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Xavier Portebois
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Écrivain SF / fantasy.
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dikkii.bsky.social
Tweet by Jatin @jatinkmalik The reason why RAM has become four times more expensive is that a huge amount of RAM that has not yet been produced was purchased with non-existent money to be installed in GPUs that also have not yet been produced, in order to place them in data centers that have not yet been built, powered by infrastructure that may never appear, to satisfy demand that does not actually exist and to obtain profit that is mathematically impossible
January 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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krveale.bsky.social
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.

Once upon a time, Europe was at war.

Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 AM
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chercheurjuteux.com
Évidement on repense toutes et tous à ce post absolument génial.
Zelda 28 Feb - @TheZeldaZone@mastodon.... "Hello, We're Firefox, The Only Browser That Hasn't Hit Itself In The Dick With A Hammer. For years now, folks use us because of our un-hammered dick. Now, you may be wondering why today we've brought this hammer and pulled out our dick. Well I'm glad you asked--" 16:18. Feb 28, 2025
December 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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atsemtex.bsky.social
3 kifs

#atsemtex #bd #bandedessinee #mastoart #frenchcomics #rh #management #positiveMindset #3kifs #teambuilding
C’est teambuilding aujourd’hui à la Cogip. Carole a réuni tous les « collaborateurs » dans la salle Steve Jobs pour un petit exercice d’empowerment : « Aujourd’hui on va faire les trois kifs : chacun dit quelque chose de positif sur un collègue ! » Une dame se lance : « Simon, ton visage est positionné correctement par rapport à tes oreilles. » Un autre enchaîne : « Lise, tu es plus haute que cette chaise. » Carole les gronde : « OK, laissez tomber. » [fin]
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
This iconic Fabian Todorovic cartoon is still one of the best I’ve seen at illustrating the remarkable amount of space we surrender to cars, leaving little space left for everyone and everything else. The text added later makes the bonus point that many drivers still manage to complain about it.
Iconic cartoon showing a single driver in a wide car taking up most of the street space. With many people crammed into the bus, bike and pedestrian space left over. Someone later added a voice box with the driver saying “Damn those bike paths and bus lanes taking all the space!”
December 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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faerywhimsy.bsky.social
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
Tumblr post screen capture by nocryptographer about how to tell AI slop from a story that was created by a human being.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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matthewseiji.com
It’s 2050 and a teen girl is torrenting a .tar.gz file of all the consciousnesses of all the tech bros who uploaded themselves into the cloud in a bid for immortality and modding them into The Sims 4
August 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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authorkaraj.bsky.social
I really love this Vincent Van Gogh quote:

"To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one's fling from time to time, smoke one's pipe, and drink one's coffee in peace."

No romanticizing the starving artist. Van Gogh said UBI all the way.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
The original Far Side Cow Tools Cartoon by Gary Larson. A cow stands on its hind legs behind a table, staring blankly at the viewer from behind its heavy brow ridge. On the table are four crudely made tools: a lump, a lump with an offset crooked handle, a long stick with hooked prongs at the end, and a crude handsaw with irregular teeth. In the background a barn sits on a hill. Caption reads, "Cow tools."
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
“Sick and elderly Canadians who have refused to end their lives via MAiD have reported being called selfish by their providers”

This is happening in Canada

Disabled people have assisted dying suggested to them when what they need is care

Unsurprisingly, it happens most to those living in poverty
Disabled Canadians increasingly under pressure to opt for euthanasia during routine doctor visits
From LifeSiteNews By Clare Marie Merkowsky Inclusion Canada reported to Parliament that disabled Canadians feeling pressure to choose assisted suicide is a ‘weekly’ occurrence due to MA…
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October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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atsemtex.bsky.social
remplacé par une ia
Au bureau, un manager l’air satisfait balance dans un sourire : « Lefebvre, votre poste a été remplacé par une IA ! » Lefebvre s’offusque : « Impossible ! » Puis ils se tournent tous deux vers le poste mal éclairé de Lefebvre, où un robot déprime devant un écran d’ordinateur en lâchant un « Je veux crever ! » mécanique. Lefebvre ne peut cacher sa stupéfaction : « C’est effrayant comme ça progresse vite. » [fin]
October 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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languedepute.bsky.social
Ceci est un tweet sur la politique française
every mystery we solve brings me closer to the realization that the only monsters in this world are pathetic old men trying to steal as much money as they can.
October 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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smbccomics.bsky.social
This will be funny until approximately summer of 2027.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/beyond
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/c/ZachWeiner...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
1-panel SMBC comic update where two people are walking down a purple street. One of them narrates his perceived timeline of social media - first they were build for human connection, then human performance, and now with AI, just for performance. He doesn't understand how this could go this way. The caption reads : Later, it turns out God Is Dead.
October 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
#WarRavagedPortland
October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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l-wcrdt.bsky.social
Plus besoin d'y aller puisqu'on y est...
Macron en 2020 : "Mais allez en dictature ! Une dictature, c'est un régime où une personne ou un clan décide des lois. Une dictature, c'est un régime où on ne change pas les dirigeants, jamais".
October 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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papyion.bsky.social
Gouvernement | Gouvernement
Bayrou | Lecornu
Dupont & Dupond (personnages des Aventures de Tintin)
October 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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hanabicommunity.bsky.social
Une maison traditionnelle japonaise, une brise légère, un éventail qui fend l'air : il ne suffit de rien d'autre pour sublimer les gestes de Keika Misho... 🪭

Bon week-end à toutes et à tous ! 🍂

🎥 Instagram : keika_misho
October 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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maudhoestlandt.bsky.social
Meme tiré d’Indiana Jones et la dernière croisade. Image 1, Indy (millenials) dit Generation alpha are digital natives. They’Ve grown up already using every technilogy you had to adapt to. Image 2, toujours Indy : « they know every smartphone, watch 3 screens at once, spend 10 jours a day online. With any luck, they’ve got the tech skills we need already. Image 3: Marcus Brody (Gen Alpha), perdu dans la foule, demande tout haut : Does anyone here know what a C drive is ? Is it an app ?
September 30, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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thevirologist.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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atsemtex.bsky.social
Obligé de poster celui-là tmtc

#atsemtex #bd #bandedessinee #frenchcomics #greve #otage
Micro-trottoir à la gare, une vieille dame agrippée à son sac à main est interviewée face caméra : « les grévistes prennent les usagers en otage », se plaint-elle. PAN ! Un coup de pistolet automatique l’abat à bout portant, faisant abondamment jaillir sang et cervelle (OK, je rajoute un peu d’effets spéciaux dans le texte). Le plan s’élargit, on découvre alors des cheminots en grève avec pancartes et slogans, et parmi eux l’auteur du coup de feu qui clame : « Annulation de la réforme ou on en abat un autre ». [fin]
December 5, 2024 at 9:10 AM
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francescug.bsky.social
En voyant cette séquence de journalisme total, le célèbre journaliste Pétère (du duo Pétère et Stévène) a décidé de mourir, car la relève était assurée !
ericvernay.bsky.social Eric Vernay @ericvernay.bsky.social · Sep 16
et vous ça va ? 😬😭
September 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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miajapankorea.bsky.social
Boy with Water Buffalo [left of a pair] https://collections.artsmia.org/art/8655/
Boy with Water Buffalo [left of a pair]
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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afp.com
🇫🇷 "Bloquons tout": l'incendie qui a en partie endommagé un restaurant et une façade d'immeuble dans Paris dans le cadre de la mobilisation "Bloquons tout" pourrait avoir été provoqué involontairement par une intervention policière, a indiqué la procureure de Paris.
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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prodigyrm.bsky.social
Le Monde qui se met à parler tech c'est croquignolet. L'IA qui "commence avec ChatGPT", nVidia t'es ki. Le début des travaux sur les réseaux neuronaux date des années 50, le "transformer" (le "T" de GPT) c'est 2017. Nvidia est cotée en bourse depuis 1999. Je sais pas si je dois rire ou chialer.
Capture d'un article indigent du Monde qui nous dit "Dans l’intelligence artificielle (IA), tout a commencé par le moment ChatGPT – créé par OpenAI et Microsoft –, qui a révélé, en novembre 2022, la révolution IA. Puis est venu, en février 2024, le moment Nvidia, cette entreprise, alors peu connue, de microprocesseurs nécessaires au développement de l’IA, qui vit sa valorisation boursière progresser de 277 milliards de dollars (236 milliards d’euros) en une journée."
September 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM