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i keep banging this drum but the shift away from forums and chat rooms (heavily moderated for bullshit but leeway to actually call people out) to social media (policing tone not rhetoric) has been one of the biggest factors in unleashing a machine on the public that overloads them with shit.
February 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM
i keep banging this drum but the shift away from forums and chat rooms (heavily moderated for bullshit but leeway to actually call people out) to social media (policing tone not rhetoric) has been one of the biggest factors in unleashing a machine on the public that overloads them with shit.
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this also goes for people accusing folk they're arguing with online of being bots: sometimes people are just really annoying and disagree with you, they are not an incredibly sophisticated AI psy op being run by the russian government
NB Not everything that is shit is necessarily generated by AI. Worth reminding ourselves that bored humans in meeting rooms are still eminently capable of making dreadful creative decisions without the involvement of computers
February 16, 2026 at 11:42 AM
this also goes for people accusing folk they're arguing with online of being bots: sometimes people are just really annoying and disagree with you, they are not an incredibly sophisticated AI psy op being run by the russian government
it's funny cos reform voters are the same ones who have spent decades angrily accusing women of having too many children in order to get benefits, council housing etc
As a woman would you really vote for this, Reform commanding Women what to do with their own bodies.
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
it's funny cos reform voters are the same ones who have spent decades angrily accusing women of having too many children in order to get benefits, council housing etc
one of the huge scale model ships in the national museum of scotland, I'm not saying exactly how I'd do it but it would involve a LOT of water
If you could do a successful heist of any museum or gallery which would you choose and what would you take
February 16, 2026 at 10:27 AM
one of the huge scale model ships in the national museum of scotland, I'm not saying exactly how I'd do it but it would involve a LOT of water
iirc mastodon users being Like That was one of the main reasons bluesky took off when it did despite mastodon having already existed for years
I’m bridged into Mastodon via @ap.brid.gy and I am honestly not sure why at this point.
February 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM
iirc mastodon users being Like That was one of the main reasons bluesky took off when it did despite mastodon having already existed for years
big man @ross-greer.bsky.social going hard AF in this thumbnail
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
big man @ross-greer.bsky.social going hard AF in this thumbnail
i see the 'michael jackson innocent' crowd have convinced themselves the epstein files prove that MJ was rescuing children from epstein's island and taking them to safety at his neverland ranch
February 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
i see the 'michael jackson innocent' crowd have convinced themselves the epstein files prove that MJ was rescuing children from epstein's island and taking them to safety at his neverland ranch
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You can take your used coffee grounds and mix them with 1/2 cup of white vinegar, it’s cheap & easy and it creates a huge mess that smells terrible
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 PM
You can take your used coffee grounds and mix them with 1/2 cup of white vinegar, it’s cheap & easy and it creates a huge mess that smells terrible
and one of the owners of this company they'll be uploading your ID to?
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
Discord advises UK users that they "may be part of an experiment" where instead of their age verification data never leaving their phone, it will now actually leave their phone
www.eurogamer.net/discord-advi...
www.eurogamer.net/discord-advi...
February 14, 2026 at 7:24 PM
and one of the owners of this company they'll be uploading your ID to?
Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel
good news enough time has passed that it's now possible to listen to nightmares on wax without immediately associating it with tv adverts
February 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
good news enough time has passed that it's now possible to listen to nightmares on wax without immediately associating it with tv adverts
there's something rotten at the heart of the labour party that merely getting rid of the likes of mandelson and mcsweeney won't fix
February 14, 2026 at 1:26 PM
there's something rotten at the heart of the labour party that merely getting rid of the likes of mandelson and mcsweeney won't fix
me: scotland's shite
anyone not from scotland: I agree
me:
anyone not from scotland: I agree
me:
Romeo Taylor - 'The Kingdom Of Scotland' (Official Video)
YouTube video by Lost Map Records
youtu.be
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
me: scotland's shite
anyone not from scotland: I agree
me:
anyone not from scotland: I agree
me:
watch babylon 5
If y'all want to get your sci-fi groove on without having to buy into a streaming service...
cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
cordcuttersnews.com/babylon-5-is...
Babylon 5 Is Now Free to Watch On YouTube | Cord Cutters News
In a move that has delighted fans of classic science fiction, Warner Bros. Discovery has begun uploading full episodes of the iconic series Babylon 5 to YouTube, providing free access to the show just...
cordcuttersnews.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
watch babylon 5
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“It’s an unbelievable disaster and also none of us were ever wrong, about anything” really has been the smash hit of the 21st century. Join in at the chorus.
February 14, 2026 at 9:05 AM
“It’s an unbelievable disaster and also none of us were ever wrong, about anything” really has been the smash hit of the 21st century. Join in at the chorus.
cool in-app ad I just got
February 13, 2026 at 7:48 PM
cool in-app ad I just got
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boggles my mind the insane trajectory of the Microsoft Outlook user experience over the last 25 years. all it has to do is manage emails and a calendar but even the simplest tasks are like "RIDDLE ME THIS:" while one thousand clowns burn you with lit cigarettes in a hall of mirrors
February 13, 2026 at 12:10 PM
boggles my mind the insane trajectory of the Microsoft Outlook user experience over the last 25 years. all it has to do is manage emails and a calendar but even the simplest tasks are like "RIDDLE ME THIS:" while one thousand clowns burn you with lit cigarettes in a hall of mirrors
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i don't know if embarrassing is the word so much as 'dangerous'.
'embarrassing' is how id describe the use of ai generated cover art on a news article.
'embarrassing' is how id describe the use of ai generated cover art on a news article.
IN FOCUS | Is going to the USA embarrassing now?
Is going to the USA embarrassing now?
As Donald Trump posts racist memes, masked ICE agents attack civilians, and Team USA skiers admit to mixed feelings about representing their country, does the America we thought we knew still exist? Anna Hart, whose sister lives in California, examines the ethics of travelling to the US during these turbulent times
trib.al
February 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
i don't know if embarrassing is the word so much as 'dangerous'.
'embarrassing' is how id describe the use of ai generated cover art on a news article.
'embarrassing' is how id describe the use of ai generated cover art on a news article.
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You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
February 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
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the bargain between Trump and Kennedy that basically sealed the election for Trump in exchange for handing American health policy to the most dangerous and irresponsible people on the planet will go down as one of the most costly deals in human history
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 AM
the bargain between Trump and Kennedy that basically sealed the election for Trump in exchange for handing American health policy to the most dangerous and irresponsible people on the planet will go down as one of the most costly deals in human history
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this is still the best thing ever posted on twitter
January 26, 2026 at 9:19 PM
this is still the best thing ever posted on twitter
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NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
NUDE ELON MUSK: The invisible clothes I'm wearing are a product of xAthleisure, which will roll out self-dressing outfits within two years at the latest
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
THE CREDULOUS PRESS: Fully Clothed Tesla Innovator Does It Again
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
so I like podcasts, especially podcasts about infrastructure and stuff, but I tried the first couple eps of WTYP and I found it difficult to get past one of the hosts who seemed to be pretending (?) to be an idiot and kept trying to make not very good jokes while the other host carried on talking
February 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
so I like podcasts, especially podcasts about infrastructure and stuff, but I tried the first couple eps of WTYP and I found it difficult to get past one of the hosts who seemed to be pretending (?) to be an idiot and kept trying to make not very good jokes while the other host carried on talking
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The most annoying part about the inevitable AI disaster is that when some AI finally goes rogue and people get killed, everyone will ascribe intentionality to the machine and learn all the wrong lessons.
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
The most annoying part about the inevitable AI disaster is that when some AI finally goes rogue and people get killed, everyone will ascribe intentionality to the machine and learn all the wrong lessons.