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I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · Nov 18

songs to listen to while waiting for the sun to rise ... (an ongoing thread)

Otis Redding "Cigarettes and Coffee"

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Otis Redding - Cigarettes And Coffee

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I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 7h

don't forget - bombs Venezuelan fishermen for absolutely no reason

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 7h

there needs to be Jimmy Kimmel level boycotts of Apple. admittedly I use their products but will definitely be buying any of their products in the future

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 9h

so like do all AI companies have an Asian lady on hand to just trot out for their presentations?

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 1d

I do hate how the term Karen changed from describing a very specific type of white woman to a term to denigrate any woman who tries to speak up about anything ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 2d

yeah, this would be my guess too .. he'd be moderate on health and the economy and absolutely terrible in everything else

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 2d

this is basically user-friendly MCPs .. which is great! ... a lot of MCPs are catered towards developers and developers as human beings suck ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 2d

for the life of me, I still have no idea what notion actually does ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 3d

okay ... but there needs to be a middle ground between that and letting anyone use an artist's work without compensating the artist ... because the ones who truly benefit from the second scenario are also lawyers and corporations ..

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 3d

I guess now all that's left is creating deepfakes of people and spread fake news ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 4d

my real concern with the EA acquisition is that Jared Kushner will now know how many times I sent Ashley to die in Mass Effect ... #teamkaidan

This Week in Videogames @thisweekinvideogames.com · 5d

Worried about the private acquisition of EA? Nathan Brown of @hitpoints.bsky.social is struggling to get too upset, given what the company has become.

With enough awful things happening in games and the world, maybe we can have a little apathy, as a treat.

Spare Some Apathy For EA - Bonus Hit Points

Nathan Brown has been thinking a lot about the EA acquisition deal. His advice? Forget about it. Give yourself a little apathy, as a treat.

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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social · 4d

Please save this, read it, feel it.

Shame on all those who do not see our children!!

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I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 4d

I’m at the pub by 3pm …. Then again I’m “self employed” (fancy term for unemployed)

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 5d

as a web developer, all I'm going to say is that you shouldn't feel sorry for anyone in the tech sector - most of them brought it on themselves. maybe they'll learn an actual useful skill ..

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 6d

man, techbros putting all there hope on Vance not being as crazy as Trump is ... well .. crazy ..

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 6d

is AltStore still active? maybe it can be available there? I have no idea how AltStore works so I'm just guessing ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 6d

yeah, a lot of people didn't get laid in high school and still became normal, healthy individuals ... stephen miller is just a giant piece of shit

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 6d

err ... this isn't to take anything away from Will's broader point, which I mostly agree with ... I just really, really, really hate GWB

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 6d

he also campaigned against "nation building" ... man ... W is such a piece of shit ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 6d

#apple #imac

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 6d

hi apple people, is there anyway to turn of the screen of an imac but keep it running?

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 6d

hi apple people, is there anyway to turn of the screen of an imac but keep it running?

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 7d

I honestly have my doubts the glasses will be as big a hit as Zuckerberg wants us to believe ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 7d

while I am grateful for Hitchens who opened me up to atheism, the New Atheists failed to see the real problem. probably because they were led by white men who had their own biases about Western civilization. the biggest danger to civilization was never Islam - it was always right wing Christians

Rebecca Watson @skepchick.org · 7d

As a “New Atheist” of the early 2000s, I knew it was crucial to stop the Religious Right from destroying the wall separating Church & State. But even I didn’t think that by 2025 the President would green light sending ppl to Guantanamo for being “anti-Christian.” skepchick.org/2025/10/trum...

Trump Declares Atheists are Terrorists

Transcript: I know things are pretty depressing right now in the United States, so I’m going to open today’s video with some good news: Jimmy Kimmel is back! His show was taken off the air because …

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I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 8d

the last three episodes of Six Feet Under are a work of art ... this show really deserves to be in the same conversation as The Wire and The Sopranos ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 8d

I have a mistral thingy just to support a non-US and non-Chinese based LLM ... that said .. it's pretty useless ... especially since Claude Code is leagues better than Codestral, Devstral, etc ...

I used to be a turtle @iusedtobeaturtle.bsky.social · 9d

YOU ARE RIGHT TO BE CONCERNED. TURN AWAY FROM THIS VERY DARK PATH!!!