crystal
@cim.bsky.social
33 / f / chicago. mechanical engineer / product designer, speedrunner, vaguely leftist, queer / polyam / transfemme. @iscrystalme on Twitter
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crystal
@cim.bsky.social
· Apr 6
most drunk texts: blahhhhhhhh
me: the world is full of beauty and wonder and it is a joy to share it with those close to me
me: the world is full of beauty and wonder and it is a joy to share it with those close to me
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
once again the Facebook / Instagram algorithms that listen to everything I say have failed spectacularly. now instead of them thinking I like The Office because I talk about commuting, it thinks I like the show Friends because I talk about my friends
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
once again the Facebook / Instagram algorithms that listen to everything I say have failed spectacularly. now instead of them thinking I like The Office because I talk about commuting, it thinks I like the show Friends because I talk about my friends
The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Zohran press conference is your regular reminder that the entire administration folds like tissue paper at the slightest hint of confidence and conviction, and thus the fact that national democrats are playing a game of capitulation and weakness is exactly why they're all getting away with it
starburst are like fortune cookies in that sometimes you open a pack and you just know the universe has it out for you today
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
starburst are like fortune cookies in that sometimes you open a pack and you just know the universe has it out for you today
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This Trans Day of Remembrance, please examine your own impulse to annihilate trans women who have made you angry. Trans women live on a precipice and it doesn't take much for people we thought were friends to be calling for our destruction.
November 20, 2023 at 6:23 PM
This Trans Day of Remembrance, please examine your own impulse to annihilate trans women who have made you angry. Trans women live on a precipice and it doesn't take much for people we thought were friends to be calling for our destruction.
apparently as of Monday, I've been hormonally transitioning for long enough that more than half of the time I have spent transitioning has been after my big messy breakup
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
apparently as of Monday, I've been hormonally transitioning for long enough that more than half of the time I have spent transitioning has been after my big messy breakup
making an Instagram account that just puts the word "Physics." on the screen on top of footage of any random thing anyone ever does
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
making an Instagram account that just puts the word "Physics." on the screen on top of footage of any random thing anyone ever does
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happy gen ai bubble almost popping day to those who celebrate
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
happy gen ai bubble almost popping day to those who celebrate
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sts researchers: :spend decades tracing the way well-intentioned design choices constrained by culture, capital, and the material environment can have negative outcomes in aggregate:
ai companies: lets put a chatbot in a doll that tells kids to set fires
futurism.com/artificial-i...
ai companies: lets put a chatbot in a doll that tells kids to set fires
futurism.com/artificial-i...
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
futurism.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
sts researchers: :spend decades tracing the way well-intentioned design choices constrained by culture, capital, and the material environment can have negative outcomes in aggregate:
ai companies: lets put a chatbot in a doll that tells kids to set fires
futurism.com/artificial-i...
ai companies: lets put a chatbot in a doll that tells kids to set fires
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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maybe the primitivists were right because i don’t know how to avoid all the companies that are making nakedly fascist turns these days
NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
maybe the primitivists were right because i don’t know how to avoid all the companies that are making nakedly fascist turns these days
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look, I'm sure they meant well, it was just another huge and inexplicable violation of all journalistic principles that favored very identifiable political interests in a very particular direction, this just happens, it's an accident
November 12, 2025 at 10:43 PM
look, I'm sure they meant well, it was just another huge and inexplicable violation of all journalistic principles that favored very identifiable political interests in a very particular direction, this just happens, it's an accident
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
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Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:
November 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Michael Shannon cooking with gas here:
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What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 AM
What is the argument for voting for Democrats for harm reduction if the harm is not fucking reduced
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"I didn't need him when he was busy ratfucking Mamdani in favor of a rapist endorsed by Trump, Musk, and Miller. And then a week later he guaranteed I lose my healthcare."
And, each person thinking that has literally just come off an *extremely* successful campaign organization.
And, each person thinking that has literally just come off an *extremely* successful campaign organization.
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"I didn't need him when he was busy ratfucking Mamdani in favor of a rapist endorsed by Trump, Musk, and Miller. And then a week later he guaranteed I lose my healthcare."
And, each person thinking that has literally just come off an *extremely* successful campaign organization.
And, each person thinking that has literally just come off an *extremely* successful campaign organization.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
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Where is @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Where is @govpritzker.illinois.gov?
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the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 AM
the thing that upsets me about this the most is that Dems had all the momentum, republicans were reeling, and we were getting intra-GOP fighting over the filibuster, all while voters were blaming republicans for their incompetence
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
this destroys all of this. just a total gut punch
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The point of a political party is what it does
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The point of a political party is what it does
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
even when the democratic party has leverage and one of the craziest election swings the party intentionally self immolates it’s just so exhausting what is even the point of these people
something about sitting on a futon couch, which always has that very strange angle and length, just immediately warps me back to college, I feel an immediate Pavlovian response to reach for an end table to pack a nonexistent bong
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
something about sitting on a futon couch, which always has that very strange angle and length, just immediately warps me back to college, I feel an immediate Pavlovian response to reach for an end table to pack a nonexistent bong
Bring back the Western Blue Line Danny Devito cutout
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Bring back the Western Blue Line Danny Devito cutout