Skennedy
@skenasky.bsky.social
Nerd, community event coordinator/mgr, woodworker, crafter, punner
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Skennedy
@skenasky.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Hi! I like local cons & burns, old ("retro") nerdery, and praxis over zingers. I post not-too-private bits of my life, actionable politics and Dropout.TV shit. I follow friends and block strangers who don't introduce themselves. No offense, just say hi!
LLM AI can DIAF, don't act like a bot <3
LLM AI can DIAF, don't act like a bot <3
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I’m fixed . I’m better. I’m here.
You showed up. So did we. 🌺
Very Important People season 3 - premiering December 4th, only on @dropout.tv 🫂
Very Important People season 3 - premiering December 4th, only on @dropout.tv 🫂
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I’m fixed . I’m better. I’m here.
It's not about not getting what you want, it's about the fear that wanting it makes you an outsider.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's not about not getting what you want, it's about the fear that wanting it makes you an outsider.
I don't see how these kinds of mistakes can be honest.
Our legacy corporate media was psyched to report that shoppers spent 9% more this Black Friday than last year.
Our legacy corporate media has been reluctant to report that the sales volume was down by 2%.
They spent more because costs are up!
boingboing.net/2025/11/29/b...
Our legacy corporate media has been reluctant to report that the sales volume was down by 2%.
They spent more because costs are up!
boingboing.net/2025/11/29/b...
Black Friday sales down 2%, but cost 10% more
The first holiday season where American shoppers spend a trillion dollars, or the first holiday season that cost a trillion dollars?
boingboing.net
December 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I don't see how these kinds of mistakes can be honest.
The yuck of genAI is obvious to anyone who takes a minute to actually consider it.
I literally do not care what a computer comes up with when you tell it to do art, even if it could be ethical somehow.
Moreso, I want human effort to be rewarded, the painting that took years and tears to finish.
I literally do not care what a computer comes up with when you tell it to do art, even if it could be ethical somehow.
Moreso, I want human effort to be rewarded, the painting that took years and tears to finish.
I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The yuck of genAI is obvious to anyone who takes a minute to actually consider it.
I literally do not care what a computer comes up with when you tell it to do art, even if it could be ethical somehow.
Moreso, I want human effort to be rewarded, the painting that took years and tears to finish.
I literally do not care what a computer comes up with when you tell it to do art, even if it could be ethical somehow.
Moreso, I want human effort to be rewarded, the painting that took years and tears to finish.
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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I’m getting more and more of these too. It’s depressing.
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I’m getting more and more of these too. It’s depressing.
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I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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You showed up. So did we. 🌺
Very Important People season 3 - premiering December 4th, only on @dropout.tv 🫂
Very Important People season 3 - premiering December 4th, only on @dropout.tv 🫂
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
You showed up. So did we. 🌺
Very Important People season 3 - premiering December 4th, only on @dropout.tv 🫂
Very Important People season 3 - premiering December 4th, only on @dropout.tv 🫂
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Epic boss Tim Sweeney is right to call genAI a political topic - it's a mechanism of class war | Rock Paper Shotgun share.google/Q5Dn43WIwwxA...
Epic boss Tim Sweeney is right to call genAI a political topic - it's a mechanism of class war
Epic's Tim Sweeney has challenged a review of Arc Raiders that marked the game down for its generative AI elements, calling genAI a politicised subject.
share.google
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Epic boss Tim Sweeney is right to call genAI a political topic - it's a mechanism of class war | Rock Paper Shotgun share.google/Q5Dn43WIwwxA...
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dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:22 PM
dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani?
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com
This is the worst. Can't wait for the water/electricity hit for the entire area.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced today that Michigan was selected for a “multi-billion-dollar OpenAI Stargate project, built by Oracle and Related Digital,” that will be located in Saline Township.
(Translation - it’s a massive data center)
Story to come from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
(Translation - it’s a massive data center)
Story to come from @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is the worst. Can't wait for the water/electricity hit for the entire area.
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Are fan conventions doomed? NOOOOO!!! On @ouropinions.bsky.social, we talked to a ton of people who have run scifi cons and asked one burning question: how do we fix fan-run cons? Can we make them welcoming and economically sustainable, so they serve tomorrow's communities as well as today's?
We love science fiction conventions! Especially indie fan-run conventions. But... they basically haven't changed since the 1970s.
How could cons change for the 21st century? We talked to a host of con veterans about panels, venues, volunteers, etc.
ouropinionsarecorrect.libsyn.com/the-future-o...
How could cons change for the 21st century? We talked to a host of con veterans about panels, venues, volunteers, etc.
ouropinionsarecorrect.libsyn.com/the-future-o...
October 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Are fan conventions doomed? NOOOOO!!! On @ouropinions.bsky.social, we talked to a ton of people who have run scifi cons and asked one burning question: how do we fix fan-run cons? Can we make them welcoming and economically sustainable, so they serve tomorrow's communities as well as today's?
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A Starstruck Odyssey is the best use of your fiction absorbing time. Forever a soft spot for it.
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A Starstruck Odyssey is the best use of your fiction absorbing time. Forever a soft spot for it.
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Affinity v2 is my app of choice for photo editing and illustration now that I'm done with Adobe after 20 yrs. V3 is... "free forever". Out today.
I get that it's freemium (AI optional) but... Free professional apps are sus. I don't know what to think of this change.
I get that it's freemium (AI optional) but... Free professional apps are sus. I don't know what to think of this change.
Your first look at the all-new Affinity
YouTube video by Affinity
youtu.be
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Affinity v2 is my app of choice for photo editing and illustration now that I'm done with Adobe after 20 yrs. V3 is... "free forever". Out today.
I get that it's freemium (AI optional) but... Free professional apps are sus. I don't know what to think of this change.
I get that it's freemium (AI optional) but... Free professional apps are sus. I don't know what to think of this change.
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Hey Michigan 👋 if you get your health insurance from healthcare.gov, you can now visit that site to see how much health care plans will cost next year. Michigan’s open enrollment period for health care starts this Saturday, Nov. 1, but you can start comparing rates today.
Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace®
Welcome to the Health Insurance Marketplace®. Official government website.
healthcare.gov
October 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Hey Michigan 👋 if you get your health insurance from healthcare.gov, you can now visit that site to see how much health care plans will cost next year. Michigan’s open enrollment period for health care starts this Saturday, Nov. 1, but you can start comparing rates today.
Delicious irony:
A fake livestream featuring an AI-generated, crypto-promoting Jensen Huang was broadcast at the same time as the Nvidia GTC keynote, gaining 5x more live views than the real thing
The AI-generated video appeared to show Jensen Huang promoting a "crypto mass adoption event".
www.pcgamer.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Delicious irony:
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"Mr. Mamdani, why did you knowingly lie to your young relative by tricking them into believing that you had amputated their nose when it was in fact your own thumb between your fingers? EXPLAIN THAT."
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Mr. Mamdani, why did you knowingly lie to your young relative by tricking them into believing that you had amputated their nose when it was in fact your own thumb between your fingers? EXPLAIN THAT."
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I can tell you for sure that Libro.fm does not run ads for ICE. www.avclub.com/spotify-stan...
Spotify stands by ICE recruitment ads despite artist backlash
Spotify stands by ICE recruitment ads despite artist backlash
www.avclub.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I can tell you for sure that Libro.fm does not run ads for ICE. www.avclub.com/spotify-stan...