Adzes
@adzes.bsky.social
Jesus built my death squads
somewhere in the intersection of sludge, post-hardcore, and alt rock etc // adzes.bandcamp.com // he/him
somewhere in the intersection of sludge, post-hardcore, and alt rock etc // adzes.bandcamp.com // he/him
Better than Jurassic World but still bad boxd.it/d6GBhP
February 13, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Better than Jurassic World but still bad boxd.it/d6GBhP
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Domino's Thursday Thick One (1986-1987): A special 12-inch pizza from Domino's featuring pepperoni and double cheese, made on an *extra* thick crust, available only on Thursdays
February 12, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Domino's Thursday Thick One (1986-1987): A special 12-inch pizza from Domino's featuring pepperoni and double cheese, made on an *extra* thick crust, available only on Thursdays
Check it check it check it, this rocks
hi friends - my band's new single / video came out today. i would love it if you had a look. it is one of my absolute favorite songs i've ever gotten to play. we recorded this back in spring 2020 and this video is stuff from a fall 2021 tour. i hope you like itttt www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0UC...
War On Women - Messages Unsent (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Smartpunk Records
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Check it check it check it, this rocks
Lol Musk would like that dogshit Rothfuss series
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Lol Musk would like that dogshit Rothfuss series
This really says it all. "AI" as currently constituted in LLM form is really about control: VCs/billionaires/govts want to control information, they want us locked into the tools they control and thereby control what we see, do, and think of as possible.
This is why bringing up specific functions of 'AI tools' in the debate is usually meaningless.
The people speaking for AI aren't really speaking for any use of tools, rather they are endorsing a general vision of a future based on growth and control. Their ideology cannot be debunked by facts.
The people speaking for AI aren't really speaking for any use of tools, rather they are endorsing a general vision of a future based on growth and control. Their ideology cannot be debunked by facts.
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM
This really says it all. "AI" as currently constituted in LLM form is really about control: VCs/billionaires/govts want to control information, they want us locked into the tools they control and thereby control what we see, do, and think of as possible.
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My current position is that "AI does not exist."
I mean that the vision of a general artificial intelligence functions primarily as an ideological position which organises the attitude of capital and its associated politicians.
I mean that the vision of a general artificial intelligence functions primarily as an ideological position which organises the attitude of capital and its associated politicians.
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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Listening to that guitar luthier guy's band
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Listening to that guitar luthier guy's band
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
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Bay Area friends:
Skólp shows on tap for April 11 at Lanesplitters in Emeryville and May 25 at Thrillhouse in SF.
Stop by!
Skólp shows on tap for April 11 at Lanesplitters in Emeryville and May 25 at Thrillhouse in SF.
Stop by!
February 12, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Bay Area friends:
Skólp shows on tap for April 11 at Lanesplitters in Emeryville and May 25 at Thrillhouse in SF.
Stop by!
Skólp shows on tap for April 11 at Lanesplitters in Emeryville and May 25 at Thrillhouse in SF.
Stop by!
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Dell has been on this beat since the very beginning and points out a thing often missed: the cost to all of us for Amazon’s loss prevention strategy is a nationwide surveillance network.
Ring is first and foremost a scheme to charge Amazon customers to deter crime that costs Amazon (not the customers themselves) billions annually in refunds, returns, double shipping, and customer service overhead.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Dell has been on this beat since the very beginning and points out a thing often missed: the cost to all of us for Amazon’s loss prevention strategy is a nationwide surveillance network.
The threats from AI are the same as the threats from capitalism, namely that unaccountable owners and billionaires will use it to erode labor rights and flood the zone with propaganda, not that somehow ChatGPT will become self-aware or replace all white collar jobs in the next 18 months. Be real
I understand why people are exhausted by AI hype, and why those of us squarely in the corner of "human dignity uber alles" see AI doomerism as self-serving hype, but I *really* think people on the left broadly need to start thinking seriously about the possibiltiy of the hype being...true.
February 12, 2026 at 1:36 AM
The threats from AI are the same as the threats from capitalism, namely that unaccountable owners and billionaires will use it to erode labor rights and flood the zone with propaganda, not that somehow ChatGPT will become self-aware or replace all white collar jobs in the next 18 months. Be real
It's technically impressive for the standards of the slop machine but (1) it's boring (2) it's lifeless (3) the backgrounds aren't static and don't make any sense and (4) it's again 15 seconds of regurgitated bullshit
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ writer Rhett Reese reacts to viral AI video of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt fighting:
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
“I hate to say it. It’s likely over for us.”
February 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
It's technically impressive for the standards of the slop machine but (1) it's boring (2) it's lifeless (3) the backgrounds aren't static and don't make any sense and (4) it's again 15 seconds of regurgitated bullshit
Oh hell yeah
February 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Oh hell yeah
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Functionalist approaches measure intelligence by how closely its outputs resemble the human mind. If you constantly recalibrate its outputs to resemble a human mind, you're not creating a thinking machine. You are creating a machine to trick other functionalists.
To me the chatbots pose zero interesting questions about the ‘nature of selfhood’ but dozens about the nature of manipulation. Here the Claude team pretends they are programming the robot for ethical responses but they land on one that is false and disingenuous.
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Functionalist approaches measure intelligence by how closely its outputs resemble the human mind. If you constantly recalibrate its outputs to resemble a human mind, you're not creating a thinking machine. You are creating a machine to trick other functionalists.
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Get in losers we’re doing central planning without the planning
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
reut.rs
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Get in losers we’re doing central planning without the planning
Thinking about record mixes for some current projects, and I think this is the best thing I've done so far in terms of mix. Also my friends Will and Ana knocked it out of the fucking park
adzes.bandcamp.com/album/microc...
adzes.bandcamp.com/album/microc...
Microclimates, by Adzes
2 track album
adzes.bandcamp.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Thinking about record mixes for some current projects, and I think this is the best thing I've done so far in terms of mix. Also my friends Will and Ana knocked it out of the fucking park
adzes.bandcamp.com/album/microc...
adzes.bandcamp.com/album/microc...
Startup culture in the bay area is just a series of weird diet and lifestyle fads to distract themselves from the fact that they are being ruthlessly exploited
going to start referring to all this no-caffeine, omni-spectrum sobriety, celibacy, 996, workout and diet focus stuff as "mormonism with silicon valley characteristics" because it's more polite than calling it "homeschool mindset"
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Startup culture in the bay area is just a series of weird diet and lifestyle fads to distract themselves from the fact that they are being ruthlessly exploited
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going to start referring to all this no-caffeine, omni-spectrum sobriety, celibacy, 996, workout and diet focus stuff as "mormonism with silicon valley characteristics" because it's more polite than calling it "homeschool mindset"
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
going to start referring to all this no-caffeine, omni-spectrum sobriety, celibacy, 996, workout and diet focus stuff as "mormonism with silicon valley characteristics" because it's more polite than calling it "homeschool mindset"