Folarin Akinmade
@akingmade.bsky.social
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This is why I don’t trust the "Never Trump" Bulwark guys. They’re perfectly comfortable with real people being harmed, so long as the harm comes via a process they can label “liberal democracy.”
December 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is why I don’t trust the "Never Trump" Bulwark guys. They’re perfectly comfortable with real people being harmed, so long as the harm comes via a process they can label “liberal democracy.”
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"She helped to pass a fascist bill, which is 100% part of liberalism" is what he should have said, if he was being honest. Then he could explain how liberalism holds the door open for fascism, if he was being honest.
See also: the Social Democrats, 1933.
See also: the Social Democrats, 1933.
This is why I don’t trust the "Never Trump" Bulwark guys. They’re perfectly comfortable with real people being harmed, so long as the harm comes via a process they can label “liberal democracy.”
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"She helped to pass a fascist bill, which is 100% part of liberalism" is what he should have said, if he was being honest. Then he could explain how liberalism holds the door open for fascism, if he was being honest.
See also: the Social Democrats, 1933.
See also: the Social Democrats, 1933.
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The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
goodlaw.social
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
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resolution for this year: writing letters to get things done (like we did in the 1980s for Amnesty, remember that?)
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
goodlaw.social
December 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
resolution for this year: writing letters to get things done (like we did in the 1980s for Amnesty, remember that?)
Does Griffin Newman know about this?
The bread used to be cheaper and the circuses were more entertaining
December 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Does Griffin Newman know about this?
So I know that Starstruck Odyssey, The Unsleeping City, and Fantasy High are my 3 favourite Dimension 20 settings, but if we break it down into seasons, I'm struggling with the order.
December 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
So I know that Starstruck Odyssey, The Unsleeping City, and Fantasy High are my 3 favourite Dimension 20 settings, but if we break it down into seasons, I'm struggling with the order.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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If you ask someone when they were forced to apologize for being white, they will absolutely name a time when they were asked to apologize for doing something racist and they conflated doing racism with being white because they have a vague understanding of the power dynamics of white supremacy
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you ask someone when they were forced to apologize for being white, they will absolutely name a time when they were asked to apologize for doing something racist and they conflated doing racism with being white because they have a vague understanding of the power dynamics of white supremacy
If only I could explain the joy of working through a story moment that wasn't working to a tech bro, they would understand why Gen AI has no value.
December 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If only I could explain the joy of working through a story moment that wasn't working to a tech bro, they would understand why Gen AI has no value.
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This is a bit of a tangent, but it gets back to the point eventually I promise.
One vid I enjoy that periodically pops up on my Insta feed is a Ryu cosplayer picking up an Emma Frost cosplayer at a con. Ryu has a bit of a dad bod, receding hairline, and is barely over 5 feet. Emma towers over him.
One vid I enjoy that periodically pops up on my Insta feed is a Ryu cosplayer picking up an Emma Frost cosplayer at a con. Ryu has a bit of a dad bod, receding hairline, and is barely over 5 feet. Emma towers over him.
Very telling tech bros aren’t making AI Lads to help with male loneliness.
It’s almost as if it isn’t about loneliness at all.
It’s almost as if it isn’t about loneliness at all.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This is a bit of a tangent, but it gets back to the point eventually I promise.
One vid I enjoy that periodically pops up on my Insta feed is a Ryu cosplayer picking up an Emma Frost cosplayer at a con. Ryu has a bit of a dad bod, receding hairline, and is barely over 5 feet. Emma towers over him.
One vid I enjoy that periodically pops up on my Insta feed is a Ryu cosplayer picking up an Emma Frost cosplayer at a con. Ryu has a bit of a dad bod, receding hairline, and is barely over 5 feet. Emma towers over him.
Dead Internet Theory is real and I would advise you to remember it before you engage with trolls. Even if you discount the literal bots, there are professional Devil's Advocates, The Willfully Ignorant, and The Attention Starved. It's not worth your time to engage with them.
December 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Dead Internet Theory is real and I would advise you to remember it before you engage with trolls. Even if you discount the literal bots, there are professional Devil's Advocates, The Willfully Ignorant, and The Attention Starved. It's not worth your time to engage with them.
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You know, it was @ashcanpress.com who first alerted me to the fact that there was no sibilant 'c' in ancient Greek. Accordingly, 'Cyclops' would have been pronounced 'kee-KLO-pes'.
Anyway, the preorder cutoff for KEEKLOPES #1 is approaching fast. Get 'em in by January 11, chums!
Anyway, the preorder cutoff for KEEKLOPES #1 is approaching fast. Get 'em in by January 11, chums!
December 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You know, it was @ashcanpress.com who first alerted me to the fact that there was no sibilant 'c' in ancient Greek. Accordingly, 'Cyclops' would have been pronounced 'kee-KLO-pes'.
Anyway, the preorder cutoff for KEEKLOPES #1 is approaching fast. Get 'em in by January 11, chums!
Anyway, the preorder cutoff for KEEKLOPES #1 is approaching fast. Get 'em in by January 11, chums!
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Exactly this. They never want you to be bored because then you might pick up a paintbrush, a screwdriver, or a difficult book.
I want to say something clever about AI, weigh in on the various 'open letters' that are doing the rounds, but I'm just so <tired> of the whole subject.
It's class war. Technocratic oligarchs, forcing it into every level of our media and social consumption, while simultaneously gobbling resources..
It's class war. Technocratic oligarchs, forcing it into every level of our media and social consumption, while simultaneously gobbling resources..
December 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Exactly this. They never want you to be bored because then you might pick up a paintbrush, a screwdriver, or a difficult book.
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Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
AI being used to help cut A&E waiting times in England this winter
Forecasting tool predicts when demand will be highest, allowing NHS trusts to better plan staffing and bed space
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Meanwhile this is *machine learning* and what it is *good at*. Not generative AI bullshit, actual useful predictive statistical models. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Trump has really illustrated for the masses that the mechanics of civil society are irrelevant to those without shame. That's always been the case but he's really laid it bare. I wonder if there'll be consequences.
December 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Trump has really illustrated for the masses that the mechanics of civil society are irrelevant to those without shame. That's always been the case but he's really laid it bare. I wonder if there'll be consequences.
For example, do you want your accounts to be filed by Christina, or by X-CELL, who styles herself as an over the top prison warden?
You could be defended in court by Raymond, orrrr Mends Ray-A, lawyer by day, Mad Science Machine Maintenance Man by night.
You could be defended in court by Raymond, orrrr Mends Ray-A, lawyer by day, Mad Science Machine Maintenance Man by night.
We need to expand the number of industries in which its common to receive a cool nickname.
As it stands, rappers, roller-derby players and wrestlers are some of the lucky few, but don't we all deserve that joy?
As it stands, rappers, roller-derby players and wrestlers are some of the lucky few, but don't we all deserve that joy?
December 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For example, do you want your accounts to be filed by Christina, or by X-CELL, who styles herself as an over the top prison warden?
You could be defended in court by Raymond, orrrr Mends Ray-A, lawyer by day, Mad Science Machine Maintenance Man by night.
You could be defended in court by Raymond, orrrr Mends Ray-A, lawyer by day, Mad Science Machine Maintenance Man by night.
We need to expand the number of industries in which its common to receive a cool nickname.
As it stands, rappers, roller-derby players and wrestlers are some of the lucky few, but don't we all deserve that joy?
As it stands, rappers, roller-derby players and wrestlers are some of the lucky few, but don't we all deserve that joy?
December 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We need to expand the number of industries in which its common to receive a cool nickname.
As it stands, rappers, roller-derby players and wrestlers are some of the lucky few, but don't we all deserve that joy?
As it stands, rappers, roller-derby players and wrestlers are some of the lucky few, but don't we all deserve that joy?
I'm calling a moratorium on Avatar (the blue guys) discussions, indefinitely.
You can have your ball back when I'm convinced you won't pull out the exact same conversation every time.
You can have your ball back when I'm convinced you won't pull out the exact same conversation every time.
December 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I'm calling a moratorium on Avatar (the blue guys) discussions, indefinitely.
You can have your ball back when I'm convinced you won't pull out the exact same conversation every time.
You can have your ball back when I'm convinced you won't pull out the exact same conversation every time.
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That time of year again!
December 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
That time of year again!
It's just such a regressive culture that fetishes "new ideas" without ever stopping to think about what the problems are and how to solve them. It allows people to create problems only to sell you the solution. And creates a culture of consumers who think that ideas are worth a damn.
In response to the Vox article claiming we need AI because we're "running out of new ideas": we don't need new ideas. "New ideas" are what's killing us. It's the mindless pursuit of "new ideas" that sees Tech Bros with no hearts recreating trains, and cable, taxis, and fucking feudalism.
December 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
It's just such a regressive culture that fetishes "new ideas" without ever stopping to think about what the problems are and how to solve them. It allows people to create problems only to sell you the solution. And creates a culture of consumers who think that ideas are worth a damn.
In response to the Vox article claiming we need AI because we're "running out of new ideas": we don't need new ideas. "New ideas" are what's killing us. It's the mindless pursuit of "new ideas" that sees Tech Bros with no hearts recreating trains, and cable, taxis, and fucking feudalism.
December 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
In response to the Vox article claiming we need AI because we're "running out of new ideas": we don't need new ideas. "New ideas" are what's killing us. It's the mindless pursuit of "new ideas" that sees Tech Bros with no hearts recreating trains, and cable, taxis, and fucking feudalism.
So this is me from a couple of weeks ago, trying to work out The Christmas Song.
Season's Greetings, friends 🙏🏿🎅🏿
Season's Greetings, friends 🙏🏿🎅🏿
December 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
So this is me from a couple of weeks ago, trying to work out The Christmas Song.
Season's Greetings, friends 🙏🏿🎅🏿
Season's Greetings, friends 🙏🏿🎅🏿
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Merry Christmas nerds
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December 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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