Misty, witch
@swampwitchscromit.bsky.social
just a shit posting tarnished
occasional rants
lots lunacy
absurdist
agender trans non binary (they/them)
occasional rants
lots lunacy
absurdist
agender trans non binary (they/them)
the two books that have most impacted me and how I move through life have been Parable of the Sower and The Invincible.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
the two books that have most impacted me and how I move through life have been Parable of the Sower and The Invincible.
*One Winged Angel begins playing*
I am going to cast my commander
I am going to cast my commander
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
*One Winged Angel begins playing*
I am going to cast my commander
I am going to cast my commander
I'm very happy to have finally hit the "who the fuck is that guy?" level for discourse around here.
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm very happy to have finally hit the "who the fuck is that guy?" level for discourse around here.
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“we all have a responsibility to share our knowledge and collectively keep each other safe.”
He would not have the benefit of a crew of more experienced friends and comrades sitting him down and explaining after the fact what he could and should do differently next time. Carlos Palomino was killed in a subway car on November 11th of 2007, stabbed in the heart by a fascist’s knife.
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
“we all have a responsibility to share our knowledge and collectively keep each other safe.”
important to note here not only was Altman legally served as required by California law, intercepting served documents is also a crime under the California penal code.
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
important to note here not only was Altman legally served as required by California law, intercepting served documents is also a crime under the California penal code.
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if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
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This is my brother's research!! He's worked incredibly hard on it the last several years. I'm proud.
Science matters! Research matters!
"Time of day determines cancer immunotherapy efficacy through a circadian clock–dependent chemokine axis."
Science matters! Research matters!
"Time of day determines cancer immunotherapy efficacy through a circadian clock–dependent chemokine axis."
@biorxivpreprint.bsky.social Timing of immune checkpoint blockade shapes anti-tumor immunity via a clock-dependent chemokine axis
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is my brother's research!! He's worked incredibly hard on it the last several years. I'm proud.
Science matters! Research matters!
"Time of day determines cancer immunotherapy efficacy through a circadian clock–dependent chemokine axis."
Science matters! Research matters!
"Time of day determines cancer immunotherapy efficacy through a circadian clock–dependent chemokine axis."
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
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I am calling for a total abolition of the word “mentee.”
It’s a protégée. The word you’re looking for already exists.
It’s a protégée. The word you’re looking for already exists.
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I am calling for a total abolition of the word “mentee.”
It’s a protégée. The word you’re looking for already exists.
It’s a protégée. The word you’re looking for already exists.
my hot take on GTA vi is that it's not going to be different enough from previous rockstar games to be meaningfully new and people won't like that. also it's going to be flamed for a bunch of culture war reasons and not valid ones like "rockstar hasn't done anything new since 2014"
November 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
my hot take on GTA vi is that it's not going to be different enough from previous rockstar games to be meaningfully new and people won't like that. also it's going to be flamed for a bunch of culture war reasons and not valid ones like "rockstar hasn't done anything new since 2014"
British Jimmy Fallon and American James Corden
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
Jimmy Fallon, James Corden croon Sinatra, Bennett standards for gobsmacked guests in NYC
A source said, "The Eric Newman Jazz Band was playing, and before long, Fallon and Corden were up onstage trading Sinatra and Tony Bennett tunes!"
pagesix.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
British Jimmy Fallon and American James Corden
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I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I was fighting fascism with the power of love and kindness and just really getting my ass handed to me. proteanmag.com/2025/11/01/w...
I remember when I used to be an insufferable terminally online person and I'm so much less angry all the time now while still acutely aware of The Horrors™ so that's nice. also doing stuff that isn't posting makes my broken meat robot hurt less which is a huge deal.
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I remember when I used to be an insufferable terminally online person and I'm so much less angry all the time now while still acutely aware of The Horrors™ so that's nice. also doing stuff that isn't posting makes my broken meat robot hurt less which is a huge deal.
dunno how much longer I'm gonna stay on blue sky given they just made me verify my age using PII
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
dunno how much longer I'm gonna stay on blue sky given they just made me verify my age using PII
this particular failing at understanding metaphor is so far off the mark it actually shows how much contempt tech execs have for their users, not indifference actual real contempt.
November 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
this particular failing at understanding metaphor is so far off the mark it actually shows how much contempt tech execs have for their users, not indifference actual real contempt.
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
if you cannot go more than 48 hours without encountering AI you cannot opt out of, you are actively seeking out AI, I encounter almost no AI that hasn't been forced into programs but that is easy enough to avoid, again, you can't have this experience without seeking it out.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
if you cannot go more than 48 hours without encountering AI you cannot opt out of, you are actively seeking out AI, I encounter almost no AI that hasn't been forced into programs but that is easy enough to avoid, again, you can't have this experience without seeking it out.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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Unfriendly reminder involuntarily treatment tends to kill people so just be honest about your goals
Watching bail be restricted at the same time the provinces are going hard into involuntary "treatment" (incarceration) in canada is really just nailing home how we dont want to fix problems or help people we just want those we deem a problem to go away
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Unfriendly reminder involuntarily treatment tends to kill people so just be honest about your goals
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you are proof that love is real
October 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
you are proof that love is real
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If you are sharing life-saving information via an image, it really is messed up to not take a moment to include alt text
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If you are sharing life-saving information via an image, it really is messed up to not take a moment to include alt text
Not everything everywhere is for us
October 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not everything everywhere is for us