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· Oct 4
I feel like this is somehow risky to say, but it shouldn't be: I cannot possibly care deeply about every issue. I cannot possibly be informed about every issue. Nobody can. I'd rather be honest than performative. I'd rather read what those who do care have to say and keep my mouth shut.
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'AI' is a dick move, redux: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/note-on-debating-llm-fans/
January 20, 2026 at 3:53 PM
'AI' is a dick move, redux: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2026/note-on-debating-llm-fans/
They need to be stopped, and step 1 is to stop using anything they and their companies make. Yes, that's the bare minimum, and IDGAF what clever little counter you want to make.
I made a deep dive video into the TESCREAL ideology shaping Silicon Valley’s biggest companies and the AI arms race, and how a shocking number of tech billionaires are pro-human extinction
Tech Billionaires Want Us Dead
YouTube video by Taylor Lorenz
youtu.be
January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM
They need to be stopped, and step 1 is to stop using anything they and their companies make. Yes, that's the bare minimum, and IDGAF what clever little counter you want to make.
It's a really good book.
If you only know me for my little videos, you can try my latest novel for three bucks in any ebook format. Search 'I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom' on your ebook device.
Go check the reviews, read a preview - this is the thing I actually do for a living!
Go check the reviews, read a preview - this is the thing I actually do for a living!
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
It's a really good book.
You know it's a tough economy when Christopher Walken has to sell beer in order to make ends meet.
January 18, 2026 at 11:11 PM
You know it's a tough economy when Christopher Walken has to sell beer in order to make ends meet.
You know it's a tough economy when Parker Posey has to sell Hyundais in order to make ends meet.
January 18, 2026 at 9:18 PM
You know it's a tough economy when Parker Posey has to sell Hyundais in order to make ends meet.
When are we going to collectively feel embarrassment for what an unequivocally, fully committed sellout Snoop Dogg turned out to be?
January 18, 2026 at 8:02 PM
When are we going to collectively feel embarrassment for what an unequivocally, fully committed sellout Snoop Dogg turned out to be?
I'm not doing a general strike all by myself, but I am doing an economic slowdown. I'm not buying anything but groceries for the foreseeable future.
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I'm not doing a general strike all by myself, but I am doing an economic slowdown. I'm not buying anything but groceries for the foreseeable future.
You know it's a tough economy when Bowen Yang has to pimp 'AI' for Zoom in order to make ends meet.
January 13, 2026 at 2:09 AM
You know it's a tough economy when Bowen Yang has to pimp 'AI' for Zoom in order to make ends meet.
We're all still agreed that #liquidglass is dogshit, right? And #Apple will never, ever listen to us? Because Apple never listens. I am keen to get Linux going on Apple hardware very soon.
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
We're all still agreed that #liquidglass is dogshit, right? And #Apple will never, ever listen to us? Because Apple never listens. I am keen to get Linux going on Apple hardware very soon.
You know, I kinda think that most people just using computers less in general, setting aside circumstances under which they have unambiguously positive social value, is a pretty darn good idea.
January 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
You know, I kinda think that most people just using computers less in general, setting aside circumstances under which they have unambiguously positive social value, is a pretty darn good idea.
You know it's a tough economy when Nick Offerman has to do cruise ship ads in order to make ends meet.
January 12, 2026 at 12:22 AM
You know it's a tough economy when Nick Offerman has to do cruise ship ads in order to make ends meet.
You know it's a tough economy when Christopher Walken has to do Miller Lite ads in order to make ends meet.
January 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
You know it's a tough economy when Christopher Walken has to do Miller Lite ads in order to make ends meet.
Must be a tough economy. Even one of the most bankable actors of her generation, star of multiple blockbusters, has to do T-Mobile ads in order to make ends meet.
January 11, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Must be a tough economy. Even one of the most bankable actors of her generation, star of multiple blockbusters, has to do T-Mobile ads in order to make ends meet.
Remember, everyone: You can indeed resist all this generative code ("AI") garbage. You don't have to watch or read or listen to any of it. Curating what you consume used to be the normal process everyone always went through, because they had to get physical media or rigidly time their consumption.
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Remember, everyone: You can indeed resist all this generative code ("AI") garbage. You don't have to watch or read or listen to any of it. Curating what you consume used to be the normal process everyone always went through, because they had to get physical media or rigidly time their consumption.
Google had a video exposing Epstein's long past in financial fraud demonetized. Because of course they did.
Google and Googlers doing what they do best, supporting and enabling the American right wing. That's who they are, top to bottom.
January 4, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Google had a video exposing Epstein's long past in financial fraud demonetized. Because of course they did.
@laurarutledge.bsky.social absolutely crushing it in the pinstripe suit. A professional, sharp look.
December 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
@laurarutledge.bsky.social absolutely crushing it in the pinstripe suit. A professional, sharp look.
We need a lot more of this from informed technologists.
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We need a lot more of this from informed technologists.
Wait. Manti Te'o is a studio analyst now? The guy most famous for being catfished? Who *lost* that audition?
December 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Wait. Manti Te'o is a studio analyst now? The guy most famous for being catfished? Who *lost* that audition?
The primary function of the Internet in this moment is to provide a heat sink. People get mad, and instead of doing something, they vent online and go back to normal life. All this shit should be producing something on the spectrum of millions marching monthly, general strikes, or France in 1789.
December 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The primary function of the Internet in this moment is to provide a heat sink. People get mad, and instead of doing something, they vent online and go back to normal life. All this shit should be producing something on the spectrum of millions marching monthly, general strikes, or France in 1789.
The top of a very, very long list. And that bro-oligarchy is the one Newton and Roose functionally do PR for, lobbing softballs and cheering them on, pretty achy no matter what they do. Metaverse, crypto, water-wasting 'AI' - they never saw a hype cycle they wouldn't uncritically pimp.
What I got most wrong in my 2025 predictions, plus 11 new predictions for 2026 www.platformer.news/2026-tech-pr...
December 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The top of a very, very long list. And that bro-oligarchy is the one Newton and Roose functionally do PR for, lobbing softballs and cheering them on, pretty achy no matter what they do. Metaverse, crypto, water-wasting 'AI' - they never saw a hype cycle they wouldn't uncritically pimp.
And Casey's pals cheer it on. This is the world the 'AI' and metaverse and crypto bros want. They're getting it. And he still cheerleads for them.
The US just banned a guy from the country (Imran Ahmed) for pointing out that X is full of hate speech
The US is imposing visa restrictions on five Europeans, including Thierry Breton, accusing them of pressuring US tech companies to censor certain US viewpoints (Fatima Hussein/Associated Press)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And Casey's pals cheer it on. This is the world the 'AI' and metaverse and crypto bros want. They're getting it. And he still cheerleads for them.
Remember when @mozilla.org was even a tiny bit credible and trustworthy? Those were good times.
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Remember when @mozilla.org was even a tiny bit credible and trustworthy? Those were good times.