Packet
@machinedidact.bsky.social
Friendly but exhausted, makes a good plan, full of ADHD and books of lists (she/her)
Ooooo am I right that Cornish is more like Welsh and some kinds of… Breton? than it is like Irish or Scots Gaelic? It’s been 15 years since I did philology…
November 30, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ooooo am I right that Cornish is more like Welsh and some kinds of… Breton? than it is like Irish or Scots Gaelic? It’s been 15 years since I did philology…
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Got that “where’s my psalter gone, now?” vibe to it
I mean Instagram are nailing me down with their algorithm still but look at this my dudes:
I feel like it needs something white over it, like the kind of apron you give to kindergarteners at lunchtime or during art. White cotton.
Makes me feel like I should be following a choir down the aisle?
I feel like it needs something white over it, like the kind of apron you give to kindergarteners at lunchtime or during art. White cotton.
Makes me feel like I should be following a choir down the aisle?
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Got that “where’s my psalter gone, now?” vibe to it
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se o drácula tivesse um gato
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
se o drácula tivesse um gato
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As everyone knows, the basis of capitalism is that if a product is great you'll need to cram it down everyone's throats (without consent) for years before finally being bailed out by the government
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As everyone knows, the basis of capitalism is that if a product is great you'll need to cram it down everyone's throats (without consent) for years before finally being bailed out by the government
I’ve done loads of singing for years - choral singing as well as solo, including weird and difficult stuff.
The Buzzcocks intros round makes me so pissed off. It’s like… if you knew you were going to sing it, you’d check you had the intervals right SO IT WAS VAGUELY THE SAME TUNE, yes??
The Buzzcocks intros round makes me so pissed off. It’s like… if you knew you were going to sing it, you’d check you had the intervals right SO IT WAS VAGUELY THE SAME TUNE, yes??
November 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’ve done loads of singing for years - choral singing as well as solo, including weird and difficult stuff.
The Buzzcocks intros round makes me so pissed off. It’s like… if you knew you were going to sing it, you’d check you had the intervals right SO IT WAS VAGUELY THE SAME TUNE, yes??
The Buzzcocks intros round makes me so pissed off. It’s like… if you knew you were going to sing it, you’d check you had the intervals right SO IT WAS VAGUELY THE SAME TUNE, yes??
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
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In sociology, a recurring methodological problem encountered by those trying to study the very rich is that their domains of existence are so far removed from the experiences of ordinary people that the researchers, before they even start, have to fundamentally reshape their social ontologies
When we talk about "taxing rich people" there's folks who think we're talking about Aunt Edna who has the second summer home. The astronomical levels of "rich" that now exist are almost unfathomable to people. It's the stuff of vast empirical dynasties. We're talking about taxing emperors.
The ultra-wealthy will often take whole fleets of cars with them when they travel, loading vehicles, along with motorbikes and other toys, onto chartered cargo aircraft that follow their private jets.
This is how they do it: cnn.it/3X8V14a
This is how they do it: cnn.it/3X8V14a
June 5, 2024 at 5:58 PM
In sociology, a recurring methodological problem encountered by those trying to study the very rich is that their domains of existence are so far removed from the experiences of ordinary people that the researchers, before they even start, have to fundamentally reshape their social ontologies
This cat is utterly embodying my vibe from today. I’ve eaten a bag of chocolate coins and I don’t regret it but I’m so tired
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This cat is utterly embodying my vibe from today. I’ve eaten a bag of chocolate coins and I don’t regret it but I’m so tired
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In the Torygraph, it used to be so pro Brexit it ranked as fit for loons only.
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In the Torygraph, it used to be so pro Brexit it ranked as fit for loons only.
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Less fun fact: Oswald's grandson, Louis, is Executive VP of Palantir in the UK and Europe.
November 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Less fun fact: Oswald's grandson, Louis, is Executive VP of Palantir in the UK and Europe.
I reply to people I’ve been mutuals with for over a decade, or for getting on for that, if you include the other place. And of course no one knows who I am, because I had two accounts on the other, one open and one locked. This, here on bluesky, is the equivalent of the open one.
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I reply to people I’ve been mutuals with for over a decade, or for getting on for that, if you include the other place. And of course no one knows who I am, because I had two accounts on the other, one open and one locked. This, here on bluesky, is the equivalent of the open one.
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You weren’t “low support needs.”
You were unsupported.
You weren’t “so composed.”
You were frozen.
You weren’t “chill.”
You were numb.
They loved the version of you that wasn’t you.
And punished the real one.
You were unsupported.
You weren’t “so composed.”
You were frozen.
You weren’t “chill.”
You were numb.
They loved the version of you that wasn’t you.
And punished the real one.
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
You weren’t “low support needs.”
You were unsupported.
You weren’t “so composed.”
You were frozen.
You weren’t “chill.”
You were numb.
They loved the version of you that wasn’t you.
And punished the real one.
You were unsupported.
You weren’t “so composed.”
You were frozen.
You weren’t “chill.”
You were numb.
They loved the version of you that wasn’t you.
And punished the real one.
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it sucks that because of AI you can’t even believe pet videos anymore
it used to mean something when a dog used a jet ski to save a boy from a shark attack
it used to mean something when a dog used a jet ski to save a boy from a shark attack
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
it sucks that because of AI you can’t even believe pet videos anymore
it used to mean something when a dog used a jet ski to save a boy from a shark attack
it used to mean something when a dog used a jet ski to save a boy from a shark attack
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Techno thriller FPS where you play an elite black ops commando unraveling a sinister corporate conspiracy. The end twist is that there is no sinister conspiracy, it’s a normal corporation doing R & D, your CO is just insane and you murdered hundreds of security guards for no reason.
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Techno thriller FPS where you play an elite black ops commando unraveling a sinister corporate conspiracy. The end twist is that there is no sinister conspiracy, it’s a normal corporation doing R & D, your CO is just insane and you murdered hundreds of security guards for no reason.
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Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Does it strike anyone as weird that we have a ratings board that counts the number of times a movie says fuck or shows a boob and decides who is allowed to see it, and yet GenAI was dropped on the entire with no restrictions, no age verification, no checks, no regulation whatsoever?
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It's nearly December so it's elf on the shelf time annual reminder time
a. He looks like a creepy little perv
b. It's NEVER a good idea to get your children to fear and worship an idol of the fae
a. He looks like a creepy little perv
b. It's NEVER a good idea to get your children to fear and worship an idol of the fae
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's nearly December so it's elf on the shelf time annual reminder time
a. He looks like a creepy little perv
b. It's NEVER a good idea to get your children to fear and worship an idol of the fae
a. He looks like a creepy little perv
b. It's NEVER a good idea to get your children to fear and worship an idol of the fae
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Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. Jesus CHRIST. Yes, this person is correct, remigration is a white supremacy term for ethnic cleansing, basically. And the Department of Homeland Security, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST, just used the term. An official government account. That is...that is beyond fucked.
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Jesus Christ. JESUS Christ. Jesus CHRIST. Yes, this person is correct, remigration is a white supremacy term for ethnic cleansing, basically. And the Department of Homeland Security, WHICH SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST, just used the term. An official government account. That is...that is beyond fucked.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
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Hey so if you move to Chicago and you're shown an apartment like this? Don't take it. No matter how cheap it is. If you're lucky it won't flood (it probably will in the spring rains just FYI) but you will have vermin issues and there's a very good chance it doesn't meet fire code.
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hey so if you move to Chicago and you're shown an apartment like this? Don't take it. No matter how cheap it is. If you're lucky it won't flood (it probably will in the spring rains just FYI) but you will have vermin issues and there's a very good chance it doesn't meet fire code.
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It really is something that Elon personally tanked the EV side of the business and his plan to turn things around is "robots" and investors haven't crushed each other trying to get out the door
Tesla's EU sales were down 48.5% in October, and are down 30% in a year-to-date when EV sales are up 26%.
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla's China sales fell 35.8% in October, for an 8.4% decline year-to-date.
Tesla's US sales fell 24% in October, after incentives expired.
IT'S HAPPENING!
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It really is something that Elon personally tanked the EV side of the business and his plan to turn things around is "robots" and investors haven't crushed each other trying to get out the door
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Is there anything more of the Autistic experience than writing a joke and people start reacting like you actually mean it and the concern messages start snowballing into your notifications?
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Is there anything more of the Autistic experience than writing a joke and people start reacting like you actually mean it and the concern messages start snowballing into your notifications?