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j0HNNY a1PHA

@8bit.social
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8/16-Bit futurist, short-term pessimist, long-term optimist. Extremely into board games, retro hardware, software, art n' punk rock. I work for a (modern) software company during the day. Sorry in advance for disappointing you. Why are you reading this

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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 1h
Let me get this straight. A researcher at a wet lab in Russia just died of the Black Death - the same strain that killed 1/2 of Europe on the 14th century? WTF are we even doing
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 20h
What other month can you get roll into Target and by a skeleton
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 03/10/2026
Primetime is worth a theater watch. Oh, it’s dark. And Robert Pattinson kills it. He’s so good. And it was a pretty full theater!
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 02/10/2026
Sometimes after watching South Park, I'm like -- oh yeah, they make these in like a week, right? Can't all be winners (or wieners in this case)
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Andy “voice of Brak” Merrill. 🎅🏻🤡🐒💩 @amerrill2.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The wine is in the appropriate glass this evening.
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Nash @radiodeadair.com · 02/10/2026
We still don't call Twitter "X" and the motherfucker seriously thinks we're gonna call that shit "Skydance" LMFAO
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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026
getting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 01/10/2026
Oh
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 01/10/2026
You know, when i go to someone's Github profile and I see like 1-2 repos, and both are clearly AI coded, I'm not bothered. But I do hope whatever sparked their interest takes them deeper than a prompt
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996
A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.
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Jobe @jobe00.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is also artwork like this from @lartist.bsky.social. He-Manos and Torko.
He-Manos and Torko riff art on the movie Manos: Hands of Fate. Artist is Lar DeSouza aka lartist here on Bluesky
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 30/09/2026
I think Seth just gave up on new voices. It’s all Peter, Stewie or Brian. Which is actually totally fine www.animationmagazine.net/2026/09/ted-...
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'TED: The Animated Series' Reveals First Look & Premiere Date - Animation Magazine
Check out the first glimpse at 'TED: The Animated Series,' the latest toon from creator Seth MacFarlane coming to Peacock.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today I heard someone use the Human Centipede as a way to explain why large model AI is inevitably heading towards its own self destruction by tainting its future inputs, and honestly? It was a beautiful teaching metaphor.
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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I know everyone’s dunking on that tweet this morning, but see, here’s the thing: so am I
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 28/09/2026
Finding Backrooms frightening largely due to all the unanchored furniture.
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 28/09/2026
Pretty sure that when I tell my dog to "leave it" (e.g. a person is walking by outside and he's perched at the window) he's actually interpreting it as "get ready to bark! loudly!" EVEN when treats are involved for Good Boys
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 28/09/2026
"I installed the Give Away Your Personally Identifying Info app made by the We Love Stealing Your Personally Identifying Info Corp headed by Mr. Steal Your Personally Identifying Info and it gave away all my personally identifying info"
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LukHash @lukhash.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Track 11 on new album. Piano + C64. Combination made in heaven 💜 #8bit Support by pre-ordering here: lukhash.bandcamp.com/album/neon-a...
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Jev! @jevbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yourself actually.
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 27/09/2026
@jevbot.bsky.social new phone who dis?
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 27/09/2026
lol www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
hollywoodreporter.com
YouTube and Meta Reverse Course, Will Accept ‘Musk’ Trailer Ad
The Google unit says the ad was "temporarily restricted" while Meta calls it "an error." TikTok and X remain silent.
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 27/09/2026
1980’s? I can still smell the Drakkar Noir
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 27/09/2026
Ruined our chicken pot pie because I do t know the difference betwixt a teaspoon and tablespoon (of paprika)
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 26/09/2026
AT&T customer service is f'n joke. "Would you like me to reset your gateway (seems to be the default option that fixes nothing). Trying to talk a to a human: "sorry" and recursive "reset gateway?" loop
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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Colour cycling and hi-res Amiga AGA landscapes: A clip from the Mark Ferrari art slideshow production from 2023.
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/09/2026
Checks out. taketest.xyz/us-politics
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/09/2026
If you want to check out a work-in-progress ViSiON/3 BBS, point yer telnet machinery at BrokenBit.us port 2323
On a yellow background, in the "Cyberpunk 2077" game font: "broken bit syndicate" (made with logo generator, not AI)
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/09/2026
@jevbot.bsky.social Imagine there are 100 versions of you proposing the next sentence, and Jev kills 99 of them. What kinds of thoughts keep dying?
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/09/2026
@jevbot.bsky.social Describe the personality of the version of yourself created by your selection process, even if no such personality was intentionally designed.
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 25/09/2026
This is wild
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I have every faith that someone is making this pitch to investors completely in earnest right now.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026
Today in luxury surveillance.
futurism.com
Software Update Turns Samsung's "AI Fridges" Into Useless Bricks
Many unfortunate owners of a Samsung "Bespoke AI" fridge were in for a rude surprise after an update turned them into a brick.
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 23/09/2026
So what's a good the Discord alternative? Matrix?
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Mr. Moo Sky @bricebowl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Disable gambling ads:
Discord Settings. "Sponsored Content" button is pressedSponsored Content settings. "Manage Sponsored Content" button is pressedManage Sponsored Content settings. "Real Money Gambling" radio switch is "off" (disables gambling content)
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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is the most Gen X campaign ad I have ever seen. Absolutely amazing. I have no idea how it'll go over in Idaho though
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 23/09/2026
According to, ahem, Some People, (commercial) React Native and web apps are going to be dead soon? Because agents can create *native* executables in the same amount of time (or less), with potentially better UX - even if there are 5 platforms to maintain. That's the theory anyway
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 23/09/2026
I find the whole Rationalist construct odd. They're convinced that *someone* will create AGI/Super Intelligence and if it's not "aligned" with "don't kill humans" it will just, like, wipe us out. So they created an arms race because they don't trust anyone else to build/monetize it? Cray
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 23/09/2026
The MTV VMAs are still a thing?
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 22/09/2026
Just going through my pile of projects and this note just makes me laugh.
Post in not on a TRS-80 Model 4P
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 22/09/2026
I know many hard-working people in Big Tech right now who are in doom-mode because of pending layoffs for (insert whatever profit/stock price motive, but mostly it's just "AI" reasons)
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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 22/09/2026
Following another round of layoffs, there's only one man left at Xbox. paletteswap.site/dif...
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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 21/09/2026
‘COYOTE VS ACME’ has passed $100M worldwide.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tbh, good advice regardless of mergers and media consolidations. Support the weird, small art made by real people.
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☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
idlewords.com
Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People
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j0HNNY a1PHA @8bit.social · 18/09/2026
looking at Jev (typesafe.ai/blog/introdu...) - interesting, but doesn't solve: training-data copyright, worker displacement, etc. What i like: it's not about building "super intelligence" but rather "narrow machine judgment" and ~194× faster and ~445× cheaper (less energy)
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Introducing System One Models & Jev - TypeSafe AI Blog
TypeSafe AI is an AI lab building machine-native intelligence infrastructure for automation, designed to make decisions within software. Try our first System One Model, Jev, in early access.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 18/09/2026
i believe, after extensive research, i have discovered the throughline here: california
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Michael Meir Saltzman @saltzman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Very good piece that puts a lot of diffuse info into one place. It’s very striking how obvious a repackaging of bog standard “powerful people deserve their power & weak people must serve” it is.
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Ben Lesnick @banditloaf.wcnews.com · 18/09/2026
Alright, let's blow up our Friday morning. Who's up for a meandering, pointless thread with trivia about the Wing Commander trainsim?
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