A Quaint Duck
@serisothikos.bsky.social
Erstwhile medieval historian. He/him, cishet scum. At least 2000 years old. Wife guy extraordinaire; anti-fascist. "Fix your hearts or die." I hate bullies. Femroe appreciator; elf troubler.
Tell me more, tell me more. Should I call the police? Tell me more, tell me more. Did he unseal your Grease?
Your Canadian Girlfriend@yourcanadiangf.bsky.social · 2d agoWhy? Why must everything we enjoy be sealed up with a "grade"? I get baseball cards being put in plastic because you can still enjoy both sides of the card. But a Blu-ray?
Why? Why must everything we enjoy be sealed up with a "grade"? I get baseball cards being put in plastic because you can still enjoy both sides of the card. But a Blu-ray?
if your government software looks like this, it will never break, never need replacement, and will work on every computer since we landed on the moon
onekade@onekade.bsky.social · 12h agoThis is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just...
"Cool dude, see you in discovery!" is the obvious UNO Reverse card to Trump's attempts to bully organizations by suing them for a trillion dollars. It's a massive indictment of the US system that one after another institutions and major organizations settled and paid bribes rather than play it.
Graham Lanktree@glanktree.bsky.social · 4h agoPresident Donald Trump is seeking to stave off a court order that requires him to begin giving the BBC financial details on his business empire by Thursday in connection with a defamation lawsuit he is pressing against the network. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
media when maga wins an election: we must travel the country and speak to these voters and extend empathy to them and give credence to their bigotry and false beliefs media when the left wins an election: is this the end of the american experiment
(regular voter voice) Well ah I don't really know about Israel and all that but it sounds like this group wants to help Trump keep the Senate and enable his ongoing crime spree and I'm against that
Andrew Solender@andrewsolender.bsky.social · 11h agoAIPAC: "Our members remain determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November."
"SpaceX remains its own biggest customer. There just aren’t enough other people who want its rockets. And, I dunno, maybe if the rockets were a primary focus of the company, SpaceX wouldn’t be in danger of blasting a new crater into the Moon with its space trash." Read more: buff.ly/d9lBTQN
KFC announces their frontier-class model briefly escaped its sandbox and attempted to exfiltrate the 27 herbs and spices
It's hard to read this and not think that this is Meta not wanting to be left out of the super-dangerous / super-powerful AI club.
Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 3h agoIt keeps happening... It'd be great if these companies could spend a little bit more time on network security and a little less time vibe coding.
*nintendo direct announcer voice* looks like you weren't expecting such a hungry girl!
May !! 🏳️⚧️@mayburi.bsky.social · 8h agothis screenshot kills me sm it looks like shes got an xxl pizza in front of her
[unprompted and with no intention of offering a follow-up of any kind] get ready for mlb mayhem
dude i don't even know how chatgpt looks like
Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · yesterdayGuys like this don’t realize that they are the freak
Reviving the 1930s debate about whether the era of the battleship is over but with the hindsight of the Pacific War and still getting it wrong
Secretary of Defense Rock@sodrock.bsky.social · 8h ago“You’re making what again and it costs how much?” - John H. Towers
new charging the mound episode just went up on youtube. this one's a special intermission episode that has more charts and less punching youtu.be/z6Amh-BSns0?...
We don't break 'em like we used to | The History of Charging the Mound, Episode 7
YouTube video by Secret Base
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Daaaamn. “AI is the asbestos we're shovelling into the walls of our technological society. Our descendants will spend generations digging it out again, and the longer the bubble goes on without popping, the longer it will take to repair the damage." www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...
Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying
It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...
thenerve.news
this one's funny bc i think it's rooted in a similar impulse to the data center backlash, but unlike that one (we do need SOME data centers, not for AI but for lots of stuff everyone likes) it's purely arrogance and hubris to crash stuff into the moon. we don't need to be doing that ever
Ben K.@benjaminkabak.com · 9h agoThis is going to be a slow burn story that gets people more and more angry the more they hear about it. Some asshole billionaires are blowing holes in the Moon, a thing everyone loves.
whenever I talk about my husband and our relationship I'm like "i don't want to brag or anything" but that's a lie. I do want to brag. I love bragging and I love my husband
Your little oopsie "mistakes" had me worrying for a year of my life about my partner going to jail for up to a decade based on lies likely fed to you by the top of the federal government. Show everyone what you're covering up in these emails and texts. There's a reason you don't want them released.
Boutros acknowledges 'mistakes' in 'Broadview 6' case but says sanctions, special counsel aren't needed
Chicago's top federal prosecutor noted in a court filing that his office has already dropped charges in the case, implemented “robust root-cause changes” and started the process of reviewing over 1,00...
chicago.suntimes.com
Happy 8 years of Hell World. Here is a 50% off discount for one year of fantastic reporting and essays from an extraordinary array of contributors (and also my brand of horse shit.) What a gift for one and all! Thank you to everyone who has supported us. www.welcometohellworld.com/8-years-of-h...
