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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 1d

The replicators worked in Star Trek because they already had Space Communism.

AI will not give us Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism because it's being sold by capitalists, FOR capitalists. AI is being created to 'maximise efficiency' rather than 'solve food and resource shortages FOREVER'.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 1d

I really, REALLY hate how people are trying to suggest that AI is like the replicators from Star Trek.

1) The most useful AI could ever be is if it starts having a higher than 60% success at creating spreadsheets. But,

2) Even if it actually worked, it still drains SO much resources.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 1d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 5d

"It's OK! Give us your I.D. You can totally trust us AH FUCK THEY TOOK IT"

MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 10d

These people aren't transphobes, they're simply Women's Rights Advocates.

Don't actually ask them about non-white women, abortion, equal healthcare, equal pay, migrant women, sex worker rights, or disabled women. Trust them. They are Women's Rights Advocates.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 10d

I honestly didn't think EA was exceptionally evil - at least compared to other corporations. (Really? Worse than defence, prison, and healthcare corps?)

But, OK. I can see where people are coming from now.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 15d

"The crematorium was wasting fuel." They didn't care.

"The railway hardly worked." They just made victims walk a gruelling march from the nearest station. They didn't care.

"There wasn't enough space to house or food to feed all the prisoners." They. Didn't. Care. They were NAZIS.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 15d

I genuinely hate how everyone's first response is "that's not going to work" rather than "holy shit these guys are literal Nazis."

I'm sorry, but Hitler was not defeated by a chorus of people saying, "the railway directly into the Birkenau gates won't work long-term!"

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 15d

So, uh, I went to Auschwitz last week. One thing that surprised me was how inefficient it was. The majority of the system didn't work and was operating under-resourced/over-capacity.

Nazis don't care, because the 'system' is ethnic cleansing. Money is no object for their end-goal.

Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 15d

🔴Farage’s Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK’s Mass Deportation Plan

Exclusive: Reform’s plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, analysis of official statistics and forecasts suggests

Farage’s Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK’s Mass Deportation Plan

Exclusive: Reform's plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics a...

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · 21d

"Jesus, you guys call everyone who kidnaps people in unmarked vans and puts them in camps Nazis!"

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Stephen King’s KIT(tie) 🪦🖤🦝 @tenredpencils1.bsky.social · 28d

might be time to introduce those failing to understand the concept ’people will laugh when you die if you are an evil person while you are alive’ to a little known book called A Christmas Carol

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Sep 3

As always, there are two sexualities: Straight and Political

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · Sep 3

Jagex CEO defends Runescape in-game Pride event cancelations as 'apolitical' decision

After scaling back RuneScape's Pride Month events, Jagex CEO says Pride content might 'compromise escapism.'

www.gamedeveloper.com

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Sep 3

I really hate how all the news sites fail to mention the fact he's been suspended multiple times, had several alt accounts, and is only still on Twitter because Elon Musk personally bought him back.

If that site was just moderated properly then none of this would've happened.

MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Aug 19

Honestly, the most insane thing about Derek Jarman's 'Jubilee' is that to make London look post-apocalyptic they...did nothing. Parts of London still had rubble and ruins from WW2 and all the crew did was set some props on fire.

This was made in 1977, released 1978.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Aug 16

I wish ill on JK Rowling

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Aug 15

OK, OK. People are dunking on this guy, but you have to admit this approach worked great for Kamala.

Also, as someone who's about to have Wikipedia banned in their country, I can confirm that everyone voting for a 'Not The Evil Guys' party has worked So Very Well here in the UK.

MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Aug 3

I think people need to understand that 'First They Came' is not about a slippery slope. It's about fascism. In particular: how it's a death cult. There's no such thing as a 'peaceful,' 'appeased,' or even 'happy' fascist. They will NEVER stop. That's why you give fascists NOTHING.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Aug 3

Fascism is a death cult. These people will NEVER stop. That poem isn't about the slippery slope fallacy; it's about how they will always come for YOU in the end. That's why you give them NOTHING.

MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Aug 2

Yeah, to the people saying I'm a hypocrite for being anti gen-AI despite using spelling and grammar correction tools: take it away and I can still write. Occasionally I'll use the wrong 'their' but it'll still be *my* work. Take away your AI and you have nothing but "please write an article for me."

Chris Shehan_Comic Art @chrisshehanart.bsky.social · Aug 2

“It’s just a tool! People used to hate on photoshop too.”

Take away my photoshop, take away my tablets, I can still draw. Take away your plagiarism machine and what are you gonna do? Shout prompts at me?

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Jul 24

Shoutout to the mother of a trans teenager who was brutally murdered in a hatecrime. She displayed incredible insight and compassion by looking at how the mainstream media, fuelled by corrupt billionaires, has manufactured a global hate movement and deciding the problem was Mobile Phones.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Blues Brothers and The Producers were the best portrayals of Nazis.

You know when you got called 'the destruction of civilisation' for having pronouns on display, and you feel like the coolest thing alive? Unfortunately, that works with fascists too. Just show them as the weirdos they are.

thorny, proud Bleeter @ithinkiplaygames.bsky.social · Jul 22

i feel like the decades of media that portrayed the Nazis as undeniably evil, but also stylish and menacing have left us very ill-prepared for just how lame and pathetic American fascism actually is

Count Maxula 🧛 @mad-max.bsky.social · Jul 21

The Wendy’s social media manager deciding to be funny was one of the worst decisions of the 21st century

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Jul 19

People who're confused that Kier Starmer used to be a human rights lawyer need to understand that Goebells had a doctorate in literature.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Jul 7

UK media does this CONSTANTLY.

"Controversial trans rights law" "Facing tough questions" - yeah, only because the paper/site publishes straight up lies and then the next day reports it as something the entire nation (especially the reader) agrees with.

James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Jul 6

1/2 You could write a book about one atrocious headline in print NYT today

(I sort of wrote this book 30 years ago, Breaking the News, but others can take a turn.)

What's wrong this headline? Mamdani "faces scrutiny" **ONLY AND EXCLUSIVELY** because NYT decided to make this a "thing."

Really bad.

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Jul 6

I made an animation in 7 days! I hate it! Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9pm...

SPACE RIDE [BRAWL 2025]

YouTube video by MAX Animation

www.youtube.com

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MΛX @m9ax.bsky.social · Jul 2

This whole thing of demanding games have to be remade is like insisting they re-paint The Night Watch or re-write War and Peace.

The whole point is that it existed in the time it was produced! Can't get your head around Persona 4? Final Fantasy IX? Fucking Hamlet? That's a skill issue.

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