Carol B
@ciciryder.bsky.social
Passionate follower of all things magical and wonderful in the world of literature. I put the L in my favorite acronym LGBTQIA+ and I have a bear for a dog. IYKYK
June 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Let's be absolutely clear: physically assaulting a US Senator for simply asking a question is disgraceful. We stand with Senator Padilla and all those peacefully defending working people against this administration's attacks.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Let's be absolutely clear: physically assaulting a US Senator for simply asking a question is disgraceful. We stand with Senator Padilla and all those peacefully defending working people against this administration's attacks.
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Basically traps AI crawlers and sends them down an "infinite maze" of static files with no exit links, where they get stuck and thrash around for months. Once trapped, the crawlers can be fed gibberish data, aka Markov babble, which is designed to poison AI models arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt
Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon.
arstechnica.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Basically traps AI crawlers and sends them down an "infinite maze" of static files with no exit links, where they get stuck and thrash around for months. Once trapped, the crawlers can be fed gibberish data, aka Markov babble, which is designed to poison AI models arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
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About seven years ago, Nick and I wrote a Black Mirror spec where people had a personal AI device called ChooseU that helped you make the best decisions for yourself, gradually transforming you into a complete narcissistic sociopath who’d do anything to get what you want.
Anyway, they’ve made that.
Anyway, they’ve made that.
This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur.
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.
www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
May 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
About seven years ago, Nick and I wrote a Black Mirror spec where people had a personal AI device called ChooseU that helped you make the best decisions for yourself, gradually transforming you into a complete narcissistic sociopath who’d do anything to get what you want.
Anyway, they’ve made that.
Anyway, they’ve made that.
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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
This is actually what I was thinking about this morning when talking it over with family. So many people gone the first week, including safety and FAA employees. I'm so sad for the families who lost loved ones in this AVOIDABLE tragedy. The administration should shoulder ALL of the blame for this.
January 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is actually what I was thinking about this morning when talking it over with family. So many people gone the first week, including safety and FAA employees. I'm so sad for the families who lost loved ones in this AVOIDABLE tragedy. The administration should shoulder ALL of the blame for this.
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FYI: ICE is posting up at Home Depots here in LA county and arresting work crews coming in to get supplies. If you know someone who needs to know this, pass it on.
January 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
FYI: ICE is posting up at Home Depots here in LA county and arresting work crews coming in to get supplies. If you know someone who needs to know this, pass it on.
My dog works so hard... 🙄
January 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My dog works so hard... 🙄
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We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
January 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨
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Don't drink coffee while reading - funny AND so, so real.
Don't drink coffee while reading - funny AND so, so real.
The Real Housewives of State Funerals.
Bravo ain’t got nothing on that shit.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Don't drink coffee while reading - funny AND so, so real.
Don't drink coffee while reading - funny AND so, so real.
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me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:
January 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
me when any program's AI assistant asks me if I want help writing:
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A comic I made last year. Regrettably, still timely.
November 15, 2024 at 7:29 PM
A comic I made last year. Regrettably, still timely.
Just a bear and her moose. Or is it a moosey bear dog and her stuffed moose? No one knows.
November 14, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Just a bear and her moose. Or is it a moosey bear dog and her stuffed moose? No one knows.
Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/her...
November 10, 2024 at 4:20 AM
Here’s Why a Second Death Star Won’t Be That Bad www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/her...
But, but, but if the nepo billionaire(s) say it works, I should believe them, right? 🙄 Surely they have my BEST interests at heart, because they care so much about me, a working class person. They would NEVER exploit me for their own ends.
Um, how did their families gain all that wealth again?
Um, how did their families gain all that wealth again?
Imagine if the American educational system wasn't so broken that consumers wouldn't have to learn how tariffs work this way.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 8, 2024 at 11:43 AM
But, but, but if the nepo billionaire(s) say it works, I should believe them, right? 🙄 Surely they have my BEST interests at heart, because they care so much about me, a working class person. They would NEVER exploit me for their own ends.
Um, how did their families gain all that wealth again?
Um, how did their families gain all that wealth again?
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For cis folks who maybe don't get how bad it is:
Here's the map.
Red or Orange? There's at least a half a dozen laws that attack trans rights ranging from Healthcare bans to risking being arrested for "drag near kids" by being in public.
Dark green? Basic human protections.
That's the reality.
Here's the map.
Red or Orange? There's at least a half a dozen laws that attack trans rights ranging from Healthcare bans to risking being arrested for "drag near kids" by being in public.
Dark green? Basic human protections.
That's the reality.
January 5, 2024 at 7:23 PM
For cis folks who maybe don't get how bad it is:
Here's the map.
Red or Orange? There's at least a half a dozen laws that attack trans rights ranging from Healthcare bans to risking being arrested for "drag near kids" by being in public.
Dark green? Basic human protections.
That's the reality.
Here's the map.
Red or Orange? There's at least a half a dozen laws that attack trans rights ranging from Healthcare bans to risking being arrested for "drag near kids" by being in public.
Dark green? Basic human protections.
That's the reality.
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judas: ok guys. what’s everybody bringing for the last supper
jesus: the what supper
judas: the regular supper. ordinary supper
jesus: the what supper
judas: the regular supper. ordinary supper
December 13, 2023 at 4:27 AM
judas: ok guys. what’s everybody bringing for the last supper
jesus: the what supper
judas: the regular supper. ordinary supper
jesus: the what supper
judas: the regular supper. ordinary supper
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“Possible first amendment activity” is such an unsettlingly dystopian phrase
December 8, 2023 at 9:29 PM
“Possible first amendment activity” is such an unsettlingly dystopian phrase