Ton Chrysoprase
@tonchrysoprase.bsky.social
Silicate Morporkian; head of the Breccia; semi-regular denizen of the pork futures warehouse; member of the Ankh Morpork Poster's Guild.
Not always swearing and cynical.
If I follow you, it’s because I liked something you posted, no follow back expected.
Not always swearing and cynical.
If I follow you, it’s because I liked something you posted, no follow back expected.
Fuck yeah. I’m not even particularly left, but if Mamdani can help reduce the insane handouts we give to car culture (free infrastructure, land use, uncompensated health damage from pollution and noise), he’s my personal hero.
November 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Fuck yeah. I’m not even particularly left, but if Mamdani can help reduce the insane handouts we give to car culture (free infrastructure, land use, uncompensated health damage from pollution and noise), he’s my personal hero.
Is Princeton eating clubs the populism we were promised?
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Is Princeton eating clubs the populism we were promised?
I think she misunderstood the assignment and desiccated the macaroni and turkey.
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I think she misunderstood the assignment and desiccated the macaroni and turkey.
Wenn sich die Mediokrität in ihren Privilegien bedroht sieht, sucht sie sich einen Sündenbock und wenn sie dazu zu faul ist, erfindet sie sich halt einen.
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Wenn sich die Mediokrität in ihren Privilegien bedroht sieht, sucht sie sich einen Sündenbock und wenn sie dazu zu faul ist, erfindet sie sich halt einen.
AI would be overkill. A 5 line python script with a 2000 word dictionary of corporate bullshit would probably get you something unbelievable for spitting out sentences that are excessively coherent.
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
AI would be overkill. A 5 line python script with a 2000 word dictionary of corporate bullshit would probably get you something unbelievable for spitting out sentences that are excessively coherent.
Probably the same I’m doing now. It’d be tempting to quit my job and finish my PHD that I had to drop because of my job, but the money’s good and the job’s interesting. Maybe I’d do it once the kids are out of the house and retirement sorted (not sure I’d trust UBI enough not to).
November 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Probably the same I’m doing now. It’d be tempting to quit my job and finish my PHD that I had to drop because of my job, but the money’s good and the job’s interesting. Maybe I’d do it once the kids are out of the house and retirement sorted (not sure I’d trust UBI enough not to).
Heart breaking. She’d have been welcome to visit anytime. But instead she chose to follow an illegal order.
November 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Heart breaking. She’d have been welcome to visit anytime. But instead she chose to follow an illegal order.
I’m not holding my breath waiting for the NYT to rise to the lofty standards of Drudge.
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I’m not holding my breath waiting for the NYT to rise to the lofty standards of Drudge.
What a bunch of absolute ignoramuses. Just the sub hed: peace through economic integration is what the EU was created for. If Europe has an issue here it’s not the economic bit.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
What a bunch of absolute ignoramuses. Just the sub hed: peace through economic integration is what the EU was created for. If Europe has an issue here it’s not the economic bit.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Wait, are we still talking about Hitler?
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Wait, are we still talking about Hitler?
Well, same was true for Germany.
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Well, same was true for Germany.
We’re having a solid 70 year run shitting on what’s now the great grandchildren of 1940s Germany. Maybe we should take more than 70 days to absolve ourselves from the fascist government we, as a people, voted into office.
November 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We’re having a solid 70 year run shitting on what’s now the great grandchildren of 1940s Germany. Maybe we should take more than 70 days to absolve ourselves from the fascist government we, as a people, voted into office.
Too expensive
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Too expensive
I know, right. They were running around in my city with long guns following illegal orders. Good that people finally wake up to how bad that is.
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I know, right. They were running around in my city with long guns following illegal orders. Good that people finally wake up to how bad that is.
Second and third strike for 'fast moving' which means both that the company cuts corners so the product a) doesn't do what it's supposed to and b) causes a lot of damage in the process.
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Second and third strike for 'fast moving' which means both that the company cuts corners so the product a) doesn't do what it's supposed to and b) causes a lot of damage in the process.
Oh yeah, my point wasn’t that Enron wasn’t absolutely no good horrible. It’s more that for the shit show it was, AI is worse in that we get all the economic mess without even a viable product.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Oh yeah, my point wasn’t that Enron wasn’t absolutely no good horrible. It’s more that for the shit show it was, AI is worse in that we get all the economic mess without even a viable product.
Huh? I thought the general view was that what she did was stupid, but the issue was one of admin procedures. Nobody presented an argument that what she did compromised the prosecution and just conflating the two is what strikes me as disingenuous.
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Huh? I thought the general view was that what she did was stupid, but the issue was one of admin procedures. Nobody presented an argument that what she did compromised the prosecution and just conflating the two is what strikes me as disingenuous.
Except Enron had a product people actually needed badly enough that they’d pay serious ones for and there is a commercial market for electricity.
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Except Enron had a product people actually needed badly enough that they’d pay serious ones for and there is a commercial market for electricity.
America: yay we’re so rich, look at our GDP
Also America: if you don’t go into debt to spend money you don’t have on shit that doesn’t add value, you’re a traitor for not artificially inflating GDP
Also America: if you don’t go into debt to spend money you don’t have on shit that doesn’t add value, you’re a traitor for not artificially inflating GDP
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
America: yay we’re so rich, look at our GDP
Also America: if you don’t go into debt to spend money you don’t have on shit that doesn’t add value, you’re a traitor for not artificially inflating GDP
Also America: if you don’t go into debt to spend money you don’t have on shit that doesn’t add value, you’re a traitor for not artificially inflating GDP
If you want to start a list of things Trump voters don’t understand you’ll be at it for a while.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If you want to start a list of things Trump voters don’t understand you’ll be at it for a while.
Well, as long as the crimes are happen in the White House and Congress, having a few kids break their oath to illegally occupy my town won’t help much.
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Well, as long as the crimes are happen in the White House and Congress, having a few kids break their oath to illegally occupy my town won’t help much.
Dafuq does that even mean? Did Biden invent water?
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Dafuq does that even mean? Did Biden invent water?
