Xander Le’oarro
@xanderleoarro.bsky.social
Hrothgar, Cinephile, all around obsessive about art. I wish I was a werewolf
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one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
Trump Administration Scraps Plan to Mint Quarters Featuring Abolition, Suffrage
The move comes as a controversial $1 Trump coin for the nation’s 250th birthday is also being considered.
www.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states
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There's something very inflection point about watching all the prestige institutions whose opinion once mattered a lot to people systematically embarrass themselves to the point of losing all credibility and ending their own influence
December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There's something very inflection point about watching all the prestige institutions whose opinion once mattered a lot to people systematically embarrass themselves to the point of losing all credibility and ending their own influence
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I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
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There has to be someone willing and able to beat Jeffries in a primary. New York, I know you have it in you.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of new House Democrats' AI commission announced by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
The Democrats’ New AI Panel Is Led by Big Tech Allies
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of the AI commission, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
readsludge.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
There has to be someone willing and able to beat Jeffries in a primary. New York, I know you have it in you.
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Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Something I have to reiterate is that you are being straight up lied to about trans people and our healthcare on an unfathomable scale, this instance reporting is already being torn to shreds by other people commenting, but the frequency of this kind of reporting is astonishing, it's neverending.
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Part of the right wing sales pitch was "Liberals are annoying" but they quickly proved they are infinitely more irritating, it's not even close
we all got cowed into avoiding "virtue signaling" as if the public affirmation of socially agreed upon ethical principles was somehow cringey instead of a significant part of what a "society" even is. now all there's left is vice signaling, and it's reshaping society.
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Part of the right wing sales pitch was "Liberals are annoying" but they quickly proved they are infinitely more irritating, it's not even close
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Doorman Fallacy. Business wants to transition to 24/7 operation, views labor only as cost. Decides to install creepy one-way QR code door that traps people in a tube.
48k/annum for security saved, how much is maintenance on the tube? how much is lost customers? how much is smoke inhalation death?
48k/annum for security saved, how much is maintenance on the tube? how much is lost customers? how much is smoke inhalation death?
Blink, and the tubes are here: hellgatenyc.com/puregym-entr...
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Doorman Fallacy. Business wants to transition to 24/7 operation, views labor only as cost. Decides to install creepy one-way QR code door that traps people in a tube.
48k/annum for security saved, how much is maintenance on the tube? how much is lost customers? how much is smoke inhalation death?
48k/annum for security saved, how much is maintenance on the tube? how much is lost customers? how much is smoke inhalation death?
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game industry has such a bad organizing problem when it comes to events and its because its very for-profit driven and not to celebrate the art of games
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
game industry has such a bad organizing problem when it comes to events and its because its very for-profit driven and not to celebrate the art of games
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the united states is currently being led by a bunch of little david dukes with a senescent outer-borough grand dragon at the top
Trump’s foreign policy isn’t “noninterventionism,” it is a kind of neo neo conservatism devoted to imposing authoritarian ethnonationalism abroad instead of democracy (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
the united states is currently being led by a bunch of little david dukes with a senescent outer-borough grand dragon at the top
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Absolutely insane. Holy shit.
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Absolutely insane. Holy shit.
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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🎵Mal aimé
je suis le mal aimé ...
Les gens me connaissent
Tel que je veux me montrer.
The unloved one
I'm the unloved one ...
People know me
As I want to show myself.🎵
Petit fanart :)
je suis le mal aimé ...
Les gens me connaissent
Tel que je veux me montrer.
The unloved one
I'm the unloved one ...
People know me
As I want to show myself.🎵
Petit fanart :)
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🎵Mal aimé
je suis le mal aimé ...
Les gens me connaissent
Tel que je veux me montrer.
The unloved one
I'm the unloved one ...
People know me
As I want to show myself.🎵
Petit fanart :)
je suis le mal aimé ...
Les gens me connaissent
Tel que je veux me montrer.
The unloved one
I'm the unloved one ...
People know me
As I want to show myself.🎵
Petit fanart :)
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Reminder that not only do library systems have physical media (& many also lend tools, electronics etc), your library card may give you access to streamers Kanopy and Hoopla. We just watched Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of The Rainmaker via a hoopla the other night. Pretty good!
“As prices for streaming subscriptions continue to soar and finding movies to watch, new and old, is becoming harder as the number of streaming services continues to grow, people are turning to the unexpected last stronghold of physical media: the public library.”
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Reminder that not only do library systems have physical media (& many also lend tools, electronics etc), your library card may give you access to streamers Kanopy and Hoopla. We just watched Francis Ford Coppola’s adaptation of The Rainmaker via a hoopla the other night. Pretty good!
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There is no monstrous grift Jimmy Fallon won't run cover for
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There is no monstrous grift Jimmy Fallon won't run cover for
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Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
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Kingston and Oscar 🦁🐯
If you like my art, consider supporting me using code Vitikko in the shop 💛 #EpicPartner
If you like my art, consider supporting me using code Vitikko in the shop 💛 #EpicPartner
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Kingston and Oscar 🦁🐯
If you like my art, consider supporting me using code Vitikko in the shop 💛 #EpicPartner
If you like my art, consider supporting me using code Vitikko in the shop 💛 #EpicPartner
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I want to talk about the "Engagement Hacker" that is @mytipme.com!
They blocked me on my original post calling out their deceptive practices, so I wanted to create a proper one for you!
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS "SERVICE!"
They blocked me on my original post calling out their deceptive practices, so I wanted to create a proper one for you!
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS "SERVICE!"
May 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I want to talk about the "Engagement Hacker" that is @mytipme.com!
They blocked me on my original post calling out their deceptive practices, so I wanted to create a proper one for you!
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS "SERVICE!"
They blocked me on my original post calling out their deceptive practices, so I wanted to create a proper one for you!
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS "SERVICE!"
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Cup by Yoko Ono, commemorating the death of John Lennon, 1980. From her Illy Collection series of broken and mended cups. Kintsugi — repairing the broken while acknowledging the loss.
I drink from this series often — and especially on this day.
I drink from this series often — and especially on this day.
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Cup by Yoko Ono, commemorating the death of John Lennon, 1980. From her Illy Collection series of broken and mended cups. Kintsugi — repairing the broken while acknowledging the loss.
I drink from this series often — and especially on this day.
I drink from this series often — and especially on this day.
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A coyote with a CTA bus
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A coyote with a CTA bus
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A few years ago I had a partner who was a former roboticist. Through her I became acutely aware of how much of public-facing robotics is now is pure theatrical smoke and mirrors horseshit intended to dupe credulous tech press and VCs.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A few years ago I had a partner who was a former roboticist. Through her I became acutely aware of how much of public-facing robotics is now is pure theatrical smoke and mirrors horseshit intended to dupe credulous tech press and VCs.
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This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
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A lot of LGBTQ+ organizations like @glaad.bsky.social, @hrc.org, and @trevorproject.bsky.social are failing to realize that they’re advocating for the demise of their own content by supporting a “child internet safety” bill, KOSA, that would actually hurt millions of queer youths if it becomes law!
December 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of LGBTQ+ organizations like @glaad.bsky.social, @hrc.org, and @trevorproject.bsky.social are failing to realize that they’re advocating for the demise of their own content by supporting a “child internet safety” bill, KOSA, that would actually hurt millions of queer youths if it becomes law!
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77 BILLION DOLLARS and all they achieved was a particularly bad Second Life knockoff. The waste is literally incomprehensible.
Meanwhile, VRChat continues to chug along on an infinitesimally small fraction of the budget and look ten times as polished and professional.
Meanwhile, VRChat continues to chug along on an infinitesimally small fraction of the budget and look ten times as polished and professional.
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
77 BILLION DOLLARS and all they achieved was a particularly bad Second Life knockoff. The waste is literally incomprehensible.
Meanwhile, VRChat continues to chug along on an infinitesimally small fraction of the budget and look ten times as polished and professional.
Meanwhile, VRChat continues to chug along on an infinitesimally small fraction of the budget and look ten times as polished and professional.
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like so much of what Silicon Valley is up to these days, it's almost impossible to figure out how much of this "Network State" stuff is serious efforts at techno-fascism, and how much is just grifting a childish elite with gobs of cash and a child's understanding of politics
I would say this because I edited it but @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social's piece on tech bros founding their own for-profit cities really is unmissable reading www.ft.com/content/b127...
Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities
They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 AM
like so much of what Silicon Valley is up to these days, it's almost impossible to figure out how much of this "Network State" stuff is serious efforts at techno-fascism, and how much is just grifting a childish elite with gobs of cash and a child's understanding of politics