JR
@tonkatsujr.bsky.social
failed ethnographer, breaded pork enthusiast at https://tonkatsuchronicles.weebly.com
writer of extremely small things
also an English and social studies teacher in Japan, 日本語を食べませ
writer of extremely small things
also an English and social studies teacher in Japan, 日本語を食べませ
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Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
December 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Look man I don’t think the people being poisoned by data centers really care if you remove the generated assets before shipping, and I don’t really care if you “only” use the machine that stole my shit and convinced teens to off themselves for internal PowerPoints.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
Cool motive. Still bullshit tho.
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This is mostly interesting but still doesn't quite explain why Japan/Tokyo relies so darn much on overstimulation (by my standards, at least).
Why Japan’s internet looks weird — unless you live here
A closer look at Japan’s maximalist web design shows how cultural values and practical needs create an online world richer than it appears.
www.japantimes.co.jp
December 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is mostly interesting but still doesn't quite explain why Japan/Tokyo relies so darn much on overstimulation (by my standards, at least).
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man fuck Amazon
From a friend a few minutes ago whose family member works at an Amazon warehouse in the south Puget Sound:
> [Worker] is currently at work around that area and surprise surprise, Amazon isn't letting anyone evacuate.
> [Worker] is currently at work around that area and surprise surprise, Amazon isn't letting anyone evacuate.
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
man fuck Amazon
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once again, if you're the twitter man that bet me we wouldn't see over a hundred cases this year you owe me a couple hundred bucks
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
once again, if you're the twitter man that bet me we wouldn't see over a hundred cases this year you owe me a couple hundred bucks
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i think that really the main reason AI is so attractive to all the richest stupid people in the world is that they see it as a way to add a subscription fee to interacting with the world in general. why bother getting people to sign up for 8000 services if you can just charge rent on being alive
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
i think that really the main reason AI is so attractive to all the richest stupid people in the world is that they see it as a way to add a subscription fee to interacting with the world in general. why bother getting people to sign up for 8000 services if you can just charge rent on being alive
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the small language model arrived
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
the small language model arrived
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worth noting that Nixon had a roughly 30% approval rating when he was actively resigning
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
worth noting that Nixon had a roughly 30% approval rating when he was actively resigning
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American media (1980-2014): racism is bad
American media (2015-2024): racism is good?
American media (2025- ????): racism is both legal and mandatory
American media (2015-2024): racism is good?
American media (2025- ????): racism is both legal and mandatory
December 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
American media (1980-2014): racism is bad
American media (2015-2024): racism is good?
American media (2025- ????): racism is both legal and mandatory
American media (2015-2024): racism is good?
American media (2025- ????): racism is both legal and mandatory
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the idea that we will ever devise a technology that can automatically sort true statements from false ones and factual ones from “hallucinations” is a lead-to-gold fantasy
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
the idea that we will ever devise a technology that can automatically sort true statements from false ones and factual ones from “hallucinations” is a lead-to-gold fantasy
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EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
EVs beat petrol cars on lifetime emissions — even on “dirty” grids.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
Battery production is carbon-intensive, but EVs quickly repay that debt and end up 21–71% cleaner over 250,000 km.
We can’t wait for perfect grids: electrify transport and clean the grid now.
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"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
Here’s how much money Los Camp! make from streaming… - Los Campesinos!
loscampesinos.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Los Campesinos:
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not enough plucky little guys trying to do good amidst the forces of darkness imo
December 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
not enough plucky little guys trying to do good amidst the forces of darkness imo
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however many trillions spent on developing Algorithms and hoovering up as much data as possible and amazon's recommendation algorithm still goes "oh you bought one window air conditioner? okay, do you want 15 more?"
December 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
however many trillions spent on developing Algorithms and hoovering up as much data as possible and amazon's recommendation algorithm still goes "oh you bought one window air conditioner? okay, do you want 15 more?"
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yessss
(also protect your shit from the algorithms)
(also protect your shit from the algorithms)
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
yessss
(also protect your shit from the algorithms)
(also protect your shit from the algorithms)
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somehow we have arrived at cyberpunk without people really understanding the "punk" part
now's the time for counter-culture, not submission to machines
now's the time for counter-culture, not submission to machines
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
somehow we have arrived at cyberpunk without people really understanding the "punk" part
now's the time for counter-culture, not submission to machines
now's the time for counter-culture, not submission to machines
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
the best way to do this without it sucking is let seasonal produce dictate what you make
it's autumn so all the squashes are cheap or there's a surplus of winter veg going for pennies or there's a sale on eggs
it becomes a challenge and it makes it actually fun (for dorks like me)
it's autumn so all the squashes are cheap or there's a surplus of winter veg going for pennies or there's a sale on eggs
it becomes a challenge and it makes it actually fun (for dorks like me)
Despite being a pretty decent cook and baker, I cannot meal plan at all.
I hate every bit of it.
I don’t want to be locked into making things on specific days. I’m lucky if I have a vague idea of what I’m cooking each week.
I don’t know how people do that for a whole month.
I hate every bit of it.
I don’t want to be locked into making things on specific days. I’m lucky if I have a vague idea of what I’m cooking each week.
I don’t know how people do that for a whole month.
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 AM
the best way to do this without it sucking is let seasonal produce dictate what you make
it's autumn so all the squashes are cheap or there's a surplus of winter veg going for pennies or there's a sale on eggs
it becomes a challenge and it makes it actually fun (for dorks like me)
it's autumn so all the squashes are cheap or there's a surplus of winter veg going for pennies or there's a sale on eggs
it becomes a challenge and it makes it actually fun (for dorks like me)
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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Hey guys we need to raise your power bills again because the jackoff material factory needs more power to turn your mom and daughter’s pictures into pornography and we need you to pay for it
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hey guys we need to raise your power bills again because the jackoff material factory needs more power to turn your mom and daughter’s pictures into pornography and we need you to pay for it
beginning to realise that everything the far-right have done in the past decade to achieve power is, very successfully, to commodify moral panics as an online subscription service which is then taken to the polls
anyone saying that the antidote is in mimicry is playing with fire
#fascism
anyone saying that the antidote is in mimicry is playing with fire
#fascism
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
beginning to realise that everything the far-right have done in the past decade to achieve power is, very successfully, to commodify moral panics as an online subscription service which is then taken to the polls
anyone saying that the antidote is in mimicry is playing with fire
#fascism
anyone saying that the antidote is in mimicry is playing with fire
#fascism
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every day it's like:
- crimes legal
- being brown is illegal
- a judge writes a sternly-worded letter
- John Fetterman betrays his constituents
- we kill another two dozen fishermen
- crimes legal
- being brown is illegal
- a judge writes a sternly-worded letter
- John Fetterman betrays his constituents
- we kill another two dozen fishermen
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 AM
every day it's like:
- crimes legal
- being brown is illegal
- a judge writes a sternly-worded letter
- John Fetterman betrays his constituents
- we kill another two dozen fishermen
- crimes legal
- being brown is illegal
- a judge writes a sternly-worded letter
- John Fetterman betrays his constituents
- we kill another two dozen fishermen
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What is a trillion dollars?
He could give away $228,310 every hour for 500 years.
He could give away $228,310 every hour for 500 years.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
What is a trillion dollars?
He could give away $228,310 every hour for 500 years.
He could give away $228,310 every hour for 500 years.
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There’s a point you reach where it is spiritually dinner and you can either eat dinner immediately or embark on a journey of ill advised snacks that will devastate your evening
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
There’s a point you reach where it is spiritually dinner and you can either eat dinner immediately or embark on a journey of ill advised snacks that will devastate your evening
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The bots are still on this website and trying to shape your opinions.
This will be the internet for the foreseeable future.
This will be the internet for the foreseeable future.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The bots are still on this website and trying to shape your opinions.
This will be the internet for the foreseeable future.
This will be the internet for the foreseeable future.