Erik
@rekmarks.com
software developer | rolling the torment nexus up a hill | he/him/any
ad astra sine caesaribus
https://rekmarks.com
ad astra sine caesaribus
https://rekmarks.com
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used this art spree as motivation to update the steam page, which I hadn't checked in a while
15,000 wishlists...damn, thank you
soon the lands will roll forth
15,000 wishlists...damn, thank you
soon the lands will roll forth
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
used this art spree as motivation to update the steam page, which I hadn't checked in a while
15,000 wishlists...damn, thank you
soon the lands will roll forth
15,000 wishlists...damn, thank you
soon the lands will roll forth
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The first person we meet on Past Lives is Nanaya'ila'i, an Elamite woman from southwestern Iran who was enslaved around 645 BC by the Assyrians in one of their last campaigns of conquest. What can we know about her life? How did she experience the sharp end of empire? www.patreon.com/posts/nanaya...
Nanaya-ila’i and Her Daughter (Assyria, 7th Century BC) | Past Lives
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December 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The first person we meet on Past Lives is Nanaya'ila'i, an Elamite woman from southwestern Iran who was enslaved around 645 BC by the Assyrians in one of their last campaigns of conquest. What can we know about her life? How did she experience the sharp end of empire? www.patreon.com/posts/nanaya...
OpenAI to acquire Deno
December 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
OpenAI to acquire Deno
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Want to learn more about Kate? The Calaveras Democrats posted Kate's candidate statement on their website! calaverasdemocrats.org/kate-sills-a...
Kate Sills Announces Candidacy for CD-5 Congressional Race Calaveras Democrats
Kate Sills of Sonora, CA has announced her candidacy for US Congress, CA-05, against incumbant representative Tom McClintock.
calaverasdemocrats.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Want to learn more about Kate? The Calaveras Democrats posted Kate's candidate statement on their website! calaverasdemocrats.org/kate-sills-a...
The Falklands War was a just war because the people who live there didn't (and still don't) want to be forcibly annexed into Argentina.
it is extremely funny that white people from the whitest country in south america will appeal to "the colonization of the americas" as a reason to steal territory from what are peculiarly the indigenous people of that territory
then you'll begin to understand. The history of the colonization of the Americas is a history of violence and theft by your people, and all the state violence are the inheritance you left.
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The Falklands War was a just war because the people who live there didn't (and still don't) want to be forcibly annexed into Argentina.
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i think a substantial part of the problem is that i can invoke "Eduardo Valdes-Hevia" in the model and get something which you don't own but have a stake in. this is a machine which makes labor into capital and much of it is unregulated.
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
i think a substantial part of the problem is that i can invoke "Eduardo Valdes-Hevia" in the model and get something which you don't own but have a stake in. this is a machine which makes labor into capital and much of it is unregulated.
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I dropped the price for Basic Binary Board Book to $12 for the holidays. I’ve been hearing that the kids adore it and the parents are perplexed. That’s a win-win. Tell a friend. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9VCF3TN
Basic Binary Board Book
Basic Binary Board Book [Kris Kowal] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Basic Binary Board Book
www.amazon.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I dropped the price for Basic Binary Board Book to $12 for the holidays. I’ve been hearing that the kids adore it and the parents are perplexed. That’s a win-win. Tell a friend. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9VCF3TN
They're calling it the worst trip in human history.
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
They're calling it the worst trip in human history.
Going through the Great British Bake-off holiday catalogue and Matt Lucas gave my baby colic.
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Going through the Great British Bake-off holiday catalogue and Matt Lucas gave my baby colic.
This robot could never force me off the sidewalk.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This robot could never force me off the sidewalk.
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Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
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this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
this is pretty solid spiritual advice tbh
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth. Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.”
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The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
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AI "has some use cases" in the same way that computers or the Internet have some use cases. Because of the scale at which it is being used and will be used, saying that AI harms the environment is tantamount to saying that human economic activity harms the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
AI "has some use cases" in the same way that computers or the Internet have some use cases. Because of the scale at which it is being used and will be used, saying that AI harms the environment is tantamount to saying that human economic activity harms the environment.
@hailey.at I'm losing bfcache when I click on "Notifications" (from "Home" or a post / thread) in Brave 😔
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
@hailey.at I'm losing bfcache when I click on "Notifications" (from "Home" or a post / thread) in Brave 😔
War and Peace is an incredible novel, but it shows its age (derogatory) in Tolstoy's ugly marriage of romantic nationalism and fatalism in his theory of history.
November 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
War and Peace is an incredible novel, but it shows its age (derogatory) in Tolstoy's ugly marriage of romantic nationalism and fatalism in his theory of history.
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I mean, it definitely, absolutely will not prevent the total commodification of this technology. Within 10 years everyone will be able to create photorealistic images of anyone doing anything basically for free. Audio on the same timeline, video to follow.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I mean, it definitely, absolutely will not prevent the total commodification of this technology. Within 10 years everyone will be able to create photorealistic images of anyone doing anything basically for free. Audio on the same timeline, video to follow.
If you're worried that large masses of people are going to become completely detached from our rapidly contracting consensus reality due to this, I have good news: many of those people are already completely detached from said reality.
This is why I tell people not to feel embarrassed if they fall for fake images. These are extremely realistic.
Silicon Valley has built a world where creating countless realistic fakes is just two clicks away. You literally can't believe your eyes anymore. And it's only going to get worse.
Silicon Valley has built a world where creating countless realistic fakes is just two clicks away. You literally can't believe your eyes anymore. And it's only going to get worse.
Content should come with some kind of certificate of authenticity, so that with one click I can know what was modified. Half of what we see is fake, and it's getting harder to decide. My default now is to assume something's fake unless there's objective reason to believe it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
If you're worried that large masses of people are going to become completely detached from our rapidly contracting consensus reality due to this, I have good news: many of those people are already completely detached from said reality.
I have been fooled by far dumber things than this but it is extremely funny to imagine the depicted persons actually meeting like this.
I've seen this image enough now that I feel like I should point out it's fake.
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I have been fooled by far dumber things than this but it is extremely funny to imagine the depicted persons actually meeting like this.
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Utterly lawless
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Utterly lawless
Attempting to placate right-wing protests against "impartiality" is a losing game; first because the truth is impartial to their cause, and second because they will punish you anyway.
“When I was [at the BBC], at the height of Boris Johnson’s strength, that fear was ubiquitous. Scripts were sometimes written with a view not solely to their impartiality or truth, but the management of perception of impartiality from one side of the spectrum.“ @lewisgoodall.com
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Attempting to placate right-wing protests against "impartiality" is a losing game; first because the truth is impartial to their cause, and second because they will punish you anyway.
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Elon Musk should be tried for genocide.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Elon Musk should be tried for genocide.
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Ask me how I know :)
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Ask me how I know :)
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top of the 18th, 2 outs, jays have 2 bases loaded. it is 2am.
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
top of the 18th, 2 outs, jays have 2 bases loaded. it is 2am.