Nix Onyx
@nixonyx.bsky.social
She/they. Makes things. Has opinions. Probably a socialist. Maybe an anarchist. Definitely anti-fascist.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Even if this statement was true (plenty of replies disagree), do they think about *why* this is? An LLM tends to find the average output, and that works for code in a way that it absolutely *doesn't* work for, say, creative writing. Average code functions. Average writing is bland and boring.
I think that may be the core division here: if you are an author or an artist the cons of generative AI very likely outweigh the pros for you
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
If you are a software developer the opposite is true
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Even if this statement was true (plenty of replies disagree), do they think about *why* this is? An LLM tends to find the average output, and that works for code in a way that it absolutely *doesn't* work for, say, creative writing. Average code functions. Average writing is bland and boring.
I sometimes wonder how much of these guys' surprise at real people's hostile reactions to AI is driven by them being high on their own supply (of uncritical affirmation and constant subservient praise)
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I sometimes wonder how much of these guys' surprise at real people's hostile reactions to AI is driven by them being high on their own supply (of uncritical affirmation and constant subservient praise)
Even more unpopular opinion: Star Wars is mid. It has always been mid. The original trilogy was a fairy tale dressed up with space ships and lasers so boys could like it. I have been sick of hearing about Star Wars since before the prequels came out.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Even more unpopular opinion: Star Wars is mid. It has always been mid. The original trilogy was a fairy tale dressed up with space ships and lasers so boys could like it. I have been sick of hearing about Star Wars since before the prequels came out.
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as a society we're dealing with an AGI fraud being foisted upon us. ML and LLMs are tools that will have ideal use cases, but what's being sold is a wholesale reshaping of society, the economy, and the environment in the service of a small cadre of billionaires. that's what people are reacting to
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
as a society we're dealing with an AGI fraud being foisted upon us. ML and LLMs are tools that will have ideal use cases, but what's being sold is a wholesale reshaping of society, the economy, and the environment in the service of a small cadre of billionaires. that's what people are reacting to
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"polyworking" is the kind of newspeak that births spree killers
Workers turn to 'polyworking' to combat frozen salaries and inflation
Working professionals in the U.S. are taking on side jobs to supplement their incomes amid frozen salaries, inflation and fear of layoffs.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"polyworking" is the kind of newspeak that births spree killers
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Saw an interesting piece of advice recently: ask the AI search engines for an answer in a field in which you are very knowledgeable.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
Looked up “what mobile parking app do I need for <this town>” - AI summary on Google confidently gave me the wrong answer, which I ignored because **it is wrong a third of the time, about ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING** (according to the last study I read.)
The shit just doesn’t work.
The shit just doesn’t work.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Saw an interesting piece of advice recently: ask the AI search engines for an answer in a field in which you are very knowledgeable.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
The results will make it clear just how much they get wrong, and how brazen they are about it.
Now, apply that to every subject in which you are NOT an expert.
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I think the Pope should toss some holy water of Peter Thiel just to test something
November 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I think the Pope should toss some holy water of Peter Thiel just to test something
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I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I keep saying, Google intentionally making its search worse is a world-historical fumble, and it's a huge opportunity for so many others across the internet, if they'll just seize it..
Quoted is a good thread about the article and issues with AI reporting in general. I want to write a thread about how I knew the answer to the question in the headline was "no" before I read it (and it's not even Betteridge's law). LLMs are not conscious. How could they be?
Okay, I hestitate to even share this link, because while I like NYMag I do not want to send this journalist in particular clicks, b ut:
If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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If your framing is that an academic is the "dominant voice" and the underdogs are OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, maybe a fact check in is order??
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Is ChatGPT Conscious?
Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
nymag.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Quoted is a good thread about the article and issues with AI reporting in general. I want to write a thread about how I knew the answer to the question in the headline was "no" before I read it (and it's not even Betteridge's law). LLMs are not conscious. How could they be?
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
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I'm all for woke 2 as long as we agree woo-woo is out, I want aggressively pro-science and medicine thanks
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I'm all for woke 2 as long as we agree woo-woo is out, I want aggressively pro-science and medicine thanks
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Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
We Ain’t Buying It! - Economic Pressure on Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday - We Ain’t Buying It!
We Ain’t Buying It is an economic action and solidarity campaign designed to defend democracy and reclaim community power.
weaintbuyingit.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Can you spread the word about weaintbuyingit.com? This is one of the easiest and safest ways possible to fight back against the current administration. If you've been saying there's nothing you can do - you're wrong! All you have to do is not buy from Amazon, Home Depot, or Target for five days.
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Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
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you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong
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Anyone interested in a resolution condemning fascism?
Anyone?
Maybe?
No?
Okay.
Anyone?
Maybe?
No?
Okay.
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Anyone interested in a resolution condemning fascism?
Anyone?
Maybe?
No?
Okay.
Anyone?
Maybe?
No?
Okay.
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more and more people are saying new deal
November 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
more and more people are saying new deal
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HAPPENING NOW: DC community members are outside MPD headquarters to demand independent investigations of and release of all officer names and body cam footage in the three deaths in police custody this week, as well as the termination of Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful” Task Force.
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
HAPPENING NOW: DC community members are outside MPD headquarters to demand independent investigations of and release of all officer names and body cam footage in the three deaths in police custody this week, as well as the termination of Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful” Task Force.
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24. In fact, Platner is a leftist intellectual’s idea of a working class man, or rather, the idea of a working-class man that’s envisioned by children of affluence who turned to leftist politics as some kind of recompense, or who see in him something that’s lacking in themselves.
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
24. In fact, Platner is a leftist intellectual’s idea of a working class man, or rather, the idea of a working-class man that’s envisioned by children of affluence who turned to leftist politics as some kind of recompense, or who see in him something that’s lacking in themselves.
Giving myself another temp ban so I can get some work done. Nobody declare war or anything, ok? (Rest assured, I'll be back immediately if It Happens)
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Giving myself another temp ban so I can get some work done. Nobody declare war or anything, ok? (Rest assured, I'll be back immediately if It Happens)
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Consequences are not cancel culture. They're just a new concept for parts of society, who have never actually had to deal with them before.
When the papers start whining about “cancel culture” again, remember that these men are stepping down 1) voluntarily, and 2) because their jobs have no real impact on their wealth and power, and 3) BECAUSE OF THE RAPING.
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
November 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Consequences are not cancel culture. They're just a new concept for parts of society, who have never actually had to deal with them before.