid, but... I want to be the small spoon."
"Hm. I have a shrinking potion."
She looked up at the hulking figure. "Can I help you?"
"Do you know where giants live?"
"Haven't been any here for centuries. Why?"
The ogre blushed. "I... It's stupid, but... I want to be the small spoon."
"Hm. I have a shrinking potion."
November 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
An ogre knocked - carefully - on the witch's door.
She looked up at the hulking figure. "Can I help you?"
"Do you know where giants live?"
"Haven't been any here for centuries. Why?"
The ogre blushed. "I... It's stupid, but... I want to be the small spoon."
"Hm. I have a shrinking potion."
She looked up at the hulking figure. "Can I help you?"
"Do you know where giants live?"
"Haven't been any here for centuries. Why?"
The ogre blushed. "I... It's stupid, but... I want to be the small spoon."
"Hm. I have a shrinking potion."
Without saying Star Wars, name a science fiction film.
November 29, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Without saying Star Wars, name a science fiction film.
Dammit
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Dammit
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Since publishing our investigation into "Victoria Goldiee" at @thelocal.to, I've heard from editors from around the world who've had their own run-ins. A quick follow-up, plus a conversation with @cstarnino.bsky.social about journalism in a world of AI fakery. thelocal.to/fallout-from...
The Fallout From Our AI Freelancer Investigation | The Local
A conversation about the future of journalism in a world of “Victoria Goldiees.”
thelocal.to
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Since publishing our investigation into "Victoria Goldiee" at @thelocal.to, I've heard from editors from around the world who've had their own run-ins. A quick follow-up, plus a conversation with @cstarnino.bsky.social about journalism in a world of AI fakery. thelocal.to/fallout-from...
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Speaker at an event this week happily boasted that his school age kid was taking photos of homework maths questions, uploading them to ChatGPT then asking it to solve the problem.
Input the answer.
Homework done.
Nothing learnt.
We are so fucked.
Input the answer.
Homework done.
Nothing learnt.
We are so fucked.
And I swear, once again, this is not dunking on kids. We are seeing this at all levels--even grad students. AI + social media has had a profound impact on how we think and process our world, and we can't stop to reflect on it, because billionaires keep hurling addictive tech at us.
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Speaker at an event this week happily boasted that his school age kid was taking photos of homework maths questions, uploading them to ChatGPT then asking it to solve the problem.
Input the answer.
Homework done.
Nothing learnt.
We are so fucked.
Input the answer.
Homework done.
Nothing learnt.
We are so fucked.
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A reminder that AI was not invented to serve mankind but to help destroy itself.
The only market it makes money in is selling to War Inc.
The only market it makes money in is selling to War Inc.
Ukraine has for a while been using AI onboard (e.g. for processing video for target locking), mostly using Nvidia chips (on boards manufactured in China). It's expensive electronics, and as drones start to replace munitions it all needs to get a lot cheaper - and with a much less risky supply chain.
Ukrainian drone pilots look to AI for battlefield edge — Reuters
Ukrainian drone pilot Mex recalled attacking a recent high-value target - and how the 20-kilometre strike on what appeared to be a Russian tank would have been impossible without the help of an AI-ass...
apple.news
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A reminder that AI was not invented to serve mankind but to help destroy itself.
The only market it makes money in is selling to War Inc.
The only market it makes money in is selling to War Inc.
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Read this for an exhaustive, albeit exhausting, list of what 47’s done in October 2025 alone. I’m surprised he’s still in the 30-percentile range of approval.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oct...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oct...
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: October 2025: Atrocities 467-529
Early in President Trump’s first term, McSweeney’s editors began to catalog the head-spinning number of misdeeds coming from his administration. We...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Read this for an exhaustive, albeit exhausting, list of what 47’s done in October 2025 alone. I’m surprised he’s still in the 30-percentile range of approval.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oct...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/oct...
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To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.
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joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
joining the war on AI on the side of bong joon ho
Tickets + transatlantic airfare would be a step too far to see a show, right?
Right?!
::sigh::
In my defense, this thread is an… informed positive review. You should read it.
Right?!
::sigh::
In my defense, this thread is an… informed positive review. You should read it.
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Tickets + transatlantic airfare would be a step too far to see a show, right?
Right?!
::sigh::
In my defense, this thread is an… informed positive review. You should read it.
Right?!
::sigh::
In my defense, this thread is an… informed positive review. You should read it.
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Ukraine's domestically built arsenal now-
Neptune missile reach in green
Long Neptune variant in orange/yellow (warhead 350kg)
Flamingo cruise missile (warhead 1150kg, can punch through 10m reinforced concrete. 2 1/2 times more powerful than UK/French Storm Shadow. Cost $500k)
Neptune missile reach in green
Long Neptune variant in orange/yellow (warhead 350kg)
Flamingo cruise missile (warhead 1150kg, can punch through 10m reinforced concrete. 2 1/2 times more powerful than UK/French Storm Shadow. Cost $500k)
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ukraine's domestically built arsenal now-
Neptune missile reach in green
Long Neptune variant in orange/yellow (warhead 350kg)
Flamingo cruise missile (warhead 1150kg, can punch through 10m reinforced concrete. 2 1/2 times more powerful than UK/French Storm Shadow. Cost $500k)
Neptune missile reach in green
Long Neptune variant in orange/yellow (warhead 350kg)
Flamingo cruise missile (warhead 1150kg, can punch through 10m reinforced concrete. 2 1/2 times more powerful than UK/French Storm Shadow. Cost $500k)
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Electric discharges caused by dust devils and dust storms on Mars have been identified for the first time by analysing sound recordings captured by the Perseverance rover's SuperCam microphone. 🧪🔭 #Mars
www.cnrs.fr/en/press/ele...
www.cnrs.fr/en/press/ele...
Electric discharges detected on Mars for the first time
Electric discharges caused by dust devils and dust storms on Mars have been identified for the first time by analysing sound recordings captured by the Perseverance rover's SuperCam microphone. I...
www.cnrs.fr
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Electric discharges caused by dust devils and dust storms on Mars have been identified for the first time by analysing sound recordings captured by the Perseverance rover's SuperCam microphone. 🧪🔭 #Mars
www.cnrs.fr/en/press/ele...
www.cnrs.fr/en/press/ele...
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"the document was not listed on the OBR website, journalists - including those at the BBC - were able to access by guessing its URL, which was very similar to one used in a previous official document"
case solved, give me the money
case solved, give me the money
OBR calls in cyber expert over botched release of Budget analysis
Rachel Reeves's statement was thrown into chaos after journalists were able to access the document early.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"the document was not listed on the OBR website, journalists - including those at the BBC - were able to access by guessing its URL, which was very similar to one used in a previous official document"
case solved, give me the money
case solved, give me the money
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November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Jasmonic acid signaling inhibits axillary bud development under drought stress via the CmMYC2–CmBRC1b module (Jinyu Jin, Yuqing Zhu, Song Li, Xiaojuan Xing, et alg) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
Jasmonic acid signaling inhibits axillary bud development under drought stress via the CmMYC2–CmBRC1b module
Jasmonic acid reduces branching by activating CmMYC2 that turns on a key bud suppressor CmBRC1b under drought stress, revealing how plants adjust architect
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Jasmonic acid signaling inhibits axillary bud development under drought stress via the CmMYC2–CmBRC1b module (Jinyu Jin, Yuqing Zhu, Song Li, Xiaojuan Xing, et alg) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Train Dreams is such a beautiful film. And joins the list of the best Terrence Malick films Terrence Malick didn’t direct. Joel Edgerton gives the performance of his career. Restrained and subtle. Will Paxton provides the narration and there’s a sense of deep time few films achieve.
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Train Dreams is such a beautiful film. And joins the list of the best Terrence Malick films Terrence Malick didn’t direct. Joel Edgerton gives the performance of his career. Restrained and subtle. Will Paxton provides the narration and there’s a sense of deep time few films achieve.
Dear America,
…
…
Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Dear America,
…
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In a normal world this would be a scandal.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In a normal world this would be a scandal.
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I've seen remarkable things in my years of chasing, but this scene from my first year remains a favorite. Here, the flanking line of a supercell is painted by the setting Sun, while the very clouds you're looking at cast shadows for miles (seen as anticrepuscular rays near the horizon). #photography
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I've seen remarkable things in my years of chasing, but this scene from my first year remains a favorite. Here, the flanking line of a supercell is painted by the setting Sun, while the very clouds you're looking at cast shadows for miles (seen as anticrepuscular rays near the horizon). #photography
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Little known fact, but the British and Japanese both drive on the left in case they need to draw their swords if their honour is called into question.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Little known fact, but the British and Japanese both drive on the left in case they need to draw their swords if their honour is called into question.
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“SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE OF-“
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“SOYLENT GREEN IS MADE OF-“
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November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Official link to these new Southern Reach editions share.google/wvp4iCVx0q5a...
Evernight Exclusive: Southern Reach set by Jeff Vandermeer
We’re thrilled to announce, in collaboration with Jeff Vandermeer (@jeff_vandermeer123) and 4th Estate Books (@4thestatebooks), our Evernight Exclusive set of the Southern Reach series! Sent as the tw...
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November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Official link to these new Southern Reach editions share.google/wvp4iCVx0q5a...