Jack Troughton
@partialtomusic.bsky.social
Unix and guitars. And humanism. Unix and guitars and humanism.
I'm sure it's no coincidence that the venn diagram of these people and eugenicists is at best slightly oval.
December 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I'm sure it's no coincidence that the venn diagram of these people and eugenicists is at best slightly oval.
The Meritocrats!
December 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Meritocrats!
Republican America: "Your papers, please." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq52...
December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Republican America: "Your papers, please." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq52...
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the American Lettered.
The Meritocrats!
The Meritocrats!
December 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the American Lettered.
The Meritocrats!
The Meritocrats!
Oh, once again Google Search is actually much smarter than Google Gemini. The search was able to figure out exactly who I was looking for while the AI was dissembling.
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oh, once again Google Search is actually much smarter than Google Gemini. The search was able to figure out exactly who I was looking for while the AI was dissembling.
It’s not hypocrisy, it’s a flex. “I’m allowed to be inconsistent in a way that always benefits me, but you, pleb, you must toe the line.”
Which is a pretty prominent feature of nazi ideology.
Which is a pretty prominent feature of nazi ideology.
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It’s not hypocrisy, it’s a flex. “I’m allowed to be inconsistent in a way that always benefits me, but you, pleb, you must toe the line.”
Which is a pretty prominent feature of nazi ideology.
Which is a pretty prominent feature of nazi ideology.
Suits at all US tech companies today:
December 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Suits at all US tech companies today:
America's real welfare queens are wealthy landowners. Here's how it works in the western US, and echoes the way in which it works for corporate farmers in the mid-west. They get bailouts and sweet deals while railing against the working jobbers who do the actual work. www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
America's real welfare queens are wealthy landowners. Here's how it works in the western US, and echoes the way in which it works for corporate farmers in the mid-west. They get bailouts and sweet deals while railing against the working jobbers who do the actual work. www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
Google's AI search is the acme of enshittification (with apologies/thanks to Cory Doctorow).
What a joke that outfit is now.
Further to this, this tells you how much credence you should give to anyone citing an AI/LLM for an argument they're making. AIs say what their owners want them to say.
What a joke that outfit is now.
Further to this, this tells you how much credence you should give to anyone citing an AI/LLM for an argument they're making. AIs say what their owners want them to say.
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Google's AI search is the acme of enshittification (with apologies/thanks to Cory Doctorow).
What a joke that outfit is now.
Further to this, this tells you how much credence you should give to anyone citing an AI/LLM for an argument they're making. AIs say what their owners want them to say.
What a joke that outfit is now.
Further to this, this tells you how much credence you should give to anyone citing an AI/LLM for an argument they're making. AIs say what their owners want them to say.
I see the Libertarians are at it again. Here's a recent post on faeceplant, and I'd like to compare to obvs doctored pic from their post with some real ones from Toronto in 2012, where the analysis and inspections were not done properly.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I see the Libertarians are at it again. Here's a recent post on faeceplant, and I'd like to compare to obvs doctored pic from their post with some real ones from Toronto in 2012, where the analysis and inspections were not done properly.
Wow, the new "AI overview" that I have to scroll past to get to my search results is terrible, and it seems to be getting worse in real time.
Like, literally trying to steer me away from the very thing I'm searching for bad.
Like, literally trying to steer me away from the very thing I'm searching for bad.
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Wow, the new "AI overview" that I have to scroll past to get to my search results is terrible, and it seems to be getting worse in real time.
Like, literally trying to steer me away from the very thing I'm searching for bad.
Like, literally trying to steer me away from the very thing I'm searching for bad.
But wait, there's more! We should all recognize the sacrifice of America's heartland for their dear friends in Argentina and Hungary.
Oh, I don't mean the people of those countries, I mean their ollies. Gotta keep that money tap on.
Oh, I don't mean the people of those countries, I mean their ollies. Gotta keep that money tap on.
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
But wait, there's more! We should all recognize the sacrifice of America's heartland for their dear friends in Argentina and Hungary.
Oh, I don't mean the people of those countries, I mean their ollies. Gotta keep that money tap on.
Oh, I don't mean the people of those countries, I mean their ollies. Gotta keep that money tap on.
From the FT: looks like der Drumpfenführer is taking the people's money to bail out his fellow fashistas. So much winning for America's beef and soybean farmers!
I wonder if Milei slicked his willy for him. Seems to be the way these ollie handmaidens make deals.
I wonder if Milei slicked his willy for him. Seems to be the way these ollie handmaidens make deals.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
From the FT: looks like der Drumpfenführer is taking the people's money to bail out his fellow fashistas. So much winning for America's beef and soybean farmers!
I wonder if Milei slicked his willy for him. Seems to be the way these ollie handmaidens make deals.
I wonder if Milei slicked his willy for him. Seems to be the way these ollie handmaidens make deals.
That election just keeps paying off for New York.
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
That election just keeps paying off for New York.
The difference.
Makes all the difference in the world.
Makes all the difference in the world.
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The difference.
Makes all the difference in the world.
Makes all the difference in the world.
Apparently these are all from the US DoL. There's something about all the people in these posters that I just can't quite put my finger on, but I will allow I'm getting a strong mid-century Central Europe vibe from the whole thing.
October 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Apparently these are all from the US DoL. There's something about all the people in these posters that I just can't quite put my finger on, but I will allow I'm getting a strong mid-century Central Europe vibe from the whole thing.
For my Ontario peeps, this is important and needs publicity and pushback hard. If you think the homeless problem is bad now, just wait until this comes into force.
¡Dorg! once again showing that he's here for the people that own things for a living, not the people who work for a living.
¡Dorg! once again showing that he's here for the people that own things for a living, not the people who work for a living.
October 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
For my Ontario peeps, this is important and needs publicity and pushback hard. If you think the homeless problem is bad now, just wait until this comes into force.
¡Dorg! once again showing that he's here for the people that own things for a living, not the people who work for a living.
¡Dorg! once again showing that he's here for the people that own things for a living, not the people who work for a living.
Hey there der Drumpfenführer, show us on the doll where the old boy touched you.
October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Hey there der Drumpfenführer, show us on the doll where the old boy touched you.
Welp they’re at the point that they’re producing custom porn for JD Vance.
October 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Welp they’re at the point that they’re producing custom porn for JD Vance.
That's what it is. And his in-vehicle therapist, Morgan Fairchild, yeeahhh Morgan Fairchild. That's the ticket. That's what he's gonna do, he's gonna go talk to his therapist Morgan Fairchild in his WankPanzer.
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
That's what it is. And his in-vehicle therapist, Morgan Fairchild, yeeahhh Morgan Fairchild. That's the ticket. That's what he's gonna do, he's gonna go talk to his therapist Morgan Fairchild in his WankPanzer.
Big Damien energy coming off that one.
October 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Big Damien energy coming off that one.
Clearly this is going to cut power costs, because of The Magic Of The Market(tm).
Say it with me now: The Maaaaagic Of The Maaaaarket(tm).
Say it with me now: The Maaaaagic Of The Maaaaarket(tm).
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Clearly this is going to cut power costs, because of The Magic Of The Market(tm).
Say it with me now: The Maaaaagic Of The Maaaaarket(tm).
Say it with me now: The Maaaaagic Of The Maaaaarket(tm).
I dunno that Black Rifle really has the resources to make up for that; they've lost a lot of value over the past few years. I mean, things are not exactly going well for them.
Not that it should, imho; from where I sit, it mostly looks like a bunch of shitheads running an affinity fraud on ex-mil.
Not that it should, imho; from where I sit, it mostly looks like a bunch of shitheads running an affinity fraud on ex-mil.
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I dunno that Black Rifle really has the resources to make up for that; they've lost a lot of value over the past few years. I mean, things are not exactly going well for them.
Not that it should, imho; from where I sit, it mostly looks like a bunch of shitheads running an affinity fraud on ex-mil.
Not that it should, imho; from where I sit, it mostly looks like a bunch of shitheads running an affinity fraud on ex-mil.