Kat
@tak.notapattern.net
maker of many things, mostly lists. armchair #cloud documentarian.
🎭 i love any and all live #theatre and try to see every show on #Broadway
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🎭 i love any and all live #theatre and try to see every show on #Broadway
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TEMPERATURES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE NEGATIVE
YEARS OF SHOVELING SNOW yet NO REAL WORLD USE FOUND for PICKING UP ICE AND PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE
Want to feel cold anyway, for a laugh? We had a tool for that: it was called POPSICLES
“Yes please give me a roof rake. I need to prevent ice dams […]
YEARS OF SHOVELING SNOW yet NO REAL WORLD USE FOUND for PICKING UP ICE AND PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE
Want to feel cold anyway, for a laugh? We had a tool for that: it was called POPSICLES
“Yes please give me a roof rake. I need to prevent ice dams […]
Original post on weatherishappening.network
weatherishappening.network
January 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
TEMPERATURES WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE NEGATIVE
YEARS OF SHOVELING SNOW yet NO REAL WORLD USE FOUND for PICKING UP ICE AND PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE
Want to feel cold anyway, for a laugh? We had a tool for that: it was called POPSICLES
“Yes please give me a roof rake. I need to prevent ice dams […]
YEARS OF SHOVELING SNOW yet NO REAL WORLD USE FOUND for PICKING UP ICE AND PUTTING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE
Want to feel cold anyway, for a laugh? We had a tool for that: it was called POPSICLES
“Yes please give me a roof rake. I need to prevent ice dams […]
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Alt text:
"Why wouldn't you rehearse for a good future? I think that we should celebrate and rehearse for a bright future, and maybe it will come true. I don't have time to illustrate misery or dystopian scenarios because they’ll happen. If you let everything go, they'll happen anyway."
-Syd Mead
"Why wouldn't you rehearse for a good future? I think that we should celebrate and rehearse for a bright future, and maybe it will come true. I don't have time to illustrate misery or dystopian scenarios because they’ll happen. If you let everything go, they'll happen anyway."
-Syd Mead
I think Syd Mead is on to something important. Not just that hope is important and energizes you to implement a better world, but that we rehearse futures all the time with imagery and imagined reactions that shape our behavior patterns.
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Alt text:
"Why wouldn't you rehearse for a good future? I think that we should celebrate and rehearse for a bright future, and maybe it will come true. I don't have time to illustrate misery or dystopian scenarios because they’ll happen. If you let everything go, they'll happen anyway."
-Syd Mead
"Why wouldn't you rehearse for a good future? I think that we should celebrate and rehearse for a bright future, and maybe it will come true. I don't have time to illustrate misery or dystopian scenarios because they’ll happen. If you let everything go, they'll happen anyway."
-Syd Mead
i had to learn about ice dams this week and i hate that for me. owning a house is just an endless accumulation of cursed knowledge that is somehow both high-stakes and the most boring shit imaginable.
i could have happily gone my whole life without knowing a “roof rake” was a thing, let alone […]
i could have happily gone my whole life without knowing a “roof rake” was a thing, let alone […]
Original post on weatherishappening.network
weatherishappening.network
January 30, 2026 at 11:28 PM
i had to learn about ice dams this week and i hate that for me. owning a house is just an endless accumulation of cursed knowledge that is somehow both high-stakes and the most boring shit imaginable.
i could have happily gone my whole life without knowing a “roof rake” was a thing, let alone […]
i could have happily gone my whole life without knowing a “roof rake” was a thing, let alone […]
i just had to attach a voided check to something for the first time in years and “Pay to the Order of: VOID” is sure a mood
January 29, 2026 at 8:36 PM
i just had to attach a voided check to something for the first time in years and “Pay to the Order of: VOID” is sure a mood
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Someone put a scarf on the Grand Army Plaza dinosaur to keep him warm this week.
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Someone put a scarf on the Grand Army Plaza dinosaur to keep him warm this week.
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happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to all who celebrate
January 27, 2026 at 11:36 AM
happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day to all who celebrate
@ivory hey is there a setting to restore single tap to boost behavior and i’m missing it? i had it like… a tap on the icon would boost and i could hold it down to quote a post and that seems to no longer be the case 🤔
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
@ivory hey is there a setting to restore single tap to boost behavior and i’m missing it? i had it like… a tap on the icon would boost and i could hold it down to quote a post and that seems to no longer be the case 🤔
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we all need a little less raging against the dying of the light and a little more coordinated tactical assault on the darkness factory
January 17, 2026 at 7:46 PM
we all need a little less raging against the dying of the light and a little more coordinated tactical assault on the darkness factory
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cannot stress how much of a whitepeople opinion it is to say that intelligence can be had by averaging the language of the entire internet
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
cannot stress how much of a whitepeople opinion it is to say that intelligence can be had by averaging the language of the entire internet
“I encourage anyone who has this reaction to take a good hard look at why they think a system being good (or even halfway decent) at providing boiler plate code gives it any credibility for other kinds of information seeking behavior. The tech companies are counting on you agreeing that writing […]
Original post on weatherishappening.network
weatherishappening.network
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
“I encourage anyone who has this reaction to take a good hard look at why they think a system being good (or even halfway decent) at providing boiler plate code gives it any credibility for other kinds of information seeking behavior. The tech companies are counting on you agreeing that writing […]
a new and exciting experience: winding down with a relaxing shower in the hotel room after an excruciatingly long day of travel, and suddenly the power goes out.
it was PITCH black and i had to grope my way to turning off the water, locating a towel, opening a glass shower door and two interior […]
it was PITCH black and i had to grope my way to turning off the water, locating a towel, opening a glass shower door and two interior […]
Original post on weatherishappening.network
weatherishappening.network
January 9, 2026 at 5:28 AM
a new and exciting experience: winding down with a relaxing shower in the hotel room after an excruciatingly long day of travel, and suddenly the power goes out.
it was PITCH black and i had to grope my way to turning off the water, locating a towel, opening a glass shower door and two interior […]
it was PITCH black and i had to grope my way to turning off the water, locating a towel, opening a glass shower door and two interior […]
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I've been reading about what really helped people who had problems with "AI Psychosis" and one tip jumped out at me:
Open a second window and tell it exactly the opposite of each thing you say.
This helps to expose the sycophancy and shatters the illusion of sincerity and humanity.
Thought it […]
Open a second window and tell it exactly the opposite of each thing you say.
This helps to expose the sycophancy and shatters the illusion of sincerity and humanity.
Thought it […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
January 7, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I've been reading about what really helped people who had problems with "AI Psychosis" and one tip jumped out at me:
Open a second window and tell it exactly the opposite of each thing you say.
This helps to expose the sycophancy and shatters the illusion of sincerity and humanity.
Thought it […]
Open a second window and tell it exactly the opposite of each thing you say.
This helps to expose the sycophancy and shatters the illusion of sincerity and humanity.
Thought it […]
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the LLM is a fascist project to deskill workers and propagandize the masses. there is no reclamation to be had here. it must be resisted by force.
January 5, 2026 at 8:27 PM
the LLM is a fascist project to deskill workers and propagandize the masses. there is no reclamation to be had here. it must be resisted by force.
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Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
January 2, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Saying ”Grok apologized” is like If I type “YOU’RE A BITCH” into Speak-And-Spell and tell you “Speak-An-Spell says you’re a bitch”
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[Grok, Elon]
I remember one time in like 2023, at the start of all this nonsense, articles were going around saying "Shocking! ChatGPT explains its decision making process to someone who asked."
It did no such thing! Why is it that people, *smart people*, even the hardest skeptics, still […]
I remember one time in like 2023, at the start of all this nonsense, articles were going around saying "Shocking! ChatGPT explains its decision making process to someone who asked."
It did no such thing! Why is it that people, *smart people*, even the hardest skeptics, still […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
January 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
[Grok, Elon]
I remember one time in like 2023, at the start of all this nonsense, articles were going around saying "Shocking! ChatGPT explains its decision making process to someone who asked."
It did no such thing! Why is it that people, *smart people*, even the hardest skeptics, still […]
I remember one time in like 2023, at the start of all this nonsense, articles were going around saying "Shocking! ChatGPT explains its decision making process to someone who asked."
It did no such thing! Why is it that people, *smart people*, even the hardest skeptics, still […]
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I wrote about why this is terrible journalism a few months back www.readtpa.com/p/stop-prete...
Stop Pretending Chatbots Have Feelings: Media's Dangerous AI Anthropomorphism Problem
When AI causes harm, headlines blame the bot instead of the billion-dollar companies that built them. This anthropomorphic coverage is tech journalism at its worst.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I wrote about why this is terrible journalism a few months back www.readtpa.com/p/stop-prete...
i could have written this, except for me it’s Japanese (and a number of other “fun” things i do). sometimes people ask me why and i tell them that if it had any actual utility in my life, it would be ruined. the pointlessness is the point
“Find something difficult enough to demand your […]
“Find something difficult enough to demand your […]
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weatherishappening.network
December 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
i could have written this, except for me it’s Japanese (and a number of other “fun” things i do). sometimes people ask me why and i tell them that if it had any actual utility in my life, it would be ruined. the pointlessness is the point
“Find something difficult enough to demand your […]
“Find something difficult enough to demand your […]
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I had a dream last night that today was broken and only had 17 hours because the other ones were corrupt and couldn’t be loaded. I think I need to spend less time around computers
December 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I had a dream last night that today was broken and only had 17 hours because the other ones were corrupt and couldn’t be loaded. I think I need to spend less time around computers
[Stranger Things S5 reaction (not a spoiler)]
Jonathan’s FACE during THAT scene. MY HEART 😭
Jonathan’s FACE during THAT scene. MY HEART 😭
December 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
[Stranger Things S5 reaction (not a spoiler)]
Jonathan’s FACE during THAT scene. MY HEART 😭
Jonathan’s FACE during THAT scene. MY HEART 😭
the last couple episodes of Pluribus have been quietly devastating and the more i think about them, the more this is true. really curious what the show is working up to in the final episode of the season
December 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
the last couple episodes of Pluribus have been quietly devastating and the more i think about them, the more this is true. really curious what the show is working up to in the final episode of the season
snuck in a bike ride yesterday to get the last few miles in between weather fronts. ten years! ten thousand miles! 😮
December 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
snuck in a bike ride yesterday to get the last few miles in between weather fronts. ten years! ten thousand miles! 😮
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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If a 4000 year old statuary fragment can be this chill then so can you
December 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If a 4000 year old statuary fragment can be this chill then so can you