ATrophonian
@atrophonian.bsky.social
Part time Trophonios.(He/Him/His)
Opinions are my own, RePosts not endorsements.
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Twaddle - @Atrophonian - My departure from that messy nest is pending.
Opinions are my own, RePosts not endorsements.
@[email protected]
Twaddle - @Atrophonian - My departure from that messy nest is pending.
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This is straight up manufacturing consent now
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
This is straight up manufacturing consent now
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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Got outreach about an "AI assistant for creators".
"A colleague of mine watches your streams and suggested I reach out."
Clearly I am not being anti-AI enough in my streams, thanks for the heads up.
The gist is it will "learn my (creative) voice" and make posts for me. Which sounds horrifying.
"A colleague of mine watches your streams and suggested I reach out."
Clearly I am not being anti-AI enough in my streams, thanks for the heads up.
The gist is it will "learn my (creative) voice" and make posts for me. Which sounds horrifying.
a blue and white penguin holding a sign that says no
Alt: a blue and white penguin holding a sign that says no
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Got outreach about an "AI assistant for creators".
"A colleague of mine watches your streams and suggested I reach out."
Clearly I am not being anti-AI enough in my streams, thanks for the heads up.
The gist is it will "learn my (creative) voice" and make posts for me. Which sounds horrifying.
"A colleague of mine watches your streams and suggested I reach out."
Clearly I am not being anti-AI enough in my streams, thanks for the heads up.
The gist is it will "learn my (creative) voice" and make posts for me. Which sounds horrifying.
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A tale told in two screenshots :)
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A tale told in two screenshots :)
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He obviously knows the jobs report this week is going to be terrible. But Haslett says not to worry because a tiny handful of people are concentrating more wealth than at any point in human history and we should all be happy for them. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Hassett: "There's a chance that job creation lags, productivity skyrockets, profits skyrocket, GDP skyrockets, but then all of the sudden you're making 20 widgets and you can make 20 widgets with fewer persons, and then that person has to find a new job. I think that kind of transition could happen"
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
He obviously knows the jobs report this week is going to be terrible. But Haslett says not to worry because a tiny handful of people are concentrating more wealth than at any point in human history and we should all be happy for them. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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If the current moment has taught us anything, it is about the uselessness of libertarianism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:25 PM
If the current moment has taught us anything, it is about the uselessness of libertarianism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
The image sums it up perfectly. The Gadsden flag was all out during the Obama era. How often do you see it now? Most of the principled libertarians were happy to trad their principles for Trumpism.
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You too can get off the hellsite twitter and have a great social media sporps experience. Don’t engage with haters and losers.
Since today is a big sportsball day I thought I’d repost my guide to the Bluesky sports landscape (and how important it is to get sports enjoyers off the X platform).
badfaithtimes.com/your-guide-t...
badfaithtimes.com/your-guide-t...
Your Guide To Bluesky, The Official App of Sports
Using the power of sports, we can extract people from the society-destroying influence of Elon Musk
badfaithtimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:40 PM
You too can get off the hellsite twitter and have a great social media sporps experience. Don’t engage with haters and losers.
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“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 AM
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
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Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
February 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Iconic moment as he says "God Bless América" and then names every country in South, Central, and North america in order
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
For the rest of the hemisphere, América doesn't mean the U.S.
It means evveeerrybody
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Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Bad Bunny has a consulting historian. news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
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Congratulations to Seattle and to everyone who didn't watch Kid Rock.
February 9, 2026 at 3:34 AM
Congratulations to Seattle and to everyone who didn't watch Kid Rock.
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Was MAGA this upset when Shakira and J-Lo sang in Spanish during the 2020 halftime show?
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Was MAGA this upset when Shakira and J-Lo sang in Spanish during the 2020 halftime show?
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if only they knew someone who could translate oh well i guess they'll always have to wonder
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
if only they knew someone who could translate oh well i guess they'll always have to wonder
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The vibe of the Halftime Show
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The vibe of the Halftime Show
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
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It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 AM
It's not even midnight and we're already at "Deport Elmo."
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yes but that does not excuse their imperialism in kuwait, iraq, and afghanistan
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 AM
yes but that does not excuse their imperialism in kuwait, iraq, and afghanistan
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Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
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OMG. How have I missed this all this time?
February 9, 2026 at 12:56 AM
OMG. How have I missed this all this time?
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Y’all it looks even more ridiculous in person.
February 8, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Y’all it looks even more ridiculous in person.
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Well, it’s a good fucking thing that we’re adding more irrigation out of Lake Diefenbaker - and silting up the downstream in the process - and expanding coal mining in the rockies. Such good things to do when the amount of water flow declines.
“The watersheds most affected by declining snow water were the Okanagan in B.C., the Assiniboine-Red River basin in Manitoba and the Saskatchewan River basin.”
This will intensify.
#ClimateChange #Snowpack #Canada #Watersheds #WaterSupply
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
This will intensify.
#ClimateChange #Snowpack #Canada #Watersheds #WaterSupply
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Winter snow is declining in key watersheds across Canada, raising concerns about future water supply | CBC News
Declining snowpack can affect everything from municipal water systems and agriculture to lake levels, shipping and wildfire risk in Canada’s forests.
www.cbc.ca
February 8, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Well, it’s a good fucking thing that we’re adding more irrigation out of Lake Diefenbaker - and silting up the downstream in the process - and expanding coal mining in the rockies. Such good things to do when the amount of water flow declines.
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i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM
i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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I don’t get the reference.
Hey, would you mind helping me carry this cask of Citrus Explosion Mountain Dew downstairs?
Hey, would you mind helping me carry this cask of Citrus Explosion Mountain Dew downstairs?
An American classic. I wonder can we read it as a prophetic vision of US foreign policy in the years after Poe?
February 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I don’t get the reference.
Hey, would you mind helping me carry this cask of Citrus Explosion Mountain Dew downstairs?
Hey, would you mind helping me carry this cask of Citrus Explosion Mountain Dew downstairs?
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So, this guy I thought was my friend insulted my family and damaged my social position so I told him I had a brand new Mountain Dew flavor in my basement and then I bricked him up and left him to die and man, he was really bummed there was no actual Mountain Dew Booberry Blast down there.
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
So, this guy I thought was my friend insulted my family and damaged my social position so I told him I had a brand new Mountain Dew flavor in my basement and then I bricked him up and left him to die and man, he was really bummed there was no actual Mountain Dew Booberry Blast down there.