Emyr Derfel
@emyrderfel.bsky.social
Programming to pay for my bicycle habit.
ADHD+Dyslexia.
Welsh but in Bolton, Northwest England.
ADHD+Dyslexia.
Welsh but in Bolton, Northwest England.
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Okay but how can someone pay me to watch
December 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Okay but how can someone pay me to watch
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Posted this at the start of the year. Sad to say it's aged liked the finest of wines.
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Posted this at the start of the year. Sad to say it's aged liked the finest of wines.
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
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Listen, life is getting hard to explain in class
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Listen, life is getting hard to explain in class
"That's not a hole saw, THAT's a hole saw!"
67mm vs 172mm (Core bit, actually)
67mm vs 172mm (Core bit, actually)
December 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"That's not a hole saw, THAT's a hole saw!"
67mm vs 172mm (Core bit, actually)
67mm vs 172mm (Core bit, actually)
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Air pollution dropped not just in the congestion pricing zone, but across the 5 boroughs and greater metro area. Quote from article "This tells us that congestion pricing didn't simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic.”
great outcome of a good policy that right-wingers reflexively resist
NYC congestion pricing cuts air pollution by 22% in Manhattan, study finds
Since New York City introduced congestion pricing in January 2025, the state has heralded significant reductions in traffic and rush hour delays, fewer crashes and noise complaints, and toll revenue p...
phys.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Air pollution dropped not just in the congestion pricing zone, but across the 5 boroughs and greater metro area. Quote from article "This tells us that congestion pricing didn't simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic.”
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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I'm frustrated that we've allowed gAI to be seen as doing research or writing knowledge, when what it was designed to do was write text that *looks* right. This is super cool technology, and can be useful in specific situations, but what it is *being* used for, and advertised for is not a good use.
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I'm frustrated that we've allowed gAI to be seen as doing research or writing knowledge, when what it was designed to do was write text that *looks* right. This is super cool technology, and can be useful in specific situations, but what it is *being* used for, and advertised for is not a good use.
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You know what, I don't really like dark mode on any screen other than a phone
December 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
You know what, I don't really like dark mode on any screen other than a phone
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the first and only impeachment proceeding against a supreme court justice was over excessive partisanship fyi
Via MS NOW: Emil Bove is in attendance at Trump’s speech in Pennsylvania tonight.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
the first and only impeachment proceeding against a supreme court justice was over excessive partisanship fyi
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Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
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The robots are coming... but why?
December 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The robots are coming... but why?
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cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to have stumbled upon the Paris building shared by metal music fans and the union for metal workers, what a delight
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one of my primary complaints, that there are people saying they want respect but what they really want is deference despite being shitty to everyone around them
They're mad about not personally receiving the respect (deference) they think they are owed
Which they don't get, because they're assholes
bsky.app/profile/skyl...
Which they don't get, because they're assholes
bsky.app/profile/skyl...
What are these people so upset about? They won! They own all three branches of government. Just let us live our lives.
December 8, 2025 at 3:27 AM
one of my primary complaints, that there are people saying they want respect but what they really want is deference despite being shitty to everyone around them
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Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Polish Foreign Minister replies to Musk: 🇵🇱
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"you shouldn't torture because it's wrong" is correct and would be sufficient but you don't ever need to get there because "torture doesn't fucking work" is also correct and does not rely on any shared morality
December 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"you shouldn't torture because it's wrong" is correct and would be sufficient but you don't ever need to get there because "torture doesn't fucking work" is also correct and does not rely on any shared morality
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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‘A BBC journalist ran the image through an AI chatbot which identified key spots that may have been manipulated.‘
Jesus Christ, if you’re a journalist, go and find out for yourself if the bridge was damaged. GenAI is making morons out of people.
Jesus Christ, if you’re a journalist, go and find out for yourself if the bridge was damaged. GenAI is making morons out of people.
First of many such incidents, I expect. Another ‘win’ for those ‘useful’ Gen AI tools.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trains cancelled over fake bridge collapse image - BBC News
Rail services were cancelled after a 'hoax' picture of a damaged bridge appeared on social media
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
‘A BBC journalist ran the image through an AI chatbot which identified key spots that may have been manipulated.‘
Jesus Christ, if you’re a journalist, go and find out for yourself if the bridge was damaged. GenAI is making morons out of people.
Jesus Christ, if you’re a journalist, go and find out for yourself if the bridge was damaged. GenAI is making morons out of people.
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“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
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We had to stop allowing students to use Canva, a tool that actually was useful, because they added shitty generative AI that couldn’t be trusted to not make porn. Just fucking ridiculous.
Hey, @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org, please immediately cancel your partnerships with "A.i." companies. You cannot morally and ethically justify pushing this kind of garbage on school kids.
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We had to stop allowing students to use Canva, a tool that actually was useful, because they added shitty generative AI that couldn’t be trusted to not make porn. Just fucking ridiculous.
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Not enough has been made of Trump grabbing the FIFA medal and putting it on himself when it should have been placed over his head by Infantino. A telling move by the Narcissist-in-Chief.
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Not enough has been made of Trump grabbing the FIFA medal and putting it on himself when it should have been placed over his head by Infantino. A telling move by the Narcissist-in-Chief.
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When most people say "during Covid" they mean "when we did infection control in schools".
"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".
So of course it's "worse than Covid".
#CovidIsNotOver
"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".
So of course it's "worse than Covid".
#CovidIsNotOver
December 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
When most people say "during Covid" they mean "when we did infection control in schools".
"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".
So of course it's "worse than Covid".
#CovidIsNotOver
"Not controlling the spread of disease at all" results in more illness than "doing something to control the spread of disease".
So of course it's "worse than Covid".
#CovidIsNotOver
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It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s really simple…
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
- Cap all political donations
- Ban foreign donations
- Strict conflict‑of‑interest & anti‑corruption laws with penalties
- No titles, honours or peerages for donors
- No govt contracts for donors
- Publish every donation/lobby meeting
…that’ll do it.
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What idiot called it ‘The FIFA Peace Prize’ and not the ‘Ballon D’War’?
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
What idiot called it ‘The FIFA Peace Prize’ and not the ‘Ballon D’War’?