Pierce Htims
@piercesmith.bsky.social
Information Architecture | Content Design | Libraries | Wannabe friend to the trees | Everything I post is low-concept performance art
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grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
![A Bluesky user based in Venezuela posted 'I live near a military air base and five earth-shaking explosions were just heart.'
User @thenordic.bsky.social (a random asshole) replied 'was it too hard for you to to [sic] add a link?' along with a link to an AP piece. Quick, don't look, what do you think the odds are that this user responded gracefully to being told that OP was on the ground and reporting firsthand?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ycbmujtxprrwbkiw3x5qsyz4/bafkreieh2ddespqvcqdhpfy4g2higsw4lfiguzpaxs3rdessztcokmww6i@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
I have been definitely guilty of using this language when talking about AI but this thread from Sandy is a great example of how nuanced criticism of AI has to be part of whatever pushback exists.
As ever: I just wish people who said phrases like "literally psychosis machines" knew ANYTHING about what they're talking about.
As someone who's both a survivor of psychosis and who's written one-going-on-two books on this topic ... I find this sort of language offensive and misguided.
As someone who's both a survivor of psychosis and who's written one-going-on-two books on this topic ... I find this sort of language offensive and misguided.
For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines
January 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I have been definitely guilty of using this language when talking about AI but this thread from Sandy is a great example of how nuanced criticism of AI has to be part of whatever pushback exists.
I think we all agree we need more Luigis, generally speaking. www.polygon.com/eat-the-rich...
Americans missed the point of 2025's biggest movies — and it's not a new problem
From Superman to Zootopia 2 to Jurassic World Rebirth, anti-billionaire messaging stretched across genre movies. Here's what's changed.
www.polygon.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I think we all agree we need more Luigis, generally speaking. www.polygon.com/eat-the-rich...
Tfw you’re too high to be in a store without sunglasses
December 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Tfw you’re too high to be in a store without sunglasses
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Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
December 24, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Current* conditions near Chicago, IL:
The NYT could choose any photo besides the “I’m just a widdle rascal” photo but they won’t
December 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The NYT could choose any photo besides the “I’m just a widdle rascal” photo but they won’t
I have yet to meet a University of Michigan alum who doesn’t suck ass harder than a hole in a space ship.
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I have yet to meet a University of Michigan alum who doesn’t suck ass harder than a hole in a space ship.
whoa
The piss tank on the ISS is now 43% full.
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
whoa
Wait, fuck, they just needed help this whole time?
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wait, fuck, they just needed help this whole time?
Didn’t realize this was hereditary
November 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Didn’t realize this was hereditary
Is felching MAHA?
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Is felching MAHA?
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
It fucking sucks to be German and Irish and American like wth
While reporting this, we came across this ProPublica story from 2019 about a Border Patrol Facebook group.
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
Hardly any differences between this and other cop pages we've reported on. It's all the same dehumanization and racism, just different targets (w/ Chicago cops—usually it's Black people).
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It fucking sucks to be German and Irish and American like wth
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I just saw this and now you have to too.
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I just saw this and now you have to too.
“It’s like, we really gotta make this crypto thing work, and he‘s like basically our last chance at destro-…disrupting…uh…money.”
Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“It’s like, we really gotta make this crypto thing work, and he‘s like basically our last chance at destro-…disrupting…uh…money.”
**rictus grin of Zyn packs** "Alright, ChatGPT, you got me into this mess, let's see you get me out of it..."
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
![Dear [Professor’s Name],
I want to sincerely apologize for my actions regarding my midterm submission.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fs6z2b756buwsdsjkle6utfi/bafkreiecvhzfgr4tlwyy2mvpbvjncqkysytwsxvidaoressh7peonoso3y@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
**rictus grin of Zyn packs** "Alright, ChatGPT, you got me into this mess, let's see you get me out of it..."
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Correct.
Correct.
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
Correct.
Correct.
Yeah, a real job, like posting mean things on a platform configured for gooning to fascism, owned by a South African billionaire.
This is real. Our govt is Tweeting like a 14 year old and calling Americans imbecilic morons. We worry about children being bullied but this is the example set by the U.S. GOVERNMENT. This is so shameful. I’m embarrassed for any of you that think this is okay or make excuses for it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yeah, a real job, like posting mean things on a platform configured for gooning to fascism, owned by a South African billionaire.
Musical interlude: music.apple.com/us/album/tha...
That’s Just the Way That I Feel by Purple Mountains on Apple Music
Song · 2019 · Duration 3:23
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November 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Musical interlude: music.apple.com/us/album/tha...
The BU fascinista who says we need to stand up for America is also claiming to be from London apparently?
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The BU fascinista who says we need to stand up for America is also claiming to be from London apparently?
Aliens: They’re Just Like Us
The Fermi paradox asks why we've yet to find evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. The odds are we should!
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
A NASA scientist suggests that "alien societies might plateau at modest technological levels and even grow bored with exploration."
www.sciencefocus.com/news/aliens-...
Why aliens are (probably) too lazy to make first contact | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Space is big. Why not kick back, relax, and wait for them to come to you?
www.sciencefocus.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Aliens: They’re Just Like Us
Alas, we remain in the present.
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Alas, we remain in the present.