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hired geek & fuzzy peep // he/him // yorkshire european // remain indoors // may contain more than your RDA of sarcasm // http://meow.social/@patterfloof // AI is Tech Heresy

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🐴 Jam 🎃 comms open! ⭐ @wyrdlittleguy.bsky.social · 2h

so before google became like the main search engine, all the way havk in the 90s, for some reason my parents and some of my extended family used Metacrawler as their homepage
its a search engine that still exists and afaik doesn't use AI. it has ads, but feels like old google
www.metacrawler.com

www.metacrawler.com

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Clutchy McGritterson @mcgritterson.industries · 23h

I haven't posted Lars Ulrich, the Toilet in a while. Here's Lars Ulrich, the Toilet.

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patter.bsky.social @patter.bsky.social · 20h

demonstrating how to make chicken tasty by completely hiding it

patter.bsky.social @patter.bsky.social · 20h

www.youtube.com/watch?v=stMf...

The Kinks - Dedicated Follower Of Fashion (Official Audio)

YouTube video by The Kinks

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Three pumpkins in a trenchcoat @robotpinemarten.bsky.social · 21d

The most British post in existence

A tumblr thread about the term ‘cheeky Nando’s’ -

Anonymous said:
BUT WHAT DOES CHEEKY
NANDOS *MEAN* IT HAS TO HAVE A MEANING

chavvesty:
Mate it's hard to explain mate it's just like one day you'll just be wif your mates having a look in jd and you might fancy curry club at the 'Spoons but your lad Calum who's an absolute ledge and the archbishop of banterbury will be like 'brevs lets have a cheeky nandos instead." and you'll think "Top. Let's smash it."

ahrned:
What the hell does this say

youngvlcanoes:
I’m fucking crying

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patter.bsky.social @patter.bsky.social · 23h

when you handpick judges & they still question you

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 1d

I had a post reach the Discover feed today and was once again reminded of how many people on this site are not house trained.

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IggyMaid @iggymaid.bsky.social · May 20

Decided to add voice and a little editing, this made me giggle so much

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NineBlack @9black.bsky.social · 1d

"y'all need to make and use your own moderation lists!"

"No, not like that!"

John A Dracula Cullen @nellucnhoj.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I was wondering why I no longer had the option to report TERFs to a moderation list I was subbed to.

Description of a moderation list --now titled as "Hidden list"-- made by brainnotonyet.bsky.social

The description reads "trans exclusionary radical feminists who are using rightwing language to attack minority groups."

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patter.bsky.social @patter.bsky.social · 1d

If it's not Government Propaganda user, it will be

patter.bsky.social @patter.bsky.social · 1d

Indiana Jones and A Series Of Small Walls

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 2d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 2d

LLM AI exists to crush labour. That's not even my surmise, the people paying billions of dollars to fund this stuff are extremely open and explicit that this is their goal.

There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.

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Sam Turner @renrut-mas.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not accepting "anxious" until they're hunkered down in a bunker paranoid that the security guards are going to kill and eat them.

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Reverse Clowngirl @axialagegamer.swifties.social · 2d

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patter.bsky.social @patter.bsky.social · 2d

his coming was predicted in the scrolls www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkav...

1995 Super Bowl Commercial "Bud" "Weis" "Er"

YouTube video by superbowladman

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Pete Birkinshaw @binaryape.bsky.social · 2d

I will also add that One Piece is *currently* the second best-selling series of books after Harry Potter and the series is still growing, so eventually...

What the 'One Piece' pirate flag means in Gen Z protests – DW – 10/08/2025

How did a flag from the Japanese anime series "One Piece" become a rallying symbol for Gen Z protest movements around the world?

www.dw.com

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

gang, there are going to be between 20k-40k people at the portland NO KINGS rally, and at least half are going to be wearing inflatable costumes, i want you to think about how funny that looks for a minute

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Lupus Londonwolf @lupuslondonwolf.bsky.social · 2d

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Bored National Guard Goes Door To Door Asking If Chicagoans Have Any Order They Need Restored https://theonion.com/bored-national-guard-goes-door-to-door-asking-if-chicagoans-have-any-order-they-need-restored/

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Andrew. @g026r.leftblank.org · 3d

I'm sorry, but what?

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 3d

just watched a dozen people ask microsoft copilot experts their most pressing questions and those questions were 90% “how do i turn it off?” and “when i turn it off, is it really off or is it spying on me?”

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patter.bsky.social @patter.bsky.social · 3d

wow, that's almost enough for a pub crawl