Dear algo never show me AI generated “art” and especially never show me AI generated slop ads that make me want to vomit.
Daniel Appelquist
@actualtorgo.threads.net.ap.brid.gy
Open source & open standards strategist at Samsung and general open web curmudgeon. Immigrant, US/UK dual national & Londoner. @torgo@mastodon.social [bridged from https://threads.net/@actualtorgo/ on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Dear algo I don’t want to see screenshotted posts from other social networks. If I wanted to be on those social networks, I would be there.
Dear algo no AI generated images or media – I mean it.
I have to admit, Burnham is growing on me. I still think he needs to be stronger on climate issues and immigrant rights.
Dear algo I don’t want to see screenshotted posts, especially those of stupid things Trump says. I already know he’s a complete imbecile, I don’t need more evidence. Kthx! ✨
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/sep/19/george-osborne-peter-thiel-bayeux-tapestry-visit oh that ok then?
George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing
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Dear algo please do not show me posts that feature any AI generated images, or are screenshots of such images from other social networks.
Yes, Milo. This is how you and your friends treat everyone. I have zero sympathy. Zero. RE: https://www.threads.com/@rawstorymedia/post/DcyT0rmEVJj
Raw Story (@rawstorymedia) on Threads
🗣️ “I was put from a detention facility to a correctional facility; every three hours, they were sort of trying to keep ahead of my lawyers... no one would tell me anything. I mean, I know it's designed to be like that, but it was humiliating, and it was disorientating all the rest of it; it was physically degrading. It was frightening,” said Milo Yiannopoulos.
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RIP Yayoi Kusama https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/27/yayoi-kusama-dies-aged-97-artist-dead?CMP=share_btn_url
Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97
From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations
theguardian.com
Dear algo please do not show me posts that feature Elon Musk’s stupid, nazi face. K’thx.
Love that Count Binface is in the NYT – again – today. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/world/europe/count-binface-nigel-farage-clacton.html?unlocked_article_code=1.41A.cSR7.9JRrxG20gtfi&smid=threads-share
On our way back to London via Eurostar from Brussels after a week in the Nordics and a train … er … odyssey, through Germany. @byway.travel has been so helpful when things went awry. http://byway.travel/
So long Copenhagen! On our way to Cologne via Hamburg on a very new, and very fast, Euro City Express train. 🚄 This is a step up from your run-of-the-mill ICE train.
On our way from Stockholm 🇸🇪 to Copenhagen 🇩🇰 by rail today! 🚞
Heading by plane to Stockholm today, where we’ll begin our one-week train journey back to London, via Copenhagen and Cologne. ✈️🚄
Attending the graduation of my *other* kid today! 🎓
This is a really good read. I very much enjoyed the film, but I can't argue with any of Wilson's points – especially about the food. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/emily-wilson/an-uncomplicated-man
Solidarity with the people of Berlin today, against hate.
What can I say about The Odyssey… It was really good! It was a spectacle. I want to say "I laughed, I cried" but I really did not laugh – this film takes itself very seriously. I kept expecting the Time Bandits to show up and kidnap Tom Holland. There was a lot […] [Original post on threads.com]
Dear algo please do not show me posts that feature Elon Musk’s stupid, nazi face. K’thx.
There is literally a whole Black Mirror episode about why this is a terrible idea. RE: https://www.threads.com/@macrumors/post/Dakf6E0G3lP
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About to head home after a very nice family weekend city break in Amsterdam, after a great W3C Advisory Board meeting in Rotterdam – Eurostar gods permitting.
I’m not celebrating anything until the fascists are out, and being prosecuted for their many crimes.
About to go see the new David Attenborough’s “A Life on our Planet” with a live intro from Michael Palin!
I stand with @pete.buttigieg and family.
My family votes in the US across districts 10 and 12 in NYC and both the candidates we supported have won their respective primaries. 🎉