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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ

@petetrainor.fyi

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🫡 Dyslexic, noisy introvert, contrarian technologist & Ai ethicist 🤖 📝 Writer of odd books ➡️ www.trainor.fyi/books 📕 Creator of www.comicvault.cc 🔴🔵 Palace Fan 🦅 who mainly (re)posts about comics, Ai & music. ⚡️Don’t do things better, do better things 💫

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · Dec 9

Think before you post: Sharing your kids’ photos online could fuel deepfakes, identity theft, or worse. Protect their future by protecting their privacy. #OnlineSafety #ThinkBeforeYouShare

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What we share becomes who we become.

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 7h

Nick Clegg still owns a lot of shares in Meta, doesn’t he?!

What a total total plank… honestly Cleggy, have a go at drawing / writing / creating / composing / crafting / concepting something valuable through shear grit, time and talent & then maybe, just maybe comment on this. Doughnut.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 8h

Picked up this absolute gem second-hand this week. What a total bonanza. #aliens

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Comic Vault

My comic book collection manager. Organise, track, and discover my comics all in one place.

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 1d

Magnificent hair. MAGNIFICENT. Back when perms were bullet-proof.

˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 1d

The best 80s movies had:

1) quotable lines
2) practical FX
3) phenomenal costumes / great hair
4) amazing soundtracks
5) original plots

I feel like modern cinema lacks all 5.

(With the exception of Tarantino!)

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 1d

Your annual reminder that the 80s did the best movie soundtracks and cinema was a much richer space for it…

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

Ahhh man… what a movie… what a scene… nobody has ever explained by he’s wearing a literal metal codpiece. It’s PHENOMENAL.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report

Consulting firm quietly admitted to GPT-4o use after fake citations were found in August.

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

I do feel like I need to expand my repertoire and be a bit more experimental… I’m on 90 hours of Cyberpunk 😆

Roguelikes and Metroid I’m alright with… Hades I just could not get my head around at all.

˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

I’ve got a switch 2 — is Silksong a worthy addition? I’ve been thinking about it, but just couldn’t get my head around the hype vs. the demos… I felt the same about Hades… but but but, if you’re giving it a glowing endorsement then I might be ‘in.’

˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

I actually drove down to his studio to pick it up and had to use every ounce of restraint I had not to come away with 10 pieces and a much lighter wallet 🤣

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

I know I know … it’s on the list of jobs to be done 😆 I just have to stop buying and start framing!

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

So so good. I met Colin for the first time at Lawless this year and he was just the perfect gentleman — what I really really want is a piece from Guatemala if I can ever lay my hands on something.

˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

But my pièce de résistance … the absolute pride and joy, crown jewel of this years collecting is Dan Cornwells original drawing for Spector trade cover. It’s magnificent.

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

I also picked up these two absolute beauties from @danmcdaid.bsky.social and @paddyg.bsky.social in the summer.

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

I also indulged myself in a bit of Saint Colin in his recent clear out too 😇

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 2d

Show me one of these sites, and I’ll show you a team of white (probably middle-aged) male, developers and technologists who have not come from a vulnerable or marginalised place, and therefore do not know how to create safe spaces. Shut them down.

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‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends

AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 3d

Do you really mean that?

˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 3d

This is incredible 💔

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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hayden johnson @haydenjohnsonn.bsky.social · 13d

every AI ad is like

“hey gemini, what would i have for lunch?”

and then the phone is like

“sandwich”

and the guy is like

“wow”

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 3d

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Realm of the Damned - Tenebris Deos - Comic Vault

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 3d

Very excited to be joining the lovely Eamonn this week to record an episode of the @megacitybookclub.bsky.social #podcast, where we’ll be diving into one of my absolute favourites from Alec Worley and @pye.bsky.social — the bombastic “Realm of the Damned: Tenebris Deos.”

*expect frequent gore.

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 3d

Same. My nan had a set… great blast from the past.

˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 3d

The Guardian are so pro-reform at the moment it’s terrifying. And by pro-reform I mean doing their absolute best to oust Starmer and Labour. Their motives are opaque to me, but it’s what they’re actively doing.

Very very scary stuff.

˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 3d

He’s always going to be on a fund raising roadshow because despite its brilliance as a product, OpenAi / ChatGPT can’t earn anything close to the amount it’s spending... never will.

He’ll argue Amazon / Tesla were insolvent for years and years, but it’s a totally defunct comparison.

Techmeme @techmeme.com · 3d

Sources: Sam Altman is on a global tour since September, including UAE and East Asia, seeking funding and urging companies like TSMC to prioritize OpenAI orders (Wall Street Journal)

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˗ˏˋ Pete Trainor ˎˊ @petetrainor.fyi · 4d

Libraries are some of the most gorgeous manmade places on Earth. Books piled floor to ceiling, comfy chairs ready for you to sink into for hours at a time, and glorious silence – what more could you want.

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The Turkish bookshop café named the world’s most beautiful – with hanging plants and two floors of books

Cafés in Paris, London, Mexico City and more made the list