Mabrouk
@mabrouk.bsky.social
(They/Them)
| Hobbyist of all trades
| Worldbuilding & TTRPGs
| AI Research (the good kind)
Blog: https://ofvaguerepose.github.io/
| Hobbyist of all trades
| Worldbuilding & TTRPGs
| AI Research (the good kind)
Blog: https://ofvaguerepose.github.io/
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It occurs to me, that whole cottage industry of "Omelas responses" is rooted in an audience's outrage at being made to feel anything other than acceptable range of emotions.
Every response validates Le Guin's central thesis about her hypothetical audience's complicity in structural violence.
Every response validates Le Guin's central thesis about her hypothetical audience's complicity in structural violence.
We praise specificity of focus... until the focus is on something we actually care about, eh?
But, and I'll say it again, sometimes we *should* feel bad. We should be made to feel anguish, sorrow, disappointment, even guilt. Our audience ego shouldn't always be catered to and coddled.
But, and I'll say it again, sometimes we *should* feel bad. We should be made to feel anguish, sorrow, disappointment, even guilt. Our audience ego shouldn't always be catered to and coddled.
March 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It occurs to me, that whole cottage industry of "Omelas responses" is rooted in an audience's outrage at being made to feel anything other than acceptable range of emotions.
Every response validates Le Guin's central thesis about her hypothetical audience's complicity in structural violence.
Every response validates Le Guin's central thesis about her hypothetical audience's complicity in structural violence.
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generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
generative AI has become widely available in the summer of 2022 and entered mainstream in 2023
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
people are working themselves up in a frenzy, convinced they're utterly helpless without software younger than still-fresh canned tuna. we have been making art for at least 50,000 years, get a grip
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Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
February 6, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
February 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
hey remember when I got shit on for years for trying to warn people that GamerGate was just Nazis and not just about harassing women and not just about some “consumer revolt”
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i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
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Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Children and police officers among at least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Deadly attacks launched day before border crossing due to open as part of ceasefire deal
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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don't mean to blow anyone's mind with this shocking insight but the direct line between epstein, 4chan, gamergate, tech bro fascists etc is misogyny. prolific rapists, guys who believe women have inferior intelligence, and guys who hate women for rejecting them all have something big in common!
January 31, 2026 at 4:15 AM
don't mean to blow anyone's mind with this shocking insight but the direct line between epstein, 4chan, gamergate, tech bro fascists etc is misogyny. prolific rapists, guys who believe women have inferior intelligence, and guys who hate women for rejecting them all have something big in common!
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We're now accepting submissions for this year's charity bundle benefitting Palestine Children's Relief Fund! #pcrf #ttrpg
itch.io/jam/roll-bon...
itch.io/jam/roll-bon...
Roll +Bond Bundle for PCRF 2026
A game jam from 2026-01-30 to 2026-02-14 hosted by whoos. About Roll +Bond Roll +Bond is a safe and inclusive online tabletop-roleplaying game community brought together by fandom and held together by...
itch.io
January 30, 2026 at 1:08 PM
We're now accepting submissions for this year's charity bundle benefitting Palestine Children's Relief Fund! #pcrf #ttrpg
itch.io/jam/roll-bon...
itch.io/jam/roll-bon...
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Tomorrow we’ll be raising money for the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota with our friends in the Goo Crew! We’re gonna be playing Lethal Company, Peak, REPO, and a bunch of other fun games all day - drop by to watch and help out!
January 28, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Tomorrow we’ll be raising money for the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota with our friends in the Goo Crew! We’re gonna be playing Lethal Company, Peak, REPO, and a bunch of other fun games all day - drop by to watch and help out!
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Every lie they tell is an advertisement for a product that does not exist. They use 'general audiences' to lie about what their product does. Researchers in the field should call these scammers what they are instead of being like "Oh but they still publish papers." It's Avi Loeb shit.
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Every lie they tell is an advertisement for a product that does not exist. They use 'general audiences' to lie about what their product does. Researchers in the field should call these scammers what they are instead of being like "Oh but they still publish papers." It's Avi Loeb shit.
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We do know for sure that genAI and LLMs can’t feel. They are a “yes and?” machine designed to be sycophants, the fact that it keeps generating programming behaviours that are beyond the ability to fix of its creators isn’t proof of life. It’s proof the people making it aren’t as smart as they think
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM
We do know for sure that genAI and LLMs can’t feel. They are a “yes and?” machine designed to be sycophants, the fact that it keeps generating programming behaviours that are beyond the ability to fix of its creators isn’t proof of life. It’s proof the people making it aren’t as smart as they think
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This only works as a philosophical position if you have dehumanised everyone on the planet, all of our wants, needs, hopes and desires into an algorithm simple enough for Silicon Valley tech nerds with zero interpersonal skills to approximate by stealing our writing.
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:32 AM
This only works as a philosophical position if you have dehumanised everyone on the planet, all of our wants, needs, hopes and desires into an algorithm simple enough for Silicon Valley tech nerds with zero interpersonal skills to approximate by stealing our writing.
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
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Important to always remember the people who stand to profit the most off the AI grift are the dumbest, least interesting, least cultured people alive
"What's your favourite Beatles album, then?"
"Tough one! I think I'd have to say... The Best of The Beatles"
"Tough one! I think I'd have to say... The Best of The Beatles"
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Important to always remember the people who stand to profit the most off the AI grift are the dumbest, least interesting, least cultured people alive
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
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to young people: you may at some point have heard about the Y2K problem. some people may have told you it wasn't a big deal
i need you to understand the only reason it wasn't a big deal was that everyone spent loads of time fixing code before it could become a problem, which is why it never did
i need you to understand the only reason it wasn't a big deal was that everyone spent loads of time fixing code before it could become a problem, which is why it never did
January 18, 2026 at 10:09 AM
to young people: you may at some point have heard about the Y2K problem. some people may have told you it wasn't a big deal
i need you to understand the only reason it wasn't a big deal was that everyone spent loads of time fixing code before it could become a problem, which is why it never did
i need you to understand the only reason it wasn't a big deal was that everyone spent loads of time fixing code before it could become a problem, which is why it never did
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The origin story of every wildly famous piece of cultural media is that it became so because it was interesting and refreshing in some novel way you couldn't get anywhere else.
NOBODY ever seems to learn this lesson
NOBODY ever seems to learn this lesson
"if stranger things uses chat gpt, then why shouldn't i??"
counterpoint: stranger things didn't start out using it, and pretty much everybody who's still watching it is only doing so out of some kind of torturous compulsion to set it, and everybody involved with it, including themselves, free 👍
counterpoint: stranger things didn't start out using it, and pretty much everybody who's still watching it is only doing so out of some kind of torturous compulsion to set it, and everybody involved with it, including themselves, free 👍
January 13, 2026 at 4:38 AM
The origin story of every wildly famous piece of cultural media is that it became so because it was interesting and refreshing in some novel way you couldn't get anywhere else.
NOBODY ever seems to learn this lesson
NOBODY ever seems to learn this lesson
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pathetic cowards pretending to be big manly men like all the women have been saying for the last decade but thanks for investigating i guess
WSJ investigation: In the past 6 months ICE agents have fired at vehicles 13 times, leading to:
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
* 8 people shot
* 5 of which were U.S. citizens
* 2 died
* no victims drew a weapon
The playbook: Agents box in a vehicle, block attempts to flee, then fire
www.wsj.com/us-news/vide...
Videos Show How ICE Vehicle Stops Can Escalate to Shootings
A WSJ visual investigation found that the Minneapolis ICE killing is one of 13 incidents where federal immigration agents have used deadly force against civilians in vehicles since July.
www.wsj.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:03 PM
pathetic cowards pretending to be big manly men like all the women have been saying for the last decade but thanks for investigating i guess
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annual repost of Trashed Bathrooms
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
annual repost of Trashed Bathrooms
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To other creators still on the CSAM & Revenge Porn Generating Site Formerly Known as Twitter: why the fuck are you still on the CSAM & Revenge Porn Generating Site Formerly Known as Twitter?
BREAKING: X’s chatbot Grok isn’t just making AI porn deepfakes, it’s now making Nazi AI porn deepfakes, undressing women and showing them wearing “swastika bikinis”. Many of these women are Jewish, including a recently deceased Holocaust survivor.
Elon Musk’s “Grok” is undressing women and showing them in swastika bikinis
One woman targeted is a Jewish Holocaust survivor
decoherence.media
January 7, 2026 at 9:22 AM
To other creators still on the CSAM & Revenge Porn Generating Site Formerly Known as Twitter: why the fuck are you still on the CSAM & Revenge Porn Generating Site Formerly Known as Twitter?
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