GentlePlodding 🇪🇺🇸🇪🇬🇧🇨🇦🇺🇦
@gentleplodding.bsky.social
Palliative care specialist, hobby musician, music lover, likes fantasy&sci-fi. nerd.
This is antitrust legislation utterly failing. Companies shouldn't be allowed to buy up each other. They should compete in the marketplace.
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This is antitrust legislation utterly failing. Companies shouldn't be allowed to buy up each other. They should compete in the marketplace.
Don doesn't know that.
January 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Don doesn't know that.
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Ban third party access to user data No Matter What. No opt out, not even opt in. Data mining shouldnt be a viable get rich scheme.
January 18, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Ban third party access to user data No Matter What. No opt out, not even opt in. Data mining shouldnt be a viable get rich scheme.
So it's not making them the expected money. Ok.
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
So it's not making them the expected money. Ok.
It wont change until theres no chance of a Trump ever happening again.
January 10, 2026 at 11:06 AM
It wont change until theres no chance of a Trump ever happening again.
Definitely exists in Sweden, so map is wrong
January 10, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Definitely exists in Sweden, so map is wrong
Whole concert
January 10, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Whole concert
Its already out on bluray & dvd
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Its already out on bluray & dvd
What Trump does in Venezuela Europe should do to him.
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 PM
What Trump does in Venezuela Europe should do to him.
I'm reading this as T giving the rest of the world tacit agreement to use whatever means possible to remove HIM from office and put a sane NATO puppet in his place.
January 6, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I'm reading this as T giving the rest of the world tacit agreement to use whatever means possible to remove HIM from office and put a sane NATO puppet in his place.
Nobody thinks it's simple. It's just bloody urgent. Like removing a tumor. Yes the procedure might be lethal. But leaving it there is guaranteed worse.
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Nobody thinks it's simple. It's just bloody urgent. Like removing a tumor. Yes the procedure might be lethal. But leaving it there is guaranteed worse.
Why didn't the sci-fi authors ever warn us about the amusing but half-assed machines that give us stupid slop and drink all our water? And here we were expecting HAL.
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Why didn't the sci-fi authors ever warn us about the amusing but half-assed machines that give us stupid slop and drink all our water? And here we were expecting HAL.
Förbjud insamlande och vidareförsäljning av data om användares aktiviteter. Inte opt-out. Inte opt-in. Straight fucking ban. Program som bygger på det är ändå bara skit som vi mår bättre utan.
December 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Förbjud insamlande och vidareförsäljning av data om användares aktiviteter. Inte opt-out. Inte opt-in. Straight fucking ban. Program som bygger på det är ändå bara skit som vi mår bättre utan.
EU should rule that pop-up dialogs are invalid for any legal purposes whatsoever. That would be hilarious.
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
EU should rule that pop-up dialogs are invalid for any legal purposes whatsoever. That would be hilarious.
Whoever lags behind in the AI race has a shot at remaining somewhat free. Let's not put our chips where they may turn into shackles
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Whoever lags behind in the AI race has a shot at remaining somewhat free. Let's not put our chips where they may turn into shackles
Integrity and decency are strategies, not abilities. You can choose to be decent, you can't choose to be charismatic.
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Integrity and decency are strategies, not abilities. You can choose to be decent, you can't choose to be charismatic.
Out of the total number of US voters, some 32% voted MAGA. People must stop going on as if half the US is on their side. In particular they must.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Out of the total number of US voters, some 32% voted MAGA. People must stop going on as if half the US is on their side. In particular they must.
Yeah, and we should call the top of the line car engine "Hyperdrive"
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yeah, and we should call the top of the line car engine "Hyperdrive"
Talking to LLMs about subjects where I have expertise has vaccinated me against any hopes of their usefulness.
November 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Talking to LLMs about subjects where I have expertise has vaccinated me against any hopes of their usefulness.
I don't really share the fear of LLMs stealing everybody's jobs, since they don't actually work as people imagine. But I fear for people who have slight tendencies for schizophrenia. They will not be able to deal with them. And the people who would otherwise join cults (though they often overlap).
November 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I don't really share the fear of LLMs stealing everybody's jobs, since they don't actually work as people imagine. But I fear for people who have slight tendencies for schizophrenia. They will not be able to deal with them. And the people who would otherwise join cults (though they often overlap).
If I had Elon money I'd end hunger, and if I get any change back it's nukes for Zelenskyy.
November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If I had Elon money I'd end hunger, and if I get any change back it's nukes for Zelenskyy.
If a man causes an unwanted pregnancy - penis amputation.
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If a man causes an unwanted pregnancy - penis amputation.
Or ‐ How are you going to impede men's health and independence as fair compensation?
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Or ‐ How are you going to impede men's health and independence as fair compensation?
Money is not the problem, the problem is that when it grows it becomes a terrifying beast that we worship like idiots instead of reining it in.
We need to limit what you can do with money by strong anti-corruption laws and anti‐trust laws. And Stronger environment protection.
We need to limit what you can do with money by strong anti-corruption laws and anti‐trust laws. And Stronger environment protection.
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Money is not the problem, the problem is that when it grows it becomes a terrifying beast that we worship like idiots instead of reining it in.
We need to limit what you can do with money by strong anti-corruption laws and anti‐trust laws. And Stronger environment protection.
We need to limit what you can do with money by strong anti-corruption laws and anti‐trust laws. And Stronger environment protection.