707Kat
@707kat.bsky.social
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A full-stack Dev here to enjoy beautiful art and upload my own creations occasionally.
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👀 Jibatsu-Shounen Hanako-Kun
👾 #MakeRoom
🪫Social Battery
🔑 Clipforth
#Datarights #PrivacyMatters
A full-stack Dev here to enjoy beautiful art and upload my own creations occasionally.
{ Cᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛʟʏ }
👀 Jibatsu-Shounen Hanako-Kun
👾 #MakeRoom
🪫Social Battery
🔑 Clipforth
#Datarights #PrivacyMatters
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707Kat
@707kat.bsky.social
· Jun 8
They are making it impossible to host information online and drying up resources. Stop defending and supporting these malicious entities.
Open knowledge sharing AND copyright are both under siege. Whether you are for one or the other doesn't matter.
This is a shared issue that's hitting "both sides". They are taking away YOUR choice, replacing it with regurgitation & centralisation while the open internet withers away.
📌 Instance🧵
This is a shared issue that's hitting "both sides". They are taking away YOUR choice, replacing it with regurgitation & centralisation while the open internet withers away.
📌 Instance🧵
He's documented in their pockets. Watch Led By Donkey's videos on the man.
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
He's documented in their pockets. Watch Led By Donkey's videos on the man.
Winter Olympic AI slop.
Olympic Ai Slop Scandal Is Pathetic
YouTube video by Stylosa
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Winter Olympic AI slop.
Technology from 2026 is technology from the past, but now it's single use/worse quality/breaks faster etc.
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Technology from 2026 is technology from the past, but now it's single use/worse quality/breaks faster etc.
and a good portion of the US parliaments + the entirety of the current US government.
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
and a good portion of the US parliaments + the entirety of the current US government.
A: "Why is London a dead town overrun with criminal gangs?"
B: Because you can make money saying so online.
Right wing meme account grifters on social media said so and is spinning a narrative that doesn't match any real statistics or facts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDky...
B: Because you can make money saying so online.
Right wing meme account grifters on social media said so and is spinning a narrative that doesn't match any real statistics or facts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDky...
Why The Internet Is Terrified of London
YouTube video by Evan Edinger
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
A: "Why is London a dead town overrun with criminal gangs?"
B: Because you can make money saying so online.
Right wing meme account grifters on social media said so and is spinning a narrative that doesn't match any real statistics or facts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDky...
B: Because you can make money saying so online.
Right wing meme account grifters on social media said so and is spinning a narrative that doesn't match any real statistics or facts.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDky...
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Introducing the “AI-BOROS”: the few companies at the ‘top’ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesn’t exist AND doesn’t make any money.
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
The Entire Tech Industry is Screwed
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Introducing the “AI-BOROS”: the few companies at the ‘top’ of the economy handing each other billions of (debt-ridden) dollars for a product that both doesn’t exist AND doesn’t make any money.
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
and we ALL get to go broke when it inevitably implodes ha ha i love it here!!!
youtu.be/ifyaI4TOsDM?...
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Why use AI writing tools when you can just build your own workflow in Emacs instead?
itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux...
itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux...
In the Age of AI Writing Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel
The venerable text editor feels timeless and timely in the age of AI and enshittification. A novelist argues that it is perhaps because Emacs is the embodiment of FOSS ideals
itsfoss.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Why use AI writing tools when you can just build your own workflow in Emacs instead?
itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux...
itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux...
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VC, founder, dumbass
February 8, 2026 at 9:37 PM
VC, founder, dumbass
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The Commission is assessing whether #Mandelson's #Epstein contacts violated EU ethics rules 👏
Just a reminder that #Mandelson, as EU Trade Commissioner (2004–2008), operated an open-door policy for corporate #lobbyists & prioritised big business interests, as summarised in this cartoon from 2008 ⬇️
Just a reminder that #Mandelson, as EU Trade Commissioner (2004–2008), operated an open-door policy for corporate #lobbyists & prioritised big business interests, as summarised in this cartoon from 2008 ⬇️
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The Commission is assessing whether #Mandelson's #Epstein contacts violated EU ethics rules 👏
Just a reminder that #Mandelson, as EU Trade Commissioner (2004–2008), operated an open-door policy for corporate #lobbyists & prioritised big business interests, as summarised in this cartoon from 2008 ⬇️
Just a reminder that #Mandelson, as EU Trade Commissioner (2004–2008), operated an open-door policy for corporate #lobbyists & prioritised big business interests, as summarised in this cartoon from 2008 ⬇️
One Punch Man webcomic anyone?
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 PM
One Punch Man webcomic anyone?
He's been saying FSD even longer.
Crazy that he hasn't been taking in for fraudulent behaviour or misleading investors by now.
Crazy that he hasn't been taking in for fraudulent behaviour or misleading investors by now.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
He's been saying FSD even longer.
Crazy that he hasn't been taking in for fraudulent behaviour or misleading investors by now.
Crazy that he hasn't been taking in for fraudulent behaviour or misleading investors by now.
This is a single player game which is enjoyable to play with your partner or a loved one. ❤️
Took turns holding the controller with mine as the story progressed and we were both gripped by the atmosphere and the story being told.
Took turns holding the controller with mine as the story progressed and we were both gripped by the atmosphere and the story being told.
Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
This is a single player game which is enjoyable to play with your partner or a loved one. ❤️
Took turns holding the controller with mine as the story progressed and we were both gripped by the atmosphere and the story being told.
Took turns holding the controller with mine as the story progressed and we were both gripped by the atmosphere and the story being told.
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Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
Thank you for being part of making this gem.
Played it with my partner where we took turn controlling the character as the story progressed and it was just a wonderful experience together. ❤️
Played it with my partner where we took turn controlling the character as the story progressed and it was just a wonderful experience together. ❤️
February 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Thank you for being part of making this gem.
Played it with my partner where we took turn controlling the character as the story progressed and it was just a wonderful experience together. ❤️
Played it with my partner where we took turn controlling the character as the story progressed and it was just a wonderful experience together. ❤️
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In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
Kerryman who is married, living and working legally in the United States for >20 years has been incarcerated by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since September 2025.
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
Profoundly disturbing report by Karlin Lillington @klillington.bsky.social
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘Absolute hell’: Irish man with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
Seamus Culleton has been in a detention facility in Texas for nearly five months despite having no criminal record
www.irishtimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
In Boston ICE randomly pulled over this huge white Irish guy with a Mass drivers license, 20 years in the states, legal status, pending green card and have held him for 5 months, his citizen wife paid a $4k bond that was ignored(!) ICE forged his signature on deportation agreement, no appeal
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Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas
Location: Starbase, Texas
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas
Location: Starbase, Texas
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This is not heartwarming. This is eerie and creepy as hell and absolutely a warning
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 AM
This is not heartwarming. This is eerie and creepy as hell and absolutely a warning
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I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
February 9, 2026 at 2:08 AM
I tell you what, Ring figured out exactly how to weaponize white people’s empathy in service to a corporately controlled surveillance state.
Tell them it will find your dog.
Tell them it will find your dog.
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“Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device,” the court record reads, referring to the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team.
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking…
www.404media.co
February 8, 2026 at 10:32 PM
“Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device,” the court record reads, referring to the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team.
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Shalln't. Most likely it's his resurfaced song "Cool Daddy Cool" song that's to blame for the sudden pullout.
February 8, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Shalln't. Most likely it's his resurfaced song "Cool Daddy Cool" song that's to blame for the sudden pullout.
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"Books were viewed by the companies as a crucial prize...one Anthropic co-founder theorized that training AI models on books could teach them “how to write well””
That's my decade of writing and editing labor.
LLM summaries can cut into market for 📚, Judge Alsup! Not fair use.
That's my decade of writing and editing labor.
LLM summaries can cut into market for 📚, Judge Alsup! Not fair use.
Absolutely damning from @aaronschaffer.com, @willoremus.com, & @nitasha.bsky.social.
To get more data, Anthropic:
* "destructively scanned" millions of books
* downloaded the shadow library LibGen
* hailed another shadow library's arrival as "just in time!!!"
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
To get more data, Anthropic:
* "destructively scanned" millions of books
* downloaded the shadow library LibGen
* hailed another shadow library's arrival as "just in time!!!"
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"Books were viewed by the companies as a crucial prize...one Anthropic co-founder theorized that training AI models on books could teach them “how to write well””
That's my decade of writing and editing labor.
LLM summaries can cut into market for 📚, Judge Alsup! Not fair use.
That's my decade of writing and editing labor.
LLM summaries can cut into market for 📚, Judge Alsup! Not fair use.
Apparently guy has a song about liking underage girls and it's doing rounds.
It's called "Cool Daddy Cool". Not going to post the lyrics in question. It's gross though and no misunderstanding to be had.
It's called "Cool Daddy Cool". Not going to post the lyrics in question. It's gross though and no misunderstanding to be had.
February 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Apparently guy has a song about liking underage girls and it's doing rounds.
It's called "Cool Daddy Cool". Not going to post the lyrics in question. It's gross though and no misunderstanding to be had.
It's called "Cool Daddy Cool". Not going to post the lyrics in question. It's gross though and no misunderstanding to be had.