Xythar
@xythar.bsky.social
professional applicator of words to screen. recognized as a member of the primates
i'm so glad frieren fridays are back
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 PM
i'm so glad frieren fridays are back
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It’s so funny to be like “this is when women were WOMEN”
January 16, 2026 at 1:50 PM
It’s so funny to be like “this is when women were WOMEN”
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democrats and republicans rn
January 16, 2026 at 12:37 PM
democrats and republicans rn
decided to play lunatic before i tackle vanguard/valiant
i don't hear people talk about this wad as much but it seems great so far. map 2 had the coolest reveal of a new enemy type that i've seen yet
i don't hear people talk about this wad as much but it seems great so far. map 2 had the coolest reveal of a new enemy type that i've seen yet
January 16, 2026 at 10:46 AM
decided to play lunatic before i tackle vanguard/valiant
i don't hear people talk about this wad as much but it seems great so far. map 2 had the coolest reveal of a new enemy type that i've seen yet
i don't hear people talk about this wad as much but it seems great so far. map 2 had the coolest reveal of a new enemy type that i've seen yet
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There are so many reasons why people outside the U.S. need to detach themselves from U.S. software monopolists. There are many functionally identical office suites that don’t include mandatory slop generation, many of them are free and open source
UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake www.theverge.com/news/861668/...
UK police blame Microsoft Copilot for intelligence mistake
Copilot invented a football match that never happened
www.theverge.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:45 AM
There are so many reasons why people outside the U.S. need to detach themselves from U.S. software monopolists. There are many functionally identical office suites that don’t include mandatory slop generation, many of them are free and open source
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I would like to know just how embarrassing this man is to the rest of his government and everyone who knows him. Someone please find out.
The Premier asked if he was concerned about the economic hit the state will face through the loss of Writers Week. He said “because the Adelaide Writers’ Week is a free event, it’s not a ticketed event, it generates zero revenue. So no not just at this stage”
FFS
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
FFS
www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in...
Writers’ Week books in warehouse limbo after festival implodes - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia
Hundreds of books ordered for the now-cancelled Writers’ Week will be sent back to publishers.
www.indailysa.com.au
January 16, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I would like to know just how embarrassing this man is to the rest of his government and everyone who knows him. Someone please find out.
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Again it is something that people in previous eras have commented on but I still find it just astonishing to witness in my own: fascism is somehow the natural ideology of loser men, just all of our most pathetic and contemptible instincts rendered into a worldview.
imagine letting these people run anything more consequential than a lemonade stand
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show
Video posted by top gamer shows what he says is X conversation in which billionaire admits ‘account boosting’
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Again it is something that people in previous eras have commented on but I still find it just astonishing to witness in my own: fascism is somehow the natural ideology of loser men, just all of our most pathetic and contemptible instincts rendered into a worldview.
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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October 25, 2023 at 7:19 AM
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We need to reform the Nazgûl, it would be too extreme to abolish them
i am calling on sauron to show some restraint and turn down the temperature
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 AM
We need to reform the Nazgûl, it would be too extreme to abolish them
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NEW: 1 in 10 teens going to headspace say the teen social media ban was a factor in their decision to seek mental health support.
This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.
This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.
One in 10 teens seeking mental health support from headspace cite social media ban as an issue
Early data from Australia's national youth mental health service shows that the teen social media ban emerged as a prominent factor in why 12- to 15-year-olds were coming to them.
www.crikey.com.au
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 AM
NEW: 1 in 10 teens going to headspace say the teen social media ban was a factor in their decision to seek mental health support.
This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.
This very preliminary data, supporting concerns about negative impacts of the ban, shows why more online reform is needed, headspace said.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM
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Schumer needs to be defeated as leader in January 2027.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Schumer needs to be defeated as leader in January 2027.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
There is real rancor in the caucus with him; this is an achievable goal.
Call your senators, ask your candidates - do not support Schumer for leader.
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We’ve been calling it ‘Xenogears.’ But there’s a sukoshi thing: that’s just not tadashii. 'Xenogears’ isn’t the kotoba. No, the honto kotoba is one with a role unique to Nipponese gengo. No eigo no kotoba could possibly suru it seigi. So from ima on, wareware tsukau the honto no kotoba: ‘Zenogias.’
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 AM
We’ve been calling it ‘Xenogears.’ But there’s a sukoshi thing: that’s just not tadashii. 'Xenogears’ isn’t the kotoba. No, the honto kotoba is one with a role unique to Nipponese gengo. No eigo no kotoba could possibly suru it seigi. So from ima on, wareware tsukau the honto no kotoba: ‘Zenogias.’
orb (which I am just now getting around to watching the second half of) is reminding me what it's like to experience fiction that was purposefully written with themes and a message
January 15, 2026 at 10:49 PM
orb (which I am just now getting around to watching the second half of) is reminding me what it's like to experience fiction that was purposefully written with themes and a message
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LRT the funny thing is that this is the first I've ever even heard of this game
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 PM
LRT the funny thing is that this is the first I've ever even heard of this game
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A bunch of studios are gonna gear up to try and do this, miss the part where Scopely spent like 1.5 billion dollars on marketing, and then fall down a flight of stairs and snap their necks
Scopely's Monopoly Go is the fastest mobile game in history to hit $6bn revenue, with analysts calling the speed of its rise "unprecedented" "even among the most successful games ever released"
www.gamesindustry.biz/scopelys-mon...
www.gamesindustry.biz/scopelys-mon...
January 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
A bunch of studios are gonna gear up to try and do this, miss the part where Scopely spent like 1.5 billion dollars on marketing, and then fall down a flight of stairs and snap their necks
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One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
One of the things about people showing up to protest for the first time, that many, many armchair theorists don't grasp, is the effect of seeing what happens with your own eyes, then seeing how media covers it, and what is said ABOUT YOU by media and political personalities/office holders.
people really struggle to operate from a default position of "all AI companies are already taking whatever they want without paying" i notice. it was the same with the AI scraping discourse here
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
people really struggle to operate from a default position of "all AI companies are already taking whatever they want without paying" i notice. it was the same with the AI scraping discourse here
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Neither is true. The first isn’t even really possible without community buy-in, and so far the English Wikipedia community has been extremely resistant to AI or AI-assisted editing. As for the latter, all Wikimedia content has always been free, and was already widely used for AI training.
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Neither is true. The first isn’t even really possible without community buy-in, and so far the English Wikipedia community has been extremely resistant to AI or AI-assisted editing. As for the latter, all Wikimedia content has always been free, and was already widely used for AI training.
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I think people are erroneously interpreting the headline to mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is embracing AI for purposes like generating encyclopedia content, or are providing AI companies with more training data than they were already scraping.
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
I think people are erroneously interpreting the headline to mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is embracing AI for purposes like generating encyclopedia content, or are providing AI companies with more training data than they were already scraping.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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this is genuinely incredible
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
this is genuinely incredible
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typical ai use case
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
typical ai use case