Thorsten S.
@thrakbad.bsky.social
I'm a history nerd and wannabe explorer of cold places. I also love the mountains, taking photos, playing video games, doing ancient Greek reenactment and occasionally Larp. I go by he/him pronouns. Based in Vienna 🇦🇹.
Formerly as team_fram on Twitter.
Formerly as team_fram on Twitter.
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holidays are coming 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 10:20 PM
holidays are coming 🎶
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hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
hey i wrote an article about folk names for birds and you should check it out!!!
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...
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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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AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism
It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.
newsocialist.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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Vea Kaiser im @falter.at: »... warum eine [...] Geschichte vom männlichen, sich für ein Genie haltenden Musiker, der über seine Exzesse schreibt, auf den Bestsellerlisten rangiert [...], während es eine vergleichbare Geschichte einer Musikerin nicht nur nirgendwo zu lesen gäbe ...«
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Vea Kaiser im @falter.at: »... warum eine [...] Geschichte vom männlichen, sich für ein Genie haltenden Musiker, der über seine Exzesse schreibt, auf den Bestsellerlisten rangiert [...], während es eine vergleichbare Geschichte einer Musikerin nicht nur nirgendwo zu lesen gäbe ...«
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Expedition Gallery is NOW OPEN!
Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com
Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com
September 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Expedition Gallery is NOW OPEN!
Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com
Have a look at our collection of Art for Adventurers here: www.expeditionartgallery.com
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"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
This job might get the most applications in the history of job ads.
We're hiring!
Are you an enthusiastic and talented social media creator who loves museums?
Join our team as Digital Content Producer (Video) and lead on TikTok and reels at The MERL and Reading Museum!
Applications are open until 8 September.
Apply now: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Are you an enthusiastic and talented social media creator who loves museums?
Join our team as Digital Content Producer (Video) and lead on TikTok and reels at The MERL and Reading Museum!
Applications are open until 8 September.
Apply now: jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
August 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This job might get the most applications in the history of job ads.
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It's very warm today and I fell asleep 3 times while I was drawing this ✨
August 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It's very warm today and I fell asleep 3 times while I was drawing this ✨
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overstimulated ✨
August 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
overstimulated ✨
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„Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer: Verbot von Gendersprache im Bundeskanzleramt“
#gerndern #genderverbot #Kanzleramt #schwarwel
#gerndern #genderverbot #Kanzleramt #schwarwel
August 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
„Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer: Verbot von Gendersprache im Bundeskanzleramt“
#gerndern #genderverbot #Kanzleramt #schwarwel
#gerndern #genderverbot #Kanzleramt #schwarwel
Happy to report that Socke is back to her usual clownery after her surgery. She had the threads removed yesterday and we're now trying to salvage at least some of our vacation with a short trip to Styria.
August 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy to report that Socke is back to her usual clownery after her surgery. She had the threads removed yesterday and we're now trying to salvage at least some of our vacation with a short trip to Styria.
First time back in my home gym in ages. They switched many of the TechnoGym machines for Egym ones with adjustable resistance curves and really cool workout modes, like using 1.5x weight on the eccentric, fantastic for muscle growth. And then they gave them the most basic range of motion imaginable.
August 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
First time back in my home gym in ages. They switched many of the TechnoGym machines for Egym ones with adjustable resistance curves and really cool workout modes, like using 1.5x weight on the eccentric, fantastic for muscle growth. And then they gave them the most basic range of motion imaginable.
I made a new acc where I'm planning on sharing a lot more of my photography: @mysillyphotos.bsky.social
If you're interested, give me a follow there.
I'll use Pinksky, an Insta-like client geared towards picture-sharing, but still using the 🦋 network, hence a different account.
🖼️ for attention.
If you're interested, give me a follow there.
I'll use Pinksky, an Insta-like client geared towards picture-sharing, but still using the 🦋 network, hence a different account.
🖼️ for attention.
August 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I made a new acc where I'm planning on sharing a lot more of my photography: @mysillyphotos.bsky.social
If you're interested, give me a follow there.
I'll use Pinksky, an Insta-like client geared towards picture-sharing, but still using the 🦋 network, hence a different account.
🖼️ for attention.
If you're interested, give me a follow there.
I'll use Pinksky, an Insta-like client geared towards picture-sharing, but still using the 🦋 network, hence a different account.
🖼️ for attention.
My dog Socke has had surgery yesterday, so my task for today is following her around wherever she decides to lie in the flat to make sure she doesn't claw at her wound.
She's been a total champ through the whole process. Hoping she recovers quickly. Even though we had to can our planned vacation.
She's been a total champ through the whole process. Hoping she recovers quickly. Even though we had to can our planned vacation.
July 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
My dog Socke has had surgery yesterday, so my task for today is following her around wherever she decides to lie in the flat to make sure she doesn't claw at her wound.
She's been a total champ through the whole process. Hoping she recovers quickly. Even though we had to can our planned vacation.
She's been a total champ through the whole process. Hoping she recovers quickly. Even though we had to can our planned vacation.
Read this article that connects a lot of dots about how the current super-bland media landscape came to be, and about the value of AI-generated whatevers.
If you're already GenAI critical, it might give you some ideas how to express your skepticism. If you aren't, well, I recommend it even more.
If you're already GenAI critical, it might give you some ideas how to express your skepticism. If you aren't, well, I recommend it even more.
July 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Read this article that connects a lot of dots about how the current super-bland media landscape came to be, and about the value of AI-generated whatevers.
If you're already GenAI critical, it might give you some ideas how to express your skepticism. If you aren't, well, I recommend it even more.
If you're already GenAI critical, it might give you some ideas how to express your skepticism. If you aren't, well, I recommend it even more.
I usually miss #sharemondays2025, because my mind is just on the week ahead and not on the photos I took recently. But this one is so recent, I'm actually remembering to submit it.
A common kingfisher, taken this morning at the Schönauer Traverse in the Naturpark Donauauen, near Vienna 🇦🇹.
A common kingfisher, taken this morning at the Schönauer Traverse in the Naturpark Donauauen, near Vienna 🇦🇹.
July 21, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I usually miss #sharemondays2025, because my mind is just on the week ahead and not on the photos I took recently. But this one is so recent, I'm actually remembering to submit it.
A common kingfisher, taken this morning at the Schönauer Traverse in the Naturpark Donauauen, near Vienna 🇦🇹.
A common kingfisher, taken this morning at the Schönauer Traverse in the Naturpark Donauauen, near Vienna 🇦🇹.
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Butterfly Conservation have declared a butterfly emergency, and we need your help more than ever before. By taking part in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count - a UK wide survey, you can help assess the health of our environment: bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
July 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Butterfly Conservation have declared a butterfly emergency, and we need your help more than ever before. By taking part in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count - a UK wide survey, you can help assess the health of our environment: bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org
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July 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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the rest is history 😪
July 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
the rest is history 😪