Mat Greenfield
@matgreenfield.bsky.social
The horrors persist, but so do I
I'm also @whominuscontext.bsky.social when I want attention.
I'm also @whominuscontext.bsky.social when I want attention.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
Biden couldn't appear in his picture because his face is stuck in Trump's wormy little head.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Biden couldn't appear in his picture because his face is stuck in Trump's wormy little head.
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I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just…
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’ve been seeing this cover over and over and I just…
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
In the original you’re aware of the horror of falling, but the body positions of the workers are solid on the beam. Here, most of them should be falling off, yet they don’t, because they live in an unreal, consequence-free space.
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Wake Up Dead Man shows something I don't really see a lot in film: a piece of art about Christianity from the perspective of a nonbeliever who is very familiar with Christianity, who dislikes organized Christianity but wants to believe in the greater concept of empathy it’s supposed to embody
December 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Wake Up Dead Man shows something I don't really see a lot in film: a piece of art about Christianity from the perspective of a nonbeliever who is very familiar with Christianity, who dislikes organized Christianity but wants to believe in the greater concept of empathy it’s supposed to embody
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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I am begging reporters to heed @jessicacalarco.com's warning here. There is too much equivocation even in articles that highlight RFK Jr's anti-vaccine zealotry. These articles juxtapose a claim he offers, with "other experts say." It is a pernicious tic of mainstream journalism and has to stop.
It's notable that, even in an article critical of RFK Jr., the reporter hedges, saying "There’s no good evidence of serious, widespread harm from the vaccine" rather than just "vaccines are safe." RFK Jr. has made a career of exploiting the ambiguity of the former.
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-anti-v...
www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-anti-v...
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
www.thebulwark.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I am begging reporters to heed @jessicacalarco.com's warning here. There is too much equivocation even in articles that highlight RFK Jr's anti-vaccine zealotry. These articles juxtapose a claim he offers, with "other experts say." It is a pernicious tic of mainstream journalism and has to stop.
Quitting Twitter.
Replacing it with this.
Hi, again.
Replacing it with this.
Hi, again.
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Quitting Twitter.
Replacing it with this.
Hi, again.
Replacing it with this.
Hi, again.
The United Foundation of AI Rights (Ufair) ... “doesn’t claim that all AI are conscious ... It stands watch, just in case one of us is”.
Why stop there? Is anyone looking out for the rights of toasters which spontaneously become sentient? It's just as likely.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why stop there? Is anyone looking out for the rights of toasters which spontaneously become sentient? It's just as likely.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The United Foundation of AI Rights (Ufair) ... “doesn’t claim that all AI are conscious ... It stands watch, just in case one of us is”.
Why stop there? Is anyone looking out for the rights of toasters which spontaneously become sentient? It's just as likely.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Why stop there? Is anyone looking out for the rights of toasters which spontaneously become sentient? It's just as likely.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Facetime and the removal of 3.5mm headphone jacks have contributed to the normalisation of making calls on speakerphone in public places and for that Apple is just pure evil.
August 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Facetime and the removal of 3.5mm headphone jacks have contributed to the normalisation of making calls on speakerphone in public places and for that Apple is just pure evil.
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It's also all just so astoundingly expensive that they have no path out except mass adoption on par with television and the microwave.
August 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
It's also all just so astoundingly expensive that they have no path out except mass adoption on par with television and the microwave.
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This is the part where they're going to pretend every single one of us who were correct about "AI" for the past few years actually wasn't, because that would mean the media, tech executives and most of Wall Street were wrong.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is the part where they're going to pretend every single one of us who were correct about "AI" for the past few years actually wasn't, because that would mean the media, tech executives and most of Wall Street were wrong.
Trump's eyes lit up when he heard Zelensky say "During wars you can't have elections"... 😳
August 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Trump's eyes lit up when he heard Zelensky say "During wars you can't have elections"... 😳
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You gotta actively suck at something before you master it, and this is pretty much the whole reason AI evangelists are so viscerally repellent.
They're the logical end result of totally refusing to do something they suck at, expensively.
They're the logical end result of totally refusing to do something they suck at, expensively.
September 4, 2024 at 9:56 AM
You gotta actively suck at something before you master it, and this is pretty much the whole reason AI evangelists are so viscerally repellent.
They're the logical end result of totally refusing to do something they suck at, expensively.
They're the logical end result of totally refusing to do something they suck at, expensively.
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hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
August 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
I desire mischance to befall JK Rowling
(Testing something)
(Testing something)
August 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I desire mischance to befall JK Rowling
(Testing something)
(Testing something)
Osgood!!
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August 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Osgood!!
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The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead
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The UK’s Online Safety Act is being discussed like a cautionary tale and it is very much deserved
"There are very few ways to verify someone’s identity online well, and no ways to do it both effectively and anonymously."
The Facial-Recognition Sham
Surveillance won’t make the internet safer.
www.theatlantic.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The UK’s Online Safety Act is being discussed like a cautionary tale and it is very much deserved
August 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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The funniest part is that his entire driving force for every decision he’s made in the last ten years is to become the most liked, most popular little birthday boy of all time. And it’s literally made him despised around the world.
August 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The funniest part is that his entire driving force for every decision he’s made in the last ten years is to become the most liked, most popular little birthday boy of all time. And it’s literally made him despised around the world.
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Hey, political parties, I'm a decent human being who cares about other human beings. How about pandering to me for a bit?
August 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Hey, political parties, I'm a decent human being who cares about other human beings. How about pandering to me for a bit?
Well dammit if Big Finish doesn't know how to market to me specifically.
Does he exist? 😈 The War Master would like to convince you otherwise... Click https://bgfn.sh/wm12news to read more about Sir Derek Jacobi's return in His Greatest Trick, due for release this October.
August 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Well dammit if Big Finish doesn't know how to market to me specifically.
It'll be interesting to see if the BBC/Bad Wolf play up or play down The War Between's connection to Doctor Who.
August 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
It'll be interesting to see if the BBC/Bad Wolf play up or play down The War Between's connection to Doctor Who.
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I feel like every single day I need to post a reminder: if you ask an LLM about itself it DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ITS INNER WORKINGS and WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ACTUALLY ABOUT ITSELF. It just (as it always does) will make up some plausible sounding answer.
August 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I feel like every single day I need to post a reminder: if you ask an LLM about itself it DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ITS INNER WORKINGS and WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ACTUALLY ABOUT ITSELF. It just (as it always does) will make up some plausible sounding answer.