Mike - Towards a Metric America!
@navigatorbr.bsky.social
An American who fights for British Rail.
Also big on manga/anime.
He/Him
Also big on manga/anime.
He/Him
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Jesus fucking Christ how the fuck do you look at everything going on, clasp hands with Republicans and gleefully try to make it worse?
You all deserve a primary for Christmas.
You all deserve a primary for Christmas.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Jesus fucking Christ how the fuck do you look at everything going on, clasp hands with Republicans and gleefully try to make it worse?
You all deserve a primary for Christmas.
You all deserve a primary for Christmas.
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New bogeys on the scope, Rex! Sky's about to get busy again!
Bandai Namco Reveals Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve Game
Game launches on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam in 2026
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
New bogeys on the scope, Rex! Sky's about to get busy again!
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From the company that shut people down for showing movies in their backyard
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
From the company that shut people down for showing movies in their backyard
Good, fuck those people.
December 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Good, fuck those people.
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You're never going to get adoption and acceptance of something built off of wholesale theft. GenAI isn't Crunchyroll; it's not going to suddenly be OK because "it's doing things legally now."
Too many of us have been hurt, too many of us have seen our friends and colleagues suffer because of it.
Too many of us have been hurt, too many of us have seen our friends and colleagues suffer because of it.
December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
You're never going to get adoption and acceptance of something built off of wholesale theft. GenAI isn't Crunchyroll; it's not going to suddenly be OK because "it's doing things legally now."
Too many of us have been hurt, too many of us have seen our friends and colleagues suffer because of it.
Too many of us have been hurt, too many of us have seen our friends and colleagues suffer because of it.
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I'm also a publication-owner, who's spent countless hours trying to block the scraper bots out of my systems because they put undue strain on our servers, and because - again - theft. It's infuriating to see ChatGPT come up in our logs, because we have done everything in our power to block them out.
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm also a publication-owner, who's spent countless hours trying to block the scraper bots out of my systems because they put undue strain on our servers, and because - again - theft. It's infuriating to see ChatGPT come up in our logs, because we have done everything in our power to block them out.
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Thread, because this 100%.
The moment the tech bros came in dicks swinging and screaming about how "we're gonna kill your jobs and you can't do anything about it," WHILE they were actively stealing from us, was the moment I became determined to burn GenAI shit to the ground.
The moment the tech bros came in dicks swinging and screaming about how "we're gonna kill your jobs and you can't do anything about it," WHILE they were actively stealing from us, was the moment I became determined to burn GenAI shit to the ground.
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thread, because this 100%.
The moment the tech bros came in dicks swinging and screaming about how "we're gonna kill your jobs and you can't do anything about it," WHILE they were actively stealing from us, was the moment I became determined to burn GenAI shit to the ground.
The moment the tech bros came in dicks swinging and screaming about how "we're gonna kill your jobs and you can't do anything about it," WHILE they were actively stealing from us, was the moment I became determined to burn GenAI shit to the ground.
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I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
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Okay fucker, the difference is I CAN'T CHANGE DIALYSIS PROVIDERS.
There is no "price shopping" for a treatment I need to stay alive. I can't wait for a fucking sale you dipshit.
If you'd ever dealt with the ACTUAL medical system and not your taxpayer-funded free-ride insurance, you'd fucking know.
There is no "price shopping" for a treatment I need to stay alive. I can't wait for a fucking sale you dipshit.
If you'd ever dealt with the ACTUAL medical system and not your taxpayer-funded free-ride insurance, you'd fucking know.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Okay fucker, the difference is I CAN'T CHANGE DIALYSIS PROVIDERS.
There is no "price shopping" for a treatment I need to stay alive. I can't wait for a fucking sale you dipshit.
If you'd ever dealt with the ACTUAL medical system and not your taxpayer-funded free-ride insurance, you'd fucking know.
There is no "price shopping" for a treatment I need to stay alive. I can't wait for a fucking sale you dipshit.
If you'd ever dealt with the ACTUAL medical system and not your taxpayer-funded free-ride insurance, you'd fucking know.
Having watched as that worthless fuck, Daniel Greenstein, destroy my college doing an ill-advised merger and rebrand, after decades of underfunding by Pennsylvania, I have no objections to tossing this lot of "leadership".
If you could call it that.
If you could call it that.
The only way we could do that is by treating education like a public good, not a fucking business aimed at producing a product, and that would require the wholesale liquidation (perhaps at swordpoint) of the current crop of folks responsible for the organization of American education.
December 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Having watched as that worthless fuck, Daniel Greenstein, destroy my college doing an ill-advised merger and rebrand, after decades of underfunding by Pennsylvania, I have no objections to tossing this lot of "leadership".
If you could call it that.
If you could call it that.
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Big Tech’s PR work around AI has been a masterclass in how not to communicate with the public about technology
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Big Tech’s PR work around AI has been a masterclass in how not to communicate with the public about technology
"Rescue Wings", A JASDF pilot wanting to be a fighter pilot finds himself assigned to fly a search/rescue helicopter.
2006 anime, no official EN release. Found it from an AMV I stumbled upon ~2 years ago.
2006 anime, no official EN release. Found it from an AMV I stumbled upon ~2 years ago.
December 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Rescue Wings", A JASDF pilot wanting to be a fighter pilot finds himself assigned to fly a search/rescue helicopter.
2006 anime, no official EN release. Found it from an AMV I stumbled upon ~2 years ago.
2006 anime, no official EN release. Found it from an AMV I stumbled upon ~2 years ago.
It's crazy that making anti-metric sign vandals an antagonist in a UK railway story is somehow not the most absurd thing I could do, because shit like this is a thing.
Hey straight up I thought I dreamed of this.
I must have read this right before I went to sleep and then I woke up thinking about it and I was like... Nah I imagined that.
I must have read this right before I went to sleep and then I woke up thinking about it and I was like... Nah I imagined that.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's crazy that making anti-metric sign vandals an antagonist in a UK railway story is somehow not the most absurd thing I could do, because shit like this is a thing.
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It gets 0.7 for actually doing the yellow nose, if a bit wonky. There was an inkling of a good idea trapped in a shite end result.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It gets 0.7 for actually doing the yellow nose, if a bit wonky. There was an inkling of a good idea trapped in a shite end result.
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Lets hope it gets the axe before anything gets painted in this daft color smear. With BR perfection just sitting right there to use, this jingoistic rubbish is Brexit impotence at track speed.
Two tones of blue unnecessary.
Angled repeating downward lines too symbolic of UK trajectory.
0.7/10
Two tones of blue unnecessary.
Angled repeating downward lines too symbolic of UK trajectory.
0.7/10
December 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Lets hope it gets the axe before anything gets painted in this daft color smear. With BR perfection just sitting right there to use, this jingoistic rubbish is Brexit impotence at track speed.
Two tones of blue unnecessary.
Angled repeating downward lines too symbolic of UK trajectory.
0.7/10
Two tones of blue unnecessary.
Angled repeating downward lines too symbolic of UK trajectory.
0.7/10
Ohio appears in this brand new US Chemical Safety Board video:
Low Pressure, Fatal Consequence: Explosion at Yenkin-Majestic
YouTube video by USCSB
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Ohio appears in this brand new US Chemical Safety Board video:
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If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If Paramount is allowed to take over Warner Bros. Discovery, the conservative billionaire Ellison family will control:
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
Paramount Studios
CBS
CNN
MTV
HBO
Comedy Central
Nickelodeon
Cartoon Network
Warner Bros.
DC Studios
Fandango
New Line Cinema
TNT Sports
TBS
Oracle
And more.
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PSA for anyone who needs it:
You are still able to buy Yakuza 0 from GOG in its original form and this is the recommended way to play, the Director's Cut changes some things for the worse.
See here to learn what was changed:
www.avclub.com/yakuza-0-dir...
You are still able to buy Yakuza 0 from GOG in its original form and this is the recommended way to play, the Director's Cut changes some things for the worse.
See here to learn what was changed:
www.avclub.com/yakuza-0-dir...
Yakuza 0 Director's Cut makes a great game worse while erasing gaming history
Yakuza 0 Director's Cut is out on Dec. 8. The issue? Its changes are ill-considered, and it's replacing the original on digital storefronts.
www.avclub.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
PSA for anyone who needs it:
You are still able to buy Yakuza 0 from GOG in its original form and this is the recommended way to play, the Director's Cut changes some things for the worse.
See here to learn what was changed:
www.avclub.com/yakuza-0-dir...
You are still able to buy Yakuza 0 from GOG in its original form and this is the recommended way to play, the Director's Cut changes some things for the worse.
See here to learn what was changed:
www.avclub.com/yakuza-0-dir...
Me logging into work as we enter the third week of our primary program just not working at all, and IT has been less than helpful.
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Me logging into work as we enter the third week of our primary program just not working at all, and IT has been less than helpful.
Me: "Okay, let's get started this week."
[Logs into work computer]
[Is greeted, again by the issue with our security program meaning I need to restart before I can launch the VM, and a message from another person in IT, asking me to elaborate on my issue with my primary work program]
[Logs into work computer]
[Is greeted, again by the issue with our security program meaning I need to restart before I can launch the VM, and a message from another person in IT, asking me to elaborate on my issue with my primary work program]
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Me: "Okay, let's get started this week."
[Logs into work computer]
[Is greeted, again by the issue with our security program meaning I need to restart before I can launch the VM, and a message from another person in IT, asking me to elaborate on my issue with my primary work program]
[Logs into work computer]
[Is greeted, again by the issue with our security program meaning I need to restart before I can launch the VM, and a message from another person in IT, asking me to elaborate on my issue with my primary work program]
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All I have for today's cat content is Chessie and Claudius kissing over a churu. (Video: Porch cam. I'm sitting on the floor of my enclosed porch. An ear tipped tux and ear tipped brown/grey tabby with white are balancing front paws on either side of my lap and trying to lick the same churu treat.)
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
All I have for today's cat content is Chessie and Claudius kissing over a churu. (Video: Porch cam. I'm sitting on the floor of my enclosed porch. An ear tipped tux and ear tipped brown/grey tabby with white are balancing front paws on either side of my lap and trying to lick the same churu treat.)
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This, this, this. They made Obama's life hell - why should Democrats play nice now? Why are we being called unreasonable for demanding Democrats do the same and act like an actual fucking opposition party, now that the stakes are higher than ever?
Every elected Republican was a united front opposing and criticizing everything Obama did for 8 straight years, even if it was a policy they fundamentally agreed with. Why. In the fuck. Is it asking too much for Democrats to do the same with a legitimate fascist?
Democratic voters are working hard to stop fascism. It would be nice if the leaders of the party joined them.
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This, this, this. They made Obama's life hell - why should Democrats play nice now? Why are we being called unreasonable for demanding Democrats do the same and act like an actual fucking opposition party, now that the stakes are higher than ever?
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#RECALL: G0815 15” 3HP Heavy-Duty Planers. The chip breaker can contact the cutterhead blades during use, which can cause debris to be ejected from the planer, posing impact/laceration hazards to the user and bystanders. Get free repair kit and installation instructions. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
December 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
#RECALL: G0815 15” 3HP Heavy-Duty Planers. The chip breaker can contact the cutterhead blades during use, which can cause debris to be ejected from the planer, posing impact/laceration hazards to the user and bystanders. Get free repair kit and installation instructions. www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026...
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My tabletop role-playing games are available at shop.patchworkfez.games
Darkened Hill & Dale contains 7 system-neutral horror scenarios set in the modern British countryside & comes with a folder of 21 player handouts.
TERMINUS is set at Tottenham Court Road & should be available in a few days!
Darkened Hill & Dale contains 7 system-neutral horror scenarios set in the modern British countryside & comes with a folder of 21 player handouts.
TERMINUS is set at Tottenham Court Road & should be available in a few days!
December 4, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My tabletop role-playing games are available at shop.patchworkfez.games
Darkened Hill & Dale contains 7 system-neutral horror scenarios set in the modern British countryside & comes with a folder of 21 player handouts.
TERMINUS is set at Tottenham Court Road & should be available in a few days!
Darkened Hill & Dale contains 7 system-neutral horror scenarios set in the modern British countryside & comes with a folder of 21 player handouts.
TERMINUS is set at Tottenham Court Road & should be available in a few days!