Ken Myrheim
@kentilzha.bsky.social
Norwegian Social Justice Paladin in exile from the hellsite. He/him.
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Ken Myrheim
@kentilzha.bsky.social
· Dec 31
Let's see, still 13 days left of 2024. What to do, what to do...
That time when I watched all 13 Wagner operas in 13 days.
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Going to just block journalists who don't include alt text because if you're breathlessly posting here with 'breaking news' about some of the most vile stuff, people need to be able to mute the terms in your posts and they cannot do that when you're posting alt-less screenshots of text. Do better.
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Going to just block journalists who don't include alt text because if you're breathlessly posting here with 'breaking news' about some of the most vile stuff, people need to be able to mute the terms in your posts and they cannot do that when you're posting alt-less screenshots of text. Do better.
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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”I am not very creative and this allows me to be.”
What? No it doesn’t. It actively prohibits you from being creative. It is the opposite of being creative. It’s literally a bunch of nothing. You’re better off creating your own “bad” art versus a bunch of uninspired garbage.
What? No it doesn’t. It actively prohibits you from being creative. It is the opposite of being creative. It’s literally a bunch of nothing. You’re better off creating your own “bad” art versus a bunch of uninspired garbage.
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
”I am not very creative and this allows me to be.”
What? No it doesn’t. It actively prohibits you from being creative. It is the opposite of being creative. It’s literally a bunch of nothing. You’re better off creating your own “bad” art versus a bunch of uninspired garbage.
What? No it doesn’t. It actively prohibits you from being creative. It is the opposite of being creative. It’s literally a bunch of nothing. You’re better off creating your own “bad” art versus a bunch of uninspired garbage.
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I'm getting real tired of not being able to trust that a video game doesn't have AI crap in it:
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
aftermath.site/the-alters-ai-...
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Do centrist parties keep doing this because they are dumb or because they want a right wing takeover?
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Do centrist parties keep doing this because they are dumb or because they want a right wing takeover?
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I do not understand authors, broadcasters, voice artists, YouTubers, ANY creative artists using quick and cheap AI for their cover images and not realising: it will be you next.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I do not understand authors, broadcasters, voice artists, YouTubers, ANY creative artists using quick and cheap AI for their cover images and not realising: it will be you next.
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If you actually want to stop people seeking asylum, you must end the war, oppression, and terror that have them seek asylum. As principal sponsors of those and other horrors, up to and including genocide, all the while savagely cutting international development, you are doing the very opposite.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If you actually want to stop people seeking asylum, you must end the war, oppression, and terror that have them seek asylum. As principal sponsors of those and other horrors, up to and including genocide, all the while savagely cutting international development, you are doing the very opposite.
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See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
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I don't use generative AI because as a writer of fiction, it offers me nothing useful creatively and nothing trustworthy when I do research. It's not worth the environmental impact. That it's been created by stealing my work and using it in breach of copyright law is a further but separate issue.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
Probably a good way to tell right now if the job you’re applying for is run by absolute dumbfucks is to ask if they’re using AI.
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I don't use generative AI because as a writer of fiction, it offers me nothing useful creatively and nothing trustworthy when I do research. It's not worth the environmental impact. That it's been created by stealing my work and using it in breach of copyright law is a further but separate issue.
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Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶
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This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
"Rockstar, Rockstar, you're disgusting, we charge you with union busting," the protesters declared.
'All you had to do was follow the damn law, Rockstar!': Workers are protesting outside Take-Two after GTA 6 dev's alleged 'brazen' union-busting
"They can get used to seeing us on their doorstep."
www.pcgamer.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
This story is infinitely more important than GTA getting delayed. Don't let me catch you moaning about waiting longer for a video game if you're not mad about why it happened.
No context Red Dwarf.
October 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
No context Red Dwarf.
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Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI
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Physical Media Collector Pumped For Downfall Of Humanity
Physical Media Collector Pumped For Downfall Of Humanity
MESA, AZ—Gleefully describing the inevitable day when society would collapse and digital files would become unusable, local physical media collector David Campbell confirmed Wednesday he was “absolute...
theonion.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Physical Media Collector Pumped For Downfall Of Humanity
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Just saw a big acct on here decline directly to alt-text images they are posting on the grounds that they don't have time. Considering it usually takes <1 min to make what you're posting accessible by doing this, I have to wonder if they are some kind of mayfly in addition to being an asshole
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Just saw a big acct on here decline directly to alt-text images they are posting on the grounds that they don't have time. Considering it usually takes <1 min to make what you're posting accessible by doing this, I have to wonder if they are some kind of mayfly in addition to being an asshole
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The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!
September 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!
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Semi-regular reminder that you limit your potential reach on bluesky when you don't include alt-text on your images. If you can't or won't for reasons, this is just to let you know there is a pretty dedicated core of people on here who won't repost anything without alt-text as much as we'd like to.
September 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Semi-regular reminder that you limit your potential reach on bluesky when you don't include alt-text on your images. If you can't or won't for reasons, this is just to let you know there is a pretty dedicated core of people on here who won't repost anything without alt-text as much as we'd like to.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
-What are we holding on to, Sam?
-That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. That actors can get a fair wage, decent working conditions, and not live in fear of being replaced by A.I.
-What are we holding on to, Sam?
-That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. That actors can get a fair wage, decent working conditions, and not live in fear of being replaced by A.I.
Sean Astin Elected President of SAG-AFTRA, Taking Over for Fran Drescher
Sean Astin was elected president of SAG-AFTRA on Friday, taking over for Fran Drescher after she stepped aside.
variety.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
-What are we holding on to, Sam?
-That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. That actors can get a fair wage, decent working conditions, and not live in fear of being replaced by A.I.
-What are we holding on to, Sam?
-That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. That actors can get a fair wage, decent working conditions, and not live in fear of being replaced by A.I.
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What passes for newsworthy or meaningful "commentary" in situations where the media has no new information on an "important case" is appaling - there's so much going on in this world that deserves actual attention.
September 12, 2025 at 6:48 AM
What passes for newsworthy or meaningful "commentary" in situations where the media has no new information on an "important case" is appaling - there's so much going on in this world that deserves actual attention.
No context The Pitt.
September 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
No context The Pitt.
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
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This is interesting, nuanced, and picked out several things I hadn’t previously specifically associated with genAI slop text.
Wikipedia editors trying to fend off the onslaught of AI crap have crowdsourced some telltale signs of LLM-generated writing; it might be handy for editors and proofreaders generally. Thanks to @ellenrykers.com for pointing me to it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This is interesting, nuanced, and picked out several things I hadn’t previously specifically associated with genAI slop text.