Jurvin
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“Be kind to people, be ruthless to systems.”
- Michael Brooks
- Michael Brooks
#pluribus halfway through the season 1 finale and I can't help notice that Carol's criticisms of Manousos are incredibly hypocritical, seeing as how she acted in the exact same way in the first few episodes.
December 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#pluribus halfway through the season 1 finale and I can't help notice that Carol's criticisms of Manousos are incredibly hypocritical, seeing as how she acted in the exact same way in the first few episodes.
Just found out Pluribus season 2 releases in 2028. How dare they make a fantastic show that I have become obsessed with, and then make me wait 2 years for the next season. You will pay for this Vince
December 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Just found out Pluribus season 2 releases in 2028. How dare they make a fantastic show that I have become obsessed with, and then make me wait 2 years for the next season. You will pay for this Vince
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
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Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
June 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Worth a watch:
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.
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This is a long quote, but with the Democrats and Liberal-Centrists totally failing to understand right-wing populism and mottos like 'support our troops,' the quote is worth reading through.
June 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is a long quote, but with the Democrats and Liberal-Centrists totally failing to understand right-wing populism and mottos like 'support our troops,' the quote is worth reading through.
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When Dobbs came down, the media rightly saw it as the culmination of a decades long effort to eliminate abortion rights by the conservative legal movement. When Skrmetti came down, the media blamed trans people and not that same conservative legal machine.
It's the same court and lawyers.
It's the same court and lawyers.
June 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
When Dobbs came down, the media rightly saw it as the culmination of a decades long effort to eliminate abortion rights by the conservative legal movement. When Skrmetti came down, the media blamed trans people and not that same conservative legal machine.
It's the same court and lawyers.
It's the same court and lawyers.
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“What if democrats responded meaningfully in this moment”
What if the world was made of pudding
What if the world was made of pudding
June 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
“What if democrats responded meaningfully in this moment”
What if the world was made of pudding
What if the world was made of pudding
June 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Therapist: Gerontocracy isn’t real, it can’t hurt you.
The Gerontocracy in question:
The Gerontocracy in question:
Gerry Connolly is the sixth congressman to die in office in just over a year. All were Democrats.
Let's go there: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/gerry-conn...
Let's go there: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/gerry-conn...
Gerry Connolly Dead at 75
Congressman becomes third to die in office this year and sixth in just over a year
www.kenklippenstein.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Therapist: Gerontocracy isn’t real, it can’t hurt you.
The Gerontocracy in question:
The Gerontocracy in question:
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the way democracy works now is that we keep voting for people to whack us in the nuts with bigger and bigger hammers. occasionally we vote for someone who says they’ll use smaller hammers, but guess what? bigger hammers
May 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
the way democracy works now is that we keep voting for people to whack us in the nuts with bigger and bigger hammers. occasionally we vote for someone who says they’ll use smaller hammers, but guess what? bigger hammers
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The government was wrong to cut winter fuel payments.
It was wrong to keep the 2-child benefit cap.
It was wrong to slash disability benefits.
Pushing people into poverty is the wrong thing to do. The right thing to do is redistribute wealth and power so that everyone can live in dignity.
It was wrong to keep the 2-child benefit cap.
It was wrong to slash disability benefits.
Pushing people into poverty is the wrong thing to do. The right thing to do is redistribute wealth and power so that everyone can live in dignity.
May 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The government was wrong to cut winter fuel payments.
It was wrong to keep the 2-child benefit cap.
It was wrong to slash disability benefits.
Pushing people into poverty is the wrong thing to do. The right thing to do is redistribute wealth and power so that everyone can live in dignity.
It was wrong to keep the 2-child benefit cap.
It was wrong to slash disability benefits.
Pushing people into poverty is the wrong thing to do. The right thing to do is redistribute wealth and power so that everyone can live in dignity.
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Who could have possibly predicted that TERFS would immediately pivot from transmisogyny to overt racism?
Oh, wait. It was trans women. Trans women said this is exactly what would happen.
Oh, wait. It was trans women. Trans women said this is exactly what would happen.
UK TERFs quickly moving onto their next victims
#TERFisland #UK #xenophobia #ScratchATERF #transphobia
#TERFisland #UK #xenophobia #ScratchATERF #transphobia
April 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Who could have possibly predicted that TERFS would immediately pivot from transmisogyny to overt racism?
Oh, wait. It was trans women. Trans women said this is exactly what would happen.
Oh, wait. It was trans women. Trans women said this is exactly what would happen.
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Israel has broken the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon "approximately 100" times since the truce went into effect last Wednesday.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/m...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/m...
After days of Israeli strikes, Hezbollah hits back, each accusing the other of ceasefire violations | CNN
Israel has carried out daily strikes in Lebanon since Thursday, the day after a ceasefire went into effect. On Monday, Hezbollah fired two projectiles, which landed in an open area, according to the I...
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Israel has broken the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon "approximately 100" times since the truce went into effect last Wednesday.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/m...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/m...
Just discovered you can use an alternate webui in qBittorrent and my life will never be the same. Each day I fight my little war against the streaming industry, and each day I emerge as the victor.
November 27, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Just discovered you can use an alternate webui in qBittorrent and my life will never be the same. Each day I fight my little war against the streaming industry, and each day I emerge as the victor.
Extremely funny that Netanyahu thought he could go up against Hezbollah and win. They never stood a chance, and this humiliating peace agreement just proves it.
November 27, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Extremely funny that Netanyahu thought he could go up against Hezbollah and win. They never stood a chance, and this humiliating peace agreement just proves it.
My guilty pleasure is writing design docs for projects I know I’ll never start
November 25, 2024 at 9:10 AM
My guilty pleasure is writing design docs for projects I know I’ll never start