Mick Collins
@mick-collins.toot.community.ap.brid.gy
The Gories
The Dirtbombs
The Wolfmanhattan Project
One day I will write a comic book, I swear
[bridged from https://toot.community/@mick_collins on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
The Dirtbombs
The Wolfmanhattan Project
One day I will write a comic book, I swear
[bridged from https://toot.community/@mick_collins on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Well, I just somehow managed to blow out all 430+ tabs in my browser, so I guess that's a sign it's time to make the switch to @librewolf
January 9, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Well, I just somehow managed to blow out all 430+ tabs in my browser, so I guess that's a sign it's time to make the switch to @librewolf
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Texas A&M has decided that Plato is woke & thus has forbidden a philosophy professor from teaching Plato's works.
Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us.
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us.
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy at Texas A&M University, was told by university officials today about his upcoming "Contemporary Moral Problems" course, due to start next
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Texas A&M has decided that Plato is woke & thus has forbidden a philosophy professor from teaching Plato's works.
Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us.
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Not a joke. Not satire. This is the world the anti-woke "free speech warriors" have bequeathed us.
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
...and while we're cursing groups and organizations, the Hilton hotel chain can die in a fire, too
January 8, 2026 at 12:27 AM
...and while we're cursing groups and organizations, the Hilton hotel chain can die in a fire, too
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Three thoughts about Apple pushing "ChatGPT Health":
• This is why I consider the OS duopoly to be bad, why "just use macOS" is not a sufficient response to Microsoft's rapid descent into slopware.
• When OpenAI implodes, and it will implode in a terrifying way, creditors are gonna come looking […]
• This is why I consider the OS duopoly to be bad, why "just use macOS" is not a sufficient response to Microsoft's rapid descent into slopware.
• When OpenAI implodes, and it will implode in a terrifying way, creditors are gonna come looking […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Three thoughts about Apple pushing "ChatGPT Health":
• This is why I consider the OS duopoly to be bad, why "just use macOS" is not a sufficient response to Microsoft's rapid descent into slopware.
• When OpenAI implodes, and it will implode in a terrifying way, creditors are gonna come looking […]
• This is why I consider the OS duopoly to be bad, why "just use macOS" is not a sufficient response to Microsoft's rapid descent into slopware.
• When OpenAI implodes, and it will implode in a terrifying way, creditors are gonna come looking […]
Well, I *used* to shop there..
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces
NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
gothamist.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Well, I *used* to shop there..
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces
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Both @ryangrim & @RepThomasMassie point to right-wing pro-Israel billionaire Paul Singer’s recent purchase of CITGO as motivation for their takeover of Venezuelan oil, as he stands to make billions on a distressed asset a judge forced into his hands.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
January 5, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Both @ryangrim & @RepThomasMassie point to right-wing pro-Israel billionaire Paul Singer’s recent purchase of CITGO as motivation for their takeover of Venezuelan oil, as he stands to make billions on a distressed asset a judge forced into his hands.
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/new...
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I was demonstrating the power of the Singaporean surveillance state to my wife (who lived there many years, but it’s still shocking to her). I was like wanna see my exam results from when I was 16???
I pulled out my national app, it scanned my face, and I show her all my exam results from when […]
I pulled out my national app, it scanned my face, and I show her all my exam results from when […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I was demonstrating the power of the Singaporean surveillance state to my wife (who lived there many years, but it’s still shocking to her). I was like wanna see my exam results from when I was 16???
I pulled out my national app, it scanned my face, and I show her all my exam results from when […]
I pulled out my national app, it scanned my face, and I show her all my exam results from when […]
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I know this is already on Mastodon team's radar, but I do want to stress how important this feature is.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762
We won't get rid of the racism and the mansplaining on the fediverse overnight, but giving people control over their replies would […]
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762
We won't get rid of the racism and the mansplaining on the fediverse overnight, but giving people control over their replies would […]
Original post on stefanbohacek.online
stefanbohacek.online
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I know this is already on Mastodon team's radar, but I do want to stress how important this feature is.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762
We won't get rid of the racism and the mansplaining on the fediverse overnight, but giving people control over their replies would […]
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762
We won't get rid of the racism and the mansplaining on the fediverse overnight, but giving people control over their replies would […]
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woah!
Apparently Farscape is all on Youtube. Official channel has all the episodes. Did not expect that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQlHnZwToU&list=PLcBQS2xdzwLA5tv8kP2lODaP_nfh8siNn&index=1
#farscape #scifi #youtube
Apparently Farscape is all on Youtube. Official channel has all the episodes. Did not expect that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQlHnZwToU&list=PLcBQS2xdzwLA5tv8kP2lODaP_nfh8siNn&index=1
#farscape #scifi #youtube
January 4, 2026 at 8:52 PM
woah!
Apparently Farscape is all on Youtube. Official channel has all the episodes. Did not expect that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQlHnZwToU&list=PLcBQS2xdzwLA5tv8kP2lODaP_nfh8siNn&index=1
#farscape #scifi #youtube
Apparently Farscape is all on Youtube. Official channel has all the episodes. Did not expect that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJQlHnZwToU&list=PLcBQS2xdzwLA5tv8kP2lODaP_nfh8siNn&index=1
#farscape #scifi #youtube
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Hey Australia, wanna get off spotify?
Freegal is offered via libraries, where you can stream 24-7 and download 5 songs a week. There's 2.6 million albums, including the Sony catalog, Black Flag, Husker Du and harder to find compilation albums, which is how @mick_collins band Dirtbombs snuck in 🎉 […]
Freegal is offered via libraries, where you can stream 24-7 and download 5 songs a week. There's 2.6 million albums, including the Sony catalog, Black Flag, Husker Du and harder to find compilation albums, which is how @mick_collins band Dirtbombs snuck in 🎉 […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 4, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Hey Australia, wanna get off spotify?
Freegal is offered via libraries, where you can stream 24-7 and download 5 songs a week. There's 2.6 million albums, including the Sony catalog, Black Flag, Husker Du and harder to find compilation albums, which is how @mick_collins band Dirtbombs snuck in 🎉 […]
Freegal is offered via libraries, where you can stream 24-7 and download 5 songs a week. There's 2.6 million albums, including the Sony catalog, Black Flag, Husker Du and harder to find compilation albums, which is how @mick_collins band Dirtbombs snuck in 🎉 […]
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Meanwhile Stephen Miller’s wife is posting stuff like this
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Meanwhile Stephen Miller’s wife is posting stuff like this
flipboard.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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Timezones are so silly. New Zealand and Australia are in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Timezones are so silly. New Zealand and Australia are in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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Never forget that billionaires in the United States think the ideal society should be modeled on the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
700,000 slaves work to build everything and cook and clean everything in this country.
This is the world the super rich are deliberately moving everyone into.
If you […]
700,000 slaves work to build everything and cook and clean everything in this country.
This is the world the super rich are deliberately moving everyone into.
If you […]
Original post on masto.ai
masto.ai
December 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Never forget that billionaires in the United States think the ideal society should be modeled on the kingdom of Saudi Arabia
700,000 slaves work to build everything and cook and clean everything in this country.
This is the world the super rich are deliberately moving everyone into.
If you […]
700,000 slaves work to build everything and cook and clean everything in this country.
This is the world the super rich are deliberately moving everyone into.
If you […]
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This is why I love the internet... there's always somebody willing to compute.
December 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This is why I love the internet... there's always somebody willing to compute.
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You might be committing a genocide if you find yourself banning Doctors Without Borders and the Norwegian Refugee Council.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-ceasefire-war-news-286106d7a5a911704cdcf1c93248e502
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-ceasefire-war-news-286106d7a5a911704cdcf1c93248e502
December 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You might be committing a genocide if you find yourself banning Doctors Without Borders and the Norwegian Refugee Council.
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-ceasefire-war-news-286106d7a5a911704cdcf1c93248e502
https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-hamas-palestinians-ceasefire-war-news-286106d7a5a911704cdcf1c93248e502
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Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
December 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hey so this seems like something more people should be talking about 🤔 🗳️
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
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Was looking for movie set in 2026 and found out that while the original "Metropolis" was set in the year 3000, the 1984 re-do by Giorgio Moroder moved it forward to 2026.
December 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Was looking for movie set in 2026 and found out that while the original "Metropolis" was set in the year 3000, the 1984 re-do by Giorgio Moroder moved it forward to 2026.
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![[image ID: TikTok comment by Spedubopy: I once had a german bouncer look at my pre transition-ID and then back at me and just go "ja das ist an improvement" /end ID]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3a2rfiel62me7cvh3bd5shfg/bafkreiduabadxvuo3o2xroc4sseg6lvknz6lxcene7umyqiwlw347rzu2m@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Merry Christmas!
And if you don't celebrate Christmas... Happy birthday, Jimmy Buffett!
And if you don't celebrate Christmas... Happy birthday, Jimmy Buffett!
December 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Merry Christmas!
And if you don't celebrate Christmas... Happy birthday, Jimmy Buffett!
And if you don't celebrate Christmas... Happy birthday, Jimmy Buffett!
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the ten pillars of fascism
The mythic past: Fascists draw on a mythical past to justify a glorious future.
Propaganda: Propaganda in fascist politics often operates through inflammatory speech, stirring hostility and manipulating emotions, and displacing reasoned public debate with fear and […]
The mythic past: Fascists draw on a mythical past to justify a glorious future.
Propaganda: Propaganda in fascist politics often operates through inflammatory speech, stirring hostility and manipulating emotions, and displacing reasoned public debate with fear and […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
December 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
the ten pillars of fascism
The mythic past: Fascists draw on a mythical past to justify a glorious future.
Propaganda: Propaganda in fascist politics often operates through inflammatory speech, stirring hostility and manipulating emotions, and displacing reasoned public debate with fear and […]
The mythic past: Fascists draw on a mythical past to justify a glorious future.
Propaganda: Propaganda in fascist politics often operates through inflammatory speech, stirring hostility and manipulating emotions, and displacing reasoned public debate with fear and […]
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I offer Cassandra's Complete Class Theorem¹.
All "good use cases for AI" break down into one of four categories:
I. Bad use case.
II. Good use case, but not something AI can do.
III Good use case, but it's already been done without AI.
IV. Not AI in the LLMs and GANs sense, but in the machine […]
All "good use cases for AI" break down into one of four categories:
I. Bad use case.
II. Good use case, but not something AI can do.
III Good use case, but it's already been done without AI.
IV. Not AI in the LLMs and GANs sense, but in the machine […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
December 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I offer Cassandra's Complete Class Theorem¹.
All "good use cases for AI" break down into one of four categories:
I. Bad use case.
II. Good use case, but not something AI can do.
III Good use case, but it's already been done without AI.
IV. Not AI in the LLMs and GANs sense, but in the machine […]
All "good use cases for AI" break down into one of four categories:
I. Bad use case.
II. Good use case, but not something AI can do.
III Good use case, but it's already been done without AI.
IV. Not AI in the LLMs and GANs sense, but in the machine […]
Reposted by Mick Collins
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Reposted by Mick Collins
The distance between #dublin and #london is 464 miles, #asthecrowflies.
But as #gretathunberg learnt today, it's about a million miles in politics.
In Dublin, #presidentconnolly regards the #genocide in #gaza as a horror. But in London, the #cityoflondonpolice […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
But as #gretathunberg learnt today, it's about a million miles in politics.
In Dublin, #presidentconnolly regards the #genocide in #gaza as a horror. But in London, the #cityoflondonpolice […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
December 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The distance between #dublin and #london is 464 miles, #asthecrowflies.
But as #gretathunberg learnt today, it's about a million miles in politics.
In Dublin, #presidentconnolly regards the #genocide in #gaza as a horror. But in London, the #cityoflondonpolice […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
But as #gretathunberg learnt today, it's about a million miles in politics.
In Dublin, #presidentconnolly regards the #genocide in #gaza as a horror. But in London, the #cityoflondonpolice […]
[Original post on mastodon.ie]
For the benefit of the non-USian followers: Y'know, I really plan to start putting content warnings on alla my political re-toots. I know it gets tiresome...
December 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
For the benefit of the non-USian followers: Y'know, I really plan to start putting content warnings on alla my political re-toots. I know it gets tiresome...