@jjgaut.bsky.social
Filmmaker when I can afford to be, starving writer when I can't
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Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its…
wrd.cm
December 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Buttons are back. Knobs are back. Dumb devices are back. Own-it-forever software is back. Print is back. Personal websites and chronological feeds are back. Touching grass is back. People keep saying 2015, but it’s not far enough. The entire 2010s were a mistake. We must retvrn to… 2009.
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The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The only thing ChatGPT ever does.
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America is not nearly angry enough about the fact that Donald Trump has turned a building we all collectively own into an exact replica of the antechambers leading to Saddam Hussein's sex dungeons and torture cabanas
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
America is not nearly angry enough about the fact that Donald Trump has turned a building we all collectively own into an exact replica of the antechambers leading to Saddam Hussein's sex dungeons and torture cabanas
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Donald Trump interrupted national tv today to promise a million people (with guns!) two billion dollars he doesn’t have on a timeline he cannot meet to buy Christmas gifts he has personally fought to make less affordable
he doesn’t and the most likely outcome of this is that it doesn’t happen
How does the president have independent authority to mail out Christmas bonuses?
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Donald Trump interrupted national tv today to promise a million people (with guns!) two billion dollars he doesn’t have on a timeline he cannot meet to buy Christmas gifts he has personally fought to make less affordable
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If anyone in Southern California is listening, I’d like to ask a favor:
In the event Skydance attempts a hostile takeover of Warner Bros, I want there to be irl protests at both the Paramount studio lot and Skydance HQ. Also contact any WB shareholder you may know and tell them to reject it.
In the event Skydance attempts a hostile takeover of Warner Bros, I want there to be irl protests at both the Paramount studio lot and Skydance HQ. Also contact any WB shareholder you may know and tell them to reject it.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
If anyone in Southern California is listening, I’d like to ask a favor:
In the event Skydance attempts a hostile takeover of Warner Bros, I want there to be irl protests at both the Paramount studio lot and Skydance HQ. Also contact any WB shareholder you may know and tell them to reject it.
In the event Skydance attempts a hostile takeover of Warner Bros, I want there to be irl protests at both the Paramount studio lot and Skydance HQ. Also contact any WB shareholder you may know and tell them to reject it.
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It’s the 10th anniversary of “Heaven Sent,” not just DOCTOR WHO’s best episode but one of the best TV episodes ever! In another world where Capaldi’s era was not underrated, it’d be on all the “Best TV Episodes” lists www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
10 Years Ago, The Oldest Sci-Fi Show Delivered One Of The Best TV Episodes Ever — And No One Noticed
"Heaven Sent" is not just 'Doctor Who's best episode, it's one of the greatest hours of TV ever. So why isn't it considered such?
www.inverse.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s the 10th anniversary of “Heaven Sent,” not just DOCTOR WHO’s best episode but one of the best TV episodes ever! In another world where Capaldi’s era was not underrated, it’d be on all the “Best TV Episodes” lists www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
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A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Donald Trump can completely turn around his legacy and the way historians view him with two simple words, on the last day of his presidency, during his farewell speech, if he closes by saying
The aristocrats
The aristocrats
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Donald Trump can completely turn around his legacy and the way historians view him with two simple words, on the last day of his presidency, during his farewell speech, if he closes by saying
The aristocrats
The aristocrats
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I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers
Software and customer service are most at risk right now and could be the canary in the coal mine.
www.axios.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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Bet all those people who said Suetonius was making shit up "because emperors didn't really act that way" are feeling pretty fucking stupid tonight
June 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Bet all those people who said Suetonius was making shit up "because emperors didn't really act that way" are feeling pretty fucking stupid tonight
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I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump threatens to eviscerate NASA
The Presidential budget proposal is a death sentence for the space agency
badastronomy.beehiiv.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am furiously, flamingly, incandescently, *supernova-levels* of angry right now.
Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Trump is trying to kill NASA science. And hoo boy, do I have something to say about it.
badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/trump-thre...
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Boy it’s a good thing the Trump administration hasn’t been doing things to make a lot of very talented lawyers mad
May 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Boy it’s a good thing the Trump administration hasn’t been doing things to make a lot of very talented lawyers mad
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May 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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In case you need to send this to some dingus the next time they bring up how using AI is fine + good, actually.
May 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In case you need to send this to some dingus the next time they bring up how using AI is fine + good, actually.
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Plea to media friends: STOP posting the dehumanizing images of piles of detainees in CECOT, people handcuffed by ICE in the US etc. There are easy to find photos of the HUMAN BEINGS.
e.g. This mom is Elsy Berrios, 52, ICE agents smashed her car window and grabbed her. No charges. THREAD
e.g. This mom is Elsy Berrios, 52, ICE agents smashed her car window and grabbed her. No charges. THREAD
April 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Plea to media friends: STOP posting the dehumanizing images of piles of detainees in CECOT, people handcuffed by ICE in the US etc. There are easy to find photos of the HUMAN BEINGS.
e.g. This mom is Elsy Berrios, 52, ICE agents smashed her car window and grabbed her. No charges. THREAD
e.g. This mom is Elsy Berrios, 52, ICE agents smashed her car window and grabbed her. No charges. THREAD
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can't help but remember the time Elon Musk threatened to fire half the FBI alongside them saying, "Yeah if you burn down a Tesla dealership we probably can't catch you".
wonder if there's any connection between those things
wonder if there's any connection between those things
“These criminal actions appear to have been conducted by lone offenders, and all known incidents occurred at night, making identification and arrest of the actors difficult,”
FBI bulletin saying what I've been saying: zero relationship between protests and vandals.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi...
FBI bulletin saying what I've been saying: zero relationship between protests and vandals.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi...
'Lone offenders' carrying out Tesla attacks, catching them 'difficult,' FBI, DHS say
FBI, DHS assessment warns that "lone offenders" are likely carrying out attacks on Tesla dealerships, cars and equipment.
abcnews.go.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
can't help but remember the time Elon Musk threatened to fire half the FBI alongside them saying, "Yeah if you burn down a Tesla dealership we probably can't catch you".
wonder if there's any connection between those things
wonder if there's any connection between those things
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Team Leader: Tiger One through Six are you in position
Tiger One: All are a go lead
Pete Hegseth: God go with you boys
Brent: Susan?
Tiger Two: Tango is crossing the souk. He has four bodyguards. All appear to be armed. Lots of civilians
Team Leader: wait comms are compromised
/1
Tiger One: All are a go lead
Pete Hegseth: God go with you boys
Brent: Susan?
Tiger Two: Tango is crossing the souk. He has four bodyguards. All appear to be armed. Lots of civilians
Team Leader: wait comms are compromised
/1
March 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Team Leader: Tiger One through Six are you in position
Tiger One: All are a go lead
Pete Hegseth: God go with you boys
Brent: Susan?
Tiger Two: Tango is crossing the souk. He has four bodyguards. All appear to be armed. Lots of civilians
Team Leader: wait comms are compromised
/1
Tiger One: All are a go lead
Pete Hegseth: God go with you boys
Brent: Susan?
Tiger Two: Tango is crossing the souk. He has four bodyguards. All appear to be armed. Lots of civilians
Team Leader: wait comms are compromised
/1
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.
March 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Hello, I’m a disruptor, very smart, here to create efficiency. I’m just going to drill holes in the bottom of this boat to see which parts of the hull are mission-critical.
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Soooooo. I just lost my job.
Like just now.
So my comms are open in definetly.
I will be taking any and all donations alongside those commissions too.
This week has not been my week and it keeps getting worse.
Any and all RTs are also appreciated
ko-fi.com/darkcloud
Like just now.
So my comms are open in definetly.
I will be taking any and all donations alongside those commissions too.
This week has not been my week and it keeps getting worse.
Any and all RTs are also appreciated
ko-fi.com/darkcloud
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March 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Soooooo. I just lost my job.
Like just now.
So my comms are open in definetly.
I will be taking any and all donations alongside those commissions too.
This week has not been my week and it keeps getting worse.
Any and all RTs are also appreciated
ko-fi.com/darkcloud
Like just now.
So my comms are open in definetly.
I will be taking any and all donations alongside those commissions too.
This week has not been my week and it keeps getting worse.
Any and all RTs are also appreciated
ko-fi.com/darkcloud
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Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
October 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?