Dorian
@sin-de-siecle.bsky.social
Outraged optimist, folk musician and nerd. Intermittent dabbler in historical fashion. Chronically ill. He/him.
I'm getting the urge to make an overly complicated gingerbread house again
(one which I probably don't have the energy to follow through on)
This is so gorgeous
(one which I probably don't have the energy to follow through on)
This is so gorgeous
Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I'm getting the urge to make an overly complicated gingerbread house again
(one which I probably don't have the energy to follow through on)
This is so gorgeous
(one which I probably don't have the energy to follow through on)
This is so gorgeous
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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All I want for Christmas is an “opt out of AI” button on everything.
December 22, 2025 at 4:51 AM
All I want for Christmas is an “opt out of AI” button on everything.
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It's not possible for my empire to have problems. My courtiers are always nervously smiling and telling me everything is great
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
It's not possible for my empire to have problems. My courtiers are always nervously smiling and telling me everything is great
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It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
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this is from April of this year, but it's so cheering I thought I'd repost - FBG's AI statement
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
this is from April of this year, but it's so cheering I thought I'd repost - FBG's AI statement
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i literally can't stop them from writing like this all the time
Our boiler broke at the weekend, and our house was FREEZING. But a very nice man called Barry from British Gas came around and fixed it.
Anyway today I got a text asking for feedback on Barry, and possibly I shouldn’t reply to these things while still loopy on painkillers from root-canal.
Anyway today I got a text asking for feedback on Barry, and possibly I shouldn’t reply to these things while still loopy on painkillers from root-canal.
December 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
i literally can't stop them from writing like this all the time
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I've written about "disordered counterpublics" groups that reinforce shared delusions Here, the LLM becomes a 1 person counterpublic. It mirrors assumptions, absorbs contradictions, & provides the sense of a responsive, confirming audience.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I've written about "disordered counterpublics" groups that reinforce shared delusions Here, the LLM becomes a 1 person counterpublic. It mirrors assumptions, absorbs contradictions, & provides the sense of a responsive, confirming audience.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
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Cricket Australia is the first Chump to evolve into a Champ and then revert back to a Chump again.
Dropped Alinta sponsorship 2023
New Origin sponsorship 2025
Global heating caused by fossil fuel companies like Origin will kill cricket.
This is sad. Vale their values.
www.chumpslist.org/chumps
Dropped Alinta sponsorship 2023
New Origin sponsorship 2025
Global heating caused by fossil fuel companies like Origin will kill cricket.
This is sad. Vale their values.
www.chumpslist.org/chumps
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Cricket Australia is the first Chump to evolve into a Champ and then revert back to a Chump again.
Dropped Alinta sponsorship 2023
New Origin sponsorship 2025
Global heating caused by fossil fuel companies like Origin will kill cricket.
This is sad. Vale their values.
www.chumpslist.org/chumps
Dropped Alinta sponsorship 2023
New Origin sponsorship 2025
Global heating caused by fossil fuel companies like Origin will kill cricket.
This is sad. Vale their values.
www.chumpslist.org/chumps
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Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. The first time I heard about it was in 2016 when Jeff was the Trias Writer-in-Residence at Hobart-Wiiliam Smith College and we were living in Geneva, NY.
#TransgenderDayofRemembrance
#TransgenderDayofRemembrance
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. The first time I heard about it was in 2016 when Jeff was the Trias Writer-in-Residence at Hobart-Wiiliam Smith College and we were living in Geneva, NY.
#TransgenderDayofRemembrance
#TransgenderDayofRemembrance
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself"
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t... #AI
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t... #AI
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself"
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t... #AI
www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t... #AI
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We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We will struggle to explain to future generations how something so transparent and stupid was able to take place youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
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An Important Information Film. Please share widely so that more people receive the information.
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
An Important Information Film. Please share widely so that more people receive the information.
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
Tickets: www.mickperrin.com/tours/alasdair-beckett-king-king-of-crumbs
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What many politicians don't realise - or want to understand - is that many of the "highly-skilled" immigrants whose labour they crave were raised by the same asylum seekers and refugees they openly despise. They take the racist political rhetoric personally, and act accordingly. Why wouldn't they?
"Record numbers of overseas-trained doctors are quitting the UK, leaving the NHS at risk of huge gaps in its workforce, with hostility towards migrants blamed for the exodus...the NHS is so heavily reliant on doctors from elsewhere – 42% of its entire medical workforce qualified overseas."
All those people, including current government, who falsely claim migrants are to blame for failings with the NHS, along with infrastructure in general, are in for one hell of a shock with how much worse things will get with Labour's anti-immigration policies.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
What many politicians don't realise - or want to understand - is that many of the "highly-skilled" immigrants whose labour they crave were raised by the same asylum seekers and refugees they openly despise. They take the racist political rhetoric personally, and act accordingly. Why wouldn't they?
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This is a remarkably consistent story across so many once-helpful digital tools: text-to-speech, speech-to-text, spellcheck, grammar check etc
All have become infected with this aggressive inventiveness that either (a) adds hours of work or (b) puts you at massive risk of using fabricated content
All have become infected with this aggressive inventiveness that either (a) adds hours of work or (b) puts you at massive risk of using fabricated content
Amazing discussion right now in a small corner of doctor FB about the apparent enshittification of AI scribes. Especially the free versions.
This revolutionary time saver now requires extra time to fact check the note.
Don't lose your note writing skills, friends! Tech will not save us. #medsky
This revolutionary time saver now requires extra time to fact check the note.
Don't lose your note writing skills, friends! Tech will not save us. #medsky
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is a remarkably consistent story across so many once-helpful digital tools: text-to-speech, speech-to-text, spellcheck, grammar check etc
All have become infected with this aggressive inventiveness that either (a) adds hours of work or (b) puts you at massive risk of using fabricated content
All have become infected with this aggressive inventiveness that either (a) adds hours of work or (b) puts you at massive risk of using fabricated content
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Happy Friday, here’s a little excerpt from this week’s Fix The News for you ♥️
November 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Happy Friday, here’s a little excerpt from this week’s Fix The News for you ♥️
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
I was linked to this essay on Tumblr, and now I have to put it here, because I feel like I'm permanently changed after reading it.
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I was linked to this essay on Tumblr, and now I have to put it here, because I feel like I'm permanently changed after reading it.
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if not paying your writers is part of how you “set yourself up to publish for years to come” then you’re not set up correctly
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
if not paying your writers is part of how you “set yourself up to publish for years to come” then you’re not set up correctly
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The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.