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Robin, Disaster Nerd Queen

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Formerly RMalleusReborn on twt. 25 trans bi/pan, she/her. Minors DNI, your local disaster queen of a trans gal heh. Pre-HRT and massive nerd, prospective writer and 3D modeler. Warhammer, rwby, halo, mass effect, fantasy ,tabletops, and many more nerd shit

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Robin, Disaster Nerd Queen @robinmalleus.bsky.social · Oct 17

Back to posting on here in light of recent Twitter news

a close up of a couch with a black cat sitting on it

ALT: a close up of a couch with a black cat sitting on it

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Avellion @avellion.bsky.social · 9h

#Hobbystreak day 210. My campaign Sunday is coming up so today I put my focus on painting the two new additions to the Royalston Cavaliers. In between missions the company has picked up a Shadow Hawk and a mechanized infantry company.

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Zane Schacht - Voice Goblin @voicesbyzane.bsky.social · 2h

Best warhammer book by a country mile

Robert Rath @robertrath.bsky.social · 13h

Happy book birthday to THE INFINITE AND THE DIVINE, which released in hardback five years ago today!

Thanks so much to everyone who’s taken the ride with these two on their ten-millennia tropical vacation disaster.

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Hanniba-LINA Lecter 💀 @agirlcalledlina.bsky.social · 2h

Incredible how Israel plays by different rules all the time

Gaza ceasefire agreement now in effect, says Israel - but troops will stay until
Hamas disarms

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Polluxery @polluxery.bsky.social · 3h

supergirl

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 3h

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

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Robin, Disaster Nerd Queen @robinmalleus.bsky.social · 7h

Who was it? Name and shame lol

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11h

The Senate has just passed the military NDAA containing 2 anti-trans provisions: a surgery ban using federal funds (dependents too), and a sports ban on military academy spaces.

This will be the STARTING point for negotiations with the House, which has even worse provisions.

Only 20 Dems opposed.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 13h

Every single AI data center is a toxic investment, with most of its value tied up in GPUs that will be multiple generations behind by the time these things turn on - and then die in 3-5 years.

All to build for AI demand that doesn't exist.
edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...

Actually, wait - how long do GPUs last, exactly? Four years for training? Three years? The A100 GPU started shipping in May 2020, and the H100 (and the Hopper GPU generation) entered full production in September 2022, meaning that we’re hurtling at speed toward the time in which we’re going to start seeing a remarkable amount of chips start wearing down, which should be a concern for companies like Microsoft, who bought 150,000 Hopper GPUs in 2023 and 485,000 of them in 2024.
Alright, let me just be blunt: the entire economy of debt around GPUs is insane.
Assuming these things don’t die within five years (their warranties generally end in three), their value absolutely will, as NVIDIA has committed to releasing a new AI chip every single year, likely with significant increases to power and power efficiency. At the end of the five year period, the Special Purpose Vehicle will be the proud owner of five-year-old chips that nobody is going to want to rent at the price that Elon Musk has been paying for the last five years. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the rental prices for H100 GPUs that went from $8-an-hour in 2023 to $2-an-hour in 2024, or the Silicon Data Indexes (aggregated realtime indexes of hourly prices) that show H100 rentals at around $2.14-an-hour and A100 rentals at a dollar-an-hour, with Vast.AI offering them at as little as $0.67 an hour.
This is, by the way, a problem that faces literally every data center being built in the world, and I feel insane talking about it. It feels like nobody is talking about how impossible and ridiculous all of this is - it’s one thing that OpenAI has promised one trillion dollars to people - it’s another that large swaths of that will be spent on hardware that will, by the end of these agreements, be half-obsolete and generating less revenue than ever.
Think about it - let’s assume we live in a fantasy land where OpenAI is somehow able to pay Oracle $300 billion over 5 years. Said money is paying for access to Blackwell…

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Queer Armorer @queerarmorer.bsky.social · 5d

Literally me:

Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 5d

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Robin, Disaster Nerd Queen @robinmalleus.bsky.social · 9h

The way you oppose it is not buying or engaging with her work or anything under the harry potter umbrella. Because she has *directly* stated she uses the proceeds from it and her vast wealth to fund anti-trans hate groups and efforts to legislate us out of existence. Grow a spine.

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elia ayoub 🌱 @ayoub.bsky.social · 18h

This is actually what is going to happen.

That’s already what’s happening in Lebanon. Israel kills regularly, violates the ceasefire agreement on an hourly basis.

It’s just not on the news anymore.

This is why pressure against Israel mustn’t just continue, but increase.

The Onion @theonion.com · 18h

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...

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Stromgarde Enjoyer @nilocor.bsky.social · 9h

Holding out hope that Sylvanas' involvement in Midnight is sparse.

Failing that, at the very least I hope Alliance characters have the ability to avoid her as much as possible.

Still sick of her. Still want nothing to do with her. Please don't subject us to her again.

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Gorey Cask of Amontilladoing @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 1d

ye see this shits not inevitable never give up in advance

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 12h

When prices were going up under Biden there was a constant deluge of news stories about it because the media did not like Biden and wanted him to lose. Under Trump there is not a constant deluge of news stories about coffee prices because they like Trump and want him to win

delrayser @delrayser.bsky.social · 12h

everything is on fire these days, sure, but how is it that 50% of all news stories are not about how I just spent $20 on a bag of store brand coffee at fucking costco

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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 10h

One of the reasons to reject the obligatory demands for conservative affirmative action in liberal institutions is that the people who take advantage of it almost invariably function as a fifth column explicitly dedicated to destroying the institution from within.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12h

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Mae @spiderpolice.bsky.social · 11h

yuritober day 9 but there's a bunch of doggies this time

A sign reads "Dog Girl Club -- Meeting today. A Room of three anthro wolves and a doggirl sit on the floor together. Two of the anthros howl, the dog girl blushes, ogling a wolf, while another wolf says "Welcome to the pack!"

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 12h

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11h

Our grocery and utilities prices rise through the roof while Trump shovels tens of billions in bailout money to Argentina. Absurd

CNN @cnn.com · 12h

The Trump administration has finalized plans to provide a $20 billion lifeline to Argentina, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. Additionally, the US “directly” purchased Argentine pesos, Bessent said, a move that marks the latest step in an attempt to stabilize the country’s financial market.

Bessent says US purchased pesos and finalized framework for $20 billion lifeline for Argentina | CNN Business

The Trump administration has finalized plans to provide a $20 billion lifeline to Argentina, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday via social media. Additionally, the United States “directly”...

www.cnn.com

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 11h

A small victory! Chat Control has been tabled for now, but it can [and likely will] be brought up for vote again in December

In the meantime, EU citizens will need to continue pressuring their respective govts to oppose chat control

However, do so knowing that pressure WORKS.

Fight Chat Control @fightchatcontrol.bsky.social · 1d

Denmark has tabled next week's vote on Chat Control.

Yet, per Peter Hummelgaard:

"The Danish Presidency will, however, continue to work with the member states to find a solution, and therefore negotiations on the technical details of the proposal continue. It is urgent to find common ground."

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TheWriteStuff25 on AO3 @thewritestuff25.bsky.social · 13h

Hoping to get back to work on my new stuff soon, but until then, don't forget that my latest story is out on my AO3!

Just a little Halloween fun... in a way =3

archiveofourown.org/works/71597006

Outsmarted - Chapter 1 - TheWriteStuff25 - Original Work [Archive of Our Own]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

archiveofourown.org

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Robin, Disaster Nerd Queen @robinmalleus.bsky.social · 14h

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At minimum

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 23h

“Why isn’t anyone covering our indie games?”

1. The gaming press has been decimated by business suits, and the whims of an uncaring search engine behemoth
2. Doing the job means you get death threats and harassment
3. There are more games released in 1 week than there were in entire months in 2015

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Robin, Disaster Nerd Queen @robinmalleus.bsky.social · 14h

Zionist "lgbt ally" is doing the meme again

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Robin, Disaster Nerd Queen @robinmalleus.bsky.social · 14h

Numbers going down to you means a surge lmao

You know israel doesn't allow gay or interfaith marriage right? You know it regularly exploits gay palestinians to turn them into spies right? You know how Israel rapes male civilian prisoners including with metal bars ***right**??

Or are you that blind