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@scytalle.bsky.social
Nerdy queer into SF, Games, and Math. She/They.
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I have some bad news for Latke.
December 24, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I have some bad news for Latke.
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Also, again, a reminder that "AI" is such a broad and useless marketing term that it's almost entirely useless. I can't say I will never use "AI" because it covers so much programming ground, including ground previously not under its umbrella. I can say what creative things I won't use it *for.*
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Also, again, a reminder that "AI" is such a broad and useless marketing term that it's almost entirely useless. I can't say I will never use "AI" because it covers so much programming ground, including ground previously not under its umbrella. I can say what creative things I won't use it *for.*
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so thank you, Bari, for streisanding this so hard that a bunch of terminally online 38 year olds who haven’t watched cable television since saturday morning cartoons are glued to fucking 60 minutes
you monumentally incompetent goon
you monumentally incompetent goon
December 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
so thank you, Bari, for streisanding this so hard that a bunch of terminally online 38 year olds who haven’t watched cable television since saturday morning cartoons are glued to fucking 60 minutes
you monumentally incompetent goon
you monumentally incompetent goon
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On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
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Really enjoyed this fantastic piece by @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social and @cnygren.bsky.social
Here are few favorite pull quotes of mine + one little quibble at the end:
Here are few favorite pull quotes of mine + one little quibble at the end:
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Really enjoyed this fantastic piece by @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social and @cnygren.bsky.social
Here are few favorite pull quotes of mine + one little quibble at the end:
Here are few favorite pull quotes of mine + one little quibble at the end:
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You know, some days I sit and think about how absolutely wild it is that we've built a society where we don't provide a place for people to even sleep at night without having to pay for it, and that we've somehow made it seem like that's normal.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You know, some days I sit and think about how absolutely wild it is that we've built a society where we don't provide a place for people to even sleep at night without having to pay for it, and that we've somehow made it seem like that's normal.
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new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
September 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
new scam going around where they hire you for a job but pay you less than the value your labor produced
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And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
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I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
December 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’m at the combination Pizza Hut and Kennedy Center.
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I am an old man, @mozilla.org, and I was happy to sit in my rocking chair and use Firefox until sunset. But if you insist on choking this browser with GenAI bloat, I will face God and walk backwards into Linux.
@mozilla.org I have been using Firefox for YEARS. Not sure what the new CEO is hoping to achieve by "AI everything now" but if the hope is to drive people like me off your browser, you will surely succeed.
December 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I am an old man, @mozilla.org, and I was happy to sit in my rocking chair and use Firefox until sunset. But if you insist on choking this browser with GenAI bloat, I will face God and walk backwards into Linux.
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December 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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"I asked ChatGPT"
"I asked Grok"
Well I asked Patches and he said "There, that hole. Take a closer look."
"I asked Grok"
Well I asked Patches and he said "There, that hole. Take a closer look."
August 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"I asked ChatGPT"
"I asked Grok"
Well I asked Patches and he said "There, that hole. Take a closer look."
"I asked Grok"
Well I asked Patches and he said "There, that hole. Take a closer look."
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learning that Oprah's real name is Orpah is one of those wedge factoids that will permanently destroy your ability to speak normally about her ever again. it alters your brain chemistry. "Do you mean Orpah?" you'll say, every time. if you're reading this it's already too late
March 7, 2024 at 6:12 PM
learning that Oprah's real name is Orpah is one of those wedge factoids that will permanently destroy your ability to speak normally about her ever again. it alters your brain chemistry. "Do you mean Orpah?" you'll say, every time. if you're reading this it's already too late
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Flesh and Blood lands in Seattle at the end of this week! ✈️
Grab a Fabled or Go Again package, check out the action-packed side event schedule, and book your tickets for the World Tour in Seattle! ⭐
Register now: buff.ly/PEaHcvS
Grab a Fabled or Go Again package, check out the action-packed side event schedule, and book your tickets for the World Tour in Seattle! ⭐
Register now: buff.ly/PEaHcvS
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Flesh and Blood lands in Seattle at the end of this week! ✈️
Grab a Fabled or Go Again package, check out the action-packed side event schedule, and book your tickets for the World Tour in Seattle! ⭐
Register now: buff.ly/PEaHcvS
Grab a Fabled or Go Again package, check out the action-packed side event schedule, and book your tickets for the World Tour in Seattle! ⭐
Register now: buff.ly/PEaHcvS
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"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Taking commissions for December, please RT 🧡
If you are interested please contact me via e-mail: [email protected]
Also added a new option for sketch-portraits for $50
More info and examples: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If you are interested please contact me via e-mail: [email protected]
Also added a new option for sketch-portraits for $50
More info and examples: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Taking commissions for December, please RT 🧡
If you are interested please contact me via e-mail: [email protected]
Also added a new option for sketch-portraits for $50
More info and examples: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
If you are interested please contact me via e-mail: [email protected]
Also added a new option for sketch-portraits for $50
More info and examples: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
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If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.