Thad
@thaddeusjames.bsky.social
Tabletop gamer, supernatural/period horror enthusiast, swashbuckling aficionado, vaguely leftist, Godzilla fanboy. Abolish and Prosecute ICE.
If generic statements and vibes are your job, then obviously you're gonna be more comfortable using the Statements And Vibes Machine than someone who actually has to understand things and produce correct results.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If generic statements and vibes are your job, then obviously you're gonna be more comfortable using the Statements And Vibes Machine than someone who actually has to understand things and produce correct results.
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I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
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they want a global order with a few hundred white male billionaires on the top, a few thousand servants and technicians and guards to serve them, and a few billion slaves living in precarity that they do not give a fuck about. thats what they're goin for, and they're most of the way to it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
they want a global order with a few hundred white male billionaires on the top, a few thousand servants and technicians and guards to serve them, and a few billion slaves living in precarity that they do not give a fuck about. thats what they're goin for, and they're most of the way to it.
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Rich people don't like to think, so they can't understand the working class who has to think everyday and why they don't like something that thinks for them, because they can't understand what having your own thoughts is like
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Rich people don't like to think, so they can't understand the working class who has to think everyday and why they don't like something that thinks for them, because they can't understand what having your own thoughts is like
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1900's strongwoman Charmion
April 7, 2024 at 4:00 PM
1900's strongwoman Charmion
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And I'm so angry at how fast this got put into schools.
I remember how hard it was to get a computer class back in high school; a year of typing classes, then all they gave us was a class on WordPerfect, not even command line shit.
But they're putting this falsehood/suicide generator for free.
I remember how hard it was to get a computer class back in high school; a year of typing classes, then all they gave us was a class on WordPerfect, not even command line shit.
But they're putting this falsehood/suicide generator for free.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 AM
And I'm so angry at how fast this got put into schools.
I remember how hard it was to get a computer class back in high school; a year of typing classes, then all they gave us was a class on WordPerfect, not even command line shit.
But they're putting this falsehood/suicide generator for free.
I remember how hard it was to get a computer class back in high school; a year of typing classes, then all they gave us was a class on WordPerfect, not even command line shit.
But they're putting this falsehood/suicide generator for free.
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Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
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The Singularitarian fantasists who want us to elevate machines to consciousness are not interested in the happiness of all beings.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Singularitarian fantasists who want us to elevate machines to consciousness are not interested in the happiness of all beings.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
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almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
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~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
Support Unraveled
unraveledpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
Oh this is a good one, almost enough to make me reconsider my lack of interest in post-1700 military history!
#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Oh this is a good one, almost enough to make me reconsider my lack of interest in post-1700 military history!
Del Toro's Mountains of Madness, or Kingdom Hearts with each "world" fully animated in the style of its originating film.
Or, I just bully New Line into giving its Hunt for Gollum movie to Robert Eggars.
Or, I just bully New Line into giving its Hunt for Gollum movie to Robert Eggars.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Del Toro's Mountains of Madness, or Kingdom Hearts with each "world" fully animated in the style of its originating film.
Or, I just bully New Line into giving its Hunt for Gollum movie to Robert Eggars.
Or, I just bully New Line into giving its Hunt for Gollum movie to Robert Eggars.
I did not know this, but it explains so much
Worked with a bunch of this on the board of what was basically a Jungian counseling center, which was very focused on Joseph Campbell’s work. I loved it. And then one day i learned that Campbell didn’t believe women could make The Hero’s Journey
The oppression is built into our scripts and schemas.
The oppression is built into our scripts and schemas.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I did not know this, but it explains so much
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A BIG @kickstarter.com pledge cancelled. We dropped 14% overnight. It happens. If this story matters to you: RT, share, tell someone. bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A BIG @kickstarter.com pledge cancelled. We dropped 14% overnight. It happens. If this story matters to you: RT, share, tell someone. bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
Gotta start telling people to watch Jaws: the Revenge for the same reason
Okay now let's find out the geographical location for the people tweeting about how seriously Michael Caine took the Muppets, because I love that movie but for God's sakes WE GET IT
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Gotta start telling people to watch Jaws: the Revenge for the same reason
A network to track and report devastating interview occurrences in realtime, call that ChotSpotter
what do you mean I won't get the opportunity to get my passport ready and leave my life behind before I get Chotted
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
A network to track and report devastating interview occurrences in realtime, call that ChotSpotter
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If you haven't heard the cover by The Hu, you should go listen. Mongolian Folk Metal and Maiden go together very very well.
youtu.be/2WrvFUZgHro?...
youtu.be/2WrvFUZgHro?...
The HU - "The Trooper" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by The HU
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If you haven't heard the cover by The Hu, you should go listen. Mongolian Folk Metal and Maiden go together very very well.
youtu.be/2WrvFUZgHro?...
youtu.be/2WrvFUZgHro?...
This was posted about the Frieren angle story, but is just as applicable to that Grok "roast" thing.
Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This was posted about the Frieren angle story, but is just as applicable to that Grok "roast" thing.
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We got the electric payment plan restored. But rationing half doses of this med that jumped ~$200, getting low. Every boost matters! 🙏
Tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit option): https://bit.ly/payrev
Games:
www.drivethrurpg.com...
#MutualAid #TTRPG #Helpsky
Tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit option): https://bit.ly/payrev
Games:
www.drivethrurpg.com...
#MutualAid #TTRPG #Helpsky
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We got the electric payment plan restored. But rationing half doses of this med that jumped ~$200, getting low. Every boost matters! 🙏
Tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit option): https://bit.ly/payrev
Games:
www.drivethrurpg.com...
#MutualAid #TTRPG #Helpsky
Tips:
ko-fi.com/revcasey
https://paypal.me/tpipc
(credit/debit option): https://bit.ly/payrev
Games:
www.drivethrurpg.com...
#MutualAid #TTRPG #Helpsky
Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the earth, Charlie Brown
You gotta keep his con even after you take his money. He can't know you took him, Charlie Brown.
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule, Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Dinosaurs eat man, woman inherits the earth, Charlie Brown
This is remarkable!
NEW ARTICLE: Yemeni coins trace relations between pirates, merchants, and enslavers that traversed the North American, Arabian, & Madagascar coasts in the 1690s and shed light on colonial material exchange.
#vastearlyamerica #arthistory
journalpanorama.org/article/a-tr...
#vastearlyamerica #arthistory
journalpanorama.org/article/a-tr...
A Trail of Coins from Yemen to New York: Pirates, Plunder, and Enslavement in the World of Margrieta van Varick, ca. 1695 - Panorama
Panorama is a peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication dedicated to American art and visual culture (broadly defined). The journal is intended to provide a high-caliber international forum for d...
journalpanorama.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
This is remarkable!
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Thinking of the Helmand Culture woman from Shahr-e Sukhteh in Iran with the sick ass golden artificial eye again.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thinking of the Helmand Culture woman from Shahr-e Sukhteh in Iran with the sick ass golden artificial eye again.
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the key feature of "bad photoshop" was not that it was "bad" but that you could see the hand of the person who made it. "bad photoshop" is a triumph of human will over technical stumbling blocks. it's why the shaggs are magical and AI Music Slop is forgotten before you can even finish listening
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
the key feature of "bad photoshop" was not that it was "bad" but that you could see the hand of the person who made it. "bad photoshop" is a triumph of human will over technical stumbling blocks. it's why the shaggs are magical and AI Music Slop is forgotten before you can even finish listening
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millions of belles dames a year are avec merci, yet the media focuses on the one or two who are sans merci
January 4, 2024 at 3:57 PM
millions of belles dames a year are avec merci, yet the media focuses on the one or two who are sans merci
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A movie that takes place where you’re from.
Oh yeah. Easy pick.
Oh yeah. Easy pick.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
Oh yeah. Easy pick.
Oh yeah. Easy pick.