d.f. Monk
@defective-monk.bsky.social
Ambulatory meat sack with failing organs and not enough coffee. Do not look directly in the eye. Made possible by societal collapse & viewers like you. Dual Class Nerd / Writer. he/him. Ancillary appendage of : https://www.lionsoftheempire.com
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d.f. Monk
@defective-monk.bsky.social
· Apr 18
My friends keep telling me my biggest problem is that I never listen.
No, I tell them, my biggest problem is ants. I don't want ants in my house. The ants should respect my boundaries. What was that other thing again?
No, I tell them, my biggest problem is ants. I don't want ants in my house. The ants should respect my boundaries. What was that other thing again?
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Second up is Shawn Colvin, from 1989's Steady On album: Shotgun Down the Avalanche.
Shotgun Down The Avalanche
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Shotgun Down The Avalanche · Shawn Colvin
Steady On
℗ 1989 Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Released on: 1989-10-12
Background Vocal, Bass, Electric Guitar,…
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January 1, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Second up is Shawn Colvin, from 1989's Steady On album: Shotgun Down the Avalanche.
It's 10pm on east coast of America. Welcome to our pre-2026 Nostalgia Flashback Playlist! @pyracantha.bsky.social & I put on our GenX boots and stomped out a Lilith Fair based playlist that we thought would be fun! We hope you enjoy. Notes and links as we go!
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It's 10pm on east coast of America. Welcome to our pre-2026 Nostalgia Flashback Playlist! @pyracantha.bsky.social & I put on our GenX boots and stomped out a Lilith Fair based playlist that we thought would be fun! We hope you enjoy. Notes and links as we go!
Seriously. Just let our work speak for itself. Let people dislike me on my own merits, not based on what the bad opinion bot says.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Seriously. Just let our work speak for itself. Let people dislike me on my own merits, not based on what the bad opinion bot says.
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“Certainly the stork delivering a baby in cellophane wouldn’t lie to us!” He opined, taking a deep drag on his asbestos cigarette.
Ai being pushed on us so ferociously is a reminder that companies will always sell us shit they know is bad for us with a smile. Here are some vintage ads for plastic, Cigarettes (endorsed by a Dr), and Candy as a source of healthy energy. Oh! Can't forget the magic of asbestos!
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“Certainly the stork delivering a baby in cellophane wouldn’t lie to us!” He opined, taking a deep drag on his asbestos cigarette.
This is nightmare fuel. Imagine being forced to listen to that for an hour with no way to stop it. Hell is here and we can carry it in our pockets.
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is nightmare fuel. Imagine being forced to listen to that for an hour with no way to stop it. Hell is here and we can carry it in our pockets.
I won't even attempt to wisecrack here. It's just so ghoulish to hide behind their "founding fathers" fan-fiction while dismantling protections for all of us, knowing their money and privilege will insulate them from the fallout while the rest of us suffer the brunt of these decisions.
The court's Republican-appointed justices appear ready to eliminate most pockets of expertise and nonpartisanship on which the country relies as stewards of important economic, political, scientific, and regulatory power.
SCOTUS's GOP justices are about to hand Trump way more power
The court's right-wing bloc sounds ready to axe independent federal agencies—and the precedents that guard them.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I won't even attempt to wisecrack here. It's just so ghoulish to hide behind their "founding fathers" fan-fiction while dismantling protections for all of us, knowing their money and privilege will insulate them from the fallout while the rest of us suffer the brunt of these decisions.
I know I'm late to the party, but my stock broker was finally able to purchase some Torment Nexus shares from that Tech Company. I hear it's new and innovative and I'm really excited to see where this goes.
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I know I'm late to the party, but my stock broker was finally able to purchase some Torment Nexus shares from that Tech Company. I hear it's new and innovative and I'm really excited to see where this goes.
@commandersterling.bsky.social 's thread sums it up perfectly.
It says a lot that AI “artists” are so creatively bankrupt they think writing prompts is a difficult, arduous task.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
You realize coming up with a prompt is what a real artist would call “having an idea,” right?
It took them weeks of sleepless nights to have some basic thoughts.
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@commandersterling.bsky.social 's thread sums it up perfectly.
Good thread, good links.
“What I see as a labor economist is we have starved everything to feed one mouth,” says Ron Hetrick, Principal Economist at Lightcast. “These are now three years that we have foregone development in so many industries as we shove food into a mouth that’s already so full.”
Silicon Valley has placed a trillion-dollar bet that gen AI can transform the global economy and pave the way for AGI. But warning signs show the marketing hype has vastly overrated what current AI tech can achieve, creating a bubble with growing costs when it pops, writes @jeremyhsu.bsky.social.
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Good thread, good links.
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"Look, it was Beer-Thirty. If I have to hang around to watch every extrajudicial killing, I miss out on half price appetizers, and that is a sacrifice I'm just not willing to make."
Hegseth: I watch that first strike live. At the Department of War, we got a lot of things to do so I did not stick around. Couple of hours later, I learned that commander had made -- which he had the complete authority to do, he made the correct decision to sink the boat and eliminated the threat.
December 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Look, it was Beer-Thirty. If I have to hang around to watch every extrajudicial killing, I miss out on half price appetizers, and that is a sacrifice I'm just not willing to make."
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Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
November 29, 2023 at 2:18 AM
Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
Anthropic AI is finally asked what it thinks of Brian and Pam in the office.
“We can replace that 11% of the workforce,” it replies, eager to steal Pam’s prized cubicle near the lunchroom.
The HR AI bot doesn’t even read Brian’s offboarding survey, which is peak human by its own measure.
“We can replace that 11% of the workforce,” it replies, eager to steal Pam’s prized cubicle near the lunchroom.
The HR AI bot doesn’t even read Brian’s offboarding survey, which is peak human by its own measure.
Headline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce"
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.
www.cnbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Anthropic AI is finally asked what it thinks of Brian and Pam in the office.
“We can replace that 11% of the workforce,” it replies, eager to steal Pam’s prized cubicle near the lunchroom.
The HR AI bot doesn’t even read Brian’s offboarding survey, which is peak human by its own measure.
“We can replace that 11% of the workforce,” it replies, eager to steal Pam’s prized cubicle near the lunchroom.
The HR AI bot doesn’t even read Brian’s offboarding survey, which is peak human by its own measure.
If I knew someone was going to take a picture of me, I'd have brushed my hair.
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If I knew someone was going to take a picture of me, I'd have brushed my hair.
Suspended? Now I have to rework my Christmas list. *grumble*
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Suspended? Now I have to rework my Christmas list. *grumble*
Seriously good read. Highly recommend.
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Seriously good read. Highly recommend.
This is the part in the movie where the nervous scientist says: "It's highly improbable this portal will open a gate directly into Hell as long as the power doesn't fluctuate."
Then the lights flicker.
We all know what happens next.
Then the lights flicker.
We all know what happens next.
BBC: Pichai said while AI investment had been an “‘extraordinary moment’, there was some ‘irrationality’ ..
“Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said .. ‘I think no company is going to be immune, including us.’”
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“Asked whether Google would be immune to the impact of the AI bubble bursting, Mr Pichai said .. ‘I think no company is going to be immune, including us.’”
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November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is the part in the movie where the nervous scientist says: "It's highly improbable this portal will open a gate directly into Hell as long as the power doesn't fluctuate."
Then the lights flicker.
We all know what happens next.
Then the lights flicker.
We all know what happens next.
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Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reminder: A lot of great books published this year during absolutely bonkers news & world event times. That squashes people talking about them. Keep buying books please, keep borrowing them from libraries, and for the love of all that's good, talk about them. Post about them. 📚
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"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.
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German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
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Happy Godzilla Day!
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Happy Godzilla Day!
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