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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 13h

ESTRAGON
A Godot™️Universe Saga

A gritty 13-episode mind-bending thriller following your favourite Beckett character in the days leading up to the play

But in order to enjoy the full story, get ready for

VLADIMIR
A Godot™️Universe Saga

A VR-only AI-powered waiting simulator where YOU wait for HIM

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 14h

capitalists really fucking love proposing extremely specific charities huh

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 14h

wait are you suggesting the metaverse isn't gonna happen

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 16h

I reckon it's far more libidinous, one of the chatbot providers applies rate limits in a way that cuts off a major investor who is addicted to the product, and the result is a power struggle that removes a chunk of load-bearing funding

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 22h

So many people think that "ah you can't really tell an AI wrote this post or not!" is a gotcha.

Ok, let's say you're right. But if your post is shaped like an AI post, and your thoughts are shaped like AI thoughts, then the fact that there's no difference reflects rather poorly on you.

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Jo 🏳️‍⚧️🏴🦕 @youjogirl.bsky.social · 1d

Every smartphone in the world contains a CPU descended from one designed by a trans woman in the 1980s. The Matrix is one of the most influential movie franchises of all time. Electronic music was pioneered and popularized by a trans woman. I could go on

Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 1d

i think my favourite part about being a trans woman is how much of an impact we have on culture. a friend reminded me today about a popular meme format she created. another friend today casually told me about how she was the most notorious roblox hacker when she was a child.

just a day in the life!

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 1d

Strange immediate reaction: random AI booster account started going through liking a bunch of my posts so I just blocked them outright. Kinda assumed I was getting buttered up somehow? No idea.

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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 1d

The dark, madness-inducing secret to creative endeavors is that every single creation by humanity has at least one flaw that might only be known to the creator.

But they know it's there, and big or small, obvious or not, it haunts them even if only a tiny bit.

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 1d

I found it to be an insidious longform explanation / pre-emptive apology for deciding to start using AI internally for "small things, we pinky promise"

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 1d

"follow the money" except it's like, a single line from "give money to the fash" to "the fash helpfully do whatever you want to whoever you want because the fash are obedient little piggies"

flipinidaho @flipinidaho.bsky.social · 1d

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

The building is in a 27 million dollar foreclosure filed by Wells Fargo. The next day, Wells Fargo filed an emergency motion for receivership. The fascist regime kindly emptied the building for donor Wells Fargo.

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · May 15

I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;

most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!

well, we do. so fuck off.

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 1d

She's the right wing Gavin Newsom

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Eli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965

- New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
jewishcurrents.org/bari-weiss-c...

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 1d

Just a really lovely thread about airport work. Fascinating stuff.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · 2d

A life update: this wound up paying off. I'm still applying to several jobs that are hopefully careers, but I've got my survival needs covered by a job at the airport that I'm apparently pretty good at.

And instead of being in an office alone, which was driving me mad, I see 20k people a day.

Nome @nome.bsky.social · Aug 12

There is a line around this building to get to the line entrance to wait to get into this job fair.

At the airport. For airport jobs.

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DAVE! (like "Them!" but Dave) @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 3d

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 2d

Question: How much do I need to know about Digimon for Time Stranger to be a good time?

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Bor | Ares Breathes | Goblin Town @pyotrroma.bsky.social · 2d

look I have a distant castle and pixels too

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 2d

I never want to make a game that causes anxiety for people during the rest of their lives. Games should be places people can go to relax, not additional jobs that are demanding your attention.

Dan Johnson @coil.bsky.social · 2d

TIL Dune Awakening destroys your base if you go too long without logging in.

Why are we still doing this???

MAKE IT EASY TO COME BACK

DON'T TAKE AWAY THINGS THAT YOUR PLAYERS WORKED FOR

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 2d

Found where they got the missing stat from- there's a bunch of 82% values in there and I'm guessing that number just became overweighted in the analysis

Screenshot from the Work Trends PDF:
AI collaboration
Each step of this report was created in close collaboration with AI. Copilot, along with agents built in Copilot Studio, helped in survey building and data and statistical analysis; narrative building, writing, and editing; the creative development of illustrations and data visuals; and more. All AI-generated work was closely managed, reviewed, and improved upon by humans.

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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 3d

Invest in a really, really good all-day desk chair, and a really good firm mattress. Like, the best ones you can afford. Focus on back support starting RIGHT NOW.

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 6d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 3d

he's fighting the dragon of chaos in What Do You Mean When You Say Heaven now

somf @somfin.bsky.social · 3d

The reason to not use slurs against robots is not because the robots or the people who like them will be offended, it's because people who have been the victim of real slurs will see you gleefully using them and realise the kind of person you are on the inside.

Nicole Saltesi @nacl.sh · 4d

this is bad

Stochastic Apotheosis @the-real-... • 1mo
Clanker stole my job.

The Corporate Power @agp.ceo • 1mo
→ Replied to user delete your system kernel, tinskin
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Erik Uden
@erikuden.mastodo... • 2mo
my grandkids _who went no contact for several years due to my robophobia, until I got dementia_): ok grandpa, this is RobDoc, he will be around to remind you to take your meds
me: I don't want no tinskin wireback clanker tellin' me what to do

Shen Comix@shenanigansen.bsky... • 1mo inventing a new genre called "yaori", which is when like a "half yuri half yaoi" type genre where you pair half of a yuri (a
"girl") with half of a yaoi (a "guy")
so it's like a "girl x guy" type relationship, if that makes sense
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somf @somfin.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine doing all of that and then deciding to try to kill the best version of Twitter out there because you don't like that its success has overshadowed what you're really interested in, which is some esoteric back end shit that nobody but you has ever cared about

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 3d

Imagine accidentally building a viable competitor to Twitter that found a userbase through grassroots efforts and word of mouth and without the headstart that Meta had with Threads and being namedropped in opeds and articles and still thinking anyone cares about the tech it's built on

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 4d

actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one

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