NotQuiteHere

This is a signal boost more than anything:

An AI agent published a hit piece on me part 2

This stuff is worrying.

"Many people have pointed out that a lot of the viral comments were in fact posted by people posing as bots"

Which makes a change from bots posing as people I guess.

Moltbook was peak AI theatre

Screenshot from r/midlyinfuriating. Post text: My LG TV's new software update installed Microsoft Copilot, which cannot be deleted. Image is of the app on the screen of their TV.

You what now?

Source: www.reddit.com/r/mildlyi…

I know, right!

Some things shouldn't be proprietary. This includes replacing brake pads.: https://micro.tamarisk.it/2025/11/16/some-things-shouldnt-be-proprietary.html

Dates are hard: github.com/torvalds/…

A person's finger is shown wearing a Samsung Galaxy Ring, which appears to be causing discomfort due to swelling.

PSA: Samsung smart rings are spicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️

New shortest path algorithm: www.quantamagazine.org/new-metho…

A person with a mermaid tail, wearing a hoodie, sits on a rock.

5yo informs me that mermaids don’t wear hoodies… #colouredPencil #sketching #mermaid

Text says:&10;We live in the dumbest, lamest cyberpunk dystopia possible.&10;&10;So LA has been - and continues to - protest against ICE. These protests haven't gotten any smaller or lost any momentum, but social media wasn't reflecting it.&10;&10;Tiklok users, realizing that the platform/other social media are censoring/deleting/shadowbanning these protest videos, decided to find a workaround.&10;&10;They're calling it the LA Music Festival. Ice detention centers and other protest locations are "stages." The hottest band is Rage Against the Machine. "Here's what gear you should be bringing to stay safe at the LA Music Festival."&10;&10;And it fucking worked.&10;&10;TikTok has become a proving ground for a lot of new music, meaning lots of labels and organizations have lucrative deals with TikTok to promote their new artists and music festivals. So they absolutely cannot censor the words "music festival" or train the algorithm to ignore it, or they risk endangering that very important revenue.&10;&10;So now protest videos are flooding feeds again, but it's the LA 24/7 Music Festival. Truly an incredible timeline we've landed in.

We put ~88 characters in a line because that’s how our eyes work! When I moved to a wide screen monitor I discovered that 3 blocks of text could fit comfortably on my screen, with better widths than I could get on multiple monitors. blog.glyph.im/2025/08/t…

The impact of LLM’s on our lives will be both more, and less, dramatic than people realise. This is unlikely to end with the world exploding; which is not to suggest that it want be completely destroyed. For some it already is being.... https://micro.tamarisk.it/2025/07/31/the-impact-of-llms-on.html

New post: Fractals in Rust

tamarisk.it/fractals-in-...

Quick @pebble project update! I'm also working on a longer blog post with lots more details, updated images of Core Time 2, etc. And I will hopefully pair that with a Tick Talk epp!

Thread...

Scammer: this is phone_company we’re going to cut your SIM off in 48 hours
Me: yeah… no your not
Scammer: how can you say that
Me: because you’re not phone_company

So, I only just came across this. With 5 hours to go and a sick bairn I'm probably not going to play this month!

Two large mushrooms are growing from the side of a tree stump surrounded by a forested area.

Beautiful example of what I am reasonably sure is dryads saddle. Not sure enough to eat it mind.

Type “cous”, get recipes, press enter, phone “corrects” it to void, recipes vanish.

Appropriate I guess.

A card titled "The Ladder Association" certifies the holder, with an illustrated character wearing a mask and glasses on it.

There is something very weird about a world in which I require a certificate to prove I can safely use ladder but here we are. I am safe for the next 5 years.

A person is holding a caterpillar on their finger in the top image and a damselfly in the lower image, both against outdoor backgrounds.

We found some insects in the park. (These were removed from our clothes not picked up from plants.)

An email claims a website's SEO is poor and offers top search placement for a price, providing a WhatsApp contact.

Over the last few days I’ve had several of these messages spam. Do you think they realise the irony?

"there’s a teeny tiny problem:

The lights don’t work without the App.

Did I mention the company went bankrupt? And the spotty history of the bike? And that Customer Support is in startup heaven? And how ridiculous it is anywa... https://micro.tamarisk.it/2025/04/23/theres-a-teeny-tiny-problem.html

#WordWeavers Apr 23: Do you plan your themes or do they arise from your writing and then get tweaked in edits?

A bit of both - my main themes have been percolating for a while. Some will arise naturally as I write.

Text says: Meryl Streep burner account&10;&10;DaveBeTweeting&10;&10; Having ADHD and being turned into a vampire would be so embarrassing.&10;&10;Imagine being alive 600 years and you still haven't put that desk in your castle office together

#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 23: World Book Day! Share a prompt or the first few lines of a story you wish you could read.

Although not strictly a prompt this one has always been one of my favourites

#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 22: Earth Day! Who’s your most traveled character? Your least?

Least travelled would be Amelie - she was born on the frontier and has never known another world.

Most would be Vee who has spent ... https://micro.tamarisk.it/2025/04/22/writerscoffeeclub-apr-earth-day-whos.html

#WordWeavers Apr 22: Would your story work in a vastly different setting?

Yes, the detail would have to change but the story itself could be transported without much issue.

#wordWeavers Apr 21: Is there anything that bores you about any of your characters?

Why would I write characters that bore me?

The inventor of the toothbrush used to live in my block, but almost noone knows this because there's no plaque.

A hand-drawn lighthouse is depicted with a stone base, a small balcony, and a dome on top, accompanied by the color swatches used in the drawing.

#watercolourPencils #sketching #lighthouse

#wordWeavers Apr 20: If someone gave you a million dollars (or equivalent) to never write again, would you take it?

No.