Andrew
@zero-gravitas.bsky.social
Cantankerous Scottish/doric loon. Data engineer and sometimes animator. Semi-professional hater of the generative "AI" grift.
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Andrew
@zero-gravitas.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Neoliberal think tank but they just publish bits from the Ferengi Rules of Aquisition.
Shameless #animation plug for today:
Just wrapped this up after months of graft and tedium and it has five views. How I have the motivation to keep animating I have no fookin' idea.
Just wrapped this up after months of graft and tedium and it has five views. How I have the motivation to keep animating I have no fookin' idea.
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Shameless #animation plug for today:
Just wrapped this up after months of graft and tedium and it has five views. How I have the motivation to keep animating I have no fookin' idea.
Just wrapped this up after months of graft and tedium and it has five views. How I have the motivation to keep animating I have no fookin' idea.
Peak anti-cognitive, anti-intellectual slop.
December 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Peak anti-cognitive, anti-intellectual slop.
I literally have two voice lines left to record and I can wrap this up... but I have a cold and my voice sounds like a buzzsaw.
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I literally have two voice lines left to record and I can wrap this up... but I have a cold and my voice sounds like a buzzsaw.
I recall my daughter's headteacher gave me a funny look when I asked that they not make her read David Walliams' books in school...
Fucking told you so.
Fucking told you so.
December 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I recall my daughter's headteacher gave me a funny look when I asked that they not make her read David Walliams' books in school...
Fucking told you so.
Fucking told you so.
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The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.
I am excited to announce that I have awarded myself the inaugural Sainsburys' Chocolate Coin Peace Prize.
December 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I am excited to announce that I have awarded myself the inaugural Sainsburys' Chocolate Coin Peace Prize.
Imagine concluding that there's no connection between massive social and wealth inequality, mass surveillance, unregulated social media and AI, and just the overall state of society as a whole, and poor mental health... no, it's all "overdiagnosed," apparently.
Wes Streeting can get fucked.
Wes Streeting can get fucked.
December 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Imagine concluding that there's no connection between massive social and wealth inequality, mass surveillance, unregulated social media and AI, and just the overall state of society as a whole, and poor mental health... no, it's all "overdiagnosed," apparently.
Wes Streeting can get fucked.
Wes Streeting can get fucked.
I can't think of anything less likely to cause a bad trip than having to look at Jimmy Beast's soulless husk eyes and inhuman, insincere grin.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I can't think of anything less likely to cause a bad trip than having to look at Jimmy Beast's soulless husk eyes and inhuman, insincere grin.
Is this platform still massively against self-inflicted brain atrophy, or has it moved towards prompt-fondling acceptance?
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Is this platform still massively against self-inflicted brain atrophy, or has it moved towards prompt-fondling acceptance?
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Windows 11 (work laptop, don't @Linux me) constantly repins CoPilot to my task bar. 2-3 times a day.
Now, if I unpinned any other software, I can guarantee that it'd stay that way.
Some gormless prompt-fondling cunt at Microsoft is determined to shovel their slop onto me. Fuck off.
Now, if I unpinned any other software, I can guarantee that it'd stay that way.
Some gormless prompt-fondling cunt at Microsoft is determined to shovel their slop onto me. Fuck off.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Windows 11 (work laptop, don't @Linux me) constantly repins CoPilot to my task bar. 2-3 times a day.
Now, if I unpinned any other software, I can guarantee that it'd stay that way.
Some gormless prompt-fondling cunt at Microsoft is determined to shovel their slop onto me. Fuck off.
Now, if I unpinned any other software, I can guarantee that it'd stay that way.
Some gormless prompt-fondling cunt at Microsoft is determined to shovel their slop onto me. Fuck off.
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"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself."
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"He desired. He desired desiring. He desired being desired. He desired desire itself."
Finishing up some #animation shots.
November 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Finishing up some #animation shots.
Forgot to put coffee grounds into the machine this morning, and I returned to the kitchen to be greeted by a hot jug of slightly opaque water. Mmm.
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Forgot to put coffee grounds into the machine this morning, and I returned to the kitchen to be greeted by a hot jug of slightly opaque water. Mmm.
Age yourself with gaming
November 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Age yourself with gaming
Yet another excellent column.
Billionaires are only amassing such wealth and power in order to dominate you. They're not your pals.
Billionaires are only amassing such wealth and power in order to dominate you. They're not your pals.
Welcome to the Oligarchy
Why Musk’s $1trillion pay deal heralds a dark and dystopian future unless we bring the super-rich to heel
If we don’t deal with the billionaires, sooner or later they’re going to deal with us
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Why Musk’s $1trillion pay deal heralds a dark and dystopian future unless we bring the super-rich to heel
If we don’t deal with the billionaires, sooner or later they’re going to deal with us
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Welcome to the Oligarchy: Musk’s obscene $1 trillion deal heralds a dark new era
Nobody needs more personal wealth than the average nation. It’s time that we brought the super-rich to heel before it’s too late, our Writer at…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yet another excellent column.
Billionaires are only amassing such wealth and power in order to dominate you. They're not your pals.
Billionaires are only amassing such wealth and power in order to dominate you. They're not your pals.
Temu Rorschach would like a word.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Temu Rorschach would like a word.
A wee bit of Friday #animation, really pushing the boat out with gestures in tandem with speech.
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A wee bit of Friday #animation, really pushing the boat out with gestures in tandem with speech.
Benefits of AI bubble implosion, part 1 of ∞:
- Abandoned AI Datacentre urban Explorer videos
- Abandoned AI Datacentre urban Explorer videos
October 31, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Benefits of AI bubble implosion, part 1 of ∞:
- Abandoned AI Datacentre urban Explorer videos
- Abandoned AI Datacentre urban Explorer videos
People are willingly atrophying their brains by using AI, and billionaires are cheering them on.
“The elites are ecstatic about imagining a vast, uneducated, and unproductive population forced to pay companies like OpenAI to access the written word and to approximate thought.”
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
People are willingly atrophying their brains by using AI, and billionaires are cheering them on.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
Trump admin declares war on terrifying new terror group Auntifa.
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Trump admin declares war on terrifying new terror group Auntifa.
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.
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you know when I was wee "that's Irish" was widely used to mean stupid or backwards but they've just elected their head of state while we're stuck with a weird old guy putting his paedo brother up in a 30 room palace after their mum bunged him off with 12 million quid they took from us without asking
October 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
you know when I was wee "that's Irish" was widely used to mean stupid or backwards but they've just elected their head of state while we're stuck with a weird old guy putting his paedo brother up in a 30 room palace after their mum bunged him off with 12 million quid they took from us without asking