gleebix
@gleebix.bsky.social
code witcher, professional troublemaker
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gleebix
@gleebix.bsky.social
· Jun 1
somewhere, deep in the olympic national forest is a hidden cache of approximately 20,000 hush puppies
i know this because i helped sasquatch hide them
i know this because i helped sasquatch hide them
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It's no coincidence Hegseth lobbied hard for pardoning Eddie Gallagher who was basically a spree killer in uniform and had his own unit sabotage him so he wouldn't kill civilians.
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's no coincidence Hegseth lobbied hard for pardoning Eddie Gallagher who was basically a spree killer in uniform and had his own unit sabotage him so he wouldn't kill civilians.
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"You weren't there, I had to make the hard calls" is a great rhetorical device because it supposes that being in charge absolves one of sins. If an airline pilot crashes a plane because of a bad decision they are held to a higher standard than this.
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"You weren't there, I had to make the hard calls" is a great rhetorical device because it supposes that being in charge absolves one of sins. If an airline pilot crashes a plane because of a bad decision they are held to a higher standard than this.
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This was an absolutely shocking read because it describes what I'm seeing in publishing: unconditional surrender.
AND, what's worse: Professionals whom we trusted showing us that they didn't deserve the high ranks they were occupying. I truly thought the poles were a bit greasier, frankly.
AND, what's worse: Professionals whom we trusted showing us that they didn't deserve the high ranks they were occupying. I truly thought the poles were a bit greasier, frankly.
Spot on.
I have heard from so many academics who "just use AI for [fill in the blank]." They're all damning themselves to irrelevance.
Some of us are staying the course -- reading, writing, and thinking, without AI (artificial idiocy).
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
I have heard from so many academics who "just use AI for [fill in the blank]." They're all damning themselves to irrelevance.
Some of us are staying the course -- reading, writing, and thinking, without AI (artificial idiocy).
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This was an absolutely shocking read because it describes what I'm seeing in publishing: unconditional surrender.
AND, what's worse: Professionals whom we trusted showing us that they didn't deserve the high ranks they were occupying. I truly thought the poles were a bit greasier, frankly.
AND, what's worse: Professionals whom we trusted showing us that they didn't deserve the high ranks they were occupying. I truly thought the poles were a bit greasier, frankly.
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Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the execution of a Nazi commander who sunk a civilian steamer and then killed the survivors
British Military Court at Hamburg, The Peleus Trial | How does law protect in war? - Online casebook
casebook.icrc.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the execution of a Nazi commander who sunk a civilian steamer and then killed the survivors
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"I produce 10x more than I did last year but still make the same money. And the machine I now use eats human fingers. Who the fuck is benefiting here?"
Not a difficult issue, not a weird position for a person to have.
Not a difficult issue, not a weird position for a person to have.
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"I produce 10x more than I did last year but still make the same money. And the machine I now use eats human fingers. Who the fuck is benefiting here?"
Not a difficult issue, not a weird position for a person to have.
Not a difficult issue, not a weird position for a person to have.
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"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
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This is incredibly dangerous, and I doubt LE is going to be very understanding even if you aren’t driving.
Driverless Waymo vehicle inadvertently takes riders through tense police stop in L.A.
Video shows the Waymo passing a white pickup truck pulled over in Los Angeles by several police cruisers with their lights flashing as the suspected driver lays on the ground.
www.nbcnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This is incredibly dangerous, and I doubt LE is going to be very understanding even if you aren’t driving.
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Cities have rivalries with each other but I think the opposite should be true as well, cities should be allowed to date
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Cities have rivalries with each other but I think the opposite should be true as well, cities should be allowed to date
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what's wild about this administration is the extent to which the only move they have is doubling down
they're deeply, horrendously underwater and every single thing they do is another loud fuck you aimed at alienating anyone who doesn't already drink the kool-aid
they're deeply, horrendously underwater and every single thing they do is another loud fuck you aimed at alienating anyone who doesn't already drink the kool-aid
Does the White House think this is going to win them support with Gen Z?
December 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
what's wild about this administration is the extent to which the only move they have is doubling down
they're deeply, horrendously underwater and every single thing they do is another loud fuck you aimed at alienating anyone who doesn't already drink the kool-aid
they're deeply, horrendously underwater and every single thing they do is another loud fuck you aimed at alienating anyone who doesn't already drink the kool-aid
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reminder that penguins aren't actually penguins
December 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
reminder that penguins aren't actually penguins
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I remain convinced that the real reason every single spellchecker became dogshit at the same time is simple:
model collapse from the companies training on raw typo-filled user input harvested without consent. They're *training* on your typos while stealing everything you write.
model collapse from the companies training on raw typo-filled user input harvested without consent. They're *training* on your typos while stealing everything you write.
June 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I remain convinced that the real reason every single spellchecker became dogshit at the same time is simple:
model collapse from the companies training on raw typo-filled user input harvested without consent. They're *training* on your typos while stealing everything you write.
model collapse from the companies training on raw typo-filled user input harvested without consent. They're *training* on your typos while stealing everything you write.
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Programmer: We trained it on nothing but typos! It doesn't work! It's getting worse!
CEO: *in the middle of gooning, not even looking away from his screen* Trulyn't?
CEO: *in the middle of gooning, not even looking away from his screen* Trulyn't?
June 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Programmer: We trained it on nothing but typos! It doesn't work! It's getting worse!
CEO: *in the middle of gooning, not even looking away from his screen* Trulyn't?
CEO: *in the middle of gooning, not even looking away from his screen* Trulyn't?
someone was discussing elsewhere how so much right-coded interaction can be described as aggressively and selfishly breaking the rules of any social 'game' they engage with
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
someone was discussing elsewhere how so much right-coded interaction can be described as aggressively and selfishly breaking the rules of any social 'game' they engage with
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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nothing like having a sweaty tech bro with an agenda pressure and neg me remotely
I guess my overall complaint with a lot of tech stuff nowadays is the product constantly telling me I’m wrong in using it in the way that I want to use it
December 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
nothing like having a sweaty tech bro with an agenda pressure and neg me remotely
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I guess my overall complaint with a lot of tech stuff nowadays is the product constantly telling me I’m wrong in using it in the way that I want to use it
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I guess my overall complaint with a lot of tech stuff nowadays is the product constantly telling me I’m wrong in using it in the way that I want to use it
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Like if I buy French fries at Wendy’s they shouldn’t give a fuck about how much ketchup I use but every music service is “no dummy listen to this playlist” “we noticed you haven’t listened to this ad free podcast” “let me email you song suggestions” if Wendy’s emailed me about fries I’d become Amish
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Like if I buy French fries at Wendy’s they shouldn’t give a fuck about how much ketchup I use but every music service is “no dummy listen to this playlist” “we noticed you haven’t listened to this ad free podcast” “let me email you song suggestions” if Wendy’s emailed me about fries I’d become Amish
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If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If JK Rowling herself doesn't separate her art from her transphobia, and has said she sees every Harry Potter fan as a fan of her transphobia, and uses every dollar she makes to fund transphobia, I need people to stop insisting they "separate art from artist" because it's beyond disingenuous atp
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I don’t know how I missed this wild story about good ol’ demented floorshitting hamster Chuck C. Johnson this summer
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Notorious far-right troll ordered to pay up to $71 million in racketeering scheme
‘I’m disappointed I didn’t break the record. But I’m pleased to be in the top 3,’ Charles C. Johnson told The Independent about the massive amount the jury awarded the plaintiff.
www.the-independent.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don’t know how I missed this wild story about good ol’ demented floorshitting hamster Chuck C. Johnson this summer
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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The argument here is that driverless vehicles are safer, which isn’t something that I outright disagree with, but it seems to me that I am able to poke a lot of holes in this analysis and I’m interested in critiques from smarter people
Opinion | The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The argument here is that driverless vehicles are safer, which isn’t something that I outright disagree with, but it seems to me that I am able to poke a lot of holes in this analysis and I’m interested in critiques from smarter people
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🤷🏿♂️ I think a lot of people over hyped Taylor Swift during the election cycle.
Franklin the Turtle is braver than Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift’s silence on the Trump administration using her music speaks volumes | Alim Kheraj
Official Trump social media accounts have been using The Life of a Showgirl snippets to promote his agenda. Why has Swift, who once wanted ‘to be on the right side of history’, said nothing?
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🤷🏿♂️ I think a lot of people over hyped Taylor Swift during the election cycle.
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the best thing about undertaking a new hobby is the whole new world of detestable guys it opens up to you. guys who are probably fine when you encounter them at work or trivia night, only becoming intolerable the minute you put a banjo in their hands
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
the best thing about undertaking a new hobby is the whole new world of detestable guys it opens up to you. guys who are probably fine when you encounter them at work or trivia night, only becoming intolerable the minute you put a banjo in their hands