Llama Man
@amakhosi.bsky.social
Ackshully it’s an alpaca - there, I did it for you
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If it hasn't been said, I'll say it: No woman of color would ever be defended in this "she's just a smol bean" fashion & many Black, Latina, Asian & Indigenous women have had their lives & careers destroyed for nothing, or for far, far less. Same goes for trans women. These are just fucking facts.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
If it hasn't been said, I'll say it: No woman of color would ever be defended in this "she's just a smol bean" fashion & many Black, Latina, Asian & Indigenous women have had their lives & careers destroyed for nothing, or for far, far less. Same goes for trans women. These are just fucking facts.
Okay, but who is playing Manuela Borges!?
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Okay, but who is playing Manuela Borges!?
I’m sure @edzitron.com is right (he’s probably forgotten more about this than I know) but damn, there really SHOULD be laws against the type of insane marketing that the GenAI companies have engaged in
I believe that NVIDIA is breaking no laws, committing no fraud, and not doing anything other than forcing partners to buy endless GPUs, taking advantage of exec ignorance and FOMO. Repercussions will be the company's main revenue source going away (NVDA won't die)
@edzitron.com i know its annoyng asking the same question but i really want to know your opinion if nvida will survive all of this not only the bubble but all that coming after i really dont think they can go withow any repercutions maybe not in u.s with their current administration but in the EU?
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I’m sure @edzitron.com is right (he’s probably forgotten more about this than I know) but damn, there really SHOULD be laws against the type of insane marketing that the GenAI companies have engaged in
Journalism costs money and I don’t think people appreciate how little most journos who do great work are paid. I don’t like the paywall model, but until something different comes along *cough* breaking up the ad duopoly *cough* anyone who bitches about it is just being dickish.
FYI this is an immediate block. You’re under no obligation to pay for my or anyone else’s work, but you won’t come onto my feed to complain about us earning a living.
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Journalism costs money and I don’t think people appreciate how little most journos who do great work are paid. I don’t like the paywall model, but until something different comes along *cough* breaking up the ad duopoly *cough* anyone who bitches about it is just being dickish.
Once again, we are not required to pretend to be stupid. Farage is clearly, obviously, patently racist. His entire career has been built on it.
I agree that we should not judge Farage solely on the racist things he said when he was a kid. We should also judge him on the racist things he has done with the entire rest of his life.
December 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Once again, we are not required to pretend to be stupid. Farage is clearly, obviously, patently racist. His entire career has been built on it.
Not to go all Kevin Keegan, but I would love it - LOVE IT - if columnists had to actually engage with this sort of criticism of their slapdash half-thoughts.
Wouldn't it be lovely if Phillips next piece had to be a sincere apology for impugning the work of actual journalists? Won't hold my breath
Wouldn't it be lovely if Phillips next piece had to be a sincere apology for impugning the work of actual journalists? Won't hold my breath
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Not to go all Kevin Keegan, but I would love it - LOVE IT - if columnists had to actually engage with this sort of criticism of their slapdash half-thoughts.
Wouldn't it be lovely if Phillips next piece had to be a sincere apology for impugning the work of actual journalists? Won't hold my breath
Wouldn't it be lovely if Phillips next piece had to be a sincere apology for impugning the work of actual journalists? Won't hold my breath
0.07 percent of ChatGPT's weekly users show signs of mania or psychosis, while 0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
Insane story from @mharrisondupre.bsky.social
Get. This. Off. The. Market. Now.
Insane story from @mharrisondupre.bsky.social
Get. This. Off. The. Market. Now.
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
0.07 percent of ChatGPT's weekly users show signs of mania or psychosis, while 0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
Insane story from @mharrisondupre.bsky.social
Get. This. Off. The. Market. Now.
Insane story from @mharrisondupre.bsky.social
Get. This. Off. The. Market. Now.
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Okay, but the people the people who said don't know and nobody are right?
When surveyed, who did the public think the leader of the Democrats was?
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
December 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Okay, but the people the people who said don't know and nobody are right?
Everything is a judgement FFS! In Newsom’s world being anti-trans isn’t a judgement but some innate natural fact but that’s not true!
I comfort myself with the thought that this man ACHES to be President and is going to get crushed in the Dem primary for this shit.
I comfort myself with the thought that this man ACHES to be President and is going to get crushed in the Dem primary for this shit.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Everything is a judgement FFS! In Newsom’s world being anti-trans isn’t a judgement but some innate natural fact but that’s not true!
I comfort myself with the thought that this man ACHES to be President and is going to get crushed in the Dem primary for this shit.
I comfort myself with the thought that this man ACHES to be President and is going to get crushed in the Dem primary for this shit.
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Counter proposal: public hangings of tech billionaires.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Counter proposal: public hangings of tech billionaires.
Very good thread. From what I can see, ‘official’ RW media is still trying to manufacture consent behind the Trump admin, but it’s getting harder. Especially as the economic situation continues to visibility deteriorate
What is next for MAGA?
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
MAGA: Wie MAGA um die Zeit nach Trump kämpft
Donald Trumps Macht über seine Bewegung wird rissig. Sie streitet schon jetzt, wer nach ihm kommt – und zwar auf ihre Art: Die Rede ist vom MAGA-Bürgerkrieg.
www.zeit.de
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Very good thread. From what I can see, ‘official’ RW media is still trying to manufacture consent behind the Trump admin, but it’s getting harder. Especially as the economic situation continues to visibility deteriorate
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I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
There are battles that it may make strategic sense not to fight. Trans right - along with the basic rights of any minority - is not one. Once one group is accepted as lesser, anyone can be. There must never be compromise on this
Fuck you of you think trans rights should be sacrificed "for the good of democracy".
The anti democracy machine is the anti-trans machine. Get that through your skulls.
The anti democracy machine is the anti-trans machine. Get that through your skulls.
December 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There are battles that it may make strategic sense not to fight. Trans right - along with the basic rights of any minority - is not one. Once one group is accepted as lesser, anyone can be. There must never be compromise on this
If there’s an algorithm deciding content prioritisation, you’re a publisher? At first blush, this sounds like a good principle. I’d be interested to hear arguments against
This is bang on, if a company selects which posts get seen and promotes them then they ought to be held to the same standard as print media, whether it’s a person selecting what gets viewed or an algorithm.
Good analogy “attacking American companies over garbage”.
Yes, the polluters should pay.
The toxic sludge created by US Tech should be fined like any other ‘externality’ — like oil spills, chemical leaks, poisoning rivers.
Yes, the polluters should pay.
The toxic sludge created by US Tech should be fined like any other ‘externality’ — like oil spills, chemical leaks, poisoning rivers.
December 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If there’s an algorithm deciding content prioritisation, you’re a publisher? At first blush, this sounds like a good principle. I’d be interested to hear arguments against
I know people in my company are using it for both legal and personal finance advice. I cannot express what a dumb-fuck idea that is. The human cost of Altman et al pushing this technology will be catastrophic
Co-Pilot is currently running an advert of a negotiation where a woman types in 'what's the minimum we can sell for and still hit Q3 targets'
This is *mental*, this person should obviously know this backwards! It's her literal job!
This is *mental*, this person should obviously know this backwards! It's her literal job!
There’s a type of LLM advert which essentially depicts
1) a person using an LLM for a task it absolutely can perform
2) but a person who is qualified to double check its working wouldn’t need to.
Feels like this is the type of “AI misalignment” we should really worry about!
1) a person using an LLM for a task it absolutely can perform
2) but a person who is qualified to double check its working wouldn’t need to.
Feels like this is the type of “AI misalignment” we should really worry about!
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I know people in my company are using it for both legal and personal finance advice. I cannot express what a dumb-fuck idea that is. The human cost of Altman et al pushing this technology will be catastrophic
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Now his new big business genius idea is Sunglasses For Sex Offenders
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Now his new big business genius idea is Sunglasses For Sex Offenders
2025 has fully radicalised me re: Big Tech. Grateful to @mmasnick.bsky.social @josephcox.bsky.social @edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @bcmerchant.bsky.social @parismarx.com and the other incredible journalists who I’ve learned so much from. Subscriptions to any would be a great Christmas present
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
2025 has fully radicalised me re: Big Tech. Grateful to @mmasnick.bsky.social @josephcox.bsky.social @edzitron.com @edwardongwesojr.com @bcmerchant.bsky.social @parismarx.com and the other incredible journalists who I’ve learned so much from. Subscriptions to any would be a great Christmas present
The latest @404media.co podcast has me once again asking why we aren’t holding Microsoft (and the rest of Big Tech) accountable for crimes against humanity? Environmental vandalism for no other reason than profit
open.spotify.com/episode/0ntn...
open.spotify.com/episode/0ntn...
The End of Windows 10 Support Is an Environmental Disaster (With Nathan Proctor)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The latest @404media.co podcast has me once again asking why we aren’t holding Microsoft (and the rest of Big Tech) accountable for crimes against humanity? Environmental vandalism for no other reason than profit
open.spotify.com/episode/0ntn...
open.spotify.com/episode/0ntn...
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This wildly tacky World Cup draw is a grimly fascinating preview of what happens if the aesthetics of fascism finally get their way.
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This wildly tacky World Cup draw is a grimly fascinating preview of what happens if the aesthetics of fascism finally get their way.
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Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Maybe it's just me, but it felt like after the recent US elections, there was the beginnings of a break with Trump from some of the GOP but that seems to have reversed again. Full court press from the right-wing media to get the party back in line behind the demented God-King
December 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Maybe it's just me, but it felt like after the recent US elections, there was the beginnings of a break with Trump from some of the GOP but that seems to have reversed again. Full court press from the right-wing media to get the party back in line behind the demented God-King
Yet another massive Cloudflare outage. Things don't have to be this way. We don't have to put up with a shitty, centralised internet that topples over whenever one company does an oopsie-daisy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yet another massive Cloudflare outage. Things don't have to be this way. We don't have to put up with a shitty, centralised internet that topples over whenever one company does an oopsie-daisy.
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Me: Okay, I know I said this morning that I’d stop talking about it but -
Wife: Please, enough about American goddamn Canto. It’s bad, I get it.
Me: But can I just read you this one -
Wife: No! Enough!
Wife: Please, enough about American goddamn Canto. It’s bad, I get it.
Me: But can I just read you this one -
Wife: No! Enough!
December 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Me: Okay, I know I said this morning that I’d stop talking about it but -
Wife: Please, enough about American goddamn Canto. It’s bad, I get it.
Me: But can I just read you this one -
Wife: No! Enough!
Wife: Please, enough about American goddamn Canto. It’s bad, I get it.
Me: But can I just read you this one -
Wife: No! Enough!