Heironymous Bonk
@heironymous.bsky.social
writer, fighter, sysadmin, dork.
gamer, explainer, audhd, uh...fork
gamer, explainer, audhd, uh...fork
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🚨 New artist drop! Meet *RAnsky* - creating bold, clear infographics to help you understand your rights to *Reasonable Accommodations* at CDC.
AltCDC is sharing their work so everyone can access the info.
Thread starts here 👇♿️✨
AltCDC is sharing their work so everyone can access the info.
Thread starts here 👇♿️✨
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
🚨 New artist drop! Meet *RAnsky* - creating bold, clear infographics to help you understand your rights to *Reasonable Accommodations* at CDC.
AltCDC is sharing their work so everyone can access the info.
Thread starts here 👇♿️✨
AltCDC is sharing their work so everyone can access the info.
Thread starts here 👇♿️✨
Ever wake up with Carmina Burana in your head for no reason, and you're like "oh yeah."
Not "oh yeah" anything in particular, just "oh yeah" like we're getting it today, whatever it is, it's getting got
Not "oh yeah" anything in particular, just "oh yeah" like we're getting it today, whatever it is, it's getting got
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Ever wake up with Carmina Burana in your head for no reason, and you're like "oh yeah."
Not "oh yeah" anything in particular, just "oh yeah" like we're getting it today, whatever it is, it's getting got
Not "oh yeah" anything in particular, just "oh yeah" like we're getting it today, whatever it is, it's getting got
WE WHIRL THE WORLD
THE WORLD WE WHIRL
IT ALL GETS LOST IN A TERRIBLE TWIRL
CAN'T SEE THE SUN FOR ALL THE BLACK SMOKE
CAN'T SEE THE DIRT FOR ALL THE DEAD FOLK
CAN'T SEE THE OCEAN, CAN'T SEE THE TREES
(CAN'T SMELL YOUR OWN SHIT ON YOUR KNEES)
*Industrial Metal*
I call this earworm "Amnesia: The 90's"
THE WORLD WE WHIRL
IT ALL GETS LOST IN A TERRIBLE TWIRL
CAN'T SEE THE SUN FOR ALL THE BLACK SMOKE
CAN'T SEE THE DIRT FOR ALL THE DEAD FOLK
CAN'T SEE THE OCEAN, CAN'T SEE THE TREES
(CAN'T SMELL YOUR OWN SHIT ON YOUR KNEES)
*Industrial Metal*
I call this earworm "Amnesia: The 90's"
September 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
WE WHIRL THE WORLD
THE WORLD WE WHIRL
IT ALL GETS LOST IN A TERRIBLE TWIRL
CAN'T SEE THE SUN FOR ALL THE BLACK SMOKE
CAN'T SEE THE DIRT FOR ALL THE DEAD FOLK
CAN'T SEE THE OCEAN, CAN'T SEE THE TREES
(CAN'T SMELL YOUR OWN SHIT ON YOUR KNEES)
*Industrial Metal*
I call this earworm "Amnesia: The 90's"
THE WORLD WE WHIRL
IT ALL GETS LOST IN A TERRIBLE TWIRL
CAN'T SEE THE SUN FOR ALL THE BLACK SMOKE
CAN'T SEE THE DIRT FOR ALL THE DEAD FOLK
CAN'T SEE THE OCEAN, CAN'T SEE THE TREES
(CAN'T SMELL YOUR OWN SHIT ON YOUR KNEES)
*Industrial Metal*
I call this earworm "Amnesia: The 90's"
OK ok I guess "the toilet scylla" is a SLIGHTLY rude thing to call my brain
...But it started it.
...But it started it.
September 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
OK ok I guess "the toilet scylla" is a SLIGHTLY rude thing to call my brain
...But it started it.
...But it started it.
People send you holiday cards, clever invitations, photos...but yay, for I have a near-infinite appetite for bookmarks.
Pleasantly, this means now my books are booby-trapped with entertaining findables.
Do I know where anything is? No, but it'll be nice to stumble on! Wholesome fun with ADHD
Pleasantly, this means now my books are booby-trapped with entertaining findables.
Do I know where anything is? No, but it'll be nice to stumble on! Wholesome fun with ADHD
September 4, 2025 at 10:22 PM
People send you holiday cards, clever invitations, photos...but yay, for I have a near-infinite appetite for bookmarks.
Pleasantly, this means now my books are booby-trapped with entertaining findables.
Do I know where anything is? No, but it'll be nice to stumble on! Wholesome fun with ADHD
Pleasantly, this means now my books are booby-trapped with entertaining findables.
Do I know where anything is? No, but it'll be nice to stumble on! Wholesome fun with ADHD
Nonono who cares if you're old; this is *delightful*: www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
I got anti-aliasing, BFF, *bodice-ripper*, logic bomb, open mic, and oh yeah the names of just about every anxiety disorder, which I guess rode here with me like the horses of the 'pocalypse. 🐎
I got anti-aliasing, BFF, *bodice-ripper*, logic bomb, open mic, and oh yeah the names of just about every anxiety disorder, which I guess rode here with me like the horses of the 'pocalypse. 🐎
Time Traveler by Merriam-Webster
When was a word first used in print? You may be surprised! Choose a year, and we'll show you the words that come from that date.
www.merriam-webster.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Nonono who cares if you're old; this is *delightful*: www.merriam-webster.com/time-traveler/
I got anti-aliasing, BFF, *bodice-ripper*, logic bomb, open mic, and oh yeah the names of just about every anxiety disorder, which I guess rode here with me like the horses of the 'pocalypse. 🐎
I got anti-aliasing, BFF, *bodice-ripper*, logic bomb, open mic, and oh yeah the names of just about every anxiety disorder, which I guess rode here with me like the horses of the 'pocalypse. 🐎
I need somewhere (and therefore this is It) to thank the (sometimes-questionable) poet A. Ginsberg, who reached forward from the past today and gave me the phrase "c*ck and endless balls".
In quotes! Which I can cite as a reference!
I won't forget this, sir. You are a legend of literature.
In quotes! Which I can cite as a reference!
I won't forget this, sir. You are a legend of literature.
September 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I need somewhere (and therefore this is It) to thank the (sometimes-questionable) poet A. Ginsberg, who reached forward from the past today and gave me the phrase "c*ck and endless balls".
In quotes! Which I can cite as a reference!
I won't forget this, sir. You are a legend of literature.
In quotes! Which I can cite as a reference!
I won't forget this, sir. You are a legend of literature.
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Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
September 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Can the media STOP referring to Jeffrey Epstein as a “financier”? The money he made came from SEX TRAFFICKING MINORS, RAPING CHILDREN, and BLACKMAIL. He was NOT a financier. I’ve seen at least five stories from three outlets refer to him this way in the past week. This is the latest from the Times:
Verb clarification time:
* Nobody "writes with AI"; and ALSO
* the chatbot didn't "write it for you" either.
Writing is an act; a craft, like painting or carving. LLMs *replace* the craft of writing with their "fancy autocorrect".
It's not "AI wrote this"; it's "nobody wrote this". tyfyattm.
* Nobody "writes with AI"; and ALSO
* the chatbot didn't "write it for you" either.
Writing is an act; a craft, like painting or carving. LLMs *replace* the craft of writing with their "fancy autocorrect".
It's not "AI wrote this"; it's "nobody wrote this". tyfyattm.
August 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Verb clarification time:
* Nobody "writes with AI"; and ALSO
* the chatbot didn't "write it for you" either.
Writing is an act; a craft, like painting or carving. LLMs *replace* the craft of writing with their "fancy autocorrect".
It's not "AI wrote this"; it's "nobody wrote this". tyfyattm.
* Nobody "writes with AI"; and ALSO
* the chatbot didn't "write it for you" either.
Writing is an act; a craft, like painting or carving. LLMs *replace* the craft of writing with their "fancy autocorrect".
It's not "AI wrote this"; it's "nobody wrote this". tyfyattm.
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Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
August 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Here’s what was NOT released today:
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
- the proffer agreement between Maxwell and the DoJ
- the agreement transferring Maxwell to club fed
- communications showing who waived Maxwell’s sex offender status allowing her transfer and possible work assignments outside prison
- the Epstein files
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Being able to read something and *not* interpret it in the least charitable possible way, is a skill.
A skill that atrophies if it is never used.
This is why you do not want to argue with Nazis, and instead violently repel then from your spaces: they delight in bad faith.
A skill that atrophies if it is never used.
This is why you do not want to argue with Nazis, and instead violently repel then from your spaces: they delight in bad faith.
November 5, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Being able to read something and *not* interpret it in the least charitable possible way, is a skill.
A skill that atrophies if it is never used.
This is why you do not want to argue with Nazis, and instead violently repel then from your spaces: they delight in bad faith.
A skill that atrophies if it is never used.
This is why you do not want to argue with Nazis, and instead violently repel then from your spaces: they delight in bad faith.
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The principle of charity is especially important under conditions of enforced brevity, such as having 300 character limits.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princip...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princip...
Principle of charity - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
November 5, 2024 at 8:48 AM
The principle of charity is especially important under conditions of enforced brevity, such as having 300 character limits.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princip...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princip...
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Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Actually I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States with my hand on @bpl.boston.gov’s 1782 edition Aitken Bible—also known as the Bible of the Revolution.
DING DONG MF
This man was the OG "made me wish so hard for Hell to exist so he can be in it", and I wish him a long hot stay with regular pineapples.
This man was the OG "made me wish so hard for Hell to exist so he can be in it", and I wish him a long hot stay with regular pineapples.
James Dobson dying is Henry Kissinger for people who grew up evangelical
August 22, 2025 at 9:05 AM
DING DONG MF
This man was the OG "made me wish so hard for Hell to exist so he can be in it", and I wish him a long hot stay with regular pineapples.
This man was the OG "made me wish so hard for Hell to exist so he can be in it", and I wish him a long hot stay with regular pineapples.
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Seriously, if you’re an author and you knowingly use generative AI, especially to make a book cover, I want nothing whatsoever to do with you, you are bootlicking trash
if you're a writer and you think this is fine you're not just stabbing us in the back. you're losing face among your colleagues big time. two people last week talked to me about it unprompted. you're not getting away with shit
August 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Seriously, if you’re an author and you knowingly use generative AI, especially to make a book cover, I want nothing whatsoever to do with you, you are bootlicking trash
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Microsoft copilot for Excel has a warning not to use it for “business critical” calculations because the answer may not be accurate.
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
August 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Microsoft copilot for Excel has a warning not to use it for “business critical” calculations because the answer may not be accurate.
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
Would someone explain why I might *ever* want to use a spreadsheet where results are unreliable?
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"A weapon you held and didn't know how to use belonged to your enemy." - Terry Pratchett, "Making Money"
August 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"A weapon you held and didn't know how to use belonged to your enemy." - Terry Pratchett, "Making Money"
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White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
August 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
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The thing about ai/llms that most people don't know or understand is that they don't have context or history outside of a small window, and even then the data is "vectorized" into small bits that lose context with each other pretty immediately. That's why things like this happen.
Vibe coding is so weird to me. Computers apologizing profusely because you asked them to write some code and they deleted your production data instead, sounds like a clip from Futurama as opposed to a regular day as a software dev.
The future is a weird place. Screenshot from Reddit.
The future is a weird place. Screenshot from Reddit.
August 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The thing about ai/llms that most people don't know or understand is that they don't have context or history outside of a small window, and even then the data is "vectorized" into small bits that lose context with each other pretty immediately. That's why things like this happen.
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if you are outsourcing any kind of serious decision-making to a chatbot at this juncture - i think you have lost perspective on your own self worth & importantly, on how flawed the outputs are from these tools no matter what your prompts are.
August 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
if you are outsourcing any kind of serious decision-making to a chatbot at this juncture - i think you have lost perspective on your own self worth & importantly, on how flawed the outputs are from these tools no matter what your prompts are.
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The reason why it's important to eliminate candidates who destroyed encampments or said that parents have "legitimate reasons" to be concerned about trans kids is that they've ALREADY betrayed us. They already VOLUNTARILY stood with fascists. Why wait for them to do it again?
while smiling!
Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world.
Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate;
Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.
Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world.
Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate;
Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.
August 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The reason why it's important to eliminate candidates who destroyed encampments or said that parents have "legitimate reasons" to be concerned about trans kids is that they've ALREADY betrayed us. They already VOLUNTARILY stood with fascists. Why wait for them to do it again?
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ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…
August 17, 2025 at 12:23 AM
ALERT: For the first time in the history of the survey, the Office of Personnel Management is CANCELLING the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS). They don’t want you to know how they’re treating federal workers. I really want to create a shadow FEVS…