@hareksu.bsky.social
Mad scientist
Perpetually annoyed at human stupidity, but maybe this place is better
Perpetually annoyed at human stupidity, but maybe this place is better
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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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"
You just died.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
November 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
You just died.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
This so very much
I just want early 2000s discussion boards and affordable living in a walkable neighborhood with all my friends and family, but instead they're building little e-demons that whisper lies directly into your ears.
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This so very much
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"I could smell the onions and mustard..."
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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"Don't go to Tiktok. Go to books." ❤️
I couldn't leave this one alone. Like it seems silly and harmless, but this is such a slippery slope in to damaging conspiracy theories like anti-vax and climate change denial, so I'm going to keep explaining it in the hopes people start actually thinking about things.
Like I wasn't going to respond... #shorts #kardashians
One day I don't have to keep repeating these points. Also I threw this together super quick last night -- hoping these are clear enough short answers!
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November 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Don't go to Tiktok. Go to books." ❤️
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"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The "hard-men" of Gondor were getting their shit kicked in until they were rescued by foreigners and a girl.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
The Shire was doing fine until they let a fascist demagogue ("Sharkey" aka Saruman) take over, close the gates, impose a bunch of thug-enforced rules, and despoil nature for profit.
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If AI were a truly revolutionary tech, the porn industry would already have bespoke data centers and they would be the biggest in the world.
“.. It’s not that erotica is bad per se, but .. there were clear warning signs of users’ intense emotional attachment to A.I. chatbots. .. We decided A.I.-powered erotica would have to wait.
“.. OpenAI now says the wait is over ..”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
“.. OpenAI now says the wait is over ..”
@nytopinion.nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/o...
October 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
If AI were a truly revolutionary tech, the porn industry would already have bespoke data centers and they would be the biggest in the world.
Eigenlijk is dat de beste vorm van verzet hiertegen: onbetrouwbare bronnen als onherroepelijk verbrand beschouwen, en iedereen die er gebruik van maakt als aangetast.
Ah mooi, heel handig. Als iemand dat citeert als bron weet je meteen dat je die persoon nooit meer serieus moet nemen 👍
Elon Musk lanceert Grokipedia, alternatief voor Wikipedia dat "links vooringenomen" is vrtnws.be/p.aDa8NG7ed?t=176... @vrtnws.be
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Eigenlijk is dat de beste vorm van verzet hiertegen: onbetrouwbare bronnen als onherroepelijk verbrand beschouwen, en iedereen die er gebruik van maakt als aangetast.
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@georgemonbiot.bsky.social reported about this in 2011.
Dark actors were already plotting to manipulate public sentiment via targeted online messaging. This is not mere "bots". This is something more sophisticated, sinister—and effective. "How could people still be voting this way?" This is how.
Dark actors were already plotting to manipulate public sentiment via targeted online messaging. This is not mere "bots". This is something more sophisticated, sinister—and effective. "How could people still be voting this way?" This is how.
The need to protect the internet from 'astroturfing' grows ever more urgent | George Monbiot
George Monbiot: The tobacco industry does it, the US Air Force clearly wants to ... astroturfing – the use of sophisticated software to drown out real people on web forums – is on the rise. How do we ...
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social reported about this in 2011.
Dark actors were already plotting to manipulate public sentiment via targeted online messaging. This is not mere "bots". This is something more sophisticated, sinister—and effective. "How could people still be voting this way?" This is how.
Dark actors were already plotting to manipulate public sentiment via targeted online messaging. This is not mere "bots". This is something more sophisticated, sinister—and effective. "How could people still be voting this way?" This is how.
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I'm definitely becoming a year zero guy for social media. shut it the fuck down. go back to RSS feeds and vbulletin forums. it should be more costly run a social media platform, doing so should involve more legal exposure, and it should be more difficult to access them.
October 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm definitely becoming a year zero guy for social media. shut it the fuck down. go back to RSS feeds and vbulletin forums. it should be more costly run a social media platform, doing so should involve more legal exposure, and it should be more difficult to access them.
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
I'm afraid that Vlad is on to something. Very afraid, actually.
European leaders still treat Trump as an aberration - something to wait out until history returns to normal. That’s an illusion. By flattering Trump without a strategy of their own, they normalise a rising monarchist ideology coming to unseat them in Europe’s next elections.
October 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I'm afraid that Vlad is on to something. Very afraid, actually.
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The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again
October 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The one good thing about them taking the horny restraints off ChatGPT is that we will never hear from some people again
Ouch! Getting old....
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ouch! Getting old....
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"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Unpleasant but oh so very true realizations about human nature.
Unfortunately.
Unfortunately.
Yeah, I became a lot more supportive of "cold inhuman systems of bureaucracy" when I realised that was just a natural consequence of not living in a "conform or die/leave" community.
September 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Unpleasant but oh so very true realizations about human nature.
Unfortunately.
Unfortunately.
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Since Alien Earth is done, felt like rewatching Alien 3 since it's the only one of the first 4 movies I've only seen once.
And y'know... after all-over-the-shop nature of what came after it, I liked it a whole lot better this time around.
And y'know... after all-over-the-shop nature of what came after it, I liked it a whole lot better this time around.
a black and white photo of a man 's face is sitting on a table .
ALT: a black and white photo of a man 's face is sitting on a table .
media.tenor.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Since Alien Earth is done, felt like rewatching Alien 3 since it's the only one of the first 4 movies I've only seen once.
And y'know... after all-over-the-shop nature of what came after it, I liked it a whole lot better this time around.
And y'know... after all-over-the-shop nature of what came after it, I liked it a whole lot better this time around.
OMFG!!!!! 😮😮😮
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
OMFG!!!!! 😮😮😮
So you're telling me the christians are still here? How disappointing...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0kj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0kj...
Morbid Angel - Rapture (Official Video)
YouTube video by Earache Records
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September 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
So you're telling me the christians are still here? How disappointing...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0kj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0kj...
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Look I'm not the man to do this but if somebody isn't making a supercut of Rapturetok influencers realizing they have to remain on this dogshit planet right now then I don't even know why I have a computer anymore.
September 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Look I'm not the man to do this but if somebody isn't making a supercut of Rapturetok influencers realizing they have to remain on this dogshit planet right now then I don't even know why I have a computer anymore.
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📣My analytical op-ed in @ForeignPolicy on AI-powered information warfare. Is the window for combating AI-driven propaganda is closing? Local, open-weight models let State, non-state and micro-operators run industrial-scale influence ops with no central points. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/18/a...
September 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📣My analytical op-ed in @ForeignPolicy on AI-powered information warfare. Is the window for combating AI-driven propaganda is closing? Local, open-weight models let State, non-state and micro-operators run industrial-scale influence ops with no central points. foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/18/a...