Pandemormonium
@pandemormonium.bsky.social
Just a weird lil creature that wants to help make the world a better place for all
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A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/u...
They Wanted a Conservative State. They Might Get a Democratic Representative Instead.
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A great example of how the @nytimes.com centers white Americans and Trump supporters in its anecdotal political coverage. You never see stories like this about Black Democrats whose cities are cracked in Republican gerrymandering to give them Republican elected officials.
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Nothing good can come from a society being forced to stare into the abyss that is the mind of any random billionaire
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Nothing good can come from a society being forced to stare into the abyss that is the mind of any random billionaire
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A key thing about corporate use of genAI is that it removes all the friction involved between the executives' weird fetish shit and inner thoughts, and public display
It does to corporations what alcohol does to a bigot.
It does to corporations what alcohol does to a bigot.
using AI cuts corners on involving people who know better. negativity for christmas is an awful ad concept even if it was made by people - so a creative team would push back on the request. business people like AI doesn't argue, not understanding experts were protecting them from their own bad ideas
"The most terrible time of the year"
McDonald’s pulls AI-generated Christmas advert in the Netherlands. The advert, titled "the most terrible time of the year," depicts Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a present-laden cyclist slipping in the snow
u.afp.com/S7sF
McDonald’s pulls AI-generated Christmas advert in the Netherlands. The advert, titled "the most terrible time of the year," depicts Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a present-laden cyclist slipping in the snow
u.afp.com/S7sF
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A key thing about corporate use of genAI is that it removes all the friction involved between the executives' weird fetish shit and inner thoughts, and public display
It does to corporations what alcohol does to a bigot.
It does to corporations what alcohol does to a bigot.
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Paige Thomas, 38, who has extreme sensory aversions, is exhausted by social interactions and cries when balloons pop unexpectedly, still needs someone who knows what they’re talking about to validate what’s bleeding obvious to anyone who’s paying attention.
Autistic woman “not qualified” to diagnose own personality, say experts
A woman who identifies with every element of the autistic experience based on a lifetime of living in her own brain and body is “not qualified” to say she’s actually autistic, experts have claimed. …
thedailytism.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Paige Thomas, 38, who has extreme sensory aversions, is exhausted by social interactions and cries when balloons pop unexpectedly, still needs someone who knows what they’re talking about to validate what’s bleeding obvious to anyone who’s paying attention.
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Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
October 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).
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some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
Clean energy is going to win. It's just a question of when.
Clean energy is still winning. These 10 charts prove it.
Solar and wind are beating new power demand, steelmaking is slowly getting off coal, and more clean energy victories are clear in these charts.
www.canarymedia.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
some good climate/energy news:
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)
* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free
* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
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What I increasingly suspect is that people's use of AI isn't robbing them of their ability to think independently. Maybe it's the other way around. People's desire to surrender thought and decision making to someone or something else is what has helped GAI tools to catch on. (3/3) #academicsky
December 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What I increasingly suspect is that people's use of AI isn't robbing them of their ability to think independently. Maybe it's the other way around. People's desire to surrender thought and decision making to someone or something else is what has helped GAI tools to catch on. (3/3) #academicsky
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The purposes of immigration jail are "supposed" to be 1) make sure ppl show up for court hearings; 2) protect public. It is not a criminal sentence. When govt arrests ppl who are not dangerous at court hearings, they prove it's about punishment. That's illegal. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting immigrants who show up for court appointments in Northern California
Judge P. Casey Pitts issued a ruling that would block Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining immigrants who show up to court hearings in Northern California.
www.latimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The purposes of immigration jail are "supposed" to be 1) make sure ppl show up for court hearings; 2) protect public. It is not a criminal sentence. When govt arrests ppl who are not dangerous at court hearings, they prove it's about punishment. That's illegal. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Giant ass millipede dailygalaxy.com/2025/12/gian...
Scientists Unearthed a 326-Million-Year-Old Car-Sized Millipede Fossil That Once Crawled Across Earth Before the Dinosaurs
A colossal fossil hidden inside a seaside boulder is forcing scientists to rethink everything they knew about life before the dinosaurs. Measuring the length of a car, this ancient creature didn’t jus...
dailygalaxy.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Giant ass millipede dailygalaxy.com/2025/12/gian...
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Something I find really frustrating about extremely popular media people “just asking questions” or whatever is that sometimes they’re helping speak things into existence. Not this specific scenario necessarily, but it really does lay the groundwork for bad outcomes by normalizing it.
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Something I find really frustrating about extremely popular media people “just asking questions” or whatever is that sometimes they’re helping speak things into existence. Not this specific scenario necessarily, but it really does lay the groundwork for bad outcomes by normalizing it.
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Moon and Sun
🐇🦅
For @arukanoda.bsky.social as a surprise gift to @smashassassin.bsky.social
| #ocsky #oc #art #commisison #dragon #fantasy |
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For @arukanoda.bsky.social as a surprise gift to @smashassassin.bsky.social
| #ocsky #oc #art #commisison #dragon #fantasy |
December 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Moon and Sun
🐇🦅
For @arukanoda.bsky.social as a surprise gift to @smashassassin.bsky.social
| #ocsky #oc #art #commisison #dragon #fantasy |
🐇🦅
For @arukanoda.bsky.social as a surprise gift to @smashassassin.bsky.social
| #ocsky #oc #art #commisison #dragon #fantasy |
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Bluesky experience goes so crazy when you realize that ppl want to interact and support other artists and when there's no algorithm messing that up, your art WILL get noticed! People do CARE about your OCs 🩵
December 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Bluesky experience goes so crazy when you realize that ppl want to interact and support other artists and when there's no algorithm messing that up, your art WILL get noticed! People do CARE about your OCs 🩵
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🧵 Guys, edit image button wasn't made to stop you creating.
They WANT you to create and, more importantly, to keep uploading to X. They NEED training data and free entertainment for their userbase, and they don't give a damn whether you're providing it happy or full of spite and rightful fury.
They WANT you to create and, more importantly, to keep uploading to X. They NEED training data and free entertainment for their userbase, and they don't give a damn whether you're providing it happy or full of spite and rightful fury.
December 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🧵 Guys, edit image button wasn't made to stop you creating.
They WANT you to create and, more importantly, to keep uploading to X. They NEED training data and free entertainment for their userbase, and they don't give a damn whether you're providing it happy or full of spite and rightful fury.
They WANT you to create and, more importantly, to keep uploading to X. They NEED training data and free entertainment for their userbase, and they don't give a damn whether you're providing it happy or full of spite and rightful fury.
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Just the usual welsh singing, festive undead horse
December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Just the usual welsh singing, festive undead horse
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Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
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Good moment to reread this excellent essay about how the software industry preference for “shipping velocity” over readiness & reliability caused the 737 Max air disasters
spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...
spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good moment to reread this excellent essay about how the software industry preference for “shipping velocity” over readiness & reliability caused the 737 Max air disasters
spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...
spectrum.ieee.org/how-the-boei...
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At my last job I was outside eating with a mid-20s coworker as a plane passed overhead creating contrails. He noticed it and asked what it was. I said it was a plane and he was in disbelief. Apparently in his 20+ years of life he had never noticed a contrail before.
I began this story focused on the weird lies about Hurricane Helene but became very disturbed at how prevalent this pseudo-environmentalism is. The movement blocks real policy to curb climate catastrophes.
For @rollingstone.com I wrote about the mass national movement to ban chemtrails...which don't exist. The movement is one of the ways in which MAHA is taking over the country.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
At my last job I was outside eating with a mid-20s coworker as a plane passed overhead creating contrails. He noticed it and asked what it was. I said it was a plane and he was in disbelief. Apparently in his 20+ years of life he had never noticed a contrail before.
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"democrats say demolishing the ballroom and abolishing ice are popular with liberal activists but party leaders would prefer to turn the page on trump and instead focus on kitchen table economic issues" - february 2029
And they'll try to get out of demolishing the ballroom and ripping up Elon's government contracts. We can't let that shit slide.
December 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"democrats say demolishing the ballroom and abolishing ice are popular with liberal activists but party leaders would prefer to turn the page on trump and instead focus on kitchen table economic issues" - february 2029
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In this zero sum game of more service, not taxes, it becomes a rob Peter to pay Paul scenario.
Truth of the matter is we need to increase taxation of wealth and property to fund important social needs. We need to accept taxation as a social responsibility and obligation, not something to avoid.
Truth of the matter is we need to increase taxation of wealth and property to fund important social needs. We need to accept taxation as a social responsibility and obligation, not something to avoid.
December 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In this zero sum game of more service, not taxes, it becomes a rob Peter to pay Paul scenario.
Truth of the matter is we need to increase taxation of wealth and property to fund important social needs. We need to accept taxation as a social responsibility and obligation, not something to avoid.
Truth of the matter is we need to increase taxation of wealth and property to fund important social needs. We need to accept taxation as a social responsibility and obligation, not something to avoid.
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The offshore project here off the coast of Virginia Beach was one of those subject to Trump’s sabotage. It is already halfway completed, with hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure already built, and was set to power a couple hundred thousand homes. Madness.
The Daily News is spot on.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/26/t...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/26/t...
Tilting at windmills: Trump’s shameful attempt to kill offshore wind farms
Just like the Grinch, Donald Trump has told communities across the East Coast that they could say goodbye to lower energy costs and thousands of high-paying jobs by cancelling all federal leases fo…
www.nydailynews.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The offshore project here off the coast of Virginia Beach was one of those subject to Trump’s sabotage. It is already halfway completed, with hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure already built, and was set to power a couple hundred thousand homes. Madness.
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tech bros trying to convince everyone epstein is cool is so telling and interesting
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
tech bros trying to convince everyone epstein is cool is so telling and interesting
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Have you noticed? When someone points to our responsibility—individual and personal, or collective and societal—to end an abuse, the question asked next is very rarely about *how* to do it, but how to *prevent* us from doing it, for fear of doing it the wrong way.
www.the-reframe.com/f/
www.the-reframe.com/f/
Stories We Tell
Recognizing victims and villains is not creating victims and villains. A series on living in a culture of repair, against a culture of abuse.
www.the-reframe.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Have you noticed? When someone points to our responsibility—individual and personal, or collective and societal—to end an abuse, the question asked next is very rarely about *how* to do it, but how to *prevent* us from doing it, for fear of doing it the wrong way.
www.the-reframe.com/f/
www.the-reframe.com/f/
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December 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM