Øystein
@tarkeel.bsky.social
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Professionall data manager / hobbyist coder.
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He/him.
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Øystein
@tarkeel.bsky.social
· Jun 1
The Great Extended Universe Re-reading Thread:
For various reasons I've fallen down the rabbit hole of re-reading the old Star Wars Extended Universe novels. For those unfamiliar with the term, these are the books published before the great Disney takeover and purge.
For various reasons I've fallen down the rabbit hole of re-reading the old Star Wars Extended Universe novels. For those unfamiliar with the term, these are the books published before the great Disney takeover and purge.
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Avisa Oslo har fleire artikler om denne tragikomiske saka frå Alexander Kiellands plass måndag, men denne var tidlegast og er dessutan ikkje mura inn. Biletteksta er ekstra fornøyeleg.
www.ao.no/vet-ikke-hva...
www.ao.no/vet-ikke-hva...
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Avisa Oslo har fleire artikler om denne tragikomiske saka frå Alexander Kiellands plass måndag, men denne var tidlegast og er dessutan ikkje mura inn. Biletteksta er ekstra fornøyeleg.
www.ao.no/vet-ikke-hva...
www.ao.no/vet-ikke-hva...
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
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Kanskje flere, heller enn færre KrF-ere burde skille seg?
Hver gang jeg ser en sak om at KrF skal gripe inn i folks hverdag og utdanning lurer jeg på om nestlederen deres fortsatt er gift med mannen som er dømt for å ta 163 opptak av folk uten deres samtykke der han bare ble dømt for de som ble gjort i 2024 fordi de han gjorde i 2021 og 2022 var foreldet
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Kanskje flere, heller enn færre KrF-ere burde skille seg?
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Turns out shit like this is bad for your brand.
The fun bit was the moment someone from their social media team CLEARLY finally managed to get through to someone important enough to get a message to the call centre.
At which point SUDDENLY it was "oops oh yeah sprry let's cancel that for you."
The fun bit was the moment someone from their social media team CLEARLY finally managed to get through to someone important enough to get a message to the call centre.
At which point SUDDENLY it was "oops oh yeah sprry let's cancel that for you."
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Turns out shit like this is bad for your brand.
The fun bit was the moment someone from their social media team CLEARLY finally managed to get through to someone important enough to get a message to the call centre.
At which point SUDDENLY it was "oops oh yeah sprry let's cancel that for you."
The fun bit was the moment someone from their social media team CLEARLY finally managed to get through to someone important enough to get a message to the call centre.
At which point SUDDENLY it was "oops oh yeah sprry let's cancel that for you."
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Didn't expect to learn about sugar today, but using "too much sugar is bad for you" as a way to explain AI is pretty cool.
"I worry we’re not paying attention to what AI is doing to our cognitive metabolism."
Great reflections by @arcticdba.se!
"I worry we’re not paying attention to what AI is doing to our cognitive metabolism."
Great reflections by @arcticdba.se!
BLOG ALERT!
www.arcticdba.se/posts/tooth-...
Sugar went from luxury to ubiquitous poison before we understood what it was doing to us. We're doing the exact same thing with AI, adding it to everything without genuine use cases while it erodes literacy and critical thinking. #AI #Literacy
www.arcticdba.se/posts/tooth-...
Sugar went from luxury to ubiquitous poison before we understood what it was doing to us. We're doing the exact same thing with AI, adding it to everything without genuine use cases while it erodes literacy and critical thinking. #AI #Literacy
www.arcticdba.se
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Didn't expect to learn about sugar today, but using "too much sugar is bad for you" as a way to explain AI is pretty cool.
"I worry we’re not paying attention to what AI is doing to our cognitive metabolism."
Great reflections by @arcticdba.se!
"I worry we’re not paying attention to what AI is doing to our cognitive metabolism."
Great reflections by @arcticdba.se!
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You know, I would just not pick a fight with Isaac Chotiner. Chotiner and @dieworkwear.bsky.social
If either of them decides to toss of a single-post roast of me, I'm just going to walk right on by. Maybe wave. Cause what I ain't gonna do is win.
If either of them decides to toss of a single-post roast of me, I'm just going to walk right on by. Maybe wave. Cause what I ain't gonna do is win.
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
You know, I would just not pick a fight with Isaac Chotiner. Chotiner and @dieworkwear.bsky.social
If either of them decides to toss of a single-post roast of me, I'm just going to walk right on by. Maybe wave. Cause what I ain't gonna do is win.
If either of them decides to toss of a single-post roast of me, I'm just going to walk right on by. Maybe wave. Cause what I ain't gonna do is win.
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You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
If you're not promoting solutions like this, miss me with your "male loneliness epidemic" frothing.
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I think often about how we fought in Afghanistan for 20 years and most Americans don’t have the foggiest idea that a defining part of the challenge for those who served was a culture that enables the widespread systemic rape of young boys.
My infantry Bn had a really hard time parsing the gender and sexuality issues of Southern Helmand.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I think often about how we fought in Afghanistan for 20 years and most Americans don’t have the foggiest idea that a defining part of the challenge for those who served was a culture that enables the widespread systemic rape of young boys.
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As we are now T minus 3.5 days from Thanksgiving, if you need to deploy Operation Avoid The Boundary Tramplers, tonight is when you post where they snoop about a headache or a queasy kid, or a funny noise from your car, or your pet acting strange, or a serious work issue or an unexpected paper.
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
As we are now T minus 3.5 days from Thanksgiving, if you need to deploy Operation Avoid The Boundary Tramplers, tonight is when you post where they snoop about a headache or a queasy kid, or a funny noise from your car, or your pet acting strange, or a serious work issue or an unexpected paper.
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Morning thoughts about "AI".
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
![Thoughts about “AI”
Yes it’s:
The slop
The theft
The brainrot
The loss of work
The crumbling of creator rights
The destroying of the environment and infrastructure
But it's also the destroying of trust in anything that you’re not seeing with your own eyes right in front of you.
Wonder now turned to the narrowing of eyes in immediate scepticism seeing something magical.
Questioning the realness of everything from a stilted written apology to profound works by students in school.
It feels like a slow poison to creativity and humanity at large.
[At the bottom is a doodle of me, mouth a thin line, looking at the viewer]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hlstghbtgoakwc7evp5v6ubw/bafkreihv3rly5g2olva6kbhnisvwtzqbyn3u3fxjfcbjqyp2zud22hrzgq@jpeg)
August 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Morning thoughts about "AI".
Where do we go from here?
Where do we go from here?
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This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
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I 100% agree and would add that if you are hosting a holiday event and you do NOT have something festive, creative and delicious for your guests to drink without alcohol in it, you are actually an asshole
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I 100% agree and would add that if you are hosting a holiday event and you do NOT have something festive, creative and delicious for your guests to drink without alcohol in it, you are actually an asshole
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
don't make them drink tap water while everyone else has bespoke cocktails!
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I've mentioned this a few times throughout the thread: the CEO's response to a media shitstorm about the severe child safety problem was to explain, several days later, that the site that's nearly half under-13s has the potential to be a great dating site.
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I've mentioned this a few times throughout the thread: the CEO's response to a media shitstorm about the severe child safety problem was to explain, several days later, that the site that's nearly half under-13s has the potential to be a great dating site.
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Holy Hecate. That is bad.
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Holy Hecate. That is bad.
This weekend's cover is a creepy version of Jolene. Originially written and released by Dolly Parton in 1973, this one has also seen quite a few covers but this is by far my favorite.
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This weekend's cover is a creepy version of Jolene. Originially written and released by Dolly Parton in 1973, this one has also seen quite a few covers but this is by far my favorite.
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i googled that thing that people said not to google and i do not know what i was expecting but sometimes you actually really should listen to your internet friends
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
i googled that thing that people said not to google and i do not know what i was expecting but sometimes you actually really should listen to your internet friends
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Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
Every parent whose career has to do with online safety also bans Roblox.
Every game designer parent I know bans Roblox for their kids
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Literally EVERY parent should ban Roblox
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We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
We’re watching a shift where AI simulates the cohesion and reinforcement that used to require an entire online community. A single person can now build a complete parallel reality with nothing more than a prompt window. Which seems bad.
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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He just tweeted it out
An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
Musk: “Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
He just tweeted it out
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.