Athalran
@athalran.bsky.social
Canadian-American living in Ireland
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I hope 2026 is kind to us all
January 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I hope 2026 is kind to us all
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Scandal: Socialist understands and acts upon Vimes' Boots theory.
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Scandal: Socialist understands and acts upon Vimes' Boots theory.
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OpenAI is doing enormous evil and people who try to push its products on us should be relentlessly questioned.
When universities tout their partnerships with OpenAI, parents, faculty and everyone really should be asking how they intend to account for the increasing evidence that their technology is hurting people, especially young and vulnerable people. How many instances of harm will be enough?
Uh… check out what ChatGPT allegedly told a man before he killed his mother and then himself.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
OpenAI is doing enormous evil and people who try to push its products on us should be relentlessly questioned.
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I think I want to talk about this a bit since the last thread has been melded into this discussion and it’s super interesting to me!
I wholly disagree a billionaire can ever be benign, simply because to amass that amount of wealth, you have had to gamify the system of capitalism.
I wholly disagree a billionaire can ever be benign, simply because to amass that amount of wealth, you have had to gamify the system of capitalism.
I think you slightly are off the mark. He is saying that he believes that it’s the fact for Lebron James *specifically*. Which I said in an earlier reply, I don’t agree with but can understand how someone might come to that conclusion.
December 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I think I want to talk about this a bit since the last thread has been melded into this discussion and it’s super interesting to me!
I wholly disagree a billionaire can ever be benign, simply because to amass that amount of wealth, you have had to gamify the system of capitalism.
I wholly disagree a billionaire can ever be benign, simply because to amass that amount of wealth, you have had to gamify the system of capitalism.
@destiny2team.bungie.net As a head's up the Nightstalker ability Quickfall works in the snowball matches.
December 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@destiny2team.bungie.net As a head's up the Nightstalker ability Quickfall works in the snowball matches.
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everyone deserves food, and water, and medical care, and education, and entertainment, and a place to feel loved
everyone
EVERYONE
everyone
EVERYONE
December 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
everyone deserves food, and water, and medical care, and education, and entertainment, and a place to feel loved
everyone
EVERYONE
everyone
EVERYONE
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my political stance is and always will be that everyone should be cared for and given what they need to thrive and that nobody should be given abusable institutional power over others
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
my political stance is and always will be that everyone should be cared for and given what they need to thrive and that nobody should be given abusable institutional power over others
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I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
asking the sommelier which wine pairs best with swedish fish
December 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I used to manage wine programs for movie theaters and I am in the extremely unique position to say with professional certainty that the answer here is a crisp Albariño.
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As @jewstein3000.bsky.social and others have pointed out, it's also hypocritical of him to make this joke as someone who has done extensive advocacy for 9/11 responders.
Having access to clean air is a key environmental issue in both situations.
Having access to clean air is a key environmental issue in both situations.
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
As @jewstein3000.bsky.social and others have pointed out, it's also hypocritical of him to make this joke as someone who has done extensive advocacy for 9/11 responders.
Having access to clean air is a key environmental issue in both situations.
Having access to clean air is a key environmental issue in both situations.
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Rockstar Games union busting should probably be a bigger deal
December 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Rockstar Games union busting should probably be a bigger deal
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Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Knives out: the upper middle class are squabbling vicious children who do not deserve their inheritance
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
Glass onion: the new elite are the stupidest murderous cunts alive and deserve your scorn
Wake up dead man: those preaching anger as salvation are leading you to death, hope and kindness matter
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as someone who has been working remotely since 2015, i promise you employers, saying everyone does their "best work in person", is absolutely not true.
December 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
as someone who has been working remotely since 2015, i promise you employers, saying everyone does their "best work in person", is absolutely not true.
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I promise you, we do not have to feel sad for the fascists doing fascism on innocent people. We really don't.
Save your "they're just trying to survive" for sex workers, service workers, any workers. Actual workers. Not fascists.
It's the same reason cop unions don't count as unions.
Save your "they're just trying to survive" for sex workers, service workers, any workers. Actual workers. Not fascists.
It's the same reason cop unions don't count as unions.
Just thinking... we give so much attention (as we should!) to the victims of state violence, ie, people sent to CECOT.
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
But, we give little consideration to the psychic violence suffered by those tasked with carrying out the physical violence.
Yes, they "chose" those jobs. But...
December 28, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I promise you, we do not have to feel sad for the fascists doing fascism on innocent people. We really don't.
Save your "they're just trying to survive" for sex workers, service workers, any workers. Actual workers. Not fascists.
It's the same reason cop unions don't count as unions.
Save your "they're just trying to survive" for sex workers, service workers, any workers. Actual workers. Not fascists.
It's the same reason cop unions don't count as unions.
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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Wooden Spoon Only Thing In Man’s Life That Not Giving Him Cancer https://theonion.com/wooden-spoon-only-thing-in-mans-life-that-not-giving-him-cancer/
December 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Wooden Spoon Only Thing In Man’s Life That Not Giving Him Cancer https://theonion.com/wooden-spoon-only-thing-in-mans-life-that-not-giving-him-cancer/
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This is, by far, my favorite Terry Pratchett quote.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is, by far, my favorite Terry Pratchett quote.
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
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Miles Morales is a great Christmas game btw. If you've played it before you can blast through the main story in 8-9 hours and there's decorations and snow through the whole thing. Also it's really sweet, it's about loving and protecting your community.
December 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Miles Morales is a great Christmas game btw. If you've played it before you can blast through the main story in 8-9 hours and there's decorations and snow through the whole thing. Also it's really sweet, it's about loving and protecting your community.
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Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
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Delete that shit right now friends.
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Delete that shit right now friends.
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I'm a regular guy, I put my trousers on the same way as everyone else: falling into them through a hole in the ceiling via a contraction operated by my long suffering dog
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm a regular guy, I put my trousers on the same way as everyone else: falling into them through a hole in the ceiling via a contraction operated by my long suffering dog
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Too long for a post but this is where I'm at rn
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Too long for a post but this is where I'm at rn
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Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Regular reminder that the majority of the people who dreamed up the stories you love are, like, BROKE broke, and that most of the money spent on their work was given to Some Guy™️ instead.
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And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.
My friends, I say this with all the love in my heart: Right now might not be the moment for “But we should be TOLERANT and NUANCED about the plagiarism machines!”
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
Your tolerance and “nuance” will be weaponised by the grifters and their apologists. Please respect yourselves more.
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
And please also, AGAIN, never forget that they are inherently unethical to use because no one gave permission for their research or writing to be used in it. It is all stolen, and if you're using the plagiarism machine, please keep that in mind.