Simon Treanor

It’s time
#NoKings

Forest's head of HR on the right here

Remember folks. The original bluesky ethos by us bluesky elders (apparently I count?) is block and move on.

Don't quote dunk, don't pick fights.
Block, and move on.

This is what made this site unpalatable to the right early on, and we can continue to make it unpalatable to them.

YouTube video by Jay and Mark This country is 17% fake

Come for the interesting facts about Dutch land reclamation. Stay for our tribute to the best advert ever aired on British television. (Starts at 4:23)

youtu.be/eq-kgUpd-5E

Why is everyone sharing that some right wing grifter doesn’t like foreign food. The whole point of this place is not having to hear what those idiots say. There’s no good reason to even know who they are

Dear Normies: Time to Stand Up - Truthdig For people who’ve never been to a protest in their lives, Saturday’s ‘No Kings’ rally is a good place to start.

Like a lot of us here, the Lock 'Em Up-est comments I see on social media are coming from, well, extremely normal people. So I wanted to explain how extremely helpful it would be this weekend if they scared the shit out of everyone driving them nuts.

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On my way back north after attending the unveiling of the new rail clock at London Bridge; the timepiece is all at once disarmingly simple and delightfully ingenious…

you know how i am easily amused right? well this has broken me

Been doing this for years and not a single headline

Some changes to immigration rules today, not just increasing English language requirements, mean migrants looking to live and work in UK will have to meet far far higher standards than British nationals, while paying vast sums to be allowed to do so. That isn't a system based on "fairness". 1/

vielleicht eine Flügelung?

Porz-Hahn

I'm enjoying Andy Ngo pretending that inflatable animal costumes are terrifying.

losing my mind at that shark

Justice for All - Truthdig To restore the rule of law, Democrats must enforce the constitution with brass knuckles like there’s nothing to lose. Because there isn’t.

As Democrats contemplate a 2026 or 2028 run and wonder what message will most motivate voters, they need to understand that the minimum opening bid is vengeance.

The attack on Portland was supposed to make the place look like a lawless hellhole. Instead, the authorities have succeeded in making it look like the most fun city in the world.

SaltReminder™: hey Dave! it looks like you're preparing a recipe, would you like to add some salt?

ME: that's a good idea, thanks SaltReminder™!

SaltReminder™: no problem!

It’s not a cheese but a residue

pilgrim guy finishes reading a big book, leans way back in his chair and loosens the belt on his hat

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

This is triggering my trypophobia

Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him "[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.

Holy fucking shit

...desperate, pathetic, irredeemable, unlikable, embarrassing, stupid, ugly... - these aren't even genres!

Thanks Spotify.

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A fake screenshot of someone querying "the name of a local business (I just want to see their hours)" on Google. The AI overview responds with: Oh, shit. Don't panic. We'll get through this. Here is what your mysterious query might actually mean. • Local businesses tend to have names: This helps people distinguish different businesses from each other. For example, Target can't be also called "Home Depot" because that would create confusion. • Businesses that are local take less time to reach than businesses far away: If choosing between two businesses, keep in mind that if one of them is in a different state or country, it will take you longer to get there.

These are my favorite kinds of AI search results. I'd like to think that one percent of Lake Erie vanishes with each return like this.

I was already a hard AI-skeptic but this cements my long suspicion that there is no feasible path to anything close to return on invested capital for these data centers. Tech would need 15 to 25 times current AI revenues within the next 2-3 years just to break even. Not financially viable.