Makhiel
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He/him | software engineer, language enthusiast, occasional photographer, plays videogames and knows lots of useless trivia | makhiel.net
Some grim quotes out here, am I the only one who knows there already is a pretty good Hunt for Gollum fanfilm?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H09...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H09...
January 6, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Some grim quotes out here, am I the only one who knows there already is a pretty good Hunt for Gollum fanfilm?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H09...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H09...
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It's a whole genre it's beautiful
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's a whole genre it's beautiful
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Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Is the MTA making merch with the F M Swap icon cause they should be
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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New frog has dropped. Prepare accordingly.
New Species of Tiny Pumpkin Toadlet Discovered in Brazil's Cloud Forests
Deep in the mountains of southern Brazil, a bright orange frog, just over a centimeter long, hops into the spotlight.
www.sciencealert.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
New frog has dropped. Prepare accordingly.
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Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...
Don't want to switch to Comosus Isle? You can have your Castoran house in Janthir! (Doesn't work the way around unfortunately) #GuildWars2
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Don't want to switch to Comosus Isle? You can have your Castoran house in Janthir! (Doesn't work the way around unfortunately) #GuildWars2
a) Cool.
b) What the hell do they eat down there then?
b) What the hell do they eat down there then?
A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what appears to be the world’s largest spider web, which researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
a) Cool.
b) What the hell do they eat down there then?
b) What the hell do they eat down there then?
Look, AI sucks. But I can see the appeal of non-Euclidean subway cars, can someone make a game like that?
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Look, AI sucks. But I can see the appeal of non-Euclidean subway cars, can someone make a game like that?
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
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This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa
Oh good, ChatGPT is getting "erotica for verified adults" later this year
October 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is cool after the war on everything called “porn” by platforms and payment processors. A machine that stole all your words can generate and sell “erotica” but you can’t haaa
My main thought after watching the latest Fantastic Four is - give us a Silver Surfer movie, you cowards!
September 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My main thought after watching the latest Fantastic Four is - give us a Silver Surfer movie, you cowards!
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Get. Off. Twitter.
September 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Get. Off. Twitter.
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Quick question: what the fuck is anyone talking about anymore
September 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Quick question: what the fuck is anyone talking about anymore
Well, well, well, I do manage to take a cool-looking picture every now and then.
September 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Well, well, well, I do manage to take a cool-looking picture every now and then.
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If you’re struggling with how someone can be both an atheist & a Jew in good standing, it’s prob bc you’re assuming “Jew” and “Christian” are parallel terms.
A Christian is, broadly, an adherent of the Christian religion.
A Jew is a member of a people whose distinctive practices include Judaism.
A Christian is, broadly, an adherent of the Christian religion.
A Jew is a member of a people whose distinctive practices include Judaism.
August 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you’re struggling with how someone can be both an atheist & a Jew in good standing, it’s prob bc you’re assuming “Jew” and “Christian” are parallel terms.
A Christian is, broadly, an adherent of the Christian religion.
A Jew is a member of a people whose distinctive practices include Judaism.
A Christian is, broadly, an adherent of the Christian religion.
A Jew is a member of a people whose distinctive practices include Judaism.
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i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Defeated Chromatic Gault after like 3 hours, may he rot in hell. #Expedition33
August 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Defeated Chromatic Gault after like 3 hours, may he rot in hell. #Expedition33
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like look I am here to be mean to AI snake oil salesmen
I don’t want to be mean to civilians who aren’t in the thick of things with AI
but FFS stop trying to verify things by asking an LLM
it’s the other way around
you need to verify what THEY say
I don’t want to be mean to civilians who aren’t in the thick of things with AI
but FFS stop trying to verify things by asking an LLM
it’s the other way around
you need to verify what THEY say
August 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
like look I am here to be mean to AI snake oil salesmen
I don’t want to be mean to civilians who aren’t in the thick of things with AI
but FFS stop trying to verify things by asking an LLM
it’s the other way around
you need to verify what THEY say
I don’t want to be mean to civilians who aren’t in the thick of things with AI
but FFS stop trying to verify things by asking an LLM
it’s the other way around
you need to verify what THEY say
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You could write a book about this photo. Everything about it is so fucking vulgar.
August 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
You could write a book about this photo. Everything about it is so fucking vulgar.
I don't have a horse in this race but is it at least pronounced Em-snow?
MSNBC will change their name to My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short.
August 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I don't have a horse in this race but is it at least pronounced Em-snow?
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I’m back! I saw your messages on here & elsewhere—thank you all <3. I’m deeply disappointed in @bsky.app moderation; equating pushback against people like JKR with the harm they cause to trans ppl only enables more violence. I’ll talk more soon but even a day away from social media has been healthy.
August 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I’m back! I saw your messages on here & elsewhere—thank you all <3. I’m deeply disappointed in @bsky.app moderation; equating pushback against people like JKR with the harm they cause to trans ppl only enables more violence. I’ll talk more soon but even a day away from social media has been healthy.
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Oh, good…
Nice to see how the “new” Bluesky Moderation is being handled.
Nice to see how the “new” Bluesky Moderation is being handled.
August 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Oh, good…
Nice to see how the “new” Bluesky Moderation is being handled.
Nice to see how the “new” Bluesky Moderation is being handled.
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