OddlyCurious
@curiouslyodd.bsky.social
Archaeologist. They/Them. UK-based.
Yet another Twitter escapee.
I don't post much.
Yet another Twitter escapee.
I don't post much.
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Would not be surprised if this is -exactly- what this feature was implemented for.
Well within Musk's ethos to bring in something that discourages women from posting - clearly trying to regress to the days where simply being a woman online was seen as an invitation for sexual harassment.
Well within Musk's ethos to bring in something that discourages women from posting - clearly trying to regress to the days where simply being a woman online was seen as an invitation for sexual harassment.
So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Would not be surprised if this is -exactly- what this feature was implemented for.
Well within Musk's ethos to bring in something that discourages women from posting - clearly trying to regress to the days where simply being a woman online was seen as an invitation for sexual harassment.
Well within Musk's ethos to bring in something that discourages women from posting - clearly trying to regress to the days where simply being a woman online was seen as an invitation for sexual harassment.
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Gen AI is a tool of late stage capitalism, the goal of which is to cognitively disable everyone not in the elite class. To Sam Altman and co, the likes of you and me are NPCs, our role is to consume and spend so they can accumulate wealth and power. But it will only work if we allow it to.
December 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Gen AI is a tool of late stage capitalism, the goal of which is to cognitively disable everyone not in the elite class. To Sam Altman and co, the likes of you and me are NPCs, our role is to consume and spend so they can accumulate wealth and power. But it will only work if we allow it to.
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They literally all went to the same university. Their policies on immigration are barely distinguishable, they all identify government with administrating austerity, they've all backed the genocide in Gaza. Thinking people like this are sooo different is itself what people hate about our politics.
December 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
They literally all went to the same university. Their policies on immigration are barely distinguishable, they all identify government with administrating austerity, they've all backed the genocide in Gaza. Thinking people like this are sooo different is itself what people hate about our politics.
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I wish a joyous Christmas to all who celebrate. May you have a truly wonderful time 🎄🎅.
This #Roman glass spherical bottle would make great #Christmas bauble, but it was used to hold perfume and loose powder. The contents were sealed inside the delicate cosmetic container, and...🧵1/2
📷 me
This #Roman glass spherical bottle would make great #Christmas bauble, but it was used to hold perfume and loose powder. The contents were sealed inside the delicate cosmetic container, and...🧵1/2
📷 me
December 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I wish a joyous Christmas to all who celebrate. May you have a truly wonderful time 🎄🎅.
This #Roman glass spherical bottle would make great #Christmas bauble, but it was used to hold perfume and loose powder. The contents were sealed inside the delicate cosmetic container, and...🧵1/2
📷 me
This #Roman glass spherical bottle would make great #Christmas bauble, but it was used to hold perfume and loose powder. The contents were sealed inside the delicate cosmetic container, and...🧵1/2
📷 me
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Another guy
December 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Another guy
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"man with balloon"
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"man with balloon"
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Commission - Devil Bird.
December 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Commission - Devil Bird.
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A reminder that my free deduction/horror/parser game KINOPHOBIA is now available in its final, more polished version. Explore a haunted movie studio; research its history; identify the wretched souls trapped by a curse inscribed in celluloid.
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
Kinophobia by Bruno Dias
Explore a haunted movie studio. Learn the fates of its tormented souls. End a curse inscribed in blood and celluloid.
brunodias.itch.io
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
A reminder that my free deduction/horror/parser game KINOPHOBIA is now available in its final, more polished version. Explore a haunted movie studio; research its history; identify the wretched souls trapped by a curse inscribed in celluloid.
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
brunodias.itch.io/kinophobia
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IQ is a measure of how good you are at IQ tests, which is something informed by how familiar you are with taking academic tests (& thus the quality of your school, which is in part determined by your parents' wealth, etc). there's nothing in particular that makes them a good test of intelligence
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
IQ is a measure of how good you are at IQ tests, which is something informed by how familiar you are with taking academic tests (& thus the quality of your school, which is in part determined by your parents' wealth, etc). there's nothing in particular that makes them a good test of intelligence
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It makes me feel insane seeing fundamental rights overturned with zero resistance and little more than a shrug from many
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It makes me feel insane seeing fundamental rights overturned with zero resistance and little more than a shrug from many
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dame at the moon
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
dame at the moon
🔹Grew up in a part of the world steeped in ruins and history
🔹Interested in nature, reading, the past, puzzles
🔹Major sleep disorder scuppered my initial career plans (creative writing - likely dodged a bullet there!)
🔹Long-held interest in and broad scope of archaeology made it the perfect choice
🔹Interested in nature, reading, the past, puzzles
🔹Major sleep disorder scuppered my initial career plans (creative writing - likely dodged a bullet there!)
🔹Long-held interest in and broad scope of archaeology made it the perfect choice
November 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🔹Grew up in a part of the world steeped in ruins and history
🔹Interested in nature, reading, the past, puzzles
🔹Major sleep disorder scuppered my initial career plans (creative writing - likely dodged a bullet there!)
🔹Long-held interest in and broad scope of archaeology made it the perfect choice
🔹Interested in nature, reading, the past, puzzles
🔹Major sleep disorder scuppered my initial career plans (creative writing - likely dodged a bullet there!)
🔹Long-held interest in and broad scope of archaeology made it the perfect choice
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“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“If Labour don’t do this, we’ll get a Reform government”
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
Trans people, disabled people, migrants, people of colour and people seeking asylum already have a Reform government.
You just want to feel superior to those who like the idea of Nigel Farage as PM.
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To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
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yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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Sorry, experts claim standard time 'realign[s] our internal clocks with the sun'? Only if everyone's bed-time is 4pm in winter.
Which is what it feels like it should be, tbf.
You can take your measly recommended 7 hours sleep and plug the dam of late capitalism with it.
Which is what it feels like it should be, tbf.
You can take your measly recommended 7 hours sleep and plug the dam of late capitalism with it.
When does daylight saving time end and how do I adapt?
When does daylight saving time end and how do I adapt?
Experts explain how to reset your body clock and why permanent standard time makes sense
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Sorry, experts claim standard time 'realign[s] our internal clocks with the sun'? Only if everyone's bed-time is 4pm in winter.
Which is what it feels like it should be, tbf.
You can take your measly recommended 7 hours sleep and plug the dam of late capitalism with it.
Which is what it feels like it should be, tbf.
You can take your measly recommended 7 hours sleep and plug the dam of late capitalism with it.
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If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years
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This govt *hates* disabled people doesn't it?
You all must be in work! But you can't have Access to Work! You can't have independence payments! You can't get the bus in time for work but you also can't have motability! You can't have covid vaccines but when you don't recover it's not our problem.
You all must be in work! But you can't have Access to Work! You can't have independence payments! You can't get the bus in time for work but you also can't have motability! You can't have covid vaccines but when you don't recover it's not our problem.
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves is set to target the Motability scheme
- Remove tax breaks at the Budget to save around £1bn
- Examining options to restrict eligibility and remove luxury vehicles, like BMWs
[@Smyth_Chris]
- Remove tax breaks at the Budget to save around £1bn
- Examining options to restrict eligibility and remove luxury vehicles, like BMWs
[@Smyth_Chris]
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This govt *hates* disabled people doesn't it?
You all must be in work! But you can't have Access to Work! You can't have independence payments! You can't get the bus in time for work but you also can't have motability! You can't have covid vaccines but when you don't recover it's not our problem.
You all must be in work! But you can't have Access to Work! You can't have independence payments! You can't get the bus in time for work but you also can't have motability! You can't have covid vaccines but when you don't recover it's not our problem.
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Circumstances are so soul crushingly dire, can't get a gp appointment, the only way to get access to mental health support is via sectioning, can't get registered as a NHS patient at a dentist, like what healthcare is there anymore in the UK
October 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Circumstances are so soul crushingly dire, can't get a gp appointment, the only way to get access to mental health support is via sectioning, can't get registered as a NHS patient at a dentist, like what healthcare is there anymore in the UK
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We have a government insistent people too ill to work – including all the newly disabled people literally proving the above – are just not trying hard enough to work - yet who also won’t even give NHS workers vaccines against this disabling virus.
October 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We have a government insistent people too ill to work – including all the newly disabled people literally proving the above – are just not trying hard enough to work - yet who also won’t even give NHS workers vaccines against this disabling virus.